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2026

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D-Index
50
Citations
9075
World Ranking
5007
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2

Ester Heath publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ester Heath sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Ester Heath D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ester Heath sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Slovenia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Slovenia Leader Award

Overview

Ester Heath is affiliated with the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a significant number of publications addressing pollution, health-related toxicology, and mutagenesis. Additional subfields in their work include analytical chemistry, toxicology, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, including:

  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Forensic toxicology and drug analysis
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Water treatment and disinfection
  • Insect utilization and effects

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Heath include David Heath, Ana Kovačić, Maria Laimou-Geraniou, Lubertus Bijlsma, and Tina Kosjek.

Heath has published multiple articles in various scientific journals, with notable outlets such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Water Research, and Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Heath include:

  • A global multinational survey of cefotaxime-resistant coliforms in urban wastewater treatment plants, 2020, Environment International
  • New psychoactive substances in several European populations assessed by wastewater-based epidemiology, 2021, Water Research
  • Microalgae-based removal of contaminants of emerging concern: Mechanisms in Chlorella vulgaris and mixed algal-bacterial cultures, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Biotransformation study of antidepressant sertraline and its removal during biological wastewater treatment, 2020, Water Research
  • Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries, 2023, Water Research X

Best Publications

  • Consolidated vs new advanced treatment methods for the removal of contaminants of emerging concern from urban wastewater.

    Luigi Rizzo;Sixto Malato;Demet Antakyali;Vasiliki G. Beretsou

  • Use of hydrodynamic cavitation in (waste)water treatment.

    Matevž Dular;Tjaša Griessler-Bulc;Ion Gutierrez-Aguirre;Ester Heath

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals from wastewater by biological processes, hydrodynamic cavitation and UV treatment.

    Mojca Zupanc;Tina Kosjek;Martin Petkovšek;Matevž Dular

  • Determination of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) residues in water samples

    Tina Kosjek;Ester Heath;Ales Krbavcic

  • Fate of carbamazepine during water treatment.

    Tina Kosjek;Henrik R. Andersen;Boris Kompare;Anna Ledin

  • Determination of UV filters and antimicrobial agents in environmental water samples

    Petra Cuderman;Ester Heath

  • Occurrence, fate and determination of cytostatic pharmaceuticals in the environment

    Tina Kosjek;Ester Heath

  • Antiviral drugs in aquatic environment and wastewater treatment plants: A review on occurrence, fate, removal and ecotoxicity.

    Christina Nannou;Anna Ofrydopoulou;Eleni Evgenidou;David Heath

  • Ecotoxicity of carbamazepine and its UV photolysis transformation products

    Erica Donner;Tina Kosjek;Signe Qualmann;Kresten Ole Kusk

  • Spatio‐temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring

    Iria González-Mariño;Iria González-Mariño;Jose Antonio Baz-Lomba;Nikiforos A. Alygizakis;Maria Jesús Andrés-Costa

  • Combination of in vitro bioassays for the determination of cytotoxic and genotoxic potential of wastewater, surface water and drinking water samples.

    Bojana Zegura;Ester Heath;Andrej Cernosa;Metka Filipic

  • Urinary BPA measurements in children and mothers from six European member states: Overall results and determinants of exposure

    Adrian Covaci;Elly Den Hond;Tinne Geens;Eva Govarts

  • Trace-level determination of pharmaceutical residues by LC-MS/MS in natural and treated waters. A pilot-survey study

    María Dolores Hernando;María Dolores Hernando;E. Heath;Mira Petrovic;Damià Barceló

  • Influence of pharmaceutical residues on the structure of activated sludge bacterial communities in wastewater treatment bioreactors.

    Barbara Kraigher;Tina Kosjek;Tina Kosjek;Ester Heath;Boris Kompare

  • Environmental occurrence, fate and transformation of benzodiazepines in water treatment

    T. Kosjek;S. Perko;M. Zupanc;M. Zanoški Hren

  • Removal of pharmaceutical residues in a pilot wastewater treatment plant

    Tina Kosjek;Ester Heath;Boris Kompare

  • Chemical and toxicological characterisation of anticancer drugs in hospital and municipal wastewaters from Slovenia and Spain.

    Marina Isidori;Margherita Lavorgna;Chiara Russo;Michael Kundi

  • Fluorouracil in the environment: analysis, occurrence, degradation and transformation.

    Tina Kosjek;Silva Perko;Dušan Žigon;Ester Heath

  • The occurrence and source identification of bisphenol compounds in wastewaters.

    Marjeta Česen;Kaja Lenarčič;Vesna Mislej;Meta Levstek

  • Rotation generator of hydrodynamic cavitation for water treatment

    Martin Petkovšek;Mojca Zupanc;Matevž Dular;Tina Kosjek

Frequent Co-Authors

Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Miren López de Alda
Miren López de Alda Spanish National Research Council
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp
José Benito Quintana
José Benito Quintana University of Santiago de Compostela
Milena Horvat
Milena Horvat Jožef Stefan Institute
Ettore Zuccato
Ettore Zuccato Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Sara Castiglioni
Sara Castiglioni Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Despo Fatta-Kassinos
Despo Fatta-Kassinos University of Cyprus
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs
Alexander L.N. van Nuijs University of Antwerp
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern
Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern University of Bath

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