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2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
92
Citations
30597
World Ranking
540
National Ranking
24

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Frank Wania is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and focuses primarily on research within Environmental Science. Their scientific work spans diverse subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ecology.

Their research addresses topics such as Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure, and the Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Frequent publication venues for Frank Wania include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science Atmospheres

Co-authors collaborating regularly with Frank Wania are:

  • Ying Duan Lei
  • Faqiang Zhan
  • Chubashini Shunthirasingham
  • Yuening Li
  • Hayley Hung

Recent papers authored by or involving Frank Wania provide insight into their research scope. Some notable examples include:

  • "Global Historical Production, Use, In-Use Stocks, and Emissions of Short-, Medium-, and Long-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins" (2022, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "Passive air sampling for semi-volatile organic chemicals" (2020, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts)
  • "A Database of Experimentally Derived and Estimated Octanol-Air Partition Ratios (Koa)" (2021, Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data)
  • "Spatial and temporal distribution of Persistent Organic Pollutants and current use pesticides in the atmosphere of Argentinean Patagonia" (2020, Chemosphere)
  • "Spatial variation of short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins in ambient air across Australia" (2020, Environmental Pollution)

Wania's work has been recognized by a fellowship award from the Royal Society of Canada, conferred in 2017 by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Peer reviewed: tracking the distribution of persistent organic pollutants.

    Frank Wania;Donald MacKay

  • Global fractionation and cold condensation of low volatility organochlorine compounds in polar regions

    F. Wania

  • Contaminants in the Canadian Arctic: 5 years of progress in understanding sources, occurrence and pathways.

    R.W. Macdonald;L.A. Barrie;T.F. Bidleman;M.L. Diamond

  • A global distribution model for persistent organic chemicals

    Frank Wania;Donald Mackay

  • Assessing Long-Range Transport Potential of Persistent Organic Pollutants

    Andreas Beyer;Donald Mackay;Michael Matthies;Frank Wania

  • Toward a Global Network for Persistent Organic Pollutants in Air: Results from the GAPS Study.

    Karla Pozo;Tom Harner;Frank Wania;Derek C. G. Muir

  • Assessing the long-range transport potential of polybrominated diphenyl ethers: A comparison of four multimedia models

    Frank Wania;Chandrasagar B. Dugani

  • Assessing the Potential of Persistent Organic Chemicals for Long-Range Transport and Accumulation in Polar Regions

    Frank Wania

  • Organic contaminants in mountains.

    Gillian L. Daly;Frank Wania

  • Atmospheric distribution and long-range transport behavior of organochlorine pesticides in North America.

    Li Shen;Frank Wania;Ying D Lei;Camilla Teixeira

  • Is rain or snow a more efficient scavenger of organic chemicals

    Ying D. Lei;Frank Wania

  • Temperature dependence of atmospheric concentrations of semivolatile organic compounds

    Frank Wania;John-Erik Haugen;Ying D. Lei;Donald Mackay

  • Development and Calibration of a Resin-Based Passive Sampling System for Monitoring Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Atmosphere

    Frank Wania;Li Shen;Ying Duan Lei;Camilla Teixeira

  • Compilation, evaluation, and selection of physical-chemical property data for organochlorine pesticides

    Li Shen and;Frank Wania

  • Seasonally Resolved Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Global Atmosphere from the First Year of the GAPS Study

    Karla Pozo;Tom Harner;Sum Chi Lee;Frank Wania

  • A Comprehensive and Critical Compilation, Evaluation, and Selection of Physical–Chemical Property Data for Selected Polychlorinated Biphenyls

    Nanqin Li;Frank Wania;Ying D. Lei;Gillian L. Daly

  • The evolution of mass balance models of persistent organic pollutant fate in the environment

    F Wania;D Mackay

  • Tracking the global generation and exports of e-waste. Do existing estimates add up?

    Knut Breivik;James M. Armitage;Frank Wania;Kevin C. Jones

  • A Global Mass Balance Analysis of the Source of Perfluorocarboxylic Acids in the Arctic Ocean

    Frank Wania

  • On the mechanism of mountain cold-trapping of organic chemicals.

    Frank Wania;John N. Westgate

  • Estimation of vapor pressures, solubilities and Henry's law constants of selected persistent organic pollutants as functions of temperature

    Jaakko Paasivirta;Seija Sinkkonen;Pirjo Mikkelson;Tiina Rantio

Frequent Co-Authors

Ying Duan Lei
Ying Duan Lei University of Toronto
Donald Mackay
Donald Mackay Trent University
Knut Breivik
Knut Breivik Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Jon A. Arnot
Jon A. Arnot University of Toronto
Michael S. McLachlan
Michael S. McLachlan Stockholm University
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Carl P. J. Mitchell
Carl P. J. Mitchell University of Toronto
Hang Xiao
Hang Xiao University of Massachusetts Amherst
Hayley Hung
Hayley Hung Environment and Climate Change Canada

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