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D-Index
43
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6663
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7146
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2547

James P. Meador 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 James P. Meador sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 96 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

James P. Meador 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 James P. Meador sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

James P. Meador is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to health, toxicology, and mutagenesis. Their work also spans subfields including pollution, aquatic science, nature and landscape conservation, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main topics of study encompass pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, aquaculture nutrition and growth, environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, fish ecology and management studies, effects and risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, toxic organic pollutants impact, and mercury impact and mitigation studies.

James P. Meador has published research in several scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aquaculture and Fisheries
  • Scientific Reports
  • Water Research

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Meador include Suzanne C. Ball, C. Andrew James, Jenifer K. McIntyre, Tamara D. Lunsman, and David Mayfield.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by James P. Meador include:

  • "Metabolomic profiling for juvenile Chinook salmon exposed to contaminants of emerging concern" (2020), The Science of The Total Environment
  • "The fish early-life stage sublethal toxicity syndrome - A high-dose baseline toxicity response" (2021), Environmental Pollution
  • "Exposure of juvenile Chinook salmon to effluent from a large urban wastewater treatment plant. Part 2. Metabolomic profiling" (2023), Aquaculture and Fisheries

Other recent papers connected to their field of work, though with different lead authors, include studies on the combined effects of crude oil exposure and warming on eggs and larvae of an arctic forage fish and physiological responses of juvenile Chinook salmon to wastewater effluent.

Best Publications

  • Environmental contaminants in wildlife: interpreting tissue concentrations

    W. Nelson Beyer;James P. Meador

  • Bioaccumulation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Marine Organisms

    J. P. Meador;J. E. Stein;W. L. Reichert;U. Varanasi

  • THE INTERACTION OF PH, DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON, AND TOTAL COPPER IN THE DETERMINATION OF IONIC COPPER AND TOXICITY

    James P. Meador

  • Contaminants of emerging concern in a large temperate estuary

    James P. Meador;James P. Meador;Andrew Yeh;Graham Young;Graham Young;Evan P. Gallagher

  • Altered growth and related physiological responses in juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from dietary exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)

    J P Meador;F C Sommers;G M Ylitalo;C A Sloan

  • Chemosensory Deprivation in Juvenile Coho Salmon Exposed to Dissolved Copper under Varying Water Chemistry Conditions

    Jenifer K. McIntyre;David H. Baldwin;James P. Meador;Nathaniel L. Scholz

  • Crucial role of mechanisms and modes of toxic action for understanding tissue residue toxicity and internal effect concentrations of organic chemicals.

    Beate I. Escher;Beate I. Escher;Roman Ashauer;Scott Dyer;Joop L. M. Hermens

  • Comparative bioaccumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from sediment by two infaunal invertebrates

    Meador Jp;Casillas E;Sloan Ca;Varanasi U

  • Comparison of elements in bottlenose dolphins stranded on the beaches of Texas and Florida in the Gulf of Mexico over a one-year period.

    J. P. Meador;D. Ernest;A. A. Hohn;K. Tilbury

  • Use of tissue and sediment-based threshold concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) to protect juvenile salmonids listed under the US Endangered Species Act

    James P. Meador;James P. Meador;Tracy K. Collier;John E. Stein

  • A Perspective on the Toxicity of Petrogenic PAHs to Developing Fish Embryos Related to Environmental Chemistry

    Mark G. Carls;James P. Meador

  • Modeling dose response using generalized linear models

    David R. Kerr;James P. Meador

  • Characterizing Crude Oil Toxicity to Early-Life Stage Fish Based On a Complex Mixture: Are We Making Unsupported Assumptions?

    James P. Meador;Jasmine Nahrgang

  • Rationale and Procedures for Using the Tissue-Residue Approach for Toxicity Assessment and Determination of Tissue, Water, and Sediment Quality Guidelines for Aquatic Organisms

    James Meador

  • Tributyltin and the obesogen metabolic syndrome in a salmonid.

    James P. Meador;Frank C. Sommers;Kathleen A. Cooper;Gladys Yanagida

  • Bioaccumulation of PAHs in Marine Invertebrates

    James P. Meador

  • Predicting the fate and effects of tributyltin in marine systems.

    Meador Jp

  • 10th Anniversary Critical Review: The tissue-residue approach for toxicity assessment: concepts, issues, application, and recommendations.

    James P. Meador;Lynn S. McCarty;Beate I. Escher;William J. Adams

  • Free vehicle capture of abyssopelagic animals

    K.L. Smith;G.A. White;M.B. Laver;R.R. McConnaughey

  • Comparative toxicokinetics of tributyltin in five marine species and its utility in predicting bioaccumulation and acute toxicity

    James P Meador

  • Relating results of chronic toxicity responses to population‐level effects: Modeling effects on wild chinook salmon populations

    Julann A. Spromberg;James P. Meador

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Stein
John E. Stein National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Tracy K. Collier
Tracy K. Collier National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kenneth M.Y. Leung
Kenneth M.Y. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Beate I. Escher
Beate I. Escher Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Margaret M. Krahn
Margaret M. Krahn National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Mark S. Myers
Mark S. Myers National Marine Fisheries Service
Michael St. J. Warne
Michael St. J. Warne University of Queensland
Gina M. Ylitalo
Gina M. Ylitalo National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Thomas J. McDonald
Thomas J. McDonald Texas A&M University
Peter M. Chapman
Peter M. Chapman Golder Associates (Canada)

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