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Jerker Fick

Jerker Fick

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
16701
World Ranking
2446
National Ranking
40

Jerker Fick 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 Jerker Fick sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 185 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Jerker Fick 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 Jerker Fick sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jerker Fick is a researcher affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden, specializing in Environmental Science. Their work primarily addresses various aspects of pollution, environmental toxicology, and ecology, emphasizing the impacts of pharmaceutical substances and antibiotics in aquatic environments.

Their research spans multiple subfields, including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Water Science and Technology. These areas reflect a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental systems and their responses to contaminants.

Fick has contributed extensively to topics that include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Aquaculture Disease Management and Microbiota, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Water Treatment and Disinfection, and Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis.

Their recent publications feature studies that investigate chemical pollution effects, biotransformation of pharmaceuticals, antibiotic resistance, and gene transfer in aquatic environments. Notable papers include:

  • Frontiers in quantifying wildlife behavioural responses to chemical pollution (2022), published in Biological Reviews
  • Water temperature affects the biotransformation and accumulation of a psychoactive pharmaceutical and its metabolite in aquatic organisms (2021), published in Environment International
  • Evidence for selection of multi-resistant E. coli by hospital effluent (2021), published in Environment International
  • Investigating the effects of municipal and hospital wastewaters on horizontal gene transfer (2021), published in Environmental Pollution
  • Selective concentrations for trimethoprim resistance in aquatic environments (2020), published in Environment International

Fick often collaborates with a number of researchers, with frequent co-authors including Tomas Brodin, Daniel Červený, D. G. Joakim Larsson, Erin S. McCallum, and Nicholas A. Castillo. These collaborative efforts contribute to a broad understanding of environmental contaminants and their biological effects.

Their work is regularly published in prominent scientific journals such as Environment International, The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science & Technology, Chemosphere, and Environmental Science and Pollution Research.

Best Publications

  • EU-wide monitoring survey on emerging polar organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluents.

    Robert Loos;Raquel Carvalho;Diana C. António;Sara Comero

  • Contamination of surface, ground, and drinking water from pharmaceutical production.

    Jerker Fick;Hanna Söderström;Richard H. Lindberg;Chau Phan

  • Dilute concentrations of a psychiatric drug alter behavior of fish from natural populations.

    Tomas Brodin;Jerker Fick;Micael Jonsson;Jonatan Klaminder

  • Pyrosequencing of Antibiotic-Contaminated River Sediments Reveals High Levels of Resistance and Gene Transfer Elements

    Erik Kristiansson;Erik Kristiansson;Jerker Fick;Anders Janzon;Roman Grabic

  • Ecological effects of pharmaceuticals in aquatic systems--impacts through behavioural alterations.

    Tomas Brodin;Susanna Piovano;Jerker Fick;Jonatan Klaminder

  • Critical knowledge gaps and research needs related to the environmental dimensions of antibiotic resistance.

    D. G.Joakim Larsson;Antoine Andremont;Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Kristian Koefoed Brandt

  • Shotgun metagenomics reveals a wide array of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile elements in a polluted lake in India

    Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Fredrik Boulund;Jerker Fick;Erik Kristiansson

  • A snapshot of illicit drug use in Sweden acquired through sewage water analysis.

    Marcus Östman;Jerker Fick;Elin Näsström;Richard H. Lindberg

  • Elucidating selection processes for antibiotic resistance in sewage treatment plants using metagenomics

    Johan Bengtsson-Palme;Rickard Hammarén;Chandan Pal;Marcus Östman

  • Determination of sorption of seventy-five pharmaceuticals in sewage sludge

    Maritha Hörsing;Anna Ledin;Roman Grabic;Jerker Fick

  • A diverse suite of pharmaceuticals contaminates stream and riparian food webs

    Erinn K. Richmond;Emma J. Rosi;David M. Walters;Jerker Fick

  • Therapeutic levels of levonorgestrel detected in blood plasma of fish: results from screening rainbow trout exposed to treated sewage effluents.

    Jerker Fick;Richard H. Lindberg;Jari Parkkonen;Björn Arvidsson

  • Occurrence and Abundance of Antibiotics and Resistance Genes in Rivers, Canal and near Drug Formulation Facilities – A Study in Pakistan

    Ghazanfar Ali Khan;Björn Berglund;Kashif Maqbool Khan;Per-Eric Lindgren

  • Predicted critical environmental concentrations for 500 pharmaceuticals.

    Jerker Fick;Richard H. Lindberg;Mats Tysklind;D.G. Joakim Larsson

  • Screening of biocides, metals and antibiotics in Swedish sewage sludge and wastewater.

    Marcus Östman;Richard H. Lindberg;Jerker Fick;Erik Björn

  • Occurrence and behaviour of 105 active pharmaceutical ingredients in sewage waters of a municipal sewer collection system.

    Richard H. Lindberg;Marcus Östman;Ulrika Olofsson;Roman Grabic

  • Bioaccumulation of psychoactive pharmaceuticals in fish in an effluent dominated stream.

    Katerina Grabicova;Roman Grabic;Ganna Fedorova;Jerker Fick

  • Improving Environmental Risk Assessment of Human Pharmaceuticals

    Marlene Ågerstrand;Cecilia Berg;Berndt Björlenius;Magnus Breitholtz

  • Fluoroquinolones and qnr genes in sediment, water, soil, and human fecal flora in an environment polluted by manufacturing discharges.

    Carolin Rutgersson;Jerker Fick;Nachiket Marathe;Erik Kristiansson

  • Multi-residue method for trace level determination of pharmaceuticals in environmental samples using liquid chromatography coupled to triple quadrupole mass spectrometry

    Roman Grabic;Jerker Fick;Richard H. Lindberg;Ganna Fedorova

  • Prioritising pharmaceuticals for environmental risk assessment: Towards adequate and feasible first-tier selection.

    Vendela Roos;L. Gunnarsson;J. Fick;D. G. J. Larsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomas Brodin
Tomas Brodin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
D. G. Joakim Larsson
D. G. Joakim Larsson University of Gothenburg
Mats Tysklind
Mats Tysklind Umeå University
Jonatan Klaminder
Jonatan Klaminder Umeå University
Erik Kristiansson
Erik Kristiansson Chalmers University of Technology
Roman Grabic
Roman Grabic University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice
Micael Jonsson
Micael Jonsson Umeå University
Björn Olsen
Björn Olsen Harvard University
Lars Förlin
Lars Förlin University of Gothenburg
Peter Haglund
Peter Haglund Umeå University

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