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D-Index
57
Citations
11461
World Ranking
2722
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967

Judith S. Weis publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Judith S. Weis sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 282 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Judith S. Weis D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Judith S. Weis sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Judith S. Weis is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with substantial work in the subfields of Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics of their research include:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Judith S. Weis has contributed extensively to scientific literature. Recent publications include:

  • Reality Check: Experimental Studies on Microplastics Lack Realism, 2021, Applied Sciences
  • Aquatic Microplastic Research-A Critique and Suggestions for the Future, 2020, Water
  • Microfibers: Environmental Problems and Textile Solutions, 2022, Microplastics

Other notable papers relevant to the field, including works co-authored by others, include:

  • Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?, 2021, Microplastics and Nanoplastics
  • A Call to Include Plastics in the Global Environment in the Class of Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic (PBT) Pollutants, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology

Their frequent co-authors include Bethanie Carney Almroth, Juan José Alava, Susanne M. Brander, Nanna B. Hartmann, and Ksenia J. Groh.

Publication venues where Judith S. Weis has regularly contributed are:

  • Water
  • BioScience
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microplastics and Nanoplastics
  • Applied Sciences

Judith S. Weis has authored books published by Oxford University Press and Rutgers University Press, including Marine Pollution (2024) and Do Fish Sleep? (2020).

Best Publications

  • Metal uptake, transport and release by wetland plants: implications for phytoremediation and restoration.

    Judith S. Weis;Peddrick Weis

  • Chemical use in salmon aquaculture: A review of current practices and possible environmental effects

    Les Burridge;Judith S. Weis;Felipe Cabello;Jaime Pizarro

  • Genetic adaptation to heavy metals in aquatic organisms: a review.

    Paul L. Klerks;Judith S. Weis

  • Effects of Contaminants on Behavior: Biochemical Mechanisms and Ecological Consequences

    Judith S. Weis;Graeme Smith;Tong Zhou;Celine Santiago-Bass

  • Uptake and distribution of metals in two dominant salt marsh macrophytes, Spartina alterniflora (cordgrass) and Phragmites australis (common reed)

    L Windham;J.S Weis;P Weis

  • Release of Metals by the Leaves of the Salt Marsh Grasses Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis

    D.J. Burke;J.S. Weis;P. Weis

  • Tolerance and Stress in a Polluted EnvironmentThe case of the mummichog

    Judith S. Weis;Peddrick Weis

  • Predator-prey relationships in mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus (L.)): Effects of living in a polluted environment

    Graeme M. Smith;Judith S. Weis

  • The role of behavior in the success of invasive crustaceans

    Judith S. Weis

  • Effects of Pollutants on Molting and Regeneration in Crustacea

    Judith. S Weis;Angela Cristini;K. Ranga Rao

  • Molting as a mechanism of depuration of metals in the fiddler crab, Uca pugnax.

    Lauren L. Bergey;Judith S. Weis

  • Are litter, plastic and microplastic quantities increasing in the ocean?

    Francois Galgani;Aleke Stoefen-o Brien;Judith Weis;Christos Ioakeimidis

  • Methylmercury tolerance of killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus) embryos from a polluted vs non-polluted environment

    J. S. Weis;P. Weis;M. Heber;S. Vaidya

  • Delayed effects of embryonic exposure of zebrafish (Danio rerio) to methylmercury (MeHg).

    Jennifer C Samson;Reginald Goodridge;Felix Olobatuyi;Judith S Weis

  • Effects of heavy metals on development of the killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus

    Judith S. Weis;Peddrick Weis

  • Pollutants and fish predator/prey behavior: A review of laboratory and field approaches

    Judith S. Weis;Allison Candelmo

  • Swimming behavior and predator avoidance in three populations of Fundulus heteroclitus larvae after embryonic and/or larval exposure to methylmercury

    T Zhou;J.S Weis

  • Interactions of metals affect their distribution in tissues of Phragmites australis.

    Judith S Weis;Terry Glover;Peddrick Weis

  • The invasive green crab and Japanese shore crab: behavioral interactions with a native crab species, the blue crab

    James A. MacDonald;Ross Roudez;Terry Glover;Judith S. Weis

  • Patterns and processes of mercury release from leaves of two dominant salt marsh macrophytes, Phragmites australis and Spartina alterniflora

    Lisamarie Windham;Judith S. Weis;Peddrick Weis

  • Is the invasion of the common reed, Phragmites australis, into tidal marshes of the eastern US an ecological disaster?

    Judith S Weis;Peddrick Weis

Frequent Co-Authors

Peddrick Weis
Peddrick Weis Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard C. Zimmerman
Richard C. Zimmerman Old Dominion University
Valery E. Forbes
Valery E. Forbes University of Minnesota
Lee A. Fuiman
Lee A. Fuiman The University of Texas at Austin
Simon N. Wood
Simon N. Wood University of Edinburgh
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London
William A. Frazier
William A. Frazier Washington University in St. Louis
Ralph A. Bradshaw
Ralph A. Bradshaw University of California, Irvine
Jeremy M. Testa
Jeremy M. Testa University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Richard F. Ambrose
Richard F. Ambrose University of California, Los Angeles

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