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Kevin C. Jones 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 Kevin C. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 845 publications — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kevin C. Jones 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 Kevin C. Jones sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 146 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Kevin C. Jones is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans diverse topics within environmental chemistry and pollution, concentrating notably on toxic organic pollutants, air quality, and pharmaceutical environmental impacts.

Jones's main fields of study include Environmental Science with a focus on its subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Specific research topics explored are Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jones include:

  • Célia M. Manaia
  • Zongwei Cai
  • Yanying Li
  • Jun Luo
  • Hao Zhang

Jones's work is often published in prominent environmental science journals. Frequent publication venues encompass:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Science Advances
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored include:

  • Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and Related Chemicals in the Global Environment: Some Personal Reflections, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Chemical pollution: A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity, 2021, Environment International
  • Soil pollution at a major West African E-waste recycling site: Contamination pathways and implications for potential mitigation strategies, 2020, Environment International
  • Comprehensive Assessment of Environmental Emissions, Fate, and Risks of Veterinary Antibiotics in China: An Environmental Fate Modeling Approach, 2024, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Plasticisers in the terrestrial environment: sources, occurrence and fate, 2021, Environmental Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs): state of the science.

    K.C. Jones;P. de Voogt

  • Bioremediation of soil contaminated with polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs): A review

    Susan C. Wilson;Kevin C. Jones

  • A first global production, emission and environmental inventory for perfluorooctane sulfonate.

    Alexander G. Paul;Kevin C. Jones;Andrew J. Sweetman

  • Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons in the United Kingdom environment: a preliminary source inventory and budget.

    Simon R. Wild;Kevin C. Jones

  • Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners--a mass balance approach. 1. Global production and consumption.

    Knut Breivik;Andrew J. Sweetman;Jozef M. Pacyna;Kevin C. Jones

  • Bound pesticide residues in soils: a review.

    B. Gevao;Kirk T. Semple;Kevin C. Jones

  • Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners--a mass balance approach 3. An update.

    Knut Breivik;Andrew J. Sweetman;Jozef M. Pacyna;Kevin C. Jones

  • Defining bioavailability and bioaccessibility of contaminated soil and sediment is complicated.

    Kirk. T. Semple;Kieron J. Doick;Kevin C. Jones;Peter Burauel

  • Bioavailability of persistent organic pollutants in soils and sediments--a perspective on mechanisms, consequences and assessment.

    Brian J. Reid;Kevin C. Jones;Kirk T. Semple

  • Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners — A mass balance approach

    Knut Breivik;Andy Sweetman;Jozef M. Pacyna;Kevin C. Jones

  • Global distribution and budget of PCBs and HCB in background surface soils: implications for sources and environmental processes.

    Sandra N. Meijer;Wendy Ockenden;A. J. Sweetman;K. Breivik

  • Current status of persistent organic pesticides residues in air, water, and soil, and their possible effect on neighboring countries: a comprehensive review of India.

    Ishwar Chandra Yadav;Ningombam Linthoingambi Devi;Jabir Hussain Syed;Zhineng Cheng

  • Passive Air Sampling of PCBs, PBDEs, and Organochlorine Pesticides Across Europe

    Foday M. Jaward;Nick J. Farrar;Tom Harner;and Andrew J. Sweetman

  • Chemical pollution: A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity.

    Ravi Naidu;Bhabananda Biswas;Ian R. Willett;Julian Cribb

  • Dioxins and furans in air and deposition: A review of levels, behaviour and processes

    Rainer Lohmann;Kevin C. Jones

  • 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

  • Hexachlorobenzene in the global environment : Emissions, levels, distribution, trends and processes

    Jonathan L. Barber;Andrew J. Sweetman;Dolf van Wijk;Kevin C. Jones

  • PAHs in background soils from western Europe : influence of atmospheric deposition and soil organic matter.

    Jae Jak Nam;Gareth O. Thomas;Foday M. Jaward;Eiliv Steinnes

  • PAHs, PCBs, PCNs, organochlorine pesticides, synthetic musks, and polychlorinated n-alkanes in U.K. sewage sludge: survey results and implications.

    Joanna L. Stevens;Grant L. Northcott;Gary A. Stern;Gregg T. Tomy

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in indoor dust in Ottawa, Canada: implications for sources and exposure.

    Bryony H Wilford;Mahiba Shoeib;Tom Harner;Jiping Zhu

  • Nonexhaustive Cyclodextrin-Based Extraction Technique for the Evaluation of PAH Bioavailability

    Brian J. Reid;Joanna D. Stokes;Kevin C. Jones;Kirk T. Semple

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew J. Sweetman
Andrew J. Sweetman Lancaster University
Gareth O. Thomas
Gareth O. Thomas Lancaster University
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kirk T. Semple
Kirk T. Semple Lancaster University
Rainer Lohmann
Rainer Lohmann University of Rhode Island
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada
A. E. Johnston
A. E. Johnston Rothamsted Research
Knut Breivik
Knut Breivik Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Riffat Naseem Malik
Riffat Naseem Malik Quaid-i-Azam University
Crispin J. Halsall
Crispin J. Halsall Lancaster University

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