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Citations
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World Ranking
981
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15

Chemistry

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18334
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3702
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44

Lutz Ahrens 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 Lutz Ahrens sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 230 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lutz Ahrens 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 Lutz Ahrens sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 80 D-Index — 90th percentile

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

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

Overview

Lutz Ahrens is affiliated with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden. The primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, Atmospheric Science, Pollution, and Mechanical Engineering.

The research topics covered by Lutz Ahrens include:

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Chemical Analysis and Environmental Impact
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies

Frequent publication venues with significant contributions are:

  • Chemosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Pollution

Some of the recent research papers include:

  • Occurrence and removal of chemicals of emerging concern in wastewater treatment plants and their impact on receiving water systems, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant: Long-term performance of granular activated carbon (GAC) and influence of flow-rate, 2020, Water Research
  • NORMAN guidance on suspect and non-target screening in environmental monitoring, 2023, Environmental Sciences Europe
  • Adsorption behavior of per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFASs) to 44 inorganic and organic sorbents and use of dyes as proxies for PFAS sorption, 2020, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • The Price of Really Clean Water: Combining Nanofiltration with Granular Activated Carbon and Anion Exchange Resins for the Removal of Per- And Polyfluoralkyl Substances (PFASs) in Drinking Water Production, 2021, ACS ES&T Water

Frequent co-authors associated with Lutz Ahrens include:

  • Karin Wiberg
  • Oksana Golovko
  • Pablo Gago-Ferrero
  • Foon Yin Lai
  • Mattias Sörengård

The corpus of work reflects a strong emphasis on environmental contaminants, particularly per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), their environmental behavior, removal methods, and impacts on water systems and atmospheric chemistry. The integration of toxicology and chemical analysis in environmental contexts is a recurring theme throughout the research portfolio.

Best Publications

  • Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in the aquatic environment: a review of their occurrence and fate

    Lutz Ahrens

  • Fate and effects of poly‐ and perfluoroalkyl substances in the aquatic environment: A review

    Lutz Ahrens;Mirco Bundschuh

  • Removal efficiency of multiple poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water using granular activated carbon (GAC) and anion exchange (AE) column tests

    Philip McCleaf;Sophie Englund;Anna Östlund;Klara Lindegren

  • Distribution of polyfluoroalkyl compounds in water, suspended particulate matter and sediment from Tokyo Bay, Japan.

    Lutz Ahrens;Sachi Taniyasu;Leo W.Y. Yeung;Leo W.Y. Yeung;Nobuyoshi Yamashita

  • Distribution and sources of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the River Rhine watershed

    Axel Möller;Lutz Ahrens;Renate Surm;Joke Westerveld

  • Wastewater Treatment Plant and Landfills as Sources of Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds to the Atmosphere

    Lutz Ahrens;Mahiba Shoeib;Tom Harner;Sum Chi Lee

  • Polyfluoroalkyl compounds in landfill leachates.

    Jan Busch;Lutz Ahrens;Renate Sturm;Ralf Ebinghaus

  • Stockholm Arlanda Airport as a source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to water, sediment and fish.

    Lutz Ahrens;Karin Norström;Tomas Viktor;Anna Palm Cousins

  • Partitioning Behavior of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds between Pore Water and Sediment in Two Sediment Cores from Tokyo Bay, Japan

    Lutz Ahrens;Nobuyoshi Yamashita;Leo W. Y. Yeung;Sachi Taniyasu

  • Polyfluorinated compounds in waste water treatment plant effluents and surface waters along the River Elbe, Germany.

    Lutz Ahrens;Sebastian Felizeter;Renate Sturm;Zhiyong Xie

  • Partitioning of perfluorooctanoate (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctane sulfonamide (PFOSA) between water and sediment

    Lutz Ahrens;Leo W.Y. Yeung;Sachi Taniyasu;Paul K.S. Lam

  • Sorption of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to an organic soil horizon - Effect of cation composition and pH.

    Hugo Campos Pereira;Malin Ullberg;Dan Berggren Kleja;Jon Petter Gustafsson

  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in water, soil and plants in wetlands and agricultural areas in Kampala, Uganda.

    Sahar Dalahmeh;Sana Tirgani;Allan John Komakech;Charles B. Niwagaba

  • Occurrence and removal of chemicals of emerging concern in wastewater treatment plants and their impact on receiving water systems

    Oksana Golovko;Stefan Örn;Mattias Sörengård;Kim Frieberg

  • Critical review: Grand challenges in assessing the adverse effects of contaminants of emerging concern on aquatic food webs

    Elena Nilsen;Kelly L Smalling;Lutz Ahrens;Meritxell Gros;Meritxell Gros

  • Longitudinal and Latitudinal Distribution of Perfluoroalkyl Compounds in the Surface Water of the Atlantic Ocean

    Lutz Ahrens;Jonathan L. Barber;Zhiyong Xie;Ralf Ebinghaus

  • Plant Uptake of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances at a Contaminated Fire Training Facility to Evaluate the Phytoremediation Potential of Various Plant Species.

    Laura Gobelius;Jeffrey Lewis;Lutz Ahrens

  • Removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a full-scale drinking water treatment plant: Long-term performance of granular activated carbon (GAC) and influence of flow-rate.

    Nadine Belkouteb;Vera Franke;Philip McCleaf;Stephan Köhler

  • NORMAN guidance on suspect and non-target screening in environmental monitoring

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  • Urban versus remote air concentrations of fluorotelomer alcohols and other polyfluorinated alkyl substances in Germany

    Annika Jahnke;Lutz Ahrens;Ralf Ebinghaus;Christian Temme

  • Micropollutants in drinking water from source to tap - Method development and application of a multiresidue screening method

    Rikard Tröger;Philipp Klöckner;Lutz Ahrens;Karin Wiberg

  • Calibration and application of PUF disk passive air samplers for tracking polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs)

    Tom Harner;K y Su;Susie Genualdi;Jessica Karpowicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Karin Wiberg
Karin Wiberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ralf Ebinghaus
Ralf Ebinghaus Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Tom Harner
Tom Harner Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mahiba Shoeib
Mahiba Shoeib Environment and Climate Change Canada
Zhiyong Xie
Zhiyong Xie Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Dan Berggren Kleja
Dan Berggren Kleja Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Renate Sturm
Renate Sturm Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research
Meritxell Gros
Meritxell Gros Catalan Institute for Water Research
Stephan J. Köhler
Stephan J. Köhler Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Leo W.Y. Yeung
Leo W.Y. Yeung Örebro University

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