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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 47 5875 5636 454 441 137 7204
Biology and Biochemistry 48 18465 16944 1446 1338 134 7105

Mark A. Taggart publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Mark A. Taggart between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Mark A. Taggart published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 6.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2024. 33 of the 180 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2024. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 2 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 5 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 18 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 19 publications 2025: 14 publications
1998 2025

180 publications in total across all disciplines

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Mark A. Taggart: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 1
2004 1
2005 2
2006 6
2007 7
2008 6
2009 7
2010 5
2011 14
2012 3
2013 6
2014 5
2015 6
2016 10
2017 2
2018 5
2019 8
2020 10
2021 15
2022 18
2023 9
2024 19
2025 14
Total 180
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Mark A. Taggart 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 Mark A. Taggart sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 131–140 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544 137
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Mark A. Taggart 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 Mark A. Taggart sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275 47
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Mark A. Taggart is affiliated with the University of the Highlands and Islands in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Ecology, Pollution, and Water Science and Technology.

Taggart's work addresses multiple topics related to environmental impact and pollutant management. These include:

  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Heavy metal exposure and toxicity
  • Heavy metals in the environment
  • Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment

The scientist has contributed to research published frequently in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Conservation Evidence Journal
  • Water Research

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Taggart cover wastewater treatment and pollutant removal and include the following:

  • Low-cost chitosan-calcite adsorbent development for potential phosphate removal and recovery from wastewater effluent, 2020, Water Research
  • Removal behaviour of NSAIDs from wastewater using a P-functionalised microporous carbon, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Enhanced phosphate removal and potential recovery from wastewater by thermo-chemically calcinated shell adsorbents, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Assessing hospital impact on pharmaceutical levels in a rural 'source-to-sink' water system, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Circular economy based landfill leachate treatment with sulphur-doped microporous biochar, 2021, Waste Management

Taggart has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Sabolč Pap
  • Rhys E. Green
  • Paul P.J. Gaffney
  • Deborah J. Pain
  • Stuart W. Gibb

Best Publications

  • Toxicity of diclofenac to Gyps vultures.

    Gerry E Swan;Richard Cuthbert;Miguel Quevedo;Rhys E Green;Rhys E Green

  • Removing the Threat of Diclofenac to Critically Endangered Asian Vultures

    Gerry Swan;Vinasan Naidoo;Richard Cuthbert;Rhys E Green;Rhys E Green

  • Low-cost chitosan-calcite adsorbent development for potential phosphate removal and recovery from wastewater effluent.

    Sabolc Pap;Sabolc Pap;Caroline Kirk;Barbara Bremner;Maja Turk Sekulic

  • Heavy metal exposure in large game from a lead mining area : Effects on oxidative stress and fatty acid composition in liver

    Manuel M. Reglero;Mark A. Taggart;Lidia Monsalve-González;Rafael Mateo

  • Assessing the exposure risk and impacts of pharmaceuticals in the environment on individuals and ecosystems

    Kathryn E. Arnold;Alistair B. A. Boxall;A. Ross Brown;A. Ross Brown;Richard J. Cuthbert

  • Toxicity of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs to Gyps vultures: a new threat from ketoprofen.

    Vinny Naidoo;Kerri Wolter;Duncan Cromarty;Maria Diekmann

  • Potential Hazard to Human Health from Exposure to Fragments of Lead Bullets and Shot in the Tissues of Game Animals

    Deborah J. Pain;Ruth L. Cromie;Julia Newth;Martin J. Brown

  • The race to prevent the extinction of South Asian vultures

    Deborah J. Pain;Christopher G. R. Bowden;Andrew A. Cunningham;Richard Cuthbert

  • Collapse of Asian vulture populations: risk of mortality from residues of the veterinary drug diclofenac in carcasses of treated cattle

    Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Mark A. Taggart;Devojit Das;Deborah J. Pain

  • A review of the potential utilisation of plastic waste as adsorbent for removal of hazardous priority contaminants from aqueous environments.

    Huiyi Zhang;Sabolc Pap;Mark A. Taggart;Kenneth G. Boyd

  • Safety of meloxicam to critically endangered Gyps vultures and other scavenging birds in India

    D. Swarup;R. C. Patra;V. Prakash;R. Cuthbert

  • Transfer of metals to plants and red deer in an old lead mining area in Spain

    M M Reglero;L Monsalve-González;M A Taggart;R Mateo

  • Lead and arsenic in bones of birds of prey from Spain

    R. Mateo;Mark Antony Taggart;Andrew Alexander Meharg

  • Rate of decline of the Oriental white-backed vulture population in India estimated from a survey of diclofenac residues in carcasses of ungulates

    Rhys E. Green;Mark A. Taggart;Mark A. Taggart;Kalu Ram Senacha;Bindu Raghavan

  • Diclofenac residues in carcasses of domestic ungulates available to vultures in India

    Mark Antony Taggart;K. R. Senacha;R. E. Green;R. E. Green;Y. V. Jhala

  • Lead concentrations in bones and feathers of the globally threatened Spanish imperial eagle

    Deborah J. Pain;A.A. Meharg;Miguel Ferrer;Mark A. Taggart

  • The effect of different drying methods on certain nutritionally important chemical constituents in edible brown seaweeds

    Uthman O. Badmus;Mark A. Taggart;Kenneth G. Boyd

  • Levels of heavy metals and metalloids in critically endangered Iberian lynx and other wild carnivores from Southern Spain

    J. Millán;R. Mateo;M.A. Taggart;J.V. López-Bao

  • Ionisable emerging pharmaceutical adsorption onto microwave functionalised biochar derived from novel lignocellulosic waste biomass

    Olivera Paunovic;Sabolc Pap;Sabolc Pap;Snezana Maletic;Mark A. Taggart

  • Utilizing low-cost natural waste for the removal of pharmaceuticals from water: Mechanisms, isotherms and kinetics at low concentrations

    Yuan Li;Yuan Li;Mark A. Taggart;Craig McKenzie;Zulin Zhang

  • After the Aznalcóllar mine spill: arsenic, zinc, selenium, lead and copper levels in the livers and bones of five waterfowl species

    Mark Antony Taggart;J. Figuerola;A. J. Green;R. Mateo

  • Detection and drivers of exposure and effects of pharmaceuticals in higher vertebrates

    Richard F. Shore;Mark A. Taggart;Judit Smits;Rafael Mateo

  • Avian scavengers and the threat from veterinary pharmaceuticals.

    Richard J. Cuthbert;Richard J. Cuthbert;Mark A. Taggart;Vibhu Prakash;Soumya S. Chakraborty

Frequent Co-Authors

Rafael Mateo
Rafael Mateo University of Castilla-La Mancha
Rhys E. Green
Rhys E. Green University of Cambridge
Andrew A. Meharg
Andrew A. Meharg Queen's University Belfast
Deborah J. Pain
Deborah J. Pain University of Cambridge
Andy J. Green
Andy J. Green Spanish National Research Council
Marta I. Sánchez
Marta I. Sánchez University of Seville
Yadvendradev V. Jhala
Yadvendradev V. Jhala Wildlife Institute of India
Andrea Raab
Andrea Raab International Committee of the Red Cross
Richard F. Shore
Richard F. Shore Lancaster University
Andrew A. Cunningham
Andrew A. Cunningham Zoological Society of London

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