2026 Mark E. Hodson: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	57	3459	3306	265	256	215	11496

Overview

Mark E. Hodson is affiliated with the University of York in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and agricultural sciences, with a significant emphasis on soil science, pollution, and ecological systems. The scientist's work spans interdisciplinary fields such as Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their studies address several key topics, including:

Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Mark E. Hodson has published extensively in venues such as:

SSRN Electronic Journal
The Science of The Total Environment
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Applied Geochemistry
Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent collaborators include J. Brett Sallach, Roman Ashauer, Zheng Fang, Jonathan R. Leake, and Melanie Bottoms.

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Mark E. Hodson include:

Increased yield and CO₂ sequestration potential with the C₄ cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust-amended agricultural soil, 2020, Global Change Biology
Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering, 2021, Applied Geochemistry
Impact of different earthworm ecotypes on water stable aggregates and soil water holding capacity, 2020, Biology and Fertility of Soils
Size- and concentration-dependent effects of microplastics on soil aggregate formation and properties, 2023, Journal of Hazardous Materials
Effect of earthworms on soil physico-hydraulic and chemical properties, herbage production, and wheat growth on arable land converted to ley, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

A review of earthworm impact on soil function and ecosystem services

Manuel Blouin;Mark.E. Hodson;E.A. Delgado;G. Baker

1379
Citations
Plastic bag derived-microplastics as a vector for metal exposure in terrestrial invertebrates

Mark Edward Hodson;Calum Duffus-Hodson;Andy Clark;Miranda Tendai Prendergast-Miller

717
Citations
A review of studies performed to assess metal uptake by earthworms.

Johanne Nahmani;Mark E. Hodson;Stuart Black

394
Citations
Effects of biochar and the earthworm Eisenia fetida on the bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and potentially toxic elements

Jose L. Gomez-Eyles;Tom Sizmur;Christopher David Collins;Mark Edward Hodson

354
Citations
Do earthworms impact metal mobility and availability in soil? A review

Tom Sizmur;Mark E. Hodson

338
Citations
Increased yield and CO2 sequestration potential with the C4 cereal Sorghum bicolor cultivated in basaltic rock dust-amended agricultural soil.

Mike E. Kelland;Peter W. Wade;Amy L. Lewis;Lyla L. Taylor

242
Citations
Fe-sulphate-rich evaporative mineral precipitates from the Río Tinto, southwest Spain

T. Buckby;S. Black;Max Laurence Coleman;M. E. Hodson

214
Citations
Polyester-derived microfibre impacts on the soil-dwelling earthworm Lumbricus terrestris.

Miranda Tendai Prendergast-Miller;Andreas Katsiamides;Mustafa Abbass;Stephen Sturzenbaum

213
Citations
Bonemeal additions as a remediation treatment for metal contaminated soil

Mark E. Hodson;Éva Valsami-Jones;Janet D. Cotter-Howells

183
Citations
Changes in the leachability of metals from dredged canal sediments during drying and oxidation.

S.R. Stephens;B.J. Alloway;A. Parker;J.E. Carter

171
Citations
Heavy metals--geochemical bogey men?

Mark E Hodson

169
Citations
Bioavailability in soils

Mark E. Hodson;M. G. Vijver;W. J. G. M. Peijnenberg

166
Citations
Use of bone meal amendments to immobilise Pb, Zn and Cd in soil: A leaching column study.

I.R. Sneddon;M. Orueetxebarria;M. Orueetxebarria;M.E. Hodson;M.E. Hodson;P.F. Schofield

160
Citations
Effect of bone meal (calcium phosphate) amendments on metal release from contaminated soils--a leaching column study.

M.E Hodson;E Valsami-Jones;J.D Cotter-Howells;W.E Dubbin

150
Citations
Measuring and modelling mixture toxicity of imidacloprid and thiacloprid on Caenorhabditis elegans and Eisenia fetida.

Jose L. Gomez-Eyles;Claus Svendsen;Lindsay Lister;Heather Martin

150
Citations
The role of hedgerows in soil functioning within agricultural landscapes

J. Holden;R. P. Grayson;D. Berdeni;S. Bird

143
Citations
Effects of metals on life cycle parameters of the earthworm Eisenia fetida exposed to field-contaminated, metal-polluted soils.

Johanne Nahmani;Mark E. Hodson;Stuart Black

142
Citations
Effects of mineralogy, chemistry and physical properties of basalts on carbon capture potential and plant-nutrient element release via enhanced weathering

Amy L. Lewis;Binoy Sarkar;Peter Wade;Simon J. Kemp

138
Citations
Survival, Pb-uptake and behaviour of three species of earthworm in Pb treated soils determined using an OECD-style toxicity test and a soil avoidance test.

Caroline J. Langdon;Mark E. Hodson;Rebecca E. Arnold;Stuart Black

131
Citations
Surface deformation due to shear and tensile faults in a half-space

Mark E. Hodson;Martin R. Lee;Ian Parsons

130
Citations
Experimental evidence for mobility of Zr and other trace elements in soils

Mark E Hodson

124
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart Black University of Reading

Simon J. Langan International Water Management Institute

Stephen R. Stürzenbaum King's College London

Peter Kille Cardiff University

Eugenia Valsami-Jones University of Birmingham

Jonathan R. Leake University of Sheffield

Erica Donner University of South Australia

Joseph Holden University of Leeds

David J. Spurgeon University of Reading

Roman Ashauer University of York

External Links

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