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9256
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233

Mark E. McMaster 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 E. McMaster sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 148 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Mark E. McMaster 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 E. McMaster sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Mark E. McMaster is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research primarily falls within Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of their work cover various aspects of aquatic and environmental health, including:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies

McMaster has contributed to a number of journal articles, with recent papers published in prominent environmental and ecological venues. Selected publications include:

  • Polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in the Canadian environment: A review of sampling techniques, strategies and instrumentation, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Ecological effects and causal synthesis of oil sands activity impacts on river ecosystems: water synthesis review, 2021, Environmental Reviews
  • Endocrine Disruptor Impacts on Fish From Chile: The Influence of Wastewaters, 2021, Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Development of a thin-film solid-phase microextraction (TF-SPME) method coupled to liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry for high-throughput determination of steroid hormones in white sucker fish plasma, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • qPCR-based eDNA workflow for humic-rich lake sediments: Combined use of sedimentary DNA (sedDNA) and Indigenous Knowledge in reconstructing historical fish records, 2023, Ecological Indicators

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Erin Ussery
  • Joanne L. Parrott
  • Gerald R. Tetreault
  • Jessie Cunningham
  • Mark R. Servos

McMaster's research has appeared multiple times in several leading scientific journals, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Frontiers in Endocrinology
  • Global Ecology and Conservation
  • Aquatic Toxicology

This profile demonstrates the scientist's involvement in multidimensional environmental research, addressing complex issues such as pollutant impacts on aquatic organisms, methodological advancements in environmental toxin measurement, and the integration of molecular techniques like environmental DNA with Indigenous Knowledge for biodiversity studies.

Best Publications

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the environment: what are the big questions?

    Alistair B. A. Boxall;Murray A. Rudd;Bryan W. Brooks;Daniel J. Caldwell

  • VITELLOGENIN : A BIOMARKER FOR ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS

    P.-D Hansen;H Dizer;B Hock;A Marx

  • Exposure to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent disrupts the pituitary-gonadal axis of white sucker at multiple sites

    G.J. Van Der Kraak;K.R. Munkittrick;M.E. McMaster;C.B. Portt

  • Changes in hepatic mixed-function oxygenase (MFO) activity, plasma steroid levels and age at maturity of a white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) population exposed to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent

    M.E. McMaster;G.J. Van Der Kraak;C.B. Portt;K.R. Munkittrick

  • Survey of receiving-water environmental impacts associated with discharges from pulp mills: 2. Gonad size, liver size, hepatic erod activity and plasma sex steroid levels in white sucker

    Kelly R. Munkittrick;Mark R. Servos;Glen J. Van Der Kraak;Mark E. McMaster

  • Intersex and reproductive impairment of wild fish exposed to multiple municipal wastewater discharges

    Gerald R. Tetreault;Gerald R. Tetreault;Charles J. Bennett;K. Shires;B. Knight

  • Changes in Maturity, Plasma Sex Steroid Levels, Hepatic Mixed-Function Oxygenase Activity, and the Presence of External Lesions in Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) Exposed to Bleached Kraft Mill Effluent

    K. R. Munkittrick;M. E. McMaster;C. B. Portt;G. J. Van Der Kraak

  • Response of hepatic MFO activity and plasma sex steroids to secondary treatment of bleached kraft pulp mill effluent and mill shutdown

    K. R. M. Munkttrick;G. J. Van Der Kraak;M. E. McMaster;C. B. Portt

  • An overview of recent studies on the potential of pulp‐mill effluents to alter reproductive parameters in fish

    K.R. Munkittrick;M. E. McMaster;L.H. McCarthy;M. R. Servos

  • Altered reproduction in fish exposed to pulp and paper mill effluents: roles of individual compounds and mill operating conditions.

    L. Mark Hewitt;Tibor G. Kovacs;Monique G. Dubé;Deborah L. MacLatchy

  • Preliminary fingerprinting of Athabasca oil sands polar organics in environmental samples using electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

    John V. Headley;Mark P. Barrow;Kerry M. Peru;Bradley D. Fahlman

  • Milt characteristics, reproductive performance, and larval survival and development of white sucker exposed to bleached kraft mill effluent.

    M.E. McMaster;C.B. Portt;K.R. Munkittrick;D.G. Dixon

  • Elevated ovarian follicular apoptosis and heat shock protein-70 expression in white sucker exposed to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent.

    D. M. Janz;M. E. Mcmaster;K. R. Munkittrick;G. Van Der Kraak

  • PROTOCOL FOR MEASURING IN VITRO STEROID PRODUCTION BY FISH GONADAL TISSUE

    M. E. McMaster;K. R. Munkittrick;J. J. Jardine;R. D. Robinson

  • Chemical fingerprinting of naphthenic acids and oil sands process waters—A review of analytical methods for environmental samples

    J. V. Headley;K. M. Peru;M. H. Mohamed;R. A. Frank

  • An Epidemiological Evaluation of the Biochemical Basis for Steroid Hormonal Depressions in Fish Exposed to Industrial Wastes

    Mark E. McMaster;Glen J. Van Der Kraak;Kelly R. Munkittrick

  • Overview of Freshwater Fish Studies from the Pulp and Paper Environmental Effects Monitoring Program

    Kelly R. Munkittrick;S. Anne McGeachy;Mark E. McMaster;Simon C. Courtenay

  • A decade of research on the environmental impacts of pulp and paper mill effluents in Canada: sources and characteristics of bioactive substances.

    L Mark Hewitt;Joanne L Parrott;Mark E McMaster

  • Potential endocrine disruption of sexual development in free ranging male northern leopard frogs (Rana pipiens) and green frogs (Rana clamitans) from areas of intensive row crop agriculture.

    Tana V. McDaniel;Pamela A. Martin;John Struger;Jim Sherry

  • Exposure to bleached kraft pulp mill effluent reduces the steroid biosynthetic capacity of white sucker ovarian follicles

    M.E. McMaster;G.J. Van Der Kraak;K.R. Munkittrick

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly R. Munkittrick
Kelly R. Munkittrick University of New Brunswick
Mark R. Servos
Mark R. Servos University of Waterloo
Ricardo Barra
Ricardo Barra University of Concepción
Derek C. G. Muir
Derek C. G. Muir Environment and Climate Change Canada
Gerald T. Ankley
Gerald T. Ankley Environmental Protection Agency
Scott E. Belanger
Scott E. Belanger Procter & Gamble (United States)
François Gagné
François Gagné Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mehran Alaee
Mehran Alaee Environment and Climate Change Canada
D. George Dixon
D. George Dixon University of Waterloo
Vance L. Trudeau
Vance L. Trudeau University of Ottawa

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