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D-Index
49
Citations
7563
World Ranking
5330
National Ranking
405

Michael J. Watts 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 Michael J. Watts sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 179 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael J. Watts 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 Michael J. Watts sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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

  • 2003 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Michael J. Watts is affiliated with the British Geological Survey in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant body of work addressing pollution and health-related aspects of environmental contaminants.

The scientist's research encompasses several subfields including pollution, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, radiological and ultrasound technology, nutrition and dietetics, and electrical and electronic engineering. The main topics covered in their work are:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Heavy metal exposure and toxicity
  • Radioactivity and radon measurements
  • Geochemistry and geologic mapping
  • Mining and resource management
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Water quality and pollution assessment

Michael J. Watts has contributed to multiple publication venues. Their frequent publication sources include:

  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Exposure and Health
  • Chemistry Africa
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Watts include:

  • "The impact of increased flooding occurrence on the mobility of potentially toxic elements in floodplain soil - A review" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Rice Grain Cadmium Concentrations in the Global Supply-Chain" (2020), published in Exposure and Health
  • "Heavy metals in urban road dusts from Kolkata and Bengaluru, India: implications for human health" (2020), published in Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • "Hazard, ecological, and human health risk assessment of heavy metals in street dust in Dezful, Iran" (2020), published in Arabian Journal of Geosciences
  • "Artisanal gold mining in Kakamega and Vihiga counties, Kenya: potential human exposure and health risk" (2023), published in Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Watts has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including Odipo Osano, Olivier S. Humphrey, Elliott M. Hamilton, Andrew Marriott, and Scott D. Young. These coauthors have appeared in multiple joint publications.

In 2003, Michael J. Watts was awarded the fellowship of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Chlorine photolysis and subsequent OH radical production during UV treatment of chlorinated water.

    Michael J. Watts;Karl G. Linden

  • Dietary calcium and zinc deficiency risks are decreasing but remain prevalent

    Diriba B. Kumssa;Edward J. M. Joy;E. Louise Ander;Michael J. Watts

  • Dietary mineral supplies in Africa

    Edward J M Joy;E Louise Ander;Scott D Young;Colin R Black

  • Soil type influences crop mineral composition in Malawi.

    Edward J.M. Joy;Edward J.M. Joy;Martin R. Broadley;Scott D. Young;Colin R. Black

  • Maize grain and soil surveys reveal suboptimal dietary selenium intake is widespread in Malawi

    Allan D. C. Chilimba;Scott D. Young;Colin R. Black;Katie B. Rogerson

  • Zinc-enriched fertilisers as a potential public health intervention in Africa

    Edward J. M. Joy;Edward J. M. Joy;Alexander J. Stein;Scott D. Young;E. Louise Ander

  • The impact of increased flooding occurrence on the mobility of potentially toxic elements in floodplain soil – A review

    Jessica Ponting;Thomas J. Kelly;Anne Verhoef;Michael J. Watts

  • Iodine dynamics in soils

    W.H. Shetaya;S.D. Young;M.J. Watts;E.L. Ander

  • Soil-type influences human selenium status and underlies widespread selenium deficiency risks in Malawi.

    Rachel Hurst;Edwin W.P. Siyame;Scott D. Young;Allan D.C. Chilimba

  • Chromium speciation in foodstuffs: a review

    Elliott M. Hamilton;Scott D. Young;Elizabeth H. Bailey;Michael J. Watts

  • Informing etiologic research priorities for squamous cell esophageal cancer in Africa: a review of setting-specific exposures to known and putative risk factors

    V.A. McCormack;D. Menya;M.O. Munishi;C. Dzamalala

  • Status, source, ecological and health risk assessment of toxic metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in street dust of Abadan, Iran

    Navid Ghanavati;Ahad Nazarpour;Michael J. Watts

  • Risk of human exposure to arsenic and other toxic elements from geophagy: trace element analysis of baked clay using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Shaban W Al-Rmalli;Richard O Jenkins;Michael J Watts;Parvez I Haris

  • Africa’s Oesophageal Cancer Corridor: Geographic Variations in Incidence Correlate with Certain Micronutrient Deficiencies

    Torin Schaafsma;Jon Wakefield;Rachel Hanisch;Freddie Ian Bray

  • Rice Grain Cadmium Concentrations in the Global Supply-Chain

    Zhengyu Shi;Manus Carey;Caroline Meharg;Paul N. Williams

  • Impact of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris (L.) on As, Cu, Pb and Zn mobility and speciation in contaminated soils

    Tom Sizmur;Barbara Palumbo-Roe;Michael J. Watts;Mark E. Hodson

  • Assessing urinary flow rate, creatinine, osmolality and other hydration adjustment methods for urinary biomonitoring using NHANES arsenic, iodine, lead and cadmium data

    Daniel R. S. Middleton;Daniel R. S. Middleton;Michael J. Watts;R. Murray Lark;Chris J. Milne

  • Human toenails as a biomarker of exposure to elevated environmental arsenic

    Mark Button;Mark Button;Gawen R. T. Jenkin;Chris F. Harrington;Michael J. Watts

  • Field based speciation of arsenic in UK and Argentinean water samples

    M. J. Watts;J. O’Reilly;J. O’Reilly;A. L. Marcilla;R. A. Shaw

  • The risk of selenium deficiency in Malawi is large and varies over multiple spatial scales

    Felix P. Phiri;E. Louise Ander;Elizabeth H. Bailey;Benson Chilima

  • Dietary mineral supplies in Malawi: spatial and socioeconomic assessment

    Edward J. M. Joy;Edward J. M. Joy;Diriba B. Kumssa;Diriba B. Kumssa;Diriba B. Kumssa;Martin R. Broadley;Michael J. Watts

  • Valuing increased zinc (Zn) fertiliser-use in Pakistan.

    Edward J. M. Joy;Waqar Ahmad;Munir H. Zia;Munir H. Zia;Diriba B. Kumssa;Diriba B. Kumssa

  • Arsenic Contamination of Natural Waters in San Juan and La Pampa, Argentina

    J. O’Reilly;J. O’Reilly;M. J. Watts;R. A. Shaw;A. L. Marcilla

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott D. Young
Scott D. Young University of Nottingham
Martin R. Broadley
Martin R. Broadley Rothamsted Research
David A. Polya
David A. Polya University of Manchester
Neil M.J. Crout
Neil M.J. Crout University of Nottingham
Rosalind S. Gibson
Rosalind S. Gibson University of Otago
Colin R. Black
Colin R. Black University of Nottingham
Susan J. Fairweather-Tait
Susan J. Fairweather-Tait University of East Anglia
Paul Mapfumo
Paul Mapfumo University of Zimbabwe
Pauline Smedley
Pauline Smedley British Geological Survey
Gawen R.T. Jenkin
Gawen R.T. Jenkin University of Leicester

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