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Pat E. Rasmussen

Pat E. Rasmussen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
36
Citations
5516
World Ranking
9117
National Ranking
420

Pat E. Rasmussen 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 Pat E. Rasmussen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 106 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pat E. Rasmussen 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 Pat E. Rasmussen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pat E. Rasmussen is affiliated with Health Canada in Canada and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research spans several interconnected subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Materials Chemistry, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in Rasmussen's work include:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Traffic and Road Safety
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Christine Levesque (9 publications)
  • Suzanne Beauchemin (8 publications)
  • Mary-Luyza Avramescu (7 publications)
  • Clare L.S. Wiseman (4 publications)
  • Andrey Boyadzhiev (4 publications)

Rasmussen's work has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Nanomaterials (3 publications)
  • Emerging contaminants (2 publications)
  • Indoor Air (2 publications)
  • Geosciences (2 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (1 publication)

Notable recent papers include:

  • Characterizing the sources, concentrations and resuspension potential of metals and metalloids in the thoracic fraction of urban road dust, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Characterization of Commercial Metal Oxide Nanomaterials: Crystalline Phase, Particle Size and Specific Surface Area, 2020, Nanomaterials
  • Dissolution behavior of metal oxide nanomaterials in cell culture medium versus distilled water, 2020, Journal of Nanoparticle Research
  • Simultaneous measurement of 16 bisphenol A analogues in house dust and evaluation of two sampling techniques, 2020, Emerging contaminants
  • Bacterial Diversity in House Dust: Characterization of a Core Indoor Microbiome, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science

Best Publications

  • A multi-element profile of housedust in relation to exterior dust and soils in the city of Ottawa, Canada.

    P.E Rasmussen;K.S Subramanian;B.J Jessiman

  • Role of sediment composition in trace metal distribution in lake sediments

    L El Bilali;P.E Rasmussen;G.E.M Hall;D Fortin

  • Nevada STORMS project: Measurement of mercury emissions from naturally enriched surfaces

    M. Sexauer Gustin;S. Lindberg;F. Marsik;A. Casimir

  • Current methods of estimating atmospheric mercury fluxes in remote areas.

    Pat E. Rasmussen

  • Validation of continuous particle monitors for personal, indoor, and outdoor exposures.

    Lance A Wallace;Amanda J Wheeler;Jill Kearney;Keith Van Ryswyk

  • Canadian House Dust Study: Population-based concentrations, loads and loading rates of arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead, and zinc inside urban homes

    Pat E. Rasmussen;Christine Levesque;Marc Chénier;Marc Chénier;H. David Gardner;H. David Gardner

  • Increases in mercury emissions from desert soils in response to rainfall and irrigation

    S. E. Lindberg;H. Zhang;M. Gustin;A. Vette

  • Influence of pH, particle size and crystal form on dissolution behaviour of engineered nanomaterials

    M.-L. Avramescu;P. E. Rasmussen;P. E. Rasmussen;M. Chénier;H. D. Gardner;H. D. Gardner

  • The analysis of vegetation for total mercury

    Pat E. Rasmussen;Greg Mierle;Jerome O. Nriagu

  • Influence of Matrix Composition on the Bioaccessibility of Copper, Zinc, and Nickel in Urban Residential Dust and Soil

    Pat E. Rasmussen;Suzanne Beauchemin;Michelle Nugent;Rose Dugandzic

  • Simultaneous determination of thirteen organophosphate esters in settled indoor house dust and a comparison between two sampling techniques.

    Xinghua Fan;Cariton Kubwabo;Pat E. Rasmussen;Fang Wu

  • Long-range atmospheric transport of trace metals: the need for geoscience perspectives

    P. E. Rasmussen

  • Canadian house dust study: lead bioaccessibility and speciation.

    Pat E Rasmussen;Pat E Rasmussen;Suzanne Beauchemin;Marc Chénier;Marc Chénier;Christine Levesque

  • The impact of drinking water, indoor dust and paint on blood lead levels of children aged 1-5 years in Montréal (Québec, Canada)

    Patrick Levallois;Julie St-Laurent;Denis Gauvin;Marilène Courteau

  • Analysis of Environmental Samples Using Microwave-Assisted Acid Digestion and Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Maximizing Total Element Recoveries

    Nouri M. Hassan;Pat E. Rasmussen;Ewa Dabek-Zlotorzynska;Valbona Celo

  • An overview of trace metals in the environment, from mobilization to remediation

    A. C. L. Larocque;Patricia E. Rasmussen

  • Concentration Distribution and Bioaccessibility of Trace Elements in Nano and Fine Urban Airborne Particulate Matter: Influence of Particle Size

    Jianjun Niu;Pat E. Rasmussen;Pat E. Rasmussen;Nouri M. Hassan;Nouri M. Hassan;Renaud Vincent

  • Analysis of selected phthalates in Canadian indoor dust collected using household vacuum and standardized sampling techniques.

    C. Kubwabo;P. E. Rasmussen;X. Fan;I. Kosarac

  • Contribution of metals in resuspended dust to indoor and personal inhalation exposures: Relationships between PM10 and settled dust

    Pat E. Rasmussen;Pat E. Rasmussen;Christine Levesque;Marc Chénier;H. David Gardner;H. David Gardner

  • Evaluation of airborne particulate matter and metals data in personal, indoor and outdoor environments using ED-XRF and ICP-MS and co-located duplicate samples

    Jianjun Niu;Pat E. Rasmussen;Pat E. Rasmussen;Amanda Wheeler;Ron Williams

Frequent Co-Authors

Gwendy E.M. Hall
Gwendy E.M. Hall Geological Survey of Canada
Lance Wallace
Lance Wallace Environmental Protection Agency
Steven D. Siciliano
Steven D. Siciliano University of Saskatchewan
Danielle Fortin
Danielle Fortin University of Ottawa
Steve E. Lindberg
Steve E. Lindberg Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Albert L. Juhasz
Albert L. Juhasz University of South Australia
Mae Sexauer Gustin
Mae Sexauer Gustin University of Nevada Reno
Michèle Prévost
Michèle Prévost Polytechnique Montréal
Laurier Poissant
Laurier Poissant Environment and Climate Change Canada
Heather E. Jamieson
Heather E. Jamieson Queen's University

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