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D-Index
38
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8416
World Ranking
8520
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3044

Richard M. Gersberg 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 Richard M. Gersberg sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 95 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard M. Gersberg 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 Richard M. Gersberg sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard M. Gersberg is affiliated with San Diego State University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work covers specialized areas including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, and Water Science and Technology.

The research conducted by Gersberg addresses a variety of environmental topics. Key focus areas include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Gersberg has published frequently in several scientific venues. The prominent journals featuring their work are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Chemical Research in Toxicology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Gersberg include:

  • Zuying Feng
  • Flannery McLamb
  • Goran Bozinovic
  • Damian Shea
  • Matthew E. Verbyla

Recent representative papers authored or co-authored by Gersberg highlight the breadth of their research. Important works include:

  • Fluorescence-based monitoring of anthropogenic pollutant inputs to an urban stream in Southern California, USA (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Occurrence of Stimulant Drugs of Abuse in a San Diego, CA, Stream and their Consumption Rates in the Neighboring Community (2020) published in Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • Physiological and transcriptomic effects of hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid in Caenorhabditis elegans during development (2022) published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
  • Contaminant concentrations and risks associated with the Pacific oyster in the highly urbanized San Diego Bay (2021) published in Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Editorial Perspectives: will SARS-CoV-2 reset public health requirements in the water industry? Integrating lessons of the past and emerging research (2020) published in Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

Best Publications

  • Municipal solid waste management in China: Status, problems and challenges

    Dong Qing Zhang;Soon Keat Tan;Richard M. Gersberg

  • Role of aquatic plants in wastewater treatment by artificial wetlands.

    R.M. Gersberg;B.V. Elkins;S.R. Lyon;C.R. Goldman

  • Removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in aquatic plant-based systems: A review

    Dongqing Zhang;Richard M. Gersberg;Wun Jern Ng;Soon Keat Tan

  • Application of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in developing countries--a review of recent developments (2000-2013).

    Dong Qing Zhang;K.B.S.N. Jinadasa;Richard M. Gersberg;Yu Liu

  • Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish

    Elli Slaughter;Richard M Gersberg;Kayo Watanabe;John Rudolph

  • Nutrient removal efficiency and resource economics of vertical flow and horizontal flow constructed wetlands

    Volker Luederitz;Elke Eckert;Martina Lange-Weber;Andreas Lange

  • Nitrogen removal in artificial wetlands

    R.M. Gersberg;B.V. Elkins;C.R. Goldman

  • Constructed wetlands in China

    Dongqing Zhang;Richard M. Gersberg;Tan Soon Keat

  • Application of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in tropical and subtropical regions (2000-2013).

    Dong-Qing Zhang;K.B.S.N. Jinadasa;Richard M. Gersberg;Yu Liu

  • A comparison of municipal solid waste management in Berlin and Singapore.

    Dongqing Zhang;Tan Soon Keat;Richard M. Gersberg

  • Removal of pharmaceutical compounds in tropical constructed wetlands

    Dong Qing Zhang;Soon Keat Tan;Richard M. Gersberg;Sara Sadreddini

  • Use of artificial wetlands to remove nitrogen from wastewater

    R. M. Gersberg;B. V. Elkins;C. R. Goldman

  • Metal removal by wetland mesocosms subjected to different hydroperiods

    Theresa L. Sinicrope;René Langis;Richard M. Gersberg;Max J. Busnardo

  • Fate of viruses in artificial wetlands.

    R M Gersberg;S R Lyon;R Brenner;B V Elkins

  • Pharmaceutical removal in tropical subsurface flow constructed wetlands at varying hydraulic loading rates.

    Dong Qing Zhang;Richard M. Gersberg;Tao Hua;Junfei Zhu

  • Nutrient removal in tropical subsurface flow constructed wetlands under batch and continuous flow conditions.

    Dong Qing Zhang;Soon Keat Tan;Richard M. Gersberg;Junfei Zhu

  • Carbamazepine and naproxen: fate in wetland mesocosms planted with Scirpus validus.

    Dong Qing Zhang;Tao Hua;Richard M. Gersberg;Junfei Zhu

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus removal by wetland mesocosms subjected to different hydroperiods

    Max J. Busnardo;Richard M. Gersberg;René Langis;Theresa L. Sinicrope

  • Batch versus continuous feeding strategies for pharmaceutical removal by subsurface flow constructed wetland.

    Dong Qing Zhang;Richard M. Gersberg;Junfei Zhu;Tao Hua

  • Decentralized water management: rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse in an urban area of Beijing, China

    Dongqing Zhang;Richard M. Gersberg;Christian Wilhelm;Manfred Voigt

Frequent Co-Authors

Dongqing Zhang
Dongqing Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Soon Keat Tan
Soon Keat Tan Nanyang Technological University
Wun Jern Ng
Wun Jern Ng Nanyang Technological University
Charles R. Goldman
Charles R. Goldman University of California, Davis
Manish Kumar Goyal
Manish Kumar Goyal Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Joy B. Zedler
Joy B. Zedler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jörg E. Drewes
Jörg E. Drewes Technical University of Munich
Daniel Schlenk
Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside
Charles P. Gerba
Charles P. Gerba University of Arizona
Mark D. Sobsey
Mark D. Sobsey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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