2026 Richard M. Gersberg: 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	38	8520	8179	3044	2829	95	8416

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

1135
Citations
Role of aquatic plants in wastewater treatment by artificial wetlands.

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

940
Citations
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

554
Citations
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

463
Citations
Toxicity of cigarette butts, and their chemical components, to marine and freshwater fish

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

453
Citations
Nutrient removal efficiency and resource economics of vertical flow and horizontal flow constructed wetlands

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

372
Citations
Nitrogen removal in artificial wetlands

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

319
Citations
Constructed wetlands in China

Dongqing Zhang;Richard M. Gersberg;Tan Soon Keat

319
Citations
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

221
Citations
A comparison of municipal solid waste management in Berlin and Singapore.

Dongqing Zhang;Tan Soon Keat;Richard M. Gersberg

183
Citations
Removal of pharmaceutical compounds in tropical constructed wetlands

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

151
Citations
Use of artificial wetlands to remove nitrogen from wastewater

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

149
Citations
Metal removal by wetland mesocosms subjected to different hydroperiods

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

144
Citations
Fate of viruses in artificial wetlands.

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

134
Citations
Pharmaceutical removal in tropical subsurface flow constructed wetlands at varying hydraulic loading rates.

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

128
Citations
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

123
Citations
Carbamazepine and naproxen: fate in wetland mesocosms planted with Scirpus validus.

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

113
Citations
Nitrogen and phosphorus removal by wetland mesocosms subjected to different hydroperiods

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

111
Citations
Batch versus continuous feeding strategies for pharmaceutical removal by subsurface flow constructed wetland.

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

108
Citations
Decentralized water management: rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse in an urban area of Beijing, China

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

106
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Dongqing Zhang Nanyang Technological University

Soon Keat Tan Nanyang Technological University

Wun Jern Ng Nanyang Technological University

Charles R. Goldman University of California, Davis

Manish Kumar Goyal Indian Institute of Technology Indore

Joy B. Zedler University of Wisconsin–Madison

Jörg E. Drewes Technical University of Munich

Daniel Schlenk University of California, Riverside

Charles P. Gerba University of Arizona

Mark D. Sobsey University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External Links

Personal website of Richard M. Gersberg

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