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Richard Sempéré

Richard Sempéré

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
53
Citations
10268
World Ranking
4253
National Ranking
173

Richard Sempéré 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 Sempéré sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 169 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard Sempéré 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 Sempéré sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Sempéré is affiliated with Aix-Marseille University in France. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a total of 55 publications in Environmental Science and 17 in Earth and Planetary Sciences.

The main subfields of their work include Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Atmospheric Science. Research topics largely focus on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Marine and coastal ecosystems, and Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Science & Technology, and Earth system science data.

Richard Sempéré has collaborated extensively with several co-authors including Natascha Schmidt, Laure Papillon, Christos Panagiotopoulos, Christian Grenz, and Javier Castro-Jiménez.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard Sempéré are:

  • Phthalates and organophosphate esters in surface water, sediments and zooplankton of the NW Mediterranean Sea: Exploring links with microplastic abundance and accumulation in the marine food web, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Organic additive release from plastic to seawater is lower under deep-sea conditions, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Highlights from a review of microplastics in marine sediments, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment Using the Laser Direct Infrared (LDIR) Technique, 2022, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Microplastics in Asian freshwater ecosystems: Current knowledge and perspectives, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Occurrence, fate, behavior and ecotoxicological state of phthalates in different environmental matrices.

    Sopheak Net;Richard Sempéré;Richard Sempéré;Anne Delmont;Anne Delmont;Andrea Paluselli;Andrea Paluselli

  • Phthalate Release from Plastic Fragments and Degradation in Seawater.

    Andrea Paluselli;Vincent Fauvelle;François Galgani;Richard Sempéré

  • Comparative distributions of dicarboxylic acids and related polar compounds in snow, rain and aerosols from urban atmosphere

    Richard Sempére;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Penetration of Ultraviolet Radiation in the Marine Environment. A Review

    Marc Tedetti;Richard Sempéré

  • Marine ecosystems' responses to climatic and anthropogenic forcings in the Mediterranean

    X. Durrieu de Madron;C. Guieu;R. Sempéré;P. Conan

  • Water soluble dicarboxylic acids and related compounds in Antarctic aerosols

    Kimitaka Kawamura;Richard Seméré;Yoshie Imai;Yoshiyuki Fujii

  • Reliable quantification of phthalates in environmental matrices (air, water, sludge, sediment and soil): a review.

    Sopheak Net;Anne Delmont;Richard Sempéré;Andrea Paluselli

  • Carbon inputs of the Rhône River to the Mediterranean Sea: Biogeochemical implications

    Richard Sempéré;Bruno Charrière;Gustave Cauwet

  • Organic molecular composition of marine aerosols over the Arctic Ocean in summer: contributions of primary emission and secondary aerosol formation

    P.Q Fu;P.Q Fu;Kimitaka Kawamura;Jie Chen;Bruno Charrìère

  • Macro-litter in surface waters from the Rhone River: Plastic pollution and loading to the NW Mediterranean Sea.

    Javier Castro-Jiménez;Daniel González-Fernández;Michel Fornier;Natascha Schmidt

  • Occurrence of phthalate acid esters (PAEs) in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea and the Rhone River

    Andrea Paluselli;Yann Aminot;François Galgani;Sopheak Net

  • Occurrence of microplastics in surface waters of the Gulf of Lion (NW Mediterranean Sea)

    Natascha Schmidt;Delphine Thibault;François Galgani;Andrea Paluselli

  • Fluorescence and absorption properties of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in coastal surface waters of the northwestern Mediterranean Sea, influence of the Rhône River

    Julien Para;Paula G. Coble;Bruno Charrière;Marc Tedetti

  • Low molecular weight dicarboxylic acids and related polar compounds in the remote marine rain samples collected from Western Pacific

    Richard Sempéré;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Analytical methods for the determination of sugars in marine samples: A historical perspective and future directions

    Christos Panagiotopoulos;Richard Sempéré

  • Fluorescence and absorption properties of chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM) in coastal surface waters of the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea (Bay of Marseilles, France)

    J. Para;P. G. Coble;B. Charrière;M. Tedetti

  • Phthalates and organophosphate esters in surface water, sediments and zooplankton of the NW Mediterranean Sea: Exploring links with microplastic abundance and accumulation in the marine food web.

    Natascha Schmidt;Javier Castro-Jiménez;Javier Castro-Jiménez;Benjamin Oursel;Richard Sempéré

  • Trans‐hemispheric contribution of C2–C10 α, ω‐dicarboxylic acids, and related polar compounds to water‐soluble organic carbon in the western Pacific aerosols in relation to photochemical oxidation reactions

    Richard Sempéré;Kimitaka Kawamura

  • Identification and Quantification of Microplastics in the Marine Environment Using the Laser Direct Infrared (LDIR) Technique.

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  • Occurrence of organic plastic additives in surface waters of the Rhône River (France).

    Natascha Schmidt;Javier Castro-Jiménez;Vincent Fauvelle;Mélanie Ourgaud

  • Wet-oxidation and automated colorimetry for simultaneous determination of organic carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus dissolved in seawater

    Patrick Raimbault;Wilfried Pouvesle;Frédéric Diaz;Nicole Garcia

  • Tracing the transport of colored dissolved organic matter in water masses of the Southern Beaufort Sea: relationship with hydrographic characteristics

    A. Matsuoka;A. Matsuoka;A. Bricaud;R. Benner;J. Para;J. Para

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara D'Anna
Barbara D'Anna Aix-Marseille University
Karine Sellegri
Karine Sellegri University of Clermont Auvergne
Kimitaka Kawamura
Kimitaka Kawamura Chubu University
Patrick Raimbault
Patrick Raimbault Mediterranean Institute of Oceanography
Louis Marie Prieur
Louis Marie Prieur Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jorge Pey
Jorge Pey Spanish National Research Council
Jean-Christophe Poggiale
Jean-Christophe Poggiale Aix-Marseille University
Marcel Babin
Marcel Babin Université Laval
Cécile Guieu
Cécile Guieu Université Paris Cité
Marc Mallet
Marc Mallet University of Tasmania

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