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D-Index
58
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10012
World Ranking
3330
National Ranking
1285

Ronald S. Tjeerdema 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 Ronald S. Tjeerdema sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 247 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Ronald S. Tjeerdema 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 Ronald S. Tjeerdema sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ronald S. Tjeerdema is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular emphasis on pollution, plant science, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and water science and technology.

Their work covers several main topics, including:

  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Weed Control and Herbicide Applications
  • Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis
  • Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Recent scholarly articles authored or co-authored by Tjeerdema reflect a focus on environmental fate and risk assessments linked to pesticides in agricultural contexts. Selected papers include:

  • "Quantum Yield for the Aqueous Photochemical Degradation of Chlorantraniliprole and Simulation of Its Environmental Fate in a Model California Rice Field" (2020), published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • "Environmental fate and aquatic risk assessment of oxyfluorfen in California rice fields" (2025), published in Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • "Soil-Water Partitioning Behavior of Oxyfluorfen Under California Rice Field Conditions" (2023), published in ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
  • "CROSERF special issue preface" (2023), published in Aquatic Toxicology
  • "Pyrethroid-driven toxicity and its relationships with urban land use: Findings from 15 years of statewide monitoring in California watersheds" (2025), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent collaborators of Tjeerdema include David Bonnar, Zachary C. Redman, Cort Anastasio, Jeff P. Eichler, and Sanjai J. Parikh.

Tjeerdema has published in several scientific journals, often those dealing with environmental toxicology, assessment, and agricultural chemical impacts. Notable venues in which they have been published include:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
  • ACS Agricultural Science & Technology
  • Aquatic Toxicology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Standardization of the Preparation and Quantitation of Water-accommodated Fractions of Petroleum for Toxicity Testing

    M.M Singer;D Aurand;G.E Bragin;J.R Clark

  • Environmental fate and toxicology of fipronil

    Amrith S. Gunasekara;Tresca Truong;Kean S. Goh;Frank Spurlock

  • Evaluation of metabolite extraction strategies from tissue samples using NMR metabolomics

    Ching Yu Lin;Huifeng Wu;Ronald S. Tjeerdema;Mark R. Viant

  • Applications of Metabolomics in Agriculture

    Richard A. Dixon;David R. Gang;Adrian J. Charlton;Oliver Fiehn

  • Detection of domoic acid in northern anchovies and California sea lions associated with an unusual mortality event.

    Kathi A. Lefebvre;Christine L. Powell;Mark Busman;Gregory J. Doucette

  • Metabolomics: Methodologies and applications in the environmental sciences

    Ching Yu Lin;Mark R. Viant;Ronald S. Tjeerdema

  • Metabolic effects of dinoseb, diazinon and esfenvalerate in eyed eggs and alevins of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) determined by 1H NMR metabolomics

    Mark R. Viant;Christopher A. Pincetich;Ronald S. Tjeerdema

  • Correlation between heat-shock protein induction and reduced metabolic condition in juvenile steelhead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) chronically exposed to elevated temperature

    M. R. Viant;I. Werner;E. S. Rosenblum;A. S. Gantner

  • International NMR-Based Environmental Metabolomics Intercomparison Exercise

    Mark R. Viant;Daniel W. Bearden;Jacob G. Bundy;Ian W. Burton

  • Domoic acid in planktivorous fish in relation to toxic Pseudo-nitzschia cell densities

    K. A. Lefebvre;M. W. Silver;S. L. Coale;R. S. Tjeerdema

  • Toxic actions of dinoseb in medaka (Oryzias latipes) embryos as determined by in vivo 31P NMR, HPLC-UV and 1H NMR metabolomics.

    Mark R. Viant;Christopher A. Pincetich;David E. Hinton;Ronald S. Tjeerdema

  • Polyhydroxybutyrate: plastic made and degraded by microorganisms.

    Christine R. Hankermeyer;Ronald S. Tjeerdema

  • NMR-derived developmental metabolic trajectories: an approach for visualizing the toxic actions of trichloroethylene during embryogenesis

    Mark R. Viant;Jacob G. Bundy;Christopher A. Pincetich;Jeffrey S. de Ropp

  • A Tale of Two Spills: Novel Science and Policy Implications of an Emerging New Oil Spill Model

    Charles H. Peterson;Sean S. Anderson;Gary N. Cherr;Richard F. Ambrose

  • Health and survival of red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, under varying temperature, food supply, and exposure to the agent of withering syndrome.

    Beverly A. Braid;James D. Moore;James D. Moore;Thea T. Robbins;Thea T. Robbins;Ronald P. Hedrick

  • Domoic acid-producing diatom blooms in Monterey Bay, California: 1991-1993.

    P. M. Walz;D. L. Garrison;W. M. Graham;M. A. Cattey

  • Fate and effects of diazinon.

    D J Larkin;R S Tjeerdema

  • Effects of Dispersant Treatment on the Acute Aquatic Toxicity of Petroleum Hydrocarbons

    M. M. Singer;S. George;I. Lee;S. Jacobson

  • Environmental fate and toxicology of methomyl.

    April R. Van Scoy;Monica Yue;Xin Deng;Ronald S. Tjeerdema

  • Identifying primary stressors impacting macroinvertebrates in the Salinas River (California, USA): Relative effects of pesticides and suspended particles

    B.S. Anderson;B.M. Phillips;J.W. Hunt;V. Connor

  • Contaminant concentrations in sport fish from San Francisco Bay, 1997.

    Jay A. Davis;Michael D. May;Ben K. Greenfield;Russell Fairey

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryn M. Phillips
Bryn M. Phillips University of California, Davis
Brian S. Anderson
Brian S. Anderson University of California, Davis
Carolyn S. Friedman
Carolyn S. Friedman University of Washington
Samantha B. Joye
Samantha B. Joye University of Georgia
Mikko Nikinmaa
Mikko Nikinmaa University of Turku
Ponisseril Somasundaran
Ponisseril Somasundaran Columbia University
Gary N. Cherr
Gary N. Cherr University of California, Davis
Craig E. Wheelock
Craig E. Wheelock Karolinska Institute
David E. Hinton
David E. Hinton Duke University
Bruce R. Mate
Bruce R. Mate Oregon State University

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