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Shinsuke Tanabe

Shinsuke Tanabe

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Environmental Sciences
Japan
2025

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
125
Citations
55177
World Ranking
96
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Japan Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Japan Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Shinsuke Tanabe is affiliated with Ehime University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the field of environmental science, with a particular focus on the impacts of toxic organic pollutants and related environmental chemistry topics. Their research spans various subfields including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, pollution, ecology, and oceanography.

Their academic output includes significant work on the environmental effects and risks of pollutants such as pharmaceuticals, microplastics, and persistent organic compounds. Notable papers authored by Tanabe and collaborators include:

  • Microplastics in dumping site soils from six Asian countries as a source of plastic additives (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in surface water and fish from three Asian countries: Species-specific bioaccumulation and potential ecological risks (2022), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Nontarget and Target Screening of Organohalogen Compounds in Mussels and Sediment from Hiroshima Bay, Japan: Occurrence of Novel Bioaccumulative Substances (2020), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Coastal biomonitoring survey on persistent organic pollutants using oysters (Saccostrea mordax) from Okinawa, Japan: Geographical distribution and polystyrene foam as a potential source of hexabromocyclododecanes (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Snakes as bimonitors of environmental pollution: A review on organic contaminants (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Their frequent coauthors highlight collaborative work within the environmental science community and include researchers such as Tatsuya Kunisue, Kei Nomiyama, Nguyen Minh Tue, Rumi Tanoue, and Tomohiko Isobe.

Tanabe has a consistent publication record in several key scientific journals, notably:

  • The Science of The Total Environment (4 publications)
  • Environmental Science & Technology (4 publications)
  • Chemosphere (3 publications)
  • Journal of Chromatography A (2 publications)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2 publications)

Their research primarily revolves around several main topics:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Mercury Impact and Mitigation Studies
  • Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Research

Tanabe's work addresses critical issues such as bioaccumulation of hazardous substances in aquatic species, environmental monitoring of chemical contaminants, and ecological risk assessments. This body of research contributes to understanding environmental contamination dynamics and their impact on ecosystems across multiple Asian regions.

Best Publications

  • Distribution of persistent organochlorines in the oceanic air and surface seawater and the role of ocean on their global transport and fate

    Hisato Iwata;Shinsuke Tanabe;Norio Sakai;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • High levels of organochlorines in mothers' milk from Chennai (Madras) city, India.

    Annamalai Subramanian;Masako Ohtake;Tatsuya Kunisue;Shinsuke Tanabe

  • PCB problems in the future: Foresight from current knowledge

    Shinsuke Tanabe

  • Global contamination by persistent organochlorines and their ecotoxicological impact on marine mammals

    Shinsuke Tanabe;Hisato Iwata;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Geographical distribution of persistent organochlorines in air, water and sediments from Asia and Oceania, and their implications for global redistribution from lower latitudes.

    Hisato Iwata;Shinsuke Tanabe;Norio Sakai;Atsushi Nishimura

  • Asia-Pacific mussel watch: monitoring contamination of persistent organochlorine compounds in coastal waters of Asian countries

    In Monirith;Daisuke Ueno;Shin Takahashi;Haruhiko Nakata

  • Capacity and mode of PCB metabolism in small cetaceans

    Shinsuke Tanabe;Seiji Watanabe;Hiroshi Kan;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Highly toxic coplanar PCBs: occurrence, source, persistency and toxic implications to wildlife and humans.

    S. Tanabe;N. Kannan;An. Subramanian;S. Watanabe

  • Distribution and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from Kyeonggi Bay, Korea

    Gi Beum Kim;Keith A. Maruya;Richard F. Lee;Jong-Hyeon Lee

  • Geographical distribution and accumulation features of organochlorine residues in fish in tropical Asia and oceania.

    Kurunthachalam. Kannan;Shinsuke. Tanabe;Ryo. Tatsukawa

  • Persistent organochlorine residues in air, water, sediments, and soils from the lake baikal region, Russia.

    Hisato. Iwata;Shinsuke. Tanabe;Kozo. Ueda;Ryo. Tatsukawa

  • PCBs and chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides in Antarctic atmosphere and hydrosphere

    Shinsuke Tanabe;Hideo Hidaka;Ryo Tatsukawa

  • Contamination and toxic effects of persistent endocrine disrupters in marine mammals and birds

    Shinsuke Tanabe

  • Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from Kyeonggi Bay and nearby areas, Korea.

    K.T Lee;S Tanabe;C.H Koh

  • Levels and distribution of organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in fishes from Manila Bay, the Philippines.

    Joon-Woo Kim;Tomohiko Isobe;Kwang-Hyeon Chang;Atsuko Amano

  • Detoxification mechanism of heavy metals in marine mammals and seabirds: interaction of selenium with mercury, silver, copper, zinc, and cadmium in liver.

    T. Ikemoto;T. Kunito;H. Tanaka;N. Baba

  • Contamination by trace elements at e-waste recycling sites in Bangalore, India.

    Nguyen Ngoc Ha;Tetsuro Agusa;Tetsuro Agusa;Karri Ramu;Nguyen Phuc Cam Tu

  • An international comparative study of end-of-life vehicle (ELV) recycling systems

    Shin-ichi Sakai;Hideto Yoshida;Jiro Hiratsuka;Carlo Vandecasteele

  • Contamination by arsenic and other trace elements in tube-well water and its risk assessment to humans in Hanoi, Vietnam.

    Tetsuro Agusa;Takashi Kunito;Junko Fujihara;Reiji Kubota

  • Butyltins in muscle and liver of fish collected from certain Asian and Oceanian countries.

    Kurunthachalam Kannan;Shinsuke Tanabe;Hisato Iwata;Ryo Tatsukawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hisato Iwata
Hisato Iwata Ehime University
Shin Takahashi
Shin Takahashi Ehime University
Ryo Tatsukawa
Ryo Tatsukawa Ehime University
Tomohiko Isobe
Tomohiko Isobe National Institute for Environmental Studies
Annamalai Subramanian
Annamalai Subramanian Ehime University
Tatsuya Kunisue
Tatsuya Kunisue Ehime University
Takashi Kunito
Takashi Kunito Shinshu University
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Kurunthachalam Kannan University at Albany, State University of New York
Nobuyuki Miyazaki
Nobuyuki Miyazaki University of Tokyo
Pham Hung Viet
Pham Hung Viet Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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