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D-Index
42
Citations
8585
World Ranking
17401
National Ranking
31

Susan T.L. Harrison publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan T.L. Harrison sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 176 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Susan T.L. Harrison D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Susan T.L. Harrison sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For leadership in biochemical engineering and its application to mining and environmental remediation.

Overview

Susan T.L. Harrison is affiliated with the University of Cape Town in South Africa. Their research intersects Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant contributions in Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Water Science and Technology, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on several key topics, including:

  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Hydrometallurgy
  • Minerals Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Minerals
  • Biochemical Engineering Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Susan T.L. Harrison are:

  • "Clades of huge phages from across Earth's ecosystems", 2020, Nature
  • "Non-Hydrolyzable Plastics - An Interdisciplinary Look at Plastic Bio-Oxidation", 2020, Trends in biotechnology
  • "Advances in Bioreactor Systems for the Production of Biologicals in Mammalian Cells", 2021, ChemBioEng Reviews
  • "Biological pretreatment of carbonaceous matter in double refractory gold ores: A review and some future considerations", 2020, Hydrometallurgy
  • "Vitamin interdependencies predicted by metagenomics-informed network analyses and validated in microbial community microcosms", 2023, Nature Communications

The scientist has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Robert J. Huddy
  • Athanasios Kotsiopoulos
  • Jennifer L. Broadhurst
  • Marijke A. Fagan-Endres
  • Jillian F. Banfield

Susan T.L. Harrison received the award of Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for leadership in biochemical engineering and its application to mining and environmental remediation.

Best Publications

  • Environmental analysis of plastic production processes: Comparing petroleum-based polypropylene and polyethylene with biologically-based poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid using life cycle analysis

    K G Harding;J S Dennis;H von Blottnitz;S T L Harrison

  • Interference by pigment in the estimation of microalgal biomass concentration by optical density.

    Melinda J. Griffiths;Clive Garcin;Robert P. van Hille;Susan T.L. Harrison

  • The application of mini-hydrocyclones in the concentration of yeast suspensions

    J.J. Cilliers;S.T.L. Harrison

  • Lipid productivity, settling potential and fatty acid profile of 11 microalgal species grown under nitrogen replete and limited conditions

    Melinda J. Griffiths;Robert P. van Hille;Susan T. L. Harrison

  • Biological oxidation of ferrous sulphate by Thiobacillus ferrooxidans: a review on the kinetic aspects

    M. Nemati;S.T.L. Harrison;G.S. Hansford;C. Webb

  • Bacterial cell disruption : a key unit operation in the recovery of intracellular products

    Susan T.L Harrison

  • Selection of Direct Transesterification as the Preferred Method for Assay of Fatty Acid Content of Microalgae

    M. J. Griffiths;R. P. van Hille;S. T. L. Harrison

  • A chemo-enzymatic oxidation cascade to activate C-H bonds with in situ generated H2O2.

    Simon J. Freakley;Simon J. Freakley;Svenja Kochius;Svenja Kochius;Jacqueline van Marwijk;Jacqueline van Marwijk;Caryn Fenner

  • A life-cycle comparison between inorganic and biological catalysis for the production of biodiesel

    K.G. Harding;J.S. Dennis;H. von Blottnitz;S.T.L. Harrison

  • Advances in product release strategies and impact on bioprocess design.

    Bangaru Balasundaram;Sue Harrison;Daniel G. Bracewell

  • Non-Hydrolyzable Plastics - An Interdisciplinary Look at Plastic Bio-Oxidation.

    Hedda Inderthal;Siew Leng Tai;Susan T.L. Harrison

  • A kinetic study on anaerobic reduction of sulphate. Part I: Effect of sulphate concentration

    S. Moosa;M. Nemati;S. T. L. Harrison

  • The effect of nitrogen limitation on lipid productivity and cell composition in Chlorella vulgaris

    Melinda J. Griffiths;Robert P. van Hille;Susan T. L. Harrison

  • Particle size effects in bioleaching of pyrite by acidophilic thermophile Sulfolobus metallicus (BC).

    M. Nemati;J. Lowenadler;S. T. L. Harrison

  • Bioreactor microbial ecosystems for thiocyanate and cyanide degradation unravelled with genome-resolved metagenomics.

    Rose S. Kantor;A. Wynand van Zyl;Robert P. van Hille;Brian C. Thomas

  • The use of pyrite as a source of lixiviant in the bioleaching of electronic waste

    Christopher Bryan;Elizabeth Watkin;Timothy McCredden;Zachary Wong

  • Product inhibition by sulphide species on biological sulphate reduction for the treatment of acid mine drainage

    S. Moosa;S.T.L. Harrison

  • A critical evaluation of CO2 supplementation to algal systems by direct injection

    N.M. Langley;S.T.L. Harrison;R.P. van Hille

  • Study of physical and biological factors involved in the disruption of E. coli by hydrodynamic cavitation.

    B. Balasundaram;S. T. L. Harrison

  • Enhancement and repression of the volumetric oxygen transfer coefficient through hydrocarbon addition and its influence on oxygen transfer rate in stirred tank bioreactors

    K.G. Clarke;K.G. Clarke;P.C. Williams;M.S. Smit;M.S. Smit;S.T.L. Harrison;S.T.L. Harrison

  • Demonstration of the Crabtree effect in Phaffia rhodozyma during continuous and fed-batch cultivation

    M.B. Reynders;D.E. Rawlings;S.T.L. Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Jillian F. Banfield
Jillian F. Banfield University of California, Berkeley
Andrew J. Sederman
Andrew J. Sederman University of Cambridge
Jan J. Cilliers
Jan J. Cilliers Imperial College London
Howard A. Chase
Howard A. Chase University of Cambridge
John S. Dennis
John S. Dennis University of Cambridge
Michael L. Johns
Michael L. Johns University of Western Australia
Don A. Cowan
Don A. Cowan University of Pretoria
Hyunjung Kim
Hyunjung Kim Hanyang University
Susannah G. Tringe
Susannah G. Tringe Joint Genome Institute

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