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Tatsuya Kunisue

Tatsuya Kunisue

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
8687
World Ranking
6354
National Ranking
113

Tatsuya Kunisue 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 Tatsuya Kunisue sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 141 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Tatsuya Kunisue 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 Tatsuya Kunisue sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Tatsuya Kunisue is affiliated with Ehime University in Japan and specializes in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on the intersections of toxicology, pollution, and environmental chemistry. Their work spans over 120 publications primarily in Environmental Science and covers several related subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; Ecology; and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's research extensively addresses topics such as Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Mercury impact and mitigation studies, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals, and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

Noteworthy recent papers authored by or involving Tatsuya Kunisue include:

  • "Antibiotics in surface water of East and Southeast Asian countries: A focused review on contamination status, pollution sources, potential risks, and future perspectives" (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Mechanical recycling of plastic waste as a point source of microplastic pollution" (2022) published in Environmental Pollution
  • "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

Tatsuya Kunisue frequently collaborates with several researchers, including Nguyen Minh Tue, Shinsuke Tanabe, Rumi Tanoue, Shin Takahashi, and Akitoshi Goto. Their coauthorships indicate sustained collaborative efforts within the field, with some collaborators appearing in over a dozen joint publications.

Major venues for Kunisue's research publications include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemosphere
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science

Best Publications

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

    Annamalai Subramanian;Masako Ohtake;Tatsuya Kunisue;Shinsuke Tanabe

  • Antibiotics in surface water of East and Southeast Asian countries: A focused review on contamination status, pollution sources, potential risks, and future perspectives

    Hoang Quoc Anh;Hoang Quoc Anh;Thi Phuong Quynh Le;Nhu Da Le;Xi Xi Lu

  • Determination of benzotriazole and benzophenone UV filters in sediment and sewage sludge.

    Zifeng Zhang;Nanqi Ren;Yi-Fan Li;Yi-Fan Li;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Urinary concentrations of benzophenone-type UV filters in U.S. women and their association with endometriosis.

    Tatsuya Kunisue;Zhen Chen;Germaine M. Buck Louis;Rajeshwari Sundaram

  • Perfluorinated compounds in human breast milk from several Asian countries, and in infant formula and dairy milk from the United States.

    Lin Tao;Jing Ma;Tatsuya Kunisue;E. Laurence Libelo

  • Mechanical recycling of plastic waste as a point source of microplastic pollution.

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  • Persistent organochlorine residues in human breast milk from Hanoi and Hochiminh City, Vietnam: contamination, accumulation kinetics and risk assessment for infants

    Nguyen Hung Minh;Masayuki Someya;Tu Binh Minh;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Persistent organochlorines in human breast milk collected from primiparae in Dalian and Shenyang, China

    Tatsuya Kunisue;Masayuki Someya;Fujio Kayama;Yihe Jin

  • Occurrence of perchlorate in drinking water, groundwater, surface water and human saliva from India.

    Kurunthachalam Kannan;Meredith L. Praamsma;John F. Oldi;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Release of chlorinated, brominated and mixed halogenated dioxin-related compounds to soils from open burning of e-waste in Agbogbloshie (Accra, Ghana)

    Nguyen Minh Tue;Akitoshi Goto;Shin Takahashi;Takaaki Itai

  • Uptake and Tissue Distribution of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products in Wild Fish from Treated-Wastewater-Impacted Streams.

    Rumi Tanoue;Kei Nomiyama;Haruna Nakamura;Joon-Woo Kim

  • Specific accumulation of organochlorines in human breast milk from Indonesia: Levels, distribution, accumulation kinetics and infant health risk

    Agus Sudaryanto;Tatsuya Kunisue;Natsuko Kajiwara;Hisato Iwata

  • Open Dumping Site in Asian Developing Countries: A Potential Source of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans

    Nguyen Hung Minh;Tu Binh Minh;Mafumi Watanabe;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Contamination by persistent organic pollutants in dumping sites of Asian developing countries: implication of emerging pollution sources.

    N. H. Minh;T. B. Minh;N. Kajiwara;T. Kunisue

  • Pollution sources and occurrences of selected persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in sediments of the Mekong River delta, South Vietnam.

    Nguyen Hung Minh;Tu Binh Minh;Natsuko Kajiwara;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Thyroid hormone actions are temperature-specific and regulate thermal acclimation in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Alexander G Little;Tatsuya Kunisue;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Frank Seebacher

  • Organohalogen compounds in human breast milk from Republic of Buryatia, Russia.

    Oyuna V. Tsydenova;Agus Sudaryanto;Natsuko Kajiwara;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Accumulation features of persistent organochlorines in resident and migratory birds from Asia

    Tatsuya Kunisue;Mafumi Watanabe;Annamalai Subramanian;Alagappan Sethuraman

  • Persistent organic pollutants in human breast milk from Asian countries.

    Shinsuke Tanabe;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Persistent organic pollutants in breast milk of mothers residing around an open dumping site in Kolkata, India: specific dioxin-like PCB levels and fish as a potential source.

    Masayuki Someya;Masako Ohtake;Tatsuya Kunisue;Annamalai Subramanian

  • Contamination status of persistent organochlorines in human breast milk from Japan: Recent levels and temporal trend

    Tatsuya Kunisue;Masayoshi Muraoka;Masako Ohtake;Agus Sudaryanto

Frequent Co-Authors

Shinsuke Tanabe
Shinsuke Tanabe Ehime University
Shin Takahashi
Shin Takahashi Ehime University
Tomohiko Isobe
Tomohiko Isobe National Institute for Environmental Studies
Hisato Iwata
Hisato Iwata Ehime University
Pham Hung Viet
Pham Hung Viet Vietnam National University, Hanoi
Annamalai Subramanian
Annamalai Subramanian Ehime University
Agus Sudaryanto
Agus Sudaryanto National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia
António J.A. Nogueira
António J.A. Nogueira University of Aveiro
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Kurunthachalam Kannan University at Albany, State University of New York
Tu Binh Minh
Tu Binh Minh Vietnam National University, Hanoi

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