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Vincent Pettigrove

Vincent Pettigrove

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
39
Citations
5706
World Ranking
8383
National Ranking
310

Vincent Pettigrove 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 Vincent Pettigrove sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 113 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Vincent Pettigrove 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 Vincent Pettigrove sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Vincent Pettigrove is affiliated with RMIT University in Australia and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on pollution and its effects on ecosystems. Their research extensively covers subjects such as environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology, pesticide and herbicide environmental studies, and pesticide residue analysis and safety.

The main fields of study addressed in their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields of study connected to their research feature:

  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Ecology
  • Food Science
  • Analytical Chemistry

Key topics that frequently appear in their publications are:

  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vincent Pettigrove include:

  • "Temporal and spatial variations of microplastics in roadside dust from rural and urban Victoria, Australia: Implications for diffuse pollution" (2020, Chemosphere)
  • "Toxicological impacts of synthetic pyrethroids on non-target aquatic organisms: A review" (2023, Environmental Advances)
  • "Background concentrations and spatial distribution of PFAS in surface waters and sediments of the greater Melbourne area, Australia" (2023, Chemosphere)
  • "Metabolomics Provide Sensitive Insights into the Impacts of Low Level Environmental Contamination on Fish Health-A Pilot Study" (2020, Metabolites)
  • "Catchment sourcing urban pesticide pollution using constructed wetlands in Melbourne, Australia" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pettigrove include:

  • Jackie Myers
  • Sara M. Long
  • Dayanthi Nugegoda
  • Caterina Cacciatori
  • Bernd Manfred Gawlik

Their work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Advances
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Separations

Best Publications

  • The occurrence of microplastic in specific organs in commercially caught fishes from coast and estuary area of east China.

    Lei Su;Hua Deng;Bowen Li;Qiqing Chen

  • Environmental monitoring using next generation sequencing: rapid identification of macroinvertebrate bioindicator species

    Melissa E Carew;Vincent J Pettigrove;Leon Metzeling;Ary A Hoffmann

  • Identification of microplastics in surface water and Australian freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis in Victoria, Australia.

    Bingxu Nan;Lei Su;Claudette Kellar;Nicholas J Craig

  • Effects of Pesticides Monitored with Three Sampling Methods in 24 Sites on Macroinvertebrates and Microorganisms

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Ralf B. Schäfer;Vincent Pettigrove;Vincent Pettigrove;Gavin Rose;Graeme Allinson

  • Superimposed microplastic pollution in a coastal metropolis

    Lei Su;Simon M Sharp;Vincent J Pettigrove;Nicholas J Craig

  • Class 1 integrons in benthic bacterial communities: abundance, association with Tn402‐like transposition modules and evidence for coselection with heavy‐metal resistance

    Carly P. Rosewarne;Vincent Pettigrove;Hatch W. Stokes;Yvonne M. Parsons

  • Environmental Fate of Fungicides in Surface Waters of a Horticultural-Production Catchment in Southeastern Australia

    Adam M. Wightwick;Adam M. Wightwick;Anh Duyen Bui;Pei Zhang;Gavin Rose

  • Effects of pesticide toxicity, salinity and other environmental variables on selected ecosystem functions in streams and the relevance for ecosystem services

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Mirco Bundschuh;Duncan A. Rouch;Eduard Szöcs

  • Temporal and spatial variations of microplastics in roadside dust from rural and urban Victoria, Australia: Implications for diffuse pollution.

    Lei Su;Lei Su;Bingxu Nan;Nicholas J Craig;Vincent Pettigrove

  • How is ecosystem health defined and measured? A critical review of freshwater and estuarine studies

    Allyson O’Brien;Kallie Townsend;Robin Hale;David Sharley

  • Associations between microplastic pollution and land use in urban wetland sediments

    Kallie R Townsend;Hsuan-Cheng Lu;David J Sharley;Vincent Pettigrove

  • A trait database of stream invertebrates for the ecological risk assessment of single and combined effects of salinity and pesticides in South-East Australia.

    Ralf B. Schäfer;Ralf B. Schäfer;Ben J. Kefford;Ben J. Kefford;Leon Metzeling;Matthias Liess

  • Microplastics biomonitoring in Australian urban wetlands using a common noxious fish (Gambusia holbrooki).

    Lei Su;Lei Su;Bingxu Nan;Kathryn L Hassell;Nicholas J Craig

  • Pesticide and trace metal occurrence and aquatic benchmark exceedances in surface waters and sediments of urban wetlands and retention ponds in Melbourne, Australia

    Graeme Allinson;Graeme Allinson;Pei Zhang;AnhDuyen Bui;Mayumi Allinson

  • The response of Chironomidae to sediment pollution and other environmental characteristics in urban wetlands

    Melissa E. Carew;Vincent Pettigrove;Renee L. Cox;Ary A. Hoffmann

  • New approaches to the ecological risk assessment of multiple stressors

    Paul J. Van den Brink;Catherine Bo Choung;Wayne Landis;Mariana Mayer-Pinto

  • DNA identification of urban Tanytarsini chironomids (Diptera:Chironomidae)

    Melissa E. Carew;Vincent Pettigrove;Renee L. Cox;Ary A. Hoffmann

  • An assessment of endocrine activity in Australian rivers using chemical and in vitro analyses.

    Philip D. Scott;Michael Bartkow;Stephen J. Blockwell;Heather M. Coleman

  • A field-based microcosm method to assess the effects of polluted urban stream sediments on aquatic macroinvertebrates.

    Vincent Pettigrove;Ary Hoffmann

  • Linking urban land use to pollutants in constructed wetlands: Implications for stormwater and urban planning

    David J. Sharley;Simon M. Sharp;Stephen Marshall;Katherine Jeppe

  • Horticultural Use of Copper-Based Fungicides Has Not Increased Copper Concentrations in Sediments in the Mid- and Upper Yarra Valley

    Adam M. Wightwick;George Croatto;Suzanne M. Reichman;Neal W. Menzies

Frequent Co-Authors

Ary A. Hoffmann
Ary A. Hoffmann University of Melbourne
Michael J. Keough
Michael J. Keough University of Melbourne
Ralf B. Schäfer
Ralf B. Schäfer University of Kaiserslautern-Landau - RPTU
Ben J. Kefford
Ben J. Kefford University of Canberra
Robert W. Cattrall
Robert W. Cattrall University of Melbourne
Spas D. Kolev
Spas D. Kolev University of Melbourne
Dayanthi Nugegoda
Dayanthi Nugegoda RMIT University
Richard P. Lim
Richard P. Lim University of Technology Sydney
Frederic D.L. Leusch
Frederic D.L. Leusch Griffith University
Neal W. Menzies
Neal W. Menzies Griffith University

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