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Researcher · Colorado School of Mines · United States

Christopher P. Higgins

Christopher P. Higgins publishes mostly in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

ORCID 0000-0001-6220-8673 OpenAlex
World rank
#6,841
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#2,348
of 1,627,098
Works
294
Citations
28k
Citations per work
94.3
h-index
82
i10-index 199Top 0.6% in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Christopher P. Higgins

What does Christopher P. Higgins research?

Christopher P. Higgins's work is mostly in Environmental Science (55%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (10%).

Physical Sciences: 192 works · 65.3% of their workEnvironmental Science: 162 works · 55.2% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 65 works · 22.2% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 64 works · 21.8% of their workPollution: 14 works · 4.7% of their workEnvironmental Engineering: 10 works · 3.5% of their workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 works · 3.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 30 works · 10.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 30 works · 10.1% of their workEverything else: 102 works · 34.7% of their workTHEIR WORKChristopher P.Higgins294works
Physical Sciences65%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science16255.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3010.1%
  2. Everything else10234.7%
  1. 1Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis22% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry22% of their works
  3. 3Atmospheric Science10% of their works
  4. 4Pollution5% of their works
  5. 5Environmental Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering3% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Christopher P. Higgins's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Global Distribution, Health Effects, Perfluoroalkyl Substances, Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds, Toxicity, Brominated Flame Retardants, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Atmospheric Aerosols.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Global Distribution2812 topics
  2. Health Effects1692 topics
  3. Perfluoroalkyl Substances1551 topic
  4. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds1551 topic
  5. Toxicity1402 topics
  6. Brominated Flame Retardants1261 topic
  7. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons1261 topic
  8. Atmospheric Aerosols761 topic
  9. Black Carbon761 topic
  10. Environmental Impact302 topics
  11. Antibiotics161 topic
  12. Resistance Genes161 topic
  13. CO2 Capture Technology151 topic
  14. Carbon Dioxide Capture151 topic
  15. Sustainable Drainage Systems151 topic
  16. Urban Stormwater Management151 topic
  17. Antimicrobial141 topic
  18. Nanoparticles141 topic
  19. Perchlorate141 topic
  20. Thyroid141 topic

Where does Christopher P. Higgins work?

Christopher P. Higgins's main affiliation in the publication record is Colorado School of Mines, United States.

How many publications and citations does Christopher P. Higgins have?

OpenAlex counts 294 works and 27,712 citations for Christopher P. Higgins, an h-index of 82, ranking #6,841 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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