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Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology is a research topic within Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of environmental contaminants, such as pesticides and heavy metals, on aquatic organisms. It explores bioaccumulation, oxidative stress, and the use of biomarkers in assessing the ecological risk and water quality. The research covers a wide range of topics related to aquatic ecotoxicology and the effects of pollutants on marine and freshwater ecosystems.

  • Bioaccumulation
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Biomarkers
  • Environmental Risk Assessment
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Metal Toxicity
  • Pesticides
  • Ecological Impact
  • Water Quality
  • Contaminant Effects
Research works
47k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Which countries lead Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.5k and 644 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.5k works
  2. 2 India 644 works
  3. 3 Brazil 515 works
  4. 4 United States 495 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 205 works
  6. 6 France 202 works
  7. 7 Italy 191 works
  8. 8 Spain 175 works
  9. 9 Canada 172 works
  10. 10 Germany 149 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 34.5%India: 15.3%Brazil: 12.3%United States: 11.8%6 others listed: 26.1%35%largest
China1,450 · 34.5%India644 · 15.3%Brazil515 · 12.3%United States495 · 11.8%6 others listed1,094 · 26.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 101 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 74 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 67 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 60 works
  5. 5 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 49 works
  6. 6 Indian Council of Agricultural ResearchIndia 45 works
  7. 7 Ocean University of ChinaChina 45 works
  8. 8 Consejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasSpain 40 works
  9. 9 University of AveiroPortugal 39 works
  10. 10 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology include Jun Wang, Kai You Wang and Guangming Zeng.

  1. 1 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  2. 2 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  3. 3 Guangming Zeng China 204k citations
  4. 4 Bruce Bartholow Duncan Brazil 198k citations
  5. 5 Markus Antonietti Germany 185k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology?

The most cited paper in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology is "Superoxide dismutase: Improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels" (Charles Beauchamp, Irwin Fridovich, 1971), with 12,959 citations. Next come "Involvement of the Superoxide Anion Radical in the Autoxidation of Pyrogallol and a Convenient Assay for Superoxide Dismutase" (10,396) and "The Role of Superoxide Anion in the Autoxidation of Epinephrine and a Simple Assay for Superoxide Dismutase" (9,109).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Superoxide dismutase: Improved assays and an assay applicable to acrylamide gels Charles Beauchamp, Irwin Fridovich · Analytical Biochemistry Nov 1971 12,959
2 Involvement of the Superoxide Anion Radical in the Autoxidation of Pyrogallol and a Convenient Assay for Superoxide Dismutase Stefan L. Marklund, Gudrun MARKLUND · European Journal of Biochemistry Open access Sep 1974 10,396
3 The Role of Superoxide Anion in the Autoxidation of Epinephrine and a Simple Assay for Superoxide Dismutase Hara Prasad Misra, Irwin Fridovich · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access May 1972 9,109
4 Methods for detecting carcinogens and mutagens with the salmonella/mammalian-microsome mutagenicity test Bruce N. Ames, Joyce McCann, Edith F. Yamasaki · Mutation Research/Environmental Mutagenesis and Related Subjects Dec 1975 7,423
5 Oxygen-Derived Free Radicals in Postischemic Tissue Injury Franklin H. Epstein, Joe M. McCord · New England Journal of Medicine 17 Jan 1985 5,459
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Where is Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Guangzhou (China) and Qingdao (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aveiro.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 273 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 95 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 83 works
  4. 4 QingdaoChina 82 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 79 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 73 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 69 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 61 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 48 works
  10. 10 Buenos AiresArgentina 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AveiroPT · 39.1 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Messina, Northeast Agricultural University and Ocean University of China score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.53%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northeast Agricultur…University of MessinaWageningen Universit…Ocean University of …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of MessinaItaly 77.740.3%13.6×18 +18.1%
2Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 67.241.9%9.1×14 +12.0%
3Ocean University of ChinaChina 61.110.4%15.5×45 +61.4%
4Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 58.814.9%8.4×18 +39.8%
5Shandong Agricultural UniversityChina 57.217.0%14.8×15 +32.6%
6Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina 55.012.5%20.6×27 +73.9%
7University of AveiroPortugal 54.69.0%21.0×39 -35.2%
8South China Agricultural UniversityChina 52.119.5%6.5×13 +41.5%
9Universidade do PortoPortugal 50.89.9%6.7×25 -5.2%
10University of Naples Federico IIItaly 49.819.9%3.6×15 +24.0%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, country by country

Is Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology10.2% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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