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Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact is a research topic within Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of persistent organic pollutants, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), brominated flame retardants, and dioxins, on the environment and human health. It covers their sources, distribution, bioaccumulation, and potential toxic effects, highlighting the need for regulation and remediation measures to mitigate their adverse impacts.

  • Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
  • Brominated Flame Retardants
  • Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
  • Organophosphorus Flame Retardants
  • Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds
  • Bioaccumulation
  • Environmental Exposure
  • Toxicity
  • Human Health Effects
  • Global Distribution
Research works
51k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Which countries lead Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.8k and 1.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.8k works
  2. 2 United States 1.4k works
  3. 3 India 404 works
  4. 4 Canada 293 works
  5. 5 France 237 works
  6. 6 Italy 223 works
  7. 7 Germany 218 works
  8. 8 Spain 203 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 199 works
  10. 10 Brazil 193 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: 45.4%United States: 22.6%India: 6.5%Canada: 4.8%6 others listed: 20.6%45%largest
China2,804 · 45.4%United States1,395 · 22.6%India404 · 6.5%Canada293 · 4.8%6 others listed1,273 · 20.6%

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

Which institutions lead Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 257 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 70 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 59 works
  4. 4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 55 works
  5. 5 Tongji UniversityChina 50 works
  6. 6 Nankai UniversityChina 47 works
  7. 7 Ministry of Ecology and EnvironmentChina 44 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 44 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of Agricultural SciencesChina 40 works
  10. 10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact include Walter Churchill Willett, Farshad Farzadfar and Frank B. Hu.

  1. 1 Walter Churchill Willett United States 411k citations
  2. 2 Farshad Farzadfar Iran 298k citations
  3. 3 Frank B. Hu United States 281k citations
  4. 4 Reza Malekzadeh Iran 278k citations
  5. 5 Carlo La Vecchia Italy 258k citations
  6. 6 Lídia Morawska Australia 244k 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 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact?

The most cited paper in Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact is "Occurrence of the potent mutagens 2- nitrobenzanthrone and 3-nitrobenzanthrone in fine airborne particles" (Aldenor Gomes Santos, Gisele O. da Rocha, Jaílson B. de Andrade, 2019), with 8,534 citations. Next come "Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000: A National Reconnaissance" (7,962) and "Fish bioaccumulation and biomarkers in environmental risk assessment: a review" (4,897).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Occurrence of the potent mutagens 2- nitrobenzanthrone and 3-nitrobenzanthrone in fine airborne particles Aldenor Gomes Santos, Gisele O. da Rocha, Jaílson B. de Andrade · Scientific Reports Open access 3 Jan 2019 8,534
2 Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000: A National Reconnaissance Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Mar 2002 7,962
3 Fish bioaccumulation and biomarkers in environmental risk assessment: a review Ron van der Oost, Jonny Beyer, Nico Vermeulen · Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 10 Dec 2002 4,897
4 Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the environment: Terminology, classification, and origins Robert C. Buck, James M. Franklin, Urs Berger et al. · Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management Open access 26 Jul 2011 4,612
5 Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals: An Endocrine Society Scientific Statement Evanthia Diamanti‐Kandarakis, Jean‐Pierre Bourguignon, Linda C. Giudice et al. · Endocrine Reviews Open access Jun 2009 4,582
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Where is Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact research done?

The largest centres of Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Guangzhou (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 659 works
  2. 2 GuangzhouChina 239 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 197 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 174 works
  5. 5 HangzhouChina 117 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 103 works
  7. 7 QingdaoChina 97 works
  8. 8 TianjinChina 84 works
  9. 9 ParisFrance 71 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 70 works
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Where is the best place to study Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact?

Among universities, judged by research, Nankai University, Colorado School of Mines and Tongji University score highest, combining 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 20.21%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Colorado School of M…Nankai UniversityOregon State Univers…Tongji University
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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.

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
1Nankai UniversityChina 73.224.6%9.0×47 +31.5%
2Colorado School of MinesUnited States 64.537.6%9.8×9 +45.4%
3Tongji UniversityChina 63.616.5%4.3×50 +23.0%
4Oregon State UniversityUnited States 58.319.9%9.1×20 +59.6%
5Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 56.013.8%2.0×44 +45.4%
6University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 54.613.4%4.4×55 -17.8%
7Ocean University of ChinaChina 53.89.2%9.7×37 +88.3%
8Swedish University of Agricultural SciencesSweden 53.833.8%10.6×12 -19.4%
9South China Normal UniversityChina 53.422.3%6.8×18 +99.3%
10Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 53.111.0%2.4×39 +49.2%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, country by country

Is Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact.

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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 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.035% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact 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.

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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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