Andrew J. Sweetman

15.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
173 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Andrew J. Sweetman is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew J. Sweetman has authored 173 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 53 papers in Atmospheric Science and 48 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Andrew J. Sweetman's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (117 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (52 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (50 papers). Andrew J. Sweetman is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (117 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (52 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (50 papers). Andrew J. Sweetman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Norway. Andrew J. Sweetman's co-authors include Kevin C. Jones, Knut Breivik, Józef M. Pacyna, Yonglong Lü, Tieyu Wang, Athanasios Katsoyiannis, Foday M. Jaward, Tom Harner, Nick J. Farrar and Zhaoyang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Andrew J. Sweetman

171 papers receiving 12.7k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A First Global Production, Emission, And Environmental Inventory For Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

2008 898 citations Kevin C. Jones, Andrew J. Sweetman et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Impacts of soil and water pollution on food safety and health risks in China

2015 869 citations Yonglong Lü, Shuai Song et al. Environment International profile →
Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners — a mass balance approach1. Global production and consumption

2002 658 citations Knut Breivik, Andrew J. Sweetman et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Towards a global historical emission inventory for selected PCB congeners — a mass balance approach2. Emissions

2002 646 citations Knut Breivik, Andrew J. Sweetman et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew J. Sweetman United Kingdom	56	9.7k	3.8k	3.2k	3.0k	777	173	13.0k
Rainer Lohmann United States	61	10.8k 1.1×	3.7k 1.0×	4.3k 1.3×	5.6k 1.9×	709 0.9×	205	14.2k
Jianhui Tang China	54	5.2k 0.5×	2.8k 0.7×	3.0k 0.9×	1.8k 0.6×	766 1.0×	176	8.4k
Frank Wania Canada	76	15.7k 1.6×	4.9k 1.3×	6.1k 1.9×	3.4k 1.1×	1.9k 2.5×	344	19.5k
Michael S. McLachlan Sweden	61	8.2k 0.8×	2.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	2.1k 0.7×	482 0.6×	212	10.4k
Guoying Sheng China	76	10.1k 1.0×	4.4k 1.2×	3.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 1.4×	330	17.0k
Martin Scheringer Switzerland	71	12.9k 1.3×	3.8k 1.0×	4.9k 1.5×	8.3k 2.8×	616 0.8×	297	19.5k
Tom Harner Canada	78	16.5k 1.7×	4.1k 1.1×	6.7k 2.1×	3.7k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	239	19.4k
Terry F. Bidleman Canada	71	12.1k 1.2×	3.7k 1.0×	4.7k 1.5×	1.7k 0.6×	1.8k 2.3×	234	14.9k
Miriam L. Diamond Canada	64	9.1k 0.9×	3.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.6×	1.6k 0.5×	556 0.7×	244	12.8k
Ralf Ebinghaus Germany	75	13.7k 1.4×	3.6k 1.0×	5.7k 1.8×	6.2k 2.0×	898 1.2×	225	15.9k

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Zhao, Shizhen, Guangcai Zhong, Kevin C. Jones, et al.. (2025). Quantification of micro- and nano-plastics in atmospheric fine particles by pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry with chromatographic peak reconstruction. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 488. 137292–137292. 1 indexed citations

Benskin, Jonathan P., et al.. (2025). Perfluoro(2-ethoxy-2-fluoroethoxy)-acetic Acid and Other Target and Suspect PFAS in the Vicinity of a Fluoropolymer Production Plant. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(29). 15420–15431. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Xiaoxin, Chang-Er Chen, Shengming Cheng, & Andrew J. Sweetman. (2024). Bisphenol A sorption on commercial polyvinyl chloride microplastics: Effects of UV-aging, biofilm colonization and additives on plastic behaviour in the environment.. Environmental Pollution. 356. 124218–124218. 13 indexed citations

Guo, Hao, Xiaoman Yang, Zhaoyang Liu, et al.. (2024). Roles of varying carbon chains and functional groups of legacy and emerging per-/polyfluoroalkyl substances in adsorption on metal-organic framework: Insights into mechanism and adsorption prediction. Environmental Research. 251(Pt 2). 118679–118679. 18 indexed citations

Melymuk, Lisa, Pernilla Bohlin‐Nizzetto, Tom Harner, et al.. (2021). Global intercomparison of polyurethane foam passive air samplers evaluating sources of variability in SVOC measurements. Environmental Science & Policy. 125. 1–9. 23 indexed citations

Moeckel, Claudia, et al.. (2020). Soil pollution at a major West African E-waste recycling site: Contamination pathways and implications for potential mitigation strategies. Environment International. 137. 105563–105563. 98 indexed citations

Liu, Guorui, et al.. (2020). Toxicology and environmental chemistry of halogenated organic pollutants. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 207. 111573–111573. 4 indexed citations

Lei, Kai, Chunye Lin, Ying Zhu, et al.. (2019). Estrogens in municipal wastewater and receiving waters in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, China: Occurrence and risk assessment of mixtures. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 389. 121891–121891. 80 indexed citations

Lei, Kai, Ying Zhu, Wei Chen, et al.. (2019). Spatial and seasonal variations of antibiotics in river waters in the Haihe River Catchment in China and ecotoxicological risk assessment. Environment International. 130. 104919–104919. 135 indexed citations

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Lei, Kai, Ying Zhu, Wei Chen, et al.. (2018). The occurrence of home and personal care products in the Haihe River catchment and estimation of human exposure. The Science of The Total Environment. 643. 63–72. 27 indexed citations

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Zhu, Ying, Oliver R. Price, 一朗漆崎, et al.. (2018). Drivers of contaminant levels in surface water of China during 2000–2030: Relative importance for illustrative home and personal care product chemicals. Environment International. 115. 161–169. 30 indexed citations

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Johnson, Andrew C., Monika D. Jürgens, Chao Su, et al.. (2017). Which commonly monitored chemical contaminant in the Bohai region and the Yangtze and Pearl Rivers of China poses the greatest threat to aquatic wildlife?. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 37(4). 1115–1121. 26 indexed citations

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Su, Chao, Shuai Song, Yonglong Lü, et al.. (2017). Potential effects of changes in climate and emissions on distribution and fate of perfluorooctane sulfonate in the Bohai Rim, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 613-614. 352–360. 28 indexed citations

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Jürgens, Monika D., Andrew C. Johnson, Carola Graf, et al.. (2016). Persistent Organic Pollutants in sediment and fish in the River Thames Catchment (UK). The Science of The Total Environment. 576. 78–84. 41 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yueqing, Qifeng Li, Yonglong Lü, Kevin C. Jones, & Andrew J. Sweetman. (2016). Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDDs) in surface soils from coastal cities in North China: Correlation between diastereoisomer profiles and industrial activities. Chemosphere. 148. 504–510. 30 indexed citations

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Lillicrap, Adam, et al.. (2011). Determination of the acute toxicity of mine tailings from Nussir. ASA to the marine alga Skeletonema costatum, the marine copepod Tisbe battagliai and the polychaete Arenicola marina. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 2 indexed citations

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Schlabach, Martin, et al.. (2011). Spatial variability of POPs in European background air. Atmospheric chemistry and physics. 11(4). 1549–1564. 110 indexed citations

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Theloke, J., Knut Breivik, Hugo Denier van der Gon, et al.. (2010). POP emission inventories on different scales and their future trends. EGUGA. 12486. 1 indexed citations

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Jaward, Foday M., Nick J. Farrar, Tom Harner, Andrew J. Sweetman, & Kevin C. Jones. (2004). Passive air sampling of PAHs and PCNs across Europe.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 13 indexed citations

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Thomas, Gareth O., Andrew J. Sweetman, & Kevin C. Jones. (1999). Input-output balance of PCBs in a long-term study of lactating dairy cattle.. Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 3(2). 75–84. 2 indexed citations

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