Anja Coors

7.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
59 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Anja Coors is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Anja Coors has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Pollution, 32 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 10 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Anja Coors's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (28 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (23 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (16 papers). Anja Coors is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (28 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (23 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (16 papers). Anja Coors collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Belgium. Anja Coors's co-authors include Karen Duis, Luc De Meester, Edward Topp, Mieke Jansen, Hans Toni Ratte, Thomas A. Ternes, Jason Snape, Thomas Backhaus, Kristian K. Brandt and Alejandro Amézquita and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Anja Coors

58 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment:... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2016 2013 400 800 1.2k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Microplastics in the aquatic and terrestrial environment: sources (with a specific focus on personal care products), fate and effects
    2016 1.3k citations Karen Duis, Anja Coors Environmental Sciences Europe profile →
  2. Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for Environmental Development and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance
    2013 520 citations Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Alejandro Amézquita et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Anja Coors Germany 27 2.6k 1.1k 993 421 357 59 3.8k
Andreu Rico Spain 38 2.3k 0.9× 444 0.4× 1.2k 1.2× 716 1.7× 115 0.3× 122 4.4k
Itziar Alkorta Spain 32 2.0k 0.8× 293 0.3× 575 0.6× 454 1.1× 296 0.8× 108 5.0k
Qi Zhang China 40 2.3k 0.9× 465 0.4× 674 0.7× 748 1.8× 324 0.9× 208 5.3k
Kazunari Sei Japan 35 2.0k 0.8× 505 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 622 1.5× 100 0.3× 121 3.6k
Marc Viñas Spain 40 2.2k 0.8× 421 0.4× 715 0.7× 769 1.8× 136 0.4× 101 4.1k
Walter Mulbry United States 36 1.6k 0.6× 723 0.7× 437 0.4× 241 0.6× 159 0.4× 75 4.0k
Xiao‐Ru Yang China 43 2.6k 1.0× 696 0.6× 689 0.7× 1.6k 3.7× 279 0.8× 114 5.3k
Dong Zhu China 45 5.3k 2.1× 1.4k 1.3× 834 0.8× 1.4k 3.3× 867 2.4× 191 7.5k
Jianming Xue New Zealand 33 1.2k 0.5× 486 0.5× 361 0.4× 288 0.7× 166 0.5× 126 3.6k
Gianluca Corno Italy 32 2.0k 0.8× 405 0.4× 456 0.5× 1.2k 2.8× 126 0.4× 91 3.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anja Coors

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anja Coors

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All Works

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Coors, Anja, et al.. (2023). Minimizing Experimental Testing on Fish for Legacy Pharmaceuticals. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(4). 1721–1730. 8 indexed citations
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Duis, Karen, Thomas Junker, & Anja Coors. (2021). Review of the environmental fate and effects of two UV filter substances used in cosmetic products. The Science of The Total Environment. 808. 151931–151931. 36 indexed citations
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Coors, Anja, et al.. (2018). Impact of an immunosuppressive human pharmaceutical on the interaction of a bacterial parasite and its invertebrate host. Aquatic Toxicology. 206. 91–101. 6 indexed citations
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Coors, Anja, et al.. (2018). Environmental risk assessment of biocidal products: identification of relevant components and reliability of a component-based mixture assessment. Environmental Sciences Europe. 30(1). 3–3. 14 indexed citations
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Bandow, Cornelia, et al.. (2018). Mixture toxicity assessment of a biocidal product based on reproduction and avoidance behaviour of the collembolan Folsomia candida. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 165. 284–290. 6 indexed citations
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Richter, Elisabeth, et al.. (2015). Phytotoxicity of wastewater-born micropollutants – Characterisation of three antimycotics and a cationic surfactant. Environmental Pollution. 208(Pt B). 512–522. 37 indexed citations
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Ternes, Thomas A., et al.. (2015). Assessing the ecological long-term impact of wastewater irrigation on soil and water based on bioassays and chemical analyses. Water Research. 84. 33–42. 21 indexed citations
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Coors, Anja, Abdelmajid Haddioui, Mohamed Ksibi, et al.. (2015). Effects of contaminated soils from a former iron mine (Ait Amar, Morocco) on enchytraeids (Enchytraeus bigeminus) and predatory mites (Hypoaspis aculeifer) in standard laboratory tests. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 119. 90–97. 10 indexed citations
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Braguglia, Camilla Maria, Anja Coors, Agata Gallipoli, et al.. (2014). Quality assessment of digested sludges produced by advanced stabilization processes. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(10). 7216–7235. 29 indexed citations
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Macherius, André, David R. Lapen, Thorsten Reemtsma, et al.. (2013). Triclocarban, triclosan and its transformation product methyl triclosan in native earthworm species four years after a commercial-scale biosolids application. The Science of The Total Environment. 472. 235–238. 51 indexed citations
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Ashbolt, Nicholas J., Alejandro Amézquita, Thomas Backhaus, et al.. (2013). Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for Environmental Development and Transfer of Antibiotic Resistance. Environmental Health Perspectives. 121(9). 993–1001. 520 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jansen, Mieke, Robby Stoks, Anja Coors, Wendy Van Doorslaer, & Luc De Meester. (2011). COLLATERAL DAMAGE: RAPID EXPOSURE-INDUCED EVOLUTION OF PESTICIDE RESISTANCE LEADS TO INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PARASITES. Evolution. 65(9). 2681–2691. 61 indexed citations
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Jansen, Mieke, Anja Coors, Robby Stoks, & Luc De Meester. (2011). Evolutionary ecotoxicology of pesticide resistance: a case study in Daphnia. Ecotoxicology. 20(3). 543–551. 92 indexed citations
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Jansen, Mieke, Robby Stoks, Ellen Decaestecker, et al.. (2010). Local exposure shapes spatial patterns in infectivity and community structure of Daphnia parasites. Journal of Animal Ecology. 79(5). 1023–1033. 13 indexed citations
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Förster, Bernhard, Alistair B.A. Boxall, Anja Coors, et al.. (2010). Fate and effects of ivermectin on soil invertebrates in terrestrial model ecosystems. Ecotoxicology. 20(1). 234–245. 30 indexed citations
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Coors, Anja, Joost Vanoverbeke, Tom De Bie, & Luc De Meester. (2009). Land use, genetic diversity and toxicant tolerance in natural populations of Daphnia magna. Aquatic Toxicology. 95(1). 71–79. 89 indexed citations

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