Atanu Sarkar

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Atanu Sarkar is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Sociology and Political Science and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Atanu Sarkar has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Atanu Sarkar's work include Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (8 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Atanu Sarkar is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (8 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (6 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). Atanu Sarkar collaborates with scholars based in Canada, India and United States. Atanu Sarkar's co-authors include Arifur Rahman, Om Prakash Yadav, Jaroslav Slobodnı́k, Gopal Achari, Pravin C. Singhal, K. S. Chugh, Gary W. vanLoon, James Valcour, Mark C. J. Stoddart and Joel Finnis and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Atanu Sarkar

57 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Potential human health risks due to environmental exposure to nano- and microplastics and knowledge gaps: A scoping review

2020 527 citations Arifur Rahman, Atanu Sarkar et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Atanu Sarkar Canada	17	564	389	234	179	109	68	1.4k
Kenneth M. Unice United States	27	1.2k 2.1×	632 1.6×	1.0k 4.3×	170 0.9×	213 2.0×	85	2.7k
Xiao Chen China	21	309 0.5×	93 0.2×	158 0.7×	159 0.9×	35 0.3×	75	1.8k
Yiqun Chen China	29	188 0.3×	294 0.8×	432 1.8×	85 0.5×	21 0.2×	128	2.7k
Huang Huang China	31	459 0.8×	234 0.6×	1.4k 6.0×	99 0.6×	27 0.2×	117	2.9k
Rebecca Slack United Kingdom	17	350 0.6×	349 0.9×	443 1.9×	100 0.6×	11 0.1×	41	1.6k
Regiani Carvalho-Oliveira Brazil	21	1.2k 2.2×	662 1.7×	852 3.6×	31 0.2×	147 1.3×	49	2.1k
Paolo Montuori Italy	31	1.0k 1.8×	232 0.6×	1.5k 6.2×	23 0.1×	50 0.5×	81	2.6k
Elizabeth Tilley Switzerland	22	205 0.4×	1.0k 2.6×	64 0.3×	112 0.6×	11 0.1×	82	1.9k
Guowei Pan China	17	229 0.4×	78 0.2×	662 2.8×	41 0.2×	24 0.2×	39	1.2k
Kaiyun Liu China	29	511 0.9×	100 0.3×	2.0k 8.4×	103 0.6×	28 0.3×	83	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Atanu Sarkar

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20 of 20 papers shown

Sedaghat, Mohammad Mehdi, Maryam Faraji, Atanu Sarkar, et al.. (2025). Ontogenetic transfer of microplastics and nanoplastics in mosquitoes: a scoping review of environmental and health implications. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 32(33). 19639–19648.

Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2025). Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into a circular economy framework using the example of consumer durable goods for northern rural communities. RSC Sustainability. 3(5). 2048–2063. 1 indexed citations

Tsuji, Leonard J. S., et al.. (2024). Evaluating human health risks from exposure to agricultural soil contaminants using one- and two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations. Environmental Research. 265. 120391–120391. 10 indexed citations

Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2024). Contamination of aquatic ecosystems by persistent organic pollutants (POPs) originating from landfills in Canada and the United States: A rapid scoping review. The Science of The Total Environment. 924. 171490–171490. 35 indexed citations

Sarkar, Atanu. (2024). Climate Stress and Migration in India: An Exploratory Study of Environmental Changes on Population Movement. Journal of Informatics Education and Research. 4(3).

Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2022). Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Marine Fish and Dietary Exposure in Newfoundland. EcoHealth. 19(1). 99–113. 15 indexed citations

Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2021). Feeding the World in a Time of Climate Change. Chemistry International. 43(1). 14–20. 3 indexed citations

Devi, Kangjam Rekha, et al.. (2021). Molecular diversity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Sikkim, India and prediction of dominant spoligotypes using artificial intelligence. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 7365–7365. 11 indexed citations

Najafizada, Maisam, et al.. (2020). Social determinants of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A scoping review and research gaps. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 68(1). 99–105. 17 indexed citations

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Rahman, Arifur, Atanu Sarkar, Om Prakash Yadav, Gopal Achari, & Jaroslav Slobodnı́k. (2020). Potential human health risks due to environmental exposure to nano- and microplastics and knowledge gaps: A scoping review. The Science of The Total Environment. 757. 143872–143872. 527 indexed citations breakdown →

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Smith, Mary Jane, et al.. (2020). Effects of low exposure to traffic related air pollution on childhood asthma onset by age 10 years. Environmental Research. 191. 110174–110174. 11 indexed citations

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Blanchard, Peter E. R., et al.. (2020). Evaluating the use of synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy in investigating brominated flame retardants in indoor dust. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(33). 42168–42174. 5 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Atanu. (2019). Environmental Impact Assessment of Uranium Mining on Indigenous Land in Labrador (Canada): Biases and Manipulations. Environmental Justice. 12(2). 61–68. 3 indexed citations

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Chafe, Roger, et al.. (2018). Association of type 1 diabetes and concentrations of drinking water components in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care. 6(1). e000466–e000466. 23 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2018). Pond Niche Based Integrated Farming: A Case Study in Tripura, India. International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management. 9(3). 359–364. 1 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2017). Indoor Radon in Microgeological Setting of an Indigenous Community in Canada: A Pilot Study for Hazard Identification. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8(2). 69–79. 5 indexed citations

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Valcour, James, et al.. (2017). Association between perceptions of public drinking water quality and actual drinking water quality: A community-based exploratory study in Newfoundland (Canada). Environmental Research. 159. 435–443. 61 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2016). Extent of Knowledge and Level of Adoption of Hobbyists in Ornamental Fish Keeping and Aquarium Management in Tripura. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(6). 1330–1335. 2 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Atanu, et al.. (2012). Emerging health risks associated with modern agriculture practices: A comprehensive study in India. Environmental Research. 115. 37–50. 42 indexed citations

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Sarkar, Atanu. (2009). Role of Inequality and Inequity in the Occurrence and Consequences of Chronic Arsenicosis in India and Policy Implications. Environmental Justice. 2(3). 147–152. 3 indexed citations

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