B. J. Alloway

16.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
87 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

B. J. Alloway is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, B. J. Alloway has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Pollution, 18 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 17 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in B. J. Alloway's work include Heavy metals in environment (59 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (17 papers) and Agricultural Science and Fertilization (15 papers). B. J. Alloway is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (59 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (17 papers) and Agricultural Science and Fertilization (15 papers). B. J. Alloway collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and United States. B. J. Alloway's co-authors include D. C. Ayres, Andrew P. Jackson, Peter S. Hooda, Vasileios Antoniadis, Stephen R. Smith, B. J. Chambers, C. H. Carlton‐Smith, F. A. Nicholson, Daniel J. Ashworth and P.D. Alexander and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

B. J. Alloway

86 papers receiving 10.4k 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.

Heavy metals in soils

1990 3.3k citations B. J. Alloway profile →
An inventory of heavy metals inputs to agricultural soils in England and Wales

2003 981 citations F. A. Nicholson, Stephen R. Smith et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Heavy Metals in Soils

2012 732 citations B. J. Alloway Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) profile →
Soil factors associated with zinc deficiency in crops and humans

2009 695 citations B. J. Alloway Environmental Geochemistry and Health profile →
Chemical Principles of Environmental Pollution

1993 589 citations B. J. Alloway et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
B. J. Alloway United Kingdom	40	7.4k	2.7k	2.1k	1.7k	1.5k	87	11.3k
Alina Kabata‐Pendias Poland	14	9.1k 1.2×	3.8k 1.4×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	2.3k 1.6×	52	14.4k
Filip Tack Belgium	70	8.8k 1.2×	3.6k 1.3×	3.0k 1.4×	2.1k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	309	15.6k
D. C. Adriano United States	45	8.2k 1.1×	2.4k 0.9×	2.6k 1.3×	3.2k 1.9×	1.2k 0.8×	153	13.6k
Jean‐Louis Morel France	65	5.9k 0.8×	4.4k 1.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	996 0.7×	279	12.2k
Rufus L. Chaney United States	68	8.2k 1.1×	7.3k 2.6×	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	228	15.1k
Sardar Khan Pakistan	60	7.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	3.6k 1.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.6k 1.1×	227	13.1k
Tongbin Chen China	50	4.5k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.6k 1.0×	526 0.3×	247	8.5k
Camille Dumat France	57	6.5k 0.9×	4.2k 1.5×	3.1k 1.5×	1.4k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	123	11.8k
William H. Hendershot Canada	39	4.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	508 0.3×	135	6.8k
M. B�isson Canada	12	7.4k 1.0×	742 0.3×	2.2k 1.1×	2.3k 1.4×	790 0.5×	15	10.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. J. Alloway

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Alloway, B. J.. (2012). Heavy Metals in Soils. Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)). 732 indexed citations breakdown →

Alloway, B. J.. (2009). Soil factors associated with zinc deficiency in crops and humans. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 31(5). 537–548. 695 indexed citations breakdown →

Ashworth, Daniel J. & B. J. Alloway. (2008). Influence of Dissolved Organic Matter on the Solubility of Heavy Metals in Sewage‐Sludge‐Amended Soils. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis. 39(3-4). 538–550. 89 indexed citations

Chopin, Edith & B. J. Alloway. (2007). Trace element partitioning and soil particle characterisation around mining and smelting areas at Tharsis, Ríotinto and Huelva, SW Spain. The Science of The Total Environment. 373(2-3). 488–500. 111 indexed citations

Alexander, P.D., B. J. Alloway, & Anna Dourado. (2006). Genotypic variations in the accumulation of Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn exhibited by six commonly grown vegetables. Environmental Pollution. 144(3). 736–745. 331 indexed citations

Vries, W. de, et al.. (2005). Assessment of relationships between total and reactive concentrations of cadmium, copper, lead and zinc in Hungarian and Slovakian soils. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 24(2). 152–169. 14 indexed citations

Antoniadis, Vasileios & B. J. Alloway. (2003). Influence of time on the plant availability of Cd, Ni and Zn after sewage sludge has been applied to soils. AGROCHIMICA. 47. 81–93. 11 indexed citations

Nicholson, F. A., Stephen R. Smith, B. J. Alloway, C. H. Carlton‐Smith, & B. J. Chambers. (2003). An inventory of heavy metals inputs to agricultural soils in England and Wales. The Science of The Total Environment. 311(1-3). 205–219. 981 indexed citations breakdown →

Ashworth, Daniel J. & B. J. Alloway. (2003). Soil mobility of sewage sludge-derived dissolved organic matter, copper, nickel and zinc. Environmental Pollution. 127(1). 137–144. 191 indexed citations

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Stewart, Alexander, et al.. (2003). The Illusion of Environmental Iodine Deficiency. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 25(1). 165–170. 15 indexed citations

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Vries, W. de, J.E. Groenenberg, Ján Čurlík, et al.. (2003). Long-term risks of inadequate management practices on the sustainability of agricultural soils. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations

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Antoniadis, Vasileios & B. J. Alloway. (2002). The role of dissolved organic carbon in the mobility of Cd, Ni and Zn in sewage sludge-amended soils. Environmental Pollution. 117(3). 515–521. 214 indexed citations

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Alloway, B. J., et al.. (2001). Changes in the leachability of metals from dredged canal sediments during drying and oxidation. Environmental Pollution. 114(3). 407–413. 108 indexed citations

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Alloway, B. J., et al.. (2001). Towards the characterisation of heavy metals in dredged canal sediments and an appreciation of ‘availability’: two examples from the UK. Environmental Pollution. 113(3). 395–401. 61 indexed citations

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Alloway, B. J., et al.. (2000). The problem of arsenic interference in the analysis of soils for cadmium by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry. The Science of The Total Environment. 256(1). 77–81. 14 indexed citations

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Alloway, B. J. & Andrew P. Jackson. (1991). The behaviour of heavy metals in sewage sludge-amended soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 100. 151–176. 338 indexed citations

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Alloway, B. J., et al.. (1988). Metal availability. The Science of The Total Environment. 75(1). 41–69. 110 indexed citations

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Adams, Stuart J. & B. J. Alloway. (1988). The effects of variations in temperature on the extraction of trace metals from soils by selected reagents. Environmental Technology Letters. 9(7). 695–702. 1 indexed citations

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Murray, B. G., et al.. (1988). Light and electron microscope studies on pollen development in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) grown under copper‐sufficient and deficient conditions. Plant Cell & Environment. 11(4). 273–281. 24 indexed citations

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Alloway, B. J.. (1973). Copper and molybdenum in swayback pastures. The Journal of Agricultural Science. 80(3). 521–524. 38 indexed citations

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