Behnam Keshavarzi

8.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Behnam Keshavarzi is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Behnam Keshavarzi has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Pollution, 44 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Behnam Keshavarzi's work include Heavy metals in environment (59 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (31 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (24 papers). Behnam Keshavarzi is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (59 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (31 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (24 papers). Behnam Keshavarzi collaborates with scholars based in Iran, United Kingdom and United States. Behnam Keshavarzi's co-authors include Farid Moore, Sajjad Abbasi, Naghmeh Soltani, Razegheh Akhbarizadeh, Andrew Turner, Ali Najmeddin, Armin Sorooshian, Mohammad Javad Nematollahi, Maryam Kermani and Nemat Jaafarzadeh and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Behnam Keshavarzi

114 papers receiving 6.6k 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.

Distribution and potential health impacts of microplastics and microrubbers in air and street dusts from Asaluyeh County, Iran

2018 550 citations Sajjad Abbasi, Behnam Keshavarzi et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Microplastics in different tissues of fish and prawn from the Musa Estuary, Persian Gulf

2018 542 citations Sajjad Abbasi, Naghmeh Soltani et al. Chemosphere profile →
Ecological and human health hazards of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in road dust of Isfahan metropolis, Iran

2014 447 citations Naghmeh Soltani, Behnam Keshavarzi et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Behnam Keshavarzi

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Microplastic in seafood from the Persian Gulf: Occurrence, characteristics, risk assessment, and human exposure 2025 ·Journal of Food Composition and Analysis ·(unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Naghmeh Soltani, Rosa Busquets, Farid Moore	0
2	Miankaleh International Wetland: toxic element hazards and possibility of botulinum poisoning 2025 ·Ecological Indicators ·(unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Farid Moore, (unknown)	0
3	Trophic transfer, bioaccumulation and translocation of microplastics in an international listed wetland on the Montreux record 2024 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Behnam Keshavarzi, Rosa Busquets, (unknown), (unknown), Amir Hassan Masoumi	8
4	Microplastic occurrence in selected aquatic species of the Persian Gulf: No evidence of trophic transfer or effect of diet 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Naghmeh Soltani, (unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Farid Moore, Rosa Busquets, Armin Sorooshian, (unknown), (unknown)	21
5	Microplastics in aquatic species of Anzali wetland: An important freshwater biodiversity hotspot in Iran 2023 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Farid Moore, Rosa Busquets, (unknown), Mehdi Zarei, Ardavan Zarandian	18
6	Investigation of the concentration, origin and health effects of PAHs in the Anzali wetland: The most important coastal freshwater wetland of Iran 2023 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Farid Moore, Mehdi Zarei, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, Peter S. Hooda	15
7	Occurrence and source of PAHs in Miankaleh International Wetland in Iran 2023 ·Chemosphere ·(unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Farid Moore, Mehdi Zarei, Peter S. Hooda, Michael J. Risk	15
8	Spatial distribution, source apportionment, and ecological risk assessment of elements (PTEs, REEs, and ENs) in the surface soil of shiraz city (Iran) under different land-use types 2022 ·Chemosphere ·(unknown), (unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Nematollah Jaafarzadeh, Mahrooz Rezaei	24
9	Water quality stress to Amirkalayeh Wetland, Northern Iran 2022 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·(unknown), Mehdi Zarei, Behnam Keshavarzi, (unknown), (unknown)	7
10	Microplastics (MPs) distribution in Surface Sediments of the Freidounkenar Paddy Wetland 2022 ·Environmental Pollution ·(unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Farid Moore, Mehdi Zarei, Rosa Busquets, Seyed Mojtaba Zebarjad, Zargham Mohammadi	20
11	Hygroscopic and chemical properties of aerosol emissions at a major mining facility in Iran: Implications for respiratory deposition 2021 ·Atmospheric Pollution Research ·(unknown), Naghmeh Soltani, Behnam Keshavarzi, (unknown), Alexander B. MacDonald, Armin Sorooshian	2
12	Heavy metal(loid) pollution of a hard-rock aquifer: evidence, distribution, and source 2021 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), Zargham Mohammadi, Behnam Keshavarzi, (unknown), (unknown)	11
13	Microplastic occurrence in settled indoor dust in schools 2021 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Mohammad Javad Nematollahi, Fatemeh Zarei, Behnam Keshavarzi, Mehdi Zarei, Farid Moore, Rosa Busquets, Frank J. Kelly	98
14	PET-microplastics as a vector for heavy metals in a simulated plant rhizosphere zone 2020 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Sajjad Abbasi, Farid Moore, Behnam Keshavarzi, Philip K. Hopke, Ravi Naidu, Mohammad Mahmudur Rahman‬, Patryk Oleszczuk, Javad Karimi	201
15	Potentially toxic elements in the Middle East oldest oil refinery zone soils: source apportionment, speciation, bioaccessibility and human health risk assessment 2020 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, Farid Moore, Franco Ajmone-Marsan, Elio Padoan	44
16	Seasonal Variation and Relationships Between Copper of Serum and Various Tissues in Copper Poisoned Sheep in Kerman Province, Iran 2019 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·(unknown), K. Badiei, Mehrdad Pourjafar, Ahmad Oryan, Behnam Keshavarzi, (unknown), (unknown)	1
17	Potentially Toxic Elements Contamination in Sediment, Surface and Pore water of Maharlu Saline Lake, South - West Iran 2019 ·Farid Moore, (unknown), Behnam Keshavarzi, (unknown)	5
18	Health risk assessment and source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with PM10 and road deposited dust in Ahvaz metropolis of Iran 2018 ·Environmental Geochemistry and Health ·Ali Najmeddin, Behnam Keshavarzi	56
19	Mobility and chemical fate of arsenic and antimony in water and sediments of Sarouq River catchment, Takab geothermal field, northwest Iran 2016 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Reza Seyed Sharifi, Farid Moore, Behnam Keshavarzi	44
20	Ecotoxicological risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban soil of Isfahan metropolis, Iran 2015 ·Environmental Monitoring and Assessment ·Farid Moore, Razegheh Akhbarizadeh, Behnam Keshavarzi, (unknown), (unknown), Majid Kermani	43

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