Benjamin Blair

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Blair is a scholar working on Pollution, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Blair has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Blair's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (7 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (4 papers). Benjamin Blair is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (7 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (6 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (4 papers). Benjamin Blair collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and United Kingdom. Benjamin Blair's co-authors include Curtis J. Hedman, Rebecca Klaper, Jordan Crago, Tim Grundl, Lisa M. McKenzie, John L. Adgate, William B. Allshouse, James Lowe, Lixin Zhang and Jizhong Zhou and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Blair

29 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Pharmaceuticals and personal care products found in the Great Lakes above concentrations of environmental concern
    2013 393 citations Benjamin Blair, Jordan Crago et al. Chemosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Blair United States 17 668 474 182 157 151 31 1.4k
Kai Wang China 30 1.0k 1.6× 793 1.7× 208 1.1× 153 1.0× 214 1.4× 143 3.0k
Tim aus der Beek Germany 15 757 1.1× 339 0.7× 182 1.0× 448 2.9× 73 0.5× 20 1.6k
Jianfei Chen China 22 749 1.1× 206 0.4× 118 0.6× 164 1.0× 149 1.0× 50 1.3k
Oliver Olsson Germany 28 782 1.2× 328 0.7× 142 0.8× 386 2.5× 78 0.5× 80 2.1k
Kenneth G. Boyd United Kingdom 23 506 0.8× 216 0.5× 240 1.3× 147 0.9× 426 2.8× 38 2.0k
Clinton F. Williams United States 22 930 1.4× 285 0.6× 73 0.4× 342 2.2× 81 0.5× 110 1.7k
Dipak Kumar Gupta India 12 367 0.5× 259 0.5× 145 0.8× 216 1.4× 81 0.5× 28 1.6k
Mengyu Zhang China 27 670 1.0× 215 0.5× 173 1.0× 218 1.4× 231 1.5× 96 2.0k
Damián Marino Argentina 27 1.9k 2.8× 1.1k 2.3× 129 0.7× 256 1.6× 145 1.0× 65 2.9k
José Luis Rodríguez‐Gil Canada 18 1.1k 1.6× 613 1.3× 68 0.4× 197 1.3× 88 0.6× 52 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Blair

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Blair

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Blair

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Benjamin Blair. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Benjamin Blair based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Benjamin Blair. Benjamin Blair is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hassel, Diana M., et al.. (2025). Viscoelastic testing is improved following antivenom treatment in rattlesnake-envenomated equids. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 86(10).
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Blair, Benjamin, John Hughes, William B. Allshouse, Lisa M. McKenzie, & John L. Adgate. (2018). Truck and Multivehicle Truck Accidents with Injuries Near Colorado Oil and Gas Operations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(9). 1861–1861. 13 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Lisa M., James Crooks, Jennifer L. Peel, et al.. (2018). Relationships between indicators of cardiovascular disease and intensity of oil and natural gas activity in Northeastern Colorado. Environmental Research. 170. 56–64. 43 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Lisa M., Benjamin Blair, John Hughes, et al.. (2018). Ambient Nonmethane Hydrocarbon Levels Along Colorado’s Northern Front Range: Acute and Chronic Health Risks. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(8). 4514–4525. 51 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin & James Lowe. (2018). Describing the cull sow market network in the US: A pilot project. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 162. 107–109. 18 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Measuring environmental noise from airports, oil and gas operations, and traffic with smartphone applications: laboratory and field trials. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 28(6). 548–558. 8 indexed citations
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Zeineldin, Mohamed, et al.. (2018). Impact of parenteral antimicrobial administration on the structure and diversity of the fecal microbiota of growing pigs. Microbial Pathogenesis. 118. 220–229. 20 indexed citations
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Zeineldin, Mohamed, et al.. (2018). Microbial shifts in the swine nasal microbiota in response to parenteral antimicrobial administration. Microbial Pathogenesis. 121. 210–217. 19 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin, et al.. (2018). Residential noise from nearby oil and gas well construction and drilling. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 28(6). 538–547. 31 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). U.S. News Media Coverage of Pharmaceutical Pollution in the Aquatic Environment: A Content Analysis of the Problems and Solutions Presented by Actors. Environmental Management. 60(2). 314–322. 23 indexed citations
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Allshouse, William B., John L. Adgate, Benjamin Blair, & Lisa M. McKenzie. (2017). Spatiotemporal Industrial Activity Model for Estimating the Intensity of Oil and Gas Operations in Colorado. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(17). 10243–10250. 19 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin, Tanya Heikkila, & Christopher M. Weible. (2016). National Media Coverage of Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States: Evaluation Using Human and Automated Coding Techniques. Risk Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 7(3). 114–128. 8 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin. (2016). Potential Upstream Strategies for the Mitigation of Pharmaceuticals in the Aquatic Environment: a Brief Review. Current Environmental Health Reports. 3(2). 153–160. 21 indexed citations
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McKenzie, Lisa M., et al.. (2016). Population Size, Growth, and Environmental Justice Near Oil and Gas Wells in Colorado. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(21). 11471–11480. 64 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin, et al.. (2015). Certainty and Uncertainty in Framing the Risks and Benefits of Hydraulic Fracturing in the Colorado News Media. Risk Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 6(3). 290–307. 22 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin, et al.. (2013). Evaluation of a model for the removal of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and hormones from wastewater. The Science of The Total Environment. 444. 515–521. 126 indexed citations
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Blair, Benjamin, Jordan Crago, Curtis J. Hedman, & Rebecca Klaper. (2013). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products found in the Great Lakes above concentrations of environmental concern. Chemosphere. 93(9). 2116–2123. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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