Benjamin J. Tscharke

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
105 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamin J. Tscharke is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin J. Tscharke has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Pollution, 29 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 18 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Benjamin J. Tscharke's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (36 papers), Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (18 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (17 papers). Benjamin J. Tscharke is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (36 papers), Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (18 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing (17 papers). Benjamin J. Tscharke collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and Netherlands. Benjamin J. Tscharke's co-authors include Jake O’Brien, Kevin V. Thomas, Jochen F. Mueller, Phil M. Choi, Cobus Gerber, Jason M. White, Jiaying Li, Elvis D. Okoffo, Rory Verhagen and Stacey O’Brien and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin J. Tscharke

100 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

First confirmed detection of SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater in Australia: A proof of concept for the wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 in the community

2020 1.3k citations Jake O’Brien, Phil M. Choi et al. profile →
Wastewater-based epidemiology biomarkers: Past, present and future

2018 347 citations Phil M. Choi, Benjamin J. Tscharke et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin J. Tscharke Australia	34	2.0k	1.6k	1.3k	798	706	105	4.7k
Jake O’Brien Australia	44	2.3k 1.1×	3.4k 2.1×	1.6k 1.3×	1.6k 2.0×	1.7k 2.3×	165	7.7k
Christoph Ort Switzerland	47	1.0k 0.5×	3.9k 2.3×	898 0.7×	2.6k 3.2×	734 1.0×	112	7.3k
Phil M. Choi Australia	24	2.0k 1.0×	511 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	337 0.4×	137 0.2×	38	3.0k
Malcolm J. Reid Norway	33	376 0.2×	1.7k 1.0×	432 0.3×	946 1.2×	281 0.4×	73	3.3k
Sanjeev Kumar Singh India	39	750 0.4×	934 0.6×	398 0.3×	336 0.4×	181 0.3×	276	6.3k
Daniel Gerrity United States	33	633 0.3×	1.1k 0.7×	521 0.4×	1.5k 1.9×	972 1.4×	87	3.7k
Foon Yin Lai Australia	33	370 0.2×	1.6k 1.0×	359 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	185 0.3×	89	3.3k
‪Nikiforos Alygizakis Greece	26	352 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	464 0.4×	812 1.0×	181 0.3×	61	2.4k
Frederic Béen Netherlands	24	464 0.2×	492 0.3×	338 0.3×	472 0.6×	98 0.1×	59	1.7k
Pattanathu Rahman United Kingdom	33	283 0.1×	2.3k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	733 0.9×	155 0.2×	65	5.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Okoffo, Elvis D., Benjamin J. Tscharke, & Kevin V. Thomas. (2025). Release of Micro- and Nanosized Particles from Plastic Articles during Mechanical Dishwashing. ACS ES&T Water. 5(6). 2870–2881. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zhe, Qiuda Zheng, Benjamin J. Tscharke, et al.. (2024). High throughput and sensitive quantitation of tobacco-specific alkaloids and nitrosamines in wastewater. Talanta. 277. 126401–126401. 4 indexed citations

Verhagen, Rory, Cobus Gerber, Phong K. Thai, et al.. (2024). Wastewater‐based evaluation of the efficacy of oxycodone regulations in Australia. Addiction. 119(12). 2153–2161.

Okoffo, Elvis D., et al.. (2024). Plastic Deposition in Sediments of Moreton Bay, Australia: A Historical Perspective and Potential Future Projections. ACS ES&T Water. 4(10). 4510–4520. 4 indexed citations

Ahmed, Fahad, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2023). National Wastewater Reconnaissance of Analgesic Consumption in Australia. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(4). 1712–1720. 15 indexed citations

Ahmed, Fahad, Jake O’Brien, Aparna Keshaviah, et al.. (2023). Wastewater-based monitoring could help guide responses to the USA opioid epidemic. Nature Water. 1(5). 401–404. 12 indexed citations

Shimko, Katja M., Jake O’Brien, Benjamin J. Tscharke, et al.. (2023). Emergence and occurrence of performance-enhancing substance use in Australia determined by wastewater analysis. Nature Water. 1(10). 879–886. 3 indexed citations

Zheng, Qiuda, Cobus Gerber, Kathryn J. Steadman, et al.. (2023). Improving Wastewater-Based Tobacco Use Estimates Using Anabasine. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(21). 7958–7965. 7 indexed citations

Okoffo, Elvis D., Benjamin J. Tscharke, & Kevin V. Thomas. (2023). Predicted Growth in Plastics Entering Biosolids and Agricultural Lands Exceeds Efforts to Control Source Emissions. ACS ES&T Water. 3(8). 2238–2246. 9 indexed citations

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Thai, Phong K., Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2021). Estimating Alcohol Consumption by Wastewater-Based Epidemiology: An Assessment of the Correction Factor for Ethyl Sulfate Using Large-Scale National Monitoring Data. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 8(4). 333–338. 19 indexed citations

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Gao, Jianfa, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Phil M. Choi, et al.. (2021). Using Prescription and Wastewater Data to Estimate the Correction Factors of Atenolol, Carbamazepine, and Naproxen for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology Applications. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(11). 7551–7560. 27 indexed citations

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Verhagen, Rory, Benjamin J. Tscharke, Cobus Gerber, et al.. (2021). Multisite Calibration of a Microporous Polyethylene Tube Passive Sampler for Quantifying Drugs in Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(19). 12922–12929. 8 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Fahad, Jiaying Li, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2021). In-sewer stability of selected analgesics and their metabolites. Water Research. 204. 117647–117647. 13 indexed citations

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Choi, Phil M., Jack Thompson, Rory Verhagen, et al.. (2021). Systematic Evaluation of the In-Sample Stability of Selected Pharmaceuticals, Illicit Drugs, and Their Metabolites in Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(11). 7418–7429. 31 indexed citations

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Okoffo, Elvis D., Stacey O’Brien, Francisca Ribeiro, et al.. (2021). Plastic particles in soil: state of the knowledge on sources, occurrence and distribution, analytical methods and ecological impacts. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 23(2). 240–274. 97 indexed citations

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Verhagen, Rory, Sarit Kaserzon, Benjamin J. Tscharke, et al.. (2020). Time-Integrative Passive Sampling of Very Hydrophilic Chemicals in Wastewater Influent. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 7(11). 848–853. 7 indexed citations

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Tang, Shaoyu, Chang He, Phong K. Thai, et al.. (2020). Urinary Concentrations of Bisphenols in the Australian Population and Their Association with the Per Capita Mass Loads in Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(16). 10141–10148. 58 indexed citations

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Okoffo, Elvis D., Stacey O’Brien, Jake O’Brien, Benjamin J. Tscharke, & Kevin V. Thomas. (2019). Wastewater treatment plants as a source of plastics in the environment: a review of occurrence, methods for identification, quantification and fate. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 5(11). 1908–1931. 179 indexed citations

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Tscharke, Benjamin J., Jake O’Brien, Christoph Ort, et al.. (2019). Harnessing the Power of the Census: Characterizing Wastewater Treatment Plant Catchment Populations for Wastewater-Based Epidemiology. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(17). 10303–10311. 72 indexed citations

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Choi, Phil M., Benjamin J. Tscharke, Saer Samanipour, et al.. (2019). Social, demographic, and economic correlates of food and chemical consumption measured by wastewater-based epidemiology. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(43). 21864–21873. 110 indexed citations

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