Bernd Nowack

35.2k total citations · 11 hit papers
259 papers, 27.1k citations indexed

About

Bernd Nowack is a scholar working on Pollution, Materials Chemistry and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Bernd Nowack has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 27.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Pollution, 122 papers in Materials Chemistry and 67 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Bernd Nowack's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (120 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (79 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (62 papers). Bernd Nowack is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (120 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (79 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (62 papers). Bernd Nowack collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Netherlands. Bernd Nowack's co-authors include Fadri Gottschalk, Thomas D. Bucheli, Nicole C. Mueller, Rainer Schulin, Denise M. Mitrano, Roland W. Scholz, Tianyin Sun, Konrad Hungerbühler, Murray Height and Harald F. Krug and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Accounts of Chemical Research and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Bernd Nowack

252 papers receiving 26.5k citations

Hit Papers

Modeled Environmental Concentrations of Engineered Nanoma... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2009 2007 2008 2012 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Modeled Environmental Concentrations of Engineered Nanomaterials (TiO2, ZnO, Ag, CNT, Fullerenes) for Different Regions
    2009 2.0k citations Fadri Gottschalk, Bernd Nowack et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  2. Occurrence, behavior and effects of nanoparticles in the environment
    2007 1.7k citations Bernd Nowack et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  3. Exposure Modeling of Engineered Nanoparticles in the Environment
    2008 1.4k citations Bernd Nowack et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  4. Industrial production quantities and uses of ten engineered nanomaterials in Europe and the world
    2012 1.0k citations Fadri Gottschalk, Stefan Seeger et al. Journal of Nanoparticle Research profile →
  5. Environmental concentrations of engineered nanomaterials: Review of modeling and analytical studies
    2013 891 citations Fadri Gottschalk, Tianyin Sun et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  6. 120 Years of Nanosilver History: Implications for Policy Makers
    2011 643 citations Bernd Nowack et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  7. Comprehensive probabilistic modelling of environmental emissions of engineered nanomaterials
    2013 604 citations Fadri Gottschalk, Konrad Hungerbühler et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  8. Polyester Textiles as a Source of Microplastics from Households: A Mechanistic Study to Understand Microfiber Release During Washing
    2017 600 citations Bernd Nowack, Denise M. Mitrano et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  9. The release of engineered nanomaterials to the environment
    2011 590 citations Fadri Gottschalk, Bernd Nowack profile →
  10. The Behavior of Silver Nanotextiles during Washing
    2009 511 citations Bernd Nowack et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  11. Placing nanoplastics in the context of global plastic pollution
    2021 475 citations Denise M. Mitrano, Peter Wick et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bernd Nowack Switzerland 79 15.4k 10.6k 6.7k 4.3k 4.3k 259 27.1k
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg Netherlands 70 6.2k 0.4× 10.2k 1.0× 2.7k 0.4× 2.5k 0.6× 6.4k 1.5× 534 20.8k
Jorge L. Gardea‐Torresdey United States 96 15.4k 1.0× 7.6k 0.7× 6.1k 0.9× 1.4k 0.3× 2.9k 0.7× 412 29.6k
Gregory V. Lowry United States 90 14.5k 0.9× 5.4k 0.5× 13.8k 2.0× 1.2k 0.3× 3.7k 0.9× 250 30.3k
Arturo A. Keller United States 76 8.9k 0.6× 4.4k 0.4× 4.6k 0.7× 1.5k 0.3× 2.6k 0.6× 268 18.6k
Pedro J. J. Alvarez United States 102 16.3k 1.1× 11.7k 1.1× 11.9k 1.8× 2.4k 0.6× 5.3k 1.2× 446 42.5k
Baoliang Chen China 73 5.8k 0.4× 5.0k 0.5× 5.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.6× 2.7k 0.6× 317 22.2k
Qixing Zhou China 86 5.3k 0.3× 10.6k 1.0× 3.9k 0.6× 1.4k 0.3× 3.3k 0.8× 366 23.9k
Mallavarapu Megharaj Australia 82 3.5k 0.2× 10.7k 1.0× 6.4k 1.0× 2.3k 0.5× 7.0k 1.6× 575 27.8k
Yaoyu Zhou China 99 7.9k 0.5× 5.9k 0.6× 5.2k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 2.2k 0.5× 311 28.1k
Anders Baun Denmark 55 5.9k 0.4× 4.9k 0.5× 3.1k 0.5× 3.5k 0.8× 2.7k 0.6× 175 13.4k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Seeger, Stefan, et al.. (2025). The safe and sustainable by design framework applied to graphene-based materials. Environment International. 197. 109345–109345. 3 indexed citations
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Nowack, Bernd, et al.. (2024). Form-Specific Prospective Environmental Risk Assessment of Graphene-Based Materials in European Freshwater. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(49). 21750–21759. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Manqi, Tong Yang, Claudia Som, & Bernd Nowack. (2024). Differences in the release of microplastic fibers and fibrils from virgin and recycled polyester textiles. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 207. 107659–107659. 16 indexed citations
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Yang, Tong, Yanghui Xu, Gang Liu, & Bernd Nowack. (2024). Publisher Correction: Oligomers are a major fraction of the submicrometre particles released during washing of polyester textiles. Nature Water. 2(3). 295–295. 1 indexed citations
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Schwarze, Francis W. M. R., Golo Stadelmann, Esther Thürig, et al.. (2024). Resolving complexity: Material flow analysis of a national wood flow system integrating the versatility of wood. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 28(6). 1716–1729.
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Nowack, Bernd, et al.. (2023). Predicting microplastic masses in river networks with high spatial resolution at country level. Nature Water. 1(6). 523–533. 45 indexed citations
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Kümmerer, Klaus, Zhanyun Wang, Lya G. Soeteman‐Hernández, et al.. (2023). Learning from Safe-by-Design for Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design: Mapping the current landscape of Safe-by-Design reviews, case studies, and frameworks. Environment International. 183. 108305–108305. 23 indexed citations
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Keller, Arturo A., et al.. (2023). Developing trends in nanomaterials and their environmental implications. Nature Nanotechnology. 18(8). 834–837. 64 indexed citations
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Nowack, Bernd, et al.. (2022). Tire wear particle emissions: Measurement data where are you?. The Science of The Total Environment. 830. 154655–154655. 60 indexed citations
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Cai, Yaping, Jianming Lin, Sylvia Gimeno, Frédéric Begnaud, & Bernd Nowack. (2021). Country-Specific Environmental Risks of Fragrance Encapsulates Used in Laundry Care Products. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 41(4). 905–916. 8 indexed citations
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Schmutz, Mélanie, Roland Hischier, Peter Wick, et al.. (2020). Cotton and Surgical Masks—What Ecological Factors Are Relevant for Their Sustainability?. Sustainability. 12(24). 10245–10245. 37 indexed citations
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Bornhöft, Nikolaus A., et al.. (2020). Dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis of engineered nanomaterials in European waste treatment systems. Waste Management. 113. 118–131. 31 indexed citations
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Sørensen, Sara Nørgaard, Henning Wigger, Alex Zabeo, et al.. (2020). Comparison of species sensitivity distribution modeling approaches for environmental risk assessment of nanomaterials – A case study for silver and titanium dioxide representative materials. Aquatic Toxicology. 225. 105543–105543. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Yan & Bernd Nowack. (2018). Dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis of nano-SiO2, nano iron oxides, nano-CeO2, nano-Al2O3, and quantum dots in seven European regions. Environmental Pollution. 235. 589–601. 77 indexed citations
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Mitrano, Denise M., et al.. (2017). Envisioning Nano Release Dynamics in a Changing World: Using Dynamic Probabilistic Modeling to Assess Future Environmental Emissions of Engineered Nanomaterials. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(5). 2854–2863. 114 indexed citations
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Clark, Julian, Peter J. Dobson, Konrad Hungerbuehler, et al.. (2015). Probabilistic modelling of prospective environmental concentrations of gold nanoparticles from medical applications as a basis for risk assessment. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 13(1). 93–93. 57 indexed citations
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Gottschalk, Fadri, et al.. (2015). Modeling Flows and Concentrations of Nine Engineered Nanomaterials in the Danish Environment. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12(5). 5581–5602. 192 indexed citations
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Caballero-Guzman, Alejandro, Tianyin Sun, & Bernd Nowack. (2014). Flows of engineered nanomaterials through the recycling process in Switzerland. Waste Management. 36. 33–43. 59 indexed citations
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Gottschalk, Fadri, et al.. (2012). Industrial production quantities and uses of ten engineered nanomaterials in Europe and the world. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 14(9). 1020 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nowack, Bernd. (2008). Chelating agents and the environment. Environmental Pollution. 153(1). 1–2. 27 indexed citations

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