Carolin Völker

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Carolin Völker is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Carolin Völker has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Carolin Völker's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (6 papers). Carolin Völker is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (6 papers). Carolin Völker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Norway and Netherlands. Carolin Völker's co-authors include Johanna Kramm, Frederik R. Wurm, Martin Wagner, Tobias Haider, Katharina Landfester, Lisa Zimmermann, Jörg Oehlmann, Andrea Dombrowski, Matthias Oetken and Junhui Ji and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Carolin Völker

25 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

Plastics of the Future? The Impact of Biodegradable Polym... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 250 500 750 1000
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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. Plastics of the Future? The Impact of Biodegradable Polymers on the Environment and on Society
    2018 1.2k citations Tobias Haider, Carolin Völker et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers

Carolin Völker
Mine Banu Tekman Germany
Annika Jahnke Germany
Kiyotsuna Toyohara Japan
Akbar Tahir Indonesia
Andrej Kržan Slovenia
Scott Lambert United States
Doris Ribitsch Austria
Stéphane Bruzaud France
Hannah De Frond Canada
Nicholas J. Mallos United States
Mine Banu Tekman Germany
Carolin Völker
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Countries citing papers authored by Carolin Völker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carolin Völker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carolin Völker

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Carolin Völker. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Carolin Völker 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 Carolin Völker. Carolin Völker is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Hu, Qisong, et al.. (2025). Plastics of the Future? An Interdisciplinary Review on Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers: Progress in Chemistry, Societal Views, and Environmental Implications. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(23). e202423406–e202423406. 15 indexed citations
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Kleespies, Matthias Winfried, Thomas Friedrich, Oskar Marg, Carolin Völker, & Sabrina Schiwy. (2024). Assessing the unseen consequences: influence of an extreme weather event on environmental perceptions and connection to nature. Environmental Sciences Europe. 36(1).
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Völker, Carolin, Thomas Friedrich, Matthias Winfried Kleespies, Oskar Marg, & Sabrina Schiwy. (2023). “The toxic substance has killed all ducks”: framing of chemical risks related to the 2021 summer flood in German news media. Environmental Sciences Europe. 35(1). 4 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Lisa, Zdeňka Bartošová, Katharina Braun, et al.. (2021). Plastic Products Leach Chemicals That Induce In Vitro Toxicity under Realistic Use Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(17). 11814–11823. 170 indexed citations
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Catarino, Ana I., Johanna Kramm, Carolin Völker, Theodore B. Henry, & Gert Everaert. (2021). Risk posed by microplastics: Scientific evidence and public perception. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 29. 100467–100467. 77 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Lisa, Andrea Dombrowski, Carolin Völker, & Martin Wagner. (2020). Are bioplastics and plant-based materials safer than conventional plastics? In vitro toxicity and chemical composition. Environment International. 145. 106066–106066. 288 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Lisa, et al.. (2020). What are the drivers of microplastic toxicity? Comparing the toxicity of plastic chemicals and particles to Daphnia magna. Environmental Pollution. 267. 115392–115392. 276 indexed citations
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Hahn, Annette, et al.. (2019). Using FTIRS as pre-screening method for detection of microplastic in bulk sediment samples. The Science of The Total Environment. 689. 341–346. 32 indexed citations
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Völker, Carolin, Johanna Kramm, & Martin Wagner. (2019). On the Creation of Risk: Framing of Microplastics Risks in Science and Media. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(6). 72 indexed citations
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Kramm, Johanna, Carolin Völker, & Martin Wagner. (2018). Superficial or Substantial: Why Care about Microplastics in the Anthropocene?. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(6). 3336–3337. 53 indexed citations
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Jaeger‐Erben, Melanie, Johanna Kramm, Marco Sonnberger, et al.. (2018). Building Capacities for Transdisciplinary Research: Challenges and Recommendations for Early-Career Researchers. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 27(4). 379–386. 29 indexed citations
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Haider, Tobias, Carolin Völker, Johanna Kramm, Katharina Landfester, & Frederik R. Wurm. (2018). Kunststoffe der Zukunft? Der Einfluss von bioabbaubaren Polymeren auf Umwelt und Gesellschaft. Angewandte Chemie. 131(1). 50–63. 61 indexed citations
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Völker, Carolin, et al.. (2017). More Than a Potential Hazard—Approaching Risks from a Social-Ecological Perspective. Sustainability. 9(7). 1039–1039. 13 indexed citations
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Völker, Carolin, et al.. (2014). Combined effects of silver nanoparticles and 17α-ethinylestradiol on the freshwater mudsnail Potamopyrgus antipodarum. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 21(18). 10661–10670. 34 indexed citations
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Völker, Carolin, Johannes Völker, Heiko Alsenz, et al.. (2014). Long-term effects of nanoscaled titanium dioxide on the cladoceran Daphnia magna over six generations. Environmental Pollution. 186. 180–186. 62 indexed citations
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Völker, Carolin, et al.. (2013). Comparative Toxicity Assessment of Nanosilver on Three Daphnia Species in Acute, Chronic and Multi-Generation Experiments. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e75026–e75026. 106 indexed citations
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Völker, Carolin, Matthias Oetken, & Jörg Oehlmann. (2012). The Biological Effects and Possible Modes of Action of Nanosilver. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 223. 81–106. 80 indexed citations

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