Christopher Boothman

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Christopher Boothman is a scholar working on Inorganic Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Boothman has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Inorganic Chemistry, 27 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Christopher Boothman's work include Radioactive element chemistry and processing (39 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (21 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (19 papers). Christopher Boothman is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive element chemistry and processing (39 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (21 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (19 papers). Christopher Boothman collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Christopher Boothman's co-authors include Jonathan R. Lloyd, Andrew G. Gault, John Charnock, David A. Polya, Debashis Chatterjee, Farhana Islam, Katherine Morris, Ian T. Burke, Francis R. Livens and Carolyn I. Pearce and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Boothman

71 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments

2004 1.0k citations Farhana Islam, Andrew G. Gault et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Christopher Boothman United Kingdom	25	1.5k	843	764	690	501	73	2.9k
M. Vidal Spain	29	784 0.5×	701 0.8×	1.3k 1.7×	724 1.0×	332 0.7×	95	3.4k
Benjamin D. Kocar United States	29	2.3k 1.5×	938 1.1×	1.3k 1.6×	181 0.3×	604 1.2×	46	3.3k
Kevin T. Finneran United States	25	487 0.3×	386 0.5×	829 1.1×	769 1.1×	394 0.8×	53	2.6k
Anna Rigol Spain	28	699 0.5×	698 0.8×	838 1.1×	497 0.7×	221 0.4×	77	2.6k
Irene Ortiz-Bernad Spain	18	568 0.4×	233 0.3×	643 0.8×	976 1.4×	470 0.9×	28	2.2k
Flynn W. Picardal United States	28	611 0.4×	489 0.6×	928 1.2×	221 0.3×	578 1.2×	51	2.5k
Haiqing Liao China	37	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	293 0.4×	211 0.4×	93	3.3k
Yiqun Gan China	29	1.2k 0.8×	590 0.7×	868 1.1×	158 0.2×	950 1.9×	98	3.0k
Boris M. van Breukelen Netherlands	32	677 0.4×	456 0.5×	833 1.1×	237 0.3×	735 1.5×	80	2.9k
Fien Degryse Australia	39	984 0.6×	789 0.9×	2.0k 2.7×	207 0.3×	488 1.0×	106	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Boothman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Boothman

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rose, M. Franklin, Christopher Boothman, Samuel Shaw, et al.. (2025). Salinity Controls on Steel Biocorrosion relevant to the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste. Applied Clay Science. 267. 107723–107723. 1 indexed citations

Richards, Laura A., Christopher Boothman, Samuel Shaw, et al.. (2025). Probing the mechanisms of Fe(III)/As(V) reduction and As mobilisation using mineral-coated sands; impact of electron donor treatments. The Science of The Total Environment. 1001. 180512–180512.

Thorpe, Clare L., Andrew J. Fisher, Stuart Creasey, et al.. (2025). Insights into long term glass corrosion mechanisms from the Ballidon experiment. npj Materials Degradation. 9(1). 27–27.

Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2024). Assessing the impacts of oil contamination on microbial communities in a Niger Delta soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 926. 171813–171813. 7 indexed citations

Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Identification of algal rich microbial blooms in the Sellafield Pile Fuel Storage Pond and the application of ultrasonic treatment to control the formation of blooms. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14. 1261801–1261801. 2 indexed citations

Lloyd, Jonathan R., Joe S. Small, Frank Taylor, et al.. (2021). Microbial Degradation of Citric Acid in Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: Impact on Biomineralization Reactions. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 565855–565855. 14 indexed citations

Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2020). Generation of Alkalinity by Stimulation of Microbial Iron Reduction in Acid Rock Drainage Systems: Impact of Natural Organic Matter Types. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 231(9). 5 indexed citations

Nguyen, Nhung H. A., Jan Němeček, Katrin Mackenzie, et al.. (2020). In situ pilot application of nZVI embedded in activated carbon for remediation of chlorinated ethene-contaminated groundwater: effect on microbial communities. Environmental Sciences Europe. 32(1). 14 indexed citations

Boothman, Christopher, Peter Jenkinson, David C. Sigee, et al.. (2020). Microbial bloom formation in a high pH spent nuclear fuel pond. The Science of The Total Environment. 720. 137515–137515. 19 indexed citations

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Nixon, Sophie L., Rebecca A. Daly, Kevin G. Taylor, et al.. (2020). Identification of Persistent Sulfidogenic Bacteria in Shale Gas Produced Waters. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 286–286. 18 indexed citations

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Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2020). Identification of a Stable Hydrogen-Driven Microbiome in a Highly Radioactive Storage Facility on the Sellafield Site. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 587556–587556. 11 indexed citations

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Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2020). A Novel “Microbial Bait” Technique for Capturing Fe(III)-Reducing Bacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 11. 330–330. 5 indexed citations

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Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2019). Microbial reduction of Fe(III) coupled to the biodegradation of isosaccharinic acid (ISA). Applied Geochemistry. 109. 104399–104399. 8 indexed citations

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Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2018). The biogeochemical fate of nickel during microbial ISA degradation; implications for nuclear waste disposal. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 8753–8753. 12 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Clare L., et al.. (2018). Positron emission tomography to visualise in-situ microbial metabolism in natural sediments. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 144. 104–110. 5 indexed citations

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Smith, Sarah L., et al.. (2016). Microbial impacts on 99mTc migration through sandstone under highly alkaline conditions relevant to radioactive waste disposal. The Science of The Total Environment. 575. 485–495. 7 indexed citations

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Adams, Laura K., Christopher Boothman, & Jonathan R. Lloyd. (2007). Identification and characterization of a novel acidotolerant Fe(III)-reducing bacterium from a 3000-year-old acidic rock drainage site. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 268(2). 151–157. 15 indexed citations

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Pearce, Carolyn I., Robert Christie, Christopher Boothman, et al.. (2006). Reactive azo dye reduction by Shewanella strain J18 143. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 95(4). 692–703. 96 indexed citations

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Boothman, Christopher, et al.. (2006). Molecular analysis of a sulphate-reducing consortium used to treat metal-containing effluents. BioMetals. 19(6). 601–609. 17 indexed citations

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Islam, Farhana, Andrew G. Gault, Christopher Boothman, et al.. (2004). Role of metal-reducing bacteria in arsenic release from Bengal delta sediments. Nature. 430(6995). 68–71. 1011 indexed citations breakdown →

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