Ciaran Ewins

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Ciaran Ewins is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ciaran Ewins has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Pollution, 5 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ciaran Ewins's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (5 papers) and Graphene research and applications (2 papers). Ciaran Ewins is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (5 papers) and Graphene research and applications (2 papers). Ciaran Ewins collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Taiwan and United States. Ciaran Ewins's co-authors include Brian Quinn, Fionn Murphy, Marie Russell, Stefan F. Gary, Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy, Winnie Courtene‐Jones, Brian Stewart, J. R. Fryer, Thomas W. Healy and Christopher Crawford and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Pollution and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

In The Last Decade

Ciaran Ewins

11 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment

2016 1.5k citations Fionn Murphy, Ciaran Ewins et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ciaran Ewins United Kingdom	7	2.3k	1.9k	497	329	146	11	2.4k
Fionn Murphy United Kingdom	9	2.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	526 1.1×	393 1.2×	161 1.1×	10	2.7k
Soeun Eo South Korea	16	2.4k 1.0×	1.9k 1.0×	526 1.1×	246 0.7×	212 1.5×	18	2.5k
Maria P. Herrling Germany	11	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	406 0.8×	281 0.9×	165 1.1×	12	2.1k
Hannes K. Imhof Germany	16	2.6k 1.1×	2.1k 1.1×	497 1.0×	312 0.9×	222 1.5×	21	2.7k
Ann Zellers United States	6	2.7k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	458 0.9×	162 0.5×	260 1.8×	7	2.8k
Liqi Cai China	7	2.7k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	627 1.3×	213 0.6×	101 0.7×	9	2.7k
Kristina Enders Germany	10	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	335 0.7×	213 0.6×	171 1.2×	12	1.8k
Fangni Du China	11	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	336 0.7×	257 0.8×	64 0.4×	12	1.8k
Olubukola S. Alimi Canada	7	2.4k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	635 1.3×	398 1.2×	133 0.9×	8	2.5k
Robin Lenz Germany	11	1.6k 0.7×	1.3k 0.7×	305 0.6×	214 0.7×	152 1.0×	16	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ciaran Ewins

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ciaran Ewins

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All Works

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Courtene‐Jones, Winnie, Brian Quinn, Ciaran Ewins, Stefan F. Gary, & Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy. (2020). Microplastic accumulation in deep-sea sediments from the Rockall Trough. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 154. 111092–111092. 132 indexed citations

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Courtene‐Jones, Winnie, Brian Quinn, Ciaran Ewins, Stefan F. Gary, & Bhavani E. Narayanaswamy. (2018). Consistent microplastic ingestion by deep-sea invertebrates over the last four decades (1976–2015), a study from the North East Atlantic. Environmental Pollution. 244. 503–512. 95 indexed citations

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Murphy, Fionn, Marie Russell, Ciaran Ewins, & Brian Quinn. (2017). The uptake of macroplastic & microplastic by demersal & pelagic fish in the Northeast Atlantic around Scotland. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 122(1-2). 353–359. 187 indexed citations

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Murphy, Fionn, et al.. (2016). Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) as a Source of Microplastics in the Aquatic Environment. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(11). 5800–5808. 1541 indexed citations breakdown →

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Quinn, Brian, Fionn Murphy, & Ciaran Ewins. (2016). Validation of density separation for the rapid recovery of microplastics from sediment. Analytical Methods. 9(9). 1491–1498. 384 indexed citations

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Crawford, Christopher, Marie Russell, Ciaran Ewins, & Brian Quinn. (2016). Chemical adsorption of hydrophobic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the marine environment onto microplastic polymers and subsequent desorption in a simulated gut. 1 indexed citations

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Crawford, Christopher, Ciaran Ewins, Marie Russell, & Brian Quinn. (2015). Chemical adsorption of hydrophobic persistent organic pollutants in the marine environment onto microplastic polymers and subsequent trophic transfer. 1 indexed citations

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Healy, Thomas W. & Ciaran Ewins. (1999). Synthesis of Substituted Amido Copper Phthalocyanine (Pc) Derivatives for Improved Pigment Application Performance. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 3(6). 522–529. 3 indexed citations

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Ewins, Ciaran & Brian Stewart. (1996). Langmuir-Blodgett films containing C60 and cadmium sulphide. Thin Solid Films. 284-285. 49–52. 14 indexed citations

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Ewins, Ciaran & Brian Stewart. (1994). Formation and structure of Langmuir–Blodgett films of C₆₀and arachidic acid. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 90(7). 969–972. 6 indexed citations

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Fryer, J. R. & Ciaran Ewins. (1992). Epitaxial growth of thin films of perylene. Philosophical magazine. A/Philosophical magazine. A. Physics of condensed matter. Structure, defects and mechanical properties. 66(6). 889–898. 6 indexed citations

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