Craig A. Downs

7.9k citations

68 papers · 4.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 36

Oceanography top 1%
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses 7
- Marine and coastal plant biology 7
Ecology top 1%
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies 21
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 1%
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology 16
Insect Science top 0.5%
Pollution top 1%
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution 7
Molecular Biology
- Heat shock proteins research 11
Dermatology
- Skin Protection and Aging 9
Immunology
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota 8

Co-authors: Cheryl M. Woodley John E. Fauth Scott A. Heckathorn James S. Coleman Joseph C. DiNardo John C. Halas Esti Kramarsky‐Winter Yossi Loya
Cited by: Oceanography Ecology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Journals: Ecotoxicology (5 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (5 papers)Marine Biotechnology (3 papers)
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Canada

In The Last Decade

Craig A. Downs

67 papers receiving 4.3k citations

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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.

2015 Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
2014 Environmental Science and Pollution Research

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1	Potential impact of the 2023 Lahaina wildfire on the marine environment: Modeling the transport of ash-laden benzo[a]pyrene and pentachlorophenol The Science of The Total Environment ·Craig A. Downs,R Ferreiro Iglesias,Hugo Pezucchi,Cheryl M. Woodley,Vandit R. Trivedi,A Hulth Gudiol,Ahad Nazarpour,Hatice Kübra AYVACI,Hongwei Zhao,Elizabeth Bishop,Michael J. Risk	2024	1
2	A combined proteomics and metabolomics analysis reveals the invisible regulation of plant root responses to oxybenzone (benzophenone-3) stress The Science of The Total Environment ·Shuhao Li,Ziad Sultan,Craig A. Downs,N. A. Suponeva,Qingming Li,Xin Zhong,Fenglin Zhong	2023	9
3	Fine-scale geographic risk assessment of oxybenzone sunscreen pollution within Hanauma Bay using hydrodynamic characterization and modeling The Science of The Total Environment ·R Ferreiro Iglesias,Hugo Pezucchi,Elizabeth Bishop,Michael J. Risk,Craig A. Downs	2023	1
4	Parabens preferentially accumulate in metastatic breast tumors compared to benign breast tumors and the association of breast cancer risk factors with paraben accumulation Environmental Advances ·Craig A. Downs,Mohammad Mehdi Amin,Meryem Youssfi,S. H. Misha,敬一郎森,Alireza Afshari-Safavi,Roya Kelishadi	2022	11
5	Soil degradation kinetics of oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3) and toxicopathological assessment in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida Environmental Research ·Krishna Gautam,Olivia Carla Yeany Dae Pany,Christopher McLinden,Veena Jain,Jaemyoun Lee,Dhirendra Singh,Somendu Kumar Roy,Craig A. Downs,Sadasivam Anbumani	2022	35
6	The forgotten ocean: Why COP26 must call for vastly greater ambition and urgency to address ocean change Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems ·Dan Laffoley,J. M. Baxter,Diva J. Amon,Joachim Claudet,Craig A. Downs,Sylvia A. Earle,Kristina M. Gjerde,Jason M. Hall‐Spencer,Heather J. Koldewey,Lisa A. Levin,Philip C. Reid,Callum M. Roberts,Rashid Sumaila,Michelle L. Taylor,Torsten Thiele,Lucy C. Woodall	2021	13
7	Should We Use Products Containing Chemical UV Absorbing Sunscreen Actives on Children Joseph C. DiNardo,Craig A. Downs	2019	2
8	The toxicological effects of oxybenzone, an active ingredient in suncream personal care products, on prokaryotic alga Arthrospira sp. and eukaryotic alga Chlorella sp. Aquatic Toxicology ·Xin Zhong,Craig A. Downs,Xingkai Che,Zishan Zhang,Yiman Li,Binbin Liu,Qingming Li,(unknown),(unknown),Huiyuan Gao	2019	44
9	Toxicological effects of the sunscreen UV filter, benzophenone-2, on planulae and in vitro cells of the coral, Stylophora pistillata Ecotoxicology ·Craig A. Downs,Esti Kramarsky‐Winter,John E. Fauth,Mahendra Sagar Patel,Omri Bronstein,Rina Jeger,Y. Lichtenfeld,Cheryl M. Woodley,Paul L. Pennington,Ariel Kushmaro,Yossi Loya	2013	86
10	Heat-Stress and Light-Stress Induce Different Cellular Pathologies in the Symbiotic Dinoflagellate during Coral Bleaching PLoS ONE ·Craig A. Downs,P. Guichet,Cheryl M. Woodley,John E. Fauth,Robert H. Richmond,Ariel Kushmaro,Stuart W. Gibb,Yossi Loya,Gary K. Ostrander,Esti Kramarsky‐Winter	2013	88
11	A survey of environmental pollutants and cellular-stress markers of Porites astreoides at six sites in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands Ecotoxicology ·Craig A. Downs,Cheryl M. Woodley,John E. Fauth,Małgorzata Gajda-Durlik,Byungkyu Kang,Lisa May,D Peeling,Julie L. Higgins,Gary K. Ostrander	2011	12
12	Concentrations of Irgarol in selected marinas of Oahu, Hawaii and effects on settlement of coral larval Ecotoxicology ·Małgorzata Gajda-Durlik,Craig A. Downs,Robert H. Richmond	2011	33
13	Cellular responses in the coral Stylophora pistillata exposed to eutrophication from fish mariculture Evolutionary ecology research ·Esti Kramarsky‐Winter,Craig A. Downs,Jing Yi-nong,Yossi Loya	2009	9
14	Increased expression of stress proteins in the surf clam Donax variabilis following hydrogen sulfide exposure Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology ·Joanna Joyner‐Matos,Craig A. Downs,David Julián	2006	33
15	Cellular diagnostics and coral health: Declining coral health in the Florida Keys Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Craig A. Downs,John E. Fauth,A. Osasuyi,Juan Carlos Mendoza Sánchez,Toni Todorovski,John C. Halas,B. Karmacharya,Cheryl M. Woodley	2005	83
16	Variation in chloroplast small heat-shock protein function is a major determinant of variation in thermotolerance of photosynthetic electron transport among ecotypes of Chenopodium album Functional Plant Biology ·Deepak Barua,Craig A. Downs,Scott A. Heckathorn	2003	63
17	The mitochondrial small heat‐shock protein protects NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase of the electron transport chain during heat stress in plants FEBS Letters ·Craig A. Downs,Scott A. Heckathorn	1998	114
18	Patient Education for Discharge after Coronary Bypass Surgery in the 1990s: Are Patients Adequately Prepared? The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing ·عبدالقادر بداوى,Hanife Sena Ulaş,L Falat,Barbera van Kooij,Deborah White,Mark Sanford,Agathe Becker,Sarah Barber,Yeralí Chero,Craig A. Downs	1998	16
19	Influence of flow rate on Gambusia affinis growth rate and water quality. Sergey Krasnienko,Craig A. Downs,Lü Yan-Hua,A. El-Hiti Gamal	1986	1
20	Continuous production of Gambusia affinis. Craig A. Downs,Sergey Krasnienko	1983	1

About Craig A. Downs

Craig A. Downs is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, Research and Theory, Pollution and Ecology, having authored 68 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (21 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (16 papers), Heat shock proteins research (11 papers), Skin Protection and Aging (9 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (8 papers), Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses (7 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (7 papers) and Marine and coastal plant biology (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Oceanography (858 citations), Ecology (1.6k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (814 citations), Insect Science (726 citations) and Pollution (649 citations). Craig A. Downs has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Cheryl M. Woodley, John E. Fauth, Scott A. Heckathorn, James S. Coleman, Joseph C. DiNardo, John C. Halas, Esti Kramarsky‐Winter, Yossi Loya, Gary K. Ostrander and Phillip Dustan. Their work appears in journals such as Ecotoxicology, The Science of The Total Environment, Marine Biotechnology, Journal of Plant Physiology and Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

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