David A. Alvarez

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

David A. Alvarez is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, David A. Alvarez has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 49 papers in Pollution and 16 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in David A. Alvarez's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (41 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (34 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (23 papers). David A. Alvarez is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (41 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (34 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (23 papers). David A. Alvarez collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ghana and United Kingdom. David A. Alvarez's co-authors include James N. Huckins, Tammy L. Jones-Lepp, Jimmie D. Petty, Walter L. Cranor, Stanley E. Manahan, J.D. Petty, Edward T. Furlong, Randal C. Clark, Vicki S. Blazer and Luke R. Iwanowicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

David A. Alvarez

80 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Development of a passive, in situ, integrative sampler fo... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Development of a passive, in situ, integrative sampler for hydrophilic organic contaminants in aquatic environments
    2004 553 citations David A. Alvarez, James N. Huckins et al. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David A. Alvarez United States 30 2.0k 1.8k 888 400 378 84 3.4k
Thomas W. La Point United States 26 1.9k 0.9× 1.8k 1.0× 288 0.3× 456 1.1× 271 0.7× 58 3.1k
Michael St. J. Warne Australia 35 2.2k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 197 0.2× 512 1.3× 225 0.6× 136 4.0k
Richard P. Lim Australia 36 1.8k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 207 0.2× 1.1k 2.7× 476 1.3× 130 4.5k
Karyn Le Ménach France 39 1.0k 0.5× 1.9k 1.0× 235 0.3× 490 1.2× 174 0.5× 78 3.2k
Pierre Labadie France 41 1.4k 0.7× 3.0k 1.7× 272 0.3× 1.6k 4.0× 160 0.4× 103 4.4k
John Struger Canada 28 1.5k 0.8× 1.2k 0.7× 242 0.3× 249 0.6× 361 1.0× 62 3.0k
Anupama Kumar Australia 33 2.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.0× 157 0.2× 624 1.6× 117 0.3× 143 4.2k
Mark Crane United Kingdom 37 2.2k 1.1× 3.0k 1.7× 137 0.2× 364 0.9× 278 0.7× 124 5.0k
Mark W. Sandstrom United States 33 1.2k 0.6× 816 0.5× 181 0.2× 593 1.5× 154 0.4× 65 2.9k
James P. Meador United States 36 1.6k 0.8× 2.9k 1.6× 122 0.1× 274 0.7× 340 0.9× 87 3.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David A. Alvarez

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Corsi, Steven R., Luke C. Loken, Gerald T. Ankley, David A. Alvarez, & Daniel L. Villeneuve. (2025). Potential for biological effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Great Lakes tributaries and associations with land cover and wastewater effluent. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 44(6). 1706–1722. 2 indexed citations
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Batt, Angela L., Natalia Quinete, Piero R. Gardinali, et al.. (2024). Investigating the chemical space coverage of multiple chromatographic and ionization methods using non-targeted analysis on surface and drinking water collected using passive sampling. The Science of The Total Environment. 955. 176922–176922. 3 indexed citations
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Batt, Angela L., Alex Chao, Susan T. Glassmeyer, et al.. (2024). De facto Water Reuse: Investigating the Fate and Transport of Chemicals of Emerging Concern from Wastewater Discharge through Drinking Water Treatment Using Non-targeted Analysis and Suspect Screening. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(5). 2468–2478. 18 indexed citations
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Baldwin, Austin K., Steven R. Corsi, David A. Alvarez, et al.. (2024). Potential Hazards of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Great Lakes Tributaries Using Water Column and Porewater Passive Samplers and Sediment Equilibrium Partitioning. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 43(7). 1509–1523. 4 indexed citations
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Alvarez, David A., et al.. (2023). PCB source assessment in the lower Clinton River, Clinton River Area of Concern, Mount Clemens, Michigan. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations
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Loken, Luke C., Steven R. Corsi, David A. Alvarez, et al.. (2022). Prioritizing Pesticides of Potential Concern and Identifying Potential Mixture Effects in Great Lakes Tributaries Using Passive Samplers. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 42(2). 340–366. 11 indexed citations
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Bishop, Nicholas, et al.. (2020). Wastewater-based epidemiology pilot study to examine drug use in the Western United States. The Science of The Total Environment. 745. 140697–140697. 49 indexed citations
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Weckerly, Floyd W., et al.. (2020). Urban Stream Syndrome and Contaminant Uptake in Salamanders of Central Texas. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management. 11(1). 287–299. 6 indexed citations
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Goodbred, Steven L., et al.. (2020). Movement of synthetic organic compounds in the food web after the introduction of invasive quagga mussels (Dreissena bugensis) in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, USA. The Science of The Total Environment. 752. 141845–141845. 7 indexed citations
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Bargar, Timothy A., Scott A. Stout, & David A. Alvarez. (2019). Petroleum hydrocarbons in semipermeable membrane devices deployed in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Florida keys following the Deepwater Horizon incident. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 150. 110622–110622. 2 indexed citations
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Jorgenson, Zachary G., Linnea M. Thomas, Sarah Elliott, et al.. (2018). Contaminants of emerging concern presence and adverse effects in fish: A case study in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Environmental Pollution. 236. 718–733. 40 indexed citations
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Nilsen, Elena B., et al.. (2016). Year-Round Monitoring of Contaminants in Neal and Rogers Creeks, Hood River Basin, Oregon, 2011-12, and Assessment of Risks to Salmonids. PLoS ONE. 11(6). e0158175–e0158175. 16 indexed citations
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Kassotis, Christopher D., David A. Alvarez, Julia A. Taylor, et al.. (2015). Characterization of Missouri surface waters near point sources of pollution reveals potential novel atmospheric route of exposure for bisphenol A and wastewater hormonal activity pattern. The Science of The Total Environment. 524-525. 384–393. 24 indexed citations
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Foreman, William T., et al.. (2014). Sampling trace organic compounds in water: A comparison of a continuous active sampler to continuous passive and discrete sampling methods. The Science of The Total Environment. 473-474. 731–741. 35 indexed citations
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Maruya, Keith A., Nathan G. Dodder, Rebecca A. Schaffner, et al.. (2013). Refocusing Mussel Watch on contaminants of emerging concern (CECs): The California pilot study (2009–10). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 81(2). 334–339. 22 indexed citations
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Bargar, Timothy A., Virginia H. Garrison, David A. Alvarez, & Kathy R. Echols. (2013). Contaminants assessment in the coral reefs of Virgin Islands National Park and Virgin Islands Coral Reef National Monument. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 70(1-2). 281–288. 23 indexed citations
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Jones-Lepp, Tammy L., et al.. (2012). Point sources of emerging contaminants along the Colorado River Basin: Source water for the arid Southwestern United States. The Science of The Total Environment. 430. 237–245. 63 indexed citations
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Patiño, Reynaldo, Michael R. Rosen, Steven L. Goodbred, et al.. (2011). Patterns of metal composition and biological condition and their association in male common carp across an environmental contaminant gradient in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Nevada and Arizona, USA. The Science of The Total Environment. 416. 215–224. 19 indexed citations
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Lebo, Jon A., F. Almeida, Walter L. Cranor, et al.. (2003). Purification of triolein for use in semipermeable membrane devices (SPMDs). Chemosphere. 54(8). 1217–1224. 19 indexed citations
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Alvarez, David A., J.D. Petty, James N. Huckins, & Stanley E. Manahan. (2000). Development of an integrative sampler for polar organic chemicals in water. 40(1). 71–74. 6 indexed citations

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