David McCarthy

9.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
213 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

David McCarthy is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David McCarthy has authored 213 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Environmental Engineering, 85 papers in Water Science and Technology and 48 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David McCarthy's work include Urban Stormwater Management Solutions (131 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (49 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (42 papers). David McCarthy is often cited by papers focused on Urban Stormwater Management Solutions (131 papers), Fecal contamination and water quality (49 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (42 papers). David McCarthy collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Austria. David McCarthy's co-authors include Ana Deletić, Xiwang Zhang, Tim D. Fletcher, Xiangkang Zeng, Peter M. Bach, Kefeng Zhang, Wolfgang Rauch, Belinda E. Hatt, Rebekah Henry and Zhouyou Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David McCarthy

201 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Simultaneously Tuning Charge Separation and Oxygen Reduction Pathway on Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Polyethylenimine for Boosted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production

2020 406 citations Xiangkang Zeng, Yue Liu et al. ACS Catalysis profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David McCarthy	3.3k	2.3k	1.5k	1.2k	1.2k	213	6.8k
Michelle T. H. van Vliet	1.3k 0.4×	5.6k 2.5×	1.7k 1.2×	932 0.8×	661 0.6×	96	9.1k
H.H.M. Rijnaarts	1.3k 0.4×	3.1k 1.4×	392 0.3×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	242	9.5k
Wei Ouyang	870 0.3×	3.3k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	694 0.6×	837 0.7×	294	9.5k
Markus Flury	3.3k 1.0×	2.0k 0.9×	769 0.5×	194 0.2×	2.2k 1.8×	177	12.2k
Manzoor Qadir	843 0.3×	2.4k 1.1×	427 0.3×	811 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	111	8.4k
Michael K. Stenstrom	2.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	928 0.6×	252 0.2×	1.4k 1.2×	268	7.1k
Kara L. Nelson	946 0.3×	3.0k 1.3×	212 0.1×	667 0.6×	1.9k 1.6×	139	7.8k
Gang Chen	749 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	237 0.2×	323 0.3×	611 0.5×	321	6.9k
Zhiqiang Hu	933 0.3×	1.8k 0.8×	262 0.2×	891 0.7×	977 0.8×	174	10.2k
A. A. Alazba	818 0.2×	1.4k 0.6×	921 0.6×	616 0.5×	275 0.2×	150	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by David McCarthy

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Fields of papers citing papers by David McCarthy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David McCarthy

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20 of 20 papers shown

Shi, Baiqian, et al.. (2025). 3D-printed single-chamber microbial fuel cell biosensor reliably measures nitrates in environmental waters. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(3). 116277–116277. 2 indexed citations

Oktaria, Vicka, Indah Kartika Murni, Amanda Handley, et al.. (2025). Environmental surveillance for Salmonella Typhi to detect the typhoid burden in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 266. 114572–114572. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Kefeng, Lena Mutzner, Baiqian Shi, et al.. (2024). Review of trace organic chemicals in urban stormwater: Concentrations, distributions, risks, and drivers. Water Research. 258. 121782–121782. 18 indexed citations

Murni, Indah Kartika, Vicka Oktaria, David McCarthy, et al.. (2024). Wastewater-based epidemiology surveillance as an early warning system for SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesia. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0307364–e0307364. 3 indexed citations

Schilperoort, Rémy, et al.. (2023). A comparative study between low- and high-tech methods for the detection and mitigation of illicit connections in stormwater systems. Water Science & Technology. 88(7). 1833–1846.

Li, Jiaying, Rory Verhagen, Warish Ahmed, et al.. (2022). In Situ Calibration of Passive Samplers for Viruses in Wastewater. ACS ES&T Water. 2(11). 1881–1890. 18 indexed citations

Zeng, Xiangkang, Yue Liu, Yun Xia, et al.. (2020). Cooperatively modulating reactive oxygen species generation and bacteria-photocatalyst contact over graphitic carbon nitride by polyethylenimine for rapid water disinfection. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 274. 119095–119095. 117 indexed citations

Zeng, Xiangkang, Yue Liu, Yuan Kang, et al.. (2020). Simultaneously Tuning Charge Separation and Oxygen Reduction Pathway on Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Polyethylenimine for Boosted Photocatalytic Hydrogen Peroxide Production. ACS Catalysis. 10(6). 3697–3706. 406 indexed citations breakdown →

McCarthy, David, et al.. (2020). Modelling the clogging of a field filtration system used for stormwater harvesting. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 6(4). 993–1003. 6 indexed citations

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Liu, Yue, Xiangkang Zeng, Christopher D. Easton, et al.. (2020). An in situ assembled WO₃–TiO₂ vertical heterojunction for enhanced Z-scheme photocatalytic activity. Nanoscale. 12(16). 8775–8784. 58 indexed citations

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Bakheet, Belal, John Beardall, Xiwang Zhang, & David McCarthy. (2019). What is the efficiency of electro-generation of chlorine with a solid polymer electrolyte assembly?. Chemical Engineering Journal. 364. 370–375. 6 indexed citations

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Hu, Xiaoyi, Xiangkang Zeng, Yue Liu, et al.. (2019). Nano-layer based 1T-rich MoS2/g-C3N4 co-catalyst system for enhanced photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical activity. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 268. 118466–118466. 141 indexed citations

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Feng, Wenjun, David McCarthy, Rebekah Henry, et al.. (2018). Electrochemical oxidation for stormwater disinfection: How does real stormwater chemistry impact on pathogen removal and disinfection by-products level?. Chemosphere. 213. 226–234. 21 indexed citations

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Bakheet, Belal, Md. Ashraful Islam, John Beardall, Xiwang Zhang, & David McCarthy. (2018). Effective electrochemical inactivation of Microcystis aeruginosa and degradation of microcystins via a novel solid polymer electrolyte sandwich. Chemical Engineering Journal. 350. 616–626. 29 indexed citations

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Bakheet, Belal, John Beardall, Xiwang Zhang, & David McCarthy. (2018). Potential control of cyanobacterial blooms by using a floating‐mobile electrochemical system. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology. 94(2). 582–589. 3 indexed citations

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Jovanović, Dušan, Louise C. Bruce, Matthew R. Hipsey, et al.. (2018). Modelling shallow and narrow urban salt-wedge estuaries: Evaluation of model performance and sensitivity to optimise input data collection. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 217. 9–27. 10 indexed citations

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Jovanović, Dušan, Jon M. Hathaway, Rhys A. Coleman, Ana Deletić, & David McCarthy. (2017). Conceptual modelling of E. coli in urban stormwater drains, creeks and rivers. Journal of Hydrology. 555. 129–140. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Gen, Wenjun Feng, Xiangkang Zeng, et al.. (2016). Highly recoverable TiO2–GO nanocomposites for stormwater disinfection. Water Research. 94. 363–370. 68 indexed citations

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Zeng, Xiangkang, Zhouyou Wang, Na Meng, et al.. (2016). Highly dispersed TiO2 nanocrystals and carbon dots on reduced graphene oxide: Ternary nanocomposites for accelerated photocatalytic water disinfection. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 202. 33–41. 177 indexed citations

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Jovanović, Dušan, et al.. (2015). 3D Hydrodynamics and Vertical Mixing in a stratified estuary. 2 indexed citations

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