David Schwesig

4.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

David Schwesig is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, David Schwesig has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 11 papers in Pollution and 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in David Schwesig's work include Heavy metals in environment (8 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (5 papers). David Schwesig is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (8 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (6 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (5 papers). David Schwesig collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Czechia and Sweden. David Schwesig's co-authors include Egbert Matzner, Karsten Kalbitz, Locoro Giovanni, Sara Comero, Bernd Manfred Gawlik, Robert Loos, Luděk Bláha, Janet Rethemeyer, Oliver Gans and Peter Balsaa and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

David Schwesig

22 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

EU-wide monitoring survey on emerging polar organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluents

2013 949 citations Robert Loos, R. Carvalho et al. Water Research profile →
Biodegradation of soil-derived dissolved organic matter as related to its properties

2003 721 citations Karsten Kalbitz, David Schwesig et al. Geoderma profile →
Pan-European survey on the occurrence of selected polar organic persistent pollutants in ground water

2010 694 citations Robert Loos, Locoro Giovanni et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Schwesig Germany	16	1.8k	1.4k	1.0k	815	757	22	4.0k
Shahamat U. Khan Canada	30	2.1k 1.2×	989 0.7×	581 0.6×	665 0.8×	1.0k 1.3×	97	5.7k
Nicola Senesi Italy	37	1.8k 1.0×	782 0.6×	596 0.6×	903 1.1×	1.7k 2.2×	103	5.2k
Yu Yang United States	41	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	587 0.6×	357 0.4×	470 0.6×	95	4.2k
Stephen Lofts United Kingdom	40	3.1k 1.7×	1.8k 1.3×	1.1k 1.1×	545 0.7×	277 0.4×	118	5.4k
Christian Gagnon Canada	41	2.3k 1.2×	2.0k 1.5×	699 0.7×	569 0.7×	204 0.3×	152	5.1k
Jitao Lv China	36	1.1k 0.6×	907 0.7×	679 0.7×	332 0.4×	343 0.5×	75	4.0k
E.J.M. Temminghoff Netherlands	41	2.8k 1.5×	777 0.6×	1.4k 1.4×	360 0.4×	861 1.1×	88	5.1k
William H. Hendershot Canada	39	4.0k 2.2×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.4×	463 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	135	6.8k
Chunye Lin China	44	3.5k 1.9×	2.5k 1.8×	897 0.9×	442 0.5×	216 0.3×	155	5.5k
Fengxiang X. Han United States	38	1.5k 0.8×	865 0.6×	714 0.7×	457 0.6×	768 1.0×	153	4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Schwesig

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Schwesig

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Schwesig

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schwesig, David, et al.. (2019). Cost-effective reduction of micro pollutants in the water cycle – Case study on iodinated contrast media. The Science of The Total Environment. 688. 10–17. 12 indexed citations

Loos, Robert, R. Carvalho, Diana C. António, et al.. (2013). EU-wide monitoring survey on emerging polar organic contaminants in wastewater treatment plant effluents. Water Research. 47(17). 6475–6487. 949 indexed citations breakdown →

Loos, Robert, R. Carvalho, Sara Comero, et al.. (2012). EU Wide Monitoring Survey on Waste Water Treatment Plant Effluents. Joint Research Centre (European Commission). 37 indexed citations

Lewandowski, Jörg, et al.. (2011). Fate of organic micropollutants in the hyporheic zone of a eutrophic lowland stream: Results of a preliminary field study. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(10). 1824–1835. 110 indexed citations

Schwesig, David & Axel Bergmann. (2011). Use of anthropogenic gadolinium as a tracer for bank filtrate in drinking water wells. Water Science & Technology Water Supply. 11(6). 654–658. 5 indexed citations

Schwesig, David, Ulrich Borchers, Valeria Dulio, et al.. (2011). A harmonized European framework for method validation to support research on emerging pollutants. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 30(8). 1233–1242. 13 indexed citations

Loos, Robert, Locoro Giovanni, Sara Comero, et al.. (2010). Pan-European survey on the occurrence of selected polar organic persistent pollutants in ground water. Water Research. 44(14). 4115–4126. 694 indexed citations breakdown →

Schwesig, David. (2010). Sustainable Water. 1 indexed citations

Kalbitz, Karsten, David Schwesig, & Wenxia Wang. (2008). Effects of platinum from vehicle exhaust catalyst on carbon and nitrogen mineralization in soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 405(1-3). 239–245. 6 indexed citations

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McDowell, William H., Ádám Zsolnay, Jacqueline A. Aitkenhead‐Peterson, et al.. (2006). A comparison of methods to determine the biodegradable dissolved organic carbon from different terrestrial sources. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 38(7). 1933–1942. 184 indexed citations

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Kalbitz, Karsten, David Schwesig, Janet Rethemeyer, & Egbert Matzner. (2005). Stabilization of dissolved organic matter by sorption to the mineral soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 37(7). 1319–1331. 353 indexed citations

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Huang, Jen‐How, David Schwesig, & Egbert Matzner. (2004). Organotin compounds in precipitation, fog and soils of a forested ecosystem in Germany. Environmental Pollution. 130(2). 177–186. 31 indexed citations

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Schwesig, David, et al.. (2003). The role of ground vegetation in the uptake of mercury and methylmercury in a forest ecosystem. Plant and Soil. 253(2). 445–455. 100 indexed citations

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Schwesig, David, Karsten Kalbitz, & Egbert Matzner. (2003). Mineralization of dissolved organic carbon in mineral soil solution of two forest soils. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science. 166(5). 585–593. 49 indexed citations

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Schwesig, David, Karsten Kalbitz, & Egbert Matzner. (2003). Effects of aluminium on the mineralization of dissolved organic carbon derived from forest floors. European Journal of Soil Science. 54(2). 311–322. 68 indexed citations

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Kalbitz, Karsten, et al.. (2003). Biodegradation of soil-derived dissolved organic matter as related to its properties. Geoderma. 113(3-4). 273–291. 721 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kalbitz, Karsten, David Schwesig, Klaus Kaiser, et al.. (2003). Changes in properties of soil-derived dissolved organic matter induced by biodegradation. Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 35(8). 1129–1142. 360 indexed citations

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Schwesig, David & Egbert Matzner. (2001). Dynamics of mercury and methylmercury in forest floor and runoff of a forested watershed in Central Europe. Biogeochemistry. 53(2). 181–200. 66 indexed citations

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Schwesig, David & Egbert Matzner. (2000). Pools and fluxes of mercury and methylmercury in two forested catchments in Germany. The Science of The Total Environment. 260(1-3). 213–223. 130 indexed citations

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Schwesig, David, Gunter Ilgen, & Egbert Matzner. (1999). Mercury and Methylmercury in Upland and Wetland Acid Forest Soils of a Watershed in NE-Bavaria, Germany. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 113(1-4). 141–154. 74 indexed citations

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