Derek C. G. Muir

60.5k citations

719 papers · 46.6k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 109

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.01%
Environmental Chemistry top 0.01%
Atmospheric Science top 0.05%
Pollution top 0.01%
Ecology top 0.05%

Co-authors: Scott A. Mabury Jonathan W. Martin Keith R. Solomon Ross J. Norstrom Robert J. Letcher Aaron T. Fisk Magali Houde Camilla Teixeira
Topics: Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (471 papers)Mercury impact and mitigation studies (199 papers)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (141 papers)
Cited by: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Environmental Chemistry Pollution
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Canada United States Norway

In The Last Decade

Derek C. G. Muir

709 papers receiving 44.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Biological Monitoring of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: A Review

2006 1.1k citations Derek C. G. Muir et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Bioconcentration and tissue distribution of perfluorinated acids in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

2003 798 citations Derek C. G. Muir et al. profile →
Monitoring of Perfluorinated Compounds in Aquatic Biota: An Updated Review

2011 697 citations Amila O. De Silva, Derek C. G. Muir et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Toward a Global Understanding of Chemical Pollution: A First Comprehensive Analysis of National and Regional Chemical Inventories

2020 612 citations Zhanyun Wang, Derek C. G. Muir et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Identification of Long-Chain Perfluorinated Acids in Biota from the Canadian Arctic

2003 582 citations Derek C. G. Muir et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Arctic contaminants: sources, occurrence and pathways

1992 523 citations Derek C. G. Muir, Terry F. Bidleman et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Organochlorine contaminants in arctic marine food chains: accumulation of specific polychlorinated biphenyls and chlordane-related compounds

1988 496 citations Derek C. G. Muir et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek C. G. Muir

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Industrial and public infrastructure as local sources of organic contaminants in the Arctic 2025 ·Environmental Science Advances ·Roland Kallenborn,Geir Wing Gabrielsen,Katrin Vorkamp,Lars-Otto Reiersen,Anita Evenset,K. B. Pedersen,Simonetta Corsolini,Nicoletta Ademollo,(unknown),(unknown),Håkon A. Langberg,(unknown),Frank von Hippel,Derek C. G. Muir,Cynthia A. de Wit,María J. Gunnarsdóttir,Pernille Erland Jensen,Gunvor M. Kirkelund,Gijs D. Breedveld,Susan Bengtson Nash,(unknown),Elena Barbaro	0
2	Molecular docking for screening chemicals of environmental health concern: insight from a case study on bisphenols 2025 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Ying Zhu,(unknown),Derek C. G. Muir,Xianming Zhang	0
3	A 50 year record for perfluoroalkyl acids in the high arctic: implications for global and local transport 2024 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·(unknown),Alison S. Criscitiello,Christine Spencer,Igor Lehnherr,Derek C. G. Muir,Amila O. De Silva,Cora J. Young	3
4	Gas Chromatography-(Cyclic) Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry: A Novel Platform for the Discovery of Unknown Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances 2022 ·Analytical Chemistry ·(unknown),Xiaolei Li,(unknown),Derek C. G. Muir,André J. Simpson,Myrna J. Simpson,Frank L. Dorman,Karl J. Jobst	31
5	Enhancing Scientific Support for the Stockholm Convention’s Implementation: An Analysis of Policy Needs for Scientific Evidence 2022 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Zhanyun Wang,Sam Adu-Kumi,Miriam L. Diamond,Ramón Guardans,Tom Harner,(unknown),Natsuko Kajiwara,Jana Klánová,Jianguo Liu,(unknown),Derek C. G. Muir,Noriyuki Suzuki,(unknown),Timo Seppälä,Roland Weber,Bo Yuan	50
6	Climate change influence on the levels and trends of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and chemicals of emerging Arctic concern (CEACs) in the Arctic physical environment – a review 2022 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·Hayley Hung,Crispin Halsall,Hollie Ball,Terry F. Bidleman,Jordi Dachs,Amila O. De Silva,Mark H. Hermanson,Roland Kallenborn,Derek C. G. Muir,Roxana Sühring,Xiaoping Wang,Simon Wilson	54
7	Which of the (Mixed) Halogenated n-Alkanes Are Likely To Be Persistent Organic Pollutants? 2021 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown),(unknown),Amila O. De Silva,Derek C. G. Muir,Sonya Kleywegt,André J. Simpson,Myrna J. Simpson,Karl J. Jobst	18
8	Contrasting the ecological effects of decreasing ice cover versus accelerated glacial melt on the High Arctic's largest lake 2020 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Neal Michelutti,Marianne S. V. Douglas,Dermot Antoniades,Igor Lehnherr,Vincent L. St. Louis,Kyra A. St. Pierre,Derek C. G. Muir,G. J. Brunskill,John P. Smol	10
9	Glacial Melt Inputs of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardants to the Largest High Arctic Lake 2020 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Yuxin Sun,Amila O. De Silva,Kyra A. St. Pierre,Derek C. G. Muir,Christine Spencer,Igor Lehnherr,John J. MacInnis	47
10	Ice Core Record of Persistent Short‐Chain Fluorinated Alkyl Acids: Evidence of the Impact From Global Environmental Regulations 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Heidi M. Pickard,Alison S. Criscitiello,(unknown),Christine Spencer,Derek C. G. Muir,Igor Lehnherr,Martin Sharp,Amila O. De Silva,Cora J. Young	80
11	Fate and Transport of Perfluoroalkyl Substances from Snowpacks into a Lake in the High Arctic of Canada 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·John J. MacInnis,Igor Lehnherr,Derek C. G. Muir,Kyra A. St. Pierre,Vincent L. St. Louis,Christine Spencer,Amila O. De Silva	68
12	Dietary Uptake Patterns Affect Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in Fish 2019 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Haotian Wang,Xinghui Xia,Ran Liu,Zixuan Wang,Yawei Zhai,Hui Lin,Wu Wen,Yang Li,Xiaoying Wang,Zhifeng Yang,Derek C. G. Muir,John C. Crittenden	50
13	Atmospheric deposition of polychlorinated biphenyls to seasonal surface snow at four glacier sites on Svalbard, 2013–2014 2019 ·Chemosphere ·Mark H. Hermanson,Elisabeth Isaksson,Dmitry Divine,Camilla Teixeira,Derek C. G. Muir	24
14	Drivers of Mercury Cycling in the Rapidly Changing Glacierized Watershed of the High Arctic’s Largest Lake by Volume (Lake Hazen, Nunavut, Canada) 2018 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Kyra A. St. Pierre,Vincent L. St. Louis,Igor Lehnherr,Alex Gardner,(unknown),Colleen Mortimer,Derek C. G. Muir,Johan A. Wiklund,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	43
15	Continuous non-marine inputs of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the High Arctic: a multi-decadal temporal record 2018 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·Heidi M. Pickard,Alison S. Criscitiello,Christine Spencer,Martin Sharp,Derek C. G. Muir,Amila O. De Silva,Cora J. Young	72
16	PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN THE LIVERS OF MOOSE HARVESTED IN THE SOUTHERN NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA 2017 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Nicholas C. Larter,Derek C. G. Muir,Xiaowa Wang,(unknown),Allicia Kelly,Karl Cox	8
17	Emerging investigator series: a 14-year depositional ice record of perfluoroalkyl substances in the High Arctic 2017 ·Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·John J. MacInnis,Katherine French,Derek C. G. Muir,Christine Spencer,Alison S. Criscitiello,Amila O. De Silva,Cora J. Young	79
18	Mercury and cadmium in ringed seals in the Canadian Arctic: Influence of location and diet 2016 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Tanya M. Brown,Aaron T. Fisk,Xiaowa Wang,Steven H. Ferguson,Brent G. Young,Ken Reimer,Derek C. G. Muir	39
19	PCB's and other organochlorine contaminants in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from West Greenland: variations with age and sex 1994 ·(unknown),Derek C. G. Muir,(unknown),Runé Dietz,Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen	33
20	Organochlorine residues in harp seal (Phagophilus groenlandicus) tissues, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1971, 1973. 1979 ·PubMed ·(unknown),Derek C. G. Muir,(unknown)	3

About Derek C. G. Muir

Derek C. G. Muir is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution, having authored 719 papers that have together received 46.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (471 papers), Mercury impact and mitigation studies (199 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (141 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (36.1k citations), Environmental Chemistry (15.4k citations) and Pollution (9.8k citations). Derek C. G. Muir has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and Norway. Frequent co-authors include Scott A. Mabury, Jonathan W. Martin, Keith R. Solomon, Ross J. Norstrom, Robert J. Letcher, Aaron T. Fisk, Magali Houde, Camilla Teixeira, Philip H. Howard and Amila O. De Silva. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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