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%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact 471
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies 199
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology 113
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals 84
Environmental Chemistry top 0.01%
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research 141
Pollution top 0.01%
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts 55
Atmospheric Science top 0.05%
- Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols 119
Ecology top 0.05%
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology 103

Co-authors: Scott A. Mabury Jonathan W. Martin Keith R. Solomon Ross J. Norstrom Robert J. Letcher Aaron T. Fisk Magali Houde Camilla Teixeira
Cited by: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Environmental Chemistry Pollution
Journals: Nature (2 papers)Science (1 paper)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 paper)
Partner nations: Canada United States Norway

In The Last Decade

Derek C. G. Muir

709 papers receiving 44.4k 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.

2020 Environmental Science & Technology
2011 Environmental Science & Technology
2006 Environmental Science & Technology
2003 Environmental Science & Technology
2003 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
1992 The Science of The Total Environment
1988 Environmental Science & Technology

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1	Industrial and public infrastructure as local sources of organic contaminants in the Arctic 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,William Hartz,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,Jan Ludvig Lyche,Elena Barbaro	2025	0
2	Molecular docking for screening chemicals of environmental health concern: insight from a case study on bisphenols Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·Samira Norouzi,Noah Nahmiach,German Ruiz Perez,Ying Zhu,Gilles Peslherbe,Derek C. G. Muir,Xianming Zhang	2025	0
3	A 50 year record for perfluoroalkyl acids in the high arctic: implications for global and local transport Environmental Science Processes & Impacts ·Daniel Persaud,Alison S. Criscitiello,Christine Spencer,Igor Lehnherr,Derek C. G. Muir,Amila O. De Silva,Cora J. Young	2024	3
4	Gas Chromatography-(Cyclic) Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry: A Novel Platform for the Discovery of Unknown Per-/Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Analytical Chemistry ·Amber MacNeil,Xiaolei Li,Roshanak Amiri,Derek C. G. Muir,André J. Simpson,Myrna J. Simpson,Frank L. Dorman,Karl J. Jobst	2022	31
5	Enhancing Scientific Support for the Stockholm Convention’s Implementation: An Analysis of Policy Needs for Scientific Evidence Environmental Science & Technology ·Zhanyun Wang,Sam Adu-Kumi,Miriam L. Diamond,Ramón Guardans,Tom Harner,Agustín Harte,Natsuko Kajiwara,Jana Klánová,Jianguo Liu,Estefânia Gastaldello Moreira,Derek C. G. Muir,Noriyuki Suzuki,Victorine Pinas,Timo Seppälä,Roland Weber,Bo Yuan	2022	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 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	2022	54
7	Which of the (Mixed) Halogenated n-Alkanes Are Likely To Be Persistent Organic Pollutants? Environmental Science & Technology ·Xiaolei Li,Tannia Nicole Chevez,Amila O. De Silva,Derek C. G. Muir,Sonya Kleywegt,André J. Simpson,Myrna J. Simpson,Karl J. Jobst	2021	18
8	Contrasting the ecological effects of decreasing ice cover versus accelerated glacial melt on the High Arctic's largest lake 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	2020	10
9	Glacial Melt Inputs of Organophosphate Ester Flame Retardants to the Largest High Arctic Lake Environmental Science & Technology ·Yuxin Sun,Amila O. De Silva,Kyra A. St. Pierre,Derek C. G. Muir,Christine Spencer,Igor Lehnherr,John J. MacInnis	2020	47
10	Ice Core Record of Persistent Short‐Chain Fluorinated Alkyl Acids: Evidence of the Impact From Global Environmental Regulations Geophysical Research Letters ·Heidi M. Pickard,Alison S. Criscitiello,Daniel Persaud,Christine Spencer,Derek C. G. Muir,Igor Lehnherr,Martin Sharp,Amila O. De Silva,Cora J. Young	2020	80
11	Fate and Transport of Perfluoroalkyl Substances from Snowpacks into a Lake in the High Arctic of Canada 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	2019	68
12	Dietary Uptake Patterns Affect Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds in Fish 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	2019	50
13	Atmospheric deposition of polychlorinated biphenyls to seasonal surface snow at four glacier sites on Svalbard, 2013–2014 Chemosphere ·Mark H. Hermanson,Elisabeth Isaksson,Dmitry Divine,Camilla Teixeira,Derek C. G. Muir	2019	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) Environmental Science & Technology ·Kyra A. St. Pierre,Vincent L. St. Louis,Igor Lehnherr,Alex Gardner,Jessica A. Serbu,Colleen Mortimer,Derek C. G. Muir,Johan A. Wiklund,Danielle Lemire,L. Szostek,Conor C. Talbot	2018	43
15	Continuous non-marine inputs of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the High Arctic: a multi-decadal temporal record 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	2018	72
16	PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IN THE LIVERS OF MOOSE HARVESTED IN THE SOUTHERN NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Nicholas C. Larter,Derek C. G. Muir,Xiaowa Wang,Danny G. Allaire,Allicia Kelly,Karl Cox	2017	8
17	Emerging investigator series: a 14-year depositional ice record of perfluoroalkyl substances in the High Arctic 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	2017	79
18	Mercury and cadmium in ringed seals in the Canadian Arctic: Influence of location and diet 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	2016	39
19	PCB's and other organochlorine contaminants in white whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from West Greenland: variations with age and sex Garry A. Stern,Derek C. G. Muir,Mark D. Segstro,Runé Dietz,Mads Peter Heide‐Jørgensen	1994	33
20	Organochlorine residues in harp seal (Phagophilus groenlandicus) tissues, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1971, 1973. PubMed ·Rosewell Kt,Derek C. G. Muir,Baker Be	1979	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), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (141 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (119 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (113 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (103 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (84 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (55 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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