Dirk Löffler

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Dirk Löffler is a scholar working on Pollution, Analytical Chemistry and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Löffler has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Pollution, 10 papers in Analytical Chemistry and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Dirk Löffler's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (14 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (10 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Dirk Löffler is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (14 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (10 papers) and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications (4 papers). Dirk Löffler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Dirk Löffler's co-authors include Thomas A. Ternes, Christa S. McArdell, Anke Göbel, Hansruedi Siegrist, Adriano Joss, Jörg Römbke, Michael Meller, S. Żabczyński, Achim Ried and Urs von Gunten and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Löffler

29 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Biological degradation of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater treatment: Proposing a classification scheme

2006 907 citations Adriano Joss, S. Żabczyński et al. Water Research profile →
Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals during Ozonation of Municipal Wastewater Effluents: A Pilot Study

2005 681 citations Anke Göbel, Adriano Joss et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Löffler Germany	17	2.8k	1.2k	1.1k	951	437	29	3.7k
Leif Krönberg Finland	31	2.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	971 0.9×	719 0.8×	334 0.8×	97	4.3k
Anke Göbel Switzerland	8	3.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	625 1.4×	9	4.0k
Aleksandra Jelić Spain	18	2.3k 0.8×	959 0.8×	869 0.8×	562 0.6×	351 0.8×	24	3.0k
Frank Sacher Germany	29	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.2×	460 1.1×	70	4.6k
Nicklas Paxéus Sweden	15	2.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	748 0.7×	978 1.0×	398 0.9×	16	4.0k
Lúcia H.M.L.M. Santos Portugal	27	2.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	833 0.8×	537 0.6×	452 1.0×	55	3.9k
H.-C. Holten Lützhøft Denmark	6	2.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.9×	832 0.8×	689 0.7×	281 0.6×	6	3.5k
Niina Vieno Finland	11	1.9k 0.7×	909 0.8×	733 0.7×	752 0.8×	337 0.8×	15	2.6k
Roman Hirsch Switzerland	8	2.5k 0.9×	858 0.7×	893 0.8×	682 0.7×	245 0.6×	9	3.3k
Flemming Ingerslev Denmark	22	4.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	915 1.0×	333 0.8×	31	4.9k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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20 of 20 papers shown

Löffler, Dirk, et al.. (2016). Hexachlorocyclohexane derivatives in industrial waste and samples from a contaminated riverine system. Chemosphere. 150. 219–226. 9 indexed citations

Geiß, Sabine, et al.. (2014). Determination of the sum of short chain chlorinated n-alkanes with a chlorine content between 50% and 67% in sediment samples by GC–ECNI-MS and quantification by multiple linear regression. Microchemical Journal. 119. 30–39. 8 indexed citations

Mu, Linjing, Rolf Hesselmann, Alain Blanc, et al.. (2012). Identification, characterization and suppression of side-products formed during the synthesis of high dose 68Ga-DOTA-TATE. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 76. 63–69. 34 indexed citations

Malik, Noeen, Dirk Löffler, Bin Shen, et al.. (2012). Synthesis of O-[2-[18F]fluoro-3-(2-nitro-1H-imidazole-1-yl)propyl]tyrosine ([18F]FNT]) as a new class of tracer for imaging hypoxia. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 292(3). 1025–1033. 4 indexed citations

Geiß, Sabine, et al.. (2011). Preliminary Interlaboratory Trial for ISO/DIS 12010: Determination of Short Chain Polychlorinated Alkanes (SCCP) in Water. CLEAN - Soil Air Water. 39(6). 537–542. 9 indexed citations

Prasse, Carsten, Dirk Löffler, & Thomas A. Ternes. (2009). Environmental fate of the anthelmintic ivermectin in an aerobic sediment/water system. Chemosphere. 77(10). 1321–1325. 55 indexed citations

Abdel‐Jalil, Raid J., et al.. (2009). Synthesis and radiolabeling of new N-[(4-[18F]Fluorobenzylidene) aminooxy) alkyl]-2-nitroimidazoles as possible hypoxia imaging pharmaceuticals. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 283(1). 239–243. 7 indexed citations

Löffler, Dirk, et al.. (2007). Decarbonylation of multi-substituted [18F]benzaldehydes for modelling syntheses of 18F-labelled aromatic amino acids. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 65(11). 1227–1231. 12 indexed citations

Löffler, Dirk, et al.. (2007). Effect of aldehyde and methoxy substituents on nucleophilic aromatic substitution by [18F]fluoride. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry. 128(12). 1461–1468. 17 indexed citations

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Joss, Adriano, S. Żabczyński, Anke Göbel, et al.. (2006). Biological degradation of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater treatment: Proposing a classification scheme. Water Research. 40(8). 1686–1696. 907 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bruchet, A., Dirk Löffler, Christa S. McArdell, et al.. (2006). Consumption and occurence. 17–54. 1 indexed citations

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Alder, Alfredo C., A. Bruchet, Marta Carballa, et al.. (2006). Consumption and occurrence. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 293–322. 38 indexed citations

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Göbel, Anke, Adriano Joss, Dirk Löffler, et al.. (2005). Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals during Ozonation of Municipal Wastewater Effluents: A Pilot Study. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(11). 4290–4299. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

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Göbel, Anke, Christa S. McArdell, Alfredo C. Alder, et al.. (2005). Extraction and determination of sulfonamides, macrolides, and trimethoprim in sewage sludge. Journal of Chromatography A. 1085(2). 179–189. 206 indexed citations

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Oetken, Matthias, et al.. (2005). Effects of Pharmaceuticals on Aquatic Invertebrates. Part I. The Antiepileptic Drug Carbamazepine. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 49(3). 353–361. 118 indexed citations

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Ternes, Thomas A., et al.. (2004). Determination of pharmaceuticals, iodinated contrast media and musk fragrances in sludge by LC tandem MS and GC/MS. Journal of Chromatography A. 1067(1-2). 213–223. 212 indexed citations

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Ohlsen, Knut, Thomas A. Ternes, Guido Werner, et al.. (2003). Impact of antibiotics on conjugational resistance gene transfer in Staphylococcus aureus in sewage. Environmental Microbiology. 5(8). 711–716. 94 indexed citations

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Löffler, Dirk & Thomas A. Ternes. (2003). Analytical method for the determination of the aminoglycoside gentamicin in hospital wastewater via liquid chromatography–electrospray-tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1000(1-2). 583–588. 111 indexed citations

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Löffler, Dirk & Thomas A. Ternes. (2003). Determination of acidic pharmaceuticals, antibiotics and ivermectin in river sediment using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1021(1-2). 133–144. 186 indexed citations

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Wendt, Constanze, et al.. (1999). Prevalence of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in various population groups in Berlin, Germany. Journal of Hospital Infection. 42(3). 193–200. 35 indexed citations

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