Emily M. Duncan

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Emily M. Duncan is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Emily M. Duncan has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Ecology and 7 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Emily M. Duncan's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (17 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and Turtle Biology and Conservation (6 papers). Emily M. Duncan is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (17 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (7 papers) and Turtle Biology and Conservation (6 papers). Emily M. Duncan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Portugal and United States. Emily M. Duncan's co-authors include Sarah E. Nelms, Brendan J. Godley, Annette C. Broderick, Tamara S. Galloway, Penelope K. Lindeque, Mark Hamann, Matthew H. Godfrey, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Imogen E. Napper and Heather J. Koldewey and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Emily M. Duncan

19 papers receiving 1.2k citations

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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.

The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River

2021 293 citations Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Emily M. Duncan United Kingdom	13	1.1k	678	215	156	153	20	1.2k
Marco Matiddi Italy	16	837 0.8×	548 0.8×	155 0.7×	123 0.8×	119 0.8×	33	970
Martín C. M. Blettler Argentina	18	1.3k 1.2×	885 1.3×	231 1.1×	376 2.4×	199 1.3×	56	1.8k
Ryan Andrades Brazil	18	855 0.8×	472 0.7×	254 1.2×	368 2.4×	124 0.8×	49	1.3k
Olga Lyashevska Ireland	12	774 0.7×	582 0.9×	75 0.3×	117 0.8×	152 1.0×	18	1.0k
Giuseppe Andrea de Lucia Italy	14	631 0.6×	423 0.6×	120 0.6×	133 0.9×	117 0.8×	27	825
Rachel E. McNeish United States	8	709 0.7×	569 0.8×	106 0.5×	102 0.7×	114 0.7×	9	892
Luis A. Espínola Argentina	15	618 0.6×	444 0.7×	267 1.2×	243 1.6×	102 0.7×	44	1.0k
Gema Hernández-Milian Ireland	12	781 0.7×	511 0.8×	72 0.3×	278 1.8×	118 0.8×	23	1.1k
Qamar Schuyler Australia	16	1.1k 1.1×	599 0.9×	353 1.6×	328 2.1×	78 0.5×	29	1.5k
Matteo Giannetti Italy	9	1.3k 1.3×	879 1.3×	132 0.6×	137 0.9×	202 1.3×	11	1.5k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Rodríguez, Yasmina, Frédèric Vandeperre, Emily M. Duncan, Miguel Machete, & Christopher K. Pham. (2025). An index to differentiate megafauna entangled in operational fishing gears from abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gears. The Science of The Total Environment. 971. 178950–178950.

Nuño, Ana, et al.. (2024). Understanding plastic pollution at a remote tropical island (Príncipe Island, Gulf of Guinea): Consumer behaviour and management preferences. Regional Studies in Marine Science. 81. 103982–103982. 2 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Yasmina, Airam Rodríguez, Willem M.G.M. van Loon, et al.. (2024). Cory's shearwater as a key bioindicator for monitoring floating plastics. Environment International. 186. 108595–108595. 14 indexed citations

Rodrigues, Clara F., Yasmina Rodríguez, João Frias, et al.. (2024). Microplastics in beach sediments of the Azores archipelago, NE Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 201. 116243–116243. 11 indexed citations

Duncan, Emily M., et al.. (2023). Plastic pollution on remote islands: A baseline study of Príncipe, Gulf of Guinea. Marine Environmental Research. 191. 106181–106181. 3 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Yasmina, Mónica A. Silva, Christopher K. Pham, & Emily M. Duncan. (2023). Cetaceans playing with single-use plastics (SUPs): A widespread interaction with likely severe impacts. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 194(Pt A). 115428–115428. 7 indexed citations

Duncan, Emily M., José Manuel González‐Irusta, Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió, et al.. (2023). Predicting the distribution and abundance of abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear (ALDFG) in the deep sea of the Azores (North Atlantic). The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 166579–166579. 8 indexed citations

Napper, Imogen E., Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, et al.. (2023). The distribution and characterisation of microplastics in air, surface water and sediment within a major river system. The Science of The Total Environment. 901. 166640–166640. 51 indexed citations

Brooks, Amy, Avinash Kumar Singh, Gaurav Verma, et al.. (2022). Rapid Characterization of Macroplastic Input and Leakage in the Ganges River Basin. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(7). 4029–4038. 17 indexed citations

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Çi̇çek, Burak Ali, Emily M. Duncan, Wayne J. Fuller, et al.. (2021). Dietary analysis of two sympatric marine turtle species in the eastern Mediterranean. Marine Biology. 168(6). 25 indexed citations

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Napper, Imogen E., Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, et al.. (2021). The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River. Environmental Pollution. 274. 116348–116348. 293 indexed citations breakdown →

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Duncan, Emily M., Annette C. Broderick, Kay Critchell, et al.. (2021). Plastic Pollution and Small Juvenile Marine Turtles: A Potential Evolutionary Trap. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 32 indexed citations

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Duncan, Emily M., Amy Brooks, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, et al.. (2020). Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0242459–e0242459. 57 indexed citations

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Chowdhury, Gawsia Wahidunnessa, Heather J. Koldewey, Emily M. Duncan, et al.. (2020). Plastic pollution in aquatic systems in Bangladesh: A review of current knowledge. The Science of The Total Environment. 761. 143285–143285. 70 indexed citations

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Duncan, Emily M., Annette C. Broderick, Wayne J. Fuller, et al.. (2019). Diet-related selectivity of macroplastic ingestion in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in the eastern Mediterranean. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 11581–11581. 43 indexed citations

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Duncan, Emily M., Annette C. Broderick, Wayne J. Fuller, et al.. (2018). Microplastic ingestion ubiquitous in marine turtles. Global Change Biology. 25(2). 744–752. 213 indexed citations

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Duncan, Emily M., Annette C. Broderick, Kristian Metcalfe, et al.. (2018). The true depth of the Mediterranean plastic problem: Extreme microplastic pollution on marine turtle nesting beaches in Cyprus. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 136. 334–340. 70 indexed citations

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Nelms, Sarah E., Emily M. Duncan, Annette C. Broderick, et al.. (2015). Plastic and marine turtles: a review and call for research. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 73(2). 165–181. 280 indexed citations

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Duncan, Emily M., et al.. (2006). Fish dish: exposing the unacceptable face of seafood. 1 indexed citations

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Martin, M.H., Emily M. Duncan, & P. J. Coughtrey. (1982). The distribution of heavy metals in a contaminated woodland ecosystem. Environmental Pollution Series B Chemical and Physical. 3(2). 147–157. 50 indexed citations

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