Gary Owens

18.5k total citations · 8 hit papers
290 papers, 15.1k citations indexed

About

Gary Owens is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Pollution and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Owens has authored 290 papers receiving a total of 15.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 77 papers in Pollution and 77 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Gary Owens's work include Heavy metals in environment (63 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (48 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (40 papers). Gary Owens is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (63 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (48 papers) and Arsenic contamination and mitigation (40 papers). Gary Owens collaborates with scholars based in Australia, China and South Korea. Gary Owens's co-authors include Zuliang Chen, Xuan Wu, Haolan Xu, Yida Wang, Kwon-Rae Kim, Ravi Naidu, Xiaofei Yang, Xiaoying Jin, Long Zhou and Xiao-quan Shan and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gary Owens

283 papers receiving 14.8k 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.

Anti-tumor activity of GW572016: a dual tyrosine kinase inhibitor blocks EGF activation of EGFR/erbB2 and downstream Erk1/2 and AKT pathways

2002 548 citations Gary Owens et al. profile →
Simultaneous removal of tetracycline and oxytetracycline antibiotics from wastewater using a ZIF-8 metal organic-framework

2018 504 citations Xiaoying Jin, Gary Owens et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →
A flexible photothermal cotton-CuS nanocage-agarose aerogel towards portable solar steam generation

2018 397 citations Gary Owens et al. profile →
Bioavailability of heavy metals in soils: definitions and practical implementation—a critical review

2015 390 citations Gary Owens et al. profile →
Graphene and Rice-Straw-Fiber-Based 3D Photothermal Aerogels for Highly Efficient Solar Evaporation

2020 362 citations Gary Owens, Nasreen Islam Khan et al. profile →
Simultaneous removal of mixed contaminants, copper and norfloxacin, from aqueous solution by ZIF-8

2019 339 citations Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
More from less: improving solar steam generation by selectively removing a portion of evaporation surface

2022 215 citations Pan Wu, Gary Owens et al. profile →
Health-related toxicity of emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Comparison to legacy PFOS and PFOA

2022 189 citations Gary Owens et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gary Owens

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Flexible sorbent-filled solar evaporator drives Pb contaminated soil remediation 2025 ·Applied Thermal Engineering ·(unknown), Pan Wu, Nana Luo, (unknown), Xiong Yang, Yafei Shi, Gary Owens, Kewu Pi	3
2	Recovery of rare earth elements from mine wastewater using alginate microspheres encapsulated with zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	30
3	How nitrate and ammonium impact soil organic carbon transformation with reference to aggregate size 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Zhenjun Zhang, Jiajiang Lin, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	3
4	Iron nanoparticles synthesized using Euphorbia cochinchinensis leaf extracts exhibited highly selective recovery of rare earth elements from mining wastewater: Exploring the origin of high selectivity 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·(unknown), Xiulan Weng, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	5
5	Plants as Medicine and Aromatics 2024 ·(unknown), (unknown), Gary Owens	7
6	Green synthesis of Mn2O3 activated PDS to degrade estriol in medical wastewater and its degradation pathway 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	20
7	Preparation of bionanomaterial based on green reduced graphene immobilized Ochrobactrum sp. FJ1: Optimization, characterization and its application 2023 ·Separation and Purification Technology ·(unknown), Chao Xue, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	5
8	Improved recovery selectivity of rare earth elements from mining wastewater utilizing phytosynthesized iron nanoparticles 2023 ·Water Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Xiulan Weng, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	36
9	Cotton-based bionic tree-shaped photothermal evaporator for extraction of heavy metals from river sediment 2023 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·(unknown), (unknown), Pan Wu, Yuhao Guo, Ye Yang, (unknown), (unknown), Xiong Yang, Yafei Shi, Gary Owens, Kewu Pi	15
10	Enhanced activity of Fe/Mn nanoparticles using a response surface methodology and mechanism for removing oxytetracycline and copper ion 2023 ·Chemosphere ·Jing Wu, Xiulan Weng, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	11
11	Self- immobilized bio-nanomaterials based on hybridized green reduced graphene and Burkholderia vietnamiensis C09V for enhanced removal of Sb species from mine wastewater 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Wei Chen, Ying Cheng, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	7
12	Arsenic speciation, oxidation and immobilization in an unsaturated soil in the presence of green synthesized iron oxide nanoparticles and humic acid 2022 ·Chemosphere ·(unknown), Mingqin Jiang, Jiajiang Lin, Nasreen Islam Khan, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	10
13	Enhanced removal of oxytetracycline from wastewater using bimetallic Fe/Ni nanoparticles combined with ZIF-8 nanocomposites 2022 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Xiaoying Jin, Heng Li, (unknown), Na Li, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	38
14	Biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles using three different fruit extracts: Characterization, formation mechanism and estrogen removal 2022 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Xiulan Weng, (unknown), Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	16
15	Simultaneous removal of arsenite and arsenate from mining wastewater using ZIF-8 embedded with iron nanoparticles 2022 ·Chemosphere ·Longwei Yin, Wenpeng Li, Shen Lin, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	13
16	Removal of low Sb(V) concentrations from mining wastewater using zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 2021 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Wenpeng Li, Qingping Wang, Xiaoying Jin, Nasreen Islam Khan, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	24
17	Effects of green synthesized and commercial nZVI on crystal violet degradation by Burkholderia vietnamiensis C09V: Dose-dependent toxicity and biocompatibility 2021 ·Chemosphere ·Jiajiang Lin, Chao Xue, (unknown), Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	11
18	Magnetic iron nanoparticles calcined from biosynthesis for fluoroquinolone antibiotic removal from wastewater 2021 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Xiulan Weng, Wanling Cai, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	38
19	Removal mechanism of 17β-estradiol by carbonized green synthesis of Fe/Ni nanoparticles 2021 ·Chemosphere ·(unknown), (unknown), Pan Wu, Xiaoying Jin, Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	12
20	A cellulose degrading bacterial strain used to modify rice straw can enhance Cu(II) removal from aqueous solution 2020 ·Chemosphere ·Chao Xue, (unknown), Gary Owens, Zuliang Chen	36

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