Gerard Cornelissen

13.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
175 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Gerard Cornelissen is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerard Cornelissen has authored 175 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 71 papers in Pollution and 21 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gerard Cornelissen's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (104 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (31 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (20 papers). Gerard Cornelissen is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (104 papers), Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (31 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (20 papers). Gerard Cornelissen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Sweden and United States. Gerard Cornelissen's co-authors include Paul C. M. van Noort, Örjan Gustafsson, Gijs D. Breedveld, Thomas D. Bucheli, Albert A. Koelmans, Michiel T. O. Jonker, H.A.J. Govers, Sarah E. Hale, Henk Rigterink and Amy Oen and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Gerard Cornelissen

168 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Extensive Sorption of Organic Compounds to Black Carbon, Coal, and Kerogen in Sediments and Soils: Mechanisms and Consequences for Distribution, Bioaccumulation, and Biodegradation

2005 1.2k citations Gerard Cornelissen, Örjan Gustafsson et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gerard Cornelissen Norway	55	6.7k	5.6k	1.2k	1.1k	1.1k	175	10.5k
Weilin Huang China	49	2.7k 0.4×	3.1k 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	757 0.7×	1.6k 1.5×	193	7.7k
Xinghui Xia China	60	3.7k 0.6×	4.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.9×	712 0.7×	797 0.7×	285	11.4k
Jerry A. Leenheer United States	37	3.7k 0.6×	3.4k 0.6×	3.5k 3.0×	1.0k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	69	10.9k
Herbert E. Allen United States	54	6.7k 1.0×	8.4k 1.5×	2.3k 1.9×	560 0.5×	542 0.5×	165	13.1k
Samuel J. Traina United States	53	2.3k 0.3×	3.6k 0.6×	1.6k 1.3×	708 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	139	11.0k
Guoying Sheng China	76	10.1k 1.5×	4.4k 0.8×	963 0.8×	1.0k 0.9×	757 0.7×	330	17.0k
Yu‐Ping Chin United States	45	1.9k 0.3×	2.2k 0.4×	1.7k 1.4×	519 0.5×	693 0.6×	113	7.2k
Yi Yang China	50	3.1k 0.5×	4.7k 0.8×	2.1k 1.8×	451 0.4×	1.4k 1.3×	166	9.8k
Ping’an Peng China	63	4.1k 0.6×	2.3k 0.4×	700 0.6×	562 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	414	14.1k
Jean‐Louis Morel France	65	1.7k 0.3×	5.9k 1.0×	753 0.6×	508 0.5×	611 0.6×	279	12.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerard Cornelissen

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Hale, Sarah E., et al.. (2025). Measurement and modelling of sorbent-amendment impacts on seasonal and long-term PFAS transport through unsaturated soil lysimeters. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 494. 138662–138662. 3 indexed citations

Goranov, Aleksandar I., Erlend Sørmo, Nikolas Hagemann, et al.. (2024). Using the benzenepolycarboxylic acid (BPCA) method to assess activated biochars and their PFAS sorption abilities. Chemosphere. 355. 141750–141750. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Yaxin, Gerard Cornelissen, Ludovica Silvani, et al.. (2022). Industrial byproducts for the soil stabilization of trace elements and per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs). The Science of The Total Environment. 820. 153188–153188. 10 indexed citations

Silvani, Ludovica, Lucie Bielská, Lucia Škulcová, et al.. (2019). Can polyethylene passive samplers predict polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) uptake by earthworms and turnips in a biochar amended soil?. The Science of The Total Environment. 662. 873–880. 19 indexed citations

Bielská, Lucie, Lucia Škulcová, Natália Neuwirthová, Gerard Cornelissen, & Sarah E. Hale. (2017). Sorption, bioavailability and ecotoxic effects of hydrophobic organic compounds in biochar amended soils. The Science of The Total Environment. 624. 78–86. 56 indexed citations

Samuelsson, Göran, et al.. (2017). Response of marine benthic fauna to thin-layer capping with activated carbon in a large-scale field experiment in the Grenland fjords, Norway. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(16). 14218–14233. 20 indexed citations

Mayer, Philipp, Isabel Hilber, Varvara Gouliarmou, et al.. (2016). How to Determine the Environmental Exposure of PAHs Originating from Biochar. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(4). 1941–1948. 61 indexed citations

Samuelsson, Göran, et al.. (2015). Capping in situ with activated carbon in Trondheim harbor (Norway) reduces bioaccumulation of PCBs and PAHs in marine sediment fauna. Marine Environmental Research. 109. 103–112. 39 indexed citations

Ghosh, Upal, Charles A. Menzie, Richard G. Luthy, et al.. (2014). In situ sediment treatment using activated carbon: A demonstrated sediment cleanup technology. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 11(2). 195–207. 81 indexed citations

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Kalaitzidis, Stavros, et al.. (2013). Tracing dispersed coaly-derived particles in modern sediments: an environmental application of organic petrography. Global NEST Journal. 9(2). 137–143. 5 indexed citations

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Carlsson, Pernilla, Gerard Cornelissen, Carl Egede Bøggild, et al.. (2012). Hydrology-linked spatial distribution of pesticides in a fjord system in Greenland. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 14(5). 1437–1437. 13 indexed citations

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Arp, Hans Peter H., Aivo Lepland, Stavros Kalaitzidis, et al.. (2011). Influence of historical industrial epochs on pore water and partitioning profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and polychlorinated biphenyls in Oslo Harbor, Norway, sediment cores. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30(4). 843–851. 31 indexed citations

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Cornelissen, Gerard, Arne Pettersen, Dag Broman, Philipp Mayer, & Gijs D. Breedveld. (2008). Field testing of equilibrium passive samplers to determine freely dissolved native polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 27(3). 499–508. 151 indexed citations

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Sobek, Anna, Gerard Cornelissen, Peter Tiselius, & Örjan Gustafsson. (2006). Passive Partitioning of Polychlorinated Biphenyls between Seawater and Zooplankton, a Study Comparing Observed Field Distributions to Equilibrium Sorption Experiments. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(21). 6703–6708. 27 indexed citations

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Cornelissen, Gerard, Örjan Gustafsson, Thomas D. Bucheli, et al.. (2005). Extensive Sorption of Organic Compounds to Black Carbon, Coal, and Kerogen in Sediments and Soils: Mechanisms and Consequences for Distribution, Bioaccumulation, and Biodegradation. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(18). 6881–6895. 1204 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cornelissen, Gerard, et al.. (2002). Self-measurement and ambulatory monitoring of blood pressure: a subject's chronological perspective. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 56. 333–338. 3 indexed citations

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Cornelissen, Gerard, et al.. (2001). A simple Tenax extraction method to determine the availability of sediment-sorbed organic compounds.. PubMed. 20(4). 706–11. 185 indexed citations

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Cornelissen, Gerard, Paul C. M. van Noort, & H.A.J. Govers. (1997). The mechanism of slow desorption of organic compounds from sediments A study using model materials. UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam). 214(2). 78. 1 indexed citations

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Fišer, Bohumil, Jarmila Siègelovà, Ladislav Dušek, Gerard Cornelissen, & F Halberg. (1993). Determination of heart rate baroreflex sensitivity in man byspectral analysis during 24hours period. 1 indexed citations

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Haen, Ekkehard, F Halberg, & Gerard Cornelissen. (1984). Cortisol marker rhythmometry in pediatrics and clinical pharmacology. 1. 165–168. 5 indexed citations

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