Gerhard Furrer

6.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

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Gerhard Furrer is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Biomaterials and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Gerhard Furrer has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 19 papers in Biomaterials and 18 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Gerhard Furrer's work include Heavy metals in environment (14 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers) and Iron oxide chemistry and applications (13 papers). Gerhard Furrer is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (14 papers), Clay minerals and soil interactions (14 papers) and Iron oxide chemistry and applications (13 papers). Gerhard Furrer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Gerhard Furrer's co-authors include Werner Stumm, Rainer Schulin, Ulla Wingenfelder, Bernhard Wehrli, William H. Casey, Carsten Palnæs Hansen, Rosemarie Pöthig, Barbara Lothenbach, P. Schindler and Brian L. Phillips and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Gerhard Furrer

87 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

The coordination chemistry of weathering: I. Dissolution kinetics of δ-Al2O3 and BeO

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Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gerhard Furrer	1.1k	999	782	731	697	88	4.5k
Bruce B. Johnson	1.3k 1.1×	599 0.6×	956 1.2×	752 1.0×	742 1.1×	87	4.0k
Patricia A. Maurice	752 0.7×	881 0.9×	699 0.9×	544 0.7×	660 0.9×	90	4.0k
Pan Huang	576 0.5×	690 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	842 1.2×	605 0.9×	202	5.4k
Deb P. Jaisi	1.2k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.5×	578 0.8×	688 1.0×	105	5.6k
Erwin Klumpp	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	1.3k 1.7×	540 0.7×	482 0.7×	151	6.2k
Gary G. Leppard	1.5k 1.4×	1.2k 1.2×	1.8k 2.2×	418 0.6×	503 0.7×	106	5.9k
Jingdong Mao	1.7k 1.5×	966 1.0×	1.6k 2.0×	671 0.9×	473 0.7×	165	9.5k
Peter Nico	1.5k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	1.3k 1.7×	763 1.0×	771 1.1×	123	8.7k
Armand Masion	653 0.6×	734 0.7×	859 1.1×	981 1.3×	848 1.2×	95	5.0k
James B. Harsh	722 0.6×	447 0.4×	697 0.9×	698 1.0×	265 0.4×	83	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gerhard Furrer

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Furrer, Gerhard, et al.. (2024). Massive mobilization of toxic elements from an intact rock glacier in the central Eastern Alps. The cryosphere. 18(11). 5153–5171. 3 indexed citations

Furrer, Gerhard, et al.. (2023). Long-term additions of ammonium nitrate to montane forest ecosystems may cause limited soil acidification, even in the presence of soil carbonate. Biogeosciences. 20(22). 4577–4589. 1 indexed citations

Holzner, Markus, et al.. (2017). Clogging of an Alpine streambed by silt-sized particles – Insights from laboratory and field experiments. Water Research. 126. 60–69. 53 indexed citations

Müller, Beat, et al.. (2016). A Novel Method to Quantify Bioavailable Elements and Mobile ATP on Rock Surfaces and Lichens. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 245–258. 1 indexed citations

Rose, Jérôme, et al.. (2015). Arsenate uptake by Al nanoclusters and other Al-based sorbents during water treatment. Water Research. 88. 844–851. 37 indexed citations

Lützenkirchen, Johannes, et al.. (2014). The Effect of Monovalent Electrolytes on the Deprotonation of MAl12 Keggin Ions. Aquatic Geochemistry. 21(2-4). 81–97. 3 indexed citations

Hauser, Peter C., et al.. (2013). Sediment porewater extraction and analysis combining filter tube samplers and capillary electrophoresis. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 15(4). 715–715. 29 indexed citations

Casentini, Barbara, et al.. (2011). Polyaluminum chloride with high Al30 content as removal agent for arsenic-contaminated well water. Water Research. 46(1). 53–62. 66 indexed citations

Lapanje, Aleš, et al.. (2011). Pattern of Elemental Release During the Granite Dissolution Can Be Changed by Aerobic Heterotrophic Bacterial Strains Isolated from Damma Glacier (Central Alps) Deglaciated Granite Sand. Microbial Ecology. 63(4). 865–882. 54 indexed citations

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Brunner, Ivano, et al.. (2011). Pioneering fungi from the Damma glacier forefield in the Swiss Alps can promote granite weathering. Geobiology. 9(3). 266–279. 66 indexed citations

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Brunner, Ivano, Michael Plötze, Anita Zumsteg, Gerhard Furrer, & Beat Frey. (2009). Pioneering fungi and their role in initial weathering of Damma glacier forefield granite in the Swiss Alps. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations

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Rowland, Helen, Călin Baciu, Michael D. Vanden Berg, et al.. (2009). Groundwater geochemistry and As content in the Eastern Pannonian Basin (Romania) - PCA analysis. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 3 indexed citations

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Pöthig, Rosemarie, Horst Behrendt, Dieter Opitz, & Gerhard Furrer. (2009). A universal method to assess the potential of phosphorus loss from soil to aquatic ecosystems. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 17(2). 497–504. 58 indexed citations

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Furrer, Gerhard, et al.. (2009). Effect of iron and phosphate on bacterial cyanide formation determined by methemoglobin in two-dimensional gradient microcultivations. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 79(1). 71–75. 11 indexed citations

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Robinson, Brett, et al.. (2008). Plant uptake of trace elements on a Swiss military shooting range: Uptake pathways and land management implications. Environmental Pollution. 153(3). 668–676. 87 indexed citations

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Wingenfelder, Ulla, Bernd Nowack, Gerhard Furrer, & Rainer Schulin. (2005). Adsorption of Pb and Cd by amine-modified zeolite. Water Research. 39(14). 3287–3297. 136 indexed citations

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Amirbahman, Aria, René Schönenberger, Gerhard Furrer, & Jűrg Zobrist. (2003). Experimental study and steady-state simulation of biogeochemical processes in laboratory columns with aquifer material. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 64(3-4). 169–190. 13 indexed citations

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Furrer, Gerhard, et al.. (2002). On the Acid–Base Chemistry of the Keggin Polymers: GaAl12 and GeAl12. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 250(1). 269–270. 27 indexed citations

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Geiger, Gabriella, Gerhard Furrer, Felix Funk, Helmut Brandl, & Rainer Schulin. (1999). Heavy Metal Effects on β-Glucosidase Activity Influenced by pH and Buffer Systems. Journal of enzyme inhibition. 14(5). 365–379. 16 indexed citations

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Geiger, Gabriella, et al.. (1996). Soil bacteria sensitivity towards heavy metals ? Experimental system optimisation using chemical speciation calculations. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 354(5-6). 624–628. 4 indexed citations

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