James Rothwell

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
64 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

James Rothwell is a scholar working on Pollution, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, James Rothwell has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Pollution, 23 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in James Rothwell's work include Heavy metals in environment (22 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (21 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (11 papers). James Rothwell is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (22 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (21 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (11 papers). James Rothwell collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Slovakia and United States. James Rothwell's co-authors include Jamie Woodward, Rachel Hurley, Claire Smith, Sarah Lindley, Andrew Speak, Martin Evans, Tim Allott, Roy A. Wogelius, Elda Miramontes and Florian Pohl and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, The Lancet and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

James Rothwell

61 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Microplastic contamination of river beds significantly reduced by catchment-wide flooding

2018 701 citations Rachel Hurley, Jamie Woodward et al. profile →
Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea circulation

2020 579 citations Ian Kane, Michael Clare et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
James Rothwell United Kingdom	29	1.9k	1.1k	582	573	495	64	3.6k
Sanjay K. Mohanty United States	32	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	481 0.8×	1.1k 1.9×	114 0.2×	81	3.0k
Hasintha Wijesekara Sri Lanka	25	1.8k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	504 0.9×	161 0.3×	181 0.4×	46	3.3k
Alex Chow United States	37	889 0.5×	656 0.6×	1.3k 2.3×	474 0.8×	839 1.7×	122	4.0k
Nélson Abrantes Portugal	29	1.7k 0.9×	935 0.8×	892 1.5×	87 0.2×	549 1.1×	91	3.7k
Rolf D. Vogt Norway	39	1.5k 0.8×	643 0.6×	1.4k 2.5×	697 1.2×	720 1.5×	137	5.6k
Julian Aherne Canada	31	806 0.4×	389 0.3×	462 0.8×	268 0.5×	699 1.4×	152	3.1k
Catherine Keller France	43	2.1k 1.1×	198 0.2×	297 0.5×	802 1.4×	358 0.7×	140	6.9k
Gerard Cornelissen Norway	41	1.2k 0.6×	865 0.8×	732 1.3×	345 0.6×	313 0.6×	83	5.5k
Gary M. Pierzynski United States	32	1.5k 0.8×	483 0.4×	595 1.0×	167 0.3×	308 0.6×	103	3.8k
Janice Brahney United States	21	1.3k 0.7×	953 0.8×	251 0.4×	78 0.1×	464 0.9×	66	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by James Rothwell

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Fields of papers citing papers by James Rothwell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James Rothwell

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

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Anderson, Jamie, Jack S. Benton, Jack Wilkinson, et al.. (2024). Large walking and wellbeing behaviour benefits of co-designed sustainable park improvements: A natural experimental study in a UK deprived urban area. Environment International. 187. 108669–108669. 7 indexed citations

Shuttleworth, Emma, et al.. (2023). Vegetation-derived pyrogenic carbon degradation and stabilisation in UK peatlands†. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 32(8). 1187–1199. 2 indexed citations

Kane, Ian, Michael Clare, Elda Miramontes, et al.. (2020). Seafloor microplastic hotspots controlled by deep-sea circulation. Science. 368(6495). 1140–1145. 579 indexed citations breakdown →

Evans, Martin, et al.. (2018). Size Fractionation of Dissolved Organic Nitrogen in Peatland Fluvial Systems. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(19). 11198–11205. 4 indexed citations

Hurley, Rachel, James Rothwell, & Jamie Woodward. (2016). A catchment-wide assessment of bed sediment metal concentrations in the first industrial city. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

Evans, Martin, et al.. (2016). Reservoirs are hotspots of nitrogen cycling in peatland catchments. Hydrological Processes. 30(20). 3666–3681. 5 indexed citations

Evans, Martin, et al.. (2015). High fluvial export of dissolved organic nitrogen from a peatland catchment with elevated inorganic nitrogen deposition. The Science of The Total Environment. 532. 711–722. 12 indexed citations

Speak, Andrew, James Rothwell, Sarah Lindley, & Claire Smith. (2013). Rainwater runoff retention on an aged intensive green roof. The Science of The Total Environment. 461-462. 28–38. 152 indexed citations

Shuttleworth, Emma, Martin Evans, James Rothwell, & Simon M. Hutchinson. (2012). Impacts of erosion and restoration on POC flux and pollutant mobilisation in the peatlands of the Peak District National Park, UK. EGUGA. 12415. 2 indexed citations

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Hutchinson, Simon M., et al.. (2011). An overview of the recent palaeolimnology of selected lakes in the Romanian Carpathians. 20(2). 7–9. 1 indexed citations

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Rothwell, James, Kevin G. Taylor, Martin Evans, & Tim Allott. (2011). Contrasting controls on arsenic and lead budgets for a degraded peatland catchment in Northern England. Environmental Pollution. 159(10). 3129–3133. 16 indexed citations

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Rothwell, James, Nancy B. Dise, Kevin G. Taylor, et al.. (2009). A spatial and seasonal assessment of river water chemistry across North West England. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(4). 841–855. 83 indexed citations

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Dise, Nancy B., James Rothwell, Vincent Gauci, C. van der Salm, & W. de Vries. (2009). Predicting dissolved inorganic nitrogen leaching in European forests using two independent databases. The Science of The Total Environment. 407(5). 1798–1808. 108 indexed citations

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Rothwell, James, Kevin G. Taylor, E. Louise Ander, et al.. (2008). Arsenic retention and release in ombrotrophic peatlands. The Science of The Total Environment. 407(4). 1405–1417. 59 indexed citations

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Rothwell, James, Martin Evans, Stephen Daniels, & Tim Allott. (2008). Peat soils as a source of lead contamination to upland fluvial systems. Environmental Pollution. 153(3). 582–589. 31 indexed citations

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Rothwell, James, Martyn N. Futter, & Nancy B. Dise. (2008). A classification and regression tree model of controls on dissolved inorganic nitrogen leaching from European forests. Environmental Pollution. 156(2). 544–552. 52 indexed citations

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Hutchinson, Simon M. & James Rothwell. (2008). Mobilisation of sediment-associated metals from historical Pb working sites on the River Sheaf, Sheffield, UK. Environmental Pollution. 155(1). 61–71. 16 indexed citations

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Lageard, Jonathan G. A., et al.. (2007). The utility of Pinus sylvestris L. in dendrochemical investigations: Pollution impact of lead mining and smelting in Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK. Environmental Pollution. 153(2). 284–294. 38 indexed citations

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Rothwell, James, Martin Evans, & Tim Allott. (2004). Heavy metal release by peat erosion in the Peak District. American Journal of Hematology. 38(2). 142–4. 12 indexed citations

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Kroll, Leo, James Rothwell, David Bradley, et al.. (2002). Mental health needs of boys in secure care for serious or persistent offending: a prospective, longitudinal study. The Lancet. 359(9322). 1975–1979. 114 indexed citations

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