Jane Muncke

4.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
40 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Jane Muncke is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Jane Muncke has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 20 papers in Pollution and 17 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Jane Muncke's work include Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (29 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (15 papers). Jane Muncke is often cited by papers focused on Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (29 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (20 papers) and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (15 papers). Jane Muncke collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Jane Muncke's co-authors include Birgit Geueke, Ksenia J. Groh, Maricel V. Maffini, Donald Mackay, Rajesh Seth, Leonardo Trasande, Thomas Backhaus, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Daniel Slunge and Pedro A. Inostroza and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Jane Muncke

40 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards

2018 604 citations Ksenia J. Groh, Thomas Backhaus et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Food packaging in the circular economy: Overview of chemical safety aspects for commonly used materials

2018 420 citations Birgit Geueke, Ksenia J. Groh et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jane Muncke Switzerland	24	1.5k	1.3k	934	414	200	40	2.9k
Hong‐Gang Ni China	37	1.9k 1.3×	2.1k 1.5×	875 0.9×	268 0.6×	76 0.4×	106	3.8k
Birgit Geueke Switzerland	29	1.2k 0.8×	862 0.6×	679 0.7×	396 1.0×	181 0.9×	62	2.9k
Carmen Teodosiu Romania	34	690 0.5×	512 0.4×	1.0k 1.1×	179 0.4×	120 0.6×	146	4.0k
Todd Gouin United Kingdom	38	2.4k 1.7×	2.4k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	334 0.8×	41 0.2×	71	4.3k
Yu Bon Man Hong Kong	36	1.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	645 0.7×	153 0.4×	34 0.2×	100	3.8k
Nsikak U. Benson Nigeria	29	1.9k 1.3×	747 0.6×	999 1.1×	279 0.7×	39 0.2×	101	3.2k
Muhammad Imtiaz Rashid Saudi Arabia	30	990 0.7×	817 0.6×	497 0.5×	253 0.6×	52 0.3×	96	4.1k
Mona S. M. Mansour Egypt	16	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	883 0.9×	106 0.3×	59 0.3×	33	4.3k
Lihui An China	31	2.3k 1.6×	817 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	451 1.1×	43 0.2×	103	3.3k
Carmine Massarelli Italy	20	2.2k 1.5×	496 0.4×	1.5k 1.6×	462 1.1×	44 0.2×	45	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Jane Muncke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jane Muncke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jane Muncke

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Monclús, Laura, Hans Peter H. Arp, Ksenia J. Groh, et al.. (2025). Mapping the chemical complexity of plastics. Nature. 643(8071). 349–355. 16 indexed citations

Muncke, Jane, et al.. (2025). Complementing global chemicals management through shaping consumer behavior. iScience. 28(6). 112700–112700. 1 indexed citations

Muncke, Jane, Mathilde Touvier, Leonardo Trasande, & Martin Scheringer. (2025). Health impacts of exposure to synthetic chemicals in food. Nature Medicine. 31(5). 1431–1443. 7 indexed citations

Yates, Joe, Megan Deeney, Jane Muncke, et al.. (2025). Plastics matter in the food system. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 176–176. 5 indexed citations

Mandemaker, Laurens D. B., Juliette Legler, Florian Meirer, et al.. (2024). Impacts of micro- and nanoplastics on early-life health: a roadmap towards risk assessment. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 15 indexed citations

Almroth, Bethanie Carney, M Fernández, Richard C. Thompson, et al.. (2024). Informing the Plastic Treaty negotiations on science - experiences from the Scientists’ Coalition for an Effective Plastic Treaty. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 6 indexed citations

Geueke, Birgit, Ksenia J. Groh, Christopher D. Kassotis, et al.. (2024). Evidence for widespread human exposure to food contact chemicals. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. 35(3). 330–341. 17 indexed citations

Schreier, Verena N., Christian Appenzeller‐Herzog, Beat Johannes Brüschweiler, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the food safety and risk assessment evidence-base of polyethylene terephthalate oligomers: A systematic evidence map. Environment International. 176. 107978–107978. 8 indexed citations

Geueke, Birgit, et al.. (2023). Hazardous chemicals in recycled and reusable plastic food packaging. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–43. 19 indexed citations

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Gerassimidou, Spyridoula, Birgit Geueke, Ksenia J. Groh, et al.. (2023). Unpacking the complexity of the polyethylene food contact articles value chain: A chemicals perspective. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 454. 131422–131422. 28 indexed citations

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Schreier, Verena N., Christian Appenzeller‐Herzog, Beat Johannes Brüschweiler, et al.. (2022). Evaluating the food safety and risk assessment evidence-base of polyethylene terephthalate oligomers: Protocol for a systematic evidence map. Environment International. 167. 107387–107387. 14 indexed citations

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Zimmermann, Lisa, Martin Scheringer, Birgit Geueke, et al.. (2022). Implementing the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability: The case of food contact chemicals of concern. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 437. 129167–129167. 36 indexed citations

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Muncke, Jane. (2021). Tackling the toxics in plastics packaging. PLoS Biology. 19(3). e3000961–e3000961. 56 indexed citations

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Groh, Ksenia J., Birgit Geueke, Olwenn Martin, Maricel V. Maffini, & Jane Muncke. (2020). Overview of intentionally used food contact chemicals and their hazards. Environment International. 150. 106225–106225. 95 indexed citations

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Groh, Ksenia J., Thomas Backhaus, Bethanie Carney Almroth, et al.. (2018). Overview of known plastic packaging-associated chemicals and their hazards. The Science of The Total Environment. 651(Pt 2). 3253–3268. 604 indexed citations breakdown →

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Groh, Ksenia J., Birgit Geueke, & Jane Muncke. (2017). Food contact materials and gut health: Implications for toxicity assessment and relevance of high molecular weight migrants. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 109(Pt 1). 1–18. 50 indexed citations

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Geueke, Birgit, Charlotte C. Wagner, & Jane Muncke. (2014). Food contact substances and chemicals of concern: a comparison of inventories. Food Additives & Contaminants Part A. 31(8). 1438–1450. 56 indexed citations

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Muncke, Jane, Marion Junghans, & Rik I.L. Eggen. (2007). Testing estrogenicity of known and novel (xeno‐)estrogens in the MolDarT using developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environmental Toxicology. 22(2). 185–193. 33 indexed citations

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Larsen, Tove A., Irene Peters, Alfredo C. Alder, et al.. (2001). Peer Reviewed: Re-engineering the toilet for sustainable wastewater management. Environmental Science & Technology. 35(9). 192A–197A. 83 indexed citations

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Seth, Rajesh, Donald Mackay, & Jane Muncke. (1999). Estimating the Organic Carbon Partition Coefficient and Its Variability for Hydrophobic Chemicals. Environmental Science & Technology. 33(14). 2390–2394. 259 indexed citations

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