John B. Sprague

4.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
51 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

John B. Sprague is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, John B. Sprague has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 14 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 14 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in John B. Sprague's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (36 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (13 papers). John B. Sprague is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (36 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (14 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (13 papers). John B. Sprague collaborates with scholars based in Canada and United Kingdom. John B. Sprague's co-authors include D. George Dixon, R. W. Bradley, Neil Hutchinson, Richard L. Saunders, Peter V. Hodson, Peter G. Wells, D.A. Holdway, Joanne L. Parrott, D. W. McLeese and Patricia L. Orr and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Water Research and Biometrics.

In The Last Decade

John B. Sprague

48 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish I. Bioassay methods for acute toxicity

1969 640 citations John B. Sprague Water Research profile →
Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish—III

1971 554 citations John B. Sprague Water Research profile →
Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish. II. Utilizing and applying bioassay results

1970 417 citations John B. Sprague Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John B. Sprague Canada	24	2.2k	899	700	645	575	51	3.2k
Donald I. Mount United States	19	1.4k 0.6×	573 0.6×	366 0.5×	410 0.6×	403 0.7×	37	2.2k
Steven J. Hamilton United States	27	1.6k 0.7×	627 0.7×	393 0.6×	390 0.6×	511 0.9×	72	2.7k
J.H.J. Van Vuren South Africa	28	1.4k 0.7×	735 0.8×	777 1.1×	874 1.4×	525 0.9×	119	3.0k
James C. McGeer Canada	31	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	741 1.1×	866 1.3×	467 0.8×	71	3.8k
Christopher J. Schmitt United States	31	2.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	431 0.6×	279 0.4×	589 1.0×	86	3.3k
Guido Persoone Belgium	29	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.5×	509 0.7×	262 0.4×	169 0.3×	85	3.5k
Lenwood W. Hall United States	25	2.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	493 0.7×	194 0.3×	441 0.8×	145	3.1k
Foster L. Mayer United States	26	1.6k 0.7×	774 0.9×	225 0.3×	228 0.4×	242 0.4×	74	2.3k
James P. Meador United States	36	2.9k 1.3×	1.6k 1.8×	640 0.9×	205 0.3×	340 0.6×	87	3.9k
Victor Wepener South Africa	32	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	895 1.3×	287 0.4×	431 0.7×	196	3.6k

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All Works

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Sprague, John B.. (1995). A brief critique of today's use of aquatic toxicity tests. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 1(3). 167–170. 1 indexed citations

Sprague, John B.. (1994). An overview of water pollution and fishes. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 41(1-4). 439–442. 1 indexed citations

Sprague, John B.. (1992). Perspective on a career. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 25(1-4). 6–13. 5 indexed citations

Ryan, Daniel A. J., et al.. (1992). A Reduced-Rank Multivariate Regression Approach to Aquatic Joint Toxicity Experiments. Biometrics. 48(1). 155–155. 11 indexed citations

Sprague, John B., et al.. (1989). Zinc Avoidance by Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas): Computerized Tracking and Greater Ecological Relevance. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 46(3). 494–502. 14 indexed citations

Nriagu, Jerome O. & John B. Sprague. (1987). Cadmium in the aquatic environment. Volume 19. Advances in environmental science and technology. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 1 indexed citations

Sprague, John B., et al.. (1983). Sublethal effects of treated liquid effluent from a petroleum refinery. I. Chronic toxicity to flagfish. Aquatic Toxicology. 3(2). 149–159. 14 indexed citations

Sprague, John B., et al.. (1983). Sublethal effects of treated liquid effluent from a petroleum refinery. IV. Respiratory movements and coughing of rainbow trout. Aquatic Toxicology. 4(4). 317–325. 3 indexed citations

Sprague, John B., et al.. (1983). Sublethal effects of treated liquid effluent from a petroleum refinery. II. Growth of rainbow trout. Aquatic Toxicology. 3(2). 161–169. 12 indexed citations

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Dixon, D. George & John B. Sprague. (1981). Copper bioaccumulation and hepatoprotein synthesis during acclimation to copper by juvenile rainbow trout. Aquatic Toxicology. 1(1). 69–81. 60 indexed citations

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Sprague, John B. & David Kramer. (1979). Effects of radiation on structural materials : proceedings of the ninth International Symposium : a symposium sponsored by ASTM Committee E-10 on Nuclear Technology and Application, American Society for Testing and Materials, Richland, Wash., 11-13 July 1978. Medical Entomology and Zoology.

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Sprague, John B., et al.. (1978). Acute and chronic toxicity of vanadium to fish. University of Alberta Library. 6 indexed citations

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Sprague, John B., et al.. (1977). Comparative short-term tolerance of zebrafish, flagfish, and rainbow trout to five poisons including potential reference toxicants. Water Research. 11(9). 811–817. 86 indexed citations

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Hodson, Peter V. & John B. Sprague. (1975). Temperature-Induced Changes in Acute Toxicity of Zinc to Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 32(1). 1–10. 67 indexed citations

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Sprague, John B.. (1971). Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish—III. Water Research. 5(6). 245–266. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sprague, John B., et al.. (1971). DDT Residues in Canadian Atlantic Fishes and Shellfishes in 1967. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 28(1). 59–64. 11 indexed citations

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Sprague, John B.. (1970). Measurement of pollutant toxicity to fish. II. Utilizing and applying bioassay results. Water Research. 4(1). 3–32. 417 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sprague, John B. & D. W. McLeese. (1968). Different toxic mechanisms in kraft pulp mill effluent for two aquatic animals. Water Research. 2(11). 761–765. 15 indexed citations

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Sprague, John B.. (1968). APPARENT DDT TOLERANCE IN AN AQUATIC INSECT DISPROVED BY TEST. The Canadian Entomologist. 100(3). 279–284. 1 indexed citations

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Sprague, John B.. (1964). Lethal Concentrations of Copper and Zinc for Young Atlantic Salmon. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. 21(1). 17–26. 74 indexed citations

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