Karen L. Thorpe

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Karen L. Thorpe is a scholar working on Physiology, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen L. Thorpe has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Physiology, 15 papers in Pollution and 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Karen L. Thorpe's work include Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (17 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (12 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (8 papers). Karen L. Thorpe is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species (17 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (12 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (8 papers). Karen L. Thorpe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Switzerland and United States. Karen L. Thorpe's co-authors include Charles R. Tyler, Mark E. Hodson, Miranda T. Prendergast‐Miller, Thomas H. Hutchinson, Amy L. Filby, Andy Clark, John P. Sumpter, Martin Scholze, Gerd Maack and Geoff Brighty and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Genetics and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Karen L. Thorpe

39 papers receiving 4.0k citations

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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.

Plastic Bag Derived-Microplastics as a Vector for Metal Exposure in Terrestrial Invertebrates

2017 583 citations Mark E. Hodson, Miranda T. Prendergast‐Miller et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Karen L. Thorpe United Kingdom	25	1.7k	1.1k	1.0k	873	632	41	4.1k
Richard Yuen Chong Kong Hong Kong	32	427 0.3×	411 0.4×	592 0.6×	835 1.0×	517 0.8×	115	3.5k
Keng Po Lai Hong Kong	36	493 0.3×	145 0.1×	727 0.7×	1.3k 1.5×	281 0.4×	143	3.9k
Jeonghoon Han South Korea	36	1.2k 0.7×	98 0.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.3×	313 0.5×	123	3.9k
Åke Larsson Sweden	36	2.1k 1.3×	499 0.5×	1.7k 1.6×	215 0.2×	62 0.1×	83	5.0k
Carsten Schulz Germany	37	219 0.1×	765 0.7×	151 0.1×	391 0.4×	203 0.3×	161	4.3k
Raoul Kuiper Netherlands	27	505 0.3×	173 0.2×	736 0.7×	846 1.0×	159 0.3×	77	2.5k
Shinichi Miyagawa Japan	31	323 0.2×	561 0.5×	571 0.6×	535 0.6×	759 1.2×	74	2.5k
Jérôme Cachot France	37	2.4k 1.4×	93 0.1×	2.1k 2.0×	227 0.3×	78 0.1×	132	4.0k
Jeanette M. Rotchell United Kingdom	31	3.3k 2.0×	178 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	232 0.3×	82 0.1×	87	4.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen L. Thorpe

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Mitchell, Constance A., ZhiChao Dang, Michelle R. Embry, et al.. (2025). Evaluation of in vivo fish and amphibian endocrine test guideline assays: current status and future needs. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 44(6). 1477–1496.

Walker, David I., Craig Baker‐Austin, Andy Smith, et al.. (2022). A critical review of microbiological colonisation of nano- and microplastics (NMP) and their significance to the food chain. 4 indexed citations

Prendergast‐Miller, Miranda T., et al.. (2019). Polyester-derived microfibre impacts on the soil-dwelling earthworm Lumbricus terrestris. Environmental Pollution. 251. 453–459. 163 indexed citations

Hogan, Natacha, Karen L. Thorpe, & Michael R. van den Heuvel. (2017). Opportunistic disease in yellow perch in response to decadal changes in the chemistry of oil sands-affected waters. Environmental Pollution. 234. 769–778. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Yang, Xiaocui He, Yu Feng, et al.. (2013). Characteristic and Functional Analysis of Toll-like Receptors (TLRs) in the lophotrocozoan, Crassostrea gigas, Reveals Ancient Origin of TLR-Mediated Innate Immunity. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e76464–e76464. 104 indexed citations

Epting, Jannis, et al.. (2013). Artificial steps mitigate the effect of fine sediment on the survival of brown trout embryos in a heavily modified river. Freshwater Biology. 59(3). 544–556. 10 indexed citations

Hogan, Natacha, et al.. (2012). Immunotoxic effects of oil sands-derived naphthenic acids to rainbow trout. Aquatic Toxicology. 126. 95–103. 40 indexed citations

Wheeler, James R., et al.. (2010). Development of an ex vivo brown trout (Salmo trutta fario) gonad culture for assessing chemical effects on steroidogenesis. Aquatic Toxicology. 101(3-4). 500–511. 17 indexed citations

Jobling, Susan, Robert W. Burn, Karen L. Thorpe, Richard J. Williams, & Charles R. Tyler. (2009). Statistical Modeling Suggests that Antiandrogens in Effluents from Wastewater Treatment Works Contribute to Widespread Sexual Disruption in Fish Living in English Rivers. Environmental Health Perspectives. 117(5). 797–802. 145 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Karen L., et al.. (2008). A practicable laboratory flow-through exposure system for assessing the health effects of effluents in fish. Aquatic Toxicology. 88(3). 164–172. 13 indexed citations

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Filby, Amy L., Teresa Neuparth, Karen L. Thorpe, et al.. (2007). Health Impacts of Estrogens in the Environment, Considering Complex Mixture Effects. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(12). 1704–1710. 116 indexed citations

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Filby, Amy L., Karen L. Thorpe, Gerd Maack, & Charles R. Tyler. (2006). Gene expression profiles revealing the mechanisms of anti-androgen- and estrogen-induced feminization in fish. Aquatic Toxicology. 81(2). 219–231. 268 indexed citations

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Filby, Amy L., Karen L. Thorpe, & Charles R. Tyler. (2006). Multiple molecular effect pathways of an environmental oestrogen in fish. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology. 37(1). 121–134. 125 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Karen L., et al.. (2003). Reproductive effects of exposure to oestrone in the fathead minnow. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry. 28(1-4). 451–452. 14 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Karen L., Thomas H. Hutchinson, Malcolm J. Hetheridge, et al.. (2001). Assessing the Biological Potency of Binary Mixtures of Environmental Estrogens using Vitellogenin Induction in Juvenile Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Environmental Science & Technology. 35(12). 2476–2481. 215 indexed citations

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Gayther, Simon A., Andrew J. Bannister, Karen L. Thorpe, et al.. (2000). Mutations truncating the EP300 acetylase in human cancers. Nature Genetics. 24(3). 300–303. 454 indexed citations

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Cullen, Michael, Janelle A. Noble, Karen L. Thorpe, et al.. (1997). Characterization of recombination in the HLA class II region.. PubMed. 60(2). 397–407. 120 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Karen L., Patricia Gorman, C. Thomas, et al.. (1997). Chromosomal localization, gene structure and transcription pattern of the ORFX gene, a homologue of the MHC-linked RING3 gene. Gene. 200(1-2). 177–183. 31 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Karen L., et al.. (1996). Phylogeny and structure of theRING3 gene. Immunogenetics. 44(5). 391–396. 34 indexed citations

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Thorpe, Karen L., et al.. (1989). Linkage analysis of chromosome 17 markers in British and South African families with neurofibromatosis type I.. PubMed. 44(1). 38–40. 12 indexed citations

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