Kerry A. Hamilton

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Kerry A. Hamilton is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Endocrinology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kerry A. Hamilton has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Water Science and Technology, 28 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 22 papers in Endocrinology. Recurrent topics in Kerry A. Hamilton's work include Fecal contamination and water quality (31 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (19 papers) and Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (18 papers). Kerry A. Hamilton is often cited by papers focused on Fecal contamination and water quality (31 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (19 papers) and Legionella and Acanthamoeba research (18 papers). Kerry A. Hamilton collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Kerry A. Hamilton's co-authors include Warish Ahmed, Charles N. Haas, Kyle Bibby, Eiji Haramoto, Masaaki Kitajima, Charles P. Gerba, Joan B. Rose, S. Toze, Annalaura Carducci and Michael J. Sadowsky and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Kerry A. Hamilton

74 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: State of the knowledge and research needs

2020 556 citations Masaaki Kitajima, Warish Ahmed et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kerry A. Hamilton United States	27	833	669	643	469	415	84	2.6k
Morteza Abbaszadegan United States	33	1.2k 1.4×	917 1.4×	633 1.0×	293 0.6×	205 0.5×	97	3.3k
Tarja Pitkänen Finland	29	727 0.9×	602 0.9×	449 0.7×	311 0.7×	157 0.4×	84	2.2k
Regina Sommer Austria	30	390 0.5×	884 1.3×	687 1.1×	509 1.1×	297 0.7×	113	2.9k
Daniel Deere Australia	30	520 0.6×	999 1.5×	401 0.6×	259 0.6×	369 0.9×	71	3.0k
Ilkka T. Miettinen Finland	35	619 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	1.5k 2.4×	585 1.2×	327 0.8×	87	3.4k
Asja Korajkic United States	23	1.3k 1.5×	1.3k 2.0×	443 0.7×	148 0.3×	367 0.9×	46	3.0k
Mark A. Borchardt United States	34	1.2k 1.4×	1.6k 2.4×	406 0.6×	295 0.6×	682 1.6×	90	3.7k
Kumiko Oguma Japan	31	924 1.1×	849 1.3×	752 1.2×	156 0.3×	153 0.4×	95	3.2k
Larry Wymer United States	32	738 0.9×	1.3k 1.9×	1.4k 2.1×	169 0.4×	419 1.0×	80	3.6k
Mansour Samadpour United States	33	741 0.9×	803 1.2×	234 0.4×	762 1.6×	261 0.6×	94	3.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hamilton, Kerry A., et al.. (2025). Modelling exposure to aerosols from showers: Implications for microbial risk assessment. Building and Environment. 275. 112825–112825.

Muenich, Rebecca Logsdon, Suman Aryal, Amanda J. Ashworth, et al.. (2025). Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management. Environmental Research Letters. 20(3). 31001–31001.

Farias, Júlia Gomes, Jonas Baltrušaitis, Treavor H. Boyer, et al.. (2025). Toward enhanced nutrient circularity: Lessons from a multidisciplinary conference. Natural sciences education. 54(2).

Schoen, Mary E., et al.. (2025). Population Ecology-Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA) Model for Antibiotic-Resistant and Susceptible E. coli in Recreational Water. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(9). 4266–4281. 5 indexed citations

Hamilton, Kerry A., et al.. (2025). Escherichia coli drivers in surface waters of arid and semiarid regions: a case study in Arizona. Journal of Hydrology. 662. 134102–134102.

Sheppard, Richard, et al.. (2025). Quantifying conjugation rates in clinical and environmental matrices: a systematic review to inform risk assessment. PubMed. 3. 1490240–1490240. 1 indexed citations

Novak, Nicole L., Michael Farrell, Emily Garner, et al.. (2024). Determinants of antimicrobial resistance in biosolids: A systematic review, database, and meta-analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177455–177455. 5 indexed citations

Maal‐Bared, Rasha, Marc Veillette, Caroline Duchaine, et al.. (2024). Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) tool for modelling pathogen infection risk to wastewater treatment plant workers. Water Research. 260. 121858–121858. 9 indexed citations

Kahn, D. Ethan, William Chen, Marc P. Verhougstraete, et al.. (2024). A microbial risk assessor's guide to Valley Fever (Coccidioides spp.): Case study and review of risk factors. The Science of The Total Environment. 917. 170141–170141. 2 indexed citations

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Clements, Nicholas, et al.. (2023). Informing Building Strategies to Reduce Infectious Aerosol Transmission Risk by Integrating DNA Aerosol Tracers with Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(14). 5771–5781. 5 indexed citations

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Boyer, Treavor H., et al.. (2023). Pinpointing drivers of widespread colonization of Legionella pneumophila in a green building: Roles of water softener system, expansion tank, and reduced occupancy. Frontiers in Water. 4. 8 indexed citations

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Haas, Charles N., Aaron Bivins, Warish Ahmed, Kerry A. Hamilton, & Stuart J. Khan. (2021). Discussion on “Potential discharge, attenuation and exposure risk of SARS-CoV-2 in natural water bodies receiving treated wastewater”. npj Clean Water. 4(1). 2 indexed citations

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Garner, Emily, et al.. (2021). Towards risk assessment for antibiotic resistant pathogens in recycled water: a systematic review and summary of research needs. Environmental Microbiology. 23(12). 7355–7372. 29 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Warish, Pradip Gyawali, Kerry A. Hamilton, et al.. (2021). Antibiotic Resistance and Sewage-Associated Marker Genes in Untreated Sewage and a River Characterized During Baseflow and Stormflow. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 632850–632850. 17 indexed citations

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Ahmed, Warish, Aaron Bivins, Paul M. Bertsch, et al.. (2020). Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater: Methods optimization and quality control are crucial for generating reliable public health information. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health. 17. 82–93. 129 indexed citations

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Singh, Rajveer, Kerry A. Hamilton, Md Rasheduzzaman, et al.. (2020). Managing Water Quality in Premise Plumbing: Subject Matter Experts’ Perspectives and a Systematic Review of Guidance Documents. Water. 12(2). 347–347. 38 indexed citations

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Masters, Sheldon, Kerry A. Hamilton, Charles N. Haas, et al.. (2020). Full factorial study of pipe characteristics, stagnation times, and water quality. AWWA Water Science. 2(5). 18 indexed citations

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Kitajima, Masaaki, Warish Ahmed, Kyle Bibby, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: State of the knowledge and research needs. The Science of The Total Environment. 739. 139076–139076. 556 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hamilton, Kerry A., W. J. Johnson, Patrick K. Jjemba, et al.. (2017). Health risks from exposure to Legionella in reclaimed water aerosols: Toilet flushing, spray irrigation, and cooling towers. Water Research. 134. 261–279. 108 indexed citations

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Hamilton, Kerry A., Mark H. Weir, & Charles N. Haas. (2016). Dose response models and a quantitative microbial risk assessment framework for the Mycobacterium avium complex that account for recent developments in molecular biology, taxonomy, and epidemiology. Water Research. 109. 310–326. 34 indexed citations

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