Kirk T. Semple

16.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
283 papers, 13.1k citations indexed

About

Kirk T. Semple is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kirk T. Semple has authored 283 papers receiving a total of 13.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 197 papers in Pollution, 137 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 24 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kirk T. Semple's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (133 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (103 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (75 papers). Kirk T. Semple is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (133 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (103 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (75 papers). Kirk T. Semple collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Nigeria. Kirk T. Semple's co-authors include Kevin C. Jones, Brian J. Reid, Graeme I. Paton, Kieron J. Doick, Bondi Gevao, Alistair Morriss, Christopher Macleod, Angela H. Rhodes, Trevor G. Piearce and Terry R. Fermor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Kirk T. Semple

279 papers receiving 12.7k 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.

Bound pesticide residues in soils: a review

2000 543 citations Bondi Gevao, Kirk T. Semple et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Peer Reviewed: Defining Bioavailability and Bioaccessibility of Contaminated Soil and Sediment is Complicated

2004 525 citations Kirk T. Semple, Kieron J. Doick et al. profile →
Chemical pollution: A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity

2021 360 citations Ravi Naidu, Kirk T. Semple et al. Environment International profile →
The challenges of anaerobic digestion and the role of biochar in optimizing anaerobic digestion

2016 323 citations C.N. Ibeto, Kirk T. Semple et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kirk T. Semple United Kingdom	62	8.2k	6.1k	1.2k	1.0k	990	283	13.1k
Hefa Cheng China	67	5.9k 0.7×	4.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.2×	994 0.9×	641 0.6×	323	16.6k
Baoshan Xing China	55	6.0k 0.7×	2.3k 0.4×	1.3k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	626 0.6×	206	11.1k
Peter G. C. Campbell Canada	57	11.6k 1.4×	7.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	1.6k 1.6×	270	19.5k
Beidou Xi China	63	6.7k 0.8×	2.4k 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	721 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	345	13.5k
Jerald L. Schnoor United States	56	5.3k 0.6×	3.5k 0.6×	1.5k 1.2×	2.4k 2.2×	1.3k 1.3×	277	14.0k
Sébastien Sauvé Canada	66	7.7k 0.9×	6.5k 1.1×	962 0.8×	1.3k 1.2×	787 0.8×	314	17.6k
Yibing Ma China	54	6.9k 0.8×	2.7k 0.4×	828 0.7×	2.5k 2.4×	1.2k 1.2×	282	12.5k
J.N. Lester United Kingdom	64	9.7k 1.2×	7.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	613 0.6×	864 0.9×	389	18.1k
Sardar Khan Pakistan	60	7.7k 0.9×	3.6k 0.6×	622 0.5×	1.8k 1.8×	598 0.6×	227	13.1k
Fangbai Li China	69	6.1k 0.7×	3.1k 0.5×	2.2k 1.8×	2.0k 1.9×	1.1k 1.1×	367	15.6k

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Ramanayaka, Sammani, Hao Zhang, & Kirk T. Semple. (2024). Environmental fate of microplastics and common polymer additives in non-biodegradable plastic mulch applied agricultural soils. Environmental Pollution. 363(Pt 2). 125249–125249. 19 indexed citations

Lag‐Brotons, Alfonso J., et al.. (2024). Volatile Fatty Acids Effective as Antibacterial Agents against Three Enteric Bacteria during Mesophilic Anaerobic Incubation. Molecules. 29(9). 1908–1908. 2 indexed citations

Omoni, Victor T., et al.. (2024). Enhanced Remediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil Through Fungal Delignification Strategy and Organic Waste Amendment: A Review. Indian Journal of Microbiology. 65(2). 775–797. 4 indexed citations

Ramanayaka, Sammani, Meththika Vithanage, Hao Zhang, & Kirk T. Semple. (2023). Role of soil organic matter on the retention and mobility of common plastic additives, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, bisphenol A and benzophenone, in soil. Environmental Research. 236(Pt 1). 116725–116725. 12 indexed citations

Folkard, Andrew M., et al.. (2023). Influence of Inoculum to Substrate Ratio and Substrates Mixing Ratio on Biogas Production from the Anaerobic Co-digestion of Phragmites australis and Food Waste. BioEnergy Research. 17(2). 1277–1287. 8 indexed citations

Semple, Kirk T., et al.. (2023). Aspen Plus® Process Simulation Model of the Biomass Ash-Based Treatment of Anaerobic Digestate for Production of Fertilizer and Upgradation of Biogas. Energies. 16(7). 3039–3039. 5 indexed citations

Duan, Luchun, et al.. (2017). Abiotic factors controlling bioavailability and bioaccessibility of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil: Putting together a bigger picture. The Science of The Total Environment. 613-614. 1140–1153. 73 indexed citations

Umeh, Anthony C., Luchun Duan, Ravi Naidu, & Kirk T. Semple. (2016). Residual hydrophobic organic contaminants in soil: Are they a barrier to risk-based approaches for managing contaminated land?. Environment International. 98. 18–34. 34 indexed citations

Ite, Aniefiok E. & Kirk T. Semple. (2015). The Effect of Flavonoids on the Microbial Mineralisation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soil. 3(3). 66–78. 4 indexed citations

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Hilton, Sally, et al.. (2014). Resistance and resilience responses of a range of soil eukaryote and bacterial taxa to fungicide application. Chemosphere. 112. 194–202. 22 indexed citations

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Riding, Matthew J., Kieron J. Doick, Francis L. Martin, Kevin C. Jones, & Kirk T. Semple. (2013). Chemical measures of bioavailability/bioaccessibility of PAHs in soil: Fundamentals to application. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 261. 687–700. 115 indexed citations

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Gadd, Geoffrey Michael, Kirk T. Semple, & Hilary Lappin‐Scott. (2005). Micro-organisms and earth systems : advances in geomicrobiology : Sixty-fifth Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology, held at Keele University, September 2005. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Gevao, Bondi, Kevin C. Jones, Kirk T. Semple, Andrew Craven, & Peter Burauel. (2003). Nonextractable pesticide residues in soil.. JuSER (Forschungszentrum Jülich). 175(4). 2570–8. 27 indexed citations

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Macleod, Christopher, Alistair Morriss, & Kirk T. Semple. (2001). The role of microorganisms in ecological risk assessment of hydrophobic organic contaminants in soils. Advances in applied microbiology. 48. 171–212. 30 indexed citations

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Semple, Kirk T.. (2000). Impact of synthetic pyrethroid-sheep dip on the indigenous microflora of animal slurries. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 190(2). 255–260. 3 indexed citations

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Fermor, Terry R., et al.. (2000). Bioremediation: use of composts and composting technologies.. 2000. 833–839. 7 indexed citations

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Macleod, C. J. A., et al.. (1999). Bioavailability of cable insulating oil to soil biota.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 15(2 Pt 2). P1–292, S143. 1 indexed citations

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Semple, Kirk T., et al.. (1999). Temporal chances in the bioavailability of PAHs in soils.. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 2 indexed citations

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Semple, Kirk T.. (1998). Factors affecting the mineralization of [U-14C]benzene in spent mushroom substrate. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 164(2). 317–321. 1 indexed citations

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Reid, Brian J., Kirk T. Semple, C. J. MacLeod, Hedda J. Weitz, & Graeme I. Paton. (1998). Feasibility of using prokaryote biosensors to assess acute toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 169(2). 227–233. 25 indexed citations

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