Leanne M. Gilbertson

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
54 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Leanne M. Gilbertson is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Leanne M. Gilbertson has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Materials Chemistry, 19 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Leanne M. Gilbertson's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (25 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (8 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (5 papers). Leanne M. Gilbertson is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (25 papers), Graphene and Nanomaterials Applications (8 papers) and Carbon Nanotubes in Composites (5 papers). Leanne M. Gilbertson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Malawi. Leanne M. Gilbertson's co-authors include Gregory V. Lowry, Astrid Avellan, Julie B. Zimmerman, Lisa M. Stabryla, Desirée L. Plata, Yan Wang, Jill E. Millstone, Thomas L. Theis, Kathryn A. Johnston and Paul T. Anastas and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Leanne M. Gilbertson

46 papers receiving 2.6k 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.

Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology in the agri-tech revolution

2019 711 citations Gregory V. Lowry, Astrid Avellan et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture

2020 330 citations Thilo Hofmann, Gregory V. Lowry et al. Nature Food profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leanne M. Gilbertson United States	24	1.5k	940	558	346	282	54	2.7k
Astrid Avellan United States	26	1.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	887 1.6×	931 2.7×	265 0.9×	50	3.5k
Xiaojia He China	26	875 0.6×	531 0.6×	281 0.5×	507 1.5×	281 1.0×	88	2.7k
Madhu Khatri India	30	788 0.5×	719 0.8×	412 0.7×	433 1.3×	651 2.3×	74	2.7k
Selvarajan Ethiraj India	29	994 0.7×	672 0.7×	299 0.5×	152 0.4×	512 1.8×	81	2.6k
Alexander Gogos Switzerland	17	1.2k 0.8×	754 0.8×	564 1.0×	498 1.4×	154 0.5×	51	2.2k
Yuqi Li China	33	493 0.3×	693 0.7×	434 0.8×	370 1.1×	436 1.5×	147	3.2k
Pradeep Kumar Mishra India	30	853 0.6×	929 1.0×	263 0.5×	380 1.1×	424 1.5×	92	2.9k
Jinhao Zhao China	23	506 0.3×	770 0.8×	476 0.9×	294 0.8×	273 1.0×	89	2.0k
Ashraf Aly Hassan United Arab Emirates	27	607 0.4×	759 0.8×	241 0.4×	416 1.2×	186 0.7×	117	2.6k
Wanbin Zhu China	35	848 0.6×	1.7k 1.8×	423 0.8×	386 1.1×	502 1.8×	101	3.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gilbertson, Leanne M., et al.. (2025). Toward Sustainable Scaled-Up Synthesis of Lignin-Derived Carbon Nanoparticles Using a Furnace Aerosol Reactor: Insights from a Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(37). 19802–19812.

Elliott, Emily M., et al.. (2025). Estimating Daily Nitrate Loads in Iowa Streams Using a Partial Least Squares Regression Framework. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 61(4).

Battula, Venugopala Rao, et al.. (2025). Light-Driven Chemical Cascade Reduces Barriers to Hydrogen Production. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(30). 26739–26747.

Dunn, Patrick & Leanne M. Gilbertson. (2024). A mechanistic model for determining factors that influence inorganic nitrogen fate in corn cultivation. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 27(3). 549–562.

Gilbertson, Leanne M., Matthew J. Eckelman, & Thomas L. Theis. (2024). Leveraging engineered nanomaterials to support material circularity. Environmental Science Nano. 11(7). 2885–2893. 7 indexed citations

Millstone, Jill E., et al.. (2024). Not the Silver Bullet: Uncovering the Unexpected Limited Impacts of Silver-Containing Showerheads on the Drinking Water Microbiome. ACS ES&T Water. 4(12). 5364–5376. 1 indexed citations

Carvalho, Nathália Aquino de & Leanne M. Gilbertson. (2023). Comparative life cycle assessment of graphitic carbon nitride synthesis routes. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 27(3). 1008–1020. 4 indexed citations

Shah, Y. T. & Leanne M. Gilbertson. (2023). Balancing functional properties and environmental impact of graphitic carbon nitride: a case study on boron doping syntheses. Environmental Science Nano. 11(1). 78–90. 6 indexed citations

Hofmann, Thilo, Gregory V. Lowry, Subhasis Ghoshal, et al.. (2020). Technology readiness and overcoming barriers to sustainably implement nanotechnology-enabled plant agriculture. Nature Food. 1(7). 416–425. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stabryla, Lisa M., et al.. (2020). Towards resolution of antibacterial mechanisms in metal and metal oxide nanomaterials: a meta-analysis of the influence of study design on mechanistic conclusions. Environmental Science Nano. 8(1). 37–66. 25 indexed citations

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Gilbertson, Leanne M., Leila Pourzahedi, Stephanie Laughton, et al.. (2020). Guiding the design space for nanotechnology to advance sustainable crop production. Nature Nanotechnology. 15(9). 801–810. 153 indexed citations

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Khanna, Vikas, et al.. (2020). Network Analysis for Prioritizing Biodegradation Metabolites of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(17). 10735–10744. 17 indexed citations

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Pourzahedi, Leila, et al.. (2019). Graphite nanoparticle addition to fertilizers reduces nitrate leaching in growth of lettuce (Lactuca sativa). Environmental Science Nano. 7(1). 127–138. 21 indexed citations

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Lowry, Gregory V., Astrid Avellan, & Leanne M. Gilbertson. (2019). Opportunities and challenges for nanotechnology in the agri-tech revolution. Nature Nanotechnology. 14(6). 517–522. 711 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lankone, Ronald S., Katie Challis, Leila Pourzahedi, et al.. (2019). Copper release and transformation following natural weathering of nano-enabled pressure-treated lumber. The Science of The Total Environment. 668. 234–244. 10 indexed citations

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Falinski, Mark M., Desirée L. Plata, Shauhrat S. Chopra, et al.. (2018). A framework for sustainable nanomaterial selection and design based on performance, hazard, and economic considerations. Nature Nanotechnology. 13(8). 708–714. 93 indexed citations

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Pourzahedi, Leila, Dwarakanath Ravikumar, Julie B. Zimmerman, et al.. (2018). Life cycle considerations of nano-enabled agrochemicals: are today's tools up to the task?. Environmental Science Nano. 5(5). 1057–1069. 30 indexed citations

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Gilbertson, Leanne M., Julie B. Zimmerman, Desirée L. Plata, James E. Hutchison, & Paul T. Anastas. (2015). Designing nanomaterials to maximize performance and minimize undesirable implications guided by the Principles of Green Chemistry. Chemical Society Reviews. 44(16). 5758–5777. 198 indexed citations

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Gilbertson, Leanne M., Fjodor Melnikov, Leah C. Wehmas, et al.. (2015). Toward safer multi-walled carbon nanotube design: Establishing a statistical model that relates surface charge and embryonic zebrafish mortality. Nanotoxicology. 10(1). 1–10. 34 indexed citations

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Exarhos, Annemarie L., Leanne M. Gilbertson, Siamak Nejati, et al.. (2014). Highly Conductive Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Thin Film Preparation by Direct Alignment on Substrates from Water Dispersions. Langmuir. 31(3). 1155–1163. 18 indexed citations

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