Luke Beesley

7.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
55 papers, 5.4k citations indexed

About

Luke Beesley is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Luke Beesley has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Pollution, 18 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 11 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Luke Beesley's work include Heavy metals in environment (35 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (11 papers). Luke Beesley is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (35 papers), Arsenic contamination and mitigation (12 papers) and Clay minerals and soil interactions (11 papers). Luke Beesley collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Czechia and Spain. Luke Beesley's co-authors include Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, Jose L. Gomez‐Eyles, Marta Marmiroli, Brett Robinson, Tom Sizmur, Rafael Clemente, Nicholas Dickinson, Nicholas W. Lepp, Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo and Aline Peregrina Puga and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Luke Beesley

49 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Hit Papers

A review of biochars’ potential role in the remediation, ... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2010 2010 2014 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. A review of biochars’ potential role in the remediation, revegetation and restoration of contaminated soils
    2011 1.3k citations Luke Beesley, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  2. Effects of biochar and greenwaste compost amendments on mobility, bioavailability and toxicity of inorganic and organic contaminants in a multi-element polluted soil
    2010 948 citations Luke Beesley, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  3. The immobilisation and retention of soluble arsenic, cadmium and zinc by biochar
    2010 608 citations Luke Beesley et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  4. Assessing the influence of compost and biochar amendments on the mobility and toxicity of metals and arsenic in a naturally contaminated mine soil
    2014 372 citations Luke Beesley, Gareth J. Norton et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Luke Beesley United Kingdom 23 3.4k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 1.1k 55 5.4k
Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez Spain 37 3.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 905 0.8× 89 6.8k
Xing Yang China 30 2.3k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 651 0.6× 619 0.6× 810 0.8× 60 4.0k
Adel R. A. Usman Egypt 48 3.0k 0.9× 1.9k 1.7× 829 0.8× 1.3k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 103 6.8k
Girish Choppala Australia 29 2.5k 0.7× 906 0.8× 615 0.6× 631 0.6× 561 0.5× 58 4.2k
Jae E. Yang South Korea 34 2.2k 0.6× 1.5k 1.3× 629 0.6× 862 0.8× 592 0.5× 127 5.1k
Hongqing Hu China 41 2.2k 0.6× 1.2k 1.1× 596 0.6× 697 0.6× 729 0.7× 157 4.5k
Anitha Kunhikrishnan South Korea 28 2.6k 0.8× 996 0.9× 591 0.5× 788 0.7× 450 0.4× 61 4.8k
Xingmei Liu China 42 3.1k 0.9× 1.8k 1.6× 606 0.6× 894 0.8× 489 0.5× 87 6.5k
Rafael Clemente Spain 35 3.4k 1.0× 491 0.4× 955 0.9× 916 0.8× 555 0.5× 74 5.0k
Ali El‐Naggar Egypt 33 1.9k 0.5× 919 0.8× 447 0.4× 1.1k 1.0× 686 0.6× 48 4.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Luke Beesley

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Luke Beesley

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All Works

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Lebrun, Manhattan, Pavel Šimek, Jiřina Száková, et al.. (2024). Manure‐biochar blends effectively reduce nutrient leaching and increase water retention in a sandy, agricultural soil: Insights from a field experiment. Soil Use and Management. 40(4). 1 indexed citations
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Berchová‐Bímová, Kateřina, et al.. (2024). Microgranular biochar improves soil fertility and mycorrhization in crop systems. Soil Use and Management. 40(2). 3 indexed citations
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Sochacki, Adam, Adrián M.T. Silva, Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, et al.. (2024). The resilience of constructed wetlands treating greywater: the effect of operating conditions and seasonal temperature decline. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 10(12). 3206–3216.
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Vítková, Martina, Hana Šillerová, Luke Beesley, et al.. (2024). Can pyrolysis and composting of sewage sludge reduce the release of traditional and emerging pollutants in agricultural soils? Insights from field and laboratory investigations. Chemosphere. 364. 143289–143289. 3 indexed citations
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Beesley, Luke, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the effectiveness of sulfidated nano zerovalent iron and sludge co-application for reducing metal mobility in contaminated soil. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 8322–8322. 3 indexed citations
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Lebrun, Manhattan, Jiřina Száková, Ondřej Drábek, et al.. (2023). EDTA as a legacy soil chelatant: a comparative study to a more environmentally sensitive alternative for metal removal by Pistia stratiotes L.. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(29). 74314–74326. 5 indexed citations
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Brtnický, Martin, Adnan Mustafa, Tereza Hammerschmiedt, et al.. (2023). Pre-activated biochar by fertilizers mitigates nutrient leaching and stimulates soil microbial activity. Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 10(1). 18 indexed citations
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Lebrun, Manhattan, Agnieszka Medyńska‐Juraszek, Jiřina Száková, et al.. (2023). Combined biochar and manure addition to an agricultural soil benefits fertility, microbial activity, and mitigates manure‐induced CO 2 emissions. Soil Use and Management. 40(1). 6 indexed citations
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Augustsson, Anna, Emma Engström, Cora Paulukat, et al.. (2023). Urban vegetable contamination - The role of adhering particles and their significance for human exposure. The Science of The Total Environment. 900. 165633–165633. 11 indexed citations
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Lebrun, Manhattan, Kateřina Berchová‐Bímová, Kamil Kraus, et al.. (2022). Biochar in manure can suppress water stress of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) and increase sucrose content in tubers. The Science of The Total Environment. 814. 152772–152772. 22 indexed citations
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Cai, Yanming, Xiaomeng Wang, Luke Beesley, et al.. (2021). Cadmium uptake reduction in paddy rice with a combination of water management, soil application of calcium magnesium phosphate and foliar spraying of Si/Se. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(36). 50378–50387. 11 indexed citations
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Trakal, Lukáš, Pavel Šimek, Petr Soudek, et al.. (2019). Application of co-composted biochar significantly improved plant-growth relevant physical/chemical properties of a metal contaminated soil. Chemosphere. 242. 125255–125255. 70 indexed citations
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Beesley, Luke, Rupert Hough, Claire Deacon, & Gareth J. Norton. (2018). The Impacts of Applying Metal(loid) Enriched Wood Ash to Soils on the Growth and Elemental Accumulation of Rice. Exposure and Health. 11(4). 311–324. 6 indexed citations
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Trakal, Lukáš, Zuzana Michálková, Luke Beesley, et al.. (2017). AMOchar: Amorphous manganese oxide coating of biochar improves its efficiency at removing metal(loid)s from aqueous solutions. The Science of The Total Environment. 625. 71–78. 58 indexed citations
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Puga, Aline Peregrina, C. A. de Abreu, Leônidas Carrijo Azevedo Melo, & Luke Beesley. (2015). Biochar application to a contaminated soil reduces the availability and plant uptake of zinc, lead and cadmium. Journal of Environmental Management. 159. 86–93. 310 indexed citations
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Beesley, Luke, Gareth J. Norton, Eduardo Moreno‐Jiménez, et al.. (2014). Assessing the influence of compost and biochar amendments on the mobility and toxicity of metals and arsenic in a naturally contaminated mine soil. Environmental Pollution. 186. 195–202. 372 indexed citations breakdown →
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Beesley, Luke, et al.. (2011). A review of biochars’ potential role in the remediation, revegetation and restoration of contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution. 159(12). 3269–3282. 1254 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clemente, Rafael, et al.. (2011). Efficiency of green waste compost and biochar soil amendments for reducing lead and copper mobility and uptake to ryegrass. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 191(1-3). 41–48. 438 indexed citations
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Beesley, Luke. (2002). Fellini's Roma. Southerly. 62(3). 93.

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