Mahua Saha

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Mahua Saha is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Mahua Saha has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Pollution, 22 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 18 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Mahua Saha's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (31 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (21 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (16 papers). Mahua Saha is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (31 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (21 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (16 papers). Mahua Saha collaborates with scholars based in India, Japan and Philippines. Mahua Saha's co-authors include Hideshige Takada, Srinidhi Sridharan, Lal Singh, Nanthi Bolan, Manish Kumar, Chayanika Rathore, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Kaoruko Mizukawa, V. Suneel and Rei Yamashita and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Mahua Saha

42 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Organic micropollutants in marine plastics debris from the open ocean and remote and urban beaches

2011 639 citations Hideshige Takada, Rei Yamashita et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Microplastics as an emerging source of particulate air pollution: A critical review

2021 277 citations Srinidhi Sridharan, Manish Kumar et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mahua Saha

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Driving aspects of microplastic uptake: Influence in the Bentho-Pelagic ecosystem and its associated ecological risks along the coast of Goa, India 2025 ·Environmental Research ·Chayanika Rathore, Mahua Saha, (unknown), Priyansha Gupta, Akshata Naik	0
2	Assessment of hazardous microplastic polymers and phthalic acid esters in an invasive mollusk (Mytella strigata) from the Cochin estuary, southwest coast of India: Unraveling ecosystem risks 2025 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Priyansha Gupta, Chayanika Rathore, Mahua Saha, (unknown), (unknown)	2
3	Do microplastics accumulate in penguin internal organs? Evidence from Svenner island, Antarctica 2024 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·(unknown), Chayanika Rathore, Akshata Naik, Mahua Saha, (unknown), (unknown), Subarna Bhattacharyya, J. de Boer, Punarbasu Chaudhuri	10
4	SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SEDIMENTARY PAHS FROM KOLKATA, INDIA USING COMPOUND-CLASS-SPECIFIC RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS (CCSRA) 2024 ·Radiocarbon ·Hidetoshi Kumata, Masao Uchida, Mahua Saha, (unknown), (unknown), Toshiyuki Kobayashi, Tomoaki Okuda, Fumiyuki Nakajima, Shiro Hatakeyama, Yasuyuki Shibata, Hideshige Takada	1
5	Standardization of micro-FTIR methods and applicability for the detection and identification of microplastics in environmental matrices 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Chayanika Rathore, Mahua Saha, Priyansha Gupta, (unknown), Akshata Naik, J. de Boer	79
6	Unraveling the land-based discharge of microplastics from sewers to oceans – A comprehensive study and risk assessment in wastewaters of Goa, India 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Chayanika Rathore, Mahua Saha, J. de Boer, (unknown), Priyansha Gupta, Akshata Naik, (unknown)	14
7	The consequences of reduced anthropogenic activities during the COVID-19 pandemic on microplastic abundance in a tropical estuarine region: Goa, India 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Priyansha Gupta, Mahua Saha, V. Suneel, Chayanika Rathore, Durbar Ray, Akshata Naik	9
8	Seasonal variation and spatial distribution of microplastic pellets and their associated contaminants along the central east coast of India 2023 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·(unknown), S. Veerasingam, V. Suneel, Mahua Saha, Chayanika Rathore, Akshata Naik, (unknown), S. S. V. S. Ramakrishna	9
9	Evidence of Soil Microplastics Inhibiting the Germination of Commercial Coriander Seeds Under Field Conditions 2023 ·Water Air & Soil Pollution ·Srinidhi Sridharan, Mahua Saha, Lal Singh	3
10	The polymers and their additives in particulate plastics: What makes them hazardous to the fauna? 2022 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Srinidhi Sridharan, Manish Kumar, Mahua Saha, M.B. Kirkham, Lal Singh, Nanthi Bolan	176
11	Microplastics as an emerging source of particulate air pollution: A critical review breakdown → 2021 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Srinidhi Sridharan, Manish Kumar, Lal Singh, Nanthi Bolan, Mahua Saha	277
12	Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in commercially important bottom dwelling finfishes and shellfish of the Vembanad Lake, India 2021 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mahua Saha, P. Satheeshkumar	69
13	Assessment of micro and macroplastics along the west coast of India: Abundance, distribution, polymer type and toxicity 2019 ·Chemosphere ·Dusmant Maharana, Mahua Saha, Jaffer Yousuf Dar, Chayanika Rathore, R.A. Sreepada, Xiang‐Rong Xu, J. Bimali Koongolla, Hengxiang Li	99
14	Spatial variability in persistent organic pollutants and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons found in beach-stranded pellets along the coast of the state of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil 2016 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Satie Taniguchi, Fernanda Imperatrice Colabuono, (unknown), (unknown), Mara Fisner, Alexander Turra, (unknown), Denis Moledo de Souza Abessa, Mahua Saha, (unknown), Rei Yamashita, Hideshige Takada, Rafael André Lourenço, (unknown), Márcia Caruso Bı́cego, Rosalinda Carmela Montone	71
15	Sedimentary PBDEs in urban areas of tropical Asian countries 2013 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Charita S. Kwan, Hideshige Takada, Kaoruko Mizukawa, Mahua Saha, Rinawati, (unknown)	34
16	PBDEs in leachates from municipal solid waste dumping sites in tropical Asian countries: phase distribution and debromination 2012 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Charita S. Kwan, Hideshige Takada, Kaoruko Mizukawa, (unknown), Tatsuya Koike, Rei Yamashita, Rinawati, Mahua Saha, (unknown)	29
17	Distribution, source identification, and historical trends of organic micropollutants in coastal sediment in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia 2012 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials ·Rinawati, Tatsuya Koike, (unknown), (unknown), Maki Ito, (unknown), (unknown), Mahua Saha, Zainal Arifin, Hideshige Takada	96
18	Levels, Temporal Trends, and Tissue Distribution of Perfluorinated Surfactants in Freshwater Fish from Asian Countries 2011 ·Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ·Michio Murakami, (unknown), Mahua Saha, (unknown), Hideshige Takada	49
19	Sources of sedimentary PAHs in tropical Asian waters: Differentiation between pyrogenic and petrogenic sources by alkyl homolog abundance 2008 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Mahua Saha, (unknown), Kaoruko Mizukawa, Michio Murakami, Hideshige Takada, Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Nguyễn Hữu Chiếm, Bui Cach Tuyen, Maricar S. Prudente, Ruchaya Boonyatumanond, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Badal Bhattacharya, Pravakar Mishra, Touch Seang Tana	214
20	Distribution of linear alkylbenzenes (LABs) in riverine and coastal environments in South and Southeast Asia 2004 ·Water Research ·(unknown), Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria, Nguyễn Hữu Chiếm, (unknown), Maricar S. Prudente, Ruchaya Boonyatumanond, Mahua Saha, Santosh Kumar Sarkar, Hideshige Takada	81

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