Margit Heinlaan

4.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
31 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Margit Heinlaan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Pollution and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Margit Heinlaan has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Materials Chemistry, 18 papers in Pollution and 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Margit Heinlaan's work include Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (20 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (10 papers). Margit Heinlaan is often cited by papers focused on Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications (20 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (13 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (10 papers). Margit Heinlaan collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Switzerland and Germany. Margit Heinlaan's co-authors include Anne Kahru, Irina Blinova, Angela Ivask, Henri‐Charles Dubourguier, Monika Mortimer, Kaja Kasemets, Imbi Kurvet, Villem Aruoja, Heiki Vija and Vambola Kisand and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Margit Heinlaan

30 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Toxicity of nanosized and bulk ZnO, CuO and TiO2 to bacteria Vibrio fischeri and crustaceans Daphnia magna and Thamnocephalus platyurus

2008 1.3k citations Margit Heinlaan, Angela Ivask et al. Chemosphere profile →
Size-Dependent Toxicity of Silver Nanoparticles to Bacteria, Yeast, Algae, Crustaceans and Mammalian Cells In Vitro

2014 455 citations Angela Ivask, Imbi Kurvet et al. profile →

Peers

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Irina Blinova Estonia

Todd P. Luxton United States

Kaja Kasemets Estonia

Henri‐Charles Dubourguier Estonia

Villem Aruoja Estonia

Katrin Loeschner Denmark

Bojeong Kim United States

Karen Tiede United Kingdom

Olesja Bondarenko Estonia

Ludwig K. Limbach Switzerland

Irina Blinova Estonia

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Citations per year, relative to Margit Heinlaan Margit Heinlaan (= 1×) peers Irina Blinova

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Margit Heinlaan

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Drenkova-Tuhtan, Asya, et al.. (2025). Microplastics in Estonian wastewater treatment plants: First evaluation of baseline concentrations and stage-wise removal efficiency. Aquatic Toxicology. 281. 107305–107305. 2 indexed citations

Heinlaan, Margit, et al.. (2023). Multi-generation exposure to polystyrene nanoplastics showed no major adverse effects in Daphnia magna. Environmental Pollution. 323. 121213–121213. 23 indexed citations

Blinova, Irina, Aljona Lukjanova, Heiki Vija, Monika Mortimer, & Margit Heinlaan. (2023). Toxicity of Plastic Additive 1-Hydroxycyclohexyl Phenyl Ketone (1-HCHPK) to Freshwater Microcrustaceans in Natural Water. Water. 15(18). 3213–3213. 7 indexed citations

Kokalj, Anita Jemec, Margit Heinlaan, Sara Novak, Damjana Drobne, & Dana Kühnel. (2023). Defining Quality Criteria for Nanoplastic Hazard Evaluation: The Case of Polystyrene Nanoplastics and Aquatic Invertebrate Daphnia spp.. Nanomaterials. 13(3). 536–536. 10 indexed citations

Heinlaan, Margit, Heiki Vija, & Irina Blinova. (2023). Novel Plasticizers Are Emerging Contaminants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 61–61. 1 indexed citations

Meitern, Richard, et al.. (2022). Effects of environmentally relevant concentrations of microplastics on amphipods. Chemosphere. 309(Pt 1). 136599–136599. 19 indexed citations

Kokalj, Anita Jemec, Andraž Dolar, Meeri Visnapuu, et al.. (2021). Long Term Exposure to Virgin and Recycled LDPE Microplastics Induced Minor Effects in the Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustaceans Daphnia magna and Porcellio scaber. Polymers. 13(5). 771–771. 37 indexed citations

Kahru, Anne, et al.. (2021). Techniques Used for Analyzing Microplastics, Antimicrobial Resistance and Microbial Community Composition: A Mini-Review. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 603967–603967. 27 indexed citations

Heinlaan, Margit, Kaja Kasemets, Villem Aruoja, et al.. (2019). Hazard evaluation of polystyrene nanoplastic with nine bioassays did not show particle-specific acute toxicity. The Science of The Total Environment. 707. 136073–136073. 112 indexed citations

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Blinova, Irina, Anne Kahru, Ivana Vinković Vrček, et al.. (2018). Combined Effects of Test Media and Dietary Algae on the Toxicity of CuO and ZnO Nanoparticles to Freshwater Microcrustaceans Daphnia magna and Heterocypris incongruens: Food for Thought. Nanomaterials. 9(1). 23–23. 21 indexed citations

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Heinlaan, Margit, Katre Juganson, Olena Oriekhova, et al.. (2017). Exposure to sublethal concentrations of Co3O4 and Mn2O3 nanoparticles induced elevated metal body burden in Daphnia magna. Aquatic Toxicology. 189. 123–133. 22 indexed citations

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Heinlaan, Margit, et al.. (2017). Evaluation of the effect of test medium on total Cu body burden of nano CuO-exposed Daphnia magna: A TXRF spectroscopy study. Environmental Pollution. 231(Pt 2). 1488–1496. 8 indexed citations

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Heinlaan, Margit, David Kistler, Nikša Odžak, et al.. (2016). Natural water as the test medium for Ag and CuO nanoparticle hazard evaluation: An interlaboratory case study. Environmental Pollution. 216. 689–699. 27 indexed citations

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Jemec, Anita, Anne Kahru, Annegret Potthoff, et al.. (2015). An interlaboratory comparison of nanosilver characterisation and hazard identification: Harmonising techniques for high quality data. Environment International. 87. 20–32. 42 indexed citations

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Ivask, Angela, Tiina Titma, Meeri Visnapuu, et al.. (2015). Toxicity of 11 Metal Oxide Nanoparticles to Three Mammalian Cell Types <i>In V.itro</i>. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 15(18). 1914–1929. 187 indexed citations

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Ivask, Angela, Katre Juganson, Olesja Bondarenko, et al.. (2013). Mechanisms of toxic action of Ag, ZnO and CuO nanoparticles to selected ecotoxicological test organisms and mammalian cells in vitro: A comparative review. Nanotoxicology. 8(sup1). 57–71. 288 indexed citations

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Orupõld, Kaja, et al.. (2012). IMPACT OF OIL SHALE OPENCAST MINING AND COMBUSTION ON NARVA RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES: CHEMICAL AND ECOTOXICOLOGICAL CHARACTERISATION; pp. 173–189. Oil Shale. 29(2). 173–189. 1 indexed citations

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Heinlaan, Margit, Anne Kahru, Kaja Kasemets, et al.. (2010). Changes in the Daphnia magna midgut upon ingestion of copper oxide nanoparticles: A transmission electron microscopy study. Water Research. 45(1). 179–190. 150 indexed citations

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Blinova, Irina, Angela Ivask, Margit Heinlaan, Monika Mortimer, & Anne Kahru. (2009). Ecotoxicity of nanoparticles of CuO and ZnO in natural water. Environmental Pollution. 158(1). 41–47. 365 indexed citations

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Heinlaan, Margit, Angela Ivask, Irina Blinova, Henri‐Charles Dubourguier, & Anne Kahru. (2008). Toxicity of nanosized and bulk ZnO, CuO and TiO2 to bacteria Vibrio fischeri and crustaceans Daphnia magna and Thamnocephalus platyurus. Chemosphere. 71(7). 1308–1316. 1272 indexed citations breakdown →

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