Martin Elsner

12.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
196 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Martin Elsner is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Martin Elsner has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Pollution, 50 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 48 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Martin Elsner's work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (36 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (33 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (29 papers). Martin Elsner is often cited by papers focused on Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (36 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (33 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (29 papers). Martin Elsner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Martin Elsner's co-authors include René P. Schwarzenbach, Daniel Hunkeler, Stefan B. Haderlein, Lawrence P. Wackett, Kathrin Fenner, Luc Zwank, Silvio Canonica, Natalia P. Ivleva, Reinhard Nießner and Barbara Sherwood Lollar and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Martin Elsner

193 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

Evaluating Pesticide Degradation in the Environment: Blin... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750
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. Evaluating Pesticide Degradation in the Environment: Blind Spots and Emerging Opportunities
    2013 868 citations Martin Elsner et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Martin Elsner Germany 47 4.2k 2.5k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 196 8.9k
Fengchang Wu China 62 4.8k 1.1× 3.3k 1.3× 1.8k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 670 0.6× 426 13.4k
Michael Sander Switzerland 56 3.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 140 11.2k
Thomas B. Hofstetter Switzerland 44 2.7k 0.6× 2.5k 1.0× 1.6k 1.0× 701 0.6× 979 0.9× 117 9.6k
Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen United States 56 5.1k 1.2× 3.5k 1.4× 1.4k 0.8× 2.1k 1.8× 1.3k 1.2× 135 9.8k
Liyuan Liang United States 59 2.0k 0.5× 4.3k 1.7× 2.1k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 179 13.0k
Joseph M. Suflita United States 58 4.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 1.4× 1.5k 1.4× 161 9.1k
Stefan B. Haderlein Germany 47 2.0k 0.5× 1.8k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 579 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 136 7.2k
Quan Shi China 63 1.5k 0.4× 2.0k 0.8× 2.1k 1.3× 2.1k 1.8× 536 0.5× 434 13.9k
Kristopher McNeill United States 63 5.5k 1.3× 2.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 692 0.6× 518 0.5× 183 13.6k
Thomas Borch United States 44 1.9k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 1.0k 0.6× 754 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 136 7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Martin Elsner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Martin Elsner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Martin Elsner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Martin Elsner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Martin Elsner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Martin Elsner. Martin Elsner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Stefaniak, Elżbieta Anna, Rita La Spina, Gabriella F. Schirinzi, et al.. (2024). Towards a reference material for microplastics’ number concentration—case study of PET in water using Raman microspectroscopy. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 416(12). 3045–3058. 9 indexed citations
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Gao, Pan, Soumya Mukherjee, Mian Zahid Hussain, et al.. (2024). Porphyrin-based MOFs for sensing environmental pollutants. Chemical Engineering Journal. 492. 152377–152377. 38 indexed citations
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Groh, Jannis, et al.. (2023). Fate of herbicides in cropped lysimeters: 2. Leaching of four maize herbicides considering different processes. Vadose Zone Journal. 22(5). 5 indexed citations
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Topping, Geoffrey J., Mian Zahid Hussain, Tim Kratky, et al.. (2023). Introducing Metal–Organic Frameworks to Melt Electrowriting: Multifunctional Scaffolds with Controlled Microarchitecture for Tissue Engineering Applications. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(2). 21 indexed citations
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Torrentó, Clara, Violaine Ponsin, Thomas B. Hofstetter, et al.. (2021). Triple-Element Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis (3D-CSIA): Added Value of Cl Isotope Ratios to Assess Herbicide Degradation. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(20). 13891–13901. 35 indexed citations
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Elsner, Martin, et al.. (2020). Isothermal haRPA detection of blaCTX-M in bacterial isolates from water samples and comparison with qPCR. Analytical Methods. 13(4). 552–557. 8 indexed citations
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Dybała‐Defratyka, Agnieszka, et al.. (2020). Compound-specific chlorine isotope fractionation in biodegradation of atrazine. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 22(3). 792–801. 26 indexed citations
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Kundu, K., et al.. (2020). Phenotypic heterogeneity as key factor for growth and survival under oligotrophic conditions. Environmental Microbiology. 22(8). 3339–3356. 16 indexed citations
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Yetisen, Ali K., Rosalia Moreddu, Nan Jiang, et al.. (2019). Dermal Tattoo Biosensors for Colorimetric Metabolite Detection. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(31). 10506–10513. 75 indexed citations
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Ponsin, Violaine, et al.. (2019). Compound-Specific Chlorine Isotope Analysis of the Herbicides Atrazine, Acetochlor, and Metolachlor. Analytical Chemistry. 91(22). 14290–14298. 21 indexed citations
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Phillips, Elizabeth, Elizabeth A. Edwards, Barbara Sherwood Lollar, et al.. (2019). Reductive Dehalogenation of Trichloromethane by Two Different Dehalobacter restrictus Strains Reveal Opposing Dual Element Isotope Effects. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(5). 2332–2343. 32 indexed citations
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Elsner, Martin, et al.. (2018). Nondestructive Chemical Analysis of the Iron-Containing Protein Ferritin Using Raman Microspectroscopy. Applied Spectroscopy. 74(2). 193–203. 5 indexed citations
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Fillinger, Lucas, Piotr Małoszewski, Susanne I. Schmidt, et al.. (2017). Response and recovery of a pristine groundwater ecosystem impacted by toluene contamination – A meso-scale indoor aquifer experiment. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 207. 17–30. 23 indexed citations
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Elsner, Martin & Armin Meyer. (2013). 13C/12C and 15N/14N Isotope Analysis to Characterize Natural Degradation of Atrazine: Evidence from Parent and Daughter Compound Values. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Elsner, Martin. (2004). Vom regel- und verfahrensorientierten Staatsdiener zum ergebnisorientierten Public Manager. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 72. 189.

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