Melik Kara

1.6k total citations
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Melik Kara is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Melik Kara has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 13 papers in Pollution and 11 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Melik Kara's work include Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (11 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (9 papers). Melik Kara is often cited by papers focused on Air Quality and Health Impacts (12 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (11 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (9 papers). Melik Kara collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, United States and Canada. Melik Kara's co-authors include Tolga Elbir, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, Mustafa Odabaşı, Abdurrahman Bayram, Hasan Altıok, Doğanay Tolunay, Philip K. Hopke, Esra Yel, Eftade O. Gaga and Emel Özel and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Melik Kara

30 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melik Kara Türkiye 20 865 477 356 240 162 31 1.3k
Kuang Cen China 21 708 0.8× 362 0.8× 381 1.1× 269 1.1× 105 0.6× 41 1.3k
Yetkin Dumanoğlu Türkiye 24 1.2k 1.4× 578 1.2× 433 1.2× 266 1.1× 113 0.7× 40 1.6k
Hasan Altıok Türkiye 16 701 0.8× 382 0.8× 284 0.8× 172 0.7× 84 0.5× 19 1.0k
Αθανάσιος Κούρας Greece 20 1.1k 1.2× 516 1.1× 385 1.1× 295 1.2× 212 1.3× 36 1.7k
Aysun Sofuoǧlu Türkiye 23 1.5k 1.8× 560 1.2× 542 1.5× 242 1.0× 108 0.7× 48 2.1k
Cheng‐Nan Chang Taiwan 17 796 0.9× 415 0.9× 201 0.6× 166 0.7× 160 1.0× 33 1.1k
Peipei Qiu China 15 708 0.8× 421 0.9× 261 0.7× 255 1.1× 122 0.8× 21 1.3k
Pingping Liu China 22 685 0.8× 402 0.8× 263 0.7× 152 0.6× 173 1.1× 75 1.4k
Long Lu China 8 762 0.9× 405 0.8× 361 1.0× 225 0.9× 113 0.7× 12 1.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melik Kara

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Melik Kara. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Melik Kara 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 Melik Kara. Melik Kara is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Kurt-Karakuş, Perihan Binnur, Aşkın Birgül, Melik Kara, et al.. (2025). Formal E-waste facilities as a source of mercury to air and soil in Türkiye. Waste Management. 204. 114940–114940.
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Syed, Jabir Hussain, Zafeer Saqib, Perihan Binnur Kurt-Karakuş, et al.. (2024). Informal E -waste recycling in nine cities of Pakistan reveals significant impacts on local air and soil quality and associated health risks. Environmental Pollution. 355. 124259–124259. 9 indexed citations
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Syed, Jabir Hussain, Perihan Binnur Kurt-Karakuş, Aşkın Birgül, et al.. (2023). Gaseous elemental mercury emissions from informal E-Waste recycling facilities in Pakistan. Waste Management. 170. 261–269. 7 indexed citations
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Menteşe, Sibel, et al.. (2023). Seasonal variability of airborne mold concentrations as related to dust in a coastal urban area in the Eastern Mediterranean. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(28). 40717–40731. 1 indexed citations
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Kara, Melik. (2020). Assessment of sources and pollution state of trace and toxic elements in street dust in a metropolitan city. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 42(10). 3213–3229. 28 indexed citations
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Kara, Melik, Mustafa Odabaşı, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, et al.. (2019). Investigation of Atmospheric Pollution by Biomonitoring of Major and Trace Elements in an Industrial Region. 7. 16–25. 4 indexed citations
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Gaga, Eftade O., Akif Arı, Özlem Özden Üzmez, et al.. (2018). Determination of real-world emission factors of trace metals, EC, OC, BTEX, and semivolatile organic compounds (PAHs, PCBs and PCNs) in a rural tunnel in Bilecik, Turkey. The Science of The Total Environment. 643. 1285–1296. 56 indexed citations
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Odabaşı, Mustafa, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, Melik Kara, et al.. (2017). Spatial variation of PAHs and PCBs in coastal air, seawater, and sediments in a heavily industrialized region. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(15). 13749–13759. 28 indexed citations
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Kara, Melik, et al.. (2017). Assessment of seasonal and spatial variations of physicochemical parameters and trace elements along a heavily polluted effluent-dominated stream. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 189(11). 585–585. 23 indexed citations
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Odabaşı, Mustafa, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, Melik Kara, et al.. (2016). Polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) emissions from scrap processing steel plants with electric-arc furnaces. The Science of The Total Environment. 574. 1305–1312. 39 indexed citations
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Odabaşı, Mustafa, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, Hasan Altıok, et al.. (2016). Investigation of spatial distributions and sources of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in a heavily polluted industrial region using tree components. Chemosphere. 160. 114–125. 38 indexed citations
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Odabaşı, Mustafa, Doğanay Tolunay, Melik Kara, et al.. (2016). Investigation of spatial and historical variations of air pollution around an industrial region using trace and macro elements in tree components. The Science of The Total Environment. 550. 1010–1021. 48 indexed citations
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Kara, Melik, Hasan Altıok, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, et al.. (2014). Biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions from forested areas in Turkey: Determination of specific emission rates for thirty-one tree species. The Science of The Total Environment. 490. 239–253. 89 indexed citations
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Kara, Melik, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, Hasan Altıok, et al.. (2014). Spatial distribution and source identification of trace elements in topsoil from heavily industrialized region, Aliaga, Turkey. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 186(10). 6017–6038. 41 indexed citations
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Kara, Melik, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, Hasan Altıok, et al.. (2014). Seasonal and spatial variations of atmospheric trace elemental deposition in the Aliaga industrial region, Turkey. Atmospheric Research. 149. 204–216. 60 indexed citations
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Altıok, Hasan, Yetkin Dumanoğlu, Melik Kara, et al.. (2014). Comparison of biogenic volatile organic compound emissions from broad leaved and coniferous trees in Turkey. WIT transactions on ecology and the environment. 1. 647–658. 4 indexed citations
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Kara, Melik, et al.. (2010). İZMİR KENT MERKEZİNDE KARAYOLU TRAFİĞİNDEN KAYNAKLANAN HAVA KİRLİLİĞİNİN İNCELENMESİ. DergiPark (Istanbul University). 6 indexed citations
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Elbir, Tolga, Melik Kara, Abdurrahman Bayram, Hasan Altıok, & Yetkin Dumanoğlu. (2010). Comparison of predicted and observed PM10 concentrations in several urban street canyons. Air Quality Atmosphere & Health. 4(2). 121–131. 24 indexed citations
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Elbir, Tolga, et al.. (2009). Development of a GIS-based decision support system for urban air quality management in the city of Istanbul. Atmospheric Environment. 44(4). 441–454. 78 indexed citations

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