Michael D. Aitken

6.3k citations
113 papers · 4.9k indexed · h-index 44

Impact in

  • Pollution top 0.1%
    • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
    • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
    • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
    • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
    • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
    • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Papers in

    • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants 65
    • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal 16
    • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact 34
    • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals 8

Michael D. Aitken

108 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Peers

Michael D. Aitken
Comparison fields: 5 of 140
  • Pollution 3.2k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1.5k
  • Ecology 1.4k
  • Environmental Chemistry 457
  • Biotechnology 194
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All Works

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1 202013
2 201654
3 201617
4 201554
5 20156
6 20154
7 201431
8 201424
9 201315
10 2013219
11 20127
12 201242
13 201193
14 2010101
15 200738
16 200724
17 20055
18 20048
19 199454
20 199046

About Michael D. Aitken

Michael D. Aitken is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Ecology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Environmental Chemistry, having authored 113 papers that have together received 4.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (65 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (34 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (31 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (16 papers), Enzyme-mediated dye degradation (9 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (8 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (7 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (3.2k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (1.5k citations), Ecology (1.4k citations), Environmental Chemistry (457 citations) and Biotechnology (194 citations). Michael D. Aitken has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include David R. Singleton, William T. Stringfellow, Tony Gutiérrez, Chikoma Kazunga, Randall B. Marx, Stefan Grimberg, Stephen D. Richardson, David Berry, Avram Gold and Andreas Teske. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Water Environment Research, Environmental Engineering Science and Biotechnology and Bioengineering.

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