Milen Nachev

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Milen Nachev is a scholar working on Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Milen Nachev has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Ecology, 29 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 17 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Milen Nachev's work include Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (31 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (18 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (15 papers). Milen Nachev is often cited by papers focused on Parasite Biology and Host Interactions (31 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (18 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (15 papers). Milen Nachev collaborates with scholars based in Germany, South Africa and Netherlands. Milen Nachev's co-authors include Bernd Sures, Christian Selbach, David J. Marcogliese, Daniel Grabner, Sonja Zimmermann, Stephan Barcikowski, Victor Wepener, Nico J. Smit, Torsten C. Schmidt and Christoph Rehbock and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Environmental Science & Technology and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Milen Nachev

63 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Parasite responses to pollution: what we know and where w... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Parasite responses to pollution: what we know and where we go in ‘Environmental Parasitology’
    2017 244 citations Bernd Sures, Milen Nachev 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
Milen Nachev Germany 23 774 383 299 232 130 67 1.4k
Paolo Pastorino Italy 25 398 0.5× 485 1.3× 44 0.1× 1.1k 4.6× 50 0.4× 170 2.3k
G. R. Johnson Canada 19 499 0.6× 161 0.4× 86 0.3× 138 0.6× 65 0.5× 52 2.0k
Nguyễn Ngọc Lâm Vietnam 22 604 0.8× 114 0.3× 185 0.6× 88 0.4× 14 0.1× 121 1.8k
A. Mohandas India 16 178 0.2× 210 0.5× 60 0.2× 80 0.3× 50 0.4× 55 863
Andrew Brownlow United Kingdom 24 1.0k 1.3× 634 1.7× 40 0.1× 460 2.0× 66 0.5× 86 1.9k
Theo A. van Alen Netherlands 25 990 1.3× 131 0.3× 70 0.2× 526 2.3× 23 0.2× 45 2.0k
J. Szarek Poland 19 101 0.1× 438 1.1× 28 0.1× 213 0.9× 42 0.3× 101 1.2k
Peng Guo China 31 269 0.3× 150 0.4× 66 0.2× 396 1.7× 6 0.0× 188 3.2k
Stacey A. Robinson Canada 16 306 0.4× 326 0.9× 73 0.2× 205 0.9× 20 0.2× 43 878
Nelly Le Goïc France 27 477 0.6× 692 1.8× 59 0.2× 2.4k 10.4× 21 0.2× 52 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Milen Nachev

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Fields of papers citing papers by Milen Nachev

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Milen Nachev

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All Works

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Jochmann, Maik A., et al.. (2024). Compound-specific isotope analysis of amino acids for aquatic systems – Problems, challenges, solutions: A review. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 181. 118038–118038. 2 indexed citations
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Smit, Nico J., et al.. (2024). Element contamination of the Orange-Vaal River basin, South Africa: a One Health approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(20). 29886–29901. 2 indexed citations
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Koch, Christoph, D.V. Okhrimenko, Mette Solvang, et al.. (2023). Assessment of acute and chronic ecotoxicological effects of aqueous eluates of stone wool insulation materials. Environmental Sciences Europe. 35(1). 4 indexed citations
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Sures, Bernd, et al.. (2023). Environmental parasitology: stressor effects on aquatic parasites. Trends in Parasitology. 39(6). 461–474. 32 indexed citations
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Nachev, Milen, et al.. (2023). The use of fish parasitic isopods as element accumulation indicators in marine pollution monitoring. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 194(Pt A). 115385–115385. 1 indexed citations
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Rooyen, D. van, et al.. (2023). Bioaccumulation and trophic transfer of total mercury through the aquatic food webs of an African sub-tropical wetland system. The Science of The Total Environment. 889. 164210–164210. 22 indexed citations
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Perrot‐Minnot, Marie‐Jeanne, Omar M. Amin, Alexandre Bauer, et al.. (2023). Hooking the scientific community on thorny-headed worms: interesting and exciting facts, knowledge gaps and perspectives for research directions on Acanthocephala. Parasite. 30. 23–23. 23 indexed citations
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Wepener, Victor, Sonja Zimmermann, Milen Nachev, et al.. (2022). High element concentrations are not always equivalent to a stressful environment: differential responses of parasite taxa to natural and anthropogenic stressors. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 184. 114110–114110. 2 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Sonja, Nico J. Smit, Wynand Malherbe, et al.. (2022). Human health risks associated with consumption of fish contaminated with trace elements from intensive mining activities in a peri-urban region. The Science of The Total Environment. 825. 154011–154011. 23 indexed citations
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Sures, Bernd & Milen Nachev. (2022). Effects of multiple stressors in fish: how parasites and contaminants interact. Parasitology. 149(14). 1822–1828. 32 indexed citations
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Zimmermann, Sonja, et al.. (2021). Laboratory and field studies on the use of artificial mussels as a monitoring tool of platinum exposure in the freshwater environment. Environmental Sciences Europe. 33(1). 5 indexed citations
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Nachev, Milen, et al.. (2021). Metal contamination and toxicity of soils and river sediments from the world's largest platinum mining area. Environmental Pollution. 286. 117284–117284. 15 indexed citations
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Le, T.T. Yen, Milen Nachev, Daniel Grabner, et al.. (2021). Modelling chronic toxicokinetics and toxicodynamics of copper in mussels considering ionoregulatory homeostasis and oxidative stress. Environmental Pollution. 287. 117645–117645. 9 indexed citations
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Wepener, Victor, Milen Nachev, Sonja Zimmermann, et al.. (2020). The role of fish helminth parasites in monitoring metal pollution in aquatic ecosystems: a case study in the world’s most productive platinum mining region. Parasitology Research. 119(9). 2783–2798. 25 indexed citations
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Nachev, Milen, et al.. (2019). How Ponto-Caspian invaders affect local parasite communities of native fish. Parasitology Research. 118(9). 2543–2555. 15 indexed citations
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Le, T.T. Yen, Míriam R. García, Daniel Grabner, et al.. (2019). Mechanistic simulation of bioconcentration kinetics of waterborne Cd, Ag, Pd, and Pt in the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha. Chemosphere. 242. 124967–124967. 5 indexed citations

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