Nicholas J. Mallos

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Nicholas J. Mallos is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas J. Mallos has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 12 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 2 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Nicholas J. Mallos's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (6 papers). Nicholas J. Mallos is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (15 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (6 papers). Nicholas J. Mallos collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Nicholas J. Mallos's co-authors include George H. Leonard, Jenna Jambeck, Kara Lavender Law, Chelsea M. Rochman, Hannah De Frond, Marcus Eriksen, Alexis McGivern, Cole C. Monnahan, Leah R. Gerber and Hugh P. Possingham and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas J. Mallos

14 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution

2020 2.0k citations Stephanie B. Borrelle, Jeremy Ringma et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicholas J. Mallos United States	11	2.5k	1.7k	675	247	238	16	3.2k
George H. Leonard United States	10	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	643 1.0×	234 0.9×	246 1.0×	16	2.8k
Hannah De Frond Canada	15	2.9k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	748 1.1×	354 1.4×	323 1.4×	18	3.5k
Ana L. Patrício Silva Portugal	23	2.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	555 0.8×	323 1.3×	319 1.3×	58	3.7k
Stephanie B. Borrelle New Zealand	14	2.1k 0.8×	1.4k 0.8×	563 0.8×	196 0.8×	253 1.1×	28	2.8k
Anna Schwarz Netherlands	11	2.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	488 0.7×	143 0.6×	190 0.8×	14	2.8k
Alexis McGivern United Kingdom	7	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	532 0.8×	188 0.8×	159 0.7×	7	2.2k
Imogen E. Napper United Kingdom	18	3.8k 1.5×	2.9k 1.7×	909 1.3×	306 1.2×	284 1.2×	24	4.2k
Beth Polidoro United States	19	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	594 0.9×	204 0.8×	256 1.1×	49	3.2k
Erin L. Murphy United States	12	1.6k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	534 0.8×	190 0.8×	158 0.7×	24	2.4k
Miranda Bernard United States	5	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	529 0.8×	187 0.8×	155 0.7×	10	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas J. Mallos

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16 of 16 papers shown

Murphy, Erin L., Britta R. Baechler, Lauren Roman, et al.. (2025). A quantitative risk assessment framework for mortality due to macroplastic ingestion in seabirds, marine mammals, and sea turtles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(48). e2415492122–e2415492122.

Frond, Hannah De, Britta R. Baechler, Zoie Diana, et al.. (2025). Cleanups are an important part of the solution to global plastic pollution. One Earth. 8(5). 101281–101281. 2 indexed citations

Baechler, Britta R., et al.. (2024). Public awareness and perceptions of ocean plastic pollution and support for solutions in the United States. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 7 indexed citations

Frond, Hannah De, et al.. (2023). Exposure of U.S. adults to microplastics from commonly-consumed proteins. Environmental Pollution. 343. 123233–123233. 56 indexed citations

Hardesty, Britta Denise, Lauren Roman, George H. Leonard, et al.. (2021). Socioeconomics effects on global hotspots of common debris items on land and the seafloor. Global Environmental Change. 71. 102360–102360. 32 indexed citations

Law, Kara Lavender, et al.. (2020). The United States’ contribution of plastic waste to land and ocean. Science Advances. 6(44). 350 indexed citations

Borrelle, Stephanie B., Jeremy Ringma, Kara Lavender Law, et al.. (2020). Predicted growth in plastic waste exceeds efforts to mitigate plastic pollution. Science. 369(6510). 1515–1518. 2018 indexed citations breakdown →

Roman, Lauren, Britta Denise Hardesty, George H. Leonard, et al.. (2020). A global assessment of the relationship between anthropogenic debris on land and the seafloor. Environmental Pollution. 264. 114663–114663. 44 indexed citations

Frond, Hannah De, Erik van Sebille, J. Mark Parnis, et al.. (2019). Estimating the Mass of Chemicals Associated with Ocean Plastic Pollution to Inform Mitigation Efforts. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 15(4). 596–606. 46 indexed citations

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McIlwraith, Hayley K., et al.. (2018). Capturing microfibers – marketed technologies reduce microfiber emissions from washing machines. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 139. 40–45. 153 indexed citations

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Burgess, Robert M., Kay T. Ho, Nicholas J. Mallos, et al.. (2017). Microplastics in the aquatic environment—Perspectives on the scope of the problem. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 36(9). 2259–2265. 13 indexed citations

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Schuyler, Qamar, Britta Denise Hardesty, Chris Wilcox, et al.. (2016). Relating plastic in the ocean to ecological harm, a review of recent progress in risk analysis. 2016. 1 indexed citations

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Wilcox, Chris, et al.. (2016). Using expert elicitation to estimate the impacts of plastic pollution on marine wildlife. Marine Policy. 65. 107–114. 196 indexed citations

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Zettler, Erik, et al.. (2016). Incorporating citizen science to study plastics in the environment. Analytical Methods. 9(9). 1392–1403. 87 indexed citations

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Browne, Mark A. Oakley, M.G. Chapman, Richard C. Thompson, et al.. (2015). Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Stranded Intertidal Marine Debris: Is There a Picture of Global Change?. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(12). 7082–7094. 158 indexed citations

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Mallos, Nicholas J.. (2010). Invoking citizen science in marine conservation: an assessment of volunteers in the North Carolina Sea Turtle Project. DukeSpace (Duke University). 1 indexed citations

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