Patricia L. Corcoran

6.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Patricia L. Corcoran is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Patricia L. Corcoran has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Pollution, 23 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 20 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Patricia L. Corcoran's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (25 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (23 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (18 papers). Patricia L. Corcoran is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (25 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (23 papers) and Geological and Geochemical Analysis (18 papers). Patricia L. Corcoran collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. Patricia L. Corcoran's co-authors include Maciej Zbyszewski, David A. Cooper, Paul A. Helm, Mark C. Biesinger, Fred J. Longstaffe, Odile Madden, W.U. Mueller, Mary Jane Walzak, Wladyslaw Altermann and Sara L. Belontz and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Patricia L. Corcoran

61 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

The geological cycle of plastics and their use as a stratigraphic indicator of the Anthropocene

2016 547 citations Patricia L. Corcoran et al. profile →
Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments

2016 533 citations Patricia L. Corcoran, Odile Madden et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Plastics and beaches: A degrading relationship

2008 494 citations Patricia L. Corcoran, Mark C. Biesinger et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patricia L. Corcoran Canada	23	3.6k	2.9k	784	419	310	63	4.6k
Anna Sànchez‐Vidal Spain	34	2.7k 0.7×	1.7k 0.6×	530 0.7×	85 0.2×	487 1.6×	103	4.9k
Antoni Calafat Spain	34	1.6k 0.4×	1.1k 0.4×	341 0.4×	254 0.6×	322 1.0×	98	5.1k
Priyadarsi D. Roy Mexico	38	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	285 0.4×	324 0.8×	97 0.3×	169	4.7k
Murray R. Gregory New Zealand	19	2.0k 0.6×	1.3k 0.4×	313 0.4×	98 0.2×	401 1.3×	25	2.8k
Gaël Le Roux France	34	3.1k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	402 0.5×	62 0.1×	72 0.2×	106	5.1k
Anaëlle Simonneau France	16	1.7k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	319 0.4×	60 0.1×	54 0.2×	29	2.4k
Joan Fabrés Spain	23	1.1k 0.3×	693 0.2×	174 0.2×	173 0.4×	113 0.4×	33	3.0k
Xiaoxia Sun China	30	1.3k 0.4×	925 0.3×	347 0.4×	28 0.1×	238 0.8×	116	4.3k
Ian Kane United Kingdom	32	1.0k 0.3×	735 0.3×	248 0.3×	697 1.7×	242 0.8×	93	3.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2024). Pedestrian traffic is the main driver of macro- and large microplastic debris deposition in urban stormwater drains. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 2 indexed citations

Laws, Rachel, Heilok Cheng, Chris Rossiter, et al.. (2023). Perinatal support for breastfeeding using mHealth: A mixed methods feasibility study of the My Baby Now app. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 19(2). e13482–e13482. 12 indexed citations

Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2022). Factors influencing the variation of microplastic uptake in demersal fishes from the upper Thames River Ontario. Environmental Pollution. 313. 120095–120095. 19 indexed citations

Huntington, A. K., Patricia L. Corcoran, Liisa M. Jantunen, et al.. (2020). A first assessment of microplastics and other anthropogenic particles in Hudson Bay and the surrounding eastern Canadian Arctic waters of Nunavut. FACETS. 5(1). 432–454. 88 indexed citations

Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2020). A comprehensive investigation of industrial plastic pellets on beaches across the Laurentian Great Lakes and the factors governing their distribution. The Science of The Total Environment. 747. 141227–141227. 48 indexed citations

Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2018). Processes responsible for the development of soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) in the Paleoproterozoic Gordon Lake Formation, Huronian Supergroup, Canada. Precambrian Research. 310. 63–75. 12 indexed citations

Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2016). Microbially induced sedimentary structures in the Paleoproterozoic, upper Huronian Supergroup, Canada. Precambrian Research. 281. 155–165. 14 indexed citations

Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2016). Sources and sinks of microplastics in Canadian Lake Ontario nearshore, tributary and beach sediments. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 110(1). 383–395. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2015). Hidden plastics of Lake Ontario, Canada and their potential preservation in the sediment record. Environmental Pollution. 204. 17–25. 316 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Patricia L.. (2014). AEOLIAN BEACH DEPOSITS IN THE 2.64 GA VRYBURG FORMATION, GRIQUALAND WEST, SOUTH AFRICA. 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia (19–22 October 2014). 1 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2014). An anthropogenic marker horizon in the future rock record. GSA Today. 4–8. 165 indexed citations

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Eriksson, P.G., Santanu Banerjee, Octavian Catuneanu, et al.. (2012). Secular changes in sedimentation systems and sequence stratigraphy. Gondwana Research. 24(2). 468–489. 94 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Patricia L.. (2011). Archaean sedimentary sequences of the Slave craton. Marine and Petroleum Geology. 33(1). 80–91. 8 indexed citations

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Biesinger, Mark C., Patricia L. Corcoran, & Mary Jane Walzak. (2010). Developing ToF‐SIMS methods for investigating the degradation of plastic debris on beaches. Surface and Interface Analysis. 43(1-2). 443–445. 10 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (2008). Plastics and beaches: A degrading relationship. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58(1). 80–84. 494 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mueller, W.U., et al.. (2004). Mesoarchean Continental Breakup: Evolution and Inferences from the >2.8 Ga Slave Craton‐Cover Succession, Canada. The Journal of Geology. 113(1). 23–45. 22 indexed citations

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Altermann, Wladyslaw & Patricia L. Corcoran. (2002). Precambrian sedimentary environments : a modern approach to ancient depositional systems. 129 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Patricia L. & J. Dostál. (2001). Development of an Ancient Back‐Arc Basin Overlying Continental Crust: The Archean Peltier Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada. The Journal of Geology. 109(3). 329–348. 12 indexed citations

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Kelly, Paul, Patrick Manning, Patricia L. Corcoran, & Luke Clancy. (1991). Hypertrophic Osteoarthropathy in Association with Pulmonary Tuberculosis*. CHEST Journal. 99(3). 769–770. 16 indexed citations

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Corcoran, Patricia L., et al.. (1970). Determination Of Sources Of PAH In Urban StreetDusts By A Neural Networking Technique. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment. 14.

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