Paul Eisentraut

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Paul Eisentraut is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Eisentraut has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 6 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Paul Eisentraut's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (14 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (3 papers). Paul Eisentraut is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (14 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (3 papers). Paul Eisentraut collaborates with scholars based in Germany and United States. Paul Eisentraut's co-authors include Ulrike Braun, Erik Dümichen, Claus Gerhard Bannick, Erik Duemichen, Anne-Kathrin Barthel, Aki Sebastian Ruhl, Thorsten Reemtsma, Stephan Wagner, Philipp Klöckner and Mathias C. Celina and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Paul Eisentraut

16 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fast identification of microplastics in complex environmental samples by a thermal degradation method

2017 462 citations Erik Dümichen, Paul Eisentraut et al. Chemosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Eisentraut Germany	13	1.6k	1.3k	309	296	251	16	1.7k
Erik Dümichen Germany	4	983 0.6×	865 0.7×	202 0.7×	140 0.5×	165 0.7×	5	1.0k
Dominique Claveau-Mallet Canada	14	836 0.5×	813 0.6×	182 0.6×	75 0.3×	202 0.8×	30	1.2k
Marten Fischer Germany	9	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	224 0.7×	262 0.9×	221 0.9×	16	1.6k
Dunzhu Li Ireland	14	700 0.4×	456 0.4×	163 0.5×	162 0.5×	120 0.5×	26	955
Mathieu Lapointe Canada	15	627 0.4×	680 0.5×	170 0.6×	91 0.3×	205 0.8×	27	1.2k
Yahui Xiang China	10	1.1k 0.7×	820 0.6×	362 1.2×	154 0.5×	149 0.6×	10	1.2k
Soeun Eo South Korea	16	2.4k 1.5×	1.9k 1.5×	526 1.7×	157 0.5×	246 1.0×	18	2.5k
Kayla C. Brignac United States	6	947 0.6×	771 0.6×	238 0.8×	80 0.3×	134 0.5×	6	1.2k
Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh United Kingdom	10	652 0.4×	325 0.3×	138 0.4×	156 0.5×	125 0.5×	16	836
Fangni Du China	11	1.7k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	336 1.1×	151 0.5×	257 1.0×	12	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Eisentraut

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All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

Weyrauch, Steffen, Thorsten Reemtsma, Paul Eisentraut, et al.. (2025). Settling Velocities of Tire and Road Wear Particles: Analyzing Finely Graded Density Fractions of Samples from a Road Simulator and a Highway Tunnel. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(26). 13434–13446. 3 indexed citations

Eisentraut, Paul, et al.. (2023). Decomposability versus detectability: First validation of TED‐GC/MS for microplastic detection in different environmental matrices. 3(2). 25 indexed citations

Goedecke, Caroline, Paul Eisentraut, Korinna Altmann, et al.. (2022). Development of a Routine Screening Method for the Microplastic Mass Content in a Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 18 indexed citations

Klöckner, Philipp, Bettina Seiwert, Paul Eisentraut, et al.. (2020). Characterization of tire and road wear particles from road runoff indicates highly dynamic particle properties. Water Research. 185. 116262–116262. 115 indexed citations

Goedecke, Caroline, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of thermoanalytical methods equipped with evolved gas analysis for the detection of microplastic in environmental samples. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 152. 104961–104961. 72 indexed citations

Müller, Axel H. E., Caroline Goedecke, Paul Eisentraut, Christian Piechotta, & Ulrike Braun. (2020). Microplastic analysis using chemical extraction followed by LC-UV analysis: a straightforward approach to determine PET content in environmental samples. Environmental Sciences Europe. 32(1). 52 indexed citations

Eisentraut, Paul, Caroline Goedecke, Yosri Wiesner, et al.. (2020). Specific adsorption sites and conditions derived by thermal decomposition of activated carbons and adsorbed carbamazepine. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 6695–6695. 15 indexed citations

Braun, Ulrike, et al.. (2020). Accelerated Determination of Microplastics in Environmental Samples Using Thermal Extraction Desorption-Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (TED-GC/MS). 4 indexed citations

Eisentraut, Paul, et al.. (2019). Detection of microplastics in compost samples using a thermal decomposition method. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 19090. 1 indexed citations

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Duemichen, Erik, Paul Eisentraut, Mathias C. Celina, & Ulrike Braun. (2019). Automated thermal extraction-desorption gas chromatography mass spectrometry: A multifunctional tool for comprehensive characterization of polymers and their degradation products. Journal of Chromatography A. 1592. 133–142. 166 indexed citations

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Klöckner, Philipp, Thorsten Reemtsma, Paul Eisentraut, et al.. (2019). Tire and road wear particles in road environment – Quantification and assessment of particle dynamics by Zn determination after density separation. Chemosphere. 222. 714–721. 199 indexed citations

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Bannick, Claus Gerhard, Regine Szewzyk, Mathias Ricking, et al.. (2018). Development and testing of a fractionated filtration for sampling of microplastics in water. Water Research. 149. 650–658. 84 indexed citations

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Eisentraut, Paul, Erik Dümichen, Aki Sebastian Ruhl, et al.. (2018). Two Birds with One Stone—Fast and Simultaneous Analysis of Microplastics: Microparticles Derived from Thermoplastics and Tire Wear. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 5(10). 608–613. 214 indexed citations

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Elert, Anna Maria, Roland Becker, Erik Duemichen, et al.. (2017). Comparison of different methods for MP detection: What can we learn from them, and why asking the right question before measurements matters?. Environmental Pollution. 231(Pt 2). 1256–1264. 274 indexed citations

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Dümichen, Erik, et al.. (2017). Fast identification of microplastics in complex environmental samples by a thermal degradation method. Chemosphere. 174. 572–584. 462 indexed citations breakdown →

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Braun, Ulrike, Paul Eisentraut, Sabine Fuchs, & Peter Deglmann. (2014). Sulphurous additives for polystyrene: Influencing decomposition behavior in the condensed phase. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 132(12). 13 indexed citations

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