Paul M. Bradley

10.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
220 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Paul M. Bradley is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul M. Bradley has authored 220 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 106 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 103 papers in Pollution and 56 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Paul M. Bradley's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (47 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (43 papers) and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (42 papers). Paul M. Bradley is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (47 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (43 papers) and Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants (42 papers). Paul M. Bradley collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Ireland. Paul M. Bradley's co-authors include Francis H. Chapelle, James T. Morris, James E. Landmeyer, Dana W. Kolpin, Celeste A. Journey, Derek R. Lovley, Larry B. Barber, Peter B. McMahon, Kristin M. Romanok and Don A. Vroblesky and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Paul M. Bradley

214 papers receiving 6.5k citations

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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.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in United States tapwater: Comparison of underserved private-well and public-supply exposures and associated health implications

2023 130 citations Kelly L. Smalling, Kristin M. Romanok et al. profile →
Predictions of groundwater PFAS occurrence at drinking water supply depths in the United States

2024 49 citations Kelly L. Smalling, Paul M. Bradley et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul M. Bradley United States	50	3.2k	2.6k	1.6k	1.3k	1.3k	220	7.2k
John T. Wilson United States	41	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.5×	2.4k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	928 0.7×	148	5.9k
Laosheng Wu United States	53	2.5k 0.8×	986 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	820 0.6×	906 0.7×	210	8.6k
Rainer U. Meckenstock Germany	54	4.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	2.1k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	2.1k 1.7×	155	8.1k
Yu‐Ping Chin United States	45	2.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.7×	519 0.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	113	7.2k
Francis H. Chapelle United States	49	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	3.2k 2.0×	2.1k 1.6×	1.0k 0.8×	135	7.4k
Matthias Kästner Germany	53	4.0k 1.3×	1.7k 0.6×	815 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	3.3k 2.6×	160	10.3k
Thomas Borch United States	44	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.3k 1.7×	754 0.6×	136	7.8k
Lisa Alvarez‐Cohen United States	56	5.1k 1.6×	3.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	2.1k 1.7×	135	9.8k
Philip M. Gschwend United States	52	5.2k 1.6×	6.8k 2.6×	2.2k 1.4×	1.6k 1.2×	810 0.6×	113	13.3k
Jerry A. Leenheer United States	37	3.4k 1.1×	3.7k 1.4×	1.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	69	10.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul M. Bradley

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Eggers, Margaret J., et al.. (2025). Statewide cumulative human health risk assessment of inorganics-contaminated groundwater wells, Montana, USA. Environmental Pollution. 369. 125810–125810.

Barber, Larry B., Samuel A. Miller, Lee Blaney, et al.. (2025). Municipal and Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent Contributions to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the Potomac River: A Basin-Scale Measuring and Modeling Approach. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(23). 11720–11734. 2 indexed citations

Bradley, Paul M., Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly L. Smalling, et al.. (2025). Tapwater exposures, residential risk, and mitigation in a PFAS-impacted-groundwater community. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 27(5). 1368–1388.

Behren, Julie Von, Peggy Reynolds, Paul M. Bradley, et al.. (2024). Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water in Southeast Los Angeles: Industrial legacy and environmental justice. The Science of The Total Environment. 953. 176067–176067. 9 indexed citations

Zhen, Huajun, Quincy Teng, Jonathan D. Mosley, et al.. (2021). Untargeted Lipidomics for Determining Cellular and Subcellular Responses in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Liver Cells Following Exposure to Complex Mixtures in U.S. Streams. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(12). 8180–8190. 9 indexed citations

Journey, Celeste A., et al.. (2020). Effects of stormwater runoff from selected bridge decks on conditions of water, sediment, and biological quality in receiving waters in South Carolina, 2013 to 2018. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations

Masoner, Jason R., Dana W. Kolpin, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, et al.. (2020). Landfill leachate contributes per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pharmaceuticals to municipal wastewater. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 6(5). 1300–1311. 147 indexed citations

Bradley, Paul M., et al.. (2020). A novel ‘triple drawdown’ method highlights deficiencies in invasive alien crayfish survey and control techniques. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(2). 316–326. 21 indexed citations

Bradley, Paul M., Kristin M. Romanok, William A. Battaglin, et al.. (2019). Exposure and potential effects of pesticides and pharmaceuticals in protected streams of the US National park Service southeast region. The Science of The Total Environment. 704. 135431–135431. 26 indexed citations

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Blackwell, Brett R., Gerald T. Ankley, Paul M. Bradley, et al.. (2018). Potential Toxicity of Complex Mixtures in Surface Waters from a Nationwide Survey of United States Streams: Identifying in Vitro Bioactivities and Causative Chemicals. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(2). 973–983. 89 indexed citations

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Journey, Celeste A., Peter C. Van Metre, Amanda H. Bell, et al.. (2015). Design and methods of the Southeast Stream Quality Assessment (SESQA), 2014. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 27 indexed citations

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Buxton, Herbert T., Timothy J. Reilly, Kathryn M. Kuivila, et al.. (2015). Chemical mixtures and environmental effects: a pilot study to assess ecological exposure and effects in streams. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 9 indexed citations

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Feaster, Toby D., et al.. (2014). Scaling up watershed model parameters - flow and load simulations of the Edisto River basin. TigerPrints (Clemson University). 211. 75–75. 2 indexed citations

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Burns, Douglas A., et al.. (2013). An Empirical Approach to Modeling Methylmercury Concentrations in an Adirondack Stream Watershed. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Button, Daniel T., et al.. (2012). Mercury bioaccumulation studies in the National Water-Quality Assessment Program--biological data from New York and South Carolina, 2005-2009. Data series. 6 indexed citations

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Bradley, Paul M., Celeste A. Journey, Mark E. Brigham, et al.. (2012). Intra- and inter-basin mercury comparisons: Importance of basin scale and time-weighted methylmercury estimates. Environmental Pollution. 172. 42–52. 17 indexed citations

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Journey, Celeste A., Douglas A. Burns, Karen Riva‐Murray, et al.. (2012). Fluvial transport of mercury, organic carbon, suspended sediment, and selected major ions in contrasting stream basins in South Carolina and New York, October 2004 to September 2009. Scientific investigations report. i–125. 11 indexed citations

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Riva‐Murray, Karen, Paul M. Bradley, Daniel T. Button, et al.. (2011). Environmental settings of streams sampled for mercury in New York and South Carolina, 2005-09. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 7 indexed citations

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Bradley, Paul M., et al.. (2010). Comparison of Methylmercury Ecology in Adjacent Coastal Plain Rivers in South Carolina. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Barber, Larry B., Michael T. Meyer, Denis R. LeBlanc, et al.. (2008). Subsurface fate and transport of sulfamethoxazole, 4-nonylphenol, and 17β-estradiol. IAHS-AISH publication. 133–139. 1 indexed citations

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