Peter H. Santschi

24.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
311 papers, 19.5k citations indexed

About

Peter H. Santschi is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter H. Santschi has authored 311 papers receiving a total of 19.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 102 papers in Oceanography and 89 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Peter H. Santschi's work include Radioactive contamination and transfer (104 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (93 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (59 papers). Peter H. Santschi is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive contamination and transfer (104 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (93 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (59 papers). Peter H. Santschi collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and Switzerland. Peter H. Santschi's co-authors include Laodong Guo, Bruce D. Honeyman, Kathleen A. Schwehr, Antonietta Quigg, M. Baskaran, Chen Xu, Chin‐Chang Hung, Kent W. Warnken, Liang‐Saw Wen and Degui Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Peter H. Santschi

306 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

Environmental behavior an... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2008 2004 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Environmental behavior and ecotoxicity of engineered nanoparticles to algae, plants, and fungi
    2008 1.3k citations Antonietta Quigg, Peter H. Santschi et al. profile →
  2. The oceanic gel phase: a bridge in the DOM–POM continuum
    2004 550 citations Uta Passow, Peter H. Santschi et al. Marine Chemistry profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Peter H. Santschi 5.6k 5.5k 4.4k 3.7k 3.1k 311 19.5k
George W. Luther 3.5k 0.6× 5.6k 1.0× 1.7k 0.4× 3.4k 0.9× 4.0k 1.3× 288 22.4k
Patrick G. Hatcher 3.5k 0.6× 6.4k 1.2× 2.7k 0.6× 3.3k 0.9× 7.0k 2.2× 398 26.7k
James W. Murray 2.3k 0.4× 5.1k 0.9× 1.6k 0.4× 1.2k 0.3× 2.7k 0.9× 193 13.4k
Edward D. Goldberg 4.2k 0.8× 2.0k 0.4× 2.9k 0.7× 4.2k 1.1× 2.2k 0.7× 215 15.1k
Edward Tipping 5.8k 1.0× 2.2k 0.4× 960 0.2× 2.9k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 215 15.4k
Kenneth W. Bruland 5.7k 1.0× 10.0k 1.8× 1.6k 0.4× 5.3k 1.4× 3.8k 1.2× 165 21.1k
Nicholas S. Fisher 4.3k 0.8× 2.4k 0.4× 2.0k 0.4× 6.4k 1.7× 2.7k 0.9× 207 11.6k
George R. Aiken 5.4k 1.0× 7.9k 1.4× 2.3k 0.5× 8.5k 2.3× 5.6k 1.8× 193 25.4k
Philippe Van Cappellen 3.0k 0.5× 4.0k 0.7× 1.7k 0.4× 1.4k 0.4× 3.8k 1.2× 277 20.7k
William Davison 7.5k 1.3× 1.5k 0.3× 752 0.2× 3.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.5× 243 16.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter H. Santschi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter H. Santschi

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All Works

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Xu, Chen, Aleksandar I. Goranov, Daniel I. Kaplan, et al.. (2024). Molecular features of uranium-binding natural organic matter in a riparian wetland determined by ultrahigh resolution mass spectrometry. The Science of The Total Environment. 948. 174867–174867. 1 indexed citations
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Lin, Peng, Chen Xu, Daniel I. Kaplan, et al.. (2023). Presence of aromatic-rich organic matter and its characterization in grout materials: Implications for radionuclide immobilization. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 263. 107183–107183. 2 indexed citations
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Rowe, Gilbert T., Harshica Fernando, Cornelis J. Elferink, et al.. (2020). Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) cycling and fates in Galveston Bay, Texas, USA. PLoS ONE. 15(12). e0243734–e0243734. 14 indexed citations
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Lin, Peng, Chen Xu, Daniel I. Kaplan, et al.. (2019). Nagasaki sediments reveal that long-term fate of plutonium is controlled by select organic matter moieties. The Science of The Total Environment. 678. 409–418. 12 indexed citations
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Xu, Chen, Saijin Zhang, Andrew S. Wozniak, et al.. (2018). Decreased sedimentation efficiency of petro- and non-petro-carbon caused by a dispersant for Macondo surrogate oil in a mesocosm simulating a coastal microbial community. Marine Chemistry. 206. 34–43. 23 indexed citations
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Bretherton, Laura, Manoj Kamalanathan, Yue Liang, et al.. (2018). Response of natural phytoplankton communities exposed to crude oil and chemical dispersants during a mesocosm experiment. Aquatic Toxicology. 206. 43–53. 31 indexed citations
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Bacosa, Hernando P., Manoj Kamalanathan, Luni Sun, et al.. (2018). Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) producing and oil degrading bacteria isolated from the northern Gulf of Mexico. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0208406–e0208406. 53 indexed citations
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DiDonato, Nicole, Chen Xu, Peter H. Santschi, & Patrick G. Hatcher. (2017). Substructural Components of Organic Colloids from a Pu-Polluted Soil with Implications for Pu Mobilization. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(9). 4803–4811. 7 indexed citations
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Hatcher, Patrick G., Wassim Obeid, Andrew S. Wozniak, et al.. (2017). Identifying oil/marine snow associations in mesocosm simulations of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill event using solid-state 13C NMR spectroscopy. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 126. 159–165. 25 indexed citations
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Wei, Ching‐Ling, et al.. (2011). Particle-reactive radionuclides ( 234 Th, 210 Pb, 210 ) as tracers for the estimation of export production in the South China Sea. Biogeosciences. 8(12). 3793–3808. 71 indexed citations
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Schwehr, Kathleen A., Peter H. Santschi, & Daniel I. Kaplan. (2009). Organo-iodine formation in aquifer sediments at ambient concentrations. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 7313. 1187. 3 indexed citations
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Schwehr, Kathleen A., Peter H. Santschi, & J. E. Moran. (2003). 129 Iodine: A New Hydrologic Tracer for Aquifer Recharge Conditions Influenced by River Flow Rate and Evapotranspiration. OakTrust (Texas A&M University Libraries). 12823. 1 indexed citations
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Santschi, Peter H., et al.. (2002). Importance of acid polysaccharides for 234 Th complexation to marine organic matter. Limnology and Oceanography. 47(2). 367–377. 152 indexed citations
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Bai, Zhanguo, Guojiang Wan, Changsheng Wang, et al.. (1996). 7Be distribution in surface soil of central Guizhou karst region and its erosion trace. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 6(6). 709–710. 3 indexed citations
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Wan, Guojiang, et al.. (1996). 7~Be: A Geochemical Tracer for Seasonal Erosion of Surface Soil in Watershed of Lake Hongfeng, Guizhou, China. Pedosphere. 6(1). 23–28. 4 indexed citations
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Honeyman, Bruce D. & Peter H. Santschi. (1989). A Brownian-pumping model for oceanic trace metal scavenging: Evidence from Th isotopes. Journal of Marine Research. 47(4). 951–992. 349 indexed citations

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