Philip McCleaf

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Philip McCleaf is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Philip McCleaf has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 14 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 5 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Philip McCleaf's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (14 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (14 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (5 papers). Philip McCleaf is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (14 papers), Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (14 papers) and Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies (5 papers). Philip McCleaf collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Norway and Netherlands. Philip McCleaf's co-authors include Lutz Ahrens, Karin Wiberg, Vera Franke, Anna Östlund, Stephan Köhler, Sanne J. Smith, Edward D. Schroeder, Mattias Sörengård, Sanna Lignell and Natalia Kotova and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Research and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

Philip McCleaf

16 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Removal efficiency of multiple poly- and perfluoroalkyl s... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300 400
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. Removal efficiency of multiple poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water using granular activated carbon (GAC) and anion exchange (AE) column tests
    2017 492 citations Philip McCleaf, Anna Östlund et al. Water Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Philip McCleaf Sweden 12 1.2k 884 419 322 178 16 1.4k
Youn Jeong Choi United States 20 982 0.8× 853 1.0× 432 1.0× 142 0.4× 119 0.7× 40 1.3k
Jennifer L. Guelfo United States 18 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 727 1.7× 158 0.5× 89 0.5× 40 1.7k
Elisabeth L. Hawley United States 11 790 0.7× 816 0.9× 306 0.7× 151 0.5× 196 1.1× 21 1.3k
Sujan Fernando United States 17 695 0.6× 674 0.8× 320 0.8× 103 0.3× 136 0.8× 45 1.2k
Erica Gagliano Italy 12 807 0.7× 539 0.6× 240 0.6× 252 0.8× 256 1.4× 26 1.3k
Virginie Boiteux France 14 1.2k 1.0× 996 1.1× 678 1.6× 80 0.2× 86 0.5× 16 1.3k
Lena Vierke Germany 9 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 633 1.5× 94 0.3× 46 0.3× 10 1.4k
Erika Houtz United States 13 2.4k 2.0× 2.1k 2.4× 1.4k 3.4× 192 0.6× 121 0.7× 19 2.5k
Michael J. Bentel United States 9 797 0.7× 391 0.4× 467 1.1× 100 0.3× 169 0.9× 15 945
Oscar Quiñones United States 16 761 0.6× 911 1.0× 335 0.8× 141 0.4× 313 1.8× 26 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Philip McCleaf

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Fields of papers citing papers by Philip McCleaf

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Philip McCleaf. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Philip McCleaf. The network helps show where Philip McCleaf may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Philip McCleaf

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Philip McCleaf. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Philip McCleaf based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Philip McCleaf. Philip McCleaf is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Gyllenhammar, Irina, Jonathan P. Benskin, Merle Plassmann, et al.. (2025). PFAS in first-time mothers from Sweden: temporal trends and the impact from fish/seafood consumption and drinking water exposure. Environment International. 202. 109671–109671. 1 indexed citations
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Smith, Sanne J., Lutz Ahrens, Philip McCleaf, et al.. (2023). Electrochemical Oxidation for Treatment of PFAS in Contaminated Water and Fractionated Foam─A Pilot-Scale Study. ACS ES&T Water. 3(4). 1201–1211. 63 indexed citations
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Sörengård, Mattias, et al.. (2022). Long-distance transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a Swedish drinking water aquifer. Environmental Pollution. 311. 119981–119981. 45 indexed citations
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Lavonen, Elin, et al.. (2022). Artificial infiltration in drinking water production: Addressing chemical hazards using effect-based methods. Water Research. 221. 118776–118776. 4 indexed citations
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Sörengård, Mattias, et al.. (2022). Long-Distance Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Pfas) in a Swedish Drinking Water Aquifer. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Smith, Sanne J., Karin Wiberg, Philip McCleaf, & Lutz Ahrens. (2022). Pilot-Scale Continuous Foam Fractionation for the Removal of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) from Landfill Leachate. ACS ES&T Water. 2(5). 841–851. 68 indexed citations
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McCleaf, Philip, et al.. (2021). Foam fractionation removal of multiple per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances from landfill leachate. AWWA Water Science. 3(5). 49 indexed citations
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Franke, Vera, et al.. (2019). Efficient removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water treatment: nanofiltration combined with active carbon or anion exchange. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 5(11). 1836–1843. 136 indexed citations
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Stubleski, Jordan, Samira Salihović, Peter Lind, et al.. (2017). The effect of drinking water contaminated with perfluoroalkyl substances on a 10-year longitudinal trend of plasma levels in an elderly Uppsala cohort. Environmental Research. 159. 95–102. 39 indexed citations
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McCleaf, Philip, et al.. (2017). Removal efficiency of multiple poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water using granular activated carbon (GAC) and anion exchange (AE) column tests. Water Research. 120. 77–87. 492 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gyllenhammar, Irina, Urs Berger, Maria Sundström, et al.. (2015). Influence of contaminated drinking water on perfluoroalkyl acid levels in human serum – A case study from Uppsala, Sweden. Environmental Research. 140. 673–683. 99 indexed citations
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McCleaf, Philip & Edward D. Schroeder. (1995). Denitrification using a membrane‐immobolized biofilm. American Water Works Association. 87(3). 77–86. 23 indexed citations

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