René P. Schwarzenbach

29.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
176 papers, 23.4k citations indexed

About

René P. Schwarzenbach is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, René P. Schwarzenbach has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 23.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Pollution, 49 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 33 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in René P. Schwarzenbach's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (28 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (25 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (23 papers). René P. Schwarzenbach is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (28 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (25 papers) and Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (23 papers). René P. Schwarzenbach collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. René P. Schwarzenbach's co-authors include Philip M. Gschwend, Dieter M. Imboden, Thomas B. Hofstetter, Stefan B. Haderlein, Beate I. Escher, Kai‐Uwe Goss, Bernhard Wehrli, Urs von Gunten, Kathrin Fenner and Michael Sander and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

René P. Schwarzenbach

176 papers receiving 22.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Environmental Organic Chemistry

2002 3.6k citations René P. Schwarzenbach et al. profile →
The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems

2006 2.9k citations René P. Schwarzenbach, Beate I. Escher et al. Science profile →
Global Water Pollution and Human Health

2010 1.5k citations René P. Schwarzenbach, Thomas B. Hofstetter et al. profile →
Transport of nonpolar organic compounds from surface water to groundwater. Laboratory sorption studies

1981 665 citations René P. Schwarzenbach, John C. Westall Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Antioxidant Properties of Humic Substances

2012 545 citations Michael Aeschbacher, René P. Schwarzenbach et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Novel Electrochemical Approach to Assess the Redox Properties of Humic Substances

2009 519 citations Michael Aeschbacher, Michael Sander et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
René P. Schwarzenbach Switzerland	73	8.0k	7.9k	4.7k	3.8k	2.9k	176	23.4k
Geoffrey Michael Gadd United Kingdom	85	5.7k 0.7×	6.4k 0.8×	3.7k 0.8×	3.9k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	422	27.2k
Martin Reinhard United States	72	5.4k 0.7×	5.9k 0.8×	4.2k 0.9×	4.0k 1.1×	2.5k 0.9×	179	15.3k
Joseph J. Pignatello United States	71	6.6k 0.8×	7.8k 1.0×	11.2k 2.4×	4.4k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	198	23.9k
Mallavarapu Megharaj Australia	82	7.0k 0.9×	10.7k 1.4×	5.3k 1.1×	6.4k 1.7×	3.9k 1.3×	575	27.8k
David L. Sedlak United States	81	8.9k 1.1×	5.6k 0.7×	8.3k 1.8×	4.5k 1.2×	4.6k 1.6×	238	22.2k
Zhi Dang China	79	5.1k 0.6×	7.8k 1.0×	6.5k 1.4×	4.7k 1.2×	3.8k 1.3×	666	22.8k
E. Michael Thurman United States	70	8.0k 1.0×	13.6k 1.7×	5.5k 1.2×	1.8k 0.5×	3.9k 1.3×	235	26.8k
John L. Zhou Australia	78	5.1k 0.6×	7.3k 0.9×	6.0k 1.3×	3.2k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	312	21.0k
Walter J. Weber United States	67	5.4k 0.7×	5.4k 0.7×	10.9k 2.3×	3.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	223	24.5k
Scott Fendorf United States	80	6.8k 0.9×	7.2k 0.9×	3.8k 0.8×	3.6k 1.0×	11.3k 3.9×	252	22.8k

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Aeschbacher, Michael, et al.. (2011). Electrochemical Analysis of Proton and Electron Transfer Equilibria of the Reducible Moieties in Humic Acids. Environmental Science & Technology. 45(19). 8385–8394. 222 indexed citations

Arp, Hans Peter H., Steven T. J. Droge, Satoshi Endo, et al.. (2010). More of EPA’s SPARC Online Calculator−The Need for High-Quality Predictions of Chemical Properties. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(12). 4400–4401. 18 indexed citations

Kern, Susanne, Rebekka Baumgartner, Damian E. Helbling, et al.. (2010). A tiered procedure for assessing the formation of biotransformation products of pharmaceuticals and biocides during activated sludge treatment. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 12(11). 2100–2100. 109 indexed citations

Aeschbacher, Michael, René P. Schwarzenbach, & Michael Sander. (2009). Electrochemical characterization of humic substance redox properties. GeCAS. 73. 1 indexed citations

Hofstetter, Thomas B., et al.. (2008). Carbon and Hydrogen Isotope Fractionation during Anaerobic Toluene Oxidation by Geobacter metallireducens with Different Fe(III) Phases as Terminal Electron Acceptors. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(21). 7786–7792. 47 indexed citations

Arp, Hans Peter H., René P. Schwarzenbach, & Kai‐Uwe Goss. (2008). Ambient Gas/Particle Partitioning. 1. Sorption Mechanisms of Apolar, Polar, and Ionizable Organic Compounds. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(15). 5541–5547. 68 indexed citations

Hartmann, Niccolo, Marianne Erbs, Felix E. Wettstein, et al.. (2008). Quantification of Zearalenone in Various Solid Agroenvironmental Samples Using D₆-Zearalenone as the Internal Standard. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 56(9). 2926–2932. 23 indexed citations

Hofstetter, Thomas B., et al.. (2008). Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation During Light-Induced Transformations of Atrazine. Environmental Science & Technology. 42(21). 7751–7756. 82 indexed citations

Niederer, Christian, Kai‐Uwe Goss, & René P. Schwarzenbach. (2006). Sorption Equilibrium of a Wide Spectrum of Organic Vapors in Leonardite Humic Acid: Modeling of Experimental Data. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(17). 5374–5379. 62 indexed citations

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Schwarzenbach, René P., Beate I. Escher, Kathrin Fenner, et al.. (2006). The Challenge of Micropollutants in Aquatic Systems. Science. 313(5790). 1072–1077. 2851 indexed citations breakdown →

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Escher, Beate I., Joop L. M. Hermens, & René P. Schwarzenbach. (2005). Internal Exposure: Linking Bioavailability to Effects. International Workshop, 27 August 2004, Monte Verità, Switzerland. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 12(1). 57–60. 17 indexed citations

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Elsner, Martin, Luc Zwank, Daniel Hunkeler, & René P. Schwarzenbach. (2005). A New Concept Linking Observable Stable Isotope Fractionation to Transformation Pathways of Organic Pollutants. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(18). 6896–6916. 469 indexed citations

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Hofstetter, Thomas B., René P. Schwarzenbach, & Stefan B. Haderlein. (2002). Reactivity of Fe(II) Species Associated with Clay Minerals. Environmental Science & Technology. 37(3). 519–528. 210 indexed citations

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Escher, Beate I., René Hunziker, & René P. Schwarzenbach. (2001). Interaction of Phenolic Uncouplers in Binary Mixtures: Concentration-Additive and Synergistic Effects. Environmental Science & Technology. 35(19). 3905–3914. 24 indexed citations

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Fent, Karl, et al.. (2000). Uptake and Elimination of Triorganotin Compounds by Larval Midge Chironomus riparius in the Absence and Presence of Aldrich Humic Acid. Environmental Science & Technology. 34(24). 5165–5171. 32 indexed citations

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Escher, Beate I., René P. Schwarzenbach, & John C. Westall. (2000). Evaluation of Liposome−Water Partitioning of Organic Acids and Bases. 1. Development of a Sorption Model. Environmental Science & Technology. 34(18). 3954–3961. 94 indexed citations

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Bucheli, Thomas D., et al.. (1999). Spherical Clay Conglomerates: A Novel Stationary Phase for Solid-Phase Extraction and “Reversed-Phase” Liquid Chromatography. Analytical Chemistry. 71(11). 2171–2178. 11 indexed citations

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Wehrli, Bernhard & René P. Schwarzenbach. (1997). From Molecules to Ecosystems: Topics, Challenges, and Players in Environmental Chemistry. CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry. 51(12). 865–865. 4 indexed citations

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Escher, Beate I., Mario Snozzi, & René P. Schwarzenbach. (1996). Uptake, Speciation, and Uncoupling Activity of Substituted Phenols in Energy Transducing Membranes. Environmental Science & Technology. 30(10). 3071–3079. 105 indexed citations

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Karlaganis, Georg, René P. Schwarzenbach, & G. Paumgartner. (1980). Analysis of serum bile acids by capillary gas–liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry.. Journal of Lipid Research. 21(3). 377–381. 42 indexed citations

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