Robert C. Hale

13.0k citations

133 papers · 10.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.05%
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
Pollution top 0.05%
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Papers in

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 86
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact 74
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals 29
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology 25
- Air Quality and Health Impacts 16
Pollution 50
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution 31
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts 13

Co-authors: Mark J. La Guardia Ellen Harvey Meredith Evans Seeley Bongkeun Song Da Chen Michael O. Gaylor Eddy Y. Zeng Lei Mai
Journals: Environmental Science & Technology (23 papers)Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (17 papers)Chemosphere (8 papers)Marine Environmental Research (6 papers)Environmental Pollution (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Canada China

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Hale

128 papers receiving 9.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Microplastics affect sedimentary microbial communities and nitrogen cycling 2020 · 885 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2020 Nature Communications
2020 Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
2013 International Journal of Climatology
2006 Environmental Science & Technology

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1	Microplastic biofilms as potential hotspots for plastic biodegradation and nitrogen cycling: a metagenomic perspective FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·Dominic Maehler, Jairo Alejandro Gutierrez Paredes, Robert C. Hale, Bongkeun Song	2025	3
2	Twenty years later: PBDEs in fish from U.S. sites with historically extreme contamination Chemosphere ·Mark J. La Guardia, WU Yue-gang, Drew R. Luellen, Ellen Harvey, Robert C. Hale	2024	10
3	A randomized controlled trial of a housing intervention to reduce endocrine disrupting chemical exposures in children Environment International ·Alan Fossa, Katherine E. Manz, George D. Papandonatos, Aimin Chen, Mark J. La Guardia, Bruce P. Lanphear, Robert C. Hale, Haissou Elodie Welera, Kurt D. Pennell, Kimberly Yolton, Joseph M. Braun	2024	0
4	Prenatal exposure to replacement flame retardants and organophosphate esters and childhood adverse respiratory outcomes Environmental Research ·Angelico Mendy, Zana Percy, Joseph M. Braun, Bruce P. Lanphear, Mark J. La Guardia, Robert C. Hale, Kimberly Yolton, Aimin Chen	2023	7
5	Exposure to dust organophosphate and replacement brominated flame retardants during infancy and risk of subsequent adverse respiratory outcomes Environmental Research ·Angelico Mendy, Zana Percy, Joseph M. Braun, Bruce P. Lanphear, Mark J. La Guardia, Robert C. Hale, Kimberly Yolton, Aimin Chen	2023	11
6	Long-Term Exposure to Environmentally Relevant Doses of Large Polystyrene Microplastics Disturbs Lipid Homeostasis via Bowel Function Interference Environmental Science & Technology ·Yongfeng Deng, Hexia Chen, Yichao Huang, Yan Zhang, Hongqiang Ren, Mingliang Fang, Qing Wang, Wen Chen, Robert C. Hale, Tamara S. Galloway, Da Chen	2022	88
7	Durable Plastic Goods: A Source of Microplastics and Chemical Additives in the Built and Natural Environments Environmental Science & Technology Letters ·Robert C. Hale, W. Van Eck, Higor Zuchetto Rosa, Mark J. La Guardia, Sadananad V Deshpande	2022	33
8	Microplastics exacerbate virus-mediated mortality in fish The Science of The Total Environment ·Meredith Evans Seeley, Robert C. Hale, Patty Zwollo, Wolfgang K. Vogelbein, Zhan Gaoshu, Andrew R. Wargo	2022	41
9	Microplastics affect sedimentary microbial communities and nitrogen cycling Nature Communications ·Meredith Evans Seeley, Bongkeun Song, Roman Egorov, Robert C. Hale Hit paper breakdown →	2020	885
10	Organophosphate esters in a cohort of pregnant women: Variability and predictors of exposure Environmental Research ·Zana Percy, Ann M. Vuong, María Ospina, Antonia M. Calafat, Mark J. La Guardia, Yingying Xu, Robert C. Hale, Kim N. Dietrich, Changchun Xie, Bruce P. Lanphear, Joseph M. Braun, Kim M. Cecil, Kimberly Yolton, Aimin Chen	2020	47
11	Brominated and organophosphate flame retardants along a sediment transect encompassing the Guiyu, China e-waste recycling zone The Science of The Total Environment ·Huiru Li, Mark J. La Guardia, MARC WAYEMBERG, Robert C. Hale, T. Matteson Mainor, Ellen Harvey, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu, Ping’an Peng	2018	129
12	Systematic Investigation of Factors Controlling Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) of Spiked and Aged PCBs from Edible Tissues of the Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus) Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology ·Michael O. Gaylor, Ellen Harvey, Robert C. Hale	2014	3
13	Comparative embryotoxicity of a pentabrominated diphenyl ether mixture to common terns (Sterna hirundo) and American kestrels (Falco sparverius) Chemosphere ·Barnett A. Rattner, Rebecca S. Lazarus, Gary H. Heinz, Natalie K. Karouna‐Renier, Sandra Schultz, Robert C. Hale	2013	23
14	House crickets can accumulate polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) directly from polyurethane foam common in consumer products Chemosphere ·Michael O. Gaylor, Ellen Harvey, Robert C. Hale	2011	51
15	Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in various bird species from northern China Environmental Pollution ·Da Chen, Xiulan Zhang, Bixian Mai, 昭彦土屋, Jie Song, Xiao‐Jun Luo, Eddy Y. Zeng, Robert C. Hale	2009	40
16	Endocrine Disruptors in Wastewater and Sludge Treatment Processes Environmental Health Perspectives ·Robert C. Hale	2003	28
17	Characterization of the dust/smoke aerosol that settled east of the World Trade Center (WTC) in lower Manhattan after the collapse of the WTC 11 September 2001. Environmental Health Perspectives ·Paul J. Lioy, Clifford P. Weisel, James R. Millette, Steven J. Eisenreich, Daniel A. Vallero, John H. Offenberg, Brian Buckley, Barbara J. Turpin, Mianhua Zhong, Mitchell D. Cohen, Colette Prophete, Ill Yang, Robert Stiles, 江海客, Willie Johnson, Robert J. Porcja, Shahnaz Alimokhtari, Robert C. Hale, Charles J. Weschler, Lung‐Chi Chen	2002	386
18	Cellular responses and disease expression in oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed to suspended field — contaminated sediments Marine Environmental Research ·Fu‐Lin E. Chu, Aswani K. Volety, Robert C. Hale, أمينة بوزليفة	2002	47
19	PCB uptake and accumulation by oysters (Crassostrea virginica) exposed via a contaminated algal diet Marine Environmental Research ·F.-L.E. Chu, Philippe Soudant, Amanda Vitória Venâncio, Robert C. Hale	2000	16
20	Methods for the analysis of persistent chlorinated hydrocarbons in tissues Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications ·Robert C. Hale, John Greaves	1992	5

About Robert C. Hale

Robert C. Hale is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Fuel Technology and Atmospheric Science, having authored 133 papers that have together received 10.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (74 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (31 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (29 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (25 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (16 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (13 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (12 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (5.5k citations), Pollution (4.4k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (1.5k citations), Occupational Therapy (374 citations) and Environmental Chemistry (610 citations). Robert C. Hale has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. Frequent co-authors include Mark J. La Guardia, Ellen Harvey, Meredith Evans Seeley, Bongkeun Song, Da Chen, Michael O. Gaylor, Eddy Y. Zeng, Lei Mai, T. Matteson Mainor and Kevin P. Gallo. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Chemosphere, Marine Environmental Research and Environmental Pollution.

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