Roland Weber

14.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
196 papers, 10.3k citations indexed

About

Roland Weber is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Roland Weber has authored 196 papers receiving a total of 10.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 50 papers in Pollution and 26 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Roland Weber's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (105 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (39 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (23 papers). Roland Weber is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (105 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (39 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (23 papers). Roland Weber collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Japan. Roland Weber's co-authors include Phil Purnell, Eleni Iacovidou, Costas A. Velis, John Ν. Hahladakis, Volker Schurig, Alan Watson, Hanspaul Hagenmaier, Oladele Osibanjo, Martin Forter and Takeshi Sakurai and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Roland Weber

188 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

2017 2.7k citations Roland Weber et al. profile →
Marine litter plastics and microplastics and their toxic chemicals components: the need for urgent preventive measures

2018 546 citations Roland Weber et al. Environmental Sciences Europe profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Roland Weber	4.6k	4.6k	2.7k	1.2k	1.2k	196	10.3k
Hans Peter H. Arp	3.6k 0.8×	4.9k 1.1×	2.2k 0.8×	966 0.8×	1.9k 1.6×	142	9.6k
Hefa Cheng	4.9k 1.1×	5.9k 1.3×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	323	16.6k
Matthew MacLeod	6.3k 1.4×	6.3k 1.4×	3.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.9×	2.4k 2.0×	170	14.6k
Ying Zhang	2.2k 0.5×	4.7k 1.0×	1.9k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.0×	463	11.3k
Craig S. Criddle	3.2k 0.7×	5.8k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	2.3k 1.9×	2.9k 2.5×	209	15.9k
Jinren Ni	2.5k 0.5×	4.7k 1.0×	2.3k 0.8×	2.6k 2.1×	1.5k 1.3×	332	18.6k
Markus Schmid	2.1k 0.5×	8.6k 1.9×	1.7k 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	191	17.6k
Qi Wang	2.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	1.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.7×	197	11.2k
Meng Zhang	1.9k 0.4×	3.4k 0.8×	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	312	9.2k
Rai S. Kookana	5.9k 1.3×	9.0k 2.0×	1.4k 0.5×	1.4k 1.2×	2.7k 2.3×	282	16.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Roland Weber

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roland Weber

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roland Weber

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Roland Weber. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Roland Weber 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 Roland Weber. Roland Weber is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Xiao, Yao, et al.. (2026). Highly Volatile POPs in Urban Air across Asia and Africa: Dominance of Volatile Methylsiloxanes. Environmental Science & Technology. 60(2). 2063–2075.

Fujii, Yukiko, et al.. (2025). Levels of perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids in recycled plastic pellets: A small input into the plastics cycle. Chemosphere. 383. 144467–144467. 1 indexed citations

Tran, Tri Manh, Yago Guida, Hidenori Matsukami, et al.. (2025). Investigating polychlorinated alkanes in technical chlorinated paraffin mixtures and polymer products available in Vietnam. Chemosphere. 372. 144118–144118.

Weber, Roland, Ulrich Förstner, Mats Tysklind, et al.. (2025). Review on the need for inventories and management of reservoirs of POPs and other persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic substances (PBTs) in the face of climate change. Environmental Sciences Europe. 37(1). 4 indexed citations

Li, Cui, Lili Yang, Hao Zhu, et al.. (2024). Linking industrial emissions and dietary exposure to human burdens of polychlorinated naphthalenes. The Science of The Total Environment. 951. 175733–175733. 1 indexed citations

Scheffran, Jürgen, et al.. (2024). A Viable World in the Anthropocene: Living Together in the Common Home of Planet Earth. PUBLISSO (German National Library of Medicine). 3(1-2). 131–142. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Zhanyun, Sam Adu-Kumi, Miriam L. Diamond, et al.. (2022). Enhancing Scientific Support for the Stockholm Convention’s Implementation: An Analysis of Policy Needs for Scientific Evidence. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(5). 2936–2949. 50 indexed citations

Chen, Chengkang, et al.. (2021). Distribution and Emission Estimation of Short- and Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Chinese Products through Detection-Based Mass Balancing. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(11). 7335–7343. 66 indexed citations

Hou, Song, Mohammednoor Altarawneh, Eric M. Kennedy, et al.. (2018). Formation of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) from oxidation of 4,4′-dichlorobiphenyl (4,4′-DCB). Proceedings of the Combustion Institute. 37(1). 1075–1082. 14 indexed citations

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Lucas, Donald, Sara Petty, Olya S. Keen, et al.. (2017). Methods of Responsibly Managing End-of-Life Foams and Plastics Containing Flame Retardants: Part I. Environmental Engineering Science. 35(6). 573–587. 20 indexed citations

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Lucas, Donald, Sara Petty, Olya S. Keen, et al.. (2017). Methods of Responsibly Managing End-of-Life Foams and Plastics Containing Flame Retardants: Part II. Environmental Engineering Science. 35(6). 588–602. 19 indexed citations

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Gedi̇k, Kadir, et al.. (2014). Inventory development for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in Turkey: challenges to control chemicals in articles and products. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(19). 14537–14545. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Jun, Jie Gao, Gang Yu, et al.. (2014). Unintentional formed PCDDs, PCDFs, and DL-PCBs as impurities in Chinese pentachloronitrobenzene products. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(19). 14462–14470. 19 indexed citations

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Vetter, Walter, et al.. (2009). Assessing pesticides as a source of dioxins to the Australian environment. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 71. 292–297. 3 indexed citations

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Weber, Roland, et al.. (2008). 2+1 roads: new findings from Germany. Traffic engineering & control. 49(4). 145–151. 1 indexed citations

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Gaus, Caroline, et al.. (2005). Dioxin precursors in Australian soil characterised by 1,4-PCDD/F signatures. The Journal Of Hand Surgery. 44(4). 1096–1099. 2 indexed citations

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Prange, Joelle, Caroline Gaus, Roland Weber, Olaf Päpke, & Jochen F. Mueller. (2003). Are forest fires a source of PCDD/Fs in Queensland, Australia?. Organohalogen compounds. 63(11). 130–133. 2 indexed citations

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Nakano, Takeshi, et al.. (2002). ANALYSIS OF LOW CHLORINATED PCDD/F - ISOMER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS OF MCDD/MCDF TO T 3 CDD/T 3 CDF ON DB-DIOXIN- COLUMN. Organohalogen compounds. 55. 123–126. 2 indexed citations

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Müller, Ulrich, et al.. (1990). Benzene and toluene in foods.. Deutsche Lebensmittel-Rundschau. 86(9). 277–281. 2 indexed citations

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Weber, Roland, et al.. (1984). Stieffamilien: Struktur, Entwicklung, Therapie. Familiendynamik. 9(1). 2–18. 5 indexed citations

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