Russel Shearer

983 total citations · 1 hit paper
4 papers, 544 citations indexed

About

Russel Shearer is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Russel Shearer has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 544 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in General Health Professions, 2 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 1 paper in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Russel Shearer's work include Mercury impact and mitigation studies (2 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 papers) and Environmental Chemistry and Analysis (1 paper). Russel Shearer is often cited by papers focused on Mercury impact and mitigation studies (2 papers), Indigenous Studies and Ecology (2 papers) and Environmental Chemistry and Analysis (1 paper). Russel Shearer collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and United States. Russel Shearer's co-authors include Derek C. G. Muir, B. T. Hargrave, Brian Tracey, D.J. Gregor, Terry F. Bidleman, L. A. Barrie, R. A. Lake, Shawn Donaldson, Jay Van Oostdam and Chris Furgal and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and International Journal of Circumpolar Health.

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Russel Shearer

4 papers receiving 503 citations

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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.

Arctic contaminants: sources, occurrence and pathways

1992 523 citations L. A. Barrie, D.J. Gregor et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Russel Shearer	392	150	108	98	91	4	544
L. Lockhart	526 1.3×	202 1.3×	106 1.0×	101 1.0×	134 1.5×	10	652
Monika Pućko	426 1.1×	302 2.0×	120 1.1×	103 1.1×	118 1.3×	20	650
Krystyna Kozioł	234 0.6×	234 1.6×	94 0.9×	166 1.7×	105 1.2×	40	590
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme	386 1.0×	200 1.3×	168 1.6×	119 1.2×	183 2.0×	16	737
Karen L. Foster	338 0.9×	60 0.4×	44 0.4×	130 1.3×	137 1.5×	19	486
Gregory W. Patton	729 1.9×	357 2.4×	233 2.2×	131 1.3×	76 0.8×	17	908
Tatiana Savinova	575 1.5×	60 0.4×	65 0.6×	247 2.5×	171 1.9×	14	669
R. A. Lake	381 1.0×	365 2.4×	126 1.2×	102 1.0×	111 1.2×	8	788
Harald von Waldow	257 0.7×	235 1.6×	207 1.9×	64 0.7×	68 0.7×	12	495
Robert Hunt	547 1.4×	125 0.8×	84 0.8×	148 1.5×	227 2.5×	12	640

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Russel Shearer

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Straub, Jürg Oliver, Russel Shearer, & Martin Studer. (2014). Rational selection of alternative, environmentally compatible surfactants for biotechnological production of pharmaceuticals—A step toward green biotechnology. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 33(9). 2140–2146. 3 indexed citations

Donaldson, Shawn, et al.. (2013). Future human health research directions for the Canadian Northern Contaminants Program. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 72(1). 23049–23049. 5 indexed citations

Muir, Derek C. G., Russel Shearer, Jay Van Oostdam, Shawn Donaldson, & Chris Furgal. (2005). Contaminants in Canadian arctic biota and implications for human health: Conclusions and knowledge gaps. The Science of The Total Environment. 351-352. 539–546. 13 indexed citations

Barrie, L. A., D.J. Gregor, B. T. Hargrave, et al.. (1992). Arctic contaminants: sources, occurrence and pathways. The Science of The Total Environment. 122(1-2). 1–74. 523 indexed citations breakdown →

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