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, Brian Tracey, D.J. Gregor, L. A. Barrie, B. T. Hargrave, Terry F. Bidleman, R. A. Lake, Chris Furgal, Shawn Donaldson and Jay Van Oostdam and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and International Journal of Circumpolar Health.

In The Last Decade

Russel Shearer

4 papers receiving 503 citations

Hit Papers

Arctic contaminants: sources, occurrence and pathways 1992 2026 2003 2014 1992 100 200 300 400 500
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. Arctic contaminants: sources, occurrence and pathways
    1992 523 citations L. A. Barrie, D.J. Gregor et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Russel Shearer Canada 4 392 150 108 98 91 4 544
L. Lockhart Canada 7 526 1.3× 202 1.3× 106 1.0× 101 1.0× 134 1.5× 10 652
Monika Pućko Canada 14 426 1.1× 302 2.0× 120 1.1× 103 1.1× 118 1.3× 20 650
Krystyna Kozioł Poland 15 234 0.6× 234 1.6× 94 0.9× 166 1.7× 105 1.2× 40 590
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme 7 386 1.0× 200 1.3× 168 1.6× 119 1.2× 183 2.0× 16 737
Karen L. Foster Canada 13 338 0.9× 60 0.4× 44 0.4× 130 1.3× 137 1.5× 19 486
Gregory W. Patton United States 11 729 1.9× 357 2.4× 233 2.2× 131 1.3× 76 0.8× 17 908
Tatiana Savinova Norway 10 575 1.5× 60 0.4× 65 0.6× 247 2.5× 171 1.9× 14 669
Harald von Waldow Switzerland 10 257 0.7× 235 1.6× 207 1.9× 64 0.7× 68 0.7× 12 495
Arctic Monitoring 8 167 0.4× 241 1.6× 101 0.9× 37 0.4× 113 1.2× 10 506
Robert Hunt Canada 9 547 1.4× 125 0.8× 84 0.8× 148 1.5× 227 2.5× 12 640

Countries citing papers authored by Russel Shearer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Russel Shearer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Russel Shearer

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

All Works

4 of 4 papers shown
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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
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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
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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
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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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