Sajjad Abbasi

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Sajjad Abbasi is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Sajjad Abbasi has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Pollution, 43 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Sajjad Abbasi's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (53 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (42 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (11 papers). Sajjad Abbasi is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (53 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (42 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (11 papers). Sajjad Abbasi collaborates with scholars based in Iran, United Kingdom and Poland. Sajjad Abbasi's co-authors include Andrew Turner, Behnam Keshavarzi, Farid Moore, Naghmeh Soltani, Siavash Iravani, Hassan Korbekandi, Neemat Jaafarzadeh, Frank J. Kelly, Ana Oliete Dominguez and Patryk Oleszczuk and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Sajjad Abbasi

70 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Distribution and potential health impacts of microplastics and microrubbers in air and street dusts from Asaluyeh County, Iran

2018 550 citations Sajjad Abbasi, Behnam Keshavarzi et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
Microplastics in different tissues of fish and prawn from the Musa Estuary, Persian Gulf

2018 542 citations Sajjad Abbasi, Behnam Keshavarzi et al. Chemosphere profile →

Peers

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Christian Ebere Enyoh Nigeria

Lian‐Jun Bao China

Razegheh Akhbarizadeh Iran

Sina Dobaradaran Iran

Mahua Saha India

Md. Refat Jahan Rakib Bangladesh

Qumber Abbas China

Lixiu Shi China

Claudia Campanale Italy

Andrew Wirnkor Verla Nigeria

Christian Ebere Enyoh Nigeria

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2.2k ×0.7

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1.4k ×0.6

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277 ×0.4

468 ×0.8

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386 ×0.7

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Countries citing papers authored by Sajjad Abbasi

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sajjad Abbasi

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20 of 20 papers shown

Abbasi, Sajjad & Andrew Turner. (2025). Characteristics, behaviour and fluxes of microplastics in the coastal boundary zones of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea. Environmental Pollution. 375. 126305–126305. 3 indexed citations

Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2025). Fluxes, residence times, and the budget of microplastics in the Curonian Lagoon. Environmental Pollution. 375. 126289–126289. 1 indexed citations

Abbasi, Sajjad, Ali Najmeddin, Fatemeh Kardel, et al.. (2025). Regional and climatic variations in atmospheric microplastic deposition: A study throughout Iran. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 40. 104577–104577.

Razeghi, Nastaran, Amir Hossein Hamidian, Alireza Mirzajani, & Sajjad Abbasi. (2025). Evaluation of microplastic presence and risks in freshwater fish from Anzali International Wetland, Iran. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 31(9-10). 1590–1619.

Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2025). Peatlands as geo-archives for atmospheric micro- and nano-plastics: a perspective review. Frontiers in Earth Science. 13.

Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2024). Transport and deposition of microplastics and microrubbers during a dust storm (Sarakhs, northeast Iran). Aeolian Research. 70-71. 100942–100942. 3 indexed citations

Rafiee, Mohammad, et al.. (2024). Microplastic abundance and heavy metal contamination in agricultural soil with the wastewater treatment plants effluent; Tehran, Iran. Environmental Earth Sciences. 83(16). 4 indexed citations

Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2023). Human occupational exposure to microplastics: A cross-sectional study in a plastic products manufacturing plant. The Science of The Total Environment. 882. 163576–163576. 49 indexed citations

Abbasi, Sajjad, Mahrooz Rezaei, Abdolmajid Sameni, et al.. (2023). Entrainment and horizontal atmospheric transport of microplastics from soil. Chemosphere. 322. 138150–138150. 29 indexed citations

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Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2023). Heavy metals in edible red soil of the rainbow island in the Persian gulf: Concentration and health risk assessment. Chemosphere. 331. 138778–138778. 8 indexed citations

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Pashaei, Reza, Sajjad Abbasi, Hamid Reza Esmaeili, et al.. (2023). Accumulation of polystyrene nanoplastics and triclosan by a model tooth-carp fish, Aphaniops hormuzensis (Teleostei: Aphaniidae). Environmental Pollution. 333. 121997–121997. 9 indexed citations

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Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2022). Microplastics in the atmosphere of Ahvaz City, Iran. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 126. 95–102. 78 indexed citations

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Rezaei, Mahrooz, et al.. (2022). Microplastics in agricultural soils from a semi-arid region and their transport by wind erosion. Environmental Research. 212(Pt B). 113213–113213. 75 indexed citations

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Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2022). The effect of Origanum vulgare on histological damage, oxidative stress and sperm parameters following induction of ischemia/reperfusion in adult testicular rat. 27(2). 1–14.

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Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2021). Magnetic Particles Weight as an Indicator for Heavy Metals Concentration. Letters in Applied NanoBioScience. 11(3). 3770–3779. 2 indexed citations

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Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2021). Investigation of the 2018 Shiraz dust event: Potential sources of metals, rare earth elements, and radionuclides; health assessment. Chemosphere. 279. 130533–130533. 30 indexed citations

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Abbasi, Sajjad & Andrew Turner. (2020). Human exposure to microplastics: A study in Iran. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 403. 123799–123799. 194 indexed citations

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Abbasi, Sajjad, Farid Moore, Behnam Keshavarzi, et al.. (2020). PET-microplastics as a vector for heavy metals in a simulated plant rhizosphere zone. The Science of The Total Environment. 744. 140984–140984. 201 indexed citations

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Abbasi, Sajjad, et al.. (2010). Identification of heavy metals from ten watering campuses (ground waters) of Ilam-Iran.. Asian Journal of Chemistry. 22(5). 4117–4120. 1 indexed citations

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Korbekandi, Hassan, Siavash Iravani, & Sajjad Abbasi. (2009). Production of nanoparticles using organisms. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology. 29(4). 279–306. 221 indexed citations

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