Sally Gaw

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
101 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sally Gaw is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sally Gaw has authored 101 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Pollution, 47 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 18 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sally Gaw's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (24 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (22 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (19 papers). Sally Gaw is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (24 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (22 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (19 papers). Sally Gaw collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Canada and United States. Sally Gaw's co-authors include Chris N. Glover, Grant L. Northcott, Thomas H. Hutchinson, Kevin V. Thomas, Laura E. Revell, Islay D. Marsden, James H. Bridson, Helena Ruffell, Dawn A. Smith and Eric C. Le Ru and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Sally Gaw

95 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Direct radiative effects of airborne microplastics

2021 262 citations Sally Gaw et al. profile →
First evidence of microplastics in Antarctic snow

2022 256 citations Sally Gaw, Helena Ruffell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sally Gaw New Zealand	30	2.2k	1.2k	891	346	331	101	3.4k
Nélson Abrantes Portugal	29	1.7k 0.8×	892 0.8×	935 1.0×	465 1.3×	549 1.7×	91	3.7k
Tania Martellini Italy	35	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.4×	241 0.7×	163 0.5×	91	3.7k
Roberta Bettinetti Italy	28	1.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.9×	496 0.6×	446 1.3×	476 1.4×	106	2.5k
Vincent Pettigrove Australia	33	2.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	282 0.8×	1.1k 3.5×	109	4.2k
Magnus Breitholtz Sweden	31	1.5k 0.7×	1.4k 1.2×	386 0.4×	300 0.9×	208 0.6×	68	2.6k
Changzhou Yan China	36	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	563 0.6×	763 2.2×	366 1.1×	146	3.9k
Mechthild Schmitt‐Jansen Germany	29	3.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.2×	1.4k 1.5×	532 1.5×	559 1.7×	60	4.3k
Ian Allan Norway	31	2.1k 0.9×	2.2k 1.9×	498 0.6×	473 1.4×	365 1.1×	97	4.1k
Liam Morrison Ireland	39	2.4k 1.1×	611 0.5×	1.6k 1.8×	268 0.8×	436 1.3×	106	5.2k
Steven R. Corsi United States	28	2.0k 0.9×	751 0.6×	971 1.1×	317 0.9×	271 0.8×	76	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sally Gaw

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sally Gaw

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sally Gaw

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ruffell, Helena, Olga Pantos, Brett Robinson, & Sally Gaw. (2025). Quantification of microplastics in biowastes including biosolids, compost, and vermicompost destined for land application. Figshare. 4(1). 5 indexed citations

Kingsbury, Joanne M., Olivier Laroche, Xavier Pochon, et al.. (2025). Plastic physico-chemical properties shape the early marine plastisphere. Environmental Pollution. 390. 127532–127532.

Marsden, Islay D., et al.. (2024). Assessment of Amphibola crenata as a bioindicator of estuarine trace element pollution using biochemical and physiological endpoints. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 206. 116693–116693. 1 indexed citations

Ruffell, Helena, Olga Pantos, Brett Robinson, & Sally Gaw. (2024). A method for the extraction of microplastics from solid biowastes including biosolids, compost, and soil for analysis by µ-FTIR. MethodsX. 12. 102761–102761. 8 indexed citations

Bridson, James H., Robert Abbel, Dawn A. Smith, Grant L. Northcott, & Sally Gaw. (2023). Release of additives and non-intentionally added substances from microplastics under environmentally relevant conditions. Environmental Advances. 12. 100359–100359. 42 indexed citations

Lehto, Niklas J., et al.. (2023). The Uptake of Rare Trace Elements by Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.). Toxics. 11(11). 929–929.

Gaw, Sally, et al.. (2023). Nutrients and Contaminants in Soils of Current and Former Oil Palm Production Systems from Indonesia. Land. 12(12). 2144–2144. 2 indexed citations

Bridson, James H., Robert Abbel, Dawn A. Smith, Grant L. Northcott, & Sally Gaw. (2023). Solving a microplastic dilemma? Evaluating additive release with a dynamic leaching method for microplastic assessment (DyLeMMA). MethodsX. 10. 102221–102221. 2 indexed citations

Gaw, Sally, et al.. (2022). An Assessment of Trace Element Accumulation in Palm Oil Production. Sustainability. 14(8). 4553–4553. 8 indexed citations

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Moltchanova, Elena, et al.. (2022). Elemental Composition of Palm Kernel Expeller Used as Supplementary Stock Fodder. Sustainability. 14(23). 15752–15752. 1 indexed citations

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Marsden, Islay D., et al.. (2021). Population responses of the pulmonate gastropod, Amphibola crenata , reflect estuarine trace metal contamination. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 56(2). 291–302. 1 indexed citations

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Ruffell, Helena, Olga Pantos, Grant L. Northcott, & Sally Gaw. (2021). Wastewater treatment plant effluents in New Zealand are a significant source of microplastics to the environment. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 57(3). 336–352. 31 indexed citations

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Ginés, María Jesús Gutiérrez, et al.. (2021). Chemical Elements and the Quality of Mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) Honey. Foods. 10(7). 1670–1670. 12 indexed citations

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Gaw, Sally, et al.. (2021). Dose assessment for polonium-210 (Po-210) in New Zealand shellfish. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 242. 106788–106788. 13 indexed citations

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Northcott, Grant L., et al.. (2020). Organic Micropollutants in Wastewater Effluents and the Receiving Coastal Waters, Sediments, and Biota of Lyttelton Harbour (Te Whakaraupō), New Zealand. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 79(4). 461–477. 24 indexed citations

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Marsden, Islay D., et al.. (2018). Indigenous and local peoples’ values of estuarine shellfisheries: moving towards holistic‐based catchment management. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 52(4). 526–541. 11 indexed citations

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Lyver, Phil O’B., Simon Aldridge, Andrew M. Gormley, et al.. (2017). Elevated mercury concentrations in the feathers of grey-faced petrels (Pterodroma gouldi) in New Zealand. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 119(1). 195–203. 16 indexed citations

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Gordon, Keith C., et al.. (2016). Synthetic shorelines in New Zealand? Quantification and characterisation of microplastic pollution on Canterbury's coastlines. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 50(2). 317–325. 77 indexed citations

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Gaw, Sally, et al.. (2014). Polyphasic studies of cyanobacterial strains isolated from benthic freshwater mats in Canterbury, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 52(1). 116–135. 16 indexed citations

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Gaw, Sally, Murray E. Close, & Mark J. Flintoft. (2008). Fifth national survey of pesticides in groundwater in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42(4). 397–407. 13 indexed citations

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