Samuel N. Luoma

16.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
194 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Samuel N. Luoma is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel N. Luoma has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 131 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 112 papers in Pollution and 26 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Samuel N. Luoma's work include Heavy metals in environment (105 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (88 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (77 papers). Samuel N. Luoma is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (105 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (88 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (77 papers). Samuel N. Luoma collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Korea. Samuel N. Luoma's co-authors include Philip S. Rainbow, Marie‐Noéle Croteau, G. W. Bryan, Daniel J. Cain, Eugenia Valsami‐Jones, Superb K. Misra, Nicholas S. Fisher, Jamie R. Lead, Julia Fabrega and Tamara S. Galloway and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Samuel N. Luoma

188 papers receiving 11.9k 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.

Silver nanoparticles: Behaviour and effects in the aquatic environment

2010 959 citations Samuel N. Luoma et al. profile →
Why Is Metal Bioaccumulation So Variable? Biodynamics as a Unifying Concept

2005 743 citations Samuel N. Luoma, Philip S. Rainbow profile →
Bioavailability of trace metals to aquatic organisms — A review

1983 571 citations Samuel N. Luoma The Science of The Total Environment profile →
The Modification of an Estuary

1986 492 citations Samuel N. Luoma et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Samuel N. Luoma	7.5k	6.9k	2.3k	2.1k	1.5k	194	12.9k
Philip S. Rainbow	9.3k 1.2×	7.1k 1.0×	681 0.3×	2.2k 1.0×	953 0.6×	167	12.0k
Maria João Bebianno	7.7k 1.0×	5.5k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.6×	352 0.2×	227	11.5k
Peter G. C. Campbell	7.3k 1.0×	11.6k 1.7×	643 0.3×	1.6k 0.8×	2.6k 1.7×	270	19.5k
Karel De Schamphelaere	5.4k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	1.1k 0.5×	885 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	239	8.6k
Nicholas S. Fisher	6.4k 0.9×	4.3k 0.6×	463 0.2×	2.7k 1.3×	671 0.4×	207	11.6k
Julián Blasco	4.7k 0.6×	3.6k 0.5×	1.6k 0.7×	873 0.4×	451 0.3×	238	8.4k
Herbert E. Allen	6.7k 0.9×	8.4k 1.2×	472 0.2×	835 0.4×	2.3k 1.5×	165	13.1k
Rosa Freitas	4.5k 0.6×	3.3k 0.5×	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 0.8×	397 0.3×	334	8.7k
Józef M. Pacyna	9.3k 1.2×	5.6k 0.8×	296 0.1×	1.2k 0.6×	836 0.5×	125	14.1k
Carlos Vale	4.2k 0.6×	4.3k 0.6×	349 0.1×	1.9k 0.9×	934 0.6×	282	9.9k

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Ings, Jennifer, et al.. (2025). Development of a bioaccumulation model for selenium oxyanions and organoselenium in stream biota. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 44(2). 363–374. 3 indexed citations

Cain, Daniel J., et al.. (2021). Near-field receiving-water monitoring of trace metals and a benthic community near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in south San Francisco Bay, California—2019. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World.

Norgaard, Richard B., John A. Wiens, Stephen B. Brandt, et al.. (2020). Preparing Scientists, Policymakers, and Managers for a Fast-Forward Future. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 19(2). 6 indexed citations

Cain, Daniel J., Janet K. Thompson, A. Robin Stewart, et al.. (2015). Near-field receiving water monitoring of trace metals and a benthic community near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in south San Francisco Bay, California: 2014. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations

Luoma, Samuel N. & Johnnie N. Moore. (2015). Essays on Groundwater. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 13(3). 1 indexed citations

Luoma, Samuel N.. (2013). Essays on Science and Policy in the Bay-Delta. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 11(3). 1 indexed citations

Janssen, Elisabeth M.‐L., Janet K. Thompson, Samuel N. Luoma, & Richard G. Luthy. (2011). PCB-induced changes of a benthic community and expected ecosystem recovery following in situ sorbent amendment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30(8). 1819–1826. 17 indexed citations

Cain, Daniel J., Marie‐Noéle Croteau, & Samuel N. Luoma. (2011). Bioaccumulation dynamics and exposure routes of Cd and Cu among species of aquatic mayflies. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30(11). 2532–2541. 64 indexed citations

Rainbow, Philip S., et al.. (2011). Have the bioavailabilities of trace metals to a suite of biomonitors changed over three decades in SW England estuaries historically affected by mining?. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(8). 1589–1602. 38 indexed citations

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Kleckner, Amy E., A. Robin Stewart, Kent A. Elrick, & Samuel N. Luoma. (2010). Selenium concentrations and stable isotopic compositions of carbon and nitrogen in the benthic clam Corbula amurensis from northern San Francisco Bay, California: May 1995–February 2010. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 6 indexed citations

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Bouse, Robin M., Christopher C. Fuller, Samuel N. Luoma, et al.. (2010). Mercury-Contaminated Hydraulic Mining Debris in San Francisco Bay. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 8(1). 42 indexed citations

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Casado-Martínez, MC, Brian D. Smith, Samuel N. Luoma, & Philip S. Rainbow. (2010). Metal toxicity in a sediment-dwelling polychaete: Threshold body concentrations or overwhelming accumulation rates?. Environmental Pollution. 158(10). 3071–3076. 56 indexed citations

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Luoma, Samuel N.. (2009). San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science: Next Steps. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 7(1). 1 indexed citations

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Berhanu, Déborah, Agnieszka Dybowska, Superb K. Misra, et al.. (2009). Characterisation of carbon nanotubes in the context of toxicity studies. Environmental Health. 8(S1). S3–S3. 22 indexed citations

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Davis, Jay A, Donald Yee, Joshua N. Collins, Steven E. Schwarzbach, & Samuel N. Luoma. (2003). Potential for Increased Mercury Accumulation in the Estuary Food Web - eScholarship. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 1(1). 1 indexed citations

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Collins, Josh N., et al.. (2003). Potential for increased mercury accumulation in the Estuary food web: Issues in San Francisco Estuary Tidal Wetlands Restoration. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science. 1. 7 indexed citations

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Luoma, Samuel N., et al.. (2002). Increased selenium threat as a result of invasion of the exotic bivalve Potamocorbula amurensis into the San Francisco Bay-Delta. Aquatic Toxicology. 57(1-2). 51–64. 74 indexed citations

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Reinfelder, John R., Nicholas S. Fisher, Samuel N. Luoma, John W. Nichols, & Wen‐Xiong Wang. (1998). Trace element trophic transfer in aquatic organisms: A critique of the kinetic model approach. The Science of The Total Environment. 219(2-3). 117–135. 316 indexed citations

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Hari, P., Markku Kulmala, Toivo Pohja, et al.. (1994). A Challenge for an Environmental Measuring Station. Silva Fennica. 28(1). 29–39. 15 indexed citations

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Luoma, Samuel N., Daniel J. Cain, Kay T. Ho, & Anne Hutchinson. (1983). Variable tolerance to Copper in two species from San Francisco bay. Marine Environmental Research. 10(4). 209–222. 29 indexed citations

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