Sara Karolak

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
19 papers, 995 citations indexed

About

Sara Karolak is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Toxicology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Karolak has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 995 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 5 papers in Toxicology. Recurrent topics in Sara Karolak's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (14 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (5 papers) and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (5 papers). Sara Karolak is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (14 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (5 papers) and Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (5 papers). Sara Karolak collaborates with scholars based in France, United Kingdom and Finland. Sara Karolak's co-authors include Yves Lévi, Thomas Nefau, Damien A. Devault, Sara Castiglioni, Audrey Solgadi, Adrian Covaci, Richard H. Lindberg, Félix Hernández, Pim de Voogt and Miren López de Alda and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Pollution and Journal of Chromatography A.

In The Last Decade

Sara Karolak

19 papers receiving 973 citations

Hit Papers

Comparing illicit drug use in 19 European cities through ... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 100 200 300
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. Comparing illicit drug use in 19 European cities through sewage analysis
    2012 397 citations Kevin V. Thomas, Lubertus Bijlsma 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
Sara Karolak France 14 598 276 259 250 107 19 995
Juliet Kinyua Belgium 18 463 0.8× 381 1.4× 194 0.7× 258 1.0× 105 1.0× 24 1.1k
Jose Antonio Baz‐Lomba Norway 21 463 0.8× 269 1.0× 221 0.9× 275 1.1× 111 1.0× 37 1.1k
Nicola Mastroianni Spain 20 826 1.4× 184 0.7× 343 1.3× 473 1.9× 67 0.6× 22 1.4k
Erika Castrignanò United Kingdom 22 511 0.9× 414 1.5× 225 0.9× 216 0.9× 109 1.0× 33 1.4k
Iria González‐Mariño Spain 22 820 1.4× 337 1.2× 551 2.1× 476 1.9× 74 0.7× 39 1.6k
Ann‐Kathrin McCall Switzerland 9 372 0.6× 179 0.6× 129 0.5× 203 0.8× 61 0.6× 9 758
Yves Lévi France 21 646 1.1× 163 0.6× 233 0.9× 797 3.2× 78 0.7× 48 1.5k
Qiuda Zheng Australia 18 350 0.6× 121 0.4× 118 0.5× 233 0.9× 67 0.6× 49 779
Ana Causanilles Netherlands 14 342 0.6× 149 0.5× 109 0.4× 172 0.7× 65 0.6× 14 717
Jianfa Gao Australia 21 451 0.8× 121 0.4× 121 0.5× 349 1.4× 60 0.6× 35 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Karolak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Karolak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sara Karolak. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sara Karolak. The network helps show where Sara Karolak may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Karolak

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Brunt, Tibor M., Teemu Gunnar, Thomas Seyler, et al.. (2021). Substances detected in used syringes of injecting drug users across 7 cities in Europe in 2017 and 2018: The European Syringe Collection and Analysis Project Enterprise (ESCAPE). International Journal of Drug Policy. 95. 103130–103130. 20 indexed citations
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Devault, Damien A. & Sara Karolak. (2020). Wastewater-based epidemiology approach to assess population exposure to pesticides: a review of a pesticide pharmacokinetic dataset. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 27(5). 4695–4702. 24 indexed citations
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Devault, Damien A., et al.. (2020). Reprint of: The effect of the Music Day event on community drug use. Forensic Science International. 314. 110355–110355. 2 indexed citations
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Devault, Damien A., et al.. (2020). The effect of the Music Day event on community drug use. Forensic Science International. 309. 110226–110226. 10 indexed citations
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Devault, Damien A., Laurence Amalric, Sébastien Bristeau, et al.. (2020). Removal efficiency of emerging micropollutants in biofilter wastewater treatment plants in tropical areas. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(9). 10940–10966. 14 indexed citations
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Nélieu, Sylvie, Isabelle Lamy, Sara Karolak, et al.. (2020). Impact of peri-urban landscape on the organic and mineral contamination of pond waters and related risk assessment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(42). 59256–59267. 6 indexed citations
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Devault, Damien A., Sara Karolak, Yves Lévi, et al.. (2018). Exposure of an urban population to pesticides assessed by wastewater-based epidemiology in a Caribbean island. The Science of The Total Environment. 644. 129–136. 28 indexed citations
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Devault, Damien A., Yves Lévi, & Sara Karolak. (2017). Applying sewage epidemiology approach to estimate illicit drug consumption in a tropical context: Bias related to sewage temperature and pH. The Science of The Total Environment. 584-585. 252–258. 29 indexed citations
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Devault, Damien A., et al.. (2016). The removal of illicit drugs and morphine in two waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) under tropical conditions. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 24(33). 25645–25655. 29 indexed citations
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Lévi, Yves, et al.. (2014). Drug analysis of residual content of used syringes: A new approach for improving knowledge of injected drugs and drug user practices. International Journal of Drug Policy. 26(4). 412–419. 25 indexed citations
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Nefau, Thomas, et al.. (2013). Presence of illicit drugs and metabolites in influents and effluents of 25 sewage water treatment plants and map of drug consumption in France. The Science of The Total Environment. 461-462. 712–722. 106 indexed citations
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Thomas, Kevin V., Lubertus Bijlsma, Sara Castiglioni, et al.. (2012). Comparing illicit drug use in 19 European cities through sewage analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 432. 432–439. 397 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mullot, Jean‐Ulrich, et al.. (2010). Modeling of hospital wastewater pollution by pharmaceuticals: first results of Mediflux study carried out in three French hospitals. Water Science & Technology. 62(12). 2912–2919. 32 indexed citations
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Karolak, Sara, et al.. (2010). Estimation of illicit drugs consumption by wastewater analysis in Paris area (France). Forensic Science International. 200(1-3). 153–160. 109 indexed citations
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Mullot, Jean‐Ulrich, et al.. (2009). Development and validation of a sensitive and selective method using GC/MS-MS for quantification of 5-fluorouracil in hospital wastewater. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 394(8). 2203–2212. 38 indexed citations
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Miège, Cécile, Marina Coquery, Sara Karolak, et al.. (2008). Evaluation of estrogenic disrupting potency in aquatic environments and urban wastewaters by combining chemical and biological analysis. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 28(2). 186–195. 41 indexed citations

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