Sarah E. Nelms

4.2k citations

22 papers · 2.6k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 17

Impact in

Pollution top 0.2%
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering top 0.2%
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Municipal Solid Waste Management

Papers in

Pollution 19
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution 19
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 9
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques 9

Co-authors: Brendan J. Godley Tamara S. Galloway Penelope K. Lindeque Dan Jarvis Emily M. Duncan Emma L. Carroll Thijs Bosker Laura J. Zantis
Journals: Environmental Pollution (5 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (5 papers)Marine Pollution Bulletin (2 papers)Endangered Species Research (2 papers)Biological Conservation (1 paper)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Bangladesh

In The Last Decade

Sarah E. Nelms

22 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River 2021 · 293 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2021 Environmental Pollution
2018 Environmental Pollution

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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1	Identifying potential high-risk zones for land-derived plastic litter to marine megafauna and key habitats within the North Atlantic The Science of The Total Environment ·Samantha L. Garrard, James R. Clark, Nicola Martin, Sarah E. Nelms, Zara L.R. Botterell, Matthew Cole, Rachel Coppock, Tamara S. Galloway, Dannielle S. Green, Megan A. Jones, Penelope K. Lindeque, Шварц Роман Сергеевич, Nicola Beaumont	2024	3
2	Best practices for collecting and preserving marine mammal biological samples in the ‘omics era Marine Mammal Science ·麻海赤木, Emily Lutz, Amy Apprill, Cory D. Champagne, Paul M. Chittaro, Natasha K. Dudek, Mackenzie Gavery, Brittany L. Hancock‐Hanser, Liu Pei-min, Alexander L. Jaffe, Nicholas M. Kellar, Carolyn A. Miller, Phillip A. Morin, Sarah E. Nelms, Kelly M. Robertson, Irvin R. Schultz, Emma Timmins‐Schiffman, Hafiz Muddassir Majeed Butt, Kim M. Parsons	2024	6
3	Microplastics in the Arctic: a transect through the Barents Sea Frontiers in Marine Science ·Vasant B. Masurekar, Rachel Coppock, Matthew Cole, Brendan J. Godley, Yanli Wang, Sarah E. Nelms, Penelope K. Lindeque	2023	15
4	Using citizen science to understand floating plastic debris distribution and abundance: A case study from the North Cornish coast (United Kingdom) Marine Pollution Bulletin ·謙次郎庄司, Rebecca Allen, Zara L.R. Botterell, Beatriz Callejo, Brendan J. Godley, Vivek H. Sridhar, David Santillo, Sarah E. Nelms	2023	4
5	The distribution and characterisation of microplastics in air, surface water and sediment within a major river system The Science of The Total Environment ·Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, Rumia Sultanova, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies, Emily M. Duncan, Sumit Kumar, Sarah E. Nelms, Md. Nazmul Hasan Niloy, Bushra Nishat, Taylor Maddalene, Natalie Smith, Richard C. Thompson, Heather J. Koldewey	2023	51
6	Rapid Characterization of Macroplastic Input and Leakage in the Ganges River Basin Environmental Science & Technology ·Masaki Kume, Amy Brooks, Kathrin Kern, Avinash Kumar Singh, S Akamatsu, Gaurav Verma, Poterio Di, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Emily M. Duncan, Hina Khatoon, Taylor Maddalene, Imogen E. Napper, Sarah E. Nelms, Yulia Klunnikova, P. Dreessen, Jenna Jambeck	2022	17
7	Microplastic distribution and composition on two Galápagos island beaches, Ecuador: Verifying the use of citizen science derived data in long-term monitoring Environmental Pollution ·Jen Jones, Anne Guézou, А. С. Овчинский, Y Futagoishi, S R Lefroy-Brooks, Daniela Alarcón‐Ruales, Tamara S. Galloway, Juan Pablo Muñoz‐Pérez, Sarah E. Nelms, Adam Porter, Martín Thiel, Ceri Lewis	2022	30
8	Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis identifies microplastics in stranded common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) from New Zealand waters Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Karen A. Stockin, Olga Pantos, Emma L. Betty, Matthew D. M. Pawley, D. Grant, 昌介笹原, Sebastian Rockstuhl, Matthew R. Perrott, Sarah E. Nelms, Gabriel E. Machovsky‐Capuska	2021	22
9	Assessing microplastic exposure of large marine filter-feeders The Science of The Total Environment ·Laura J. Zantis, Thijs Bosker, Михаил Николаевич Марченко, Sarah E. Nelms, Richard O’Rorke, Rochelle Constantine, Mary A. Sewell, Emma L. Carroll	2021	43
10	The abundance and characteristics of microplastics in surface water in the transboundary Ganges River Environmental Pollution ·Imogen E. Napper, Anju Baroth, Aaron Barrett, Rumia Sultanova, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Bede Ffinian Rowe Davies, Emily M. Duncan, Sumit Kumar, Sarah E. Nelms, Md. Nazmul Hasan Niloy, Bushra Nishat, Taylor Maddalene, Richard C. Thompson, Heather J. Koldewey Hit paper breakdown →	2021	293
11	Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution PLoS ONE ·Emily M. Duncan, Jayashri Patel, Amy Brooks, Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Brendan J. Godley, Jenna Jambeck, Taylor Maddalene, Imogen E. Napper, Sarah E. Nelms, Sharon G. Leaño, Heather J. Koldewey	2020	57
12	Plastic pollution in aquatic systems in Bangladesh: A review of current knowledge The Science of The Total Environment ·Gawsia Wahidunnessa Chowdhury, Heather J. Koldewey, Emily M. Duncan, Imogen E. Napper, Md. Nazmul Hasan Niloy, Sarah E. Nelms, Subrata Sarker, Rumia Sultanova, Bushra Nishat	2020	70
13	Investigating the distribution and regional occurrence of anthropogenic litter in English marine protected areas using 25 years of citizen-science beach clean data Environmental Pollution ·Sarah E. Nelms, Renata Silva Do Nascimento, Brendan J. Godley, Peter B. Richardson, Vera Alfaro, Jean‐Luc Solandt, Matthew J. Witt	2020	65
14	Marine mammals and microplastics: A systematic review and call for standardisation Environmental Pollution ·Laura J. Zantis, Emma L. Carroll, Sarah E. Nelms, Thijs Bosker	2020	169
15	Understanding individual and population-level effects of plastic pollution on marine megafauna Endangered Species Research ·Raksha Soora, Sarah E. Nelms, Nga Tu, Blair E. Witherington, Brendan J. Godley, Ana Tolj	2020	78
16	Microplastics in marine mammals stranded around the British coast: ubiquitous but transitory? Scientific Reports ·Sarah E. Nelms, James Barnett, Andrew Brownlow, Nicholas J. Davison, Rob Deaville, Tamara S. Galloway, Penelope K. Lindeque, David Santillo, Brendan J. Godley	2019	279
17	What goes in, must come out: Combining scat‐based molecular diet analysis and quantification of ingested microplastics in a marine top predator Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·Sarah E. Nelms, Helen Parry, Kimberley A. Bennett, Tamara S. Galloway, Brendan J. Godley, David Santillo, Penelope K. Lindeque	2019	54
18	Investigating microplastic trophic transfer in marine top predators Environmental Pollution ·Sarah E. Nelms, Tamara S. Galloway, Brendan J. Godley, Dan Jarvis, Penelope K. Lindeque Hit paper breakdown →	2018	768
19	Marine anthropogenic litter on British beaches: A 10-year nationwide assessment using citizen science data The Science of The Total Environment ·Sarah E. Nelms, Candice Coombes, Nichola Jones, Tamara S. Galloway, Brendan J. Godley, Penelope K. Lindeque, Matthew J. Witt	2016	233
20	Plastic and marine turtles: a review and call for research ICES Journal of Marine Science ·Sarah E. Nelms, Emily M. Duncan, Annette C. Broderick, Tamara S. Galloway, Matthew H. Godfrey, Mark Hamann, Penelope K. Lindeque, Brendan J. Godley	2015	280

About Sarah E. Nelms

Sarah E. Nelms is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Developmental Biology, Ecology and Ocean Engineering, having authored 22 papers that have together received 2.6k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (19 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (9 papers), Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry (4 papers), Marine animal studies overview (3 papers), Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (3 papers), Turtle Biology and Conservation (2 papers), Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (2 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (2.3k citations), Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (1.5k citations), Biomaterials (328 citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (245 citations) and Ocean Engineering (247 citations). Sarah E. Nelms has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Bangladesh. Frequent co-authors include Brendan J. Godley, Tamara S. Galloway, Penelope K. Lindeque, Dan Jarvis, Emily M. Duncan, Emma L. Carroll, Thijs Bosker, Laura J. Zantis, Matthew J. Witt and David Santillo. Their work appears in journals such as Environmental Pollution, The Science of The Total Environment, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Endangered Species Research and Biological Conservation.

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