Sean Backus

6.7k total citations
92 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Sean Backus is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Backus has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 30 papers in Pollution and 16 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sean Backus's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (66 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (20 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (19 papers). Sean Backus is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (66 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (20 papers) and Mercury impact and mitigation studies (19 papers). Sean Backus collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Greenland. Sean Backus's co-authors include Derek C. G. Muir, Daryl J. McGoldrick, Alice Dove, Robert J. Letcher, Aaron T. Fisk, Ross J. Norstrom, Linda M. Campbell, Keith A. Hobson, Mehran Alaee and Michael J. Keir and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sean Backus

92 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Sean Backus 3.7k 1.4k 1.4k 895 880 92 5.0k
Chris Marvin 4.7k 1.3× 1.2k 0.9× 2.2k 1.6× 461 0.5× 981 1.1× 136 6.3k
Anders Bignert 4.7k 1.3× 1.9k 1.4× 999 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 1.2k 1.4× 158 6.1k
Joel E. Baker 5.8k 1.6× 755 0.5× 2.3k 1.7× 603 0.7× 1.6k 1.8× 103 7.2k
Barry C. Kelly 3.6k 1.0× 1.7k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 464 0.5× 756 0.9× 69 5.3k
Marc Amyot 6.0k 1.6× 468 0.3× 2.1k 1.5× 1.9k 2.2× 1.0k 1.2× 165 8.0k
Ed Sverko 4.8k 1.3× 920 0.7× 2.1k 1.5× 320 0.4× 1.2k 1.4× 87 6.1k
Darryl W. Hawker 3.2k 0.9× 859 0.6× 2.3k 1.7× 424 0.5× 550 0.6× 158 5.3k
John R. Reinfelder 3.7k 1.0× 973 0.7× 2.0k 1.4× 1.6k 1.8× 325 0.4× 114 7.1k
Mehran Alaee 7.0k 1.9× 1.3k 0.9× 2.9k 2.2× 444 0.5× 1.1k 1.3× 109 8.9k
Katrin Vorkamp 4.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 450 0.5× 718 0.8× 143 5.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Backus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Backus

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Gewurtz, Sarah B., Sean Backus, Alice Dove, et al.. (2020). Bisphenol A in the Canadian environment: A multimedia analysis. The Science of The Total Environment. 755(Pt 2). 142472–142472. 32 indexed citations
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Dove, Alice, et al.. (2018). Investigation of Spatial Distributions and Temporal Trends of Triclosan in Canadian Surface Waters. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 76(2). 231–245. 22 indexed citations
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Greaves, Alana K., Robert J. Letcher, Da Chen, et al.. (2016). Retrospective analysis of organophosphate flame retardants in herring gull eggs and relation to the aquatic food web in the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America. Environmental Research. 150. 255–263. 100 indexed citations
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Solla, Shane R. de, Joel S. Klinck, Laura E. King, et al.. (2015). Bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the unionid mussel Lasmigona costata in a river receiving wastewater effluent. Chemosphere. 146. 486–496. 151 indexed citations
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Byer, Jonathan D., Michel Lebeuf, Mehran Alaee, et al.. (2015). Trends of persistent organic pollutants in American eel (Anguilla rostrata) from eastern Lake Ontario, Canada, and their potential effects on recruitment. The Science of The Total Environment. 529. 231–242. 24 indexed citations
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Backus, Sean, et al.. (2015). Current status of short- and medium chain polychlorinated n-alkanes in top predatory fish across Canada. Chemosphere. 127. 93–100. 44 indexed citations
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McGoldrick, Daryl J., Robert J. Letcher, Enzo Barresi, et al.. (2014). Organophosphate flame retardants and organosiloxanes in predatory freshwater fish from locations across Canada. Environmental Pollution. 193. 254–261. 104 indexed citations
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Byer, Jonathan D., Grazina Pacepavicius, Michel Lebeuf, et al.. (2014). Qualitative analysis of halogenated organic contaminants in American eel by gas chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Chemosphere. 116. 98–103. 8 indexed citations
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Robson, Matthew, et al.. (2013). Wet deposition of brominated flame retardants to the Great Lakes basin – Status and trends. Environmental Pollution. 182. 299–306. 13 indexed citations
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Byer, Jonathan D., Mehran Alaee, R. Stephen Brown, et al.. (2013). Spatial trends of dioxin-like compounds in Atlantic anguillid eels. Chemosphere. 91(10). 1439–1446. 19 indexed citations
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Byer, Jonathan D., Michel Lebeuf, Mehran Alaee, et al.. (2012). Spatial trends of organochlorinated pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Atlantic Anguillid eels. Chemosphere. 90(5). 1719–1728. 24 indexed citations
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Gewurtz, Sarah B., Daryl J. McGoldrick, Michael J. Keir, et al.. (2011). Spatial trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Canadian fish and implications for long-term monitoring. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 30(7). 1564–1575. 24 indexed citations
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Äzim, M.E., et al.. (2011). Temporal PCB and mercury trends in Lake Erie fish communities: A dynamic linear modeling analysis. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 74(8). 2203–2214. 45 indexed citations
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Monson, Bruce A., David F. Staples, Satyendra P. Bhavsar, et al.. (2011). Spatiotemporal trends of mercury in walleye and largemouth bass from the Laurentian Great Lakes Region. Ecotoxicology. 20(7). 1555–1567. 67 indexed citations
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McGoldrick, Daryl J., et al.. (2010). Canada's national aquatic biological specimen bank and database. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 36(2). 393–398. 30 indexed citations
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Lee, Hing‐Biu, Thomas E. Peart, Michal Svoboda, & Sean Backus. (2009). Occurrence and fate of rosuvastatin, rosuvastatin lactone, and atorvastatin in Canadian sewage and surface water samples. Chemosphere. 77(10). 1285–1291. 48 indexed citations
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Marvin, Chris, D. J. Williams, Sean Backus, et al.. (2007). Temporal trends in polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans, dioxin-like PCBs, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Niagara river suspended sediments. Chemosphere. 67(9). 1808–1815. 37 indexed citations
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Muir, Derek C. G., Sean Backus, Erik W. Born, et al.. (2007). Toxaphene in minke whales (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) from the North Atlantic. Environmental Pollution. 153(1). 71–83. 3 indexed citations
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Dietz, Runé, Frank F. Rigét, Christian Sonne, et al.. (2006). Age and seasonal variability of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in free-ranging East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Environmental Pollution. 146(1). 166–173. 51 indexed citations
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Backus, Sean, et al.. (1999). Effect of surfactant solubilization on biodegradation of polychlorinated biphenyl congeners by Pseudomonas LB400. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 52(2). 255–260. 34 indexed citations

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