Stephen D. Burrows

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen D. Burrows is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen D. Burrows has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pollution, 9 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 2 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Stephen D. Burrows's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (10 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (9 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (6 papers). Stephen D. Burrows is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (10 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (9 papers) and Municipal Solid Waste Management (6 papers). Stephen D. Burrows collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Stephen D. Burrows's co-authors include Kevin V. Thomas, Stacey O’Brien, Francisca Ribeiro, Elvis D. Okoffo, Jake O’Brien, Cassandra Rauert, Xianyu Wang, Ronald E. Weishaar, Mary Quade and Dale B. Evans and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Stephen D. Burrows

16 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

  1. There's something in the air: A review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere
    2023 232 citations Stacey O’Brien, Cassandra Rauert 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
Stephen D. Burrows Australia 12 758 577 171 153 98 16 1.1k
Messika Revel France 12 836 1.1× 502 0.9× 201 1.2× 155 1.0× 152 1.6× 30 1.2k
Yunxiao Yang China 12 480 0.6× 264 0.5× 83 0.5× 84 0.5× 144 1.5× 48 854
Xiyue Zhang China 11 418 0.6× 348 0.6× 102 0.6× 116 0.8× 116 1.2× 23 701
Laura R. Sadofsky United Kingdom 19 1.1k 1.4× 698 1.2× 188 1.1× 186 1.2× 226 2.3× 40 2.2k
Zhouyang Li China 19 420 0.6× 270 0.5× 98 0.6× 298 1.9× 107 1.1× 45 1.3k
Jin Soo Choi South Korea 18 632 0.8× 270 0.5× 169 1.0× 187 1.2× 121 1.2× 48 1.2k
Shuai He China 15 326 0.4× 241 0.4× 108 0.6× 144 0.9× 176 1.8× 43 1.0k
Philipp Königshofer Austria 11 1.3k 1.7× 817 1.4× 248 1.5× 83 0.5× 248 2.5× 18 1.6k
Yujie Qin China 23 620 0.8× 161 0.3× 84 0.5× 187 1.2× 305 3.1× 84 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen D. Burrows

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen D. Burrows

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen D. Burrows

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Burrows, Stephen D., John M. Colwell, Sarit Kaserzon, et al.. (2024). UV sources and plastic composition influence microplastic surface degradation: Implications for plastic weathering studies. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances. 14. 100428–100428. 21 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Stacey, Cassandra Rauert, Francisca Ribeiro, et al.. (2023). There's something in the air: A review of sources, prevalence and behaviour of microplastics in the atmosphere. The Science of The Total Environment. 874. 162193–162193. 232 indexed citations breakdown →
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Burrows, Stephen D., Rebecca Olive, Stacey O’Brien, & Tamara S. Galloway. (2022). Connection is key when there's no planet B: The need to innovate environmental science communication with transdisciplinary approaches. The Science of The Total Environment. 853. 158435–158435. 4 indexed citations
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Burrows, Stephen D., Francisca Ribeiro, Stacey O’Brien, et al.. (2022). The message on the bottle: Rethinking plastic labelling to better encourage sustainable use. Environmental Science & Policy. 132. 109–118. 22 indexed citations
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Okoffo, Elvis D., Stacey O’Brien, Francisca Ribeiro, et al.. (2021). Plastic particles in soil: state of the knowledge on sources, occurrence and distribution, analytical methods and ecological impacts. Environmental Science Processes & Impacts. 23(2). 240–274. 97 indexed citations
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Okoffo, Elvis D., Erica Donner, S. P. McGrath, et al.. (2021). Plastics in biosolids from 1950 to 2016: A function of global plastic production and consumption. Water Research. 201. 117367–117367. 127 indexed citations
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Toapanta, Tania, Elvis D. Okoffo, Stacey O’Brien, et al.. (2021). Influence of surface oxidation on the quantification of polypropylene microplastics by pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry. The Science of The Total Environment. 796. 148835–148835. 42 indexed citations
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O’Brien, Stacey, Elvis D. Okoffo, Cassandra Rauert, et al.. (2021). Quantification of selected microplastics in Australian urban road dust. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 416. 125811–125811. 98 indexed citations
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Okoffo, Elvis D., Stacey O’Brien, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2021). Does size matter? Quantification of plastics associated with size fractionated biosolids. The Science of The Total Environment. 811. 152382–152382. 25 indexed citations
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Okoffo, Elvis D., Benjamin J. Tscharke, Jake O’Brien, et al.. (2020). Release of Plastics to Australian Land from Biosolids End-Use. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(23). 15132–15141. 93 indexed citations
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Burrows, Stephen D., et al.. (2020). Expanding exploration of dynamic microplastic surface characteristics and interactions. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 130. 115993–115993. 63 indexed citations
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Burrows, Stephen D., Samuel G. Franklin, Michael Brigham‐Burke, et al.. (1995). Biological and biophysical characterization of recombinant soluble human E-selectin purified at large scale by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography. Journal of Chromatography B Biomedical Sciences and Applications. 668(2). 219–231. 3 indexed citations
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Weishaar, Ronald E., et al.. (1986). Multiple molecular forms of cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase in cardiac and smooth muscle and in platelets. Biochemical Pharmacology. 35(5). 787–800. 216 indexed citations
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Simon, Toby L., Stephen D. Burrows, & John R. Little. (1973). Ligand binding reactions of antibodies specific for folinic acid. Immunochemistry. 10(1). 31–36. 1 indexed citations
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Burrows, Stephen D.. (1951). The chemistry of mushroom composts. II.—Nitrogen changes during the composting and cropping processes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 2(9). 403–410. 12 indexed citations
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Burrows, Stephen D.. (1951). The chemistry of mushroom composts. I.—General introduction and methods of investigation. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 2(9). 395–403. 11 indexed citations

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