Steven D. Zaugg

18.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
57 papers, 14.8k citations indexed

About

Steven D. Zaugg is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven D. Zaugg has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 14.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Pollution, 29 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 24 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Steven D. Zaugg's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (37 papers), Water Quality and Resources Studies (16 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (13 papers). Steven D. Zaugg is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (37 papers), Water Quality and Resources Studies (16 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (13 papers). Steven D. Zaugg collaborates with scholars based in United States and Spain. Steven D. Zaugg's co-authors include Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, Dana W. Kolpin, Larry B. Barber, E. Michael Thurman, Herbert T. Buxton, Paul E. Stackelberg, Kimberlee K. Barnes, Stephen L. Werner and Mark R. Burkhardt and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Steven D. Zaugg

57 papers receiving 13.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000: A National Reconnaissance

2002 6.5k citations Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Response to Comment on “Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000: A National Reconnaissance”

2002 1.4k citations Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Persistence of pharmaceutical compounds and other organic wastewater contaminants in a conventional drinking-water-treatment plant

2004 845 citations Paul E. Stackelberg, Edward T. Furlong et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
A national reconnaissance for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States — II) Untreated drinking water sources

2008 660 citations Dana W. Kolpin, Kimberlee K. Barnes et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Efficiency of conventional drinking-water-treatment processes in removal of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds

2007 585 citations Paul E. Stackelberg, Jacob Gibs et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
A national reconnaissance of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States — I) Groundwater

2008 565 citations Kimberlee K. Barnes, Dana W. Kolpin et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →
Transport of Chemical and Microbial Compounds from Known Wastewater Discharges: Potential for Use as Indicators of Human Fecal Contamination

2005 553 citations Susan T. Glassmeyer, Edward T. Furlong et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven D. Zaugg United States	34	11.1k	6.2k	3.4k	2.6k	1.3k	57	14.8k
Larry B. Barber United States	54	11.5k 1.0×	7.1k 1.1×	3.2k 0.9×	2.4k 0.9×	2.0k 1.5×	139	16.5k
Edward T. Furlong United States	60	15.1k 1.4×	9.3k 1.5×	4.2k 1.2×	3.7k 1.4×	2.5k 1.9×	152	21.7k
Jian‐Liang Zhao China	64	10.8k 1.0×	4.8k 0.8×	2.5k 0.7×	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 1.0×	179	15.9k
Miren López de Alda Spain	77	9.6k 0.9×	6.7k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	3.9k 1.5×	1.2k 0.9×	206	16.4k
Dana W. Kolpin United States	71	17.0k 1.5×	9.2k 1.5×	5.2k 1.5×	3.4k 1.3×	2.7k 2.0×	223	25.5k
Chris D. Metcalfe Canada	74	8.8k 0.8×	7.3k 1.2×	1.4k 0.4×	2.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	261	17.0k
Michael T. Meyer United States	58	18.3k 1.6×	8.0k 1.3×	5.2k 1.5×	3.9k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	148	25.0k
Herbert T. Buxton United States	14	6.9k 0.6×	3.5k 0.6×	2.0k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	820 0.6×	26	9.0k
Bent Halling‐Sørensen Denmark	49	8.9k 0.8×	3.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.9×	945 0.7×	101	11.6k
Beate I. Escher Germany	78	10.5k 0.9×	11.4k 1.9×	3.5k 1.0×	1.8k 0.7×	2.1k 1.6×	344	20.9k

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Zaugg, Steven D., Patrick J. Phillips, & Steven G. Smith. (2014). Analysis of pharmaceutical and other organic wastewater compounds in filtered and unfiltered water samples by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 18 indexed citations

Nilsen, Elena B., Steven D. Zaugg, David A. Alvarez, et al.. (2014). Contaminants of legacy and emerging concern in largescale suckers (Catostomus macrocheilus) and the foodweb in the lower Columbia River, Oregon and Washington, USA. The Science of The Total Environment. 484. 344–352. 35 indexed citations

Counihan, Timothy D., Ian R. Waite, Elena B. Nilsen, et al.. (2014). A survey of benthic sediment contaminants in reaches of the Columbia River Estuary based on channel sedimentation characteristics. The Science of The Total Environment. 484. 331–343. 18 indexed citations

Kinney, Chad A., Edward T. Furlong, Dana W. Kolpin, et al.. (2012). Earthworm bioassays and seedling emergence for monitoring toxicity, aging and bioaccumulation of anthropogenic waste indicator compounds in biosolids–amended soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 433. 507–515. 48 indexed citations

Barber, Larry B., Steffanie H. Keefe, Dana W. Kolpin, et al.. (2011). Lagrangian sampling of wastewater treatment plant effluent in Boulder Creek, Colorado, and Fourmile Creek, Iowa, during the summer of 2003 and spring of 2005— Hydrological and water-quality data. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 10 indexed citations

Walker, David B., Timothy S. Gross, Steven D. Zaugg, et al.. (2009). Changes in reproductive biomarkers in an endangered fish species (bonytail chub, Gila elegans) exposed to low levels of organic wastewater compounds in a controlled experiment. Aquatic Toxicology. 95(2). 133–143. 6 indexed citations

Mahler, Barbara J., Peter C. Van Metre, Jennifer T. Wilson, et al.. (2009). Fipronil and its Degradates in Indoor and Outdoor Dust. Environmental Science & Technology. 43(15). 5665–5670. 72 indexed citations

Kolpin, Dana W., et al.. (2009). Waste-Indicator and Pharmaceutical Compounds in Landfill-Leachate-Affected Ground Water near Elkhart, Indiana, 2000–2002. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 82(6). 653–659. 74 indexed citations

Alvarez, David A., et al.. (2008). Occurrence of organic wastewater compounds in the Tinkers Creek watershed and two other tributaries to the Cuyahoga River, northeast Ohio. Scientific investigations report. 11 indexed citations

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Barnes, Kimberlee K., Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, et al.. (2008). A national reconnaissance of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants in the United States — I) Groundwater. The Science of The Total Environment. 402(2-3). 192–200. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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Metre, Peter C. Van, Jennifer T. Wilson, Arthur J. Horowitz, et al.. (2007). Chemical constituents in sediment in Lake Pontchartrain and in street mud and canal sediment in New Orleans, Louisiana, following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, 2005. Data series. 1 indexed citations

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Stackelberg, Paul E., Jacob Gibs, Edward T. Furlong, et al.. (2007). Efficiency of conventional drinking-water-treatment processes in removal of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds. The Science of The Total Environment. 377(2-3). 255–272. 585 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gibs, Jacob, Paul E. Stackelberg, Edward T. Furlong, et al.. (2006). Persistence of pharmaceuticals and other organic compounds in chlorinated drinking water as a function of time. The Science of The Total Environment. 373(1). 240–249. 126 indexed citations

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Sandstrom, Mark W., Dana W. Kolpin, E. Michael Thurman, & Steven D. Zaugg. (2005). Widespread detection of N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide in U.S. Streams: Comparison with concentrations of pesticides, personal care products, and other organic wastewater compounds. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 24(5). 1029–1034. 47 indexed citations

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Alvarez, David A., Paul E. Stackelberg, J.D. Petty, et al.. (2005). Comparison of a novel passive sampler to standard water-column sampling for organic contaminants associated with wastewater effluents entering a New Jersey stream. Chemosphere. 61(5). 610–622. 166 indexed citations

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Bouwer, Herman, Robert C. Rice, Edward T. Furlong, et al.. (2004). Do Pharmaceuticals, Pathogens, and Other Organic Waste Water Compounds Persist When Waste Water Is Used for Recharge?. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation. 24(2). 58–69. 81 indexed citations

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Burkhardt, Mark R., et al.. (2004). Pressurized liquid extraction using water/isopropanol coupled with solid-phase extraction cleanup for industrial and anthropogenic waste-indicator compounds in sediment. Analytica Chimica Acta. 534(1). 89–100. 74 indexed citations

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Kolpin, Dana W., Mary Skopec, Michael T. Meyer, Edward T. Furlong, & Steven D. Zaugg. (2004). Urban contribution of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants to streams during differing flow conditions. The Science of The Total Environment. 328(1-3). 119–130. 470 indexed citations

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Stackelberg, Paul E., Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, et al.. (2004). Persistence of pharmaceutical compounds and other organic wastewater contaminants in a conventional drinking-water-treatment plant. The Science of The Total Environment. 329(1-3). 99–113. 845 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zaugg, Steven D., et al.. (2003). Organic wastewater contaminants in the upper Chattahoochee River Basin, Georgia, 1999–2002. SMARTech Repository (Georgia Institute of Technology). 7 indexed citations

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