Sutapa Ghosal

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
29 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Sutapa Ghosal is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sutapa Ghosal has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 8 papers in Pollution and 8 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sutapa Ghosal's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (8 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (8 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers). Sutapa Ghosal is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (8 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (8 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers). Sutapa Ghosal collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Sutapa Ghosal's co-authors include John C. Hemminger, Jeff Wagner, Zhong-Min Wang, Stephen Wall, Lance T. Yonkos, Courtney Arthur, Hendrik Bluhm, Miquel Salmerón, D. Frank Ogletree and E.L.D. Hebenstreit and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Environmental Science & Technology and Chemistry of Materials.

In The Last Decade

Sutapa Ghosal

29 papers receiving 2.4k 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. Electron Spectroscopy of Aqueous Solution Interfaces Reveals Surface Enhancement of Halides
    2005 584 citations Sutapa Ghosal, John C. Hemminger et al. Science profile →
  2. Microplastics in Four Estuarine Rivers in the Chesapeake Bay, U.S.A.
    2014 542 citations Sutapa Ghosal et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers

Sutapa Ghosal
Yongfang Zhao China
Shuzhi Wang China
J. Mark Parnis Canada
Xiaolei Feng China
Lars Hildebrandt Germany
Isabelle Bihannic France
Michael U. Kumke Germany
Yanling Li China
P. Valenta Germany
Sergej Naumov Germany
Yongfang Zhao China
Sutapa Ghosal
Citations per year, relative to Sutapa Ghosal Sutapa Ghosal (= 1×) peers Yongfang Zhao

Countries citing papers authored by Sutapa Ghosal

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sutapa Ghosal

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sutapa Ghosal. 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 Sutapa Ghosal. The network helps show where Sutapa Ghosal may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sutapa Ghosal

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sutapa Ghosal. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sutapa Ghosal 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 Sutapa Ghosal. Sutapa Ghosal 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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Wang, Zhong-Min, et al.. (2020). A new method for microplastic extraction from fish guts assisted by chemical dissolution. Analytical Methods. 12(45). 5450–5457. 7 indexed citations
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Hatcher, Patrick G., et al.. (2020). Microplastic fragment and fiber contamination of beach sediments from selected sites in Virginia and North Carolina, USA. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 151. 110869–110869. 117 indexed citations
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Wagner, Jeff, Zhong-Min Wang, Sutapa Ghosal, et al.. (2019). Nondestructive Extraction and Identification of Microplastics from Freshwater Sport Fish Stomachs. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(24). 14496–14506. 44 indexed citations
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Pugh, Amy, Jacob A. Lebin, Robert L. Jones, et al.. (2019). Notes from the Field: Methylmercury Toxicity from a Skin Lightening Cream Obtained from Mexico — California, 2019. MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 68(50). 1166–1167. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhong-Min, et al.. (2017). SEM/EDS and optical microscopy analyses of microplastics in ocean trawl and fish guts. The Science of The Total Environment. 603-604. 616–626. 317 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa, Michael S. Chen, Jeff Wagner, Zhong-Min Wang, & Stephen Wall. (2017). Molecular identification of polymers and anthropogenic particles extracted from oceanic water and fish stomach – A Raman micro-spectroscopy study. Environmental Pollution. 233. 1113–1124. 103 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa, Peter Weber, & Alexander Laskin. (2014). Spatially resolved chemical imaging of individual atmospheric particles using nanoscale imaging mass spectrometry: Insights into particle origin and chemistry. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa, Peter Weber, & Alexander Laskin. (2014). Spatially resolved chemical imaging of individual atmospheric particles using nanoscale imaging mass spectrometry: insight into particle origin and chemistry. Analytical Methods. 6(8). 2444–2451. 20 indexed citations
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Wagner, Jeff, Sutapa Ghosal, Todd P. Whitehead, & Catherine Metayer. (2013). Morphology, spatial distribution, and concentration of flame retardants in consumer products and environmental dusts using scanning electron microscopy and Raman micro-spectroscopy. Environment International. 59. 16–26. 29 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa, Terrance Leighton, Katherine E. Wheeler, I. D. Hutcheon, & Peter Weber. (2010). Spatially Resolved Characterization of Water and Ion Incorporation in Bacillus Spores. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 76(10). 3275–3282. 25 indexed citations
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Baer, Marcel D., I‐Feng W. Kuo, Hendrik Bluhm, & Sutapa Ghosal. (2009). Interfacial Behavior of Perchlorate versus Chloride Ions in Aqueous Solutions. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 113(48). 15843–15850. 37 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa, Matthew A. Brown, Hendrik Bluhm, et al.. (2008). Ion Partitioning at the Liquid/Vapor Interface of a Multicomponent Alkali Halide Solution: A Model for Aqueous Sea Salt Aerosols. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 112(48). 12378–12384. 73 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa, John C. Hemminger, Hendrik Bluhm, et al.. (2005). Electron Spectroscopy of Aqueous Solution Interfaces Reveals Surface Enhancement of Halides. Science. 307(5709). 563–566. 584 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ghosal, Sutapa & John C. Hemminger. (2004). Surface Adsorbed Water on NaCl and Its Effect on Nitric Acid Reactivity with NaCl Powders. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 108(37). 14102–14108. 31 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa. (2001). Role of water in alkali halide heterogeneous chemistry relevant to the atmosphere: A surface science study. 5890. 1 indexed citations
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Ghosal, Sutapa, et al.. (2000). Surface segregation of bromine in bromide doped NaCl: Implications for the seasonal variations in Arctic ozone. Geophysical Research Letters. 27(13). 1879–1882. 73 indexed citations
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