Sylvain Merel

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Sylvain Merel is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sylvain Merel has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 7 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sylvain Merel's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (11 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (6 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (5 papers). Sylvain Merel is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (11 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (6 papers) and Analytical chemistry methods development (5 papers). Sylvain Merel collaborates with scholars based in France, United States and Germany. Sylvain Merel's co-authors include Shane A. Snyder, Olivier Thomas, Estelle Baurès, David B. Walker, Christian Zwiener, Michel Clément, Tarun Anumol, Bradley O. Clarke, Marc H.G. Berntssen and Olivier Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Sylvain Merel

24 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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State of knowledge and concerns on cyanobacterial blooms and cyanotoxins

2013 762 citations Sylvain Merel, David B. Walker et al. Environment International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sylvain Merel France	20	948	499	455	400	394	24	1.8k
Elisabeth M.‐L. Janssen Switzerland	20	837 0.9×	432 0.9×	456 1.0×	329 0.8×	656 1.7×	38	2.1k
Christophoros Christophoridis Greece	23	537 0.6×	240 0.5×	792 1.7×	404 1.0×	465 1.2×	41	1.9k
Enzo Funari Italy	27	1.4k 1.4×	815 1.6×	678 1.5×	210 0.5×	821 2.1×	64	2.8k
Xiaochun Guo China	28	504 0.5×	154 0.3×	1.2k 2.6×	475 1.2×	620 1.6×	60	2.6k
Merrin S. Adams Australia	23	491 0.5×	190 0.4×	981 2.2×	231 0.6×	929 2.4×	70	2.0k
Soizic Morin France	31	779 0.8×	340 0.7×	1.2k 2.6×	291 0.7×	1.1k 2.8×	109	2.9k
Antonio Nebbioso Italy	21	211 0.2×	426 0.9×	335 0.7×	161 0.4×	160 0.4×	26	2.3k
L.C. Rai India	28	479 0.5×	235 0.5×	536 1.2×	305 0.8×	545 1.4×	76	2.3k
Mirabelle M.P. Tsui Hong Kong	20	588 0.6×	154 0.3×	882 1.9×	141 0.4×	1.1k 2.9×	22	2.1k
Niels Nyholm Denmark	28	481 0.5×	205 0.4×	1.1k 2.3×	218 0.5×	1.0k 2.6×	73	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sylvain Merel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sylvain Merel

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2025). Using suspect and non-targeted analysis (NTA) by high-resolution mass spectrometry to gain deeper insight into organic contamination of freshwater sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 496. 139361–139361. 1 indexed citations

Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2024). Review on analytical methods and occurrence of organic contaminants in continental water sediments. Chemosphere. 365. 143275–143275. 6 indexed citations

Merel, Sylvain. (2022). Critical assessment of the Kendrick mass defect analysis as an innovative approach to process high resolution mass spectrometry data for environmental applications. Chemosphere. 313. 137443–137443. 21 indexed citations

Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2020). Paradigm shifts and current challenges in wastewater management. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 390. 122139–122139. 107 indexed citations

Merel, Sylvain, Jorge Regueiro, Marc H.G. Berntssen, et al.. (2019). Identification of ethoxyquin and its transformation products in salmon after controlled dietary exposure via fish feed. Food Chemistry. 289. 259–268. 27 indexed citations

Knapp, Julia L. A., Sylvain Merel, Olaf A. Cirpka, et al.. (2018). Fate of wastewater contaminants in rivers: Using conservative-tracer based transfer functions to assess reactive transport. The Science of The Total Environment. 656. 1250–1260. 36 indexed citations

Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2018). Occurrence and overlooked sources of the biocide carbendazim in wastewater and surface water. Environmental Pollution. 239. 512–521. 85 indexed citations

Borowska, Ewa, Marius Majewsky, Sylvain Merel, et al.. (2018). Photolysis of four β‑lactam antibiotics under simulated environmental conditions: Degradation, transformation products and antibacterial activity. The Science of The Total Environment. 651(Pt 1). 1605–1612. 82 indexed citations

Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2017). Denatonium – A so far unrecognized but ubiquitous water contaminant?. Water Research. 112. 254–260. 14 indexed citations

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Merel, Sylvain & Shane A. Snyder. (2016). Critical assessment of the ubiquitous occurrence and fate of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide in water. Environment International. 96. 98–117. 78 indexed citations

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Yan, Shuwen, Ai Jia, Sylvain Merel, et al.. (2016). Ozonation of Cylindrospermopsin (Cyanotoxin): Degradation Mechanisms and Cytotoxicity Assessments. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(3). 1437–1446. 33 indexed citations

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Merel, Sylvain, Andrey I. Nikiforov, & Shane A. Snyder. (2015). Potential analytical interferences and seasonal variability in diethyltoluamide environmental monitoring programs. Chemosphere. 127. 238–245. 35 indexed citations

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Anumol, Tarun, Bradley O. Clarke, Sylvain Merel, & Shane A. Snyder. (2015). Point‐of‐Use Devices for Attenuation of Trace Organic Compounds in Water. American Water Works Association. 107(9). 23 indexed citations

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Merel, Sylvain, Tarun Anumol, Minkyu Park, & Shane A. Snyder. (2014). Application of surrogates, indicators, and high-resolution mass spectrometry to evaluate the efficacy of UV processes for attenuation of emerging contaminants in water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 282. 75–85. 40 indexed citations

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Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2013). State of knowledge and concerns on cyanobacterial blooms and cyanotoxins. Environment International. 59. 303–327. 762 indexed citations breakdown →

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Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2013). Spatial and thematic distribution of research on cyanotoxins. Toxicon. 76. 118–131. 42 indexed citations

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Anumol, Tarun, Sylvain Merel, Bradley O. Clarke, & Shane A. Snyder. (2013). Ultra high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for rapid analysis of trace organic contaminants in water. Chemistry Central Journal. 7(1). 104–104. 77 indexed citations

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Merel, Sylvain, Michel Clément, Annick Mourot, Valérie Fessard, & Olivier Thomas. (2010). Characterization of cylindrospermopsin chlorination. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(16). 3433–3442. 35 indexed citations

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Merel, Sylvain, Michel Clément, & Olivier Thomas. (2009). State of the art on cyanotoxins in water and their behaviour towards chlorine. Toxicon. 55(4). 677–691. 103 indexed citations

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Merel, Sylvain, et al.. (2008). Ms identification of microcystin-LR chlorination by-products. Chemosphere. 74(6). 832–839. 60 indexed citations

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