Thomas A. Ternes

53.3k citations

286 papers · 42.0k indexed · 19 hit papers · h-index 97

Impact in

Pollution top 0.01%
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis top 0.01%
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

Papers in

Pollution 214
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts 183
- Microplastics and Plastic Pollution 18
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 125
- Water Treatment and Disinfection 63
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals 33
- Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology 25

Co-authors: Christian G. Daughton Susan D. Richardson Adriano Joss Hansruedi Siegrist Roman Hirsch Klaus Haberer Dirk Löffler Arne Wick
Journals: Water Research (65 papers)Environmental Science & Technology (50 papers)Chemosphere (15 papers)Journal of Chromatography A (13 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (12 papers)
Partner nations: Germany Switzerland United States

In The Last Decade

Thomas A. Ternes

282 papers receiving 40.4k citations

Hit Papers

15 papers align trajectories log scale

Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues 2017 · 482 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2017 Analytical Chemistry
2016 Water Research
2014 Analytical Chemistry
2011 Analytical Chemistry
2006 Water Research
2005 Water Research
2005 Environmental Science & Technology
2004 Environmental Science & Technology
2004 Water Research
2004 Water Research
2003 Water Research
2002 Environmental Science & Technology
2002 Circulation
1999 The Science of The Total Environment
1999 The Science of The Total Environment
1999 The Science of The Total Environment
1999 Environmental Health Perspectives
1999 The Science of The Total Environment
1998 Water Research

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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1	New insights in the metabolic functions of freshwater sulfate reducing communities during steel corrosion by biophysicochemical, 16S rRNA gene sequence and metaproteomic analysis International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation ·T. Weise, Y Koike, Nico Jehmlich, Annika Fiskal, P.B. Adeboye, Sandro Castronovo, Peter Schweyen, B. Prendes, Thomas A. Ternes, Arne Wick, Jutta Meier	2025	2
2	Automated high-temporal-resolution multi-element river water monitoring with ICP-MS Environmental Sciences Europe ·Thanassis Aghnides, Jan G. Wiederhold, N Acampora, Osnat Cottan-Nir, 魏永鸽, Thomas A. Ternes, Lars Duester	2025	1
3	Release and quantification of organic and inorganic contaminants from geotextile materials in dynamic surface leaching test Journal of Hazardous Materials ·G. Robert Phelps, Peter Schweyen, Nelson Gayton, Arne Wick, Thomas A. Ternes	2024	2
4	From genes to toxins: Profiling Prymnesium parvum during a riverine harmful algal bloom Harmful Algae ·H. V. Kehiaian, Michael P. Schlüsener, Helmut Fischer, Julia Kleinteich, Manoj Schulz, Thomas A. Ternes, Flere Forfattere, Arne Wick, Sascha Krenek	2024	5
5	Photoaging phenomena of biodegradable polybutylene succinate and conventional low density polyethylene by artificial weathering – A comparative surface study Applied Surface Science ·Edward Pearson Ramsay, Tim Lauschke, Korschinek Gunther, De Ungria JM, Peter Schweyen, Byung-Hyung Lee, Ünal Akçay, Georg Dierkes, Thomas A. Ternes, Christian B. Fischer	2022	13
6	Close-range remote sensing-based detection and identification of macroplastics on water assisted by artificial intelligence: A review Water Research ·詹朝傑, Aisha Wada Abubakakar, Thomas A. Ternes	2022	37
7	Communication Breakdown: Into the Molecular Mechanism of Biofilm Inhibition by CeO₂ Nanocrystal Enzyme Mimics and How It Can Be Exploited ACS Nano ·Jamie Hope, F.K. Berrien, Martin Siebenhaller, И. С. Буракова, Felix Pfitzner, Ralf Heermann, Thomas A. Ternes, Wolfgang Tremel	2022	29
8	Analysis of the aerobic biodegradation of glucocorticoids: Elucidation of the kinetics and transformation reactions Water Research ·Топоров Алексей Валерьевич, Michael P. Schlüsener, Georg Dierkes, Arne Wick, Thomas A. Ternes	2020	23
9	Ozonation of Sitagliptin: Removal Kinetics and Elucidation of Oxidative Transformation Products Environmental Science & Technology ·Carmen Ximena Tercero Villagran, Kevin S. Jewell, Per Falås, Holger V. Lutze, Arne Wick, Thomas A. Ternes	2020	22
10	High resolution mass spectrometry-based non-target screening can support regulatory environmental monitoring and chemicals management Environmental Sciences Europe ·Juliane Hollender, Bert van Bavel, Valeria Dulio, Eivind Farmen, Hyoung-Ju 이형주Lee, Jan Koschorreck, Uwe Kunkel, Martin Krauß, John Munthe, Martin Schlabach, Jaroslav Slobodnı́k, Gerard J. Stroomberg, Thomas A. Ternes, Νikolaos S. Τhomaidis, Anne Togola, Victoria Tornero	2019	129
11	What you extract is what you see: Optimising the preparation of water and wastewater samples for in vitro bioassays Water Research ·Белоножко Павел Петрович, E.M. Klier, M. Katz, hossein Ahangary, Jörg Oehlmann, Carsten Prasse, Ulrike Schulte‐Oehlmann, Wolfram Seitz, Thomas A. Ternes, Marcus Weber, Hyungdon Cho, Martin Wagner	2019	57
12	Metal(loid) speciation and size fractionation in sediment pore water depth profiles examined with a new meso profiling system Chemosphere ·Khaturia, fatemeh Rezaii Sharif, A. Kafel, Thomas A. Ternes, Lars Duester	2017	12
13	Occurrence and fate of amisulpride, sulpiride, and lamotrigine in municipal wastewater treatment plants with biological treatment and ozonation Journal of Hazardous Materials ·M. Katz, Wolfram Seitz, Carsten Prasse, Thomas Lücke, W. Schulz, Thomas A. Ternes	2016	106
14	Spoilt for choice: A critical review on the chemical and biological assessment of current wastewater treatment technologies Water Research ·Carsten Prasse, Daniel Stalter, Ulrike Schulte‐Oehlmann, Jörg Oehlmann, Thomas A. Ternes	2015	255
15	Development and validation of a generic nontarget method based on liquid chromatography – high resolution mass spectrometry analysis for the evaluation of different wastewater treatment options Journal of Chromatography A ·B. C. Park, Manoj Schulz, Uwe Kunkel, Thomas A. Ternes	2015	69
16	Removal of antibiotics from urban wastewater by constructed wetland optimization Chemosphere ·María Hijosa‐Valsero, Guido Fink, Michael P. Schlüsener, Ricardo Sidrach‐Cardona, Javier Martín-Villacorta, Thomas A. Ternes, Eloy Bécares	2011	194
17	Fate of PPCPs in sequencing batch reactor (SBR) Architecture Civil Engineering Environment ·S. Żabczyński, Ewa Felis, Joanna Surmacz‐Górska, Korneliusz Miksch, Thomas A. Ternes	2009	5
18	Characterization and source identification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in river bank soils Chemosphere ·Carmen Pies, Ryan J. Schwab, Axet Martí, Yi Yang, Thomas A. Ternes, Thilo Hofmann	2008	325
19	Nachweis von Arzneimittelrückständen in Kläranlagen und Fliessgewässern Haiyi Wang, Thomas A. Ternes, Klaus Haberer, Lopez David Larrabeiti, W. Baumann	1996	93
20	Nachweis von natürlichen und synthetischen Östrogenen in Kläranlagen und Fliessgewässern Haiyi Wang, Thomas A. Ternes, Klaus Haberer, W. Baumann	1996	88

About Thomas A. Ternes

Thomas A. Ternes is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Analytical Chemistry, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Water Science and Technology, having authored 286 papers that have together received 42.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (183 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (63 papers), Water Treatment and Disinfection (63 papers), Advanced oxidation water treatment (37 papers), Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (33 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (25 papers), Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy (22 papers) and Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Pollution (30.2k citations), Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (16.1k citations), Analytical Chemistry (9.4k citations), Water Science and Technology (10.2k citations) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (5.6k citations). Thomas A. Ternes has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and United States. Frequent co-authors include Christian G. Daughton, Susan D. Richardson, Adriano Joss, Hansruedi Siegrist, Roman Hirsch, Klaus Haberer, Dirk Löffler, Arne Wick, Karl Kratz and Guido Fink. Their work appears in journals such as Water Research, Environmental Science & Technology, Chemosphere, Journal of Chromatography A and The Science of The Total Environment.

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