Thomas Knacker

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Thomas Knacker is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas Knacker has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Pollution, 20 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Thomas Knacker's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (18 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (13 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (12 papers). Thomas Knacker is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (18 papers), Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (13 papers) and Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (12 papers). Thomas Knacker collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Thomas Knacker's co-authors include Thomas A. Ternes, Hansruedi Siegrist, Adriano Joss, S.A.E. Kools, Jörg Römbke, Jörg Oehlmann, Markus Liebig, Martina Dammann, Peter Reuschenbach and Petra Stahlschmidt‐Allner and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Thomas Knacker

41 papers receiving 2.0k citations

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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.

A rapid method to measure the solid–water distribution coefficient (Kd) for pharmaceuticals and musk fragrances in sewage sludge

2004 528 citations Thomas A. Ternes, Thomas Knacker et al. Water Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Thomas Knacker Germany	22	1.3k	817	337	333	182	42	2.0k
Mark R. Burkhardt United States	20	1.3k 1.0×	775 0.9×	285 0.8×	456 1.4×	156 0.9×	26	2.0k
Michael Cleuvers Germany	10	1.4k 1.1×	848 1.0×	271 0.8×	448 1.3×	166 0.9×	10	1.8k
Marta Villagrasa Spain	18	934 0.7×	647 0.8×	292 0.9×	224 0.7×	145 0.8×	29	1.6k
Stephen L. Werner United States	11	1.8k 1.4×	994 1.2×	399 1.2×	487 1.5×	248 1.4×	16	2.4k
Jason D. Witter United States	14	1.3k 1.0×	548 0.7×	241 0.7×	388 1.2×	208 1.1×	18	1.6k
Katherine Langford Norway	28	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	206 0.6×	433 1.3×	200 1.1×	56	2.9k
Carlos Fernández Spain	28	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.2×	196 0.6×	177 0.5×	191 1.0×	81	2.3k
Guido Fink Germany	17	1.7k 1.3×	760 0.9×	372 1.1×	550 1.7×	303 1.7×	18	2.1k
Lina Kantiani Spain	16	990 0.8×	568 0.7×	247 0.7×	396 1.2×	118 0.6×	17	2.2k
Paula Viana Spain	25	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	180 0.5×	335 1.0×	122 0.7×	48	2.2k

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Stalter, Daniel, Axel Magdeburg, Mirco Weil, Thomas Knacker, & Jörg Oehlmann. (2009). Toxication or detoxication? In vivo toxicity assessment of ozonation as advanced wastewater treatment with the rainbow trout. Water Research. 44(2). 439–448. 157 indexed citations

Junker, Thomas, et al.. (2009). A water–sediment screening tool for measuring biodegradation of organic chemicals. The Science of The Total Environment. 408(18). 3803–3810. 8 indexed citations

Kools, S.A.E., et al.. (2008). A ranking of European veterinary medicines based on environmental risks. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 4(4). 399–408. 44 indexed citations

Reuschenbach, Peter, et al.. (2008). ECOSAR model performance with a large test set of industrial chemicals. Chemosphere. 71(10). 1986–1995. 175 indexed citations

Kools, S.A.E., et al.. (2007). Estimating the use of veterinary medicines in the European union. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 50(1). 59–65. 132 indexed citations

Brink, Paul J. Van den, José Tarazona, Keith R. Solomon, et al.. (2005). The use of terrestrial and aquatic microcosms and mesocosms for the ecological risk assessment of veterinary medicinal products. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 24(4). 820–829. 60 indexed citations

Liebig, Markus, et al.. (2005). Evaluation of Measured and Predicted Environmental Concentrations of Selected Human Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (10 pp). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 13(2). 110–119. 57 indexed citations

Förster, Bernhard, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Josée E. Koolhaas, et al.. (2004). Ring-testing and Field-validation of a Terrestrial Model Ecosystem(TME) – An Instrument for Testing Potentially Harmful Substances: Effects of Carbendazim on Organic Matter Breakdown and Soil Fauna Feeding Activity. Ecotoxicology. 13(1-2). 129–141. 35 indexed citations

Liebig, Markus, Philipp Egeler, Jörg Oehlmann, & Thomas Knacker. (2004). Bioaccumulation of 14C-17α-ethinylestradiol by the aquatic oligochaete Lumbriculus variegatus in spiked artificial sediment. Chemosphere. 59(2). 271–280. 35 indexed citations

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Ternes, Thomas A., et al.. (2004). A rapid method to measure the solid–water distribution coefficient (Kd) for pharmaceuticals and musk fragrances in sewage sludge. Water Research. 38(19). 4075–4084. 528 indexed citations breakdown →

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Knacker, Thomas, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel, Susan Jones, et al.. (2004). Ring-Testing and Field-Validation of a Terrestrial Model Ecosystem (TME) – An Instrument for Testing Potentially Harmful Substances: Conceptual Approach and Study Design. Ecotoxicology. 13(1-2). 9–27. 94 indexed citations

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Sokull‐Klüttgen, Birgit, et al.. (2004). Use of Terrestrial Model Ecosystem Data in Environmental Risk Assessment for Industrial Chemicals, Biocides and Plant Protection Products in the EU. Ecotoxicology. 13(1-2). 163–176. 30 indexed citations

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Knacker, Thomas, et al.. (1999). Electrophoretic determination of estrogen-induced protein in fish exposed to synthetic and naturally occurring chemicals. The Science of The Total Environment. 233(1-3). 21–31. 46 indexed citations

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Römbke, Jörg, Thomas Knacker, & Petra Stahlschmidt‐Allner. (1997). Arzneimittel in der Umwelt. Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung. 9(1). 6–6. 21 indexed citations

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Stahlschmidt‐Allner, Petra, et al.. (1997). Endocrine disrupters in the aquatic environment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 4(3). 155–162. 63 indexed citations

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Knacker, Thomas, Hans‐Joachim Schallnaß, Ursula Klaschka, & Jan Ahlers. (1995). Application of the criteria for classification of existing chemicals as dangerous for the environment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 2(3). 179–187. 3 indexed citations

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Morgan, E. & Thomas Knacker. (1994). The role of laboratory terrestrial model ecosystems in the testing of potentially harmful substances. Ecotoxicology. 3(4). 213–233. 43 indexed citations

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Knacker, Thomas, et al.. (1989). Ecotoxicological Effects of Artificial Smokes on a Terrestrial Microcosm. Archives of toxicology. Supplement. 13. 398–401. 3 indexed citations

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Knacker, Thomas, et al.. (1989). Refinement of terrestrial microcosms for evaluating fate and effects of chemicals.. 1. 259–265. 3 indexed citations

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Knacker, Thomas, C. Neil Hunter, Owen Jones, Nicholas J. Russell, & John L. Harwood. (1985). Acyl lipid changes in photosynthetic mutants ofRhodopseudomonas sphaeroidescorrelate with blocks in bacteriochlorophyll synthesis. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 27(2). 155–159. 1 indexed citations

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