Thorsten Hüffer

7.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
50 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Thorsten Hüffer is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Thorsten Hüffer has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Pollution, 25 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 15 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Thorsten Hüffer's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (30 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (23 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (9 papers). Thorsten Hüffer is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (30 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (23 papers) and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals (9 papers). Thorsten Hüffer collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Canada. Thorsten Hüffer's co-authors include Thilo Hofmann, Stephan Wagner, Thorsten Reemtsma, Natalia P. Ivleva, Matthew Cole, Therése Karlsson, Anders Egede Daugaard, Richard C. Thompson, Sinja Rist and Nanna B. Hartmann and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Thorsten Hüffer

48 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a ... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2019 2018 2016 2018 2023 500 1000 1.5k
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. Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris
    2019 1.9k citations Nanna B. Hartmann, Thorsten Hüffer et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
  2. Tire wear particles in the aquatic environment - A review on generation, analysis, occurrence, fate and effects
    2018 720 citations Stephan Wagner, Thorsten Hüffer et al. Water Research profile →
  3. Sorption of non-polar organic compounds by micro-sized plastic particles in aqueous solution
    2016 528 citations Thorsten Hüffer, Thilo Hofmann Environmental Pollution profile →
  4. Sorption of organic compounds by aged polystyrene microplastic particles
    2018 475 citations Thorsten Hüffer, Thilo Hofmann et al. Environmental Pollution profile →
  5. Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture
    2023 130 citations Thilo Hofmann, Subhasis Ghoshal et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thorsten Hüffer Austria 25 4.9k 3.4k 1.3k 957 683 50 5.8k
Alexandra ter Halle France 31 4.8k 1.0× 3.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 537 0.6× 697 1.0× 71 5.4k
Svenja M. Mintenig Netherlands 18 6.6k 1.3× 5.3k 1.6× 1.2k 1.0× 660 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 22 7.0k
Andy M. Booth Norway 38 3.7k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 923 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 554 0.8× 105 5.0k
Maocai Shen China 33 4.7k 0.9× 3.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 400 0.4× 927 1.4× 53 5.8k
Qiqing Chen China 35 5.3k 1.1× 3.0k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 915 1.3× 93 6.2k
Sherri A. Mason United States 20 8.2k 1.7× 6.6k 1.9× 1.6k 1.2× 708 0.7× 787 1.2× 27 8.7k
Julien Gigault France 33 4.7k 1.0× 3.1k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 540 0.6× 1.2k 1.8× 91 5.9k
Elke Fries Germany 25 4.2k 0.9× 3.0k 0.9× 757 0.6× 1.3k 1.3× 468 0.7× 44 5.2k
Annika Jahnke Germany 25 3.5k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 1.3k 1.0× 1.8k 1.9× 509 0.7× 67 5.7k
Gi Myung Han South Korea 32 6.2k 1.3× 4.6k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 1.3k 1.4× 482 0.7× 55 6.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thorsten Hüffer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thorsten Hüffer

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Martino, Chiara, Dario Savoca, Manuela Mauro, et al.. (2025). Heatwave conditions increase the toxicity of phthalates in marine organisms. The Science of The Total Environment. 979. 179479–179479. 1 indexed citations
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2025). Micro- and nanoplastics as transport vectors for organic contaminants in the environment: A critical review. Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 78. 101934–101934. 3 indexed citations
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Mordechay, Evyatar Ben, et al.. (2024). Uptake of tire-derived compounds in leafy vegetables and implications for human dietary exposure. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 12. 12 indexed citations
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Jachimowicz, Piotr, et al.. (2023). Tire materials disturb transformations of nitrogen compounds and affect the structure of biomass in aerobic granular sludge reactors. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 465. 133223–133223. 8 indexed citations
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Mann, Oliver, Thorsten Hüffer, Nicolas Greggio, et al.. (2023). Benchmarking biochar with activated carbon for immobilizing leachable PAH and heterocyclic PAH in contaminated soils. Environmental Pollution. 325. 121417–121417. 6 indexed citations
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Mitrano, Denise M., Moritz Bigalke, Andy M. Booth, et al.. (2023). Training the next generation of plastics pollution researchers: tools, skills and career perspectives in an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary field. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 24–24. 7 indexed citations
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2023). Environmental factors strongly influence the leaching of di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate from polyvinyl chloride microplastics. Water Research. 242. 120235–120235. 37 indexed citations
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2022). Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics Leach Phthalates into the Aquatic Environment over Decades. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(20). 14507–14516. 76 indexed citations
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Hartmann, Nanna B., Thorsten Hüffer, Richard C. Thompson, et al.. (2019). Are We Speaking the Same Language? Recommendations for a Definition and Categorization Framework for Plastic Debris. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(3). 1039–1047. 1894 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2019). Sorption of non-ionic organic compounds by polystyrene in water. The Science of The Total Environment. 682. 348–355. 32 indexed citations
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2019). The leaching of phthalates from PVC can be determined with an infinite sink approach. MethodsX. 6. 2729–2734. 23 indexed citations
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Wagner, Stephan, et al.. (2018). Tire wear particles in the aquatic environment - A review on generation, analysis, occurrence, fate and effects. Water Research. 139. 83–100. 720 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2018). Data on sorption of organic compounds by aged polystyrene microplastic particles. Data in Brief. 18. 474–479. 41 indexed citations
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Sigmund, Gabriel, Thorsten Hüffer, Mélanie Kah, & Thilo Hofmann. (2017). Effect of degassing temperature on specific surface area and pore volume measurements of biochar. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2720. 2 indexed citations
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Hüffer, Thorsten, Antonia Praetorius, Stephan Wagner, Frank von der Kammer, & Thilo Hofmann. (2017). Microplastic Exposure Assessment in Aquatic Environments: Learning from Similarities and Differences to Engineered Nanoparticles. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(5). 2499–2507. 182 indexed citations
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Hüffer, Thorsten & Thilo Hofmann. (2016). Sorption of non-polar organic compounds by micro-sized plastic particles in aqueous solution. Environmental Pollution. 214. 194–201. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2014). Influence of humic acids on sorption of alkanes by carbon nanotubes – Implications for the dominant sorption mode. Chemosphere. 119. 1169–1175. 10 indexed citations
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Hüffer, Thorsten, et al.. (2013). Multi-walled carbon nanotubes as sorptive material for solventless in-tube microextraction (ITEX2)—a factorial design study. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 405(26). 8387–8395. 23 indexed citations

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