Tony R. ‎Walker

18.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
240 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Tony R. ‎Walker is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Tony R. ‎Walker has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Pollution, 83 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 51 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Tony R. ‎Walker's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (97 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (75 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (30 papers). Tony R. ‎Walker is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (97 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (75 papers) and Heavy metals in environment (30 papers). Tony R. ‎Walker collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United Kingdom and United States. Tony R. ‎Walker's co-authors include Joana C. Prata, Teresa Rocha‐Santos, Armando C. Duarte, Ana L. Patrício Silva, Michelle Adams, Parichehr Hanachi, Samaneh Karbalaei, ‪Damià Barceló, Matthew Cole and Wei Ouyang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Tony R. ‎Walker

231 papers receiving 11.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

International policies to reduce plastic marine pollution from single-use plastics (plastic bags and microbeads): A review

2017 872 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Increased plastic pollution due to COVID-19 pandemic: Challenges and recommendations

2020 743 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. profile →
COVID-19 Pandemic Repercussions on the Use and Management of Plastics

2020 726 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Occurrence, sources, human health impacts and mitigation of microplastic pollution

2018 459 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. profile →
Rethinking and optimising plastic waste management under COVID-19 pandemic: Policy solutions based on redesign and reduction of single-use plastics and personal protective equipment

2020 394 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. profile →
Current trends of unsustainable plastic production and micro(nano)plastic pollution

2023 289 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. profile →
Plastics can be used more sustainably in agriculture

2023 130 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. profile →
Plastic recycling: A panacea or environmental pollution problem

2024 104 citations Tony R. ‎Walker et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution

2024 71 citations Win Cowger, Kathryn Willis et al. Science Advances profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tony R. ‎Walker

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Microplastic ingestion and potential risk assessment on commercial and non-commercial marine fish in the Bay of Bengal 2025 ·Water Air & Soil Pollution ·Mohammad Abdul Momin Siddique, (unknown), (unknown), Tony R. ‎Walker	8
2	Challenges and opportunities for ports in achieving net-zero emissions in maritime transport 2025 ·Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives ·(unknown), Michelle Adams, Tony R. ‎Walker	5
3	From insight to action: Possible pathways for sustainable futures in a Canadian university 2025 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kent A. Williams, (unknown), Ram Bilash Choudhary, (unknown), (unknown), Tony R. ‎Walker, Binod Sundararajan, (unknown)	3
4	Implications of carbon Taxing policies on the food supply chain in Canada 2024 ·Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives ·Sylvain Charlebois, Gumataw Kifle Abebe, Tony R. ‎Walker, Vlado Kešelj, Janet Music, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown)	2
5	Spatio-temporal patterns and spillover effects of synergy on carbon dioxide emission and pollution reductions in the Yangtze River Delta region in China 2024 ·Sustainable Cities and Society ·(unknown), Zhe Liu, Tony R. ‎Walker, Michelle Adams, Huijuan Dong	30
6	Global producer responsibility for plastic pollution breakdown → 2024 ·Science Advances ·Win Cowger, Kathryn Willis, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Marcus Eriksen, Trisia Farrelly, Britta Denise Hardesty, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martín Thiel, Patricia Villarrubia-Gómez, Tony R. ‎Walker, Mengjiao Wang	71
7	Marine litter colonization: Methodological challenges and recommendations 2023 ·Frontiers in Marine Science ·Gabriel Enrique De-la-Torre, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tony R. ‎Walker	10
8	Metal and metalloid bioaccumulation in dried red seaweed Hypnea musciformis and health risk assessment for consumers 2023 ·Marine Pollution Bulletin ·Mohammad Abdul Momin Siddique, M. S. Hossain, (unknown), Md. Mohidul Islam, Md. Murad Hossain, (unknown), Tony R. ‎Walker	5
9	Phytochemicals and bioactive constituents in food packaging - A systematic review 2023 ·Heliyon ·Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Sipper Khan, Mohammad Mehdizadeh, Nur Alim Bahmid, Danung Nur Adli, Tony R. ‎Walker, Rosa Perestrelo, José S. Câmara	42
10	Plastic Pulse of the Public: A review of survey-based research on how people use plastic 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Tony R. ‎Walker, Britta R. Baechler, Laura Markley, (unknown), (unknown), Cressida Bowyer, Claudia Menzel, (unknown), Anna J. MacDonald, Deonie Allen, (unknown)	6
11	People, plastic, and behaviour change – a comment on drivers of plastic pollution, barriers to change and targeted behaviour change interventions 2023 ·Environmental Science Advances ·(unknown), Deonie Allen, Lynn Williams, Paul Flowers, Tony R. ‎Walker	6
12	Cleaning Up without Messing Up: Maximizing the Benefits of Plastic Clean-Up Technologies through New Regulatory Approaches 2023 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Jannike Falk‐Andersson, (unknown), Hannah De Frond, Giulia Leone, Rachel Karasik, Zoie Diana, Hanna Dijkstra, Justine Ammendolia, Marcus Eriksen, (unknown), Tony R. ‎Walker, (unknown)	21
13	Evaluating the use of side scan sonar for improved detection and targeted retrieval of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear 2023 ·Continental Shelf Research ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Tony R. ‎Walker, Craig J. Brown	7
14	Public Perceptions of Legislative Action to Reduce Plastic Pollution: A Case Study of Atlantic Canada 2022 ·Sustainability ·(unknown), Andrew S. Medeiros, Tony R. ‎Walker, (unknown)	8
15	Single-use plastic bag policies in the Southern African development community 2021 ·Environmental Challenges ·Joana Bezerra, Tony R. ‎Walker, (unknown), Issahaku Adam	57
16	Rethinking marine insurance and plastic pollution: food for thought 2020 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·(unknown), Tony R. ‎Walker	5
17	Assessing Sydney Tar Ponds Remediation and Natural Sediment Recovery in Nova Scotia, Canada 2016 ·Tony R. ‎Walker, (unknown), (unknown)	1
18	Zinc accumulation in lichens due to industrial emissions around Vorkuta, northeast European Russia 2008 ·Polish Polar Research ·Tony R. ‎Walker, Nova Scotia	4
19	Comparison of anthropogenic metal deposition rates with excess soil loading from coal, oil and gas industries in the Usa River Basin, NW Russia 2005 ·Polish Polar Research ·Tony R. ‎Walker, Nova Scotia	14
20	Vertical organic inputs and bio−availability of carbon in an Antarctic coastal sediment 2005 ·Polish Polar Research ·Tony R. ‎Walker, Nova Scotia	11

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