Ulrich Förstner

16.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
153 papers, 11.6k citations indexed

About

Ulrich Förstner is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ulrich Förstner has authored 153 papers receiving a total of 11.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Pollution, 39 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 29 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Ulrich Förstner's work include Heavy metals in environment (57 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (30 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (16 papers). Ulrich Förstner is often cited by papers focused on Heavy metals in environment (57 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (30 papers) and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis (16 papers). Ulrich Förstner collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Switzerland. Ulrich Förstner's co-authors include Gottfried T. W. Wittmann, Wim Salomons, Wolfgang Calmano, German Müller, Michael Kersten, Wolfgang Ahlf, Jihua Hong, Bernhard Westrich, W. Salomons and John D. Milliman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Science & Technology and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Ulrich Förstner

151 papers receiving 10.6k 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.

Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment

1979 2.7k citations Ulrich Förstner et al. profile →
Metals in the Hydrocycle

1984 1.7k citations Wim Salomons, Ulrich Förstner profile →
Metal Pollution in the Aquatic Environment

1981 601 citations Ulrich Förstner et al. profile →
Trace metal analysis on polluted sediments

1980 581 citations Ulrich Förstner, Wim Salomons profile →
The Biogeochemistry of mercury in the environment

1980 529 citations Ulrich Förstner profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Review on the need for inventories and management of reservoirs of POPs and other persistent, bioaccumulating and toxic substances (PBTs) in the face of climate change 2025 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·Roland Weber, (unknown), Ulrich Förstner, Mats Tysklind, David Laner, Henner Hollert, Martin Forter, John Vijgen	4
2	Dioxin in the Elbe river basin: policy and science under the water framework directive 2000–2015 and toward 2021 2016 ·Environmental Sciences Europe ·Ulrich Förstner, Henner Hollert, Markus Brinkmann, Kathrin Eichbaum, Roland Weber, Wim Salomons	105
3	Störungsspezifische Behandlung der Zwangsstörungen 2011 ·Ulrich Förstner, (unknown), Ulrich Voderholzer	1
4	Welche Funktionen erfüllen Zwangssymptome? – Ergebnisse einer Analyse im stationären Setting 2010 ·Verhaltenstherapie ·Anne Katrin Külz, (unknown), Nirmal Herbst, (unknown), Ulrich Förstner, Ulrich Voderholzer	10
5	Risk assessment of contaminated sediments in river basins—theoretical considerations and pragmatic approach 2007 ·Journal of Environmental Monitoring ·Susanne Heise, Ulrich Förstner	24
6	Assessing and Managing Contaminated Sediments: Requirements on Data Quality – from Molecular to River Basin Scale 2006 ·Croatica Chemica Acta ·Ulrich Förstner, Susanne Heise	11
7	Part IV: Fitness for Aquatic Systems Long-term Forecast: Key to groundwater protection 2004 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Joachim Gerth, Ulrich Förstner	15
8	Geochemical techniques on contaminated sediments-river basin view 2003 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Ulrich Förstner	22
9	Impact of natural nanophases on heavy-metal retention in zeolite-supported reactive filtration facilities for urban run-off treatment 2001 ·Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry ·Ulrich Förstner, (unknown), Frank von der Kammer	12
10	Environmental Engineering Series. 1996 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Ulrich Förstner, Richard Murphy, W.H. Rulkens	20
11	Sediments and toxic substances : environmental effects and ecotoxity 1996 ·Springer eBooks ·Wolfgang Calmano, Ulrich Förstner	4
12	Sediments and Toxic Substances 1996 ·Wolfgang Calmano, Ulrich Förstner	76
13	Wastewater treatment : biological and chemical processes 1995 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Ulrich Förstner, Richard Murphy, W.H. Rulkens	3
14	Risk assessment and technological options for contaminated sediments — a geochemical perspective 1995 ·Marine and Freshwater Research ·Ulrich Förstner	10
15	Change in pH and release of heavy metals in the polluted sediments of Hamburg-Harbour and the downstream Elbe during oxidation 1991 ·tub.dok (Hamburg University of Technology) ·Jihua Hong, Wolfgang Calmano, Klaus Wallmann, Wilhelm Petersen, Friedhelm Schroeder, H.‐D. Knauth, Ulrich Förstner	1
16	Geochemical characterization of the potential trace metal mobility in cohesive sediments 1991 ·Geo-Marine Letters ·Michael Kersten, Ulrich Förstner	20
17	Environmental management of solid waste. Dredged material and mine tailings. 1988 ·Springer eBooks ·W. Salomons, Ulrich Förstner	42
18	Chemical forms of some heavy metals in Huanghe River sediments (China) and comparison with data from Rhine River sediments (West Germany) 1984 ·Yetang Hong, Ulrich Förstner	7
19	Primary nontronite from the Venezuelan Guayana; additional primary occurrences (Red Sea, Lake Malawi) 1976 ·American Mineralogist ·G.A. Müller, Ulrich Förstner	9
20	Recent Sedimentary Carbonates 1974 ·John D. Milliman, German Müller, Ulrich Förstner	169

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