Urs Jans

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Urs Jans is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Urs Jans has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pollution, 12 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 8 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Urs Jans's work include Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (9 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (8 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (8 papers). Urs Jans is often cited by papers focused on Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (9 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (8 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (8 papers). Urs Jans collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Czechia. Urs Jans's co-authors include Jürg Hoigné, Konrad Stemmler, Silvio Canonica, Teresa J. Bandosz, Mykola Seredych, Tong Wu, Urs von Gunten, Carsten Prasse, A. Lynn Roberts and Lisa A. Totten and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Urs Jans

26 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Transformation Kinetics of Phenols in Water: Photosensitization by Dissolved Natural Organic Material and Aromatic Ketones

1995 466 citations Silvio Canonica, Urs Jans et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Urs Jans United States	15	472	339	292	253	180	26	1.2k
Yingjun Wang China	24	566 1.2×	300 0.9×	728 2.5×	318 1.3×	238 1.3×	75	2.0k
Stefano Salvestrini Italy	22	787 1.7×	324 1.0×	196 0.7×	187 0.7×	61 0.3×	72	1.4k
Marianna Czaplicka Poland	17	409 0.9×	319 0.9×	399 1.4×	179 0.7×	108 0.6×	55	1.4k
Bum Gun Kwon South Korea	17	468 1.0×	388 1.1×	325 1.1×	157 0.6×	91 0.5×	31	1.2k
Yifei Wang China	18	301 0.6×	279 0.8×	276 0.9×	164 0.6×	77 0.4×	46	1.1k
Nguyen Duy Dat Vietnam	17	349 0.7×	320 0.9×	544 1.9×	172 0.7×	151 0.8×	48	1.2k
Zongshan Zhao China	16	573 1.2×	293 0.9×	495 1.7×	311 1.2×	51 0.3×	20	1.6k
Chunhao Dai China	13	400 0.8×	207 0.6×	201 0.7×	234 0.9×	53 0.3×	18	1.0k
Janina A. Rosso Argentina	17	661 1.4×	278 0.8×	266 0.9×	132 0.5×	75 0.4×	41	1.1k
Carol L. Clifton United States	10	812 1.7×	174 0.5×	223 0.8×	152 0.6×	200 1.1×	10	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Urs Jans

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jans, Urs, Carsten Prasse, & Urs von Gunten. (2021). Enhanced Treatment of Municipal Wastewater Effluents by Fe-TAML/H₂O₂: Efficiency of Micropollutant Abatement. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(5). 3313–3321. 38 indexed citations

Hohenstein, Edward G., et al.. (2019). Stereoisomer specific reaction of hexabromocyclododecane with reduced sulfur species in aqueous solutions. Chemosphere. 226. 238–245. 11 indexed citations

Pradhan, Padmanava, et al.. (2017). Investigation of the Nucleophilic Attack of Dichlorvos by Reduced Sulfur Species Using¹H NMR. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 66(2). 424–431. 6 indexed citations

Jans, Urs. (2016). Emerging Brominated Flame Retardants in Sediments and Soils: a Review. Current Pollution Reports. 2(4). 213–223. 28 indexed citations

Jans, Urs, et al.. (2013). Reactions of three halogenated organophosphorus flame retardants with reduced sulfur species. Chemosphere. 93(9). 2033–2039. 6 indexed citations

Yang, Lijia, et al.. (2012). Concentrations of DDTs and dieldrin in Long Island Sound sediment. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 14(3). 878–878. 12 indexed citations

Jans, Urs, et al.. (2011). Investigation of the reaction of hexabromocyclododecane with polysulfide and bisulfide in methanol/water solutions. Chemosphere. 87(2). 158–162. 18 indexed citations

Ismail, Kamal Z., et al.. (2011). Reaction of tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate with reduced sulfur species. Chemosphere. 83(7). 941–947. 12 indexed citations

Seredych, Mykola, et al.. (2009). Textural and chemical factors affecting adsorption capacity of activated carbon in highly efficient desulfurization of diesel fuel. Carbon. 47(10). 2491–2500. 151 indexed citations

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Yang, Lijia, Xiqing Li, John Crusius, et al.. (2007). Persistent Chlordane Concentrations in Long Island Sound Sediment: Implications from Chlordane,²¹⁰Pb, and¹³⁷Cs Profiles. Environmental Science & Technology. 41(22). 7723–7729. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Xiqing, Lijia Yang, Urs Jans, Michael E. Melcer, & Pengfei Zhang. (2007). Lack of Enantioselective Microbial Degradation of Chlordane in Long Island Sound Sediment. Environmental Science & Technology. 41(5). 1635–1640. 15 indexed citations

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Wu, Tong & Urs Jans. (2006). Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Chlorpyrifos-methyl with Sulfur Species. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(3). 784–790. 22 indexed citations

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Jans, Urs, et al.. (2005). Degradation of Naled and Dichlorvos Promoted by Reduced Sulfur Species in Well-Defined Anoxic Aqueous Solutions. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(3). 778–783. 12 indexed citations

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Jans, Urs, et al.. (2005). Kinetics and Mechanism of the Degradation of Methyl Parathion in Aqueous Hydrogen Sulfide Solution: Investigation of Natural Organic Matter Effects. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(3). 900–906. 30 indexed citations

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Jans, Urs, et al.. (2003). Reaction of Chlorpyrifos-methyl in Aqueous Hydrogen Sulfide/Bisulfide Solutions. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 51(7). 1956–1960. 15 indexed citations

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Totten, Lisa A., Urs Jans, & A. Lynn Roberts. (2001). Alkyl Bromides as Mechanistic Probes of Reductive Dehalogenation: Reactions of Vicinal Dibromide Stereoisomers with Zerovalent Metals. Environmental Science & Technology. 35(11). 2268–2274. 25 indexed citations

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Jans, Urs. (2000). Atmospheric water: transformation of ozone into OH-radicals by sensitized photoreactions or black carbon. Atmospheric Environment. 34(7). 1069–1085. 21 indexed citations

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Jans, Urs & Jürg Hoigné. (1998). Activated Carbon and Carbon Black Catalyzed Transformation of Aqueous Ozone into OH-Radicals. Ozone Science and Engineering. 20(1). 67–90. 235 indexed citations

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Jans, Urs & Jürg Hoigné. (1998). Activated Carbon and Carbon Black Catalyzed Transformation of Aqueous Ozone into OH-Radicals. Ozone Science and Engineering. 20(2). 175–175. 12 indexed citations

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Canonica, Silvio, Urs Jans, Konrad Stemmler, & Jürg Hoigné. (1995). Transformation Kinetics of Phenols in Water: Photosensitization by Dissolved Natural Organic Material and Aromatic Ketones. Environmental Science & Technology. 29(7). 1822–1831. 466 indexed citations breakdown →

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