Virginia Cunningham

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Virginia Cunningham is a scholar working on Pollution, Environmental Chemistry and Control and Systems Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Virginia Cunningham has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Pollution, 14 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 5 papers in Control and Systems Engineering. Recurrent topics in Virginia Cunningham's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (15 papers), Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (13 papers) and Process Optimization and Integration (5 papers). Virginia Cunningham is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (15 papers), Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (13 papers) and Process Optimization and Integration (5 papers). Virginia Cunningham collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Virginia Cunningham's co-authors include Alan D. Curzons, David J. C. Constable, David N. Mortimer, Donald J. Versteeg, Marie Capdevielle, David R. Orvos, A.S. Rothenstein, Michael J. Olson, Mary Buzby and D.C. Constable and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Nature Biotechnology and Green Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Virginia Cunningham

29 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

Metrics to ‘green’ chemistry—which are the best? 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 2002 200 400 600
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. Metrics to ‘green’ chemistry—which are the best?
    2002 689 citations David J. C. Constable, Alan D. Curzons et al. profile →
  2. Aquatic toxicity of triclosan
    2002 528 citations David R. Orvos, Donald J. Versteeg et al. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Virginia Cunningham United States 18 1.3k 1.2k 836 628 479 33 3.3k
Weiliang Wang China 31 918 0.7× 196 0.2× 362 0.4× 336 0.5× 415 0.9× 78 3.4k
Johannes Ranke Germany 27 235 0.2× 981 0.8× 1.2k 1.5× 267 0.4× 771 1.6× 44 5.1k
David J. C. Constable United States 25 218 0.2× 2.1k 1.7× 2.5k 3.0× 110 0.2× 1.0k 2.2× 35 5.6k
H.M. Pinheiro Portugal 32 873 0.7× 175 0.1× 435 0.5× 630 1.0× 739 1.5× 89 5.2k
Chul-Woong Cho South Korea 33 382 0.3× 555 0.5× 642 0.8× 190 0.3× 715 1.5× 71 4.3k
Thomas J. Farmer United Kingdom 31 272 0.2× 775 0.6× 1.2k 1.5× 45 0.1× 1.4k 2.9× 82 4.3k
Hanno C. Erythropel United States 21 308 0.2× 338 0.3× 740 0.9× 638 1.0× 549 1.1× 43 3.1k
P. Isnard France 15 180 0.1× 295 0.2× 436 0.5× 244 0.4× 216 0.5× 17 1.6k
Min Woo Lee South Korea 31 355 0.3× 103 0.1× 609 0.7× 144 0.2× 608 1.3× 115 3.3k
Nihar Biswas Canada 30 849 0.7× 208 0.2× 293 0.4× 469 0.7× 632 1.3× 129 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Virginia Cunningham

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Fields of papers citing papers by Virginia Cunningham

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Virginia Cunningham

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Virginia Cunningham. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Virginia Cunningham based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Virginia Cunningham. Virginia Cunningham is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Buzby, Mary, et al.. (2012). Landfill disposal of unused medicines reduces surface water releases. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 9(1). 142–154. 25 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia, et al.. (2009). Human health risk assessment of carbamazepine in surface waters of North America and Europe. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 56(3). 343–351. 84 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia, et al.. (2008). Human health risk assessment from the presence of human pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment. Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology. 53(1). 39–45. 202 indexed citations
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Capdevielle, Marie, Roger van Egmond, M. J. Whelan, et al.. (2008). Consideration of exposure and species sensitivity of triclosan in the freshwater environment. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 4(1). 15–23. 94 indexed citations
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Curzons, Alan D., et al.. (2007). Fast life cycle assessment of synthetic chemistry (FLASC™) tool. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 12(4). 272–280. 14 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia, et al.. (2007). Potential Releases of Unused Medicines in Landfill Leachate. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation. 2007(6). 318–335. 1 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia, et al.. (2006). Effects of Human Pharmaceuticals on Aquatic Life: Next Steps. Environmental Science & Technology. 40(11). 3456–3462. 135 indexed citations
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Versteeg, Donald J., Alfredo C. Alder, Virginia Cunningham, et al.. (2005). Environmental exposure modeling and monitoring of human pharmaceutical concentrations in the environment. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 71–110. 5 indexed citations
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Curzons, Alan D., et al.. (2004). Cradle-to-gate life cycle inventory and assessment of pharmaceutical compounds. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 9(2). 114–121. 190 indexed citations
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Curzons, Alan D., et al.. (2004). Expanding GSK?s Solvent Selection Guide?application of life cycle assessment to enhance solvent selections. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 7(1). 42–50. 205 indexed citations
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Orvos, David R., et al.. (2002). AQUATIC TOXICITY OF TRICLOSAN. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 21(7). 1338–1338. 15 indexed citations
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Orvos, David R., et al.. (2002). Aquatic toxicity of triclosan. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 21(7). 1338–1349. 528 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiménez‐González, Concepción, Alan D. Curzons, David J. C. Constable, Michael Overcash, & Virginia Cunningham. (2001). How do you select the “greenest” technology? Development of guidance for the pharmaceutical industry. 3(1). 35–41. 20 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia. (1994). Land use planning and development suitability in Queenstown, New Zealand. University of Canterbury Research Repository (University of Canterbury). 1 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia. (1994). Cost analysis as a pollution prevention tool. Waste Management. 14(3-4). 309–315. 1 indexed citations
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Johnston, James B., et al.. (1988). Destruction of Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Wastes by the Modar Supercritical Water Oxidation Process. Nature Biotechnology. 6(12). 1423–1427. 19 indexed citations
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Johnston, James B., et al.. (1987). Microbial Catabolites as Chemical Synthesis Intermediates: A Cost‐Benefit Analysis. Biotechnology Progress. 3(3). 127–130. 4 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia & Ernst Berliner. (1974). Iodination of substituted sodium phenylpropiolates. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 39(25). 3731–3735.
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Cunningham, Virginia. (1967). From Schmidt-Phiseldeck to Zanetti. Notes. 23(3). 449–449. 3 indexed citations
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Cunningham, Virginia, et al.. (1952). How to Help Your Child with Music. Notes. 9(2). 294–294.

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