Walter Giger

21.0k total citations · 6 hit papers
170 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Walter Giger is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Walter Giger has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 61 papers in Pollution and 57 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Walter Giger's work include Environmental Chemistry and Analysis (47 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (42 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (40 papers). Walter Giger is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Chemistry and Analysis (47 papers), Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (42 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (40 papers). Walter Giger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Germany. Walter Giger's co-authors include Christian Schaffner, Alfredo C. Alder, Marijan Ahel, Christa S. McArdell, Eva M. Golet, Stuart G. Wakeham, Hans‐Peter E. Kohler, Anke Göbel, Hansruedi Siegrist and Marc J.‐F. Suter and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Walter Giger

168 papers receiving 16.2k 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.

Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater and Drinking Water in Vietnam: A Human Health Threat

2001 882 citations Michael Berg, Pham Hung Viet et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
4-Nonylphenol in Sewage Sludge: Accumulation of Toxic Metabolites from Nonionic Surfactants

1984 636 citations Walter Giger, Christian Schaffner et al. profile →
Fate of sulfonamides, macrolides, and trimethoprim in different wastewater treatment technologies

2006 634 citations Anke Göbel, Christa S. McArdell et al. profile →
Occurrence and Sorption Behavior of Sulfonamides, Macrolides, and Trimethoprim in Activated Sludge Treatment

2005 617 citations Anke Göbel, Christa S. McArdell et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Environmental Exposure Assessment of Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Agents from Sewage to Soil

2003 612 citations Eva M. Golet, Alfredo C. Alder et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Poly cyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Recent lake sediments—II. Compounds derived from biogenic precursors during early diagenesis

1980 583 citations Christian Schaffner, Walter Giger et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Walter Giger

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Suspect and Nontarget Screening of Organic Micropollutants in Swiss Sewage Sludge: A Nationwide Survey 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Pablo A. Lara‐Martín, Lena Schinkel, (unknown), Walter Giger, Michael Berg, Juliane Hollender	5
2	13th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment —ICCE 2011 2012 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Walter Giger, Naomi Lubick	0
3	ESTROM 2008 International Conference 2009 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Walter Giger, Jürg Bloesch, Jűrg Zobrist	1
4	The Rhine red, the fish dead—the 1986 Schweizerhalle disaster, a retrospect and long-term impact assessment 2009 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Walter Giger	54
5	Mass flows of endocrine disruptors in the Glatt River during varying weather conditions 2008 ·Environmental Pollution ·Niels Jonkers, Hans‐Peter E. Kohler, (unknown), Walter Giger	126
6	ipso‐Substitution: A General Biochemical and Biodegradation Mechanism to Cleaveα‐Quaternary Alkylphenols and Bisphenol A 2007 ·Chemistry & Biodiversity ·Frédéric L. P. Gabriel, (unknown), Walter Giger, Hans‐Peter E. Kohler	22
7	Benzotriazoles, Alkylphenols and Bisphenol A in Municipal Wastewaters and in the Glatt River, Switzerland 2006 ·Environmental Science and Pollution Research ·Dimitra Voutsa, Paul C. Hartmann, Christian Schaffner, Walter Giger	242
8	Occurrence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in brown trout bile and liver from Swiss rivers 2006 ·Environmental Pollution ·Paul C. Hartmann, Patricia Burkhardt‐Holm, Walter Giger	12
9	Anaerobic degradation of brominated flame retardants in sewage sludge 2006 ·Chemosphere ·Andreas C. Gerecke, Walter Giger, Paul C. Hartmann, Norbert V. Heeb, Hans‐Peter E. Kohler, Peter Schmid, Markus Zennegg, Martin Köhler	186
10	Extraction and determination of sulfonamides, macrolides, and trimethoprim in sewage sludge 2005 ·Journal of Chromatography A ·Anke Göbel, (unknown), Christa S. McArdell, Alfredo C. Alder, Walter Giger, (unknown), Dirk Löffler, Thomas A. Ternes	206
11	Trace Determination of Macrolide and Sulfonamide Antimicrobials, a Human Sulfonamide Metabolite, and Trimethoprim In Wastewater Using Liquid Chromatography 2004 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Christa S. McArdell, (unknown), Walter Giger, Marc J.‐F. Suter	1
12	Combined biological and chemical assessment of estrogenic activities in wastewater treatment plant effluents 2004 ·Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry ·Hans R. Aerni, (unknown), (unknown), Felix E. Wettstein, (unknown), Walter Giger, (unknown), M.D. Marazuela, Armin Peter, (unknown), (unknown), Marc J.‐F. Suter, Rik I.L. Eggen	202
13	Trihalomethane formation by chlorination of ammonium- and bromide-containing groundwater in water supplies of Hanoi, Vietnam 2003 ·Water Research ·Hồng Anh Dương, Michael Berg, (unknown), Pham Hung Viet, Hervé Gallard, Walter Giger, Urs von Gunten	71
14	Sorption and mass fluxes of sulfonated naphthalene formaldehyde condensates in aquifers 2003 ·Journal of Contaminant Hydrology ·(unknown), Marc J.‐F. Suter, Walter Giger	7
15	Trace Determination of Fluoroquinolone Antibacterial Agents in Urban Wastewater by Solid-Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography with Fluorescence Detection 2001 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Eva M. Golet, Alfredo C. Alder, Andreas Hartmann, Thomas A. Ternes, Walter Giger	334
16	Trace Determinations of Emerging Water Pollutants: Endocrine Disruptors, Pharmaceuticals, and Specialty Chemicals 2000 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Marc J.‐F. Suter, Walter Giger	1
17	Determination of Nonylphenol Polyethoxylates and Their Lipophilic Metabolites in Sewage Effluents by Normal-phase High-performance Liquid Chromatography and Fluorescence Detection 1998 ·DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) ·Marijan Ahel, Walter Giger, Éva Molnár, (unknown)	32
18	Ground water quality 1985 ·C. H. Ward, Perry L. McCarty, Walter Giger	69
19	Das Verhalten organischer Wasserinhaltsstoffe bei der Grundwasserbildung und im Grundwasser 1983 ·DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)) ·Walter Giger, (unknown), E. Hoehn, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John C. Westall, Juerg Zobrist	2
20	Schwer abbaubare organische Stoffe in Abwässern der Zellstoffherstellung: Auftreten und Verhalten in einer biologischen Kläranlage 1983 ·CHIMIA International Journal for Chemistry ·Christian Leuenberger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Walter Giger	5

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