Will J. Backe

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

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Will J. Backe is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Will J. Backe has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Pollution, 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 5 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Will J. Backe's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (8 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (4 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (4 papers). Will J. Backe is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (8 papers), Analytical chemistry methods development (4 papers) and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research (4 papers). Will J. Backe collaborates with scholars based in United States and Australia. Will J. Backe's co-authors include Jennifer A. Field, Thomas C. Day, Mark L. Ferrey, Kurt E. Anderson, M. Coreen Hamilton, Assaf Wunsch, Charles E. Schaefer, Christopher P. Higgins, Jennifer L. Guelfo and David L. Sedlak and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Analytical Chemistry and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Will J. Backe

13 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Zwitterionic, Cationic, and Anionic Fluorinated Chemicals in Aqueous Film Forming Foam Formulations and Groundwater from U.S. Military Bases by Nonaqueous Large-Volume Injection HPLC-MS/MS

2013 506 citations Will J. Backe, Thomas C. Day et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Will J. Backe United States	11	794	750	438	207	134	13	1.1k
E. Bizkarguenaga Spain	16	658 0.8×	569 0.8×	339 0.8×	220 1.1×	197 1.5×	20	983
Benjamin J. Place United States	9	729 0.9×	728 1.0×	456 1.0×	96 0.5×	58 0.4×	18	1.0k
Tobias Frömel Germany	16	529 0.7×	474 0.6×	221 0.5×	281 1.4×	145 1.1×	31	895
Patrick W. Crozier Canada	16	977 1.2×	834 1.1×	555 1.3×	132 0.6×	76 0.6×	17	1.2k
Ingrid Ericson Jogsten Sweden	17	939 1.2×	846 1.1×	420 1.0×	77 0.4×	57 0.4×	32	1.2k
Cariton Kubwabo Canada	25	1.5k 1.9×	735 1.0×	171 0.4×	383 1.9×	97 0.7×	53	1.9k
J. Jackson Ellington United States	19	1.4k 1.8×	775 1.0×	409 0.9×	191 0.9×	90 0.7×	35	1.8k
Richard Grace United States	13	989 1.2×	627 0.8×	351 0.8×	500 2.4×	124 0.9×	18	1.3k
T. Stahl Germany	24	1.6k 2.0×	1.6k 2.2×	936 2.1×	190 0.9×	68 0.5×	47	2.3k
Anna Gulkowska Japan	10	1.0k 1.3×	903 1.2×	465 1.1×	633 3.1×	157 1.2×	12	1.7k

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Blackwell, Brett R., et al.. (2025). A High Efficiency Method for the Extraction and Quantitative Analysis of 45 PFAS in Whole Fish. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(7). 3759–3770. 3 indexed citations

Backe, Will J., et al.. (2023). Sublethal Toxicity of 17 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances with Diverse Structures to Ceriodaphnia dubia, Hyalella azteca, and Chironomus dilutus. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 43(2). 359–373. 10 indexed citations

Backe, Will J.. (2020). Suspect and non-target screening of reuse water by large-volume injection liquid chromatography and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Chemosphere. 266. 128961–128961. 15 indexed citations

Backe, Will J.. (2017). A novel mass spectrometric method for formaldehyde in children's personal‐care products and water via derivatization with acetylacetone. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 31(12). 1047–1056. 13 indexed citations

Ferrey, Mark L., M. Coreen Hamilton, Will J. Backe, & Kurt E. Anderson. (2017). Pharmaceuticals and other anthropogenic chemicals in atmospheric particulates and precipitation. The Science of The Total Environment. 612. 1488–1497. 104 indexed citations

Ferrey, Mark L., et al.. (2017). Pharmaceuticals and Chemicals of Concern in Rivers: Occurrence and Biological Effects. UST Research Online (University of St. Thomas - Minnesota). 5 indexed citations

Backe, Will J.. (2015). An Ultrasensitive (Parts-Per-Quadrillion) and SPE-Free Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Estrogens in Surface Water. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(24). 14311–14318. 29 indexed citations

Backe, Will J., et al.. (2014). The determination of acrylamide in environmental and drinking waters by large-volume injection – hydrophilic-interaction liquid chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry. Journal of Chromatography A. 1334. 72–78. 48 indexed citations

Schaefer, Charles E., Will J. Backe, Jennifer A. Field, et al.. (2014). Evidence of Remediation-Induced Alteration of Subsurface Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substance Distribution at a Former Firefighter Training Area. Environmental Science & Technology. 48(12). 6644–6652. 233 indexed citations

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Backe, Will J., Thomas C. Day, & Jennifer A. Field. (2013). Zwitterionic, Cationic, and Anionic Fluorinated Chemicals in Aqueous Film Forming Foam Formulations and Groundwater from U.S. Military Bases by Nonaqueous Large-Volume Injection HPLC-MS/MS. Environmental Science & Technology. 47(10). 5226–5234. 506 indexed citations breakdown →

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Backe, Will J. & Jennifer A. Field. (2012). Is SPE Necessary for Environmental Analysis? A Quantitative Comparison of Matrix Effects from Large-Volume Injection and Solid-Phase Extraction Based Methods. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(12). 6750–6758. 58 indexed citations

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Backe, Will J., et al.. (2011). Analysis of Androgenic Steroids in Environmental Waters by Large-Volume Injection Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Analytical Chemistry. 83(7). 2622–2630. 61 indexed citations

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Busetti, Francesco, Will J. Backe, U. Maier, et al.. (2011). Trace analysis of environmental matrices by large-volume injection and liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 402(1). 175–186. 58 indexed citations

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