William J. Adams

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
125 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

William J. Adams is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, William J. Adams has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 47 papers in Pollution and 26 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in William J. Adams's work include Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (55 papers), Heavy metals in environment (36 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (23 papers). William J. Adams is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (55 papers), Heavy metals in environment (36 papers) and Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (23 papers). William J. Adams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. William J. Adams's co-authors include Kevin V. Brix, David K. DeForest, Thomas F. Parkerton, Charles A. Staples, Dennis R. Peterson, Joseph W. Gorsuch, Andrew Green, Gregory R. Biddinger, James W. Barnett and Richard A. Kimerle and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

William J. Adams

119 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The environmental fate of phthalate esters: A literature review

1997 1.3k citations William J. Adams et al. profile →
Critical Review of Exposure and Effects: Implications for Setting Regulatory Health Criteria for Ingested Copper

2019 351 citations Alicia A. Taylor, Joyce S. Tsuji et al. Environmental Management profile →

Peers

William J. Adams

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Julián Blasco Spain

C. Blaise Canada

Daniel Schlenk United States

D. George Dixon Canada

Carlos Barata Spain

Markus Hecker Canada

Zhiqiang Yu China

Jussi V.K. Kukkonen Finland

Kmy Leung Hong Kong

Maria João Bebianno Portugal

Julián Blasco Spain

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4.7k ×1.0

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3.6k ×1.1

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451 ×0.5

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847 ×1.1

331 ×0.6

Citations per year, relative to William J. Adams William J. Adams (= 1×) peers Julián Blasco

Countries citing papers authored by William J. Adams

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Fields of papers citing papers by William J. Adams

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William J. Adams

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of William J. Adams. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of William J. Adams 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 William J. Adams. William J. Adams is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Korpela, Christopher & William J. Adams. (2025). Robotics in Multidiscipline Multicultural Projects. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education).

Adams, William J., et al.. (2024). Selenium–mercury interactions and relationship to aquatic toxicity: a review. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 21(1). 70–78. 6 indexed citations

Adams, William J. & Emily Garman. (2023). Recommended updates to the USEPA Framework for Metals Risk Assessment: Aquatic ecosystems. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 20(4). 924–951. 5 indexed citations

Rodríguez, Patricio H., et al.. (2023). Chronic Toxicity of Iron to Aquatic Organisms under Variable pH, Hardness, and Dissolved Organic Carbon Conditions. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 42(6). 1371–1385. 10 indexed citations

Brix, Kevin V., Lucinda M. Tear, David K. DeForest, & William J. Adams. (2023). Development of Multiple Linear Regression Models for Predicting Chronic Iron Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 42(6). 1386–1400. 6 indexed citations

Taylor, Alicia A., Joyce S. Tsuji, Margaret E. McArdle, William J. Adams, & William L. Goodfellow. (2022). Recommended Reference Values for Risk Assessment of Oral Exposure to Copper. Risk Analysis. 43(2). 211–218. 31 indexed citations

Merrington, Graham, Adam Peters, Iain Wilson, et al.. (2021). Using Exposure Data to Identify Priority Substances Under the European Water Framework Directive: The Quest to Reflect Uncertainties. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 40(5). 1237–1238. 3 indexed citations

Gilron, Guy, et al.. (2021). Are current tissue-based selenium guidelines and criteria overly protective of freshwater fish populations? A critical review with recommendations. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 18(3). 622–630. 2 indexed citations

Wood, Chris M., M. Danielle McDonald, Martin Grosell, et al.. (2020). The potential for salt toxicity: Can the trans-epithelial potential (TEP) across the gills serve as a metric for major ion toxicity in fish?. Aquatic Toxicology. 226. 105568–105568. 12 indexed citations

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Taylor, Alicia A., Joyce S. Tsuji, Michael R. Garry, et al.. (2019). Critical Review of Exposure and Effects: Implications for Setting Regulatory Health Criteria for Ingested Copper. Environmental Management. 65(1). 131–159. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Adams, William J., et al.. (2015). Long-term monitoring of arsenic, copper, selenium, and other elements in Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) surface water, brine shrimp, and brine flies. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(3). 118–118. 12 indexed citations

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Cardwell, Rick D., David K. DeForest, Kevin V. Brix, & William J. Adams. (2013). Do Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb, and Zn Biomagnify in Aquatic Ecosystems?. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 226. 101–122. 104 indexed citations

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Brix, Kevin V., David K. DeForest, & William J. Adams. (2011). The sensitivity of aquatic insects to divalent metals: A comparative analysis of laboratory and field data. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(20). 4187–4197. 70 indexed citations

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OConnor, TJ, et al.. (2009). Toward instrumenting network warfare competitions to generate labeled datasets. USENIX Security Symposium. 9–9. 72 indexed citations

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Adams, William J., et al.. (1999). Planning, Building, and Using a Distributed Digital Library.. 3 indexed citations

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Heitkamp, Michael A., William J. Adams, & Laurence E. Hallas. (1992). Glyphosate degradation by immobilized bacteria: laboratory studies showing feasibility for glyphosate removal from waste water. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 38(9). 921–928. 19 indexed citations

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Adams, William J., James J. Kocsis, & Robert Snyder. (1989). Acute toxicity and urinary excretion of diphenyldiselenide. Toxicology Letters. 48(3). 301–310. 20 indexed citations

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Johnson, Stephen R. & William J. Adams. (1977). The Little Gull (Larus minutus) in Arctic North America. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 91(3). 294–296. 2 indexed citations

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Adams, William J., S.Y. Yeh, L.A. Woods, & C.L. Mitchell. (1969). DRUG-TEST INTERACTION AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF TOLERANCE TO THE ANALGESIC EFFECT OF MORPHINE. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 168(2). 251–257. 78 indexed citations

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Adams, William J.. (1956). Water moccasin as a predator on birds. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 68(2). 158. 2 indexed citations

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