William M. Meylan

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

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William M. Meylan is a scholar working on Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, William M. Meylan has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Pollution, 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 6 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in William M. Meylan's work include Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (5 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (5 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (4 papers). William M. Meylan is often cited by papers focused on Water Quality Monitoring and Analysis (5 papers), Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology (5 papers) and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies (4 papers). William M. Meylan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Ghana. William M. Meylan's co-authors include Philip H. Howard, Robert S. Boethling, Julie A. Funk, Dallas Aronson, William Stiteler, Julie A. Beauman, Jay Tunkel, Jon A. Arnot, Don Mackay and Mark Bonnell and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

William M. Meylan

32 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Atom/Fragment Contribution Method for Estimating Octanol–Water Partition Coefficients

1995 723 citations William M. Meylan, Philip H. Howard Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
William M. Meylan United States	19	1.1k	813	585	534	365	32	3.0k
Aleksandar Sabljić Croatia	32	991 0.9×	866 1.1×	548 0.9×	526 1.0×	518 1.4×	84	2.9k
Robert S. Boethling United States	30	1.5k 1.4×	1.5k 1.8×	582 1.0×	325 0.6×	195 0.5×	57	3.2k
Ralph Kühne Germany	29	1.6k 1.4×	1.3k 1.6×	941 1.6×	344 0.6×	434 1.2×	73	3.7k
Satoshi Endo Japan	33	1.6k 1.5×	1.6k 1.9×	331 0.6×	696 1.3×	177 0.5×	94	3.8k
Shu‐Shen Liu China	34	1.3k 1.2×	994 1.2×	857 1.5×	439 0.8×	360 1.0×	192	3.8k
Klaus L.E. Kaiser Canada	28	1.4k 1.3×	777 1.0×	644 1.1×	265 0.5×	290 0.8×	97	3.1k
Xuehua Li China	36	1.1k 1.0×	840 1.0×	308 0.5×	170 0.3×	331 0.9×	148	3.6k
Henk J. M. Verhaar Netherlands	26	2.0k 1.8×	1.3k 1.7×	730 1.2×	385 0.7×	218 0.6×	51	3.5k
Gilman D. Veith United States	34	2.2k 2.0×	940 1.2×	1.3k 2.3×	593 1.1×	659 1.8×	76	4.1k
Ralf‐Uwe Ebert Germany	22	601 0.5×	450 0.6×	795 1.4×	287 0.5×	412 1.1×	35	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William M. Meylan

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All Works

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Howard, Philip H., Robert S. Boethling, William F. Jarvis, William M. Meylan, & Edward M. Michalenko. (2017). Handbook of Environmental Degradation Rates. 59 indexed citations

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Arnot, Jon A., William M. Meylan, Jay Tunkel, et al.. (2009). A quantitative structure-activity relationship for predicting metabolic biotransformation rates for organic chemicals in fish. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 28(6). 1168–1177. 122 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M., Robert S. Boethling, Dallas Aronson, Philip H. Howard, & Jay Tunkel. (2007). Chemical structure-based predictive model for methanogenic anaerobic biodegradation potential. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 26(9). 1785–1792. 21 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M. & Philip H. Howard. (2005). Estimating octanol–air partition coefficients with octanol–water partition coefficients and Henry’s law constants. Chemosphere. 61(5). 640–644. 70 indexed citations

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Howard, Philip H., William M. Meylan, Dallas Aronson, et al.. (2005). A new biodegradation prediction model specific to petroleum hydrocarbons. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 24(8). 1847–1860. 59 indexed citations

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Griffin, Susan, Philip E. Goodrum, Gary Diamond, et al.. (1999). Application of a Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methodology to a Lead Smelter Site. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 5(4). 845–868. 4 indexed citations

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Griffin, Susan, Philip E. Goodrum, Gary Diamond, et al.. (1999). Application of a Probabilistic Risk Assessment Methodology to a Lead Smelter Site. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 5(4). 845–868. 18 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M., et al.. (1999). Improved method for estimating bioconcentration/bioaccumulation factor from octanol/water partition coefficient. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 18(4). 664–672. 346 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M., Philip H. Howard, & Robert S. Boethling. (1996). Improved method for estimating water solubility from octanol/water partition coefficient. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 15(2). 100–106. 185 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M. & Philip H. Howard. (1995). Atom/Fragment Contribution Method for Estimating Octanol–Water Partition Coefficients. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 84(1). 83–92. 723 indexed citations breakdown →

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Durkin, Patrick R., et al.. (1995). Methods of Assessing Dermal Absorption With Emphasis On Uptake From Contaminated Vegetation. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 11(1). 63–79. 13 indexed citations

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Boethling, Robert S., et al.. (1994). Group contribution method for predicting probability and rate of aerobic biodegradation. Environmental Science & Technology. 28(3). 459–465. 185 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M. & Philip H. Howard. (1993). Computer estimation of the Atmospheric gas-phase reaction rate of organic compounds with hydroxyl radicals and ozone. Chemosphere. 26(12). 2293–2299. 145 indexed citations

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Howard, Philip H., et al.. (1992). PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR AEROBIC BIODEGRADABILITY DEVELOPED FROM A FILE OF EVALUATED BIODEGRADATION DATA. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 11(5). 593–593. 3 indexed citations

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Howard, Philip H., Robert S. Boethling, William Stiteler, William M. Meylan, & Julie A. Beauman. (1991). Development of a predictive model for biodegradability based on BIODEG, the evaluated biodegradation data base. The Science of The Total Environment. 109-110. 635–641. 31 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M. & Philip H. Howard. (1991). BOND CONTRIBUTION METHOD FOR ESTIMATING HENRY'S LAW CONSTANTS. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 10(10). 1283–1283. 10 indexed citations

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Meylan, William M., et al.. (1986). Chemical of Current Interest Propylene Oxide: Health and Environmental Effects Profile. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 2(3). 219–260. 16 indexed citations

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Howard, Philip H., et al.. (1986). BIOLOG, BIODEG, AND FATE/EXPOS: NEW FILES ON MICROBIAL DEGRADATION AND TOXICITY AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL FATE/EXPOSURE OF CHEMICALS. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 5(11). 977–977. 1 indexed citations

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Santodonato, Joseph, et al.. (1980). INVESTIGATION OF SELECTED POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS: STYRENE, ETHYLBENZENE, AND RELATED COMPOUNDS. 4 indexed citations

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Durkin, Patrick R., et al.. (1977). Information Profiles on Potential Occupational Hazards. 5 indexed citations

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