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![Lidia Morawska](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f4/125933.jpg)
air quality
aerosol science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,189
171,482
0.751
![Ove Hoegh Guldberg](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ad/128608.jpg)
Climate change
Tropical marine biology
Coral reefs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,408
40,583
0.417
![Zhiguo Yuan](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/03/65442.jpg)
Urban Water Management
Environmental Biotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,571
31,985
0.597
![Luke Knibbs](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/eb/126256.jpg)
Environmental Epidemiology
Environmental Health
Air Pollution
Exposure Assessment
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,742
25,429
0.827
![Jochen Mueller](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/65/124305.jpg)
Exposure assessment
biomonitoring
passive sampling
environmental chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,437
19,403
0.617
![Anthony J Richardson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/118818.jpg)
Marine spatial planning
Climate change ecology
Plankton ecology
Biostatistics
Modelling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,735
17,704
0.510
![Matthew Hornsey](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3a/127055.jpg)
climate change skepticism
environmental decision-making
vaccination hesitancy
intergroup relations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,650
14,890
0.604
![Kerrie A Wilson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/125318.jpg)
Environmental Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,691
14,145
0.530
![Ashantha Goonetilleke](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e2/97.jpg)
water
stormwater
wastewater
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,350
10,829
0.662
![Hockings M](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/06/269.jpg)
environmental science
protected areas
management effectiveness
nature conservation
national parks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,131
10,709
0.507
![Phong Thai](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bd/129268.jpg)
Environmental monitoring
Environmental chemistry
Environmental sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,953
9,142
0.835
![Jake O Brien](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c8/49956.jpg)
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
Chemical Analysis
Illicit Drugs
Mass Spectrometry
Liquid Chromatography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,049
8,512
0.941
![Shihu Hu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0f/50243.jpg)
Environmental science and technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,412
6,049
0.816
![Zhiwei Xu](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1a/133398.jpg)
Climate Change
Extreme Weather Events
Heatwave
Climate Change Adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,890
5,873
0.852
![Md Anawar Hossain](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/59/5724865.jpg)
Wastewater Treatment
Water Treatment
Waste Management
Water quality
Agriculture
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,291
5,864
0.519
![Jack NG](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
environmental toxicology
risk assessment
metals
arsenic
mixture contamination
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,176
5,427
0.446
![SM Ashrafur Rahman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b1/131307.jpg)
Water Quality
Air Quality
Emissions
Fuels & Additives
Stack Emissions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,083
4,670
0.768
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Victoria Martin](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0c/1295400.jpg)
citizen science
environmental management
social science
human behaviour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,723
3,991
0.845
![Wahid Ferdous](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/07/51136.jpg)
Circular economy
Waste recycling
Fibre composites
Modelling
Railway sleepers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,169
3,945
0.946
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Rohan Jayaratne](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d8/130184.jpg)
Air Quality
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,645
3,576
0.468
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Min Zheng](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b0/52889.jpg)
Wastewater Treatment
Resource Recovery
Nitrification
Sewer Corrosion
Microbial Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,265
3,154
0.966
![Indika Herath](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6e/123295.jpg)
Environmental remediation
Agriculture technologies and Analytical instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,315
2,939
0.887
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Les Dawes](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/4c/50517.jpg)
Water resource management
Soil degradation
Engineering education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,910
2,780
0.711
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Katherine Kate R O Brien](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a4/125082.jpg)
environmental modelling
socio-ecological systems
sustainability
resilience
education
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,956
2,779
0.702
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
![Peta Ashworth](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
energy
climate change
adaptation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,231
2,756
0.651
Lidia Morawska
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
228,189
171,482
0.751
air quality
aerosol science
Ove Hoegh Guldberg
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,408
40,583
0.417
Climate change
Tropical marine biology
Coral reefs
Zhiguo Yuan
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,571
31,985
0.597
Urban Water Management
Environmental Biotechnology
Luke Knibbs
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,742
25,429
0.827
Environmental Epidemiology
Environmental Health
Air Pollution
Exposure Assessment
Jochen Mueller
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,437
19,403
0.617
Exposure assessment
biomonitoring
passive sampling
environmental chemistry
Anthony J Richardson
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,735
17,704
0.510
Marine spatial planning
Climate change ecology
Plankton ecology
Biostatistics
Modelling
Matthew Hornsey
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
24,650
14,890
0.604
climate change skepticism
environmental decision-making
vaccination hesitancy
intergroup relations
Kerrie A Wilson
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,691
14,145
0.530
Environmental Science
Ashantha Goonetilleke
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,350
10,829
0.662
water
stormwater
wastewater
Hockings M
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,131
10,709
0.507
environmental science
protected areas
management effectiveness
nature conservation
national parks
Phong Thai
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,953
9,142
0.835
Environmental monitoring
Environmental chemistry
Environmental sciences
Jake O Brien
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,049
8,512
0.941
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology
Chemical Analysis
Illicit Drugs
Mass Spectrometry
Liquid Chromatography
Shihu Hu
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,412
6,049
0.816
Environmental science and technology
Zhiwei Xu
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,890
5,873
0.852
Climate Change
Extreme Weather Events
Heatwave
Climate Change Adaptation
Md Anawar Hossain
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,291
5,864
0.519
Wastewater Treatment
Water Treatment
Waste Management
Water quality
Agriculture
Jack NG
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,176
5,427
0.446
environmental toxicology
risk assessment
metals
arsenic
mixture contamination
SM Ashrafur Rahman
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,083
4,670
0.768
Water Quality
Air Quality
Emissions
Fuels & Additives
Stack Emissions
Victoria Martin
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,723
3,991
0.845
citizen science
environmental management
social science
human behaviour
Wahid Ferdous
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,169
3,945
0.946
Circular economy
Waste recycling
Fibre composites
Modelling
Railway sleepers
Rohan Jayaratne
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,645
3,576
0.468
Min Zheng
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,265
3,154
0.966
Wastewater Treatment
Resource Recovery
Nitrification
Sewer Corrosion
Microbial Ecology
Indika Herath
University of Southern Queensland
Toowoomba, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,315
2,939
0.887
Environmental remediation
Agriculture technologies and Analytical instrumentation
Les Dawes
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,910
2,780
0.711
Water resource management
Soil degradation
Engineering education
Katherine Kate R O Brien
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,956
2,779
0.702
environmental modelling
socio-ecological systems
sustainability
resilience
education
Peta Ashworth
University of Queensland
St Lucia, Australia
![Australia](/flags/au.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,231
2,756
0.651
energy
climate change
adaptation