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Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Amirreza Erfani Gahrouei
Sharif University of Technology
2
Pramod Barathe
Savitribai Phule Pune University
3
Alejandro Acosta
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
4
Muneer Ahmad Malla
Durban University of Technology
5
Amna Abbas
Population Health Research Institute
6
Jiaomei Yang
Xi'an Jiaotong University
7
Ionela Cătălina Vasilachi
Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași
8
Carmen Mejías
Universidad de Sevilla
9
Gang Wu
State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse
10
Ziteng Liu
Nanchang University

Papers

1
Publication in Environmental Research (2024) [256 citations, W4395702701]
Environmental Research|2024
256 cit.
2
Antibiotic pollution and associated antimicrobial resistance in the environment
Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters|2024
222 cit.
3
Antibiotic resistance: A key microbial survival mechanism that threatens public health
Cell Host & Microbe|2024
181 cit.
4
Recent advances in sorption-based photocatalytic materials for the degradation of antibiotics
Coordination Chemistry Reviews|2024
163 cit.
5
Organic fertilization co-selects genetically linked antibiotic and metal(loid) resistance genes in global soil microbiome
Nature Communications|2024
132 cit.
6
The future of antibiotic use in livestock
Nature Communications|2025
92 cit.
7
Occurrence, dissipation kinetics and environmental risk assessment of antibiotics and their metabolites in agricultural soils
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2024
23 cit.
8
Comprehensive profiling and risk assessment of antibiotic resistomes in surface water and plastisphere by integrated shotgun metagenomics
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2025
19 cit.
9
Adsorption of Macrolide Antibiotics and a Metabolite onto Polyethylene Terephthalate and Polyethylene Microplastics in Aquatic Environments
Antibiotics|2024
18 cit.
10
Publication in Aquatic Toxicology (2024) [15 citations, W4395672875]
Aquatic Toxicology|2024
15 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Charles Teta
University of Cape Town
2
William Klimke
National Institutes of Health
3
Dong Zhu
Institute of Urban Environment
4
João Pires
Norwegian Institute of Public Health
5
Xiao-Li Yang
Nanjing Normal University
6
Qunliang Li
Guangxi University
7
Cristina Postigo
Universidad de Granada
8
Jie Wang
China Agricultural University
9
Yunkun Wang
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
10
Jing Yuan
Zhengzhou University

Papers

1
Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2022
1.5k cit.
2
Deciphering the Fingerprint of Dissolved Organic Matter in the Soil Amended with Biodegradable and Conventional Microplastics Based on Optical and Molecular Signatures
Environmental Science & Technology|2022
230 cit.
3
Biodegradable microplastics enhance soil microbial network complexity and ecological stochasticity
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2022
211 cit.
4
Microplastic diversity increases the abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil
Nature Communications|2024
171 cit.
5
Effects of Microplastics on Soil Carbon Mineralization: The Crucial Role of Oxygen Dynamics and Electron Transfer
Environmental Science & Technology|2023
142 cit.
6
Current advances in interactions between microplastics and dissolved organic matters in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry|2022
129 cit.
7
Microplastics reduce soil microbial network complexity and ecological deterministic selection
Environmental Microbiology|2022
117 cit.
8
Electroactive Ultrafiltration Membrane for Simultaneous Removal of Antibiotic, Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria, and Antibiotic Resistance Genes from Wastewater Effluent
Environmental Science & Technology|2022
115 cit.
9
Effect of moisture content, aeration rate, and C/N on maturity and gaseous emissions during kitchen waste rapid composting
Journal of Environmental Management|2022
115 cit.
10
Impact of biochar, calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer and spent mushroom substrate on humification and heavy metal passivation during composting
The Science of The Total Environment|2022
110 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
‪Damià Barceló
University of Almería
2
Guang‐Guo Ying
South China Normal University
3
Urs von Gunten
École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile
4
Tong Zhang
Wuhan University
5
Thomas A. Ternes
Federal Institute of Hydrology
6
Shane A. Snyder
Georgia Institute of Technology
7
Yong‐Guan Zhu
Institute of Urban Environment
8
D. G. Joakim Larsson
University of Gothenburg
9
Mira Petrović
Catalan Institute for Water Research
10
Patrice Nordmann
University of Fribourg

Papers

1
Occurrence of drugs in German sewage treatment plants and rivers
Water Research|1998
3.4k cit.
2
Diverse and abundant antibiotic resistance genes in Chinese swine farms
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2013
2.4k cit.
3
Health risks of heavy metals in contaminated soils and food crops irrigated with wastewater in Beijing, China
Environmental Pollution|2007
2.4k cit.
4
Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues
Analytical Chemistry|2014
2.1k cit.
5
Multiplex PCR for detection of acquired carbapenemase genes
Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease|2011
2k cit.
6
Environmental risk assessment of pharmaceutical residues in wastewater effluents, surface waters and sediments
Talanta|2005
1.7k cit.
7
Pharmaceuticals and Endocrine Disrupting Compounds in U.S. Drinking Water
Environmental Science & Technology|2008
1.7k cit.
8
Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals during Ozonation and Advanced Oxidation Processes
Environmental Science & Technology|2003
1.6k cit.
9
Effluent from drug manufactures contains extremely high levels of pharmaceuticals
Journal of Hazardous Materials|2007
1.6k cit.
10
Behavior of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and hormones in a sewage treatment plant
Water Research|2004
1.5k cit.

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