David O’Connor

Royal Agricultural University — United Kingdom

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

51h-index12.6kcitations125works57.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Heavy metals in environment(25), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities(18), Climate Change Policy and Economics(14), Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity(11), Mercury impact and mitigation studies(11)

Publications125 total

40@40: Soil Use & Management, A Fortieth Anniversary Retrospective
Soil Use and Management·2025Open Access
Long-term recovery of aggregate-associated organic carbon in reclaimed mine soil
Soil and Tillage Research·2025· 1 cited
Global soil pollution by toxic metals threatens agriculture and human health
Science·2025· 427 cited
Retraction notice to “Strengthening social-environmental management at contaminated sites to bolster Green and Sustainable Remediation via a survey” [Chemosphere 225 (2019) 295–303]
Chemosphere·2025
Life cycle assessment to unravel environmental benefits and influencing factors of agricultural soil remediation strategies in China
Resources Conservation and Recycling·2024· 5 cited
An integrated framework for source apportionment and spatial distribution of mercury in agricultural soil near a primary ore mining site
Chemosphere·2024· 13 cited
Comparative life-cycle sustainability assessment of centralized and decentralized remediation strategies at the city level
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 8 cited
Catchment land use effect on mercury concentrations in lake sediments: A high-resolution study of Qinghai Lake
The Science of The Total Environment·2024· 9 cited
Bioremediation of mercury contaminated soil and water: A review
Land Degradation and Development·2023· 19 citedOpen Access
Assessing mercury pollution at a primary ore site with both ancient and industrial mining and smelting activities
Environmental Pollution·2023· 13 cited
Breathing Green: Maximising Health and Environmental Benefits for Active Transportation Users Leveraging Large Scale Air Quality Data
arXiv (Cornell University)·2023Open Access
Metabolomics reveals the response of hydroprimed maize to mitigate the impact of soil salinization
Frontiers in Plant Science·2023· 16 citedOpen Access
Comprehensive assessment of soil and dust heavy metal(loid)s exposure scenarios at residential playgrounds in Beijing, China
The Science of The Total Environment·2023· 21 cited
Contaminant containment for sustainable remediation of persistent contaminants in soil and groundwater
Journal of Hazardous Materials·2023· 151 citedOpen Access
Sustainable remediation and redevelopment of brownfield sites
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment·2023· 244 cited
Microplastics in urban runoff: Global occurrence and fate
Water Research·2022· 187 cited
Manganese stabilization in mine tailings by MgO-loaded rice husk biochar: Performance and mechanisms
Chemosphere·2022· 11 cited
DynSus: Dynamic sustainability assessment in groundwater remediation practice
The Science of The Total Environment·2022· 21 citedOpen Access
Natural field freeze-thaw process leads to different performances of soil amendments towards Cd immobilization and enrichment
The Science of The Total Environment·2022· 50 cited
Vertical Barriers for Land Contamination Containment: A Review
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2021· 26 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Deyi Hou(47), Daniel C.W. Tsang(17), Yong Sik Ok(15), Zhengtao Shen(13), Liuwei Wang(10), Jörg Rinklebe(9), Daniel S. Alessi(6), Nanthi Bolan(6), Yinan Song(6), Yuanliang Jin(6), Tianyue Peng(5), Xiyue Jia(5), Guanghe Li(5), Yunhui Zhang(5), Bin Zhao(4), Shizhen Pan(4), Yinan Wang(4), Jian Luo(4), Fei Jin(4), Junli Zhang(3)