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Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
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Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Earth Science 187 79 108 20
Environmental Sciences 285 58 93 19
Chemistry 503 37 47 16

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 216
Documents by Best Scientists*: 255
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 4
SCIMAGO H-index: 115
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.091
Impact Factor: 4.4

Overview

Top Research Topics at Journal of Contaminant Hydrology?

The journal was organized to reinforce research efforts on Groundwater, Aquifer, Mineralogy, Environmental chemistry and Porous medium. Groundwater research featured in the journal incorporates concerns from various other topics such as Soil science, Environmental engineering and Environmental remediation. Most of the Soil science studies addressed also intersect with Geotechnical engineering.

In addition to Aquifer research, it aims to explore topics under Hydraulic conductivity, Plume and Pollution. While Mineralogy is the focus of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, it also provided insights into the studies of Porosity, Permeability (earth sciences), Sorption, Dissolution and TRACER. The concepts on Sorption presented in it can also apply to other research fields, including Desorption, Inorganic chemistry and Thermodynamics.

The journal addresses concerns in Environmental chemistry which are intertwined with other disciplines, such as Nitrate, Soil water, Biodegradation and Contamination. The journal explores research in Mechanics and overlapping concepts in Advection to expand the discourse in Porous medium. The Hydrology works, particularly on Water table are tackled in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology.

  • Groundwater (33.75%)
  • Aquifer (22.80%)
  • Mineralogy (22.73%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Statistical and graphical methods for evaluating solute transport models: Overview and application (1220 citations)
  • A review of immiscible fluids in the subsurface: properties, models, characterization and remediation (607 citations)
  • Treatment of inorganic contaminants using permeable reactive barriers (486 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Journal of Contaminant Hydrology:

The journal papers mainly deal with areas of study such as Groundwater, Mineralogy, Aquifer, Environmental engineering and Environmental chemistry. In addition to Groundwater research, the most cited publications aim to explore topics under Soil science, Plume and Pollution. The journal articles facilitate discussions on Mineralogy that incorporate concepts from other fields like Porosity, Porous medium, Mass transfer, Sorption and Saturation (chemistry).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Organic chemistry
  • Oxygen
  • Statistics

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology is organized to address concerns in the fields of Groundwater, Aquifer, Soil science, Environmental chemistry and Environmental remediation. The Groundwater study featured falls within the larger field of Hydrology. It addresses concerns in the field of Aquifer by exploring it in line with topics in Volumetric flow rate which intersect with Advection subjects.

The journal facilitates discussions on Soil science that incorporate concepts from other fields like TRACER, Saturation (chemistry), Permeability (earth sciences) and Drainage. Soil water, Redox and Adsorption, Sorption are some topics wherein Environmental chemistry research discussed in it have an impact. It explores issues in Environmental remediation which can be linked to other research areas like Bioremediation and Porous medium.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • A multidisciplinary approach for delineating wastewater flow paths in shallow groundwater aquifers: A case study in the southeastern part of the Nile Delta, Egypt (10 citations)
  • Field-scale demonstration of in situ immobilization of heavy metals by injecting iron oxide nanoparticle adsorption barriers in groundwater. (7 citations)
  • Removal of paracetamol from aqueous solution by activated carbon and silica. Experimental and computational study. (7 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Mark L. Brusseau (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Michael D. Annable (42 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson (32 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Poul Løgstrup Bjerg (28 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Linda M. Abriola (24 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology (based on the number of publications) are:

  • University of Waterloo (167 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (81 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • United States Geological Survey (77 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Technical University of Denmark (75 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Florida (67 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 2.61% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 7.14% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 8.04% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 14.29% of all publications and 70.54% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Mesoporous activated carbon as a green adsorbent for the removal of heavy metals and Congo red: Characterization, adsorption kinetics, and isotherm studies.

    Sujata Mandal;Jose Calderon;Sreekar B. Marpu;Mohammad A. Omary

    (2021)
    198 Citations
  • Estimation of groundwater pollution levels and specific ionic sources in the groundwater, using a comprehensive approach of geochemical ratios, pollution index of groundwater, unmix model and land use/land cover - A case study.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    192 Citations
  • Understanding the factors contributing to groundwater salinity in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh, India.

    Unknown

    (2022)
    157 Citations
  • A field study to assess the role of air-water interfacial sorption on PFAS leaching in an AFFF source area.

    (2022)
    67 Citations
  • Subsurface transport potential of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs): Column experiments and modeling

    Jennifer L. Guelfo;Jennifer L. Guelfo;Assaf Wunsch;John McCray;John F. Stults

    (2020)
    65 Citations
  • Long-term behavior of PFAS in contaminated agricultural soils in Germany.

    Klaus Röhler;Alexander Arthur Haluska;Bernd Susset;Binlong Liu

    (2021)
    62 Citations
  • Air-water interfacial adsorption coefficients for PFAS when present as a multi-component mixture.

    Jeff A.K. Silva;William A. Martin;John E. McCray

    (2021)
    59 Citations
  • Groundwater fauna downtown - Drivers, impacts and implications for subsurface ecosystems in urban areas.

    (2022)
    49 Citations

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