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Alexander van Geen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander van Geen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 292 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Alexander van Geen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Alexander van Geen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 88 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Alexander van Geen is affiliated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science with a focus on Environmental Chemistry, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, and Economics and Econometrics.

Their research covers several main topics including:

  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities

Van Geen has published multiple research papers in various academic venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Arsenic contamination of Bangladesh aquifers exacerbated by clay layers" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "New Approaches to Identifying and Reducing the Global Burden of Disease From Pollution" (2020, GeoHealth)
  • "Origin of Groundwater Arsenic in a Rural Pleistocene Aquifer in Bangladesh Depressurized by Distal Municipal Pumping" (2020, Water Resources Research)
  • "Sulfate reduction accelerates groundwater arsenic contamination even in aquifers with abundant iron oxides" (2023, Nature Water)
  • "Groundwater fluoride across the Punjab plains of Pakistan and India: Distribution and underlying mechanisms" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

They have contributed to book publications as well, including:

  • "Demand for Information on Environmental Health Risk, Mode of Delivery, and Behavioral Change: Evidence from Sonargaon, Bangladesh" (2020, World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks)

Frequent co-authors in van Geen's work include:

  • Kazi Matin Ahmed
  • Brian J. Mailloux
  • Benjamín C. Bostick
  • Tyler Ellis
  • Prabhat Barnwal

Their research is often published in venues such as:

  • AEA Randomized Controlled Trials
  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • UNC Libraries
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Spatial and Temporal Variations of Groundwater Arsenic in South and Southeast Asia

    Scott Fendorf;Holly A. Michael;Alexander van Geen

  • Water Manganese Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh

    Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Habibul Ahsan

  • Arsenic exposure from drinking water, and all-cause and chronic-disease mortalities in Bangladesh (HEALS): a prospective cohort study

    Maria Argos;Maria Argos;Tara Kalra;Paul J Rathouz;Yu Chen

  • Water Arsenic Exposure and Children’s Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh

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  • Authigenic molybdenum formation in marine sediments: A link to pore water sulfide in the Santa Barbara Basin

    Yan Zheng;Yan Zheng;Yan Zheng;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson;Alexander van Geen;James Kuwabara

  • Redox control of arsenic mobilization in Bangladesh groundwater

    Y. Zheng;Y. Zheng;M. Stute;M. Stute;A. van Geen;I. Gavrieli

  • Spatial variability of arsenic in 6000 tube wells in a 25 km2 area of Bangladesh

    A. van Geen;Y. Zheng;Y. Zheng;R. Versteeg;M. Stute

  • Arsenic exposure from drinking water and mortality from cardiovascular disease in Bangladesh: prospective cohort study

    Yu Chen;Joseph H Graziano;Faruque Parvez;Mengling Liu

  • Decoupling of As and Fe release to Bangladesh groundwater under reducing conditions. Part I: Evidence from sediment profiles

    A. Horneman;A. Horneman;A. van Geen;D.V. Kent;D.V. Kent;P.E. Mathe

  • Coupled nitrogen and oxygen isotope measurements of nitrate along the eastern North Pacific margin

    Daniel M. Sigman;Julie Granger;Peter J. DiFiore;Moritz M. Lehmann

  • Water arsenic exposure and intellectual function in 6-year-old children in Araihazar, Bangladesh

    Gail A. Wasserman;Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Habibul Ahsan

  • Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh

    Malgosia Madajewicz;Alexander Pfaff;Alexander van Geen;Joseph Graziano

  • A rapid colorimetric method for measuring arsenic concentrations in groundwater

    R.K. Dhar;R.K. Dhar;R.K. Dhar;Y. Zheng;Y. Zheng;Y. Zheng;J. Rubenstone;A. van Geen

  • Historical trends of metals in the sediments of San Francisco Bay, California

    Michelle I. Hornberger;Samuel N. Luoma;Alexander van Geen;Christopher Fuller

  • Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in Bangladesh

    M. F. Ahmed;S. Ahuja;M. Alauddin;S. J. Hug

  • Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water and Risk of Premalignant Skin Lesions in Bangladesh: Baseline Results from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study

    Habibul Ahsan;Yu Chen;Faruque Parvez;Lydia Zablotska

  • Marine radiocarbon evidence for the mechanism of deglacial atmospheric CO2 rise.

    Thomas M. Marchitto;Scott J. Lehman;Joseph D. Ortiz;Jacqueline Flückiger

  • Complexation of carbonate species at the goethite surface: Implications for adsorption of metal ions in natural waters

    Alexander van Geen;Alexander P Robertson;James O Leckie

  • Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS): description of a multidisciplinary epidemiologic investigation.

    Habibul Ahsan;Yu Chen;Faruque Parvez;Maria Argos

  • Promotion of well-switching to mitigate the current arsenic crisis in Bangladesh

    Alexander van Geen;Habibul Ahsan;Allan H. Horneman;Ratan K. Dhar;Ratan K. Dhar

  • Arsenic and manganese exposure and children's intellectual function.

    Gail A. Wasserman;Xinhua Liu;Faruque Parvez;Pam Factor-Litvak

  • Remobilization of authigenic uranium in marine sediments by bioturbation

    Yan Zheng;Yan Zheng;Robert F. Anderson;Robert F. Anderson;Alexander van Geen;Martin Q. Fleisher

  • Blood arsenic as a biomarker of arsenic exposure: results from a prospective study.

    Marni Hall;Yu Chen;Habibul Ahsan;Vesna Slavkovich

  • Historical trends of metals in the sediments of San Francisco Bay

    Michelle I. Homberger;Samuel N. Luoma;Alexander van Geen;Christopher Fuller

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazi Matin Ahmed
Kazi Matin Ahmed University of Dhaka
Brian J. Mailloux
Brian J. Mailloux Barnard College
Habibul Ahsan
Habibul Ahsan University of Chicago
Yan Zheng
Yan Zheng Southern University of Science and Technology
Joseph H. Graziano
Joseph H. Graziano Columbia University
Benjamin C. Bostick
Benjamin C. Bostick Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Xinhua Liu
Xinhua Liu Beihang University
Gail A. Wasserman
Gail A. Wasserman Columbia University
Yu Chen
Yu Chen New York University

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