2026 Bruce R. James: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	43	7019	6745	2503	2328	100	8330

Overview

Bruce R. James is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Geochemistry and Petrology.

The main topics of their work include:

Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
Water Treatment and Disinfection
Selenium in Biological Systems
Mercury impact and mitigation studies
Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis

Bruce R. James has published research across several well-established scientific venues. The frequent publication venues include:

Water Environment Research
Environmental Science & Technology
Ecology and Society

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Bruce R. James are:

Soils, landscapes, and cultural concepts of favor and disfavor within complex adaptive systems and ResourceCultures: human-land interactions during the Holocene, 2021, Ecology and Society
A Fungal-Mediated Cryptic Selenium Cycle Linked to Manganese Biogeochemistry, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
Activated carbon column adsorption of compounds that mimic urban stormwater dissolved organic nitrogen, 2020, Water Environment Research
Removal of stormwater dissolved organic nitrogen through biotransformation using activated carbon, 2022, Water Environment Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Mehrdad Mohtadi
Allen P. Davis
Carla E. Rosenfeld
Mary Sabuda
Margaret Hinkle

The research led or contributed to by Bruce R. James often addresses complex environmental challenges involving biogeochemical cycles, contaminant mitigation, and sustainable water treatment technologies. Their work in urban stormwater management and constructed wetlands contributes to understanding and improving ecological function and water quality.

Best Publications

Behavior of Chromium in Soils: III. Oxidation

Richmond Bartlett;Bruce James

748
Citations
Studying Dried, Stored Soil Samples — Some Pitfalls

Richmond Bartlett;Bruce James

490
Citations
Hydrogeological Decision Analysis: 1. A Framework

R. Allan Freeze;Joel Massmann;Leslie Smith;Tony Sperling

430
Citations
Behavior of Chromium in Soils: VII. Adsorption and Reduction of Hexavalent Forms

Bruce R. James;Richmond J. Bartlett

410
Citations
Peer Reviewed: The Challenge of Remediating Chromium-Contaminated Soil

Bruce R. James

354
Citations
Behavior of Chromium in Soils. VI. Interactions Between Oxidation-Reduction and Organic Complexation

Bruce R. James;Richmond J. Bartlett

321
Citations
Mobility and bioavailability of chromium in soils

R.J. Bartlett;B.R. James

316
Citations
Iron(III) Catalyzed Photochemical Reduction of Chromium(VI) by Oxalate and Citrate in Aqueous Solutions

Stephan J. Hug;Hans-Ulrich Laubscher;Bruce R. James

315
Citations
Hexavalent Chromium Extraction from Soils: A Comparison of Five Methods

Bruce R. James;John C. Petura;Rock J. Vitale;George R. Mussoline

309
Citations
Behavior of Chromium in Soils: V. Fate of Organically Complexed Cr(III) Added to Soil

Bruce R. James;Richmond J. Bartlett

295
Citations
Heavy Metal Extractability in Long-Term Sewage Sludge and Metal Salt-Amended Soils

Paul F. Bell;Bruce R. James;Rufus L. Chaney

254
Citations
Redox chemistry of soils

Richmond J. Bartlett;Bruce R. James

245
Citations
When enough is enough: The worth of monitoring data in aquifer remediation design

Bruce R. James;Steven M. Gorelick

199
Citations
Hydrogeological Decision Analysis: 4. The Concept of Data Worth and Its Use in the Development of Site Investigation Strategies

R. Allan Freeze;Bruce James;Joel Massmann;Tony Sperling

191
Citations
Soil urease activity and bacterial ureC gene copy numbers: Effect of pH

Kristin A. Fisher;Stephanie A. Yarwood;Bruce R. James

173
Citations
An 8-hydroxyquinoline method for labile and total aluminum in soil extracts

Bruce R. James;Christopher J. Clark;Susan J. Riha

157
Citations
Oxidation‐reduction chemistry of chromium: Relevance to the regulation and remediation of chromate‐contaminated soils

Bruce R. James;John C. Petura;Rock J. Vitale;George R. Mussoline

150
Citations
Hexavalent chromium solubility and reduction in alkaline soils enriched with chromite ore processing residue

Bruce R. James

136
Citations
pH Buffering in Forest Soil Organic Horizons: Relevance to Acid Precipitation

Bruce R. James;Susan J. Riha

134
Citations
Spatial Variability of Soil pH and Organic Matter in Forest Plantations

Susan J. Riha;Bruce R. James;Gail P. Senesac;Eric Pallant

130
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan J. Riha Cornell University

Martin C. Rabenhorst University of Maryland, College Park

Allen P. Davis University of Maryland, College Park

Leslie Smith University of British Columbia

Peter Kühn University of Tübingen

Thomas Scholten University of Tübingen

Markus Fuchs University of Giessen

George R. Helz University of Maryland, College Park

Rufus L. Chaney US Department of Agriculture

Stephan J. Hug Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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