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D-Index
38
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6972
World Ranking
8559
National Ranking
3060

David S. Kosson 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 David S. Kosson sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 228 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David S. Kosson 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 David S. Kosson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Best Publications

  • An Integrated Framework for Evaluating Leaching in Waste Management and Utilization of Secondary Materials

    D.S. Kosson;H.A. van der Sloot;F. Sanchez;A.C. Garrabrants

  • An approach for estimation of contaminant release during utilization and disposal of municipal waste combustion residues

    D.S. Kosson;H.A. van der Sloot;T.T. Eighmy

  • World terends in municipal solid waste management

    S. Sakai;S.E. Sawell;A.J. Chandler;T.T. Eighmy

  • Numerical simulation of cementitious materials degradation under external sulfate attack

    S. Sarkar;S. Mahadevan;J.C.L. Meeussen;H. van der Sloot

  • Distributed sequestration and release of PAHs in weathered sediment: the role of sediment structure and organic carbon properties.

    Karl J. Rockne;Leslie M. Shor;L. Y. Young;Gary L. Taghon

  • Characteristics, treatment and utilization of residues from municipal waste incineration.

    H.A. van der Sloot;D.S. Kosson;O. Hjelmar

  • Pore structure of soot deposits from several combustion sources.

    Karl J Rockne;Gary L Taghon;David S Kosson

  • Predicting the Effect of Moisture on Vapor-Phase Sorption of Volatile Organic Compounds to Soils

    David R. Unger;Thientu T. Lam;Charles E. Schaefer;David S. Kosson

  • Changes in constituent equilibrium leaching and pore water characteristics of a Portland cement mortar as a result of carbonation.

    A.C. Garrabrants;F. Sanchez;D.S. Kosson

  • Effects of sterilization methods on the physical characteristics of soil: implications for sorption isotherm analyses.

    J. B. Lotrario;B. J. Stuart;T. Lam;R. R. Arands

  • Desorption Kinetics for Field-Aged Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Sediments

    Leslie M. Shor;Karl J. Rockne;Gary L. Taghon;L. Y. Young

  • Leaching of inorganic contaminants from cement-based waste materials as a result of carbonation during intermittent wetting

    F. Sanchez;C. Gervais;A. C. Garrabrants;Radu Barna

  • Forty years of durability assessment of nuclear waste glass by standard methods

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  • Release of heavy metals during long-term land application of sewage sludge compost: Percolation leaching tests with repeated additions of compost.

    Wen Fang;Wen Fang;Rossane C. Delapp;David S. Kosson;Hans A. van der Sloot

  • The effects of carbonation and drying during intermittent leaching on the release of inorganic constituents from a cement-based matrix

    Caroline Gervais;Andrew C. Garrabrants;Florence Sanchez;Radu Barna

  • Physical properties and chemical species distributions within municipal waste combuster ashes

    J. L. Ontiveros;T. L. Clapp;D. S. Kosson

  • Comparison of the release of constituents from granular materials under batch and column testing

    Sarynna López Meza;Andrew C. Garrabrants;Hans A. Van der Sloot;David S. Kosson

  • Use of a chelating agent to determine the metal availability for leaching from soils and wastes

    Andrew C. Garrabrants;David S. Kosson

  • Characterization of Fe(III)-reducing enrichment cultures and isolation of Fe(III)-reducing bacteria from the Savannah River site, South Carolina.

    David J. Scala;Eric L. Hacherl;Robert Cowan;Lily Y. Young

  • Use of characterisation leaching tests and associated modelling tools in assessing the hazardous nature of wastes.

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Joanna Burger Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Michael Gochfeld Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Karl J. Rockne University of Illinois at Chicago
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Stephen C. Jewett University of Alaska Fairbanks
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Douglas E. Adams Vanderbilt University
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John C. Eichelberger University of Alaska Fairbanks
Rob N.J. Comans
Rob N.J. Comans Wageningen University & Research
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Vivek Agarwal Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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