2026 Garrison Sposito: 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	109	215	200	98	89	462	45459
Chemistry	105	998	878	398	321	371	41914

Garrison Sposito 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 Garrison Sposito sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 462 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Garrison Sposito 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 Garrison Sposito sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 109 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
2002 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry
1985 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
1984 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
1983 - Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
1983 - Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA)

Overview

Garrison Sposito is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Environmental Science and Engineering.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

Environmental Science
Engineering

Within these fields, their work extends into several subfields such as:

Civil and Structural Engineering
Environmental Engineering
Geochemistry and Petrology
Biomaterials
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Garrison Sposito's research topics focus on soil and water interactions and include:

Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Groundwater flow and contamination studies
Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Clay minerals and soil interactions
Iron oxide chemistry and applications
Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
Landslides and related hazards

Their recent papers demonstrate an active involvement with topics related to water management, soil, and environmental interfaces. These papers include:

"Reassessing irrigation water quality guidelines for sodicity hazard," 2021, Agricultural Water Management
"Curvature-induced hydrophobicity at imogolite-water interfaces," 2020, Environmental Science Nano
"Dynamic water potential waves in unsaturated soils," 2022, Advances in Water Resources
"Correction: Curvature-induced hydrophobicity at imogolite-water interfaces," 2020, Environmental Science Nano

Garrison Sposito has published in several frequent venues, with a significant presence in:

Environmental Science Nano
Agricultural Water Management
Advances in Water Resources

The scientist has coauthored with multiple frequent collaborators, including:

Alejandro Fernández-Martínez
Jinhui Tao
Adam F. Wallace
Ian C. Bourg
Mark R. Johnson

Throughout their career, Garrison Sposito has received several professional recognitions, such as:

Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry (2002)
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (1985)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1984)
Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy (ASA) (1983)
Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) (1983)

Best Publications

The Chemistry of Soils

Garrison Sposito

4184
Citations
The surface chemistry of soils

Garrison Sposito

2666
Citations
Molecular Structure in Soil Humic Substances: The New View

Rebecca Sutton;Garrison Sposito

1573
Citations
The Environmental Chemistry of Aluminum

Garrison Sposito

1046
Citations
Trace metal chemistry in arid-zone field soils amended with sewage sludge: I. Fractionation of Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in solid phases

Garrison Sposito;L. J. Lund;A. C. Chang

1029
Citations
Surface geochemistry of the clay minerals.

Garrison Sposito;Neal T. Skipper;Rebecca Sutton;Sung-ho Park

891
Citations
Characterization of the manganese oxide produced by Pseudomonas putida strain MnB1

Mario Villalobos;Brandy Toner;John Bargar;Garrison Sposito

765
Citations
Fractal Fragmentation, Soil Porosity, and Soil Water Properties: I. Theory

Michel Rieu;Garrison Sposito

734
Citations
Structure of water adsorbed on smectites

Garrison Sposito;Rene Prost

695
Citations
The thermodynamics of soil solutions

Garrison Sposito

574
Citations
Monte Carlo simulation of interlayer molecular structure in swelling clay minerals; 1, Methodology

N. T. Skipper;Fang-Ru Chou Chang;Garrison Sposito

439
Citations
Computer Simulation of Interlayer Molecular Structure in Sodium Montmorillonite Hydrates

Fang-Ru Chou Chang;N. T. Skipper;Garrison Sposito

410
Citations
Redox properties of standard humic acids

Z Struyk;Garrison Sposito

405
Citations
Structural model for the biogenic Mn oxide produced by Pseudomonas putida

Mario Villalobos;Mario Villalobos;Bruno Lanson;Alain Manceau;Brandy Toner

400
Citations
Surface charge properties of kaolinite

Brian K. Schroth;Garrison Sposito

395
Citations
On Points of Zero Charge

Garrison Sposito

360
Citations
A Transfer Function Model of Solute Transport Through Soil: 1. Fundamental Concepts

William A. Jury;Garrison Sposito;Robert E. White

348
Citations
A chemical model of phosphate adsorption by soils. I: Reference oxide minerals

Sabine Goldberg;Garrison Sposito

344
Citations
On the Use of the Langmuir Equation in the Interpretation of ``Adsorption'' Phenomena1

J. A. Veith;Garrison Sposito

327
Citations
Mechanisms of Pb(II) sorption on a biogenic manganese oxide.

Mario Villalobos;John Bargar;Garrison Sposito

315
Citations
Chemical equilibria and kinetics in soils

Garrison Sposito

313
Citations
On the mechanism of specific phosphate adsorption by hydroxylated mineral surfaces: A review

Sabine Goldberg;Garrison Sposito

289
Citations
Chemistry of the solid-water interface

Garrison Sposito

49
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian C. Bourg Princeton University

John R. Bargar SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

William A. Jury University of California, Riverside

Nicola Senesi University of Bari Aldo Moro

Ernest L. Majer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Brandy M. Toner University of Minnesota

Paulo J.M. Monteiro University of California, Berkeley

Alain Manceau École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Samuel J. Traina University of California, Merced

David Andrew Barry École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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