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D-Index
120
Citations
45678
World Ranking
503
National Ranking
217

Gordon E. Brown publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gordon E. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 500 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Gordon E. Brown D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gordon E. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 120 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gordon E. Brown is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with notable work published across multiple fields of study and subfields, including Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics such as Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis, Iron Oxide Chemistry and Applications, Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, and Arsenic Contamination and Mitigation.

Gordon E. Brown has published multiple papers in prominent scientific venues. Some of the recent papers include:

  • Oxide- and Silicate-Water Interfaces and Their Roles in Technology and the Environment (2023, Chemical Reviews)
  • Chemical and Reactive Transport Processes Associated with Hydraulic Fracturing of Unconventional Oil/Gas Shales (2022, Chemical Reviews)
  • Redox Heterogeneities Promote Thioarsenate Formation and Release into Groundwater from Low Arsenic Sediments (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Reactive Transport Modeling of Shale-Fluid Interactions after Imbibition of Fracturing Fluids (2020, Energy & Fuels)
  • FeS colloids - formation and mobilization pathways in natural waters (2020, Environmental Science Nano)

Their frequent coauthors include John Bargar, Vincent Noël, Naresh Kumar, Kristin Boye, and Adam D. Jew.

Gordon E. Brown has contributed several publications to leading journals such as Environmental Science Nano, Chemical Reviews, Environmental Science & Technology, Energy & Fuels, and ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.

In recognition of their contributions, Gordon E. Brown was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Environmental transformations of silver nanoparticles: impact on stability and toxicity.

    Clément Levard;Clément Levard;E. Matt Hotze;E. Matt Hotze;Gregory V. Lowry;Gregory V. Lowry;Gordon E. Brown;Gordon E. Brown;Gordon E. Brown

  • Metal Oxide Surfaces and Their Interactions with Aqueous Solutions and Microbial Organisms.

    Gordon E. Brown;Victor E. Henrich;William H. Casey;David L. Clark

  • Oxidation state and coordination of Fe in minerals: An Fe K-XANES spectroscopic study

    Max Wilke;François Farges;François Farges;Pierre-Emmanuel Petit;Gordon E. Brown

  • TI K-EDGE XANES STUDIES OF TI COORDINATION AND DISORDER IN OXIDE COMPOUNDS: COMPARISON BETWEEN THEORY AND EXPERIMENT

    François Farges;Gordon E. Brown;J. J. Rehr

  • In Situ X-ray Absorption Study of Surface Complexes: Selenium Oxyanions on α-FeOOH

    Kim F. Hayes;A. Lawrence Roe;Gordon E. Brown;Kerrh O. Hodgson

  • Structure of the Hydrated α-Al2O3 (0001) Surface

    Peter J. Eng;Thomas P. Trainor;Gordon E. Brown;Glenn A. Waychunas

  • Sulfidation Processes of PVP-Coated Silver Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution: Impact on Dissolution Rate

    Clément Levard;Clément Levard;Brian C. Reinsch;Brian C. Reinsch;F. Marc Michel;F. Marc Michel;Camella Oumahi

  • MINERAL SURFACES AND BIOAVAILABILITY OF HEAVY METALS : A MOLECULAR-SCALE PERSPECTIVE

    Gordon E. Brown;Andrea L. Foster;John D. Ostergren

  • Quantitative arsenic speciation in mine tailings using X-ray absorption spectroscopy

    Andrea L. Foster;Gordon E. Brown;Tracy N. Tingle;George A. Parks

  • Surface complexation of Pb(II) at oxide-water interfaces: I. XAFS and bond-valence determination of mononuclear and polynuclear Pb(II) sorption products on aluminum oxides

    J.R. Bargar;G.E. Brown;G.A. Parks

  • Abiotic Selenium Redox Transformations in the Presence of Fe(II,III) Oxides

    Satish Chandra Babu Myneni;T. K. Tokunaga;T. K. Tokunaga;G. E. Brown;G. E. Brown

  • Size-Controlled Dissolution of Organic-Coated Silver Nanoparticles

    Rui Ma;Rui Ma;Clément Levard;Clément Levard;Stella M. Marinakos;Yingwen Cheng

  • Sulfidation of silver nanoparticles: natural antidote to their toxicity.

    Clement Levard;Clement Levard;Clement Levard;Ernest M. Hotze;Ernest M. Hotze;Benjamin P. Colman;Amy L. Dale;Amy L. Dale

  • Effect of Chloride on the Dissolution Rate of Silver Nanoparticles and Toxicity to E. coli

    Clément Levard;Sumit Mitra;Tiffany Yang;Adam Jew

  • EXAFS analysis of arsenite adsorption onto two-line ferrihydrite, hematite, goethite, and lepidocrocite.

    Georges Ona-Nguema;Guillaume Morin;Farid Juillot;Georges Calas

  • Structure of mineral glasses—I. The feldspar glasses NaAlSi3O8, KAlSi3O8, CaAl2Si2O8

    Mark Taylor;Gordon E. Brown

  • Environmental speciation of actinides.

    Kate Maher;John R. Bargar;Gordon E. Brown

  • Ordered ferrimagnetic form of ferrihydrite reveals links among structure, composition, and magnetism

    F Marc Michel;Vidal Barrón;José Torrent;María P Morales

  • X-ray K-edge absorption spectra of Fe minerals and model compounds: Near-edge structure

    Glenn A. Waychunas;Michael J. Apted;Gordon E. Brown

  • Coordination chemistry of Ti(IV) in silicate glasses and melts: I. XAFS study of titanium coordination in oxide model compounds

    François Farges;Gordon E. Brown;John J. Rehr

Frequent Co-Authors

John R. Bargar
John R. Bargar SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
François Farges
François Farges Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
George A. Parks
George A. Parks Stanford University
Georges Calas
Georges Calas Sorbonne University
Guillaume Morin
Guillaume Morin Sorbonne University
Farid Juillot
Farid Juillot Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Karim Benzerara
Karim Benzerara Sorbonne University
Glenn A. Waychunas
Glenn A. Waychunas Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
François Guyot
François Guyot French National Museum of Natural History
Alfred M. Spormann
Alfred M. Spormann Stanford University

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