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James P. McKinley publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James P. McKinley sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 126 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

James P. McKinley D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where James P. McKinley sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

James P. McKinley is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research work includes contributions to the field of polymer efficiency in water treatment processes.

One of their recent papers, published in 2025, is titled "Enhancing polymer efficiency through use of diluted polymer for final dewatering". This paper appears in the Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Khoa Nam Ngo
  • Thanh Qui Dương
  • Parnia Behbahani
  • Arash Massoudieh
  • Jeffrey Proctor

Their publications have appeared primarily in the following venue:

  • Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation

Best Publications

  • Lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems in deep basalt aquifers

    Todd O. Stevens;James P. McKinley

  • Sorption of Cs+ to micaceous subsurface sediments from the Hanford site, USA

    John M Zachara;Steven C Smith;Chongxuan Liu;James P McKinley

  • Confined subsurface microbial communities in Cretaceous rock

    Lee R. Krumholz;James P. McKinley;Glenn A. Ulrich;Joseph M. Suflita

  • The Influence of Uranyl Hydrolysis and Multiple Site-Binding Reactions on Adsorption of U(VI) to Montmorillonite

    James P. McKinley;John M. Zachara;Steven C. Smith;Gary D. Turner

  • Diversity and characterization of sulfate-reducing bacteria in groundwater at a uranium mill tailings site

    Yun-Juan Chang;Aaron D. Peacock;Philip E. Long;John R. Stephen

  • Pore‐size constraints on the activity and survival of subsurface bacteria in a late cretaceous shale‐sandstone sequence, northwestern New Mexico

    J. K. Fredrickson;J. P. McKinley;B. N. Bjornstad;P. E. Long

  • Surface-charge properties and UO22+ adsorption of a subsurface smectite

    G.D. Turner;J.M. Zachara;J.P. McKinley;S.C. Smith

  • Reduction of TcO4- by sediment-associated biogenic Fe(II)

    James K Fredrickson;John M Zachara;David W Kennedy;Ravi K Kukkadapu

  • Effect of Electron Donor and Solution Chemistry on Products of Dissimilatory Reduction of Technetium by Shewanella putrefaciens

    Raymond E. Wildung;Yuri A. Gorby;Kenneth M. Krupka;Nancy J. Hess

  • Reduction of pertechnetate (Tc(VII)) by aqueous Fe(II) and the nature of solid phase redox products

    John M. Zachara;Steve M. Heald;Steve M. Heald;Byong-Hun Jeon;Ravi K. Kukkadapu

  • Persistence of uranium groundwater plumes: Contrasting mechanisms at two DOE sites in the groundwater–river interaction zone

    John M. Zachara;Philip E. Long;John Bargar;James A. Davis

  • Microscale Distribution of Cesium Sorbed to Biotite and Muscovite

    James P McKinley;John M Zachara;Steven M Heald;Alice Dohnalkova

  • Changes in uranium speciation through a depth sequence of contaminated Hanford sediments

    Jeffrey G. Catalano;James P. Mckinley;John M. Zachara;Steve M. Heald

  • Spatial and temporal dynamics of the microbial community in the Hanford unconfined aquifer.

    Xueju Lin;James McKinley;Charles T Resch;Rachael Kaluzny

  • Microorganisms from deep, high temperature sandstones: constraints on microbial colonization

    F.S Colwell;T.C Onstott;M.E Delwiche;D Chandler

  • Influence of hydrolysis on the sorption of metal cations by smectites: Importance of edge coordination reactions

    John M. Zachara;James P. McKinley

  • Desorption kinetics of radiocesium from subsurface sediments at Hanford Site, USA

    Chongxuan Liu;John M. Zachara;Steven C. Smith;James P. McKinley

  • Observations Pertaining to the Origin and Ecology of Microorganisms Recovered from the Deep Subsurface of Taylorsville Basin, Virginia

    T C. Onstott;Tommy J. Phelps;F S. Colwell;D B. Ringelberg

  • Chromium Speciation and Mobility in a High Level Nuclear Waste Vadose Zone Plume

    John M. Zachara;Calvin C. Ainsworth;Gordon E. Brown;Jeffrey G. Catalano

  • Dissolution of uranyl microprecipitates in subsurface sediments at Hanford Site, USA

    Chongxuan Liu;John M. Zachara;Odeta Qafoku;James P. McKinley

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Zachara
John M. Zachara Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
James K. Fredrickson
James K. Fredrickson Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chongxuan Liu
Chongxuan Liu Southern University of Science and Technology
Steve M. Heald
Steve M. Heald Argonne National Laboratory
Philip E. Long
Philip E. Long Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
David C. White
David C. White University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Aaron D. Peacock
Aaron D. Peacock Microbac Laboratories
Ravi K. Kukkadapu
Ravi K. Kukkadapu Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Lee R. Krumholz
Lee R. Krumholz University of Oklahoma
Klaus Keil
Klaus Keil University of Hawaii at Manoa

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