2026 Jan Vymazal: 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	75	1245	1179	1	1	211	30051

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Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Czechia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Czechia Leader Award
2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Czechia Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Czechia Leader Award

Overview

Jan Vymazal is affiliated with the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in the Czech Republic. Their academic contributions focus primarily on environmental science, with substantial work in industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, ecology, plant science, and environmental engineering.

Their research centers around topics such as constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, wastewater treatment and reuse, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, phosphorus and nutrient management, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, and mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions.

Notable recent publications include:

"Pharmaceutical pollution of the world's rivers," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Recent research challenges in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review," 2021, Ecological Engineering
"Nanoplastics Disturb Nitrogen Removal in Constructed Wetlands: Responses of Microbes and Macrophytes," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
"Constructed wetlands for landfill leachate treatment: A review," 2020, Ecological Engineering
"Application of floating treatment wetlands for stormwater runoff: A critical review of the recent developments with emphasis on heavy metals and nutrient removal," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jan Vymazal include:

Zhongbing Chen
Shanshan Hu
Adam Sochacki
Bo Hu
Yaqian Zhao

Their publications are regularly featured in venues such as:

Ecological Engineering
The Science of The Total Environment
SSRN Electronic Journal
Chemosphere
Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

Removal of nutrients in various types of constructed wetlands.

Jan Vymazal

3575
Citations
Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

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1759
Citations
Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment: Five Decades of Experience†

Jan Vymazal

1397
Citations
Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment

Jan Vymazal

1299
Citations
Horizontal sub-surface flow and hybrid constructed wetlands systems for wastewater treatment

Jan Vymazal

1150
Citations
Plants used in constructed wetlands with horizontal subsurface flow: a review

Jan Vymazal

809
Citations
The use constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow for various types of wastewater

J. Vymazal

769
Citations
Constructed wetlands for pollution control: Processes, performance, design and operation

Robert Kadlec;Robert Knight;Jan Vymazal;Hans Brix

757
Citations
Development of constructed wetlands in performance intensifications for wastewater treatment: A nitrogen and organic matter targeted review

Shubiao Wu;Peter Kuschk;Hans Brix;Jan Vymazal

719
Citations
Constructed wetlands for treatment of industrial wastewaters: A review

Jan Vymazal

716
Citations
Constructed Wetlands for Pollution Control

R. Knight;P. Cooper;H Brix;J. Vymazal

674
Citations
Wastewater Treatment in Constructed Wetlands with Horizontal Sub-Surface Flow

Jan Vymazal;Lenka Kröpfelová

669
Citations
The use of hybrid constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment with special attention to nitrogen removal: a review of a recent development.

Jan Vymazal

623
Citations
The use of constructed wetlands for removal of pesticides from agricultural runoff and drainage: a review.

Jan Vymazal;Tereza Březinová

549
Citations
The use of sub-surface constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in the Czech Republic: 10 years experience

Jan Vymazal

543
Citations
Emergent plants used in free water surface constructed wetlands: A review

Jan Vymazal

538
Citations
Algae and Element Cycling in Wetlands

Jan Vymazal

446
Citations
Fluoride contamination, health problems and remediation methods in Asian groundwater: A comprehensive review.

Krishna Kumar Yadav;Sandeep Kumar;Quoc Bao Pham;Neha Gupta

379
Citations
Removal of organics in constructed wetlands with horizontal sub-surface flow: a review of the field experience.

Jan Vymazal;Jan Vymazal;Lenka Kröpfelová

375
Citations
Removal mechanisms and types of constructed wetlands

J. Vymazal

365
Citations
Constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in Europe.

J. Vymazal;E. J. Dunne;K. R. Reddy;O. T. Carton

78
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Curtis J. Richardson Duke University

Peter Kuschk Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

Qi Zhou Tongji University

Hans Brix Aarhus University

Christopher Craft Indiana University

Miroslav Vosátka Czech Academy of Sciences

Vladislav Chrastný Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Robert H. Kadlec University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Robert G. Qualls University of Nevada Reno

K. R. Reddy University of Florida

External Links

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