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Jerald L. Schnoor

Jerald L. Schnoor

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
76
Citations
25513
World Ranking
1180
National Ranking
513

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
18788
World Ranking
6808
National Ranking
2042

Jerald L. Schnoor 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 Jerald L. Schnoor sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 425 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Jerald L. Schnoor 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 Jerald L. Schnoor sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% 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

  • 1999 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For research and engineering leadership in development, validation, and utilization of mathematical models for global environmental decision-making.

Overview

Jerald L. Schnoor is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, contributing extensively to the understanding of pollution and its impacts, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, molecular biology, ecology, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's recent publications include work published in Environmental Science & Technology, featuring studies such as Phytoremediation, Bioaugmentation, and the Plant Microbiome (2022), Metabolism of SCCPs and MCCPs in Suspension Rice Cells Based on Paired Mass Distance (PMD) Analysis (2020), Medium- and Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Mature Maize Plants and Corresponding Agricultural Soils (2021), Decadal Journey of E-Waste Recycling: What Has It Achieved? (2022), and Compartmentalization and Excretion of 2,4,6-Tribromophenol Sulfation and Glycosylation Conjugates in Rice Plants (2021).

The topics addressed in Schnoor's work can be summarized in the following areas:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Algal biology and biofuel production

Notable frequent coauthors include:

  • Timothy E. Mattes
  • Jiyan Liu
  • Guibin Jiang
  • Krishna Pagilla
  • Xingwang Hou

The scientist has contributed to various publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • ACS Environmental Au
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • ACS Omega

In addition to journal articles, Jerald L. Schnoor has edited or authored books, including Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Utilization (2023), published by UWA Publishing.

Recognition of their career includes membership in the National Academy of Engineering since 1999, awarded for research and engineering leadership in developing, validating, and utilizing mathematical models for global environmental decision-making.

Best Publications

  • Phytoremediation of Organic and Nutrient Contaminants

    Jerald L. Schnoor;Louis A. Light;Steven C. McCutcheon;N. Lee Wolfe

  • Nitrogen fixation: Anthropogenic enhancement‐environmental response

    James N. Galloway;William H. Schlesinger;Hiram Levy;Anthony Michaels

  • Environmental Modeling: Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Water, Air, and Soil

    Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Insight into Multiple and Multilevel Structures of Biochars and Their Potential Environmental Applications: A Critical Review

    Xin Xiao;Baoliang Chen;Zaiming Chen;Lizhong Zhu

  • Barriers, pathways and processes for uptake, translocation and accumulation of nanomaterials in plants – Critical review

    Fabienne Schwab;Guangshu Zhai;Meaghan Kern;Amalia Turner

  • Predictive Relationships for Uptake of Organic Contaminants by Hybrid Poplar Trees

    Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Sustainability Science and Engineering: The Emergence of a New Metadiscipline

    James R. Mihelcic;John C. Crittenden;Mitchell J. Small;David R. Shonnard

  • Phytoremediation: Transformation and Control of Contaminants

    Steven C. McCutcheon;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Advances in phytoremediation.

    Annette C. Dietz;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Uptake and Metabolism of Atrazine by Poplar Trees

    Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Phytoremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls: new trends and promises.

    Benoit Van Aken;Paola A. Correa;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Benzo[a]pyrene co-metabolism in the presence of plant root extracts and exudates: Implications for phytoremediation.

    Jeremy A. Rentz;Pedro J.J. Alvarez;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • E-waste recycling: where does it go from here?

    Kai Zhang;Jerald L. Schnoor;Eddy Y. Zeng

  • Beneficial effects of plants in the remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with organic materials

    J. F. Shimp;J. C. Tracy;L. C. Davis;E. Lee

  • Detection of perfluorooctane surfactants in Great Lakes water.

    Bryan Boulanger;John D. Vargo;Jerald L. Schnoor;Keri C. Hornbuckle

  • Evaluation of perfluorooctane surfactants in a wastewater treatment system and in a commercial surface protection product.

    Bryan Boulanger;John D. Vargo;Jerald L. Schnoor;Keri C. Hornbuckle

  • Phytoremediation: Plant Uptake of Atrazine and Role of Root Exudates

    Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Biodegradation of Nitro-Substituted Explosives 2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene, Hexahydro-1,3,5-Trinitro-1,3,5-Triazine, and Octahydro-1,3,5,7-Tetranitro-1,3,5-Tetrazocine by a Phytosymbiotic Methylobacterium sp. Associated with Poplar Tissues (Populus deltoides × nigra DN34)

    Benoit Van Aken;Jong Moon Yoon;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Uptake and Transformation of TNT by Hybrid Poplar Trees

    Phillip L. Thompson;Liz A. Ramer;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Can Direct Conversion of Used Nitrogen to New Feed and Protein Help Feed the World

    Silvio Matassa;Damien J. Batstone;Tim Hülsen;Jerald Schnoor

  • Methylobacterium populi sp. nov., a novel aerobic, pink-pigmented, facultatively methylotrophic, methane-utilizing bacterium isolated from poplar trees (Populus deltoides x nigra DN34).

    Benoit Van Aken;Caroline M. Peres;Sharon Lafferty Doty;Jong Moon Yoon

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro J. J. Alvarez
Pedro J. J. Alvarez Rice University
Hans-Joachim Lehmler
Hans-Joachim Lehmler University of Iowa
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis
Nikolaos P. Nikolaidis Technical University of Crete
Guibin Jiang
Guibin Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keri C. Hornbuckle
Keri C. Hornbuckle University of Iowa
Joel G. Burken
Joel G. Burken Missouri University of Science and Technology
Charles N. Haas
Charles N. Haas Drexel University
Barbara S. Minsker
Barbara S. Minsker Southern Methodist University
Konstantine P. Georgakakos
Konstantine P. Georgakakos Hydrologic Research Center
Yu-Ping Chin
Yu-Ping Chin The Ohio State University

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