2026 Joel G. Burken: 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	42	7342	7056	2618	2437	137	7814

Overview

Joel G. Burken is affiliated with Missouri University of Science and Technology in the United States, specializing predominantly in the field of Environmental Science. Their research portfolio focuses on various subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Agronomy and Crop Science, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Bioenergy Crop Production and Management, Seedling Growth and Survival Studies, Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Research, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, and Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics.

Joel G. Burken has authored papers published in multiple reputable venues. Notable publication venues where they have frequently contributed include The Science of The Total Environment, Forests, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Remote Sensing, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Recent papers by Joel G. Burken include:

Machine Learning: New Ideas and Tools in Environmental Science and Engineering (2021) in Environmental Science & Technology
Fate and transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the vadose zone (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
Filtration performances of non-medical materials as candidates for manufacturing facemasks and respirators (2020) in International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
Investigating plant uptake of organic contaminants through transpiration stream concentration factor and neural network models (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
Phytomanagement of Pb/Zn/Cu tailings using biosolids-biochar or -humus combinations: Enhancement of bioenergy crop production, substrate functionality, and ecosystem services (2022) in The Science of The Total Environment

Collaborations have included frequent co-authors such as Majid Bagheri, Nadège Oustriere, Honglan Shi, Mariam K. Al-Lami, and Xingmao Ma, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to environmental research topics.

Best Publications

Machine Learning: New Ideas and Tools in Environmental Science and Engineering

Shifa Zhong;Kai Zhang;Majid Bagheri;Joel G. Burken

899
Citations
Predictive Relationships for Uptake of Organic Contaminants by Hybrid Poplar Trees

Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

766
Citations
Uptake and Metabolism of Atrazine by Poplar Trees

Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

510
Citations
The water footprint of biofuels: a drink or drive issue?

R. Dominguez-Faus;Susan E. Powers;Joel G. Burken;Pedro J. Alvarez

473
Citations
Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)-Based Phenotyping of Soybean using Multi-sensor Data Fusion and Extreme Learning Machine

Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang;Abduwasit Ghulam;Paheding Sidike;Sean Hartling

393
Citations
Phytoremediation: Plant Uptake of Atrazine and Role of Root Exudates

Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

368
Citations
Phytovolatilization of Organic Contaminants

Matt Limmer;Joel Gerard Burken

305
Citations
Uptake and Metabolism of Organic Compounds: Green‐Liver Model

J. G. Burken

253
Citations
Engineered Struvite Precipitation: Impacts of Component-Ion Molar Ratios and pH

Jun Wang;Joel Gerard Burken;Xiaoqi Zhang;Rao Y. Surampalli

208
Citations
TCE diffusion to the atmosphere in phytoremediation applications.

Xingmao Ma;Joel Gerard Burken

187
Citations
Distribution and Volatilization of Organic Compounds Following Uptake by Hybrid Poplar Trees

Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

155
Citations
Fate and transport of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in the vadose zone

Hamidreza Sharifan;Majid Bagheri;Dan Wang;Joel G. Burken

150
Citations
Nine-Month Evaluation of Runoff Quality and Quantity from an Experiential Green Roof in Missouri, USA

Grace E. Harper;Matt A. Limmer;W. Eric Showalter;Joel Gerard Burken

132
Citations
Phytoforensics, dendrochemistry, and phytoscreening: new green tools for delineating contaminants from past and present.

Joel G. Burken;Don A. Vroblesky;Jean Christophe Balouet

128
Citations
Effect of seeding materials and mixing strength on struvite precipitation.

Jun Wang;Joel G. Burken;Xiaoqi Jackie Zhang

114
Citations
VOCs fate and partitioning in vegetation: use of tree cores in groundwater analysis.

Xingmao Ma;Joel Gerard Burken

114
Citations
Uptake and transformation of trichloroethylene by edible garden plants

William E. Schnabel;Annette C. Dietz;Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

111
Citations
Enhanced Degradation of TCE on a Superfund Site Using Endophyte-Assisted Poplar Tree Phytoremediation

Sharon Lafferty Doty;John Leonard Freeman;Christopher M. Cohu;Joel Gerard Burken

105
Citations
Plant Translocation of Organic Compounds: Molecular and Physicochemical Predictors

Matt A. Limmer;Joel G. Burken

101
Citations
dPEN: deep Progressively Expanded Network for mapping heterogeneous agricultural landscape using WorldView-3 satellite imagery

Paheding Sidike;Vasit Sagan;Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang;Matthew Maimaitiyiming

93
Citations
Mineralization and Uptake of Triazine Pesticide in Soil‐Plant Systems

Dhileepan R. Nair;Joel G. Burken;Louis A. Licht;Jerald L. Schnoor

88
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig D. Adams Saint Louis University

Jerald L. Schnoor University of Iowa

Philipp Mayer Technical University of Denmark

Stefan Trapp Technical University of Denmark

Pedro J. J. Alvarez Rice University

Rao Y. Surampalli University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Thomas K. Wood Pennsylvania State University

Jason C. White Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

Michel Chalot University of Franche-Comté

Todd C. Mockler Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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