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D-Index
42
Citations
7814
World Ranking
7342
National Ranking
2618

Joel G. Burken 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 Joel G. Burken sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Joel G. Burken 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 Joel G. Burken sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

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

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

    Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Uptake and Metabolism of Atrazine by Poplar Trees

    Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

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

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

  • 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

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

    Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

  • Phytovolatilization of Organic Contaminants

    Matt Limmer;Joel Gerard Burken

  • Uptake and Metabolism of Organic Compounds: Green‐Liver Model

    J. G. Burken

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

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

  • TCE diffusion to the atmosphere in phytoremediation applications.

    Xingmao Ma;Joel Gerard Burken

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

    Joel G. Burken;Jerald L. Schnoor

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Effect of seeding materials and mixing strength on struvite precipitation.

    Jun Wang;Joel G. Burken;Xiaoqi Jackie Zhang

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

    Xingmao Ma;Joel Gerard Burken

  • Uptake and transformation of trichloroethylene by edible garden plants

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

  • 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

  • Plant Translocation of Organic Compounds: Molecular and Physicochemical Predictors

    Matt A. Limmer;Joel G. Burken

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

    Paheding Sidike;Vasit Sagan;Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang;Matthew Maimaitiyiming

  • Mineralization and Uptake of Triazine Pesticide in Soil‐Plant Systems

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Craig D. Adams
Craig D. Adams Saint Louis University
Jerald L. Schnoor
Jerald L. Schnoor University of Iowa
Philipp Mayer
Philipp Mayer Technical University of Denmark
Stefan Trapp
Stefan Trapp Technical University of Denmark
Pedro J. J. Alvarez
Pedro J. J. Alvarez Rice University
Rao Y. Surampalli
Rao Y. Surampalli University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Thomas K. Wood
Thomas K. Wood Pennsylvania State University
Jason C. White
Jason C. White Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Michel Chalot
Michel Chalot University of Franche-Comté
Todd C. Mockler
Todd C. Mockler Donald Danforth Plant Science Center

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