2026 Kathryn L. Nagy: 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	45	6341	6088	2288	2123	117	8921

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Kathryn L. Nagy is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specific emphasis on health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's publications address key topics including:

Mercury impact and mitigation studies
Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
Selenium in Biological Systems
Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
Trace Elements in Health

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kathryn L. Nagy include:

Demethylation of Methylmercury in Bird, Fish, and Earthworm, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
Persistent and toxic chemical pollutants in fish consumed by Asians in Chicago, United States, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
Acute Toxicity of Divalent Mercury to Bacteria Explained by the Formation of Dicysteinate and Tetracysteinate Complexes Bound to Proteins in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
Corrigendum to "Persistent and Toxic Chemical Pollutants in Fish Consumed by Asians in Chicago, United States" [Sci. Total Environ. 811 (2022):152214/ DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152214], 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Kathryn L. Nagy include:

Alain Manceau
Jean-Paul Bourdineaud
Pieter Glatzel
An Li
Qiaozhi Tang

The researcher has contributed notably to publications in the following venues:

Environmental Science & Technology
The Science of The Total Environment

Kathryn L. Nagy was recognized with the Geochemistry Fellow Honor awarded by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2015.

Best Publications

Chemical weathering rate laws and global geochemical cycles

Antonio C. Lasaga;Josep M. Soler;Jiwchar Ganor;Timothy E. Burch

954
Citations
Molecular-Scale Density Oscillations in Water Adjacent to a Mica Surface

L. Cheng;P. Fenter;Kathryn Nagy;M. L. Schlegel

570
Citations
Dissolution and precipitation kinetics of sheet silicates

K. L. Nagy

418
Citations
Free energy dependence of albite dissolution kinetics at 80°C and pH 8.8

T.E. Burch;K.L. Nagy;A.C. Lasaga

411
Citations
Molecular Controls on Kaolinite Surface Charge

Patrick V. Brady;Randall T. Cygan;Kathryn L. Nagy

406
Citations
Dissolution and precipitation kinetics of kaolinite at 80 degrees C and pH 3; the dependence on solution saturation state

Kathryn Nagy;A. E. Blum;A. C. Lasaga

390
Citations
Dissolution and precipitation kinetics of gibbsite at 80°C and pH 3: The dependence on solution saturation state

K.L Nagy;A.C Lasaga

318
Citations
Formation of metallic copper nanoparticles at the soil-root interface.

Alain Manceau;Kathryn L. Nagy;Matthew A. Marcus;Martine Lanson

285
Citations
Mercury(II) sorption to two Florida Everglades peats: evidence for strong and weak binding and competition by dissolved organic matter released from the peat.

R. Todd Drexel;Markus Haitzer;Joseph N. Ryan;George R. Aiken

230
Citations
Dodecyl sulfate–hydrotalcite nanocomposites for trapping chlorinated organic pollutants in water

Hongting Zhao;Kathryn L. Nagy

214
Citations
Cation sorption on the muscovite (0 0 1) surface in chloride solutions using high-resolution X-ray reflectivity

Michel L. Schlegel;Kathryn. L. Nagy;Paul Fenter;Likwan Cheng

213
Citations
Dissolution of cinnabar (HgS) in the presence of natural organic matter

Jacob S. Waples;Kathryn L. Nagy;George R. Aiken;Joseph N. Ryan

210
Citations
Quantitative analysis of sulfur functional groups in natural organic matter by XANES spectroscopy

Alain Manceau;Kathryn L. Nagy

196
Citations
Hydration and Distribution of Ions at the Mica-Water Interface

Changyong Park;Paul A. Fenter;Kathryn L. Nagy;Neil C. Sturchio

194
Citations
Ab Initio Determination of Edge Surface Structures for Dioctahedral 2:1 Phyllosilicates: Implications for Acid-Base Reactivity

Barry R. Bickmore;Kevin M. Rosso;Kathryn L. Nagy;Randall T. Cygan

177
Citations
The effect of Al(OH)4− on the dissolution rate of quartz

Barry R. Bickmore;Kathryn L. Nagy;Amy K. Gray;A. Riley Brinkerhoff

163
Citations
Formation of Mercury Sulfide from Hg(II)−Thiolate Complexes in Natural Organic Matter

Alain Manceau;Cyprien Lemouchi;Mironel Enescu;Anne Claire Gaillot

159
Citations
Hydrated cation speciation at the muscovite (001)-water interface.

Sang Soo Lee;Paul Fenter;Changyong Park;Neil C. Sturchio

156
Citations
Structures of quartz (100)- and (101)-water interfaces determined by x-ray reflectivity and atomic force microscopy of natural growth surfaces

Michel L. Schlegel;Kathryn L. Nagy;Paul Fenter;Neil C. Sturchio

153
Citations
Monovalent ion adsorption at the muscovite (001)-solution interface: relationships among ion coverage and speciation, interfacial water structure, and substrate relaxation.

Sang Soo Lee;Paul Fenter;Kathryn L. Nagy;Neil C. Sturchio

149
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Fenter Argonne National Laboratory

Neil C. Sturchio University of Delaware

Alain Manceau École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Joseph N. Ryan University of Colorado Boulder

George R. Aiken United States Geological Survey

Randall T. Cygan Sandia National Laboratories

Pieter Glatzel European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

C. Jeffrey Brinker University of New Mexico

David P. Krabbenhoft United States Geological Survey

Jun Liu South China University of Technology

External Links

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