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Keith E. Schilling

Keith E. Schilling

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
8818
World Ranking
3607
National Ranking
1424

Keith E. Schilling publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keith E. Schilling sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 198 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Keith E. Schilling D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keith E. Schilling sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Keith E. Schilling is affiliated with the University of Iowa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on water science and technology, environmental chemistry, soil science, ecology, and geochemistry and petrology.

The scholar's main research topics include hydrology and watershed management studies, soil and water nutrient dynamics, soil erosion and sediment transport, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, hydrology and sediment transport processes, groundwater flow and contamination studies, and hydrology and drought analysis.

Recent publications by Keith E. Schilling include:

  • A critical review on the potential impacts of neonicotinoid insecticide use: current knowledge of environmental fate, toxicity, and implications for human health, 2020, Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
  • The urgency of transforming the Midwestern U.S. landscape into more than corn and soybean, 2020, Agriculture and Human Values
  • Subsurface nutrient export from a cropped field to an agricultural stream: Implications for targeting edge-of-field practices, 2020, Agricultural Water Management
  • On the statistical attribution of changes in monthly baseflow across the U.S. Midwest, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Using baseflow to quantify diffuse groundwater recharge and drought at a regional scale, 2021, Journal of Hydrology

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Matthew T. Streeter (20 collaborations)
  • Elliot Anderson (19 collaborations)
  • Calvin F. Wolter (14 collaborations)
  • Christopher S. Jones (13 collaborations)
  • Larry Weber (11 collaborations)

Key publication venues where Keith E. Schilling frequently publishes are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (9 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (6 publications)
  • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association (5 publications)
  • Journal of Hydrology (4 publications)
  • Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (4 publications)

Best Publications

  • Impact of land use and land cover change on the water balance of a large agricultural watershed: Historical effects and future directions

    Keith E. Schilling;Manoj K. Jha;You-Kuan Zhang;Philip W. Gassman

  • Increasing streamflow and baseflow in Mississippi River since the 1940 s: Effect of land use change

    Y.-K. Zhang;K.E. Schilling

  • A simple approach to distinguish land-use and climate-change effects on watershed hydrology

    Mark D. Tomer;Keith E. Schilling

  • A critical review on the potential impacts of neonicotinoid insecticide use: Current knowledge of environmental fate, toxicity, and implications for human health

    Darrin A. Thompson;Hans Joachim Lehmler;Dana W. Kolpin;Michelle L. Hladik

  • Baseflow contribution to nitrate-nitrogen export from a large, agricultural watershed, USA

    Keith Schilling;You-Kuan Zhang

  • Effects of land cover on water table, soil moisture, evapotranspiration, and groundwater recharge: A Field observation and analysis

    Y.-K. Zhang;Y.-K. Zhang;K.E. Schilling

  • Increased baseflow in Iowa over the second half of the 20th Century

    Keith E. Schilling;Robert D. Libra

  • Quantifying the effect of land use land cover change on increasing discharge in the Upper Mississippi River

    Keith E. Schilling;Kung-Sik Chan;Hai Liu;You-Kuan Zhang

  • Effects of subsurface drainage tiles on streamflow in Iowa agricultural watersheds: Exploratory hydrograph analysis

    Keith E. Schilling;Matthew Helmers

  • The Relationship of Nitrate Concentrations in Streams to Row Crop Land Use in Iowa

    Keith E. Schilling;Robert D. Libra

  • Effects of watershed-scale land use change on stream nitrate concentrations.

    Keith E. Schilling;Jean Spooner

  • The potential for agricultural land use change to reduce flood risk in a large watershed

    Keith E. Schilling;Philip W. Gassman;Catherine L. Kling;Todd Campbell

  • Iowa stream nitrate and the Gulf of Mexico.

    Christopher S. Jones;Jacob K. Nielsen;Keith E. Schilling;Larry J. Weber

  • Modeling Nitrate-Nitrogen Load Reduction Strategies for the Des Moines River, Iowa Using SWAT

    Keith E. Schilling;Calvin F. Wolter

  • Rating curve estimation of nutrient loads in Iowa rivers

    Greg A. Stenback;William G. Crumpton;Keith E. Schilling;Matthew J. Helmers

  • Contribution of Base Flow to Nonpoint Source Pollution Loads in an Agricultural Watershed

    Keith E. Schilling;Calvin F. Wolter

  • Water table fluctuations near an incised stream, Walnut Creek, Iowa

    K.E. Schilling;Y.K. Zhang;P. Drobney

  • Temporal scaling of hydraulic head and river base flow and its implication for groundwater recharge

    You-Kuan Zhang;Keith Schilling

  • Targeting land-use change for nitrate-nitrogen load reductions in an agricultural watershed

    M.K. Jha;K.E. Schilling;Philip W. Gassman;C.F. Wolter

  • Tile drainage as karst: Conduit flow and diffuse flow in a tile-drained watershed

    Keith E. Schilling;Matthew Helmers

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Isenhart
Thomas M. Isenhart Iowa State University
Philip W. Gassman
Philip W. Gassman Iowa State University
Mark D. Tomer
Mark D. Tomer US Department of Agriculture
Matthew J. Helmers
Matthew J. Helmers Iowa State University
Catherine L. Kling
Catherine L. Kling Cornell University
John H. Prueger
John H. Prueger Agricultural Research Service
Heidi Asbjornsen
Heidi Asbjornsen University of New Hampshire
Nandita B. Basu
Nandita B. Basu University of Waterloo
Bridget R. Scanlon
Bridget R. Scanlon The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas B. Moorman
Thomas B. Moorman Agricultural Research Service

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