2026 Leonard F. Konikow: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	39	5980	5536	2153	1911	129	12475

Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For modeling of coupled ground- and surface water flow and of solute transport in groundwater.
2001 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Leonard F. Konikow is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant contributions to related subfields such as Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics, Environmental Engineering, Oceanography, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including:

Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Groundwater flow and contamination studies
Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
Earthquake and tectonic studies

Konikow has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and contributed to scientific literature through both articles and books. Frequent publication venues include:

Ground Water
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Hydrogeology Journal
Water Resources Research
Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Konikow cover various aspects of hydrogeology and groundwater studies, including:

John D. Bredehoeft (1933-2023)-A Geologist at the Frontiers of Hydrogeology, 2023, Ground Water
Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Author Correction: Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Conjoint use of hydraulic head and groundwater age data to detect hydrogeologic barriers, 2020, Hydrogeology Journal
An Approach to Include Hydrogeologic Barriers With Unknown Geometric Properties in Groundwater Model Inversions, 2022, Water Resources Research

Konikow's collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Craig T. Simmons, Richard G. Taylor, Bridget R. Scanlon, Sarah Fakhreddine, and Ashraf Rateb. These partnerships reflect interdisciplinary approaches to groundwater research and environmental science.

In addition to journal articles, Konikow authored a book published by The Groundwater Project eBooks titled Groundwater Resource Development Effects and Sustainability, released in 2020.

The scientist has received recognition for their contributions to the field, including:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2015, for modeling of coupled ground- and surface water flow and of solute transport in groundwater
Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2001
Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

Ground water and climate change

Richard G. Taylor;Bridget R. Scanlon;Petra Döll;Matt Rodell

2513
Citations
Groundwater depletion: A global problem

Leonard F. Konikow;Eloise Kendy

1078
Citations
Global water resources and the role of groundwater in a resilient water future

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1018
Citations
Computer model of two-dimensional solute transport and dispersion in ground water

Leonard F. Konikow;J.D. Bredehoeft

866
Citations
Ground-water models cannot be validated

Leonard F. Konikow;John D. Bredehoeft

856
Citations
Revisiting the Earth's sea-level and energy budgets from 1961 to 2008

John A. Church;Neil J. White;Leonard F. Konikow;Catia M. Domingues

673
Citations
Contribution of global groundwater depletion since 1900 to sea‐level rise

Leonard F. Konikow

521
Citations
Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900?2008)

Leonard F. Konikow

277
Citations
Twentieth-century global-mean sea-level rise: is the whole greater than the sum of the parts?

Jonathan M Gregory;N. J. White;J. A. Church;M. F. P. Bierkens

274
Citations
A three-dimensional method-of-characteristics solute-transport model (MOC3D)

Leonard F. Konikow;D.J. Goode;G.Z. Hornberger

238
Citations
A new streamflow-routing (SFR1) package to simulate stream-aquifer interaction with MODFLOW-2000

David E. Prudic;Leonard F. Konikow;Edward R. Banta

225
Citations
Simulation of calcite dissolution and porosity changes in saltwater mixing zones in coastal aquifers

Ward E. Sanford;Leonard F. Konikow

215
Citations
Modeling flow and chemical quality changes in an irrigated stream‐aquifer system

Leonard F. Konikow;John D. Bredehoeft

211
Citations
The secret to successful solute-transport modeling.

Leonard F. Konikow

197
Citations
Nonlinear‐regression groundwater flow modeling of a deep regional aquifer system

Richard L. Cooley;Leonard F. Konikow;Richard L. Naff

192
Citations
Long-Term Groundwater Depletion in the United States

Leonard F. Konikow

189
Citations
Documentation of a computer program to simulate lake-aquifer interaction using the MODFLOW ground water flow model and the MOC3D solute-transport model

Michael L. Merritt;Leonard F. Konikow

180
Citations
Apparent dispersion in transient groundwater flow

Daniel J. Goode;Leonard F. Konikow

154
Citations
Seasonal dynamics of groundwater-lake interactions at Doñana National Park, Spain

Laura A. Sacks;Janet S. Herman;Leonard F. Konikow;Antonio L. Vela

148
Citations
Depletion and capture: revisiting "the source of water derived from wells".

Leonard F. Konikow;Stanley A. Leake

110
Citations
Revised Multi-Node Well (MNW2) Package for MODFLOW Ground-Water Flow Model

Leonard F. Konikow;George Z. Hornberger;Keith J. Halford;Randall T. Hanson

110
Citations
Modeling Groundwater Flow and Pollution

Leonard F. Konikow

14
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ward E. Sanford United States Geological Survey

Holly A. Michael University of Delaware

Jonathan M. Gregory University of Reading

Rodney C. Ewing Stanford University

Eric Rignot University of California, Irvine

Isabella Velicogna University of California, Irvine

Mark Person New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

John A. Church University of New South Wales

Neil J. White CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Susan L. Brantley Pennsylvania State University

External Links

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