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P. Suresh C. Rao 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 P. Suresh C. Rao sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 152 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

P. Suresh C. Rao 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 P. Suresh C. Rao sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

P. Suresh C. Rao is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, with a primary focus on environmental science and social sciences. The scientist's work encompasses a variety of subfields, including sociology and political science, global and planetary change, transportation, water science and technology, and environmental engineering.

The main topics addressed in their research include disaster management and resilience, hydrology and watershed management studies, human mobility and location-based analysis, infrastructure resilience and vulnerability analysis, land use and ecosystem services, flood risk assessment and management, and soil and water nutrient dynamics.

Recent publications by P. Suresh C. Rao highlight a focus on disaster resilience, environmental impacts, and population dynamics. Selected papers include:

  • Mobile phone location data for disasters: A review from natural hazards and epidemics, 2022, Computers Environment and Urban Systems
  • Toward data-driven, dynamical complex systems approaches to disaster resilience, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Strong hydroclimatic controls on vulnerability to subsurface nitrate contamination across Europe, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Toward General Principles for Resilience Engineering, 2020, Risk Analysis
  • Spatial structure of city population growth, 2022, Nature Communications

P. Suresh C. Rao frequently collaborates with a range of coauthors in their field. Notable collaborators include Satish V. Ukkusuri, Takahiro Yabe, James W. Jawitz, Leonardo Bertassello, and Sandro M. Reia, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary partnerships.

The scientist's work has appeared in various specialized publication venues, with multiple contributions to Nature Communications, Applied Network Science, Environmental Research Letters, arXiv (Cornell University), and Computers Environment and Urban Systems.

Recognized within the scientific community, P. Suresh C. Rao was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2008. This acknowledgment marks a significant standing in their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Nonequilibrium sorption of organic chemicals: elucidation of rate-limiting processes

    Mark L. Brusseau;Ron E. Jessup;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • The future of hydrology: an evolving science for a changing world.

    Thorsten Wagener;Murugesu Sivapalan;Murugesu Sivapalan;Peter A. Troch;Brian L. McGlynn

  • Nutrient loads exported from managed catchments reveal emergent biogeochemical stationarity

    Nandita B. Basu;Georgia Destouni;James W. Jawitz;Sally E. Thompson

  • Sorption and dissipation of testosterone, estrogens, and their primary transformation products in soils and sediment.

    Linda S. Lee;Troy J. Strock;Ajit K. Sarmah;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • Partitioning of aromatic constituents into water from gasoline and other complex solvent mixtures

    Patricia V. Cline;Joseph J. Delfino;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • Partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from diesel fuel into water

    Linda S. Lee;Mats Hagwall;Joseph J. Delfino;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • Influence of solvent and sorbent characteristics on distribution of pentachlorophenol in octanol-water and soil-water systems.

    Linda S. Lee;P. Suresh C. Rao;Peter Nkedi-Kizza;Joseph J. Delfino

  • Field-scale evaluation of in situ cosolvent flushing for enhanced aquifer remediation

    P. Suresh C. Rao;Michael D. Annable;Randall K. Sillan;Dongping Dai

  • Equilibrium partitioning of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from coal tar into water

    Linda S. Lee;P. Suresh C. Rao;Itaru Okuda

  • Comparative life cycle assessment of lignocellulosic ethanol production: biochemical versus thermochemical conversion.

    Dongyan Mu;Thomas Seager;P. Suresh Rao;Fu Zhao

  • Determination of effective air-water interfacial area in partially saturated porous media using surfactant adsorption

    Heonki Kim;P. Suresh C. Rao;Michael D. Annable

  • Assessing the impacts of partial mass depletion in DNAPL source zones: I. Analytical modeling of source strength functions and plume response

    Ronald W. Falta;P. Suresh Rao;Nandita Basu

  • Hydrologic and biogeochemical functioning of intensively managed catchments: A synthesis of top‐down analyses

    Nandita B. Basu;Sally E. Thompson;Sally E. Thompson;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • Influence of sorbate structure on nonequilibrium sorption of organic compounds

    Mark L. Brusseau;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • Vapor-phase sorption of p-xylene and water on soils and clay minerals

    Kurt D. Pennell;R. Dean Rhue;P. Suresh C. Rao;Cliff T. Johnston

  • Influence of organic cosolvents on leaching of hydrophobic organic chemicals through soils

    Peter. Nkedi-Kizza;P. Suresh Chandra. Rao;Arthur G. Hornsby

  • Influence of organic cosolvents on the sorption kinetics of hydrophobic organic chemicals

    Mark L. Brusseau;A. Lynn Wood;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • Sorption kinetics of organic chemicals : evaluation of gas-purge and miscible-displacement techniques

    Mark L. Brusseau;Ron E. Jessup;P. Suresh C. Rao

  • Nonequilibrium sorption during displacement of hydrophobic organic chemicals and calcium-45 through soil columns with aqueous and mixed solvents

    Peter Nkedi-Kizza;Mark L. Brusseau;P. Suresh C. Rao;Arthur G. Hornsby

  • Cosolvency and sorption of hydrophobic organic chemicals.

    P. Suresh C. Rao;Linda S. Lee;Rodolfo Pinal

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Annable
Michael D. Annable University of Florida
James W. Jawitz
James W. Jawitz University of Florida
Mark L. Brusseau
Mark L. Brusseau University of Arizona
Nandita B. Basu
Nandita B. Basu University of Waterloo
Satish V. Ukkusuri
Satish V. Ukkusuri Purdue University West Lafayette
Gianluca Botter
Gianluca Botter University of Padua
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Murugesu Sivapalan
Murugesu Sivapalan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sally E. Thompson
Sally E. Thompson University of Western Australia
Enrico Bertuzzo
Enrico Bertuzzo Ca Foscari University of Venice

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