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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 50 3473 3182 188 174 248 7723

Richard T Bush publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Richard T Bush between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Richard T Bush published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 9.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 44 publications in 2010. 1 of the 274 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 44. Peak 44 publications in 2010. 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 12 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 24 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 24 publications 2009: 31 publications 2010: 44 publications 2011: 25 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 1 publication 2021: 2 publications 2022: 3 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 0 publications 2025: 1 publication
1997 2025

274 publications in total across all disciplines

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Richard T Bush: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 2
1998 1
1999 2
2000 7
2001 5
2002 8
2003 0
2004 12
2005 0
2006 24
2007 5
2008 24
2009 31
2010 44
2011 25
2012 20
2013 14
2014 11
2015 11
2016 3
2017 5
2018 10
2019 3
2020 1
2021 2
2022 3
2023 0
2024 0
2025 1
Total 274
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Richard T Bush 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 Richard T Bush sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 248–257 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 248 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208 248
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Richard T Bush 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 Richard T Bush sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 50 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183 50
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Richard T Bush is affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science, Energy, and Engineering, with significant work in subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomaterials.

The scientist's main research topics include Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Industrial Gas Emission Control, and Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production.

Frequent collaborators include Ying Xue, Zhaohui Wang, Fei Yang, Jianshe Liu, and Salom Gnana Thanga Vincent.

Key publication venues for Richard T Bush's work are the Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Polymers and the Environment, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

  • Benchmarking Bioplastics: A Natural Step Towards a Sustainable Future, 2020, Journal of Polymers and the Environment
  • Role of halide ions on organic pollutants degradation by peroxygens-based advanced oxidation processes: A critical review, 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Novel resources recovery from anaerobic digestates: Current trends and future perspectives, 2021, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Resistance of alkyl chloride on chloramphenicol to oxidative degradation by sulfate radicals: Kinetics and mechanism, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Performance of UV/acetylacetone process for saline dye wastewater treatment: Kinetics and mechanism, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Large greenhouse gases emissions from China's lakes and reservoirs.

    Siyue Li;Richard T. Bush;Isaac R. Santos;Quanfa Zhang

  • Sorption of arsenic(V) and arsenic(III) to schwertmannite.

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Scott G Johnston;Kim M Watling

  • A sequential extraction procedure for acid-sulfate soils: Partitioning of iron

    Salirian R. Claff;Leigh A. Sullivan;Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush

  • Schwertmannite transformation to goethite via the Fe(II) pathway: reaction rates and implications for iron-sulfide formation

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh A Sullivan;David Rg Mitchell

  • Mobility of arsenic and selected metals during re-flooding of iron- and organic-rich acid-sulfate soil

    Edward Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh Sullivan;Scott G Johnston

  • Reductive transformation of iron and sulfur in schwertmannite-rich accumulations associated with acidified coastal lowlands

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Leigh A. Sullivan;David R.G. Mitchell

  • Sulfur biogeochemical cycling and novel Fe-S mineralization pathways in a tidally re-flooded wetland

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Scott G. Johnston;Leigh A. Sullivan

  • A simple and inexpensive chromium-reducible sulfur method for acid-sulfate soils

    Edward D. Burton;Leigh A. Sullivan;Richard T. Bush;Scott G. Johnston

  • Microbial sulfidogenesis in ferrihydrite-rich environments: Effects on iron mineralogy and arsenic mobility

    Edward D. Burton;Scott G. Johnston;Richard T. Bush

  • Sedimentary iron geochemistry in acidic waterways associated with coastal lowland acid sulfate soils

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Leigh A. Sullivan

  • Acid-Volatile Sulfide Oxidation in Coastal Flood Plain Drains: Iron-Sulfur Cycling and Effects on Water Quality

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh A Sullivan

  • Iron-monosulfide oxidation in natural sediments: resolving microbially mediated S transformations using XANES, electron microscopy, and selective extractions.

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh A Sullivan;Rosalie Katherine Hocking

  • Differential effect of biochar upon reduction-induced mobility and bioavailability of arsenate and chromate

    Girish Choppala;Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Anitha Kunhikrishnan;Richard Bush

  • CO2 partial pressure and CO2 emission in the Lower Mekong River

    Siyue Li;Siyue Li;X.X. Lu;X.X. Lu;Richard T. Bush

  • A Comprehensive Analysis of Plastics and Microplastic Legislation Worldwide

    Chung Sum Lam;Soundaram Ramanathan;Maddison Carbery;Kelsey Gray

  • Comparative sorption of chromium species as influenced by pH, surface charge and organic matter content in contaminated soils

    Girish Choppala;Anitha Kunhikrishnan;Balaji Seshadri;Jin Hee Park

  • Selective Oxidation of Arsenite by Peroxymonosulfate with High Utilization Efficiency of Oxidant

    Zhaohui Wang;Zhaohui Wang;Richard T. Bush;Leigh A. Sullivan;Chuncheng Chen

  • Simultaneous redox conversion of chromium(VI) and arsenic(III) under acidic conditions

    Zhaohui Wang;Zhaohui Wang;Richard T Bush;Leigh A Sullivan;Jianshe Liu

  • Iron monosulfide accumulation and pyrite formation in eutrophic estuarine sediments

    Peter Kraal;Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush

  • Fractionation and extractability of sulfur, iron and trace elements in sulfidic sediments

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Leigh A. Sullivan

  • Benchmarking Bioplastics: A Natural Step Towards a Sustainable Future

    Geetika Bhagwat;Kelsey Gray;Scott P. Wilson;Sudhakar Muniyasamy;Sudhakar Muniyasamy

Frequent Co-Authors

Leigh A Sullivan
Leigh A Sullivan University of Canberra
Edward D Burton
Edward D Burton Southern Cross University
Scott G Johnston
Scott G Johnston Southern Cross University
Siyue Li
Siyue Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhaohui Wang
Zhaohui Wang East China Normal University
Rosalie K. Hocking
Rosalie K. Hocking Swinburne University of Technology
Kliti Grice
Kliti Grice Curtin University
Jianshe Liu
Jianshe Liu Donghua University
David R. G. Mitchell
David R. G. Mitchell University of Wollongong
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia

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