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S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee 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 S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 344 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee 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 S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Engineering, with particular specialization in Environmental Engineering and Water Science and Technology. The scientist's work spans several interconnected fields, including Pollution and Civil and Structural Engineering.

The main topics covered by van der Zee's research include:

  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions

Their publication record features articles in several prominent venues. The most frequent journals for van der Zee's contributions include:

  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Water Resources Research
  • Water
  • Vadose Zone Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Selected recent papers by van der Zee provide specific insights into their research interests:

  • "Susceptibility to Gully Erosion: Applying Random Forest (RF) and Frequency Ratio (FR) Approaches to a Small Catchment in Ethiopia," 2021, Water
  • "Simulating water and heat transport with freezing and cryosuction in unsaturated soil: Comparing an empirical, semi-empirical and physically-based approach," 2021, Advances in Water Resources
  • "Enhanced Sorption of Cadmium by using Biochar Nanoparticles from Ball Milling in a Sandy Soil," 2021, Eurasian Soil Science
  • "Soil sodicity originating from marginal groundwater," 2020, Vadose Zone Journal
  • "The impact of phosphorus on projected Sub-Saharan Africa food security futures," 2022, Nature Communications

Van der Zee collaborates regularly with several researchers, with frequent co-authors including:

  • A. Leijnse
  • Daniël van de Craats
  • Darrell W.S. Tang
  • Helen K. French
  • Joris C. Stuurop

The scientist's research integrates multidisciplinary approaches to address environmental challenges, particularly concerning water and soil systems. Their contributions explore both modeling and empirical methods related to hydrology, soil contamination, and resource management.

Best Publications

  • Emerging pollutants in the environment: a challenge for water resource management

    Violette Geissen;Hans Mol;Erwin Klumpp;Günter Umlauf

  • Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives

    H. Vereecken;A. Schnepf;J. W. Hopmans;M. Javaux

  • Copper mobility in a copper-contaminated sandy soil as affected by pH and solid and dissolved organic matter

    E.J.M. Temminghoff;S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee;F.A.M. de Haan

  • A new technique for assessment of reversibly adsorbed phosphate.

    S. E. A. T. M. van der Zee;L. G. J. Fokkink;W. H. van Riemsdijk

  • Model for long-term phosphate reaction kinetics in soil.

    S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee;W.H. van Riemsdijk

  • Chemical time bombs: predicting the unpredictable

    W.M. Stigliani;P. Doelman;W. Salomons;R. Schulin

  • Influence of electrolyte composition and pH on cadmium sorption by an acid sandy soil

    A. E. Boekhold;E. J. M. Temminghoff;S. E. A. T. M. Van der Zee

  • Quantifying catchment-scale mixing and its effect on time-varying travel time distributions

    Y. van der Velde;P. J. J. F. Torfs;S. E. A. T. M. van der Zee;R. Uijlenhoet

  • Transport of reactive solute in spatially variable soil systems

    S. E. A. T. M. van der Zee;W. H. Van Riemsdijk

  • Comparison of different models for phosphate sorption as a function of the iron and aluminium oxides of soils.

    D. Freese;S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee;W.H. van Riemsdijk

  • SALINITY AND ZINC APPLICATION EFFECTS ON PHYTOAVAILABILITY OF CADMIUM AND ZINC

    A. H. Khoshgoftar;H. Shariatmadari;N. Karimian;M. Kalbasi

  • New challenges in integrated water quality modelling

    Michael Rode;George Arhonditsis;Daniela Balin;Tesfaye Kebede

  • Linear equilibrium adsorbing solute transport in physically and chemically heterogeneous porous formations. 1. Analytical solutions

    Alberto Bellin;Andrea Rinaldo;Willem Jan P. Bosma;Sjoerd E. A. T. M. van der Zee

  • Influence of spatial variations of microtopography and infiltration on surface runoff and field scale hydrological connectivity

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  • Effects of wastewater irrigation on soil sodicity and nutrient leaching in calcareous soils

    M. Jalali;H. Merikhpour;M.J. Kaledhonkar;S.E.A.T.M. Van Der Zee

  • Effects of dissolved organic matter on the mobility of copper in a contaminated sandy soil

    E. J. M. Temminghoff;S. E. A. T. M. Van Der Zee;F. A. M. De Haan

  • Speciation and calcium competition effects on cadmium sorption by sandy soil at various pHs

    E.J.M. Temminghoff;S.E.A.T.M. Van Der Zee;F.A.M. De Haan

  • Modelling long‐term phosphorus leaching and changes in phosphorus fertility in excessively fertilized acid sandy soils

    M. C. Del Campillo;S. E. A. T. M. Van Der Zee;J. Torrent

  • A stochastic empirical model for regional heavy-metal balances in agroecosystems.

    A.N. Keller;B. von Steiger;S.E.A.T.M. van der Zee;R. Schulin

  • Assessment of soil salinization risks under irrigation with brackish water in semiarid Tunisia

    Fethi Bouksila;Akissa Bahri;Ronny Berndtsson;Magnus Persson

  • Sorption kinetics and transport of phosphate in sandy soil

    S.E.A.T.M. Van Der Zee;W.H. Van Riemsdijk

  • Chloride circulation in a lowland catchment and the formulation of transport by travel time distributions

    Paolo Benettin;Ype van der Velde;Sjoerd E. A. T. M. van der Zee;Andrea Rinaldo;Andrea Rinaldo

  • Transport and degradation of propyleneglycol and potassium acetate in the unsaturated zone.

    H.K French;S.E.A.T.M Van der Zee;A Leijnse

  • Spatial variability of phosphate adsorption parameters.

    S. E. A. T. M. van der Zee;M. M. Nederlof;W. H. van Riemsdijk;F. A. M. de Haan

Frequent Co-Authors

W.H. van Riemsdijk
W.H. van Riemsdijk Wageningen University & Research
Andrea Rinaldo
Andrea Rinaldo École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Amilcare Porporato
Amilcare Porporato Princeton University
Remko Uijlenhoet
Remko Uijlenhoet Delft University of Technology
Jan W. Hopmans
Jan W. Hopmans University of California, Davis
Wim Salomons
Wim Salomons Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Mathieu Javaux
Mathieu Javaux Université Catholique de Louvain
Harry Vereecken
Harry Vereecken Forschungszentrum Jülich
Michael H. Young
Michael H. Young The University of Texas at Austin
Wulf Amelung
Wulf Amelung University of Bonn

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