2026 Sujay S. Kaushal: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	61	2736	2613	1092	1012	149	15887

Overview

Sujay S. Kaushal is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on subfields such as Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Ecology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Smart Materials for Construction, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Water Quality and Pollution Assessment, Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Biogeochemistry, The Science of The Total Environment, Applied Geochemistry, Urban Ecosystems, and Frontiers in Environmental Science, with a noted presence of three or more publications in each.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Sujay S. Kaushal are:

Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
Freshwater salinization syndrome: from emerging global problem to managing risks, 2021, Biogeochemistry
Where the rubber meets the road: Emerging environmental impacts of tire wear particles and their chemical cocktails, 2024, The Science of The Total Environment
Making 'chemical cocktails' - Evolution of urban geochemical processes across the periodic table of elements, 2020, Applied Geochemistry
The anthropogenic salt cycle, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment

Collaborations are an integral part of their research activities. Frequent co-authors include Megan A. Rippy, Stanley B. Grant, Paul M. Mayer, Shantanu V. Bhide, and Joseph G. Galella, each contributing significantly over multiple projects.

Best Publications

Urban ecological systems: Scientific foundations and a decade of progress

S.T.A. Pickett;M.L. Cadenasso;J.M. Grove;Christopher G. Boone

1373
Citations
Increased salinization of fresh water in the northeastern United States

Sujay S. Kaushal;Peter M. Groffman;Gene E. Likens;Kenneth T. Belt

1134
Citations
Rising stream and river temperatures in the United States

Sujay S Kaushal;Gene E Likens;Norbert A Jaworski;Michael L Pace;Michael L Pace

767
Citations
Tracking nonpoint source nitrogen pollution in human-impacted watersheds.

Sujay S. Kaushal;Peter M. Groffman;Lawrence E. Band;Emily M. Elliott

591
Citations
Freshwater salinization syndrome on a continental scale.

Sujay S Kaushal;Gene E Likens;Michael L Pace;Ryan M Utz

565
Citations
The urban watershed continuum: evolving spatial and temporal dimensions

Sujay S. Kaushal;Kenneth T. Belt

519
Citations
Twenty-six key research questions in urban stream ecology: an assessment of the state of the science

Seth J. Wenger;Allison H. Roy;C. Rhett Jackson;Emily S. Bernhardt

473
Citations
Opportunities and challenges for managing nitrogen in urban stormwater: A review and synthesis

Kelly A. Collins;Timothy J. Lawrence;Emilie K. Stander;Robert J. Jontos

386
Citations
Stream restoration strategies for reducing river nitrogen loads

Laura S Craig;Margaret A Palmer;Margaret A Palmer;David C Richardson;Solange Filoso

381
Citations
Disappearing headwaters: patterns of stream burial due to urbanization

Andrew J Elmore;Sujay S Kaushal

367
Citations
Effects of stream restoration on denitrification in an urbanizing watershed.

Sujay S. Kaushal;Peter M. Groffman;Paul M. Mayer;Elise Striz

352
Citations
Patterns in potassium dynamics in forest ecosystems.

Christopher E. Tripler;Sujay S. Kaushal;Gene E. Likens;M. Todd Walter

330
Citations
Global river water quality under climate change and hydroclimatic extremes

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329
Citations
Relationship between C:N ratios of lake sediments, organic matter sources, and historical deforestation in Lake Pleasant, Massachusetts, USA

Sujay Kaushal;Michael W. Binford

313
Citations
Interaction between urbanization and climate variability amplifies watershed nitrate export in Maryland.

Sujay S. Kaushal;Peter M. Groffman;Lawrence E. Band;Catherine A. Shields

312
Citations
Freshwater salinization syndrome: from emerging global problem to managing risks

Sujay S. Kaushal;Gene E. Likens;Michael L. Pace;Jenna E. Reimer

245
Citations
Human-accelerated weathering increases salinization, major ions, and alkalinization in fresh water across land use

Sujay S. Kaushal;Shuiwang Duan;Thomas R. Doody;Shahan Haq

226
Citations
Phosphorus export across an urban to rural gradient in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Shuiwang Duan;Sujay S. Kaushal;Peter M. Groffman;Lawrence E. Band

224
Citations
Land Use and Climate Variability Amplify Carbon, Nutrient, and Contaminant Pulses: A Review with Management Implications

Sujay S Kaushal;Peter M Mayer;Philippe G Vidon;Rose M Smith

222
Citations
Increased River Alkalinization in the Eastern U.S.

Sujay S. Kaushal;Gene E. Likens;Ryan M. Utz;Michael L. Pace

218
Citations
Stratigraphic expressions of the Holocene-Anthropocene transition revealed in sediments from remote lakes

Alexander P. Wolfe;William O. Hobbs;Hilary H. Birks;Jason P. Briner

213
Citations
Effects of chronic nitrogen amendment on dissolved organic matter and inorganic nitrogen in soil solution

William H McDowell;Alison H Magill;Jacqueline A Aitkenhead-Peterson;John D Aber

212
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter M. Groffman City University of New York

Paul M. Mayer Environmental Protection Agency

Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia

Gene E. Likens University of Connecticut

Michael L. Pace University of Virginia

Stuart E. G. Findlay Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Arthur J. Gold University of Rhode Island

William H. McDowell University of New Hampshire

Wilfred M. Wollheim University of New Hampshire

Jonathan M. Jeschke Freie Universität Berlin

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