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Thomas E. Jordan 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 Thomas E. Jordan sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 163 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Thomas E. Jordan 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 Thomas E. Jordan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Thomas E. Jordan is affiliated with the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science with a particular emphasis on Water Science and Technology, Environmental Chemistry, and Pollution. The scientist's work also touches on subfields such as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Molecular Medicine.

Their main research topics include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, and Fish Ecology and Management Studies.

Thomas E. Jordan has contributed to several peer-reviewed scientific publications. Notable recent papers are:

  • Effects of concentrated poultry operations and cropland manure application on antibiotic resistant Escherichia coli and nutrient pollution in Chesapeake Bay watersheds, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water quality sampling methods may bias evaluations of watershed management practices, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Inexpensive spot sampling provides unexpectedly effective indicators of watershed nitrogen status, 2020, Ecosphere
  • Interactions of the sulfur, iron, and phosphorus cycles control phosphorus sequestration in estuarine sediments, 2021, Goldschmidt2021 abstracts

The frequent publication venues for their work include The Science of The Total Environment, Ecosphere, and Goldschmidt2021 abstracts.

The researcher collaborates regularly with several co-authors, among them:

  • Carey E. Pelc
  • Heather K. Amato
  • Nora M. Wong
  • Kishana Taylor
  • Lance B. Price

Best Publications

  • Regional nitrogen budgets and riverine N & P fluxes for the drainages to the North Atlantic Ocean: Natural and human influences

    Robert Howarth;Gilles Billen;Dennis Swaney;Andrea Townsend

  • SPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LINKING WATERSHED LAND COVER TO ECOLOGICAL INDICATORS IN STREAMS

    Ryan S. King;Matthew E. Baker;Dennis F. Whigham;Donald E. Weller

  • Relating nutrient discharges from watersheds to land use and streamflow variability

    Thomas E. Jordan;David L. Correll;Donald E. Weller

  • Nutrient Interception by a Riparian Forest Receiving Inputs from Adjacent Cropland

    Thomas E. Jordan;David L. Correll;Donald E. Weller

  • Effects of agriculture on discharges of nutrients from Coastal Plain watersheds of Chesapeake Bay

    Thomas E. Jordan;David L. Correll;Donald E. Weller

  • Nutrient and sediment removal by a restored wetland receiving agricultural runoff.

    Thomas E. Jordan;Dennis F. Whigham;Kirsten H. Hofmockel;Mary A. Pittek

  • Human contributions to terrestrial nitrogen flux

    Thomas E. Jordan;Donald E. Weller

  • Nutrient flux in a landscape: Effects of coastal land use and terrestrial community mosaic on nutrient transport to coastal waters

    David L. Correll;Thomas E. Jordan;Donald E. Weller

  • A nitrogen budget of the ribbed mussel,Geukensia demissa, and its significance in nitrogen flow in a New England salt marsh1

    Thomas E. Jordan;Ivan Valiela

  • The Invisible Flood: The Chemistry, Ecology, and Social Implications of Coastal Saltwater Intrusion

    Kate Tully;Keryn Gedan;Rebecca Epanchin-Niell;Aaron Strong

  • Changes in phosphorus biogeochemistry along an estuarine salinity gradient: The iron conveyer belt

    Thomas E. Jordan;Jeffrey C. Cornwell;Walter R. Boynton;Jon T. Anderson

  • Net anthropogenic phosphorus inputs: spatial and temporal variability in the Chesapeake Bay region

    Marc J. Russell;Marc J. Russell;Donald E. Weller;Thomas E. Jordan;Kevin J. Sigwart

  • HEURISTIC MODELS FOR MATERIAL DISCHARGE FROM LANDSCAPES WITH RIPARIAN BUFFERS

    Donald E. Weller;Thomas E. Jordan;David L. Correll

  • Improved methods for quantifying potential nutrient interception by riparian buffers

    Matthew E. Baker;Matthew E. Baker;Donald E. Weller;Thomas E. Jordan

  • Nutrients and chlorophyll at the interface of a watershed and an estuary

    Thomas E. Jordan;David L. Correll;Joseph J. Miklas;Donald E. Weller

  • Nonpoint source discharges of nutrients from Piedmont watersheds of Chesapeake Bay

    Thomas E. Jordan;David L. Correll;Donald E. Weller

  • ISOLATED WETLANDS AND WATER QUALITY

    Dennis F. Whigham;Thomas E. Jordan

  • Transport of Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Rhode River watersheds during storm events

    David L. Correll;Thomas E. Jordan;Donald E. Weller

  • Sources of nitrogen to estuaries in the United States

    Mark S. Castro;Charles T. Driscoll;Thomas E. Jordan;William G. Reay

  • Long-term trends in estuarine nutrients and chlorophyll, and short-term effects of variation in watershed discharge

    Thomas E. Jordan;David L. Correll;Joseph J. Miklas;Donald E. Weller

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald E. Weller
Donald E. Weller Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
David L. Correll
David L. Correll Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Dennis F. Whigham
Dennis F. Whigham Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Charles L. Gallegos
Charles L. Gallegos Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Thomas R. Fisher
Thomas R. Fisher University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Carl P. J. Mitchell
Carl P. J. Mitchell University of Toronto
Cynthia C. Gilmour
Cynthia C. Gilmour Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Anson H. Hines
Anson H. Hines Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Walter R. Boynton
Walter R. Boynton University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Bert G. Drake
Bert G. Drake Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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