Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology is 9. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board97
Tracing sources and transformations of ammonium during river bank filtration by means of column experiments96
Experimental investigation on heat and moisture transfer of propylene glycol-mixed steam in porous media84
Potential risk of eutrophication in the deepest lake of Southwest China: Insights from phosphorus enrichment in bottom water77
A new discrete model to better consider tracer distribution along boreholes during the Finite Volume Point Dilution Method76
Tracking the microplastic pollution in the freshwater environments of southeastern Türkiye: Usage of Unio delicatus, Unio Terminalis and Dreissena polymorpha as bioindicators of microplastics76
Distribution of potentially toxic elements in sediments of the municipal river channel (Balu), Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ecological and health risks assessment70
Experimental and reactive transport modeling study of direct lithium extraction From brines with Li/Al-layered double hydroxides62
Nitrate in shallow groundwater after more than four decades of manure application57
Assessing data variability in groundwater quality monitoring of contaminated sites through factor analysis and multiple linear regression models57
Ecological risk assessment of sediment microplastics in the upper Yellow River: Index applicability and implications for assessment refinement54
Effects of rainfall characteristics on runoff quality parameters within an industrial sector in Tennessee, USA52
The escalating threat of human-associated infectious bacteria in surface aquatic resources: Insights into prevalence, antibiotic resistance, survival mechanisms, detection, and prevention strategies51
Contaminant mobilization from the vadose zone to groundwater during experimental river flooding events47
Geometric tortuosity model of pores in MICP-treated calcareous sand46
Assessment of the water quality pollution index and ecological risk of microplastic pollution along the Tambakoso River in Surabaya, Indonesia45
Geochemical processes and sensitivity analysis of flow velocity and column depth for effective nickel removal44
Feasibility evaluation of a blended cover with activated carbon for in-situ stabilization of DDT in sediment44
Editorial Board42
Stream salinity prediction in data-scarce regions: Application of transfer learning and uncertainty quantification42
Research on the coupled model of fracturing flowback pollution in fractured systems and wellbore of shale gas development under elastic external boundary conditions42
Determination of ecological flow via considering water quality targets for a typical small basin of northern China40
Unraveling the adsorption mechanisms of greenhouse gases on microporous MAF-4 nanoparticles using a statistical physics approach38
Comparing the variable flow velocity advection-dispersion model with the continuous time random walk model: Insights from a soil column salt transport experiment37
Adsorption and mechanism of magnetically modified industrial hemp straw biochar on microplastics in aqueous solution37
Toward closed-loop remediation: A dynamic optimization approach for hydraulic conductivity estimation and pump-and-treat design36
Facile synthesization of NaOH activated hierarchical porous biochar from cucumber straw for the effective removal of doxycycline in aqueous solution34
Dynamic distribution characteristics and ecological risks of antibiotics in typical subtropical tidal river34
An ice- air-water-NAPL multiphase model for simulating NAPL migration in subsurface system under freeze-thaw condition34
Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India34
Propensity and repercussion of microplastics in the soil-water-urban continuum33
Pore-scale assessment of alcohol-surfactant-biopolymer emulsions for oil-saturated media33
Exploring different modification methods of biochar for Se(IV) removal from water: Synergistic effect of adsorption and reduction32
Depth-dependent attachment and transport of bacteriophages MS2 and ΦX174 in saturated soils: Impacts of silt and clay fraction31
Transport of dissolved and particulate arsenic in the Orbiel River during minor flood events downstream the historic Salsigne gold mining district, Southern France30
Source apportionment of nitrate pollution in the reservoir basins based on dual isotopes of nitrogen and oxygen29
Response of dry-wet abrupt alternation to precipitation variation in the Hailar River Basin, northern China28
Process-based analysis of electrosteric stabilization and surface site competition in copper butyl xanthate transport28
Longitudinal dispersion coefficient modeling in natural streams via newly proposed explainable ensemble learning (ExEL) framework28
Does water temperature influence in microcystin production? A case study of Billings Reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil27
Modeling the competitive sorption and transport of Ni(II) and Zn(II) in soils: Comparing two multicomponent approaches26
The critical mixed transport process in remediation agent radial injection into contaminated aquifer plumes26
Pseudo-сolloidal species of actinides in contaminated aquifers. Insights from experimental and modeling approaches25
Microplastics in a small river: Occurrence and influencing factors along the river Oker, Northern Germany25
Nitrate dynamics in the Dongjiang River watershed: Human impacts in the context of an Anthropocene River25
Rainfall-induced microplastic fate and transport in unsaturated Dutch soils25
Permeability heterogeneity effects on surfactant remediation of NAPL-contaminated porous media: Insights from microfluidic experiments and phase-field simulations25
Monitoring of in-situ chemical oxidation for remediation of diesel-contaminated soil with electrical resistivity tomography25
High-performance polymeric aluminum ferric sulfate from Baihe pyrite slag: Enhanced coagulation in soil leaching alkaline wastewater and mechanistic insights24
Characteristics of tetracycline adsorption by different embedded biochar materials24
Factors influencing residual air saturation during consecutive imbibition processes in an air-water two-phase fine sandy medium – A laboratory-scale experimental study23
Assessing the impacts of afforestation on nitrogen load into the northern gulf of America23
Numerical simulation of multiphase oil behaviors in ice-covered nearshore water23
Spatial variation in bacterial community structure and pollution response in river sediment22
Editorial Board22
An extension of gases-brine mutual solubility models to include geochemical reactions: Modeling and applications22
A Fractional-order dual-continuum model to capture non-Fickian solute transport in a regional-scale fractured aquifer22
Porous hydroxyapatite synthesized from discarded oyster shells via pseudomorphic replacement: A novel adsorbent for humic acid removal21
Integrated monitoring of suspended sediment transport in a transboundary river basin: Insights into sediment fluxes and reservoir effects in the Thaya catchment21
Effects of transient air-water interfacial area on PFOA transport in unsaturated soil21
Effective bioremoval of Cu (II) and Sulfate from acid mine drainage via biomineralization with an extreme acidophile bacterium V. pantothenticus WL21
Effects of deep coal mining on groundwater hydrodynamic and hydrochemical processes in a multi-aquifer system: Insights from a long-term study of mining areas in ecologically fragile western China21
Eco-toxicity assessment of polypropylene microplastics in juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio)20
Microplastics in water: Occurrence, fate and removal20
Assessment of heavy metals and radionuclides in groundwater and associated human health risk appraisal in the vicinity of Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh20
Quantifying climate change impacts on future water resources and salinity transport in a high semi-arid watershed20
Editorial Board20
Fabrication of sodium alginate-biochar-graphene oxide composite for sulfadiazine adsorption from aquatic environment: Performance and mechanisms20
Integrating water quality assessment and circulation models for a sustainable management of a strategic carbonate system: Clues from the Mt. Nerone-Mt. Catria Ridge (Central Italy)20
A fractional derivative model for nuclides transport in heterogeneous fractured media20
Assessment of the Korang River's water via ecological risk indices and source apportionment procedures for heavy metals contamination, and evaluation of cancer/non-cancer risks19
Experimental and numerical investigation of colloid-facilitated strontium transport in fractured granite under different hydrogeochemical conditions19
Editorial Board19
Metagenomic insights into rhizosphere microbiome dynamics of Oenanthe javanica in ecological floating beds under different hydrodynamic regimes19
Coupled salt and nitrogen dynamics in coastal reservoir-adjacent aquifer systems under extreme rainfall event19
Study on the service performance of heterogeneous cutoff walls and three-dimensional transport of pollutants considering compression effect19
Surrogate prediction of the breakthrough curve of solute transport in rivers using its reach length dependence19
The storm runoff management strategy based on agricultural ditch nutrient loss characteristics in Erhai Lake, China18
Joint use of ground-penetrating radar and hydraulic-partitioning tracer tomography to improve characterization and long-term prediction of DNAPL source zones in multi-facies aquifers18
Application and innovation of artificial intelligence models in wastewater treatment18
Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) from polymetallic mining areas (South China)18
Simulation of fate and transformation of nitrogen compounds in groundwater using meshless weak strong (MWS) form method18
Data-driven identification of pollution sources and water quality prediction using Apriori and LSTM models: A case study in the Hanjiang River basin18
Editorial Board17
Editorial Board17
Non-Fickian transport processes accelerate the movement of PFOS in unsaturated media: An experimental and modelling study17
Dispersion of silica-encapsulated DNA magnetic particles in a homogeneous sand tank17
Micro-nano bubbles enhanced immobilized Chlorella vulgaris to remove ofloxacin from groundwater17
Engineered injection and extraction combined with in situ oxidation remediation at an industrial site and evaluation of contaminant plume dynamics17
PFAS conceptual site model of an AFFF-impacted firefighting training area informed by high resolution soil, porewater, and groundwater sampling17
Comparison of Ni (II) ion biosorption onto Eupatorium Adinophorum and Acer Oblongum biomass using batch operations, response surface models, thermodynamics, kinetics, and equilibrium studies16
Role of biotite content and structure in controlling Cesium diffusion in granitic rocks16
Tracing coastal nonpoint sources of agricultural organic pollution based on soil sequestration and retention processes: A case study of the Yellow River Delta, China16
Fate and transport of dissolved/colloidal metals in an aging passive treatment system for coal mine drainage: Divergent behavior of trace metals and iron16
Removal of Fe(II) from water using raw and calcinated weathered basalt: Influence of mineralogy and physical properties16
Freeze-thaw effect on adsorption and transport of two sulfonamides in soil: Batch and column studies16
Hydrochemical redistribution in a stressed aquifer system: Decadal attenuation of salinity extremes and expansion of diffuse agricultural contamination across Mexico16
Degradation of seven pesticides and two metabolites before and during aquifer storage transfer and recovery operation16
Distribution of organophosphorus pesticides and its potential connection with probiotics in sediments of a shallow freshwater lake15
Quantification of contaminant mass discharge and uncertainties: Method and challenges in application at contaminated sites15
Experimental and numerical studies on fluid flow through fractured rock masses based on an enhanced three-dimensional discrete fracture network model15
AQuA-P: A machine learning-based tool for water quality assessment15
Geophysical signatures of soil AFFF contamination from spectral induced polarization and low field nuclear magnetic resonance methods15
Spatiotemporal variations in land use impacts on river water quality in a mountain-to-plain transitional basin in arid region of northern China15
Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Nigerian surface freshwaters and sediment: A meta-analysis using ecological and human health risk indices15
The role of baseflow and stormwater in transport of tire and bitumen particles in Tehran city: A dense urban environment15
Electron beam-persulfate system effectively reduces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and Cr(VI) emissions: Environmental matrix impact and mechanism analysis14
Evaluating soil loss under land use management and extreme rainfall14
Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of temporal variation in ionic strength on colloid retention and remobilization in saturated porous media14
Distribution characteristics, source analysis, and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in Ulungur Lake, China14
Assessing performance of atenolol removal from contaminated water using zero-valent iron impregnated apricot stone biochar14
Characterization and risk assessment of microplastic contamination in a tropical man-made Lake and adjacent water using multi-approach analysis14
Physics-informed spatiotemporal graph neural network models for groundwater contaminant prediction14
Distribution, sources, and probabilistic risk assessment of heavy metals in the wetland water–sediment system: Based on CEWQI, PLI, PMF, and two-dimensional Monte Carlo method14
A land use regression model to explain the spatial variation of nitrate concentration – A regional scale case study in the north-west of Ireland14
A novel multivariate time series prediction of crucial water quality parameters with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks14
Reconstructing the release history of a contaminant source with different precision via the ensemble smoother with multiple data assimilation14
From brushite to hydroxylapatite: A study on phosphate mineral transformation and the fate of oxytetracycline14
Use of carbon-14 trichloroethene to determine degradation rate constants in rock core microcosms14
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of water quality in Yunnan-Guizhou plateau lakes, China14
Data driven AI (artificial intelligence) detection furnish economic pathways for microplastics13
Effect of groundwater residence time on geogenic fluoride release into groundwater in the Mt. Meru slope area, Tanzania, the Great Rift Valley, East Africa13
Rural village as a source of microplastic pollution in a riverine and marine ecosystem of the southern Venezuelan Caribbean13
Numerical investigation of multiphase contaminant removal from NAPL-impacted soils: A comparative study of thermal desorption approaches13
Impact of aging on nanoplastic aggregation and release from low-density polyethylene (LDPE)13
Development of a multi-objective reservoir operation model for water quality-quantity management13
Investigation of light aromatics removal from industrial wastewater using nano metal organic framework13
Significance of temperature as a key driver in ZVI PRB applications for PCE degradation13
Impact of humic acid on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transport in the presence of phosphate in saturated porous media13
Comparative study of standard and modified groundwater vulnerability methods in the gold and iron mining regions of Western Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil13
Concentration-discharge relations and transient metal loads reveal spatiotemporal variability in solute-generation mechanisms in a mine-affected watershed13
Sodium alginate gel microspheres with magnetic illite-biochar for efficient removal of cadmium and thallium from contaminated groundwater: Structural characteristics, performance and mechanisms13
Low-temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage combined with in situ bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes: Pilot-scale observations and model-based interpretation12
Direct visualization of colloid transport over natural heterogeneous and artificial smooth rock surfaces12
Low-complexity mapping of soil temperature for thermal treatment follow-up12
Identifying an indicator compound for progress monitoring during in-situ thermal treatment of coal tar and creosote12
Machine learning-based in-situ detection of toxic petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater12
Editorial Board12
Editorial Board12
Changes in the salt concentration distribution in surface water (seawater) due to seawater recirculation in a porous medium under tidal fluctuations12
Distribution and origins of iron-rich groundwater in shallow and deep aquifers of the Hebei plain12
Editorial Board12
Editorial Board12
Application of the FUCOM-SAW model for comprehensive risk assessment of contaminated sediments: A case study of the great Bačka Canal and Begej river12
Semi-empirical modelling of hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils exposed to deionized and saline environments12
A cross-referenced isotope–hydrochemistry–statistics framework supports a legacy-N-constrained interpretation of nitrate export in a managed lake basin11
Nitrate source apportionments in the South Han River basin and its main tributaries using multi-isotopes and Bayesian approaches11
Release of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances from AFFF-impacted soils: Effects of water saturation in vadose zone soils11
Evaluate the groundwater quality and human health risks for sustainable drinking and irrigation purposes in mountainous region of Chongqing, Southwest China11
Quantitative profile, sources and health implications of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the strategic Otin River water, Nigeria11
Hydrochemical fingerprints of karst underground river systems impacted by urbanization in Guiyang, Southwest China11
Biochar-algae microspheres based on sodium alginate for the highly efficient adsorption of malachite green dye: Kinetics, isotherms, and mechanism of adsorption11
Identifying hydrogeochemistry evolution mechanism in high-sulfur non-ferrous metal mining areas via hydrochemical characteristics and isotopic evidence11
Unveiling the ecotoxicological impact of microplastics on organisms - the persistent organic pollutant (POP): A comprehensive review11
Improvement of evapotranspiration simulation study in the Hailar River basin under the influence of vegetation dynamics11
Electrochemical remediation of microplastics: Progress and prospects in water treatment11
Preparation of novel multifunctional magnetic biochar integrating adsorption and degradation and application in printing and dyeing wastewater11
Health risk assessment of groundwater nitrogen pollution in Yinchuan plain10
Adsorption of some hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons by various pristine and heat-activated aged microplastics as potential pollutant carriers in aquatic environment10
Formation mechanisms of hydraulic circulation and its effects on the nitrobenzene migration in homogeneous aquifers with different medium sizes during air sparging remediation10
Variation in urban snow quality indicated by three seasonal sampling surveys conducted in Luleå (Sweden) within a span of 27 years10
How uncertainty in calibration data affects the modeling of non-point source pollutant loads in baseflow10
An efficient strategy of Bayesian optimized attention-enhanced LSTM surrogate model and its application in groundwater pump-and-treat remediation: A case study of a chromium-contaminated site in south10
Investigation of cadmium adsorption-transport coupling in soil-mineral systems: Integrating batch adsorption and column transport experiments10
Preparation of KMnO4 modified N-doped bamboo biochar by microwave pyrolysis for enhancing heavy metals adsorption from aqueous solution10
Transport, retention and degradation of the urban biocides terbutryn, diuron and octylisothiazolinone and the herbicide acetochlor in urban surface-soil interfaces10
Diffusive transport properties of seawater in calcite nanopores: A molecular dynamics study10
Density-dependent flow, solute transport and mixing in the Fraser River delta aquifer10
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The role of biofilms formed on different mesoplastics as a carrier of a range of diverse contaminants in estuarine water9
Exploring the ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on freshwater fish: A critical review9
A mini review of recent advances in environmentally friendly microplastic removal technologies in water systems9
Natural mineral colloids facilitated transport of EE2 in saturated porous media: Effects of humic acid and conjugate form9
Deciphering the roles of alkaline pretreatment combined with bentonite addition treatment on “extracellular hydrolysis - membrane transport - intracellular metabolism” of carbohydrate in anaerobic dig9
Influences of hydrological and agricultural conditions on selenium distribution in groundwater: A case study in Sanjiang plain, Northeast China9
Simulating degradation of organic compounds accounting for the growth of microorganisms (Monod kinetics) in a fully Lagrangian framework9
Fate, chlorination kinetics, and comprehensive risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water distribution systems9
Fate of dissolved pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in irrigation water in rice paddy: Implications to human and soil health9
Migration behaviour of LNAPL in fractures filled with porous media: Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations9
Autonomous self-propelled reduced graphene oxide hydrogel-CuO@rGO micromotors for high-efficiency removal of organic dye pollutant9
Study on barrier mechanism and application of silico-alkaline sol-modified bentonite cutoff wall materials to lead pollution in lead-zinc tailings pond9
Cellulose –Polyvinylalcohol supported magnetic nanocomposites from lentil husk for sequestration of cationic dyes from the aqueous solution: Kinetics, isotherm and reusability studies9
Simulated leaching of PFAS from land-applied municipal biosolids at agricultural sites9
Characterizing seawater intrusion and groundwater vulnerability to salinization along the east coast of India9
Analytical solution of a pollutant transport model for unsaturated soil considering the effects of consolidation and temperature9
Understanding the factors contributing to groundwater salinity in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh, India9
Microbial community responses to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the soil–stream–sediment continuum in the lower Beiluo River, loess plateau, China9
Comparison of black carbon media for removal of dissolved metals in stormwater9
Facilitated transport of ferrihydrite with phosphate under saturated flow conditions9
Metal pollution in surface sediments of the Vembanad wetland: Seasonal variation, source apportionment, and human health risk assessment9
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