OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology is 7. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
Regional agricultural water resources management with respect to fuzzy return and energy constraint under uncertainty: An integrated optimization approach	117
Influence of wettability on water retention curves in unconsolidated porous media	82
Release of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances from AFFF-impacted soils: Effects of water saturation in vadose zone soils	57
Multi-tracer approach to understand nitrate contamination and groundwater-surface water interactions in the Mediterranean coastal area of Guerbes-Senhadja, Algeria	56
Nitrate in shallow groundwater after more than four decades of manure application	49
Understanding the mechanisms of groundwater recharge and flow in periglacial environments: New insights from the Ledo-Paniselian aquifer in Belgium	44
Factors controlling iodine enrichment in a coastal plain aquifer in the North Jiangsu Yishusi Plain, China	42
Editorial Board	37
Long-term shear strength weakening of soft interlayers due to low-permeability	31
Determining effective diffusion coefficients of chlorohydrocarbons in natural clays: Unique results from highly resolved controlled release field experiments	30
Coupled steroid and phosphorus leaching from cattle slurry at lysimeter scale	30
Effects of large-scale heterogeneity and temporally varying hydrologic processes on estimating immobile pore space: A mesoscale-laboratory experimental and numerical modeling investigation	29
A new discrete model to better consider tracer distribution along boreholes during the Finite Volume Point Dilution Method	29
Effects of rainfall characteristics on runoff quality parameters within an industrial sector in Tennessee, USA	28
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Simulation of Helium transport in fractured rocks: Implementation of a dual continuum model in DarcyTools	25
A data-driven approach for simplifying the estimation of time for contaminant plumes to reach their maximum extent	25
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Quantifying salinity in heterogeneous coastal aquifers through ERT and IP: Insights from laboratory and field investigations	25
Low-complexity mapping of soil temperature for thermal treatment follow-up	24
An approach for quantification of the heterogeneity of DNAPL source zone geometries	24
Changes in the salt concentration distribution in surface water (seawater) due to seawater recirculation in a porous medium under tidal fluctuations	24
Experimental study of hydraulic properties in grain packs: Effects of particle shape and size distribution	22
Denitrification in the vadose zone: Modelling with percolating water prognosis and denitrification potential	22

Groundwater quality changes in peri-urban areas of the Walloon region of Belgium	21
Prediction of acid rock drainage in waste rock piles part 2: Water flow patterns and leaching process	21
In situ monitoring of an inclined cover made with mine waste materials to control water infiltration on a reactive waste rock dyke	20
Hydrogeochemical and isotopic evaluation of VOC commingled plumes in a weathered fractured bedrock aquifer treated with thermal and bioremediation	20
The weighted multi-scale connections networks for macrodispersivity estimation	19
Contaminant mobilization from the vadose zone to groundwater during experimental river flooding events	19
Microplastics, their abundance, and distribution in water and sediments in North Chennai, India: An assessment of pollution risk and human health impacts	19
Unveiling the ecotoxicological impact of microplastics on organisms - the persistent organic pollutant (POP): A comprehensive review	19
Temporal-Spatial changes of monthly vegetation growth and their driving forces in the ancient Yellow river irrigation system, China	19
Abiotic dechlorination in the presence of ferrous minerals	19
Simultaneous identification of contaminant sources and hydraulic conductivity field by combining geostatistics method with self-organizing maps algorithm	19
Observed equilibrium partition and second-order kinetic interaction of quantum dot nanoparticles in saturated porous media	18
Sustainable agricultural water management incorporating inexact programming and salinization-related grey water footprint	18
Transport of silica encapsulated DNA microparticles in controlled instantaneous injection open channel experiments	18
A stochastic modeling approach for analyzing water resources systems	18
Identifying the source of groundwater contaminants in West-Central Wisconsin, U.S.A.: Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of the Cambrian sandstone aquifer	18
Flood irrigation increases the release of phosphorus from aquifer sediments into groundwater	18
Impact of limestone caves and seawater intrusion on coastal aquifer of middle Andaman	18
Semi-empirical modelling of hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils exposed to deionized and saline environments	17
An analytical model for one-dimensional diffusion of degradable contaminant through a composite geomembrane cut-off wall	17
LNAPL migration processes based on time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography	17
Optimizing coastal groundwater quality predictions: A novel data mining framework with cross-validation, bootstrapping, and entropy analysis	17
Editorial Board	17
Contaminant mass discharge estimation of a sulfonamide plume by use of hydraulic profiling tool (HPT) and fluorescence techniques	16
A dual-randomness bi-level interval multi-objective programming model for regional water resources management	16
Innovations in plastic remediation: Catalytic degradation and machine learning for sustainable solutions	16
Potential risk of eutrophication in the deepest lake of Southwest China: Insights from phosphorus enrichment in bottom water	16
Spatiotemporal distribution and controlling factors on ammonium in waters in the central Yangtze River Basin, China	16
Improvement of evapotranspiration simulation study in the Hailar River basin under the influence of vegetation dynamics	16
Mechanistic insight into the adsorption of mercury (II) on the surface of red mud supported nanoscale zero-valent iron composite	16
Assessment of the water quality pollution index and ecological risk of microplastic pollution along the Tambakoso River in Surabaya, Indonesia	15
Hydrochemical fingerprints of karst underground river systems impacted by urbanization in Guiyang, Southwest China	15
Evaluate the groundwater quality and human health risks for sustainable drinking and irrigation purposes in mountainous region of Chongqing, Southwest China	15
Tracing sources and transformations of ammonium during river bank filtration by means of column experiments	15
2D model of groundwater flow and total dissolved HCH transport through the Gállego alluvial aquifer downstream the Sardas landfill (Huesca, Spain)	15
Low-temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage combined with in situ bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes: Pilot-scale observations and model-based interpretation	15
Distribution of potentially toxic elements in sediments of the municipal river channel (Balu), Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ecological and health risks assessment	15
Vulnerability of groundwater from elevated nitrate pollution across India: Insights from spatio-temporal patterns using large-scale monitoring data	14
Sources and pollution path identification of PAHs in karst aquifers: an example from Liulin karst water system, northern China	14
Assessment of groundwater vulnerability using integrated remote sensing and GIS techniques for the West Bengal coast, India	14
The prediction of longitudinal dispersion coefficient in natural streams using LS-SVM and ANFIS optimized by Harris hawk optimization algorithm	14
Large scale occurrence of aluminium-rich shallow groundwater in the Pearl River Delta after the rapid urbanization: Co-effects of anthropogenic and geogenic factors	14
Electrokinetic delivery of permanganate in clay inclusions for targeted contaminant degradation	14
Identification of pollution source and prediction of water quality based on deep learning techniques	13
Ecotoxicological risk assessment in soils contaminated by Pb and As 20 years after a mining spill	13
Measuring and modeling nanoparticle transport by foam in porous media	13
Investigation of microplastic pollution in Torghabeh River sediments, northeast of Iran	13
Effective desalination of brackish groundwater using zeolitized diatomite/kaolinite geopolymer as low-cost inorganic membrane; Siwa Oasis in Egypt as a realistic case study	13
Contamination presence and dynamics at a polluted site: Spatial analysis of integrated data and joint conceptual modeling approach	12
Preliminary investigations of microplastic pollution in karst systems, from surface watercourses to cave waters	12

Fibrous microplastics released from textiles: Occurrence, fate, and remediation strategies	12
Microplastic prevalence and human exposure in the bottled drinking water in the west Godavari region of Andhra Pradesh, India	12
Numerical modeling of water pollution by products of chemical reactions from the activities of industrial facilities at variable and constant temperatures of the environment	12
Effectiveness of two lightweight aggregates for the removal of heavy metals from contaminated urban stormwater	12
Assessment of human health risk from potentially toxic elements and predicting groundwater contamination using machine learning approaches	12
Using 1,1,1-Trichloroethane degradation data to understand NAPL dissolution and solute transport at real sites	12
Estimation of groundwater pollution levels and specific ionic sources in the groundwater, using a comprehensive approach of geochemical ratios, pollution index of groundwater, unmix model and land use	12
Multi-objective optimization for optimal extraction of groundwater from a nitrate-contaminated aquifer considering economic-environmental issues: A case study	12
A modelling framework to analyze climate change effects on radionuclide aquifer contamination	11
The escalating threat of human-associated infectious bacteria in surface aquatic resources: Insights into prevalence, antibiotic resistance, survival mechanisms, detection, and prevention strategies	11
Quantifying aquifer heterogeneity using superparamagnetic DNA particles	11
Joint identification of contaminant source characteristics and hydraulic conductivity in a tide-influenced coastal aquifer	11
Optimized survey design for the joint use of direct current resistivity and induced polarization: Monitoring of DNAPL source zone evolution at a virtual field site	11
Experimental investigation on heat and moisture transfer of propylene glycol-mixed steam in porous media	11
Multi-aquifer susceptibility analyses for supporting groundwater management in urban areas	11
Assessing data variability in groundwater quality monitoring of contaminated sites through factor analysis and multiple linear regression models	11
Transport and removal of spores of Bacillus subtilis in an alluvial gravel aquifer at varying flow rates and implications for setback distances	11
Remediation characteristics of surfactant-enhanced air sparging (SEAS) technology on volatile organic compounds contaminated soil with low permeability	11
Feasibility evaluation of a blended cover with activated carbon for in-situ stabilization of DDT in sediment	10
Groundwater vulnerability assessment of elevated arsenic in Gangetic plain of West Bengal, India; Using primary information, lithological transport, state-of-the-art approaches	10
Is thermal use of groundwater a pollution?	10
Migration behaviour of LNAPL in fractures filled with porous media: Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations	10
How uncertainty in calibration data affects the modeling of non-point source pollutant loads in baseflow	10
An integrated model to optimize irrigation amount and time in shallow groundwater area under drought conditions	10
On the role of rock matrix to heat transfer in a fracture-rock matrix system	10
Determining the evaporation and evolution of surface water in a large catchment using isotopes and multiple models	10
Sonoelectrochemical degradation of aspirin in aquatic medium using ozone and peroxymonosulfate activated with FeS2 nanoparticles	10
Hydrogeological environments and radon activities of saline geothermal hot spring sites located along eastern and western coastlines of southern Thailand	10
Pathways and risk analysis of arsenic and heavy metal pollution in riverine water: Application of multivariate statistics and USEPA-recommended risk assessment models	10
Variation in urban snow quality indicated by three seasonal sampling surveys conducted in Luleå (Sweden) within a span of 27 years	9
GIS-based multicriteria and artificial neural network (ANN) investigation for the assessment of groundwater vulnerability and pollution hazard in the Braga shallow aquifer (Central Tunisia): A critica	9
Impact of diffuse layer processes on contaminant forward and back diffusion in heterogeneous sandy-clayey domains	9
Editorial Board	9
Analytical solution of a pollutant transport model for unsaturated soil considering the effects of consolidation and temperature	9
Characterization of DNAPL source zones in clay-sand media via joint inversion of DC resistivity, induced polarization and borehole data	9
Identifying dissolved reactive phosphorus sources in agricultural runoff and leachate using phosphate oxygen isotopes	9
Improved Domenico solution for three-dimensional contaminant transport	9
Reactive transport modelling as a toolbox to compare remediation strategies for aquifers impacted by uranium in situ recovery	9
Hydrological bases of water resources management of the rivers of Northern Kazakhstan	9
An ice- air-water-NAPL multiphase model for simulating NAPL migration in subsurface system under freeze-thaw condition	9
Prediction of transport behavior of nanoparticles using machine learning algorithm: Physical significance of important features	9
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The critical mixed transport process in remediation agent radial injection into contaminated aquifer plumes	8
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A simulation study of in-situ NAPL remediation treatment by using surfactant and foam processes in a military base South Korea	8
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Multiphase flow behavior of diesel in bog, fen, and swamp peats	8
Characterizing the hydraulic and transport properties of a constructed coarse tailings sand aquifer	8
Anaerobic degradation of benzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons in a tar-derived plume: Nitrate versus iron reducing conditions	8
Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India	8
Editorial Board	8
Does water temperature influence in microcystin production? A case study of Billings Reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil	8
The correlation between drainage chemistry and weather for full-scale waste rock piles based on artificial neural network	8
Numerical modeling of an abiotic hyporheic mixing-dependent reaction: Chemical evolution of mixing and reactant production zones	7
Study on spatio-temporal simulation and prediction of regional deep soil moisture using machine learning	7
Temperature-dependent dynamics of electrokinetic conservative and reactive transport in porous media: A model-based analysis	7
Field demonstration for the solvent-based sampling method to perform compound-specific isotope analysis on gas-phase VOC	7
Experimental study of thermally enhanced recovery of high-viscosity DNAPL in saturated porous media under non-isothermal conditions	7
The influence of porous media heterogeneity on smouldering remediation	7
Surfactant-enhanced in-situ oxidation of DNAPL source zone: Experiments and numerical modeling	7
Adsorption and antibacterial studies of a novel hydrogel adsorbent based on ternary eco-polymers doped with sulfonated graphene oxide developed from upcycled plastic waste	7
Application of the Southwell Plot method to determine equilibrium time in phosphate adsorption	7
Economic and facile approach for synthesis of graphene–titanate nanocomposite for water reclamation	7
Impacts of water table fluctuations on actual and perceived natural source zone depletion rates	7
Development of Multi-Criteria Decision Making Methods for Reduction of Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifers Using SEAWAT Code	7
Stream salinity prediction in data-scarce regions: Application of transfer learning and uncertainty quantification	7
Technical commentary to: Direct aerobic NSZD of a basalt vadose zone LNAPL source in Hawaii, McHugh et al., JCH #235 (2020)	7
Modeling the competitive sorption and transport of Ni(II) and Zn(II) in soils: Comparing two multicomponent approaches	7