Journal of Environmental Quality

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Environmental Quality is 1. 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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Copper induces nitrification by ammonia‐oxidizing bacteria and archaea in pastoral soils76
Effect of winter cover crops on soil nutrients in two row‐cropped watersheds in Indiana54
Estimating dissolved phosphorus losses from legacy sources in pastures: The limits of soil tests and small‐scale rainfall simulators46
Opportunities to improve nitrogen use efficiency in an intensive vegetable system without compromising yield46
Is it raining PFAS in France? An analysis of 52 PFAS at nanogram per liter levels in French rainwaters during autumn season40
Assessment of lime‐conditioned dairy manure fine solids captured using dissolved air flotation for fertilization in horticulture39
Data inaccessibility at sub‐county scale limits implementation of manuresheds25
Applying the nutrient transfer continuum framework to phosphorus and nitrogen losses from livestock farmyards to watercourses24
Groundwater flow in saturated riparian buffers and implications for nitrate removal22
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Effects of dust deposition from diamond mining on subarctic plant communities and barren‐ground caribou forage20
The emergence, trajectory, and impacts of emerging contaminants publications in the Journal of Environmental Quality19
Fate and transport in environmental quality19
ACS324.1 Journal of Environmental Quality Editorial Board 2020 Annual Reports18
Effects of whole‐orchard recycling on nitrate leaching potential in almond production systems17
Air pollutant removal by four sidewalk tree species in the largest city in Taiwan17
Quantification of geogenic carbon in anthropogenic alluvial coal soils of the Susquehanna River17
Global distribution of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in mineral topsoils17
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Modeling the sorption of Ni(II) and Zn(II) by Mn oxide–coated sand: Equilibrium and kinetic approaches16
Using the Pesticide Toxicity Index to show the potential ecosystem benefits of on‐farm biobeds16
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Comparative growth characteristics and interspecific competitive interaction of two cyanobacteria, Phormidium autumnale and Nostoc sp.15
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Ironstone and red mud barriers to reduce subsurface movement of soil phosphorus15
Phosphorus retention within a relic agricultural ditch in a constructed wetland14
Post‐drainage stand growth and peat mineralization impair water quality from forested peatlands14
Effect of olive‐processing technology on the utilization of olive mill pomace as a soil amendment13
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Elevated levels of anthropogenic antibiotic resistance gene marker, sul1, linked with extreme fecal contamination and poor water quality in wastewater‐receiving ponds13
Carbon and nitrogen dynamics in agricultural soil after application of cattle manure and eastern redcedar wood chips13
Subsurface phosphorus and nitrogen loss following liquid dairy manure and commercial fertilizer application on a clay soil in northwest Ohio13
PFAS in agroecosystems: Sources, impacts, and opportunities for mitigating risks to human and ecosystem health12
Enhancing the Soil Health–Watershed Health Nexus: Introduction12
PFAS fate using lysimeters during degraded soil reclamation using biosolids12
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Environmental impacts of land application of biosolids to perennial pastures12
Encouragement from the right source: Evaluating the impact of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program in the Ohio Western Lake Erie Basin12
Emissions of hydrogen sulfide from a western open‐lot dairy11
Nitrous oxide emissions from soybean in response to drained and undrained soils and previous corn nitrogen management11
Phosphorus speciation in manure and fertilizer impacted Mid‐Atlantic coastal plain soils10
Biochar impacts on soil nitrogen and carbon dynamics in a Spodosol amended with biosolids and inorganic fertilizer10
Long‐term dairy manure amendment promotes legacy phosphorus buildup and mobility in calcareous soils10
Structural and compositional diversity of biosurfactants produced by a novel strain of Sporosarcina luteola ME44 from oil reservoir10
Potential for managing pool levels in a flood‐control reservoir to increase nitrate‐nitrogen load reductions10
Crop bromide concentrations following methyl bromide fumigation for pale cyst nematode in southeastern Idaho9
Machine‐learning model to delineate sub‐surface agricultural drainage from satellite imagery9
Forecasting fish mortality from water and air quality data using deep learning models9
Dissipation and effect of glyphosate during composting of organic wastes9
Analysis of cyantraniliprole residues in beetroot and beet top using LC‐MS/MS, dietary exposure assessment, and evaluation of decontamination techniques9
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CO2 flux in a wheat‐soybean succession in subtropical Brazil: A carbon sink9
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Composting post‐anaerobic digestion for emerging contaminant biodegradation: Impacts of operating conditions9
Potential areas of crop residue burning contributing to hazardous air pollution in Delhi during the post‐monsoon season9
Agricultural soils of the Animas River watershed after the Gold King Mine spill: An elemental spatiotemporal analysis via portable X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy9
Nonpoint source arsenic contamination of soil and groundwater from legacy pesticides8
Spatial heterogeneity in sediment phosphorus pools and phosphatase activity in a eutrophic reservoir8
Aquatic nitrogen source elucidation using stable isotope analysis in the North Carolina Coastal Plain8
Long‐term impacts of drain spacing, crop management, and weather on nitrate leaching to subsurface drains8
Land use change and collaborative manureshed management in New Mexico8
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Envisioning the manureshed: Toward comprehensive integration of modern crop and animal production8
Split‐nitrogen application with cover cropping reduces subsurface nitrate losses while maintaining corn yields8
Recycling nutrients in the beef supply chain through circular manuresheds: Data to assess tradeoffs8
The LTAR Grazing Land Common Experiment at Northern Plains8
Environmental life cycle of fentanyl: From the cradle to an unknown grave7
Mobility of arsenic and vanadium in waterlogged calcareous soils due to addition of zeolite and manganese oxide amendments7
Changes in riverine dissolved organic matter caused by gypsum‐induced flocculation7
The Long‐Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR) network: Cross‐site transdisciplinary science to support a sustainable and resilient agriculture7
Scaling up conservation agriculture: An exploration of challenges and opportunities through a stakeholder engagement process7
Cover crop management practices to promote soil health and climate adaptation: Grappling with varied success from farmer and researcher observations7
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Assessment of salt tolerance in phytodesalination candidates: Two varieties of FimbristylisF. ferruginea and F. tenuicula7
Long‐term continuous cropping reduces greenhouse gas emissions while sustaining crop yields7
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Spatiotemporal patterns of PFAS in water and crop tissue at a beneficial wastewater reuse site in central Pennsylvania7
Connecting soil health and water quality in agricultural landscapes7
Prediction of soil solution concentrations and leaching losses of cadmium in agricultural soils7
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Microplastics interaction with terrestrial plants and their impacts on agriculture7
Flooding‐induced inorganic phosphorus transformations in two soils, with and without gypsum amendment7
Chronic enrichment affects nitrogen removal in tidal freshwater river and estuarine creek sediments7
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Biochar as a negative emission technology: A synthesis of field research on greenhouse gas emissions7
Natural organic matter under human‐influenced environments: Implications for future environmental quality research7
Nitrate losses across 29 Iowa watersheds: Measuring long‐term trends in the context of interannual variability6
Impacts of campaign‐based community watershed management on selected soil quality indicators6
The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at Upper Mississippi River Basin–Ames6
The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at Upper Mississippi River Basin–Morris6
Quantifying the effects of anaerobic soil disinfestation and other biological soil management strategies on nitrous oxide emissions from raised bed plasticulture tomato production6
Matrix‐associated microbial communities in a nitrogen‐removing on‐site wastewater treatment system are largely structured by niche processes6
Sediment and fecal indicator bacteria loading in a mixed land use watershed: Contributions from suspended sediment and bedload transport6
Phosphorus sources, forms, and abundance as a function of streamflow and field conditions in a Maumee River tributary, 2016–20196
The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at Platte River/High Plains Aquifer6
Soil stressors on ecophysiology of bauxite mine impacted soil: Heavy metal–acidity–organic matter nexus6
The LTAR Integrated Common Experiment at Southern Plains6
Changes in swine ammonia emissions associated with improved production management6
Changes in nitrogen and phosphorus within a decade in waters along a major canal and estuary in South Florida6
Insights on agricultural nitrate leaching from soil block mesocosms6
Examining sources and pathways of phosphorus transfer in a ditch‐drained field6
Exploring management and environment effects on edge‐of‐field phosphorus losses with linear mixed models6
The LTAR Grazing Land Common Experiment at Walnut Gulch Experimental Watershed6
The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at the Kellogg Biological Station6
The effect of biogas ebullition on ammonia emissions from animal manure–processing lagoons6
Effectiveness of denitrification bioreactors with woodchips, corn stover, and phosphate‐sorbing media for simultaneous removal of drainage water N and P in a corn–soybean system6
Cold spots and cold moments: The potential for sediment freezing to depress denitrification in wetland sediments6
Mechanism evolution and prediction of carbamazepine sorption by mangrove plant residue–derived biochars5
Neonicotinoid pesticide and nitrate mixture removal and persistence in floating treatment wetlands5
Poorly drained depressions can be hotspots of nutrient leaching from agricultural soils5
Intended and unintended impacts of nitrogen‐fixing microorganisms and microbial inhibitors on nitrogen losses in contrasting maize cropping systems5
Streambank erosion and phosphorus loading to surface waters: Knowns, unknowns, and implications for nutrient loss reduction research and policy5
Pyrolysis‐induced phosphorus transformations for biosolids from diverse sources5
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Simulating PFAS transport in effluent‐irrigated farmland using PRZM5, LEACHM, and HYDRUS‐1D models5
Phytoremediation of Cu‐contaminated vineyard soils in Brazil: A compendium of Brazilian pot studies5
Effect of organic carbon structures on the degradation of nonylphenol by hydrogen peroxide in sediment–water system5
Recipients of 2022 JEQ Editor's Citation for Excellence named5
Influence of irrigation water and soil on annual mercury dynamics in Sacramento Valley rice fields5
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Pathogen and heavy metal contamination in urban agroecosystems of northern Ghana: Influence of biochar application and wastewater irrigation5
Evaluation of internal standards for inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometric analysis of arsenic in soils5
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Evaluation of nutrient assimilative capacity in waterfowl impoundments: The role of environmental stressors5
Opportunities to implement manureshed management in the Iowa, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania swine industry5
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Characterization of nutrient runoff from perennial and annual forages following broiler litter application4
Effects of drinking water treatment residual amendments to biosolids on plant uptake of per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances4
From wastewater to feed: Understanding per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances occurrence in wastewater‐irrigated crops4
Comparison of microbial communities in replicated woodchip bioreactors4
CO2 and N2O emissions and microbial community structure from fields that include salt‐affected soils4
The role of plant functional traits and diversity in soil carbon dynamics within riparian agroforests4
Atrazine Ecological Monitoring Program: Two decades of generating daily or near‐daily monitoring data in highly vulnerable watersheds4
The Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework Financial and Nutrient Reduction Tool: A planning tool for cost effective conservation4
Seasonal impact of constructed wetlands on nitrogen and phosphorus in sediments of flood control lakes with pollution assessment4
Prairie strips’ effect on transport of antimicrobial resistance indicators in poultry litter4
Current trends and patterns of PFAS in agroecosystems and environment: A review4
Phosphorus removal from agricultural tile drainage effluent with activated alumina in novel adsorption reactors4
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Impact of loosening and straw addition to the subsoil on crop performance and nitrogen leaching: A lysimeter study4
Diurnal variation in methane emission from a rice paddy due to ebullition4
Agronomic and economic implications of cover crop and phosphorus fertilizer management practices for water quality improvement4
Assessing the concept of control points for dissolved reactive phosphorus losses in subsurface drainage4
Accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the devitalized aquatic moss Fontinalis antipyretica: From laboratory to field conditions4
Modeling the impact of measured and projected climate and management systems on agricultural fields: Surface runoff, soil moisture, and soil erosion4
Strategic tillage of no‐till decreased surface and subsurface losses of dissolved phosphorus4
Pig manure degradation and carbon emission: Measuring and modeling combined aerobic–anaerobic transformations4
A new method for detecting micro‐fragments of biodegradable mulch films containing poly(butylene adipate‐co‐terephthalate) (PBAT) in soil4
Mechanistic modeling indicates rapid glyphosate dissipation and sorption‐driven persistence of its metabolite AMPA in soil4
A classification system for describing N‐fertilizer performance in dryland wheat crops of the inland Pacific Northwest4
Impact of tillage, cover crop, and in situ bioreactors on nutrient loss from an artificially drained Midwestern Mollisol4
A comparison of soil Staphylococcus aureus and fecal indicator bacteria concentrations across land uses in a Hawaiian watershed3
A real‐time light‐scattering technique for tailings solids measurement3
Enhanced immobilization of Cr(VI) by a Fe0–microorganisms composite system: Benchmark and pot experiments3
Effects of rubber plantations on soil physicochemical properties on Hainan Island, China3
Challenges in quantifying and characterizing dissolved organic carbon: Sampling, isolation, storage, and analysis3
Connecting the soil health–water quality nexus under surface‐irrigated conservation tillage3
Thanks to our 2021 reviewers3
Determination of bioavailable arsenic threshold and validation of modeled permissible total arsenic in paddy soil using machine learning3
Regional quality analysis of the hydrological environment with an improved random forest model based on the chimpanzee algorithm3
Poultry manureshed management: Opportunities and challenges for a vertically integrated industry3
Variations in fluorescence properties of humic acids from calcareous soils amended with different swine manures in a long‐term soil experiment3
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Release of phosphorus and metal(loid)s from manured soils to floodwater during a laboratory simulation of snowmelt flooding3
Hydrogen sulfide emissions from a midwestern manure slurry storage basin3
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Efficacy of a vermifilter at mitigating greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions from dairy wastewater3
Ammonia and nitrous oxide emission factors for excreta deposited by livestock and land‐applied manure3
Are service crops an alternative for mitigating N2O emissions in soybean crops in the Argentinian Pampas?3
Challenges in linking soil health to edge‐of‐field water quality across the Great Lakes basin3
Establishing three warm‐season turfgrasses with tailored water: II. Root development, nitrate accumulation in plant tissue and soil, and relationship with leaching3
Do phosphorus amendments enhance biodegradation activity in stalled petroleum hydrocarbon‐contaminated soil?3
Manure methane emissions over three years at a swine farm in western Canada3
Saturated buffer design flow and performance in Illinois3
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Unveiling spatial variability in herbicide soil sorption using Bayesian digital mapping3
Impact of earthworms on antibiotic resistance genes removal in ampicillin‐contaminated soil through bacterial community alteration3
Slope stability of streambanks at saturated riparian buffer sites3
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Nutrient dynamics during composting of human excreta, cattle manure, and organic waste affected by biochar3
How many microplastic particles are present in Canadian biosolids?3
Impact of a small hydropower plant on water quality dynamics in a diversion and natural river channel3
Resolving new and old phosphorus source contributions to subsurface tile drainage with weighted regressions on discharge and season3
Soil bacterial community response to rhizoma peanut incorporation into Florida pastures3
Deficit irrigation impacts on greenhouse gas emissions under drip‐fertigated maize in the Great Plains of Colorado3
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Spatiotemporal dynamic of rice production and its carbon footprint in Hainan, China: Implications for food security and environmental sustainability3
Assessment of phosphorus status in a calcareous soil receiving long‐term application of chemical fertilizer and different forms of swine manures3
Phosphorus budgets of intensively managed row crops at a long‐term agroecosystem research site in the upper US Midwest2
Different binding characteristics of ciprofloxacin to iron mineral surfaces: Thermodynamic evidence and site energy distribution analysis2
Assessing the impacts of stakeholder involvement in long‐term agricultural experiments via a case study in the upper US Midwest2
Phosphorus and cover crop management practices affect phosphorus speciation in soils and eroded sediments2
Enhanced efficiency fertilizers, potato production, and nitrate leaching in the Wisconsin Central Sands2
The LTAR Integrated Common Experiment at Upper Mississippi River Basin‐Platteville2
Soil organic matter can delay—but not eliminate—leaching of neonicotinoid insecticides2
Evaluation of the biodegradability of hazardous industrial solid waste: Study of key parameters2
Benthic nitrate removal capacity in marine mangroves of Guadeloupe, Lesser Antilles2
The potential risk associated with foodborne pathogens in a watershed: Escherichia coli O157:H7 in dairy cattle2
Soil greenhouse gas flux and nitrogen mineralization following manure application from tannin‐fed dairy cows2
Using RZWQM2‐P to capture tile drainage phosphorus dynamics in Ohio2
Variation in hydrogen sulfide emissions from a U.S. Midwest anaerobic dairy lagoon2
Mechanisms underlying episodic nitrate and phosphorus leaching from poorly drained agricultural soils2
Machine learning reveals dynamic controls of soil nitrous oxide emissions from diverse long‐term cropping systems2
Ammonia emissions and dispersion from broiler production2
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Erratum to: Improving nitrogen retention of cattle slurry with oxidized biochar: An incubation study with three different soils2
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Effects of biogenic and commercially available iron‐oxide nanoparticles on algal and bacterial growth in freshwater and marine water2
The LTAR Common Experiment at Upper Chesapeake Bay: Integrated2
Erratum to: Impact of nitrogen fertilizer timing on nitrate loss and crop production in northwest Iowa2
The LTAR Grazing Land Common Experiment at Platte River High Plains Aquifer2
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Long‐term changes in riparian connectivity and groundwater chemistry in an urban watershed2
Denitrification potential of surface soils of constructed wetlands in Newtown Creek, an urban superfund site2
Greenhouse gas emissions from soils in corn‐based cropping systems2
Saturated buffers: Improvements and issues2
On the compounding of nitrate loads and discharge2
Soil carbon response to long‐term biosolids application2
Adsorption characteristics of N‐rGO for multiple representative trace antibiotics in water2
Fertilizer management approaches influence nutrient leaching from residential landscapes2
Energy dispersive X‐ray fluorescence analysis to estimate the maximum temperature reached in burned soils from an Amazonian region2
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Accumulation and health implications of metals in topsoil of an urban riparian zone adjacent to different functional areas in a subtropical city2
The longevity of fencing out livestock as a method of decreasing contaminant concentrations in a headwater stream2
Stream pathogenic bacteria levels rebound post‐population control of wild pigs2
The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at the Gulf Atlantic Coastal Plain2
Nutrient and toxic elements in soils and plants across 10 urban community gardens: Comparing pXRF and ICP‐based soil measurements2
The LTAR Cropland Common Experiment at the Texas Gulf2
Thanks to our 2023 reviewers2
The LTAR Common Experiment: Facilitating improved agricultural sustainability through coordinated cross‐site research2
One size does not fit all: Toward regional conservation practice guidance to reduce phosphorus loss risk in the Lake Erie watershed2
Responses of leached nitrogen concentrations and soil health to winter rye cover crop under no‐till corn–soybean rotation in the northern Great Plains2
Evaluating novel biodegradable polymer matrix fertilizers for nitrogen‐efficient agriculture2
A risk index tool to minimize the risk of nitrogen loss from land to water2
Catch crop planting and residue incorporation to reduce nitrogen leaching in intensive vegetable greenhouse field2
Influence of climate, topography, and soil type on soil extractable phosphorus in croplands of northern glacial‐derived landscapes2
ECB‐WQ: A Long‐Term Agroecosystem Research (LTAR)—Eastern Corn Belt node field‐scale water quality dataset  1
Thanks to our 2022 reviewers1
Improving crop growing conditions with water treatment residual and compost co‐amendments: Soil–water dynamics1
Effect of poultry litter soil amendment on antibiotic‐resistant Escherichia coli1
Connecting soil characteristics to edge‐of‐field water quality in Ohio1
Cropping management in a livestock–pasture–crop integration modifies microbial communities, activity, and soil health score1
Measuring and preliminary modeling of drift interception by plant species1
Benefitting productivity and the environment: Current and future maize cropping systems improve yield while reducing nitrate load1
Variation in methodology obscures clarity of cropland global warming potential estimates1
Evaluating sorbents for reducing per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substance mobility in biosolids‐amended soil columns1
Tillage and manure effects on runoff nitrogen and phosphorus losses from frozen soils1
Representing soil health practice effects on soil properties and nutrient loss in a watershed‐scale hydrologic model1
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