Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Contaminant Hydrology is 8. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Editorial Board125
Tracing sources and transformations of ammonium during river bank filtration by means of column experiments91
Contaminant mobilization from the vadose zone to groundwater during experimental river flooding events88
Potential risk of eutrophication in the deepest lake of Southwest China: Insights from phosphorus enrichment in bottom water78
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 use69
Assessment of the water quality pollution index and ecological risk of microplastic pollution along the Tambakoso River in Surabaya, Indonesia66
Distribution of potentially toxic elements in sediments of the municipal river channel (Balu), Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ecological and health risks assessment66
Nitrate in shallow groundwater after more than four decades of manure application62
Assessing data variability in groundwater quality monitoring of contaminated sites through factor analysis and multiple linear regression models61
Experimental and reactive transport modeling study of direct lithium extraction From brines with Li/Al-layered double hydroxides60
Experimental investigation on heat and moisture transfer of propylene glycol-mixed steam in porous media56
Geometric tortuosity model of pores in MICP-treated calcareous sand55
Sustainable agricultural water management incorporating inexact programming and salinization-related grey water footprint53
Coupled steroid and phosphorus leaching from cattle slurry at lysimeter scale51
A new discrete model to better consider tracer distribution along boreholes during the Finite Volume Point Dilution Method50
Tracking the microplastic pollution in the freshwater environments of southeastern Türkiye: Usage of Unio delicatus, Unio Terminalis and Dreissena polymorpha as bioindicators of microplastics47
The escalating threat of human-associated infectious bacteria in surface aquatic resources: Insights into prevalence, antibiotic resistance, survival mechanisms, detection, and prevention strategies46
Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India45
Effects of rainfall characteristics on runoff quality parameters within an industrial sector in Tennessee, USA45
Feasibility evaluation of a blended cover with activated carbon for in-situ stabilization of DDT in sediment45
The critical mixed transport process in remediation agent radial injection into contaminated aquifer plumes42
Process-based analysis of electrosteric stabilization and surface site competition in copper butyl xanthate transport41
Pore-scale assessment of alcohol-surfactant-biopolymer emulsions for oil-saturated media41
Geochemical processes and sensitivity analysis of flow velocity and column depth for effective nickel removal40
Response of dry-wet abrupt alternation to precipitation variation in the Hailar River Basin, northern China40
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Research on the coupled model of fracturing flowback pollution in fractured systems and wellbore of shale gas development under elastic external boundary conditions39
Facile synthesization of NaOH activated hierarchical porous biochar from cucumber straw for the effective removal of doxycycline in aqueous solution36
Dynamic distribution characteristics and ecological risks of antibiotics in typical subtropical tidal river36
Determination of ecological flow via considering water quality targets for a typical small basin of northern China36
Modeling the competitive sorption and transport of Ni(II) and Zn(II) in soils: Comparing two multicomponent approaches35
Comparing the variable flow velocity advection-dispersion model with the continuous time random walk model: Insights from a soil column salt transport experiment35
Exploring different modification methods of biochar for Se(IV) removal from water: Synergistic effect of adsorption and reduction33
Toward closed-loop remediation: A dynamic optimization approach for hydraulic conductivity estimation and pump-and-treat design33
Adsorption and mechanism of magnetically modified industrial hemp straw biochar on microplastics in aqueous solution33
Nitrate dynamics in the Dongjiang River watershed: Human impacts in the context of an Anthropocene River32
Unraveling the adsorption mechanisms of greenhouse gases on microporous MAF-4 nanoparticles using a statistical physics approach32
Propensity and repercussion of microplastics in the soil-water-urban continuum32
Longitudinal dispersion coefficient modeling in natural streams via newly proposed explainable ensemble learning (ExEL) framework30
Stream salinity prediction in data-scarce regions: Application of transfer learning and uncertainty quantification30
Does water temperature influence in microcystin production? A case study of Billings Reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil30
An ice- air-water-NAPL multiphase model for simulating NAPL migration in subsurface system under freeze-thaw condition29
Microplastics in water: Occurrence, fate and removal28
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 China28
Assessment of heavy metals and radionuclides in groundwater and associated human health risk appraisal in the vicinity of Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh26
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Numerical simulation of multiphase oil behaviors in ice-covered nearshore water25
Fabrication of sodium alginate-biochar-graphene oxide composite for sulfadiazine adsorption from aquatic environment: Performance and mechanisms25
Spatial variation in bacterial community structure and pollution response in river sediment25
Factors influencing residual air saturation during consecutive imbibition processes in an air-water two-phase fine sandy medium – A laboratory-scale experimental study25
A Fractional-order dual-continuum model to capture non-Fickian solute transport in a regional-scale fractured aquifer24
Microplastics in a small river: Occurrence and influencing factors along the river Oker, Northern Germany24
A fractional derivative model for nuclides transport in heterogeneous fractured media23
Spatial and temporal distributions of microplastics and their macroscopic relationship with algal blooms in Chaohu Lake, China23
Assessing the impacts of afforestation on nitrogen load into the northern gulf of America23
Quantifying climate change impacts on future water resources and salinity transport in a high semi-arid watershed22
An extension of gases-brine mutual solubility models to include geochemical reactions: Modeling and applications22
Characteristics of tetracycline adsorption by different embedded biochar materials22
High-performance polymeric aluminum ferric sulfate from Baihe pyrite slag: Enhanced coagulation in soil leaching alkaline wastewater and mechanistic insights22
Rainfall-induced microplastic fate and transport in unsaturated Dutch soils22
Effective bioremoval of Cu (II) and Sulfate from acid mine drainage via biomineralization with an extreme acidophile bacterium V. pantothenticus WL22
Integrated monitoring of suspended sediment transport in a transboundary river basin: Insights into sediment fluxes and reservoir effects in the Thaya catchment21
Monitoring of in-situ chemical oxidation for remediation of diesel-contaminated soil with electrical resistivity tomography21
Coupled salt and nitrogen dynamics in coastal reservoir-adjacent aquifer systems under extreme rainfall event20
Porous hydroxyapatite synthesized from discarded oyster shells via pseudomorphic replacement: A novel adsorbent for humic acid removal20
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
Effects of transient air-water interfacial area on PFOA transport in unsaturated soil20
Eco-toxicity assessment of polypropylene microplastics in juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio)20
Editorial Board20
Surrogate prediction of the breakthrough curve of solute transport in rivers using its reach length dependence19
Data-driven identification of pollution sources and water quality prediction using Apriori and LSTM models: A case study in the Hanjiang River basin19
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Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) from polymetallic mining areas (South China)19
Enhanced-solubilization and dissolution of multicomponent DNAPL from homogeneous porous media18
Adsorptive and photocatalytic remediation of hazardous organic chemical pollutants in aqueous medium: A review18
Experimental and numerical investigation of colloid-facilitated strontium transport in fractured granite under different hydrogeochemical conditions18
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 risks18
The storm runoff management strategy based on agricultural ditch nutrient loss characteristics in Erhai Lake, China18
Geophysical signatures of soil AFFF contamination from spectral induced polarization and low field nuclear magnetic resonance methods17
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Non-Fickian transport processes accelerate the movement of PFOS in unsaturated media: An experimental and modelling study17
Micro-nano bubbles enhanced immobilized Chlorella vulgaris to remove ofloxacin from groundwater17
Application and innovation of artificial intelligence models in wastewater treatment17
PFAS conceptual site model of an AFFF-impacted firefighting training area informed by high resolution soil, porewater, and groundwater sampling17
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 aquifers17
Study on the service performance of heterogeneous cutoff walls and three-dimensional transport of pollutants considering compression effect17
Dispersion of silica-encapsulated DNA magnetic particles in a homogeneous sand tank17
Metagenomic insights into rhizosphere microbiome dynamics of Oenanthe javanica in ecological floating beds under different hydrodynamic regimes17
Evaluating soil loss under land use management and extreme rainfall16
Removal of Fe(II) from water using raw and calcinated weathered basalt: Influence of mineralogy and physical properties16
Quantification of contaminant mass discharge and uncertainties: Method and challenges in application at contaminated sites16
Engineered injection and extraction combined with in situ oxidation remediation at an industrial site and evaluation of contaminant plume dynamics16
Fate and transport of dissolved/colloidal metals in an aging passive treatment system for coal mine drainage: Divergent behavior of trace metals and iron16
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Hydrochemical redistribution in a stressed aquifer system: Decadal attenuation of salinity extremes and expansion of diffuse agricultural contamination across Mexico15
Reconstructing the release history of a contaminant source with different precision via the ensemble smoother with multiple data assimilation15
The role of baseflow and stormwater in transport of tire and bitumen particles in Tehran city: A dense urban environment15
Freeze-thaw effect on adsorption and transport of two sulfonamides in soil: Batch and column studies15
Distribution of organophosphorus pesticides and its potential connection with probiotics in sediments of a shallow freshwater lake15
Comparison of Ni (II) ion biosorption onto Eupatorium Adinophorum and Acer Oblongum biomass using batch operations, response surface models, thermodynamics, kinetics, and equilibrium studies15
Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of temporal variation in ionic strength on colloid retention and remobilization in saturated porous media15
Assessing performance of atenolol removal from contaminated water using zero-valent iron impregnated apricot stone biochar15
Degradation of seven pesticides and two metabolites before and during aquifer storage transfer and recovery operation15
Spatiotemporal variations in land use impacts on river water quality in a mountain-to-plain transitional basin in arid region of northern China15
Investigation of light aromatics removal from industrial wastewater using nano metal organic framework14
Rural village as a source of microplastic pollution in a riverine and marine ecosystem of the southern Venezuelan Caribbean14
Characterization and risk assessment of microplastic contamination in a tropical man-made Lake and adjacent water using multi-approach analysis14
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
Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Nigerian surface freshwaters and sediment: A meta-analysis using ecological and human health risk indices14
From brushite to hydroxylapatite: A study on phosphate mineral transformation and the fate of oxytetracycline14
Comparative study of standard and modified groundwater vulnerability methods in the gold and iron mining regions of Western Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil14
A novel multivariate time series prediction of crucial water quality parameters with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks14
Experimental and numerical studies on fluid flow through fractured rock masses based on an enhanced three-dimensional discrete fracture network model14
AQuA-P: A machine learning-based tool for water quality assessment14
Tracing coastal nonpoint sources of agricultural organic pollution based on soil sequestration and retention processes: A case study of the Yellow River Delta, China14
Use of carbon-14 trichloroethene to determine degradation rate constants in rock core microcosms14
A land use regression model to explain the spatial variation of nitrate concentration – A regional scale case study in the north-west of Ireland14
Role of biotite content and structure in controlling Cesium diffusion in granitic rocks14
Electron beam-persulfate system effectively reduces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and Cr(VI) emissions: Environmental matrix impact and mechanism analysis14
Spatiotemporal variation and driving factors of water quality in Yunnan-Guizhou plateau lakes, China14
Impact of humic acid on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transport in the presence of phosphate in saturated porous media14
Concentration-discharge relations and transient metal loads reveal spatiotemporal variability in solute-generation mechanisms in a mine-affected watershed13
Data driven AI (artificial intelligence) detection furnish economic pathways for microplastics13
New insights into the selective adsorption mechanism of cationic and anionic dyes using MIL-101(Fe) metal-organic framework: Modeling and interpretation of physicochemical parameters13
Direct visualization of colloid transport over natural heterogeneous and artificial smooth rock surfaces13
Sodium alginate gel microspheres with magnetic illite-biochar for efficient removal of cadmium and thallium from contaminated groundwater: Structural characteristics, performance and mechanisms13
Impact of aging on nanoplastic aggregation and release from low-density polyethylene (LDPE)13
Distribution characteristics, source analysis, and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in Ulungur Lake, China13
Significance of temperature as a key driver in ZVI PRB applications for PCE degradation12
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Quantitative profile, sources and health implications of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the strategic Otin River water, Nigeria12
Semi-empirical modelling of hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils exposed to deionized and saline environments12
Changes in the salt concentration distribution in surface water (seawater) due to seawater recirculation in a porous medium under tidal fluctuations12
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Development of a multi-objective reservoir operation model for water quality-quantity management12
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Low-complexity mapping of soil temperature for thermal treatment follow-up12
Preparation of KMnO4 modified N-doped bamboo biochar by microwave pyrolysis for enhancing heavy metals adsorption from aqueous solution12
Effect of groundwater residence time on geogenic fluoride release into groundwater in the Mt. Meru slope area, Tanzania, the Great Rift Valley, East Africa12
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Numerical investigation of multiphase contaminant removal from NAPL-impacted soils: A comparative study of thermal desorption approaches12
Distribution and origins of iron-rich groundwater in shallow and deep aquifers of the Hebei plain12
Identifying hydrogeochemistry evolution mechanism in high-sulfur non-ferrous metal mining areas via hydrochemical characteristics and isotopic evidence12
Machine learning-based in-situ detection of toxic petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater11
Application of the FUCOM-SAW model for comprehensive risk assessment of contaminated sediments: A case study of the great Bačka Canal and Begej river11
Evaluate the groundwater quality and human health risks for sustainable drinking and irrigation purposes in mountainous region of Chongqing, Southwest China11
Electrochemical remediation of microplastics: Progress and prospects in water treatment11
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
Unveiling the ecotoxicological impact of microplastics on organisms - the persistent organic pollutant (POP): A comprehensive review11
Identifying an indicator compound for progress monitoring during in-situ thermal treatment of coal tar and creosote11
Biochar-algae microspheres based on sodium alginate for the highly efficient adsorption of malachite green dye: Kinetics, isotherms, and mechanism of adsorption10
Hydrochemical fingerprints of karst underground river systems impacted by urbanization in Guiyang, Southwest China10
Variation in urban snow quality indicated by three seasonal sampling surveys conducted in Luleå (Sweden) within a span of 27 years10
Influences of hydrological and agricultural conditions on selenium distribution in groundwater: A case study in Sanjiang plain, Northeast China10
Exploring the ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on freshwater fish: A critical review10
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Preparation of novel multifunctional magnetic biochar integrating adsorption and degradation and application in printing and dyeing wastewater10
Formation mechanisms of hydraulic circulation and its effects on the nitrobenzene migration in homogeneous aquifers with different medium sizes during air sparging remediation10
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A field study to assess the role of air-water interfacial sorption on PFAS leaching in an AFFF source area10
Health risk assessment of groundwater nitrogen pollution in Yinchuan plain10
Improvement of evapotranspiration simulation study in the Hailar River basin under the influence of vegetation dynamics10
Diffusive transport properties of seawater in calcite nanopores: A molecular dynamics study10
Low-temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage combined with in situ bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes: Pilot-scale observations and model-based interpretation10
How uncertainty in calibration data affects the modeling of non-point source pollutant loads in baseflow10
Metal pollution in surface sediments of the Vembanad wetland: Seasonal variation, source apportionment, and human health risk assessment10
Fate of dissolved pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in irrigation water in rice paddy: Implications to human and soil health9
Facilitated transport of ferrihydrite with phosphate under saturated flow conditions9
Density-dependent flow, solute transport and mixing in the Fraser River delta aquifer9
Investigation of cadmium adsorption-transport coupling in soil-mineral systems: Integrating batch adsorption and column transport experiments9
Simulated leaching of PFAS from land-applied municipal biosolids at agricultural sites9
The role of biofilms formed on different mesoplastics as a carrier of a range of diverse contaminants in estuarine water9
Enhancing pollutant removal from contaminated soils using yield stress fluids as selective blocking agents9
Analytical solution of a pollutant transport model for unsaturated soil considering the effects of consolidation and temperature9
Fate, chlorination kinetics, and comprehensive risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water distribution systems9
Comparison of black carbon media for removal of dissolved metals in stormwater9
Migration behaviour of LNAPL in fractures filled with porous media: Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations9
Understanding the factors contributing to groundwater salinity in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh, India9
Adsorption of some hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons by various pristine and heat-activated aged microplastics as potential pollutant carriers in aquatic environment9
Transport, retention and degradation of the urban biocides terbutryn, diuron and octylisothiazolinone and the herbicide acetochlor in urban surface-soil interfaces9
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 south9
Identifying susceptible groundwater contamination zones in western Odisha of India using hydro-geochemical and geospatial approaches8
Simulating degradation of organic compounds accounting for the growth of microorganisms (Monod kinetics) in a fully Lagrangian framework8
Groundwater quality prediction using novel hybrid classification and regression models8
Vegetation type dominates slope-scale material loss under extreme rainfall: Nonlinear responses revealed by machine learning8
Study on barrier mechanism and application of silico-alkaline sol-modified bentonite cutoff wall materials to lead pollution in lead-zinc tailings pond8
Recent progresses and perspectives of polyethylene biodegradation by bacteria and fungi: A review8
A fixed-mix stochastic fractional programming method for optimizing agricultural irrigation and hydropower generation in Central Asia8
Quantification of denitrification rate in shallow groundwater using the single-well, push-pull test technique8
A mini review of recent advances in environmentally friendly microplastic removal technologies in water systems8
Natural mineral colloids facilitated transport of EE2 in saturated porous media: Effects of humic acid and conjugate form8
Emerging pollutants characterization, mitigation and toxicity assessment of sewage wastewater treatment plant- India: A case study8
Characterizing seawater intrusion and groundwater vulnerability to salinization along the east coast of India8
Enhanced performances of the coupled thermal conductive heating-groundwater circulation well approach8
Microbial community responses to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the soil–stream–sediment continuum in the lower Beiluo River, loess plateau, China8
Cellulose –Polyvinylalcohol supported magnetic nanocomposites from lentil husk for sequestration of cationic dyes from the aqueous solution: Kinetics, isotherm and reusability studies8
The value of simplified models of radionuclide transport for the safety assessment of nuclear waste repositories: A benchmark study8
Assessment of managed aquifer recharge in saline confined aquifers for freshwater storage and improved recovery: A 3D tank study under various operational conditions8
Spatial heterogeneity of lake sediment hydraulic conductivity, hydrological connectivity and causes analysis under the influence of sand mining activities: In-situ tests in a typical large sand mining8
Effectiveness of double-cut-off walls on seawater intrusion and nitrate concentration in unconfined coastal aquifers8
Autonomous self-propelled reduced graphene oxide hydrogel-CuO@rGO micromotors for high-efficiency removal of organic dye pollutant8
Deciphering the roles of alkaline pretreatment combined with bentonite addition treatment on “extracellular hydrolysis - membrane transport - intracellular metabolism” of carbohydrate in anaerobic dig8
Hydrochemical analysis and groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation in an arid agricultural area of the Northwest China8
Coupled transport and retention dynamics of microplastics in porous media8
Origins and fate of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) in a Scottish urban area: Implications for groundwater systems8
Influencing factors for the spatial distribution and deposition history of microplastics in the sediments of Chaohu Lake, China8
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