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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
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Tracing sources and transformations of ammonium during river bank filtration by means of column experiments94
Experimental investigation on heat and moisture transfer of propylene glycol-mixed steam in porous media88
Geometric tortuosity model of pores in MICP-treated calcareous sand80
Potential risk of eutrophication in the deepest lake of Southwest China: Insights from phosphorus enrichment in bottom water70
Tracking the microplastic pollution in the freshwater environments of southeastern Türkiye: Usage of Unio delicatus, Unio Terminalis and Dreissena polymorpha as bioindicators of microplastics69
A new discrete model to better consider tracer distribution along boreholes during the Finite Volume Point Dilution Method69
Distribution of potentially toxic elements in sediments of the municipal river channel (Balu), Dhaka, Bangladesh: Ecological and health risks assessment65
Effects of rainfall characteristics on runoff quality parameters within an industrial sector in Tennessee, USA64
Nitrate in shallow groundwater after more than four decades of manure application61
The escalating threat of human-associated infectious bacteria in surface aquatic resources: Insights into prevalence, antibiotic resistance, survival mechanisms, detection, and prevention strategies59
Assessment of the water quality pollution index and ecological risk of microplastic pollution along the Tambakoso River in Surabaya, Indonesia57
Experimental and reactive transport modeling study of direct lithium extraction From brines with Li/Al-layered double hydroxides56
Contaminant mobilization from the vadose zone to groundwater during experimental river flooding events56
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 use52
Assessing data variability in groundwater quality monitoring of contaminated sites through factor analysis and multiple linear regression models52
Feasibility evaluation of a blended cover with activated carbon for in-situ stabilization of DDT in sediment51
The critical mixed transport process in remediation agent radial injection into contaminated aquifer plumes48
Geochemical processes and sensitivity analysis of flow velocity and column depth for effective nickel removal46
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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
Longitudinal dispersion coefficient modeling in natural streams via newly proposed explainable ensemble learning (ExEL) framework41
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
Unravelling groundwater contamination and health-related implications in semi-arid and cold regions of India40
Exploring different modification methods of biochar for Se(IV) removal from water: Synergistic effect of adsorption and reduction38
Propensity and repercussion of microplastics in the soil-water-urban continuum36
Determination of ecological flow via considering water quality targets for a typical small basin of northern China36
Does water temperature influence in microcystin production? A case study of Billings Reservoir, São Paulo, Brazil35
Unraveling the adsorption mechanisms of greenhouse gases on microporous MAF-4 nanoparticles using a statistical physics approach35
Modeling the competitive sorption and transport of Ni(II) and Zn(II) in soils: Comparing two multicomponent approaches33
Dynamic distribution characteristics and ecological risks of antibiotics in typical subtropical tidal river33
Adsorption and mechanism of magnetically modified industrial hemp straw biochar on microplastics in aqueous solution32
Comparing the variable flow velocity advection-dispersion model with the continuous time random walk model: Insights from a soil column salt transport experiment32
Toward closed-loop remediation: A dynamic optimization approach for hydraulic conductivity estimation and pump-and-treat design31
An ice- air-water-NAPL multiphase model for simulating NAPL migration in subsurface system under freeze-thaw condition30
Nitrate dynamics in the Dongjiang River watershed: Human impacts in the context of an Anthropocene River30
Facile synthesization of NaOH activated hierarchical porous biochar from cucumber straw for the effective removal of doxycycline in aqueous solution29
Response of dry-wet abrupt alternation to precipitation variation in the Hailar River Basin, northern China29
High-performance polymeric aluminum ferric sulfate from Baihe pyrite slag: Enhanced coagulation in soil leaching alkaline wastewater and mechanistic insights28
Fabrication of sodium alginate-biochar-graphene oxide composite for sulfadiazine adsorption from aquatic environment: Performance and mechanisms27
A fractional derivative model for nuclides transport in heterogeneous fractured media27
Numerical simulation of multiphase oil behaviors in ice-covered nearshore water26
Porous hydroxyapatite synthesized from discarded oyster shells via pseudomorphic replacement: A novel adsorbent for humic acid removal26
Factors influencing residual air saturation during consecutive imbibition processes in an air-water two-phase fine sandy medium – A laboratory-scale experimental study26
Microplastics in a small river: Occurrence and influencing factors along the river Oker, Northern Germany25
Assessing the impacts of afforestation on nitrogen load into the northern gulf of America24
A Fractional-order dual-continuum model to capture non-Fickian solute transport in a regional-scale fractured aquifer24
An extension of gases-brine mutual solubility models to include geochemical reactions: Modeling and applications23
Integrated monitoring of suspended sediment transport in a transboundary river basin: Insights into sediment fluxes and reservoir effects in the Thaya catchment23
Assessment of heavy metals and radionuclides in groundwater and associated human health risk appraisal in the vicinity of Rooppur nuclear power plant, Bangladesh23
Spatial and temporal distributions of microplastics and their macroscopic relationship with algal blooms in Chaohu Lake, China23
Spatial variation in bacterial community structure and pollution response in river sediment23
Monitoring of in-situ chemical oxidation for remediation of diesel-contaminated soil with electrical resistivity tomography23
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Effective bioremoval of Cu (II) and Sulfate from acid mine drainage via biomineralization with an extreme acidophile bacterium V. pantothenticus WL22
Characteristics of tetracycline adsorption by different embedded biochar materials22
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)21
Quantifying climate change impacts on future water resources and salinity transport in a high semi-arid watershed21
Effects of transient air-water interfacial area on PFOA transport in unsaturated soil21
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Surrogate prediction of the breakthrough curve of solute transport in rivers using its reach length dependence20
Microplastics in water: Occurrence, fate and 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
Hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD) from polymetallic mining areas (South China)20
Rainfall-induced microplastic fate and transport in unsaturated Dutch soils20
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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
Adsorptive and photocatalytic remediation of hazardous organic chemical pollutants in aqueous medium: A review19
Experimental and numerical investigation of colloid-facilitated strontium transport in fractured granite under different hydrogeochemical conditions19
The storm runoff management strategy based on agricultural ditch nutrient loss characteristics in Erhai Lake, China19
Application and innovation of artificial intelligence models in wastewater treatment18
Coupled salt and nitrogen dynamics in coastal reservoir-adjacent aquifer systems under extreme rainfall event18
Metagenomic insights into rhizosphere microbiome dynamics of Oenanthe javanica in ecological floating beds under different hydrodynamic regimes18
Study on the service performance of heterogeneous cutoff walls and three-dimensional transport of pollutants considering compression effect18
Data-driven identification of pollution sources and water quality prediction using Apriori and LSTM models: A case study in the Hanjiang River basin18
Micro-nano bubbles enhanced immobilized Chlorella vulgaris to remove ofloxacin from groundwater18
PFAS conceptual site model of an AFFF-impacted firefighting training area informed by high resolution soil, porewater, and groundwater sampling18
Non-Fickian transport processes accelerate the movement of PFOS in unsaturated media: An experimental and modelling study18
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Effect of free thermohaline convection on radionuclide transport in fractured-porous media near salt domes17
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Dispersion of silica-encapsulated DNA magnetic particles in a homogeneous sand tank17
Evaluating soil loss under land use management and extreme rainfall16
Spatiotemporal variations in land use impacts on river water quality in a mountain-to-plain transitional basin in arid region of northern China16
Freeze-thaw effect on adsorption and transport of two sulfonamides in soil: Batch and column studies16
Fate and transport of dissolved/colloidal metals in an aging passive treatment system for coal mine drainage: Divergent behavior of trace metals and iron16
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 method16
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 lake16
Comparison of Ni (II) ion biosorption onto Eupatorium Adinophorum and Acer Oblongum biomass using batch operations, response surface models, thermodynamics, kinetics, and equilibrium studies16
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
Role of biotite content and structure in controlling Cesium diffusion in granitic rocks16
Removal of Fe(II) from water using raw and calcinated weathered basalt: Influence of mineralogy and physical properties16
Tracing coastal nonpoint sources of agricultural organic pollution based on soil sequestration and retention processes: A case study of the Yellow River Delta, China15
A novel multivariate time series prediction of crucial water quality parameters with Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) networks15
Electron beam-persulfate system effectively reduces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and Cr(VI) emissions: Environmental matrix impact and mechanism analysis15
The role of baseflow and stormwater in transport of tire and bitumen particles in Tehran city: A dense urban environment15
Assessing performance of atenolol removal from contaminated water using zero-valent iron impregnated apricot stone biochar15
Characterization and risk assessment of microplastic contamination in a tropical man-made Lake and adjacent water using multi-approach analysis15
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
Assessment of heavy metal pollution in Nigerian surface freshwaters and sediment: A meta-analysis using ecological and human health risk indices15
Geophysical signatures of soil AFFF contamination from spectral induced polarization and low field nuclear magnetic resonance methods14
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
Hydrochemical redistribution in a stressed aquifer system: Decadal attenuation of salinity extremes and expansion of diffuse agricultural contamination across Mexico14
Investigation of light aromatics removal from industrial wastewater using nano metal organic framework14
Reconstructing the release history of a contaminant source with different precision via the ensemble smoother with multiple data assimilation14
Experimental and numerical investigation of the effect of temporal variation in ionic strength on colloid retention and remobilization in saturated porous media14
Comparative study of standard and modified groundwater vulnerability methods in the gold and iron mining regions of Western Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil14
Direct visualization of colloid transport over natural heterogeneous and artificial smooth rock surfaces13
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
Distribution characteristics, source analysis, and ecological risk assessment of microplastics in Ulungur Lake, China13
A land use regression model to explain the spatial variation of nitrate concentration – A regional scale case study in the north-west of Ireland13
Concentration-discharge relations and transient metal loads reveal spatiotemporal variability in solute-generation mechanisms in a mine-affected watershed13
Numerical investigation of multiphase contaminant removal from NAPL-impacted soils: A comparative study of thermal desorption approaches13
Rural village as a source of microplastic pollution in a riverine and marine ecosystem of the southern Venezuelan Caribbean13
Significance of temperature as a key driver in ZVI PRB applications for PCE degradation13
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 humic acid on iron (oxyhydr)oxide transport in the presence of phosphate in saturated porous media12
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Electrochemical remediation of microplastics: Progress and prospects in water treatment12
Changes in the salt concentration distribution in surface water (seawater) due to seawater recirculation in a porous medium under tidal fluctuations12
Identifying an indicator compound for progress monitoring during in-situ thermal treatment of coal tar and creosote12
Data driven AI (artificial intelligence) detection furnish economic pathways for microplastics12
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Unveiling the ecotoxicological impact of microplastics on organisms - the persistent organic pollutant (POP): A comprehensive review12
Nitrate source apportionments in the South Han River basin and its main tributaries using multi-isotopes and Bayesian approaches12
Low-complexity mapping of soil temperature for thermal treatment follow-up12
Effect of groundwater residence time on geogenic fluoride release into groundwater in the Mt. Meru slope area, Tanzania, the Great Rift Valley, East Africa12
Application of the FUCOM-SAW model for comprehensive risk assessment of contaminated sediments: A case study of the great Bačka Canal and Begej river12
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Biochar-algae microspheres based on sodium alginate for the highly efficient adsorption of malachite green dye: Kinetics, isotherms, and mechanism of adsorption12
Preparation of KMnO4 modified N-doped bamboo biochar by microwave pyrolysis for enhancing heavy metals adsorption from aqueous solution11
Quantitative profile, sources and health implications of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in the strategic Otin River water, Nigeria11
Low-temperature Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage combined with in situ bioremediation of chlorinated ethenes: Pilot-scale observations and model-based interpretation11
Thermally driven organic contaminant migration in soil–groundwater systems: field-scale modeling with temperature field coupling11
Hydrochemical fingerprints of karst underground river systems impacted by urbanization in Guiyang, Southwest China11
Machine learning-based in-situ detection of toxic petroleum hydrocarbons in groundwater11
Release of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances from AFFF-impacted soils: Effects of water saturation in vadose zone soils11
Distribution and origins of iron-rich groundwater in shallow and deep aquifers of the Hebei plain11
Semi-empirical modelling of hydraulic conductivity of clayey soils exposed to deionized and saline environments11
Identifying hydrogeochemistry evolution mechanism in high-sulfur non-ferrous metal mining areas via hydrochemical characteristics and isotopic evidence11
Preparation of novel multifunctional magnetic biochar integrating adsorption and degradation and application in printing and dyeing wastewater11
Density-dependent flow, solute transport and mixing in the Fraser River delta aquifer10
Metal pollution in surface sediments of the Vembanad wetland: Seasonal variation, source apportionment, and human health risk assessment10
Understanding the factors contributing to groundwater salinity in the coastal region of Andhra Pradesh, India10
Fate of dissolved pharmaceutically active compounds (PhACs) in irrigation water in rice paddy: Implications to human and soil health10
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
Variation in urban snow quality indicated by three seasonal sampling surveys conducted in Luleå (Sweden) within a span of 27 years10
Evaluate the groundwater quality and human health risks for sustainable drinking and irrigation purposes in mountainous region of Chongqing, Southwest China10
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Improvement of evapotranspiration simulation study in the Hailar River basin under the influence of vegetation dynamics10
Adsorption of some hazardous aromatic hydrocarbons by various pristine and heat-activated aged microplastics as potential pollutant carriers in aquatic environment10
The role of biofilms formed on different mesoplastics as a carrier of a range of diverse contaminants in estuarine water10
Simulated leaching of PFAS from land-applied municipal biosolids at agricultural sites10
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Fate, chlorination kinetics, and comprehensive risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in drinking water distribution systems9
Vegetation type dominates slope-scale material loss under extreme rainfall: Nonlinear responses revealed by machine learning9
Exploring the ecotoxicological impacts of microplastics on freshwater fish: A critical review9
Influences of hydrological and agricultural conditions on selenium distribution in groundwater: A case study in Sanjiang plain, Northeast China9
Investigation of cadmium adsorption-transport coupling in soil-mineral systems: Integrating batch adsorption and column transport experiments9
Health risk assessment of groundwater nitrogen pollution in Yinchuan plain9
Formation mechanisms of hydraulic circulation and its effects on the nitrobenzene migration in homogeneous aquifers with different medium sizes during air sparging remediation9
Transport, retention and degradation of the urban biocides terbutryn, diuron and octylisothiazolinone and the herbicide acetochlor in urban surface-soil interfaces9
Comparison of black carbon media for removal of dissolved metals in stormwater9
Analytical solution of a pollutant transport model for unsaturated soil considering the effects of consolidation and temperature9
How uncertainty in calibration data affects the modeling of non-point source pollutant loads in baseflow9
Migration behaviour of LNAPL in fractures filled with porous media: Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations9
A field study to assess the role of air-water interfacial sorption on PFAS leaching in an AFFF source area9
Groundwater quality prediction using novel hybrid classification and regression models9
Diffusive transport properties of seawater in calcite nanopores: A molecular dynamics study9
Emerging pollutants characterization, mitigation and toxicity assessment of sewage wastewater treatment plant- India: A case study8
Autonomous self-propelled reduced graphene oxide hydrogel-CuO@rGO micromotors for high-efficiency removal of organic dye pollutant8
Microbial community responses to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across the soil–stream–sediment continuum in the lower Beiluo River, loess plateau, China8
Simulating degradation of organic compounds accounting for the growth of microorganisms (Monod kinetics) in a fully Lagrangian framework8
Characterizing seawater intrusion and groundwater vulnerability to salinization along the east coast of India8
Aging-mediated selective adsorption of antibiotics by tire wear particles: Hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions effects8
Hydrochemical analysis and groundwater suitability for drinking and irrigation in an arid agricultural area of the Northwest China8
Ecological networks and mechanisms underlying their variation in impounded lakes along the eastern route of China's south-to-north water diversion project8
Effectiveness of double-cut-off walls on seawater intrusion and nitrate concentration in unconfined coastal aquifers8
Natural mineral colloids facilitated transport of EE2 in saturated porous media: Effects of humic acid and conjugate form8
Coupled transport and retention dynamics of microplastics in porous media8
Recent progresses and perspectives of polyethylene biodegradation by bacteria and fungi: A review8
Cellulose –Polyvinylalcohol supported magnetic nanocomposites from lentil husk for sequestration of cationic dyes from the aqueous solution: Kinetics, isotherm and reusability studies8
Heavy metals in unsaturated urban soils: Experimental insights and stochastic forecasting8
Experimental application of micro/nano bubbles to control P release and separate P particles from benthic lake sediment8
Identifying susceptible groundwater contamination zones in western Odisha of India using hydro-geochemical and geospatial approaches8
Study on barrier mechanism and application of silico-alkaline sol-modified bentonite cutoff wall materials to lead pollution in lead-zinc tailings pond8
Enhancing pollutant removal from contaminated soils using yield stress fluids as selective blocking agents8
Enhanced performances of the coupled thermal conductive heating-groundwater circulation well approach8
Facilitated transport of ferrihydrite with phosphate under saturated flow conditions8
A mini review of recent advances in environmentally friendly microplastic removal technologies in water systems8
Assessment of managed aquifer recharge in saline confined aquifers for freshwater storage and improved recovery: A 3D tank study under various operational conditions8
Geochemical evaluation of Washita-Fredericksburg formation as a carbon storage reservoir8
Deciphering the roles of alkaline pretreatment combined with bentonite addition treatment on “extracellular hydrolysis - membrane transport - intracellular metabolism” of carbohydrate in anaerobic dig8
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