Brian Berkowitz

18.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
279 papers, 14.4k citations indexed

About

Brian Berkowitz is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Berkowitz has authored 279 papers receiving a total of 14.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Environmental Engineering, 77 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 49 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Brian Berkowitz's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (154 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (64 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (42 papers). Brian Berkowitz is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (154 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (64 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (42 papers). Brian Berkowitz collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Brian Berkowitz's co-authors include H. Scher, Ishai Dror, A. Cortis, Marco Dentz, Gennady Margolin, I. Balberg, Olivier Bour, N. E. Odling, Philippe Davy and Yaniv Edery and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Brian Berkowitz

273 papers receiving 13.9k citations

Hit Papers

Characterizing flow and t... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2002 2001 2006 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Characterizing flow and transport in fractured geological media: A review
    2002 1.2k citations Brian Berkowitz profile →
  2. Scaling of fracture systems in geological media
    2001 1.1k citations Brian Berkowitz et al. profile →
  3. Modeling non‐Fickian transport in geological formations as a continuous time random walk
    2006 909 citations Brian Berkowitz, Marco Dentz et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Brian Berkowitz 8.4k 3.8k 3.7k 2.0k 1.9k 279 14.4k
Carl I. Steefel 7.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 0.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.0× 195 11.9k
Jacob Bear 8.2k 1.0× 4.2k 1.1× 3.6k 1.0× 2.1k 1.0× 3.2k 1.7× 109 16.8k
Jesús Carrera 10.2k 1.2× 3.7k 1.0× 3.0k 0.8× 2.7k 1.3× 3.0k 1.6× 315 15.2k
Éric H. Oelkers 9.7k 1.2× 1.6k 0.4× 2.5k 0.7× 5.3k 2.6× 1.5k 0.8× 279 22.5k
John A. Cherry 8.5k 1.0× 2.4k 0.6× 2.8k 0.8× 1.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 228 13.8k
Mark L. Brusseau 6.5k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 654 0.3× 1.9k 1.0× 376 16.5k
Olaf Kolditz 4.9k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 2.4k 0.6× 773 0.4× 1.5k 0.8× 365 9.4k
Ling Li 4.7k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 1.0k 0.3× 945 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 639 18.2k
Dongxiao Zhang 5.1k 0.6× 1.8k 0.5× 3.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.6× 4.9k 2.6× 392 13.4k
Garrison Sposito 5.1k 0.6× 6.1k 1.6× 1.5k 0.4× 1.7k 0.8× 879 0.5× 416 27.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Berkowitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Berkowitz

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All Works

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Metzler, Ralf, et al.. (2025). Quantifying anomalous chemical diffusion through disordered porous rock materials. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 27(17). 9056–9067. 4 indexed citations
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Zehe, Erwin, et al.. (2025). Transport behavior displayed by water isotopes and potential implications for assessment of catchment properties. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 29(22). 6577–6587.
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Cohen, M. H., Ishai Dror, & Brian Berkowitz. (2025). Effects of Evolving Precipitation on Chemical Transport Through Porous Media. Water Resources Research. 61(11).
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Goeppert, Nadine, et al.. (2024). Karst aquifer discharge response to rainfall interpreted as anomalous transport. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 28(17). 4239–4249. 2 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, et al.. (2024). Mobility of Rare Earth Elements in Coastal Aquifer Materials under Fresh and Brackish Water Conditions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 186–195. 2 indexed citations
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Metzler, Ralf, et al.. (2024). Diffusion in Porous Rock Is Anomalous. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(20). 8946–8954. 11 indexed citations
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Dentz, Marco, James W. Kirchner, Erwin Zehe, & Brian Berkowitz. (2023). The Role of Anomalous Transport in Long‐Term, Stream Water Chemistry Variability. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(14). 6 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, et al.. (2023). Amniotic fluid rubidium concentration association with newborn birthweight: a maternal-neonatal pilot study. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM. 5(11). 101149–101149. 1 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, et al.. (2023). Impact of Time‐Dependent Velocity Fields on the Continuum‐Scale Transport of Conservative Chemicals. Water Resources Research. 59(9). 3 indexed citations
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Erfani, Hamidreza, et al.. (2022). Impact of Displacement Direction Relative to Heterogeneity on Averaged Capillary Pressure‐Saturation Curves. Water Resources Research. 58(2). 8 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, et al.. (2022). Mobility and Retention of Rare Earth Elements in Porous Media. ACS Omega. 7(23). 19491–19501. 4 indexed citations
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Karadimitriou, Nikolaos, et al.. (2021). Process-Dependent Solute Transport in Porous Media. Transport in Porous Media. 140(1). 421–435. 11 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, Bruno Yaron, & Brian Berkowitz. (2021). The Human Impact on All Soil-Forming Factors during the Anthropocene. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 11–19. 44 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, et al.. (2017). Silver nanoparticle (Ag-NP) retention and release in partially saturated soil: column experiments and modelling. Environmental Science Nano. 5(2). 422–435. 30 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, et al.. (2017). Time‐dependent velocity‐field controls on anomalous chemical transport in porous media. Water Resources Research. 53(5). 3760–3769. 35 indexed citations
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Berkowitz, Brian & P. M. Adler. (2015). Dispersive transport across interfaces. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2398. 1 indexed citations
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Dror, Ishai, et al.. (2003). Hydrocarbon Intrusion From Contaminated Seawater Into Coastal Freshwater Aquifers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 1 indexed citations
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Park, Youngjin, Jean‐Raynald de Dreuzy, Kang‐Kun Lee, & Brian Berkowitz. (2001). Transport and intersection mixing in random fracture networks with power law length distributions. Water Resources Research. 37(10). 2493–2501. 76 indexed citations
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Berkowitz, Brian, Olga Singurindy, & R. P. Lowell. (2001). Calcium Carbonate Precipitation/Dissolution in Salt Water - Fresh Water Mixing Zones. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 4 indexed citations

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