Charles J. Werth

8.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
179 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Charles J. Werth is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles J. Werth has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Environmental Engineering, 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 33 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Charles J. Werth's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (68 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (30 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (28 papers). Charles J. Werth is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (68 papers), Environmental remediation with nanomaterials (30 papers) and Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (28 papers). Charles J. Werth collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Charles J. Werth's co-authors include Albert J. Valocchi, John R. Shapley, Timothy J. Strathmann, Martin Reinhard, Brian P. Chaplin, Hongkyu Yoon, J.K. Choe, Mart Oostrom, Thomas Willingham and Robert A. Sanford and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Charles J. Werth

173 papers receiving 6.7k citations

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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.

Critical Review of Pd-Based Catalytic Treatment of Priority Contaminants in Water

2012 403 citations Charles J. Werth et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles J. Werth United States	51	2.6k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	932	179	6.8k
Eric M. Kennedy Australia	42	585 0.2×	2.0k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	905 1.0×	305	7.1k
Bogdan Z. Dlugogorski Australia	46	521 0.2×	2.1k 1.5×	1.5k 1.2×	873 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	371	9.1k
Jennifer Wilcox United States	60	2.0k 0.8×	1.7k 1.3×	1.4k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.9×	152	13.2k
Zhien Zhang China	57	1.5k 0.6×	3.1k 2.3×	918 0.7×	785 0.7×	348 0.4×	185	11.5k
Victor Rudolph Australia	58	920 0.4×	1.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.8×	1.1k 1.1×	187 0.2×	277	10.4k
M. Mercedes Maroto‐Valer United Kingdom	57	3.5k 1.3×	3.1k 2.3×	880 0.7×	969 0.9×	781 0.8×	275	13.8k
Peter F. Nelson Australia	44	592 0.2×	1.8k 1.3×	409 0.3×	634 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	171	6.3k
Eric M. Suuberg United States	43	873 0.3×	2.7k 2.0×	1.0k 0.8×	254 0.2×	682 0.7×	151	6.3k
Quan Shi China	63	536 0.2×	2.1k 1.6×	1.3k 1.0×	154 0.1×	2.0k 2.1×	434	13.9k

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Newell, Charles J., Wayne H. Smith, Sharon A. Clay, et al.. (2025). Tool and Database for Estimating Potential Longevity of Colloidal Activated Carbon Barriers for PFAS in Groundwater. Remediation Journal. 35(3). 1 indexed citations

Li, Hao, et al.. (2024). Tuning the Selectivity of Nitrate Reduction via Fine Composition Control of RuPdNP Catalysts. Small. 20(26). e2308593–e2308593. 5 indexed citations

Katz, Lynn E., et al.. (2023). A framework for assessing uncertainty of drinking water quality in distribution networks with application to monochloramine decay. Journal of Cleaner Production. 407. 137056–137056. 6 indexed citations

Werth, Charles J., et al.. (2023). Electrospun TiO₂/carbon composite nanofibers as effective (photo)electrodes for removal and transformation of recalcitrant water contaminants. Environmental Science Advances. 2(7). 967–981. 1 indexed citations

Kunal, Pranaw, Hongyu Guo, Hao Li, et al.. (2023). Pd–Au–Cu Ternary Alloy Nanoparticles: Highly Tunable and Economical Nitrite Reduction Catalysts. ACS Catalysis. 13(18). 11945–11953. 9 indexed citations

Schaefer, Charles E., et al.. (2021). Abiotic dechlorination in the presence of ferrous minerals. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 241. 103839–103839. 11 indexed citations

Cwiertny, David M., et al.. (2020). Scalable Reactor Design for Electrocatalytic Nitrite Reduction with Minimal Mass Transfer Limitations. ACS ES&T Engineering. 1(2). 204–215. 17 indexed citations

Zhou, Lang, et al.. (2019). Motility of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 Allows for Nitrate Reduction in the Toxic Region of a Ciprofloxacin Concentration Gradient in a Microfluidic Reactor. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(5). 2778–2787. 18 indexed citations

Sanford, Robert A., et al.. (2019). Diffusion-Based Recycling of Flavins Allows Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 To Yield Energy from Metal Reduction Across Physical Separations. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(7). 3480–3487. 35 indexed citations

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Sivaguru, Mayandi, James C. Williams, John C. Lieske, et al.. (2018). Geobiology reveals how human kidney stones dissolve in vivo. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 13731–13731. 51 indexed citations

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Singh, Rajveer, Mayandi Sivaguru, Glenn Fried, et al.. (2017). Real rock-microfluidic flow cell: A test bed for real-time in situ analysis of flow, transport, and reaction in a subsurface reactive transport environment. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 204. 28–39. 41 indexed citations

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Sanford, Robert A., et al.. (2017). Nanowires of Geobacter sulfurreducens Require Redox Cofactors to Reduce Metals in Pore Spaces Too Small for Cell Passage. Environmental Science & Technology. 51(20). 11660–11668. 34 indexed citations

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Singh, Rajveer, Robert A. Sanford, Charles J. Werth, & Bruce W. Fouke. (2014). The Reservoir Rock GeoBioCell: A Microfluidic Flowcell Developed for Controlled Experiments on Subsurface Microbe-Water-Rock Interactions. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Werth, Charles J., et al.. (2012). The Effect of Calcium and Magnesium on Carbonate Mineral Precipitation during Reactive Transport in a Model Subsurface Pore Structure. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2012. 8 indexed citations

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Saat, M. Rapik, et al.. (2010). Environmental Risk Analysis of Railroad Transportation of Hazardous Materials. Transportation Research Board 89th Annual MeetingTransportation Research Board. 2 indexed citations

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Yoon, Hongkyu, Mart Oostrom, Thomas Wietsma, Charles J. Werth, & Albert J. Valocchi. (2009). Numerical and experimental investigation of DNAPL removal mechanisms in a layered porous medium by means of soil vapor extraction. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 109(1-4). 1–13. 17 indexed citations

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Yoon, Hongkyu, Charles J. Werth, Albert J. Valocchi, & Mart Oostrom. (2008). Impact of nonaqueous phase liquid (NAPL) source zone architecture on mass removal mechanisms in strongly layered heterogeneous porous media during soil vapor extraction. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 100(1-2). 58–71. 19 indexed citations

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Zhang, Changyong, Charles J. Werth, & Andrew Webb. (2008). Investigation of surfactant-enhanced mass removal and flux reduction in 3D correlated permeability fields using magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 100(3-4). 116–126. 14 indexed citations

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Werth, Charles J., et al.. (2005). Evaluation of Surfactant-Enhanced Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Dissolution in Heterogeneous Permeability Fields Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Werth, Charles J., et al.. (2003). The influence of pore-scale transverse mixing upon biodegradation reactions and biomass growth. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 4690.

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