Joseph D. Hughes

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Joseph D. Hughes is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph D. Hughes has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Environmental Engineering, 22 papers in Water Science and Technology and 12 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Joseph D. Hughes's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (29 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (20 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (11 papers). Joseph D. Hughes is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (29 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (20 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (11 papers). Joseph D. Hughes collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. Joseph D. Hughes's co-authors include Christian D. Langevin, Jeremy T. White, Richard G. Niswonger, Sorab Panday, Edward R. Banta, Mark Bakker, Alden M. Provost, Vincent Post, J. Jeffrey Starn and Michael N. Fienen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Joseph D. Hughes

54 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Scripting MODFLOW Model Development Using Python and FloPy

2016 287 citations Mark Bakker, Vincent Post et al. Ground Water profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joseph D. Hughes United States	19	864	582	332	295	247	59	1.4k
Greg Pohll United States	21	766 0.9×	500 0.9×	264 0.8×	139 0.5×	258 1.0×	46	1.2k
Steffen Mehl United States	22	943 1.1×	644 1.1×	343 1.0×	240 0.8×	211 0.9×	47	1.3k
Bertel Nilsson Denmark	23	723 0.8×	475 0.8×	444 1.3×	144 0.5×	120 0.5×	57	1.4k
Aly I. El‐Kadi United States	23	756 0.9×	466 0.8×	488 1.5×	162 0.5×	368 1.5×	84	1.5k
Antonis D. Koussis Greece	24	830 1.0×	764 1.3×	329 1.0×	207 0.7×	489 2.0×	90	1.6k
Stanley A. Leake United States	21	1.0k 1.2×	911 1.6×	536 1.6×	441 1.5×	427 1.7×	57	1.9k
Jeremy T. White United States	17	881 1.0×	610 1.0×	299 0.9×	381 1.3×	208 0.8×	66	1.3k
Cheng-Haw Lee Taiwan	19	978 1.1×	507 0.9×	342 1.0×	176 0.6×	484 2.0×	35	1.4k
Randall T. Hanson United States	21	827 1.0×	761 1.3×	550 1.7×	241 0.8×	414 1.7×	66	1.5k
Li Wan China	25	931 1.1×	329 0.6×	471 1.4×	172 0.6×	188 0.8×	92	1.7k

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Morway, Eric D., et al.. (2025). A New Groundwater Energy Transport Model for the MODFLOW Hydrologic Simulator. Ground Water. 63(3). 409–421.

McCreight, J. L., et al.. (2024). Bayesian reduced-order deep learning surrogate model for dynamic systems described by partial differential equations. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 429. 117147–117147. 5 indexed citations

Ellis, John, et al.. (2023). Hydrogeology, land-surface subsidence, and documentation of the Gulf Coast Land Subsidence and Groundwater-Flow (GULF) model, southeast Texas, 1897–2018. USGS professional paper. 12 indexed citations

Langevin, Christian D., et al.. (2023). An Agricultural Package for MODFLOW 6 Using the Application Programming Interface. Ground Water. 62(1). 157–166. 1 indexed citations

Hughes, Joseph D., et al.. (2023). FloPy Workflows for Creating Structured and Unstructured MODFLOW Models. Ground Water. 62(1). 124–139. 16 indexed citations

Langevin, Christian D., et al.. (2023). MODFLOW as a Configurable Multi‐Model Hydrologic Simulator. Ground Water. 62(1). 111–123. 5 indexed citations

Langevin, Christian D., Alden M. Provost, Sorab Panday, & Joseph D. Hughes. (2022). Documentation for the MODFLOW 6 Groundwater Transport Model. Techniques and methods. 19 indexed citations

Hughes, Joseph D., et al.. (2019). Potential for increased inundation in flood-prone regions of southeast Florida in response to climate and sea-level changes in Broward County, Florida, 2060–69. Scientific investigations report. 3 indexed citations

Hughes, Joseph D., et al.. (2018). Parallel Groundwater Modeling using MODFLOW 6. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Czajkowski, Jeffrey, et al.. (2017). Economic impacts of urban flooding in South Florida: Potential consequences of managing groundwater to prevent salt water intrusion. The Science of The Total Environment. 621. 465–478. 30 indexed citations

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Langevin, Christian D., et al.. (2014). A New Object-Oriented MODFLOW Framework for Coupling Multiple Hydrologic Models. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Hughes, Joseph D., Christian D. Langevin, & Joshua T. White. (2014). MODFLOW ‐Based Coupled Surface Water Routing and Groundwater‐Flow Simulation. Ground Water. 53(3). 452–463. 11 indexed citations

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Bakker, Mark, Vincent Post, Joseph D. Hughes, et al.. (2013). Enhanced FloPy scripts for Constructing and Running MODFLOW-Based Models. Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT). 4 indexed citations

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Chescheir, G. M., et al.. (2013). HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY OF FORESTED LANDS IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

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Hughes, Joseph D. & Jeremy T. White. (2013). Use of General Purpose Graphics Processing Units with MODFLOW. Ground Water. 51(6). 833–846. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jicai, Ping Wang, & Joseph D. Hughes. (2012). EOF Analysis of Water Level Variations for Microtidal and Mangrove-Covered Frog Creek System, West–Central Florida. Journal of Coastal Research. 284. 1279–1288. 4 indexed citations

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Hughes, Joseph D., et al.. (2011). Use of upscaled elevation and surface roughness data in two-dimensional surface water models. Advances in Water Resources. 34(9). 1151–1164. 5 indexed citations

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Hughes, Joseph D., Ward E. Sanford, & Hélène Vacher. (2005). Numerical simulation of double‐diffusive finger convection. Water Resources Research. 41(1). 11 indexed citations

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Hughes, Joseph D., et al.. (1995). Restoration of cut-over peatlands: the role of hydrology in determining vegetation quality.. 176(10). 383–400. 2 indexed citations

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Russell, Mark A., Edward Maltby, Joseph D. Hughes, & A. Louise Heathwaite. (1995). The role of hydrologic regime on phosphorus dynamics in a seasonally waterlogged soil.. 245–260. 1 indexed citations

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