Kenneth H. Williams

16.7k total citations · 6 hit papers
252 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Kenneth H. Williams is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth H. Williams has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Environmental Engineering, 70 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 56 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kenneth H. Williams's work include Radioactive element chemistry and processing (69 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (55 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers). Kenneth H. Williams is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive element chemistry and processing (69 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (55 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers). Kenneth H. Williams collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Kenneth H. Williams's co-authors include Jillian F. Banfield, Brian C. Thomas, Cindy J. Castelle, Susan S. Hubbard, Kelly Wrighton, Michael J. Wilkins, Philip E. Long, Laura Hug, Itai Sharon and Christopher T. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth H. Williams

239 papers receiving 11.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Unusual biology across a group comprising more than 15% of domain Bacteria

2015 774 citations Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield et al. profile →
Thousands of microbial genomes shed light on interconnected biogeochemical processes in an aquifer system

2016 741 citations Ulaş Karaöz, Eoin Brodie et al. profile →
Community genomic analyses constrain the distribution of metabolic traits across the Chloroflexi phylum and indicate roles in sediment carbon cycling

2013 490 citations Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield et al. profile →
Fermentation, Hydrogen, and Sulfur Metabolism in Multiple Uncultivated Bacterial Phyla

2012 486 citations Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield et al. profile →
Genomic Expansion of Domain Archaea Highlights Roles for Organisms from New Phyla in Anaerobic Carbon Cycling

2015 392 citations Kenneth H. Williams, Jillian F. Banfield et al. profile →
Thermodynamically controlled preservation of organic carbon in floodplains

2017 258 citations Kenneth H. Williams et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Role of Bedrock Circulation Depth and Porosity in Mountain Streamflow Response to Prolonged Drought 2025 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Rosemary Carroll, Andrew H. Manning, Kenneth H. Williams	6
2	Stream water sourcing from high-elevation snowpack inferred from stable isotopes of water: a novel application of d-excess values 2024 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Matthias Sprenger, Rosemary Carroll, David W. Marchetti, Carleton R. Bern, Harsh Beria, W.S. Brown, Alexander Newman, (unknown), Kenneth H. Williams	8
3	A Tale of Two Catchments: Causality Analysis and Isotope Systematics Reveal Mountainous Watershed Traits That Regulate the Retention and Release of Nitrogen 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Nicholas Bouskill, Michelle Newcomer, Rosemary Carroll, (unknown), Markus Bill, W.S. Brown, Mark E. Conrad, (unknown), Nicola Falco, Taylor Maavara, (unknown), Patrick O. Sorensen, Tetsu K. Tokunaga, Jiamin Wan, Haruko Wainwright, Qing Zhu, Eoin Brodie, Kenneth H. Williams	1
4	Old-Aged groundwater contributes to mountain hillslope hydrologic dynamics 2024 ·Journal of Hydrology ·(unknown), Erica R. Siirila‐Woodburn, Matthias Sprenger, Kenneth H. Williams, P. James Dennedy‐Frank, Rosemary Carroll, W. Payton Gardner	5
5	Shifting groundwater fluxes in bedrock fractures: Evidence from stream water radon and water isotopes 2024 ·Journal of Hydrology ·(unknown), John N. Christensen, W. Payton Gardner, Matthias Sprenger, Li Li, Kenneth H. Williams, Rosemary Carroll, (unknown), W.S. Brown, (unknown), (unknown), Pamela Sullivan	10
6	Advanced monitoring of soil-vegetation co-dynamics reveals the successive controls of snowmelt on soil moisture and on plant seasonal dynamics in a mountainous watershed 2023 ·Frontiers in Earth Science ·Baptiste Dafflon, (unknown), Nicola Falco, Haruko Wainwright, John Peterson, (unknown), Kenneth H. Williams, Susan S. Hubbard	5
7	Disinfection byproducts formed during drinking water treatment reveal an export control point for dissolved organic matter in a subalpine headwater stream 2022 ·Water Research X ·(unknown), Gary Vanzin, Vanessa Garayburu‐Caruso, Stephanie S. Lau, (unknown), (unknown), William A. Mitch, James Stegen, Kenneth H. Williams, Jonathan O. Sharp	18
8	Variability of Snow and Rainfall Partitioning Into Evapotranspiration and Summer Runoff Across Nine Mountainous Catchments 2022 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Matthias Sprenger, Rosemary Carroll, P. James Dennedy‐Frank, Erica R. Siirila‐Woodburn, Michelle Newcomer, W.S. Brown, (unknown), (unknown), Markus Bill, Susan S. Hubbard, Kenneth H. Williams	27
9	Hysteresis Patterns of Watershed Nitrogen Retention and Loss Over the Past 50 years in United States Hydrological Basins 2021 ·Global Biogeochemical Cycles ·Michelle Newcomer, Nicholas Bouskill, Haruko Wainwright, Taylor Maavara, Bhavna Arora, Erica R. Siirila‐Woodburn, Dipankar Dwivedi, Kenneth H. Williams, Carl I. Steefel, Susan S. Hubbard	30
10	Baseflow Age Distributions and Depth of Active Groundwater Flow in a Snow‐Dominated Mountain Headwater Basin 2020 ·Water Resources Research ·Rosemary Carroll, Andrew H. Manning, Richard G. Niswonger, David W. Marchetti, Kenneth H. Williams	22
11	Resolution matters when modeling climate change in headwaters of the Colorado River 2020 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Kenneth H. Williams, R. M. Maxwell	21
12	Efficiency of the Summer Monsoon in Generating Streamflow Within a Snow‐Dominated Headwater Basin of the Colorado River 2020 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Rosemary Carroll, David Gochis, Kenneth H. Williams	27
13	Persistence and Plasticity in Conifer Water‐Use Strategies 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences ·Max Berkelhammer, Christopher J. Still, François Ritter, Matthew Winnick, Lesleigh Anderson, Rosemary Carroll, Mariah S. Carbone, Kenneth H. Williams	34
14	Paired RNA Radiocarbon and Sequencing Analyses Indicate the Importance of Autotrophy in a Shallow Alluvial Aquifer 2019 ·Scientific Reports ·Brian J. Mailloux, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wang Shi, Talia Jewell, Ulaş Karaöz, Eoin Brodie, Kenneth H. Williams, Harry R. Beller, Bruce A. Buchholz	2
15	Geochemical Exports to River From the Intrameander Hyporheic Zone Under Transient Hydrologic Conditions: East River Mountainous Watershed, Colorado 2018 ·Water Resources Research ·Dipankar Dwivedi, Carl I. Steefel, Bhavna Arora, Michelle Newcomer, D. Moulton, Baptiste Dafflon, Boris Faybishenko, Patricia Fox, Peter Nico, Nicolas Spycher, Rosemary Carroll, Kenneth H. Williams	64
16	Uranium Retention in a Bioreduced Region of an Alluvial Aquifer Induced by the Influx of Dissolved Oxygen 2018 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Donald Pan, Kenneth H. Williams, Mark J. Robbins, Karrie A. Weber	15
17	Bulk commodity characterisation for transportable moisture limit determination 2016 ·ResearchSpace (University of Auckland) ·R. M. Holmes, Kenneth H. Williams, (unknown), Rolando P. Orense, (unknown), Michael Pender, (unknown), (unknown)	2
18	Hydrogen Peroxide in Groundwater at Rifle, Colorado 2015 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Xiu Yuan, Peter Nico, Kenneth H. Williams, (unknown), James Davis	1
19	Uranium and Strontium Isotopic Study of the Hydrology of the Alluvial Aquifer at the Rifle Former U Mine Tailings Site, Colorado 2014 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·John N. Christensen, Alyssa E. Shiel, Mark E. Conrad, Kenneth H. Williams, Wanlin Dong, Tetsu K. Tokunaga, Jinhong Wan, P. E. Long, Susan S. Hubbard	1
20	Galvanic interpretation of self-potential signals associated with microbial \nsulfate-reduction 2007 ·eScholarship (California Digital Library) ·Kenneth H. Williams, Susan S. Hubbard, Jillian F. Banfield	16

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