Nandita B. Basu

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
34 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Nandita B. Basu is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Nandita B. Basu has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 24 papers in Water Science and Technology and 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Nandita B. Basu's work include Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (21 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (6 papers). Nandita B. Basu is often cited by papers focused on Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (27 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (21 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (6 papers). Nandita B. Basu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Sweden. Nandita B. Basu's co-authors include K. J. Van Meter, Philippe Van Cappellen, F. Y. Cheng, D. Byrnes, Nitin K. Singh, Ruchi Bhattacharya, Natalie G. Nelson, Søren Bøye Olsen, Jerker Jarsjö and David L. Rudolph and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Nandita B. Basu

34 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Legacy nitrogen may prevent achievement of water quality goals in the Gulf of Mexico

2018 323 citations K. J. Van Meter, Philippe Van Cappellen et al. Science profile →
Managing nitrogen legacies to accelerate water quality improvement

2022 231 citations Nandita B. Basu, K. J. Van Meter et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nandita B. Basu Canada	18	995	974	364	344	267	34	1.7k
Lori A. Sprague United States	21	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	262 0.7×	313 0.9×	149 0.6×	40	1.8k
Ophélie Fovet France	21	788 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	269 0.7×	270 0.8×	361 1.4×	55	1.6k
Ahti Lepistö Finland	24	1.2k 1.2×	965 1.0×	617 1.7×	218 0.6×	254 1.0×	68	1.8k
Andrew W. Schroth United States	27	827 0.8×	531 0.5×	389 1.1×	333 1.0×	340 1.3×	53	2.1k
M. Catherine Eimers Canada	26	1.1k 1.1×	732 0.8×	691 1.9×	273 0.8×	299 1.1×	65	2.0k
Michael English Canada	24	1.2k 1.2×	1.1k 1.1×	536 1.5×	497 1.4×	190 0.7×	45	2.2k
Jens Fölster Sweden	21	940 0.9×	689 0.7×	586 1.6×	200 0.6×	243 0.9×	59	1.8k
Susana Bernal Spain	28	1.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.3×	829 2.3×	254 0.7×	233 0.9×	82	2.3k
David K. Mueller United States	17	808 0.8×	871 0.9×	313 0.9×	426 1.2×	120 0.4×	36	1.6k
J. B. Shanley United States	13	481 0.5×	598 0.6×	317 0.9×	161 0.5×	250 0.9×	21	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nandita B. Basu

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Zhang, Liang, et al.. (2025). Restoring small water bodies to improve lake and river water quality in China. Nature Communications. 16(1). 294–294. 16 indexed citations

Bertassello, Leonardo, Nandita B. Basu, Joachim Maes, et al.. (2025). The important role of wetland conservation and restoration in nitrogen removal across European river basins. Nature Water. 3(8). 867–880. 3 indexed citations

Ali, Geneviève, Nandita B. Basu, Karletta Chief, et al.. (2023). A commentary on women’s contributions in hydrology. Journal of Hydrology. 624. 129884–129884. 2 indexed citations

Basu, Nandita B., et al.. (2023). A Random Forest in the Great Lakes: Stream Nutrient Concentrations Across the Transboundary Great Lakes Basin. Earth s Future. 11(4). 24 indexed citations

Bieroza, Magdalena, Camilla Negri, Matthias Pucher, et al.. (2023). Advances in Catchment Science, Hydrochemistry, and Aquatic Ecology Enabled by High-Frequency Water Quality Measurements. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(12). 4701–4719. 57 indexed citations

Slowinski, Stephanie, Kathryn Thomas, Fereidoun Rezanezhad, et al.. (2023). Contrasting Impacts of Agricultural Intensification and Urbanization on Lake Phosphorus Cycling and Implications for Managing Eutrophication. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 128(11). 6 indexed citations

Ury, Emily A., et al.. (2023). Source or sink? Meta-analysis reveals diverging controls of phosphorus retention and release in restored and constructed wetlands. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8). 83002–83002. 22 indexed citations

Blicher‐Mathiesen, Gitte, Hans Estrup Andersen, Bo G. Gustafsson, et al.. (2023). A century of nitrogen dynamics in agricultural watersheds of Denmark. Environmental Research Letters. 18(10). 104018–104018. 3 indexed citations

Meter, K. J. Van, D. Byrnes, & Nandita B. Basu. (2023). Memory and Management: Competing Controls on Long‐Term Nitrate Trajectories in U.S. Rivers. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 37(4). 9 indexed citations

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Sarrazin, Fanny, Rohini Kumar, Nandita B. Basu, et al.. (2022). Characterizing Catchment‐Scale Nitrogen Legacies and Constraining Their Uncertainties. Water Resources Research. 58(4). 16 indexed citations

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Bhattacharya, Ruchi, et al.. (2022). Windows into the past: lake sediment phosphorus trajectories act as integrated archives of watershed disturbance legacies over centennial scales. Environmental Research Letters. 17(3). 34005–34005. 8 indexed citations

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Baulch, Helen M., Colin J. Whitfield, Nandita B. Basu, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of science: findings on Canadian Prairie wetland drainage. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 46(4). 229–241. 19 indexed citations

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Meter, K. J. Van, et al.. (2021). Checkered landscapes: hydrologic and biogeochemical nitrogen legacies along the river continuum. Environmental Research Letters. 16(11). 115006–115006. 16 indexed citations

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Schnoor, Jerald L., et al.. (2020). Crops as sensors: Using crop yield data to increase the robustness of hydrologic and biogeochemical models. Journal of Hydrology. 592. 125599–125599. 8 indexed citations

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Byrnes, D., K. J. Van Meter, & Nandita B. Basu. (2020). Long‐Term Shifts in U.S. Nitrogen Sources and Sinks Revealed by the New TREND‐Nitrogen Data Set (1930–2017). Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34(9). 60 indexed citations

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Saurette, Daniel D., et al.. (2020). Anthropogenic Phosphorus Mass Balance in Ontario Counties and Watersheds. 1 indexed citations

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Cheng, F. Y., K. J. Van Meter, D. Byrnes, & Nandita B. Basu. (2020). Maximizing US nitrate removal through wetland protection and restoration. Nature. 588(7839). 625–630. 170 indexed citations

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Meter, K. J. Van, et al.. (2019). A Race Against Time: Modeling Time Lags in Watershed Response. Water Resources Research. 55(5). 3941–3959. 56 indexed citations

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Srinivasan, Veena, et al.. (2019). The Groundwater Recovery Paradox in South India. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(16). 9602–9611. 44 indexed citations

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Meter, K. J. Van, Philippe Van Cappellen, & Nandita B. Basu. (2018). Legacy nitrogen may prevent achievement of water quality goals in the Gulf of Mexico. Science. 360(6387). 427–430. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

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