Niroj Aryal

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 704 citations indexed

About

Niroj Aryal is a scholar working on Soil Science, Environmental Chemistry and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Niroj Aryal has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 704 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Soil Science, 6 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Niroj Aryal's work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (6 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (5 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (5 papers). Niroj Aryal is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (6 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (5 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (5 papers). Niroj Aryal collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and Burkina Faso. Niroj Aryal's co-authors include Anil Timilsina, Asmita Gautam, Arjun Kafle, Kaushik Adhikari, Dawn Reinhold, Manoj K. Jha, Dongyang Deng, Andrea Ofori‐Boadu, Michele L. Reba and Raymond E. Samuel and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Niroj Aryal

21 papers receiving 681 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.

Phytoremediation: Mechanisms, plant selection and enhancement by natural and synthetic agents

2022 355 citations Arjun Kafle, Anil Timilsina et al. Environmental Advances profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Niroj Aryal United States	10	298	149	129	123	110	24	704
Wencheng Wu China	14	294 1.0×	94 0.6×	83 0.6×	140 1.1×	73 0.7×	29	567
Rocío Barros Spain	14	283 0.9×	136 0.9×	94 0.7×	71 0.6×	154 1.4×	44	761
Kiran Hina Pakistan	14	229 0.8×	148 1.0×	79 0.6×	80 0.7×	155 1.4×	28	663
Nadège Oustriere France	15	316 1.1×	196 1.3×	84 0.7×	76 0.6×	60 0.5×	25	648
Rosa Icela Beltrán Hernández Mexico	15	223 0.7×	119 0.8×	77 0.6×	95 0.8×	88 0.8×	33	647
Jiang Tian China	16	260 0.9×	274 1.8×	78 0.6×	132 1.1×	91 0.8×	37	809
Huakang Liu China	14	432 1.4×	164 1.1×	71 0.6×	232 1.9×	179 1.6×	34	856
Junren Xian China	18	399 1.3×	164 1.1×	114 0.9×	274 2.2×	206 1.9×	51	1.0k
Baoshan Yang China	17	427 1.4×	149 1.0×	243 1.9×	100 0.8×	87 0.8×	37	822
F. Blanco Spain	15	341 1.1×	218 1.5×	116 0.9×	100 0.8×	82 0.7×	24	876

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Niroj Aryal

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Aryal, Niroj, et al.. (2025). Assessing the Impacts of Mulching on Vegetable Production Under Drip Irrigation in Burkina Faso. Sustainability. 17(3). 916–916. 2 indexed citations

Snyder, C. R., Niroj Aryal, Gautam Biswas, et al.. (2024). Integrating Data Science Into Undergraduate Science and Engineering Courses: Lessons Learned by Instructors in a Multiuniversity Research-Practice Partnership. IEEE Transactions on Education. 68(1). 1–12. 1 indexed citations

Snyder, C. R., Niroj Aryal, Gautam Biswas, et al.. (2024). Understanding Data Science Instruction in Multiple STEM Disciplines. 2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings. 2 indexed citations

Thapa, Arjun, et al.. (2024). Effects of Cover Crop and Filter Strips on Sediment and Nutrient Loads Measured at the Edge of a Commercial Cotton Field. Journal of the ASABE. 67(2). 475–491. 2 indexed citations

Biswas, Gautam, Manoj K. Jha, Erin Henrick, et al.. (2024). A modular approach for integrating data science concepts into multiple undergraduate STEM+C courses. Papers on Engineering Education Repository (American Society for Engineering Education). 1 indexed citations

Reba, Michele L., et al.. (2023). Impact of Conservation Practices at the Field-scale on Sediment Loss and Water Quality in Row Crop Agriculture in the Lower Mississippi River Basin.

Aryal, Niroj, et al.. (2023). Partial Replacement of Cement with Different Wastes - A Review. International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology. 11(6). 4331–4342.

Aryal, Niroj, et al.. (2023). Wastewater Treatment Using Poplar Plants: Processes. Water. 15(21). 3812–3812. 1 indexed citations

Kafle, Arjun, et al.. (2022). Phytoremediation: Mechanisms, plant selection and enhancement by natural and synthetic agents. Environmental Advances. 8. 100203–100203. 355 indexed citations breakdown →

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Aryal, Niroj, et al.. (2021). Assessing the impact of vegetative cover within Northeast Arkansas agricultural ditches on sediment and nutrient loads. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 320. 107613–107613. 8 indexed citations

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Aryal, Niroj, et al.. (2020). Fate of environmental pollutants: A review. Water Environment Research. 92(10). 1587–1594. 59 indexed citations

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Reba, Michele L., et al.. (2020). Initial findings from agricultural water quality monitoring at the edge-of-field in Arkansas. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(3). 291–303. 4 indexed citations

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Baffaut, Claire, Allen L. Thompson, Alison Davis, et al.. (2019). Evaluation of the Soil Vulnerability Index for artificially drained cropland across eight Conservation Effects Assessment Project watersheds. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 75(1). 28–41. 6 indexed citations

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Deng, Dongyang, Niroj Aryal, Andrea Ofori‐Boadu, & Manoj K. Jha. (2018). Textiles Wastewater Treatment. Water Environment Research. 90(10). 1648–1662. 13 indexed citations

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Aryal, Niroj, et al.. (2018). Impact of cover crop and season on nutrients and sediment in runoff water measured at the edge of fields in the Mississippi Delta of Arkansas. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 73(1). 24–34. 33 indexed citations

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Aryal, Niroj & Michele L. Reba. (2017). Continuous Instream Monitoring of Nutrients and Sediment in Agricultural Watersheds. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Aryal, Niroj & Michele L. Reba. (2016). Transport and transformation of nutrients and sediment in two agricultural watersheds in Northeast Arkansas. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 236. 30–42. 22 indexed citations

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Aryal, Niroj & Dawn Reinhold. (2014). Reduction of metal leaching by poplars during soil treatment of wastewaters: Small-scale proof of concept studies. Ecological Engineering. 78. 53–61. 9 indexed citations

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Aryal, Niroj & Dawn Reinhold. (2011). Phytoaccumulation of antimicrobials from biosolids: Impacts on environmental fate and relevance to human exposure. Water Research. 45(17). 5545–5552. 69 indexed citations

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Reinhold, Dawn & Niroj Aryal. (2011). Mitigation of emerging pollutants by plants. Water Practice & Technology. 6(4). 1 indexed citations

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