P. G. Whitehead

13.7k citations

206 papers · 9.5k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 48

Impact in

Water Science and Technology top 0.05%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
Environmental Chemistry top 0.05%
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Papers in

Environmental Chemistry 111
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics 95
Water Science and Technology 137
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies 112
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment 33

Co-authors: Andrew J. Wade D. A. Butterfield Martyn N. Futter Gianbattista Bussi Robert L. Wilby Luca Nizzetto Rick Battarbee Martin Kernan
Journals: The Science of The Total Environment (54 papers)Journal of Hydrology (23 papers)Hydrology and earth system sciences (13 papers)Hydrology research (8 papers)Environmental Science Processes & Impacts (7 papers)
Partner nations: United Kingdom United States Sweden

In The Last Decade

P. G. Whitehead

203 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India 2018 · 388 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2018 The Science of The Total Environment
2016 Environmental Science Processes & Impacts
2009 Hydrological Sciences Journal
1990 Journal of Hydrology

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Co-authors

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1	Real-time water quality forecasting in rivers using satellite data and dynamic models: an online system for operational management, control and citizen science Frontiers in Environmental Science ·P. G. Whitehead, Paul Edmunds, Gianbattista Bussi, Séamus O’Donnell, Martyn N. Futter, Steve Groom, Cordelia P. N. Rampley, Chris Szweda, David M. Johnson, A Hodge, Tim Porter, Geraldine Castro	2024	1
2	Assessing Heavy Metal Contamination Using Biosensors and a Multi-Branch Integrated Catchment Model in the Awash River Basin, Ethiopia Water ·Li Jin, Cordelia P. N. Rampley, Yosef Abebe, Gianbattista Bussi, Trang Quynh To, Duane Ager, P. G. Whitehead	2023	6
3	Multibranch Modelling of Flow and Water Quality in the Dhaka River System, Bangladesh: Impacts of Future Development Plans and Climate Change Water ·Gianbattista Bussi, Shammi Shawal, Mohammed Abed Hossain, P. G. Whitehead, Li Jin	2023	5
4	Land Use Change to Reduce Freshwater Nitrogen and Phosphorus will Be Effective Even with Projected Climate Change Water ·Andrew J. Wade, R. A. Skeffington, Raoul‐Marie Couture, Martin Erlandsson Lampa, Simon Groot, Sarah Halliday, Valesca Harezlak, Josef Hejzlar, Leah Jackson‐Blake, Ahti Lepistö, Eva Papastergiadou, Joan Lluís Riera, Katri Rankinen, Maria Shahgedanova, Dennis Trolle, P. G. Whitehead, Demetrios Psaltopoulos, Dimitris Skuras	2022	8
5	Modelling Microplastics in the River Thames: Sources, Sinks and Policy Implications Water ·P. G. Whitehead, Gianbattista Bussi, Jocelyne Hughes, Ana Teresa Castro, Magnus Dahler Norling, Elizabeth S. Jeffers, Cordelia P. N. Rampley, Daniel S. Read, Alice A. Horton	2021	46
6	Impacts of Climate Change and Population Growth on River Nutrient Loads in a Data Scarce Region: The Upper Awash River (Ethiopia) Sustainability ·Gianbattista Bussi, P. G. Whitehead, Li Jin, Meron Teferi Taye, Ellen Dyer, Feyera A. Hirpa, Yosef Abebe Yimer, Katrina Charles	2021	21
7	A New, Catchment-Scale Integrated Water Quality Model of Phosphorus, Dissolved Oxygen, Biochemical Oxygen Demand and Phytoplankton: INCA-Phosphorus Ecology (PEco) Water ·Jill Crossman, Gianbattista Bussi, P. G. Whitehead, Daniel Butterfield, Emma Lannergård, Martyn N. Futter	2021	14
8	A New Multibranch Model for Metals in River Systems: Impacts and Control of Tannery Wastes in Bangladesh Sustainability ·P. G. Whitehead, Zineb Mimouni, Daniel Butterfield, Gianbattista Bussi, Mohammed Abed Hossain, Rebecca Peters, Shammi Shawal, P. Holdship, Cordelia P. N. Rampley, Li Jin, Duane Ager	2021	7
9	Assessment of Risks to Public Water Supply From Low Flows and Harmful Water Quality in a Changing Climate Water Resources Research ·Mohammad Mortazavi‐Naeini, Gianbattista Bussi, J. Alex Elliott, Jim W. Hall, P. G. Whitehead	2019	35
10	Health and ecological risk assessment of emerging contaminants (pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and artificial sweeteners) in surface and groundwater (drinking water) in the Ganges River Basin, India The Science of The Total Environment ·Brij Mohan Sharma, Jitka Bečanová, Martin Scheringer, Anežka Sharma, Girija K. Bharat, P. G. Whitehead, Jana Klánová, Luca Nizzetto Hit paper breakdown →	2018	388
11	Modelling impacts of climate change and socio-economic change on the Ganga, Brahmaputra, Meghna, Hooghly and Mahanadi river systems in India and Bangladesh The Science of The Total Environment ·P. G. Whitehead, Li Jin, Ian Macadam, Tamara Janes, Sananda Sarkar, Harvey J. E. Rodda, Rajiv Sinha, Robert J. Nicholls	2018	59
12	Dynamic response of land use and river nutrient concentration to long-term climatic changes The Science of The Total Environment ·Gianbattista Bussi, Victoria Janes‐Bassett, P. G. Whitehead, Simon Dadson, Ian Holman	2017	55
13	Risk-based water resources planning: Coupling water allocation and water quality management under extreme droughts AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Mohammad Mortazavi‐Naeini, Gianbattista Bussi, Jonah Hall, P. G. Whitehead	2016	1
14	Comparison of Critical Load Exceedance and Its Uncertainty Based on National and Site-specific Data Water Air and Soil Pollution Focus ·Liz Heywood, R. A. Skeffington, P. G. Whitehead, B. Reynolds	2007	3
15	The Wheal Jane wetlands model for bioremediation of acid mine drainage The Science of The Total Environment ·P. G. Whitehead, B. J. Cosby, H. Prior	2004	19
16	The environmental impact of heavy metals from sewage sludge in ferralsols (São Paulo, Brazil) The Science of The Total Environment ·Sophie Cornu, Colin Neal, Jean-Paul Ambrosi, P. G. Whitehead, Margaret Neal, Joel Barbujiani Sígolo, P. Vachier	2001	39
17	Hydrological studies of schistosomiasis transport in Sichuan Province, China The Science of The Total Environment ·Don R. Maszle, P. G. Whitehead, Ron Johnson, Robert C. Spear	1998	35
18	Examples of Recent Models in Environmental Impact Assessment Water and Environment Journal ·P. G. Whitehead	1992	4
19	Modelling long-term acidification: a comparison with diatom reconstructions and the implications for reversibility Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences ·H. J. B. Birks, A. Jenkins, P. G. Whitehead, B. J. Cosby	1990	41
20	A simple non-selective detector for gas phase chromotography, using the measurement of reflected microwave power Talanta ·R.M. Dagnall, M. D. Silvester, T.S. West, P. G. Whitehead	1972	3

About P. G. Whitehead

P. G. Whitehead is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering and Pollution, having authored 206 papers that have together received 9.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (112 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (95 papers), Water Quality and Pollution Assessment (33 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (22 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (20 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (18 papers), Water resources management and optimization (16 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (15 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Water Science and Technology (5.2k citations), Environmental Chemistry (3.6k citations), Pollution (1.7k citations), Geochemistry and Petrology (774 citations) and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (952 citations). P. G. Whitehead has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Sweden. Frequent co-authors include Andrew J. Wade, D. A. Butterfield, Martyn N. Futter, Gianbattista Bussi, Robert L. Wilby, Luca Nizzetto, Rick Battarbee, Martin Kernan, Anthony J. Jakeman and I.G. Littlewood. Their work appears in journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hydrology, Hydrology and earth system sciences, Hydrology research and Environmental Science Processes & Impacts.

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