P. Suresh C. Rao

18.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
271 papers, 13.9k citations indexed

About

P. Suresh C. Rao is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Suresh C. Rao has authored 271 papers receiving a total of 13.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 130 papers in Environmental Engineering, 55 papers in Water Science and Technology and 51 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in P. Suresh C. Rao's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (106 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (40 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (36 papers). P. Suresh C. Rao is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (106 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (40 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (36 papers). P. Suresh C. Rao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. P. Suresh C. Rao's co-authors include Mark L. Brusseau, R. E. Jessup, Michael D. Annable, Linda Lee, N. B. Basu, James W. Jawitz, Sally Thompson, Joseph J. Delfino, J. M. Davidson and Jeryang Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

P. Suresh C. Rao

267 papers receiving 12.7k citations

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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.

The future of hydrology: An evolving science for a changing world

2010 579 citations P. Suresh C. Rao, N. B. Basu et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Sorption nonideality during organic contaminant transport in porous media

1989 475 citations P. Suresh C. Rao et al. profile →
Nutrient loads exported from managed catchments reveal emergent biogeochemical stationarity

2010 464 citations N. B. Basu, James W. Jawitz et al. profile →
Integrating Risk and Resilience Approaches to Catastrophe Management in Engineering Systems

2012 427 citations Jeryang Park, P. Suresh C. Rao et al. Risk Analysis profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
P. Suresh C. Rao United States	65	6.2k	2.9k	2.8k	2.7k	2.2k	271	13.9k
D. A. Barry Switzerland	62	6.4k 1.0×	2.0k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	915 0.4×	459	15.7k
Mark L. Brusseau United States	70	6.5k 1.0×	3.7k 1.3×	2.7k 1.0×	2.1k 0.8×	5.0k 2.3×	376	16.5k
Chunmiao Zheng China	74	7.4k 1.2×	3.3k 1.2×	6.5k 2.3×	2.1k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	526	22.6k
Garrison Sposito United States	90	5.1k 0.8×	4.9k 1.7×	3.3k 1.2×	6.1k 2.2×	2.0k 0.9×	416	27.4k
Rainer Schulin Switzerland	67	2.3k 0.4×	6.2k 2.2×	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.8k 0.9×	339	16.9k
David A. Dzombak United States	42	2.3k 0.4×	1.6k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	877 0.4×	176	9.5k
Jesús Carrera Spain	68	10.2k 1.6×	1.3k 0.4×	1.7k 0.6×	3.7k 1.4×	683 0.3×	315	15.2k
Ling Li China	66	4.7k 0.8×	898 0.3×	3.2k 1.2×	1.7k 0.6×	673 0.3×	639	18.2k
Robert W. Gillham Canada	55	4.3k 0.7×	928 0.3×	2.4k 0.8×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	139	9.6k
Peter Grathwohl Germany	52	4.0k 0.6×	2.4k 0.8×	939 0.3×	1.1k 0.4×	2.5k 1.2×	227	8.5k

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Yu, David J., Michael Schoon, Jason K. Hawes, et al.. (2020). Toward General Principles for Resilience Engineering. Risk Analysis. 40(8). 1509–1537. 46 indexed citations

McGrath, Gavan, James W. Jawitz, Frank Blumensaat, et al.. (2019). Network Topology and Rainfall Controls on the Variability of Combined Sewer Overflows and Loads. Water Resources Research. 55(11). 9578–9591. 13 indexed citations

McGrath, Gavan, P. Suresh C. Rao, Per‐Erik Mellander, et al.. (2019). Real-time forecasting of pesticide concentrations in soil. The Science of The Total Environment. 663. 709–717. 13 indexed citations

Krueger, Elisabeth, Dietrich Borchardt, James W. Jawitz, et al.. (2019). Resilience Dynamics of Urban Water Supply Security and Potential of Tipping Points. Earth s Future. 7(10). 1167–1191. 33 indexed citations

Bertassello, Leonardo, James W. Jawitz, A. F. Aubeneau, Gianluca Botter, & P. Suresh C. Rao. (2019). Stochastic dynamics of wetlandscapes: Ecohydrological implications of shifts in hydro-climatic forcing and landscape configuration. The Science of The Total Environment. 694. 133765–133765. 21 indexed citations

Fang, Yu, Serena Ceola, Kyungrock Paik, et al.. (2018). Globally Universal Fractal Pattern of Human Settlements in River Networks. Earth s Future. 6(8). 1134–1145. 51 indexed citations

Dupas, Rémi, Andréas Musolff, James W. Jawitz, et al.. (2017). Carbon and nutrient export regimes from headwater catchments to downstream reaches. Biogeosciences. 14(18). 4391–4407. 69 indexed citations

Klammler, Harald, P. Suresh C. Rao, & Kirk Hatfield. (2017). Modeling dynamic resilience in coupled technological-social systems subjected to stochastic disturbance regimes. Environment Systems & Decisions. 38(1). 140–159. 18 indexed citations

Reager, J. T., P. Suresh C. Rao, J. S. Famiglietti, & M. Turmon. (2015). Improved Uncertainty Quantification in Groundwater Flux Estimation Using GRACE. 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Kumar, Sanjiv, Venkatesh Merwade, P. Suresh C. Rao, & Bryan C. Pijanowski. (2012). Characterizing Long-Term Land Use/Cover Change in the United States from 1850 to 2000 Using a Nonlinear Bi-analytical Model. AMBIO. 42(3). 285–297. 23 indexed citations

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Rao, P. Suresh C., N. B. Basu, S. Zanardo, Gianluca Botter, & Andrea Rinaldo. (2009). Contaminant Load-Discharge Relationships Across Scales in Engineered Watersheds: Order Out of Complexity. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 23(8). 6410–7. 1 indexed citations

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Rao, P. Suresh C., James W. Jawitz, Carl G. Enfield, et al.. (2002). Technology integration for contaminated site remediation: clean-up goals and performance criteria.. IAHS-AISH publication. 571–578. 50 indexed citations

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Graham, W. D., et al.. (2000). Stochastic analysis of transient flow in unsaturated heterogeneous soils. Water Resources Research. 36(4). 891–910. 35 indexed citations

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Rao, P. Suresh C., Michael D. Annable, & Heonki Kim. (2000). NAPL source zone characterization and remediation technology performance assessment: recent developments and applications of tracer techniques. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 45(1-2). 63–78. 53 indexed citations

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Clark, Clayton J., Michael D. Annable, P. Suresh C. Rao, & R. D. Rhue. (1999). Waste Management of a Microemulsion Using Electrolyte Addition at Increased Temperatures. Environmental Engineering Science. 16(3). 217–227. 4 indexed citations

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Rao, P. Suresh C., et al.. (1998). Soil and groundwater pollution from agricultural activities: learning material. UNESCO eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Rao, P. Suresh C., et al.. (1991). Nutrient leaching loss from two contrasting cropping systems in the humid tropics. Tropical Agriculture. 68(1). 9–18. 27 indexed citations

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Reddy, K. R., R. E. Jessup, & P. Suresh C. Rao. (1988). Nitrogen dynamics in a eutrophic lake sediment. Hydrobiologia. 159(2). 177–188. 9 indexed citations

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Rhue, R. D., P. Suresh C. Rao, & Richard E. Smith. (1988). Vapor-phase adsorption of alkylbenzenes and water on soils and clays. Chemosphere. 17(4). 727–741. 37 indexed citations

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Reuss, J. O. & P. Suresh C. Rao. (1971). Soil nitrate nitrogen levels as an index of nitrogen fertilizer needs of sugarbeets. Journal of Sugarbeet Research. 16(6). 461–470. 15 indexed citations

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