René Therrien

6.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

René Therrien is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, René Therrien has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Environmental Engineering, 34 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 33 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in René Therrien's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (60 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (31 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (30 papers). René Therrien is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (60 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (31 papers) and Soil and Unsaturated Flow (30 papers). René Therrien collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and Australia. René Therrien's co-authors include René Lefebvre, Edward A. Sudicky, Vincent Cloutier, Martine M. Savard, Philip Brunner, Craig T. Simmons, Thomas Graf, Jasmin Raymond, Jean‐Michel Lemieux and Louis Gosselin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

René Therrien

104 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Multivariate statistical analysis of geochemical data as indicative of the hydrogeochemical evolution of groundwater in a sedimentary rock aquifer system

2008 606 citations René Lefebvre, René Therrien et al. Journal of Hydrology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
René Therrien Canada	37	2.4k	1.4k	1.2k	893	540	110	4.3k
Mary P. Anderson United States	33	3.4k 1.4×	1.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.5×	838 0.9×	326 0.6×	91	4.9k
Alain Dassargues Belgium	37	2.8k 1.2×	1.3k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	685 0.8×	198 0.4×	243	4.7k
Kang‐Kun Lee South Korea	36	3.6k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	822 0.9×	202 0.4×	249	6.0k
Christian D. Langevin United States	27	2.5k 1.0×	935 0.7×	1.6k 1.3×	459 0.5×	199 0.4×	83	3.5k
Mark Bakker Netherlands	28	2.3k 1.0×	907 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	727 0.8×	193 0.4×	111	3.6k
Chunhui Lu China	33	2.3k 0.9×	840 0.6×	2.1k 1.7×	423 0.5×	194 0.4×	181	4.4k
René Lefebvre Canada	31	1.7k 0.7×	583 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	541 0.6×	153 0.3×	132	3.5k
Edward A. Sudicky Canada	39	3.5k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	1.4k 1.6×	491 0.9×	117	5.1k
R. I. Acworth Australia	32	1.7k 0.7×	823 0.6×	863 0.7×	489 0.5×	301 0.6×	88	3.8k
Zhonghe Pang China	39	1.6k 0.6×	879 0.6×	2.5k 2.0×	266 0.3×	1.0k 1.9×	164	4.9k

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Szymkiewicz, Adam, et al.. (2025). Incorporation of Horizontal Aquifer Flow into a Vertical Vadose Zone Model to Simulate Natural Groundwater Table Fluctuations. Water. 17(14). 2046–2046. 1 indexed citations

Therrien, René, et al.. (2023). Simulating the recession dynamics of Arctic catchments in the context of a thawing permafrost. Journal of Hydrology. 623. 129847–129847. 3 indexed citations

Gong, Chengcheng, Peter G. Cook, René Therrien, Wenke Wang, & Philip Brunner. (2023). On Groundwater Recharge in Variably Saturated Subsurface Flow Models. Water Resources Research. 59(9). 17 indexed citations

Therrien, René, et al.. (2023). 3D surface–subsurface modeling of a bromide tracer test in a macroporous tile‐drained field: Improvements and limitations. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 87(3). 462–484. 1 indexed citations

Barco, Janet, et al.. (2022). Sequential surface and subsurface flow modeling in a tropical aquifer under different rainfall scenarios. Environmental Modelling & Software. 149. 105328–105328. 3 indexed citations

Thornton, James, René Therrien, Grégoire Mariethoz, Niklas Linde, & Philip Brunner. (2022). Simulating Fully‐Integrated Hydrological Dynamics in Complex Alpine Headwaters: Potential and Challenges. Water Resources Research. 58(4). 30 indexed citations

Orban, Philippe, et al.. (2021). Modelling exchanges between surface water reservoirs and groundwater in basement areas: Case of Kierma (Burkina Faso). Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 1 indexed citations

Hopp, Luisa, et al.. (2021). Sources of Surface Water in Space and Time: Identification of Delivery Processes and Geographical Sources With Hydraulic Mixing‐Cell Modeling. Water Resources Research. 57(12). 6 indexed citations

Molson, John, Johannes A. C. Barth, Robert van Geldern, et al.. (2020). Rapid groundwater recharge dynamics determined from hydrogeochemical and isotope data in a small permafrost watershed near Umiujaq (Nunavik, Canada). Hydrogeology Journal. 28(3). 853–868. 25 indexed citations

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Mostafavi, Mir Abolfazl, et al.. (2019). Developing an Adaptive Topological Tessellation for 3D Modeling in Geosciences. GEOMATICA.

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Anctil, François, et al.. (2019). Using the maximum entropy production approach to integrate energy budget modelling in a hydrological model. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 23(9). 3843–3863. 7 indexed citations

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Partington, Daniel, René Therrien, Craig T. Simmons, & Philip Brunner. (2017). Blueprint for a coupled model of sedimentology, hydrology, and hydrogeology in streambeds. Reviews of Geophysics. 55(2). 287–309. 56 indexed citations

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Therrien, René, et al.. (2017). Simulating seasonal variations of tile drainage discharge in an agricultural catchment. Water Resources Research. 53(5). 3896–3920. 45 indexed citations

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Lemieux, Jean‐Michel, et al.. (2015). Numerical investigation of methane and formation fluid leakage along the casing of a decommissioned shale gas well. Water Resources Research. 51(6). 4592–4622. 55 indexed citations

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Blessent, Daniela, Peter R. Jørgensen, & René Therrien. (2013). Comparing Discrete Fracture and Continuum Models to Predict Contaminant Transport in Fractured Porous Media. Ground Water. 52(1). 84–95. 32 indexed citations

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Raymond, Jasmin, René Therrien, Louis Gosselin, & René Lefebvre. (2011). A Review of Thermal Response Test Analysis Using Pumping Test Concepts. Ground Water. 49(6). 932–945. 106 indexed citations

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Raymond, Jasmin, René Therrien, Louis Gosselin, & René Lefebvre. (2011). Numerical simulation of geothermal energy transfer beneath exothermic waste rock piles. HVAC&R Research. 17(6). 1115–1128.

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Graf, Thomas, et al.. (2008). Discretizing the Fracture‐Matrix Interface to Simulate Solute Transport. Ground Water. 46(4). 606–615. 44 indexed citations

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Nastev, Miroslav, René Lefebvre, René Therrien, & Pierre Gélinas. (2003). Numerical modeling of lateral landfill gas migration.. EspaceINRS (National Institute for Scientific Research (Canada)). 5 indexed citations

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Brouyère, Serge, Alain Dassargues, René Therrien, & E. A. Sudicky. (2000). Modelling of dual porosity media: comparisons of different techniques and evaluation of the impact on plume transport simulations. Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Liège). 4 indexed citations

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