Robert L. Runkel

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Robert L. Runkel is a scholar working on Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert L. Runkel has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Environmental Chemistry, 63 papers in Environmental Engineering and 31 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Robert L. Runkel's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (61 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (54 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (37 papers). Robert L. Runkel is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (61 papers), Mine drainage and remediation techniques (54 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (37 papers). Robert L. Runkel collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Italy. Robert L. Runkel's co-authors include Diane M. McKnight, Charles G. Crawford, Timothy A. Cohn, Briant A. Kimball, Kenneth E. Bencala, Katherine Walton‐Day, Steven C. Chapra, M. N. Gooseff, Robert E. Broshears and Philip L. Verplanck and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Robert L. Runkel

105 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Load estimator (LOADEST): a FORTRAN program for estimatin... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 250 500 750
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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.

  1. Load estimator (LOADEST): a FORTRAN program for estimating constituent loads in streams and rivers
    2004 763 citations Robert L. Runkel, Charles G. Crawford et al. Techniques and methods profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert L. Runkel United States 34 2.3k 1.6k 1.3k 786 757 108 4.0k
S. G. Benner United States 35 3.1k 1.3× 1.0k 0.6× 1.2k 0.9× 390 0.5× 1.1k 1.4× 73 5.7k
Alberto Bellin Italy 43 876 0.4× 1.8k 1.1× 2.7k 2.0× 472 0.6× 759 1.0× 132 4.9k
Alan R. Hill Canada 39 3.2k 1.4× 2.8k 1.8× 994 0.7× 1.7k 2.2× 1.1k 1.5× 89 5.0k
R. Haggerty United States 43 2.3k 1.0× 2.9k 1.8× 3.7k 2.8× 1.2k 1.5× 1.0k 1.4× 90 6.6k
John E. McCray United States 39 1.1k 0.5× 1.4k 0.9× 2.5k 1.9× 405 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 158 5.2k
Andréas Musolff Germany 28 1.3k 0.6× 1.6k 1.0× 650 0.5× 293 0.4× 761 1.0× 88 2.5k
Anthony J. Tesoriero United States 24 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.7× 879 0.7× 269 0.3× 1.2k 1.6× 40 2.5k
Gérard Gruau France 51 2.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.9× 378 0.3× 640 0.8× 2.8k 3.7× 121 6.7k
Miranda S. Fram United States 22 1.2k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 878 0.7× 1.2k 1.5× 896 1.2× 81 5.8k
Jasper Griffioen Netherlands 30 860 0.4× 531 0.3× 870 0.7× 475 0.6× 755 1.0× 98 2.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Murphy, Sheila F., Robert L. Runkel, Edward G. Stets, Andy J. Nolan, & Deborah A. Repert. (2024). Urbanization and Water Management Control Stream Water Quality Along a Mountain to Plains Transition. Water Resources Research. 60(2). 5 indexed citations
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Manning, Andrew H., et al.. (2024). Climate‐Driven Increases in Stream Metal Concentrations in Mineralized Watersheds Throughout the Colorado Rocky Mountains, USA. Water Resources Research. 60(4). 11 indexed citations
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Rodriguez, Brian D., et al.. (2024). Deep resistivity geophysics of the San Juan–Silverton caldera complex, San Juan County, Colorado (USA). Geosphere. 20(3). 910–934. 1 indexed citations
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Runkel, Robert L., et al.. (2023). To Remediate or Not? Source Identification in an Acid Mine Drainage Stream, Warden Gulch, Colorado. Mine Water and the Environment. 42(3). 383–398. 2 indexed citations
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Naftz, David L., Christopher C. Fuller, Robert L. Runkel, et al.. (2023). Interaction of a legacy groundwater contaminant plume with the Little Wind River from 2015 through 2017, Riverton Processing site, Wyoming. Scientific investigations report. 2 indexed citations
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Oyarzún, Jorge, Pablo Pastén, Robert L. Runkel, et al.. (2021). Assessment of a conservative mixing model for the evaluation of constituent behavior below river confluences, Elqui River Basin, Chile. River Research and Applications. 37(7). 967–978. 8 indexed citations
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Byrne, Patrick, et al.. (2020). Critical Shifts in Trace Metal Transport and Remediation Performance under Future Low River Flows. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(24). 15742–15750. 22 indexed citations
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Giudici, Giovanni De, Daniela Medas, Rosa Cidu, et al.. (2019). Assessment of origin and fate of contaminants along mining-affected Rio Montevecchio (SW Sardinia, Italy): A hydrologic-tracer and environmental mineralogy study. Applied Geochemistry. 109. 104420–104420. 14 indexed citations
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Runkel, Robert L.. (2010). One-Dimensional Transport with Equilibrium Chemistry (OTEQ) - A reactive transport model for streams and rivers. Techniques and methods. 17 indexed citations
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Kimball, Briant A., Robert L. Runkel, & Katherine Walton‐Day. (2008). Principal locations of major-ion, trace-element, nitrate, and <i>Escherichia coli</i> loading to Emigration Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 2005. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations
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Kimball, Briant A., Robert L. Runkel, & Katherine Walton‐Day. (2007). Principal locations of metal loading from flood-plain tailings, Lower Silver Creek, Utah, April 2004. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations
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Kimball, Briant A., et al.. (2006). Quantification of mass loading to Strawberry Creek near the Gilt Edge mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota, June 2003. Scientific investigations report. 2 indexed citations
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Walton‐Day, Katherine, et al.. (2005). Mass loading of selected major and trace elements in Lake Fork Creek near Leadville, Colorado, September-October 2001. Scientific investigations report. 6 indexed citations
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Runkel, Robert L., Charles G. Crawford, & Timothy A. Cohn. (2004). Load estimator (LOADEST): a FORTRAN program for estimating constituent loads in streams and rivers. Techniques and methods. 763 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kimball, Briant A., Robert L. Runkel, Thomas E. Cleasby, et al.. (2004). Quantification of Metal Loading by Tracer Injection and Synoptic Sampling, 1997-98. 191–262. 39 indexed citations

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