Abinash Bhattachan

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Abinash Bhattachan is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Abinash Bhattachan has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 12 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Abinash Bhattachan's work include Aeolian processes and effects (13 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Abinash Bhattachan is often cited by papers focused on Aeolian processes and effects (13 papers), Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (7 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Abinash Bhattachan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Botswana and Switzerland. Abinash Bhattachan's co-authors include Paolo D’Odorico, Kyle Frankel Davis, Sujith Ravi, Christiane W. Runyan, Gregory S. Okin, Kebonye Dintwe, Samir Suweis, R. E. Emanuel, Matthew Baddock and Ted M. Zobeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, PLoS ONE and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Abinash Bhattachan

33 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Global desertification: Drivers and feedbacks

2012 700 citations Paolo D’Odorico, Abinash Bhattachan et al. Advances in Water Resources profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Abinash Bhattachan United States	16	641	384	329	303	293	34	1.5k
Jiang Jiang United States	27	877 1.4×	716 1.9×	334 1.0×	162 0.5×	339 1.2×	56	1.8k
Emily Kachergis United States	16	489 0.8×	642 1.7×	193 0.6×	131 0.4×	179 0.6×	42	1.2k
Christiane W. Runyan United States	10	494 0.8×	295 0.8×	152 0.5×	104 0.3×	262 0.9×	16	1.0k
Duanyang Xu China	22	637 1.0×	571 1.5×	175 0.5×	155 0.5×	317 1.1×	54	1.4k
Gabriel del Barrio Spain	21	851 1.3×	798 2.1×	271 0.8×	117 0.4×	481 1.6×	52	2.0k
Justin W. Van Zee United States	18	290 0.5×	422 1.1×	101 0.3×	255 0.8×	313 1.1×	31	1.1k
César Mario Rostagno Argentina	18	264 0.4×	393 1.0×	119 0.4×	176 0.6×	537 1.8×	41	1.1k
Tim Lynam Australia	9	1.1k 1.7×	723 1.9×	245 0.7×	137 0.5×	501 1.7×	10	2.4k
Chris Phillips New Zealand	22	416 0.6×	396 1.0×	117 0.4×	177 0.6×	539 1.8×	77	1.7k
Chung‐Te Chang Taiwan	21	453 0.7×	410 1.1×	263 0.8×	82 0.3×	129 0.4×	58	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Abinash Bhattachan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Abinash Bhattachan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Abinash Bhattachan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Abinash Bhattachan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Abinash Bhattachan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Abinash Bhattachan. Abinash Bhattachan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Head, Jennifer R., Alexandra K. Heaney, Philip A. Collender, et al.. (2025). Estimating the Exposure–Response Relationship between Fine Mineral Dust Concentration and Coccidioidomycosis Incidence Using Speciated Particulate Matter Data: A Longitudinal Surveillance Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 133(1). 17003–17003. 4 indexed citations

Emanuel, R. E., Todd K. BenDor, Justin P. Wright, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the effects of land-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion. UNC Libraries.

Head, Jennifer R., Philip A. Collender, Alexandra K. Heaney, et al.. (2025). Prolonged coccidioidomycosis transmission seasons in a warming California: a Markov state transition model of shifting disease dynamics. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 22(223). 20240821–20240821. 2 indexed citations

Heaney, Alexandra K., Jennifer R. Head, Philip A. Collender, et al.. (2024). Coccidioidomycosis seasonality in California: a longitudinal surveillance study of the climate determinants and spatiotemporal variability of seasonal dynamics, 2000–2021. The Lancet Regional Health - Americas. 38. 100864–100864. 4 indexed citations

Jones, Isabel J., Alexander T. Yu, Alexandra K. Heaney, et al.. (2023). Association between wildfires and coccidioidomycosis incidence in California, 2000–2018: a synthetic control analysis. Environmental Epidemiology. 7(4). e254–e254. 5 indexed citations

Okin, Gregory S., et al.. (2023). The two faces of Janus: Processes can be both exogenous forcings and endogenous feedbacks with wind as a case study. Ecology. 104(4). e3998–e3998. 4 indexed citations

Head, Jennifer R., Alexandra K. Heaney, Alexander T. Yu, et al.. (2022). Effects of precipitation, heat, and drought on incidence and expansion of coccidioidomycosis in western USA: a longitudinal surveillance study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 6(10). e793–e803. 43 indexed citations

Bhattachan, Abinash, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of dust production efficiencies in sandy sediments. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 47(5). 1229–1237. 1 indexed citations

Bhattachan, Abinash, et al.. (2020). Mapping Areas of the Southern Ocean Where Productivity Likely Depends on Dust‐Delivered Iron. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 125(3). 6 indexed citations

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Bhattachan, Abinash, et al.. (2019). Using geospatial datasets to characterize mosquito larval habitats in the Los Angeles Basin. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Webb, Nicholas P., et al.. (2019). Ecosystem dynamics and aeolian sediment transport in the southern Kalahari. African Journal of Ecology. 58(2). 337–344. 5 indexed citations

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Bhattachan, Abinash, R. E. Emanuel, Marcelo Ardón, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the effects of land-use change and future climate change on vulnerability of coastal landscapes to saltwater intrusion. Elementa Science of the Anthropocene. 6. 80 indexed citations

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Emanuel, R. E., et al.. (2015). Salinization of Freshwater-Dependent Coastal Ecosystems: Understanding Landscapes in Transition Along the Leading Edge of Climate Change. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations

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Bhattachan, Abinash, Paolo D’Odorico, & Gregory S. Okin. (2015). Biogeochemistry of dust sources in Southern Africa. Journal of Arid Environments. 117. 18–27. 15 indexed citations

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O'Donnell, F. C., K. K. Caylor, Abinash Bhattachan, et al.. (2015). A quantitative description of the interspecies diversity of belowground structure in savanna woody plants. Ecosphere. 6(9). 1–15. 15 indexed citations

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Bhattachan, Abinash, Paolo D’Odorico, Kebonye Dintwe, Gregory S. Okin, & Scott L. Collins. (2014). Resilience and recovery potential of duneland vegetation in the southern Kalahari. Ecosphere. 5(1). 1–14. 34 indexed citations

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Bhattachan, Abinash & Paolo D’Odorico. (2014). Can land use intensification in the Mallee, Australia increase the supply of soluble iron to the Southern Ocean?. Scientific Reports. 4(1). 6009–6009. 10 indexed citations

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Dintwe, Kebonye, Gregory S. Okin, Paolo D’Odorico, et al.. (2014). Soil organic C and total N pools in the Kalahari: potential impacts of climate change on C sequestration in savannas. Plant and Soil. 396(1-2). 27–44. 13 indexed citations

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D’Odorico, Paolo, Abinash Bhattachan, Kyle Frankel Davis, Sujith Ravi, & Christiane W. Runyan. (2012). Global desertification: Drivers and feedbacks. Advances in Water Resources. 51. 326–344. 700 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bhattachan, Abinash, Kebonye Dintwe, F. C. O'Donnell, et al.. (2012). Evaluating Ecohydrological Theories of Woody Root Distribution in the Kalahari. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33996–e33996. 31 indexed citations

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