B. Udall

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

B. Udall is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, B. Udall has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Water Science and Technology, 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in B. Udall's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers), Climate variability and models (7 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (7 papers). B. Udall is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (12 papers), Climate variability and models (7 papers) and Hydrology and Drought Analysis (7 papers). B. Udall collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. B. Udall's co-authors include Jonathan T. Overpeck, John Williams, R. Quentin Grafton, Michael D. Dettinger, Aris P. Georgakakos, Jayne Belnap, T. H. Painter, J. S. Deems, Pasquale Steduto and Claudia Ringler and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

B. Udall

19 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The paradox of irrigation efficiency 2017 2026 2020 2023 2018 2017 200 400 600
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.

  1. The paradox of irrigation efficiency
    2018 610 citations R. Quentin Grafton, John Williams et al. Science profile →
  2. The twenty‐first century Colorado River hot drought and implications for the future
    2017 403 citations B. Udall, Jonathan T. Overpeck Water Resources Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
B. Udall United States 11 1.2k 1.2k 689 608 323 19 2.4k
Z. D. Tessler United States 15 1.1k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 464 0.7× 397 0.7× 590 1.8× 18 2.6k
I. A. Shiklomanov Russia 14 950 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 488 0.7× 1.4k 2.3× 429 1.3× 22 3.3k
Kathleen A. Miller United States 20 1.6k 1.3× 992 0.8× 382 0.6× 701 1.2× 398 1.2× 41 2.6k
Bert De Bièvre Ecuador 21 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 211 0.3× 540 0.9× 496 1.5× 40 2.4k
Ellen Douglas United States 22 2.0k 1.7× 1.3k 1.1× 428 0.6× 710 1.2× 368 1.1× 51 3.1k
Lars Ribbe Germany 30 1.4k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 432 0.6× 595 1.0× 295 0.9× 77 2.5k
Fred F. Hattermann Germany 37 2.5k 2.1× 2.7k 2.3× 391 0.6× 615 1.0× 492 1.5× 121 4.0k
Nick Reynard United Kingdom 26 2.2k 1.8× 1.9k 1.6× 254 0.4× 404 0.7× 343 1.1× 46 2.9k
Gonghuan Fang China 31 1.9k 1.6× 1.3k 1.1× 246 0.4× 1.2k 2.0× 361 1.1× 86 3.1k
Iman Mallakpour United States 20 1.8k 1.4× 922 0.8× 238 0.3× 605 1.0× 188 0.6× 30 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by B. Udall

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Fields of papers citing papers by B. Udall

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by B. Udall. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by B. Udall. The network helps show where B. Udall may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of B. Udall

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of B. Udall. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of B. Udall 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 B. Udall. B. Udall is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Scanlon, Bridget R., Donald R. Pool, Ashraf Rateb, et al.. (2025). Multidecadal drought impacts on the Lower Colorado Basin with implications for future management. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
2.
Udall, B., et al.. (2025). Decelerating Response of Western US Runoff to Shrinking Snowpacks. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(9). 1 indexed citations
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Tarboton, David G., et al.. (2022). An Assessment of Potential Severe Droughts in the Colorado River Basin. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 58(6). 1053–1075. 15 indexed citations
4.
Woodhouse, Connie A. & B. Udall. (2021). Upper Gila, Salt, and Verde Rivers: Arid Land Rivers in a Changing Climate. Earth Interactions. 26(1). 1–14. 3 indexed citations
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Garfin, Gregg M., Patrick González, David D. Breshears, et al.. (2019). The Fourth National Climate Assessment, Chapter 25: Southwest. 3 indexed citations
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Taylor, Peter, et al.. (2019). Every ditch is different: Barriers and opportunities for collaboration for agricultural water conservation and security in the Colorado River Basin. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 74(3). 281–295. 5 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, John Williams, Chris Perry, et al.. (2018). The paradox of irrigation efficiency. Science. 361(6404). 748–750. 610 indexed citations breakdown →
8.
Xiao, Mu, B. Udall, & Dennis P. Lettenmaier. (2018). On the Causes of Declining Colorado River Streamflows. Water Resources Research. 54(9). 6739–6756. 125 indexed citations
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Udall, B. & Jonathan T. Overpeck. (2017). The twenty‐first century Colorado River hot drought and implications for the future. Water Resources Research. 53(3). 2404–2418. 403 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dettinger, Michael D., B. Udall, & Aris P. Georgakakos. (2015). Western water and climate change. Ecological Applications. 25(8). 2069–2093. 195 indexed citations
11.
Deems, J. S., T. H. Painter, J. J. Barsugli, Jayne Belnap, & B. Udall. (2013). Combined impacts of current and future dust deposition and regional warming on Colorado River Basin snow dynamics and hydrology. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(11). 4401–4413. 58 indexed citations
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Vano, J. A., B. Udall, Daniel R. Cayan, et al.. (2013). Understanding Uncertainties in Future Colorado River Streamflow. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 95(1). 59–78. 154 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, Jamie Pittock, Richard A. Davis, et al.. (2012). Global insights into water resources, climate change and governance. Nature Climate Change. 3(4). 315–321. 245 indexed citations
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Engel, Kirsten H., et al.. (2010). How to Take Climate Change into Account: A Guidance Document for Adjudicating Water Disputes. 40. 1 indexed citations
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Painter, T. H., J. S. Deems, Jayne Belnap, et al.. (2010). Response of Colorado River runoff to dust radiative forcing in snow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(40). 17125–17130. 305 indexed citations
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Overpeck, Jonathan T. & B. Udall. (2010). Dry Times Ahead. Science. 328(5986). 1642–1643. 168 indexed citations
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Rajagopalan, Balaji, Kenneth Nowak, James Prairie, et al.. (2009). Water supply risk on the Colorado River: Can management mitigate?. Water Resources Research. 45(8). 125 indexed citations
18.
Rajagopalan, Balaji, Kenneth Nowak, Martin P. Hoerling, et al.. (2008). Climate, Growth and Drought Threat to Colorado River Water Supply. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
19.
Feldman, David, Katharine L. Jacobs, Gregg M. Garfin, et al.. (2008). Making Decision-Support Information Useful, Useable, and Responsive to Decision-Maker Needs. 5 indexed citations

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