Brian F. Cumming

9.1k total citations
174 papers, 6.2k citations indexed

About

Brian F. Cumming is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian F. Cumming has authored 174 papers receiving a total of 6.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Atmospheric Science, 88 papers in Ecology and 74 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Brian F. Cumming's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (96 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (65 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (36 papers). Brian F. Cumming is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (96 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics (65 papers) and Marine and coastal ecosystems (36 papers). Brian F. Cumming collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Brian F. Cumming's co-authors include John P. Smol, Kathleen R. Laird, Dirk Verschuren, Susan E. Wilson, Andrew M. Paterson, Sherilyn C. Fritz, J. Curt Stager, Brian K. Ginn, Mihaela Enache and Peter R. Leavitt and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Brian F. Cumming

169 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian F. Cumming Canada 44 3.3k 2.7k 2.1k 1.2k 792 174 6.2k
Richard W. Battarbee United Kingdom 47 3.8k 1.1× 2.5k 0.9× 1.8k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 961 1.2× 114 6.5k
Roland I. Hall Canada 43 2.8k 0.8× 2.6k 1.0× 2.0k 0.9× 981 0.8× 450 0.6× 154 5.9k
Atte Korhola Finland 49 4.3k 1.3× 3.1k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 1.1k 0.9× 696 0.9× 125 6.4k
Daniel R. Engstrom United States 59 3.9k 1.2× 4.2k 1.6× 2.3k 1.1× 1.5k 1.2× 875 1.1× 151 11.2k
Steve Juggins United Kingdom 45 4.8k 1.4× 3.8k 1.4× 2.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.3× 1.1k 1.4× 120 8.3k
N. John Anderson United Kingdom 58 5.8k 1.7× 4.1k 1.5× 3.7k 1.7× 2.5k 2.1× 1.1k 1.4× 189 10.0k
Reinhard Pienitz Canada 41 3.5k 1.0× 2.0k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 957 0.8× 502 0.6× 148 5.3k
Sherilyn C. Fritz United States 53 6.0k 1.8× 3.3k 1.2× 1.5k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 1.7k 2.2× 167 8.9k
Aldo Marchetto Italy 36 1.8k 0.5× 1.7k 0.6× 1.8k 0.8× 986 0.8× 397 0.5× 125 4.3k
Marianne S. V. Douglas Canada 38 3.8k 1.1× 2.7k 1.0× 1.1k 0.5× 820 0.7× 235 0.3× 105 6.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian F. Cumming

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian F. Cumming

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian F. Cumming

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCarthy, Francine M.G., R. Timothy Patterson, Brian F. Cumming, et al.. (2025). High-resolution analysis of the varved succession at Crawford lake across the base of the proposed Crawfordian stage and Anthropocene series. The Anthropocene Review. 12(2). 243–272. 4 indexed citations
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McCarthy, Francine M.G., et al.. (2025). Spheroidal carbonaceous particles and other black carbon from Crawford Lake, Ontario, Canada. Palynology. 49(4).
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Cumming, Brian F., et al.. (2025). Chironomid assemblage response to cultural eutrophication and dreissenid mussel establishment in the Bay of Quinte, Ontario. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 51(3). 102578–102578.
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Simpson, Gavin L., Lynda Bunting, Björn Wissel, et al.. (2023). Impacts of a century of land‐use change on the eutrophication of large, shallow, prairie Lake Manitoba in relation to adjacent Lake Winnipeg (Manitoba, Canada). Freshwater Biology. 69(1). 47–63. 3 indexed citations
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Lamoureux, Scott F., et al.. (2021). Use of water isotopes and chemistry to infer the type and degree of exchange between groundwater and lakes in an esker complex of northeastern Ontario, Canada. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 25(12). 6309–6332. 8 indexed citations
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Meyer‐Jacob, Carsten, Neal Michelutti, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2019). The browning and re-browning of lakes: Divergent lake-water organic carbon trends linked to acid deposition and climate change. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 16676–16676. 105 indexed citations
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Hickey, M. Brian C., et al.. (2018). Paleolimnological proxies reveal continued eutrophication issues in the St. Lawrence River Area of Concern. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 44(3). 357–366. 5 indexed citations
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Bramburger, Andrew J., et al.. (2016). Bi-weekly Changes in Phytoplankton Abundance in 25 Tributaries of Lake St. Francis, Canada: Evaluating the Occurrence of Nuisance and Harmful Algae. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 42(5). 1049–1059. 4 indexed citations
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Ginn, Brian K., et al.. (2015). Establishing realistic management objectives for urban lakes using paleolimnological techniques: an example from Halifax Region (Nova Scotia, Canada). Lake and Reservoir Management. 31(2). 92–108. 15 indexed citations
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Leavitt, Peter R., et al.. (2015). Enhanced algal abundance in northwest Ontario (Canada) lakes during the warmer early-to mid-Holocene period. Quaternary Science Reviews. 123. 168–179. 12 indexed citations
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Cort, Gijs De, et al.. (2013). Late-Holocene and recent hydroclimatic variability in the central Kenya Rift Valley: The sediment record of hypersaline lakes Bogoria, Nakuru and Elementeita. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 388. 69–80. 34 indexed citations
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Ahad, Jason M. E., et al.. (2011). Assessing the potential environmental impact of Athabasca oil sands development in lakes across Northwest Saskatchewan. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 2 indexed citations
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Jacques, Jeannine‐Marie St., Brian F. Cumming, & John P. Smol. (2009). A 900-Year Diatom and Chrysophyte Record of Spring Mixing and Summer Stratification From Varved Lake Mina, West-Central Minnesota, USA. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Jeziorski, Adam, Norman D. Yan, Andrew M. Paterson, et al.. (2008). The Widespread Threat of Calcium Decline in Fresh Waters. Science. 322(5906). 1374–1377. 260 indexed citations
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Cumming, Brian F.. (1998). Freshwater Ecosystems: Revitalizing Educational Programs in Limnology.The Committee on Inland Aquatic Ecosystems, Water Science and Technology. The Quarterly Review of Biology. 73(3). 369–370. 1 indexed citations
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Cumming, Brian F., Susan E. Wilson, Roland I. Hall, & John P. Smol. (1995). Diatoms from British Columbia (Canada) lakes and their relationship to salinity, nutrients and other limnological variables. 170 indexed citations
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Cumming, Brian F. & John P. Smol. (1993). Scaled chrysophytes and pH inference models: the effects of converting scale counts to cell counts and other species data transformations. Journal of Paleolimnology. 9(2). 147–153. 13 indexed citations

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