Brina Kessel

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Brina Kessel is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Brina Kessel has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 6 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Brina Kessel's work include Rangeland and Wildlife Management (9 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (6 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (5 papers). Brina Kessel is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland and Wildlife Management (9 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (6 papers) and Fish Ecology and Management Studies (5 papers). Brina Kessel collaborates with scholars based in United States. Brina Kessel's co-authors include Clyde Freeman Herreid, Daniel Gibson, Ira N. Gabrielson, Frederick C. Lincoln, Tom J. Cade, Robert E. Gill, Stephen M. Murphy, George B. Schaller, Deborah A. Rocque and Alexander V. Badyaev and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Journal of Wildlife Management and The Auk.

In The Last Decade

Brina Kessel

32 papers receiving 842 citations

Hit Papers

Thermal conductance in birds and mammals 1967 2026 1986 2006 1967 100 200 300
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. Thermal conductance in birds and mammals
    1967 320 citations Clyde Freeman Herreid, Brina Kessel Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brina Kessel United States 15 886 413 189 166 166 34 1.2k
Hugh Boyd Canada 19 1.1k 1.3× 311 0.8× 210 1.1× 263 1.6× 176 1.1× 92 1.4k
Ralph W. Schreiber United States 19 1.0k 1.2× 259 0.6× 322 1.7× 283 1.7× 82 0.5× 53 1.3k
D. L. Serventy Australia 19 1.1k 1.2× 448 1.1× 182 1.0× 347 2.1× 98 0.6× 54 1.3k
Jason Nelson United Kingdom 11 859 1.0× 452 1.1× 201 1.1× 285 1.7× 66 0.4× 22 1.3k
Ralph S. Palmer United States 7 860 1.0× 280 0.7× 164 0.9× 275 1.7× 65 0.4× 13 1.1k
Clayton M. White United States 18 867 1.0× 262 0.6× 126 0.7× 169 1.0× 168 1.0× 84 1.2k
J. P. Myers United States 22 1.3k 1.4× 561 1.4× 274 1.4× 568 3.4× 104 0.6× 33 1.6k
Arthur Cleveland Bent 11 1.0k 1.2× 512 1.2× 196 1.0× 401 2.4× 113 0.7× 14 1.4k
William H. Drury United States 19 1.3k 1.5× 595 1.4× 301 1.6× 530 3.2× 102 0.6× 39 1.8k
David E. Glue United Kingdom 16 991 1.1× 289 0.7× 233 1.2× 317 1.9× 374 2.3× 31 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Brina Kessel

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brina Kessel

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brina Kessel

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whitaker, Darroch M., Ian G. Warkentin, Peter E. Lowther, et al.. (2018). Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus). The Birds of North America Online. 2 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina, et al.. (2002). Greater Scaup (Aythya marila). The Birds of North America Online. 4 indexed citations
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Lowther, Peter E., et al.. (2001). Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus). The Birds of North America Online. 8 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina. (1998). Habitat Characteristics of Some Passerine Birds in Western North American Taiga. 10 indexed citations
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Gill, Robert E. & Brina Kessel. (1992). Birds of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Their Biogeography, Seasonality, and Natural History. Northwestern Naturalist. 73(2). 63–63. 22 indexed citations
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Gibson, Daniel & Brina Kessel. (1989). Geographic Variation in the Marbled Godwit and Description of an Alaska Subspecies. Ornithological Applications. 91(2). 436–436. 17 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina. (1984). Migration of Sandhill Cranes, Grus canadensis, in east-central Alaska, with routes through Alaska and western Canada. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 98(3). 279–292. 12 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina & Daniel Gibson. (1978). Status and distribution of Alaska birds. 71 indexed citations
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Herreid, Clyde Freeman & Brina Kessel. (1967). Thermal conductance in birds and mammals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 21(2). 405–414. 320 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kessel, Brina. (1967). Late-Autumn and Winter Bird Records from Interior Alaska. Ornithological Applications. 69(3). 313–316. 2 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina. (1966). The Red-Winged Blackbird in Alaska. The Auk. 83(2). 313–314. 4 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina, et al.. (1964). June Birds of the Kolomak River, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. The Murrelet. 45(3). 37–37. 8 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina, et al.. (1962). Mating behavior and activity-rest periodicity in Protoclythia californica (Diptera: Platypezidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 2 indexed citations
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Ryckman, Raymond E., et al.. (1960). From Field and Study. Ornithological Applications. 62(6). 479–487. 8 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina & George B. Schaller. (1960). Birds of the upper Sheenjek Valley, northeastern Alaska. ScholarWorks - UA (University of Alaska System). 13 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina, Ira N. Gabrielson, & Frederick C. Lincoln. (1959). The Birds of Alaska. Journal of Wildlife Management. 23(3). 373–373. 136 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina, et al.. (1958). First North American Sighting and Photographic Record of Common Crane, Grus grus. The Auk. 75(4). 465–465. 2 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina & Tom J. Cade. (1958). Birds of the Colville River, Northern Alaska. ScholarWorks - UA (University of Alaska System). 25 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina. (1953). Distribution and Migration of the European Starling in North America. Ornithological Applications. 55(2). 49–67. 63 indexed citations
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Kessel, Brina. (1951). Criteria for Sexing and Aging European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Bird-Banding. 22(1). 16–16. 58 indexed citations

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