David Burns

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

David Burns is a scholar working on Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Algebra and Number Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, David Burns has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Geometry and Topology, 52 papers in Mathematical Physics and 33 papers in Algebra and Number Theory. Recurrent topics in David Burns's work include Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (54 papers), Advanced Algebra and Geometry (45 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (16 papers). David Burns is often cited by papers focused on Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory (54 papers), Advanced Algebra and Geometry (45 papers) and Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (16 papers). David Burns collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. David Burns's co-authors include Hon Wai Lam, Robert M. Bell, Matthias Flach, Martyn Banks, Darren V. S. Green, Dragan A. Cirovic, Dejan Bojanic, G. Sitta Sittampalam, Jeff W. Paslay and William P. Janzen and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

David Burns

101 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

Impact of high-throughput screening in biomedical research 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 250 500 750
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. Impact of high-throughput screening in biomedical research
    2011 920 citations David Burns et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Burns United Kingdom 30 1.2k 940 687 595 545 109 3.8k
Chris Lennard Australia 37 327 0.3× 432 0.5× 131 0.2× 242 0.4× 144 0.3× 188 4.8k
Roy A. Johnson United States 24 635 0.5× 758 0.8× 76 0.1× 82 0.1× 67 0.1× 103 2.8k
Toru Masuda Japan 24 456 0.4× 832 0.9× 48 0.1× 49 0.1× 41 0.1× 118 2.0k
Jiping Zhang China 21 62 0.1× 1.9k 2.0× 54 0.1× 55 0.1× 17 0.0× 111 3.1k
Peter Engel Switzerland 20 389 0.3× 338 0.4× 58 0.1× 5 0.0× 34 0.1× 109 1.3k
Takeshi Yamazaki Japan 34 479 0.4× 1.5k 1.5× 11 0.0× 16 0.0× 208 0.4× 218 4.7k
Robert E. MacKenzie Canada 33 204 0.2× 1.8k 1.9× 24 0.0× 15 0.0× 30 0.1× 99 2.7k
Goran Kovačević Croatia 18 332 0.3× 179 0.2× 389 0.6× 2 0.0× 371 0.7× 85 1.2k
K. Razi Naqvi Norway 27 280 0.2× 920 1.0× 9 0.0× 48 0.1× 14 0.0× 156 2.5k
Kazuo Itô Japan 25 459 0.4× 771 0.8× 18 0.0× 39 0.1× 28 0.1× 182 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Burns

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Burns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Burns

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burns, David, et al.. (2024). On Weil-Stark elements, II: Refined Stark conjectures. Transactions of the American Mathematical Society.
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Burns, David, et al.. (2024). On derivatives of Kato's Euler system for elliptic curves. Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan. 76(3). 1 indexed citations
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Burns, David, et al.. (2023). On the square root of the inverse different. Canadian Journal of Mathematics. 76(1). 283–318.
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Morrison, A. L., Vladimir Strezov, Robert K. Niven, et al.. (2023). Impact of Salinity and Temperature on Removal of PFAS Species from Water by Aeration in the Absence of Additional Surfactants: A Novel Application of Green Chemistry Using Adsorptive Bubble Fractionation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 62(13). 5635–5645. 22 indexed citations
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Burns, David, Paul Stevenson, & Peter Murphy. (2021). PFAS removal from groundwaters using Surface‐Active Foam Fractionation. Remediation Journal. 31(4). 19–33. 77 indexed citations
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Burns, David, et al.. (2018). On the Galois structure of arithmetic cohomology II: ray class groups. Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan. 70(2). 1 indexed citations
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Burns, David, et al.. (2017). Iwasawa theory and zeta elements for G_m. Algebra & Number Theory. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, David, et al.. (2016). On zeta elements for $\Bbb G_m$. Documenta Mathematica. 21. 555–626. 20 indexed citations
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Best, Daniel, David Burns, & Hon Wai Lam. (2015). Direct Synthesis of 5‐Aryl Barbituric Acids by Rhodium(II)‐Catalyzed Reactions of Arenes with Diazo Compounds. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(25). 7410–7413. 35 indexed citations
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Burns, David, et al.. (2012). On special elements in higher algebraicK-theory and the Lichtenbaum–Gross Conjecture. Advances in Mathematics. 230(3). 1502–1529. 2 indexed citations
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Burns, David, et al.. (2012). Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of butane diacetal-protected (4S,5S)-dihydroxycyclohexen-1-one and use in natural product synthesis. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 10(38). 7666–7666. 6 indexed citations
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Burns, David. (2009). Algebraic $p$-Adic $L$-Functions in Non-Commutative Iwasawa Theory. Publications of the Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences. 45(1). 75–87. 5 indexed citations
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Abraham, Vivek C., et al.. (2008). Application of a High-Content Multiparameter Cytotoxicity Assay to Prioritize Compounds Based on Toxicity Potential in Humans. SLAS DISCOVERY. 13(6). 527–537. 119 indexed citations
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Burns, David. (2004). On the values of equivariant zeta functions of curves over finite fields. Documenta Mathematica. 9. 357–399. 19 indexed citations
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Burns, David. (2003). Equivariant Tamagawa numbers and refined abelian stark conjectures. Journal of mathematical sciences. 10(2). 225–259. 10 indexed citations
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Burns, David & Matthias Flach. (2001). Tamagawa numbers for motives with (non-commutative) coefficients. Documenta Mathematica. 6. 501–570. 97 indexed citations
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Schurdak, Mark E., Martin J. Voorbach, Lan Gao, et al.. (2001). Complex Gel Permeation Assays for Screening Combinatorial Libraries. SLAS DISCOVERY. 6(5). 313–323. 14 indexed citations
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Burns, David. (2000). On the equivariant structure of ideals in abelian extensions of local fields (with an appendix by W. Bley). Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici. 75(1). 1–44. 6 indexed citations
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Burns, David, et al.. (1996). Über Arithmetische Assoziierte Ordnungen. Journal of Number Theory. 58(2). 361–387. 6 indexed citations
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Larkin, Willard D. & David Burns. (1977). Sentence comprehension and memory for embedded structure. Memory & Cognition. 5(1). 17–22. 37 indexed citations

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