Donald A. Walker

27.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
304 papers, 13.5k citations indexed

About

Donald A. Walker is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Ecology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Donald A. Walker has authored 304 papers receiving a total of 13.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 176 papers in Atmospheric Science, 61 papers in Ecology and 49 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Donald A. Walker's work include Climate change and permafrost (151 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (82 papers). Donald A. Walker is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (151 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (104 papers) and Cryospheric studies and observations (82 papers). Donald A. Walker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Russia and Canada. Donald A. Walker's co-authors include Howard E. Epstein, Martha K. Raynolds, Gensuo Jia, Marilyn D. Walker, Uma S. Bhatt, Nancy A. Auerbach, V. E. Romanovsky, K. R. Everett, Martha K. Raynolds and C. Tucker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Donald A. Walker

257 papers receiving 12.3k citations

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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.

The Circumpolar Arctic vegetation map

2005 837 citations Donald A. Walker, William A. Gould et al. profile →
Pan-Arctic ice-wedge degradation in warming permafrost and its influence on tundra hydrology

2016 562 citations R. P. Daanen, Gerald V. Frost et al. profile →
Ecological Consequences of Sea-Ice Decline

2013 409 citations Uma S. Bhatt, Donald A. Walker et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Donald A. Walker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donald A. Walker

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Increasing Importance of Local Hydroclimatology During the Tundra Growing Season in the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta 2025 ·Water ·(unknown), Uma S. Bhatt, Peter A. Bieniek, (unknown), Rick Lader, Donald A. Walker, Gerald V. Frost, Martha K. Raynolds, John E. Walsh, (unknown)	1
2	Landscape patterns of carbon fluxes in natural and disturbed ice-wedge-polygon tundra 2024 ·Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·Anja Kade, Donald A. Walker, Martha K. Raynolds, Amy Breen, (unknown)	0
3	Plant succession on glacial moraines in the Arctic Brooks Range along a >125,000-year glacial chronosequence/toposequence 2023 ·Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research ·(unknown), Donald A. Walker, F. Stuart Chapin, Daniel H. Mann	0
4	Consequences of permafrost degradation for Arctic infrastructure – bridging the model gap between regional and engineering scales 2021 ·The cryosphere ·Thomas Schneider von Deimling, Hanna Lee, Thomas Ingeman‐Nielsen, Sebastian Westermann, V. E. Romanovsky, Scott F. Lamoureux, Donald A. Walker, Sarah Chadburn, Erin Trochim, Lei Cai, Jan Nitzbon, (unknown), Moritz Langer	55
5	Climate Change Drives Widespread and Rapid Thermokarst Development in Very Cold Permafrost in the Canadian High Arctic 2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Louise Farquharson, V. E. Romanovsky, William Cable, Donald A. Walker, Steven V. Kokelj, Dmitry Nicolsky	199
6	Spatial Heterogeneity of the Temporal Dynamics of Arctic Tundra Vegetation 2018 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·(unknown), Howard E. Epstein, Uma S. Bhatt, Martha K. Raynolds, Donald A. Walker	43
7	Cumulative effects of rapid climate and land-use changes on the Yamal Peninsula, Russia 2008 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Donald A. Walker, Marina Leibman, Bruce C. Forbes, Howard E. Epstein	0
8	Biocomplexity of Arctic Patterned-Ground Ecosystems 2006 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Donald A. Walker, R. P. Daanen, (unknown), William A. Gould, Grizelle González, Anja Kade, Allen C. Kelley, William B. Krantz, Patrick Kuss, G. J. Michaelson, Corinne A. Munger, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Martha K. Raynolds, V. E. Romanovsky, C. Tarnocai, (unknown)	1
9	Modeling Hydrology-Vegetation Interactions in Non-Sorted -Circle Ecosystems 2006 ·AGUFM ·R. P. Daanen, Debasmita Misra, Howard E. Epstein, Donald A. Walker	1
10	Soil Acidity and Exchange Properties of Cryogenic Soils in Arctic Alaska 2005 ·Soil Science & Plant Nutrition ·Chien‐Lu Ping, G. J. Michaelson, J. M. Kimble, Donald A. Walker	25
11	La correspondance entre Aline Walras et William Jaffé : et autres documents 2004 ·HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) ·(unknown), William Jaffé, (unknown), Donald A. Walker	1
12	Biogeochemistry of Soils Associated With Cryptogamic Crusts on Frost Boils 2002 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·G. J. Michaelson, (unknown), Donald A. Walker	1
13	Economics, welfare policy and the history of economic thought : essays in honour of Arnold Heertje 1999 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·M.M.G. Fase, (unknown), Donald A. Walker	2
14	Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in Moist and Dry Arctic Tundra during the Snow-free Season: Responses to Increases in Summer Temperature and Winter Snow Accumulation 1998 ·Arctic and Alpine Research ·Michael H. Jones, J. T. Fahnestock, Donald A. Walker, Marilyn D. Walker, J. M. Welker	75
15	The Niwot Ridge snow fence experiment: biogeochemical responses to changes in the seasonal snowpack 1995 ·The Lancet Oncology ·P. D. Brooks, Mark Williams, Donald A. Walker, Steven K. Schmidt	21
16	The equilibrating process in Walras's barter model of written pledges markets 1990 ·Revue d économie politique ·Donald A. Walker	5
17	A Defense of Marshall on Substitutes and Complements in Consumption 1982 ·Eastern Economic Journal ·Donald A. Walker	6
18	Geobotanical atlas of the Prudhoe Bay region, Alaska 1980 ·US Army Corps of Engineers: Engineer Research and Development Center (Knowledge Core) ·Donald A. Walker, K. R. Everett, Patrick J. Webber, Jerry Brown	77
19	The Effects of Low-Pressure Wheeled Vehicles on Plant Communities and Soils at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. 1977 ·Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) ·Donald A. Walker, (unknown), K. R. Everett, (unknown)	2
20	Radiocarbon dating and post-glacial vegetational history: Scaleby Moss 1957 ·Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences ·H. Godwin, Donald A. Walker, E. H. Willis	8

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