Douglas W. Burbank

28.8k total citations · 5 hit papers
162 papers, 21.7k citations indexed

About

Douglas W. Burbank is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Douglas W. Burbank has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 21.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Atmospheric Science, 87 papers in Geophysics and 56 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Douglas W. Burbank's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (106 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (75 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (58 papers). Douglas W. Burbank is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (106 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (75 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (58 papers). Douglas W. Burbank collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Douglas W. Burbank's co-authors include Bodo Bookhagen, M. E. Oskin, David Seal, E.R. Caro, S. Shaffer, Riley Duren, L. E. Roth, Robert E. Crippen, Ernesto Rodríguez and S. Hensley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Douglas W. Burbank

162 papers receiving 20.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

2007 6.2k citations M. E. Oskin, Douglas W. Burbank et al. profile →
Toward a complete Himalayan hydrological budget: Spatiotemporal distribution of snowmelt and rainfall and their impact on river discharge

2010 1.0k citations Bodo Bookhagen, Douglas W. Burbank Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Bedrock incision, rock uplift and threshold hillslopes in the northwestern Himalayas

1996 910 citations Douglas W. Burbank, Robert S. Anderson et al. Nature profile →
Topography, relief, and TRMM‐derived rainfall variations along the Himalaya

2006 633 citations Bodo Bookhagen, Douglas W. Burbank profile →
Tectonic Geomorphology

2011 363 citations Douglas W. Burbank, Robert S. Anderson profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Douglas W. Burbank United States	71	10.6k	9.0k	4.4k	3.9k	3.4k	162	21.7k
Bodo Bookhagen Germany	62	8.2k 0.8×	3.1k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	2.1k 0.5×	3.4k 1.0×	207	13.3k
John J. Clague Canada	61	9.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.3×	2.2k 0.5×	5.0k 1.3×	2.4k 0.7×	351	13.6k
M. E. Oskin United States	37	3.5k 0.3×	4.0k 0.4×	1.0k 0.2×	1.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.6×	109	10.4k
K. X. Whipple United States	68	10.3k 1.0×	8.8k 1.0×	8.3k 1.9×	6.3k 1.6×	1.0k 0.3×	159	20.6k
Niels Hovius Germany	61	5.6k 0.5×	2.9k 0.3×	2.9k 0.7×	5.8k 1.5×	2.1k 0.6×	167	12.2k
Robert S. Anderson United States	69	10.3k 1.0×	3.2k 0.4×	5.2k 1.2×	4.4k 1.1×	901 0.3×	245	15.6k
David R. Montgomery United States	52	4.5k 0.4×	1.8k 0.2×	2.2k 0.5×	4.4k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	124	11.5k
Gregory E. Tucker United States	57	6.0k 0.6×	3.0k 0.3×	4.9k 1.1×	4.3k 1.1×	1.8k 0.5×	182	13.1k
P. A. Rosen United States	45	4.9k 0.5×	4.3k 0.5×	548 0.1×	2.8k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	179	17.1k
Manfred R. Strecker Germany	75	8.1k 0.8×	9.4k 1.0×	3.5k 0.8×	2.0k 0.5×	781 0.2×	310	16.4k

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Fisher, G. Burch, Lisa Luna, William H. Amidon, et al.. (2023). Milankovitch-paced erosion in the southern Central Andes. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6 indexed citations

Bufe, Aaron, Douglas W. Burbank, Bodo Bookhagen, et al.. (2017). Variations of Lateral Bedrock Erosion Rates Control Planation of Uplifting Folds in the Foreland of the Tian Shan, NW China. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 122(12). 2431–2467. 29 indexed citations

Neely, Alexander B., Bodo Bookhagen, & Douglas W. Burbank. (2017). An automated knickzone selection algorithm (KZ‐Picker) to analyze transient landscapes: Calibration and validation. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 122(6). 1236–1261. 44 indexed citations

Fisher, G. Burch, William H. Amidon, Douglas W. Burbank, & Lisa Luna. (2016). Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene Paleo-Erosion Rates and Provenance Change in the NE Argentinian Andes: Apparent Coupling of Sediment Fluxes with 400-kyr Eccentricity Cycles. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

Burbank, Douglas W. & Robert S. Anderson. (2011). Tectonic Geomorphology. 363 indexed citations breakdown →

Thompson, J. A., et al.. (2011). Late Miocene northward propagation of the NE Pamir thrust system, NW China. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

Rood, Dylan H., et al.. (2010). Spatiotemporal Patterns of Fault Slip Rates Across the Central Sierra Nevada Frontal Fault Zone. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

Amos, Colin B. & Douglas W. Burbank. (2007). Channel width response to differential uplift. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112(F2). 90 indexed citations

Heermance, Richard V., et al.. (2005). New Age-Constraints on Syn-Tectonic Stratigraphy and Basin Evolution in the Southwestern Chinese Tian Shan Foreland. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Sobel, Edward R., M. E. Oskin, Douglas W. Burbank, & Alexander Mikolaichuk. (2004). Exhumation of Basement-Cored Uplifts: Example of the Kyrgyz Range Quantified with Apatite Fission-Track Thermochronology. Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Heermance, Richard V., et al.. (2004). Late Cenozoic Conglomerate Progradation in the Southwestern Chinese Tian Shan: Tectonic, Climate or Erosion Control?. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Najman, Yani, M. Pringle, M. J. Bickle, et al.. (2003). Non-steady-state exhumation of the Higher Himalaya, N.W. India: insights from a combined isotopic and sedimentological approach.. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 4551. 5 indexed citations

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Oskin, M. E. & Douglas W. Burbank. (2002). Geomorphic Evolution of Steady-State in a Glaciated Mountain Range: Kyrgyz Range, Western Tien Shan. AGUFM. 2002. 1 indexed citations

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Najman, Yani, Eduardo Garzanti, M. Pringle, et al.. (2002). Exhumation and attainment of steady state in the Himalaya: insights from the detrital sediment record. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 7 indexed citations

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Burbank, Douglas W., et al.. (2002). River response to an active fold-and-thrust belt in a convergent margin setting, North Island, New Zealand. Geomorphology. 49(1-2). 125–152. 73 indexed citations

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Shen, Jun, et al.. (2001). Surveying of the deformed terraces and crust shortening rate in the northwestern Tarim Basin. Chinese Science Bulletin. 46(12). 1043–1046. 11 indexed citations

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Beck, Richard, Douglas W. Burbank, William J. Sercombe, et al.. (1995). Stratigraphic evidence for an early collision between northwest India and Asia. Nature. 373(6509). 55–58. 452 indexed citations

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Friedmann, S. Julio, et al.. (1993). The effect of a corrugated breakaway on drainage configuration: The Miocene Shadow Valley supradetachment basin. Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States). 2 indexed citations

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Burbank, Douglas W., et al.. (1993). Uplift and thermal history of the Teton Range (northwestern Wyoming) defined by apatite fission-track dating. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 118(1-4). 295–309. 29 indexed citations

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Burbank, Douglas W., et al.. (1989). Comment and Reply on "Development of the Himalayan frontal thrust zone: Salt Range, Pakistan". Geology. 17(4). 378–378. 2 indexed citations

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