Irving Friedman

9.5k citations

133 papers · 7.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 38

Impact in

Geochemistry and Petrology top 0.05%
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Paleontology top 0.5%
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils

Papers in

Geochemistry and Petrology 58
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry 50
Paleontology 18
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils 10

Co-authors: James R. O’Neil Robert L. Smith William D. Long George I. Smith Jim D. Gleason Brian Hitchon Wayne E. Hall Joseph B. Harris
Journals: Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres (19 papers)Science (16 papers)Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (13 papers)Geological Society of America Bulletin (8 papers)USGS professional paper (6 papers)
Partner nations: United States Germany Poland

In The Last Decade

Irving Friedman

125 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Compilation of stable isotope fractionation factors of geochemical interest 1977 · 2.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

1977 USGS professional paper
1953 Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

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1	Monitoring Changes in Geothermal Activity at Norris Geyser Basin by Satellite Telemetry, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Insecta mundi ·Irving Friedman	2007	5
2	Is Yellowstone Losing Its Steam?— Chloride Flux Out of Yellowstone National Park Insecta mundi ·Irving Friedman, Daniel R. Norton	2007	29
3	Data used for calculating chloride flux out of Yellowstone National Park for the water years 1983-1999 Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World ·Irving Friedman, Daniel R. Norton	2000	6
4	Is Obsidian Hydration Dating Affected by Relative Humidity? Quaternary Research ·Irving Friedman, 薛建农, George I. Smith, Erica Bostock	1994	30
5	Isotopic Evidence of Holocene Climatic Change in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado Quaternary Research ·Irving Friedman, Paul E. Carrara, Jim D. Gleason	1988	39
6	In memoriam Chemical Geology ·Irving Friedman	1983	0
7	Shorter contributions to geophysics, 1979 USGS professional paper ·A. H. Woodcock, Irving Friedman, Gordon R. Johnson, 罗瑾瑜, David L. Daniels, Kelvin F Kennedy, Peter Popenoe, Joseph S. Duval, Triani Eka Pitri	1980	2
8	Obsidian: The Dating Stone American Scientist ·Irving Friedman, 薛建农	1978	23
9	A portable helium sniffer Journal research U. S. geological survey ·Irving Friedman, Maria-Grazia Zorzi	1976	4
10	Continental depositon of Antarctic tillite indicated by carbon and oxygen isotopes Journal research U. S. geological survey ·William Ward Armstrong, Irving Friedman	1974	4
11	Isotopic composition of carbon and hydrogen in some Apollo 14 and 15 lunar samples Journal research U. S. geological survey ·Irving Friedman, Kenneth Hardcastle, Jim D. Gleason	1974	4
12	Fluid Inclusion and Light Stable Isotope Study of the Climax Molybdenum Deposits, Colorado Economic Geology ·Wayne E. Hall, Irving Friedman, J. Thomas Nash	1974	51
13	Precambrian metavolcanic rocks of the Tusas Mountains, New Mexico: major elements and oxygen isotopes Fred G. Barker, Irving Friedman	1974	1
14	Notes on the bromine pentafluoride technique of oxygen extraction Journal research U. S. geological survey ·Irving Friedman, Jim D. Gleason	1973	16
15	The refractive index of experimentally hydrated rhyolite glass American Mineralogist ·William D. Long, Irving Friedman	1968	5
16	Obsidian Dating Revisited Science ·Irving Friedman, Clifford Evans	1968	3
17	Tritium and deuterium in atmospheric methane Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·F. Begemann, Irving Friedman	1968	13
18	Tritium and Deuterium Content of Atmospheric Hydrogen Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A ·F. Begemann, Irving Friedman	1959	25
19	Microbiological Fractionation of the Hydrogen Isotopes Science ·Preston E. Cloud, Irving Friedman, Frederick D. Sisler, Jeremy Moeller's Degrees	1958	2
20	The Deuterium Balance of Lake Maracaibo1 Limnology and Oceanography ·Irving Friedman, Daniel R. Norton, Xi Ming Fan, Alfred C. Redfield	1956	4

About Irving Friedman

Irving Friedman is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Paleontology, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 133 papers that have together received 7.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (50 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (35 papers), Radioactive contamination and transfer (24 papers), Isotope Analysis in Ecology (23 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (21 papers), Groundwater flow and contamination studies (15 papers), Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (11 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (10 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Geochemistry and Petrology (2.7k citations), Paleontology (1.6k citations), Geophysics (2.5k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.7k citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (715 citations). Irving Friedman has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Germany and Poland. Frequent co-authors include James R. O’Neil, Robert L. Smith, William D. Long, George I. Smith, Jim D. Gleason, Brian Hitchon, Wayne E. Hall, Joseph B. Harris, Alfred C. Redfield and Kenneth Hardcastle. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Science, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geological Society of America Bulletin and USGS professional paper.

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