James A. Burns

6.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

James A. Burns is a scholar working on Ecology, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, James A. Burns has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Ecology, 17 papers in Paleontology and 15 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in James A. Burns's work include Evolution and Paleontology Studies (16 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). James A. Burns is often cited by papers focused on Evolution and Paleontology Studies (16 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (15 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (11 papers). James A. Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. James A. Burns's co-authors include H. Kacser, Douglas G. Capone, Edward J. Carpenter, Joseph P. Montoya, Ajit Subramaniam, Adam B. Kustka, Sergio A. Sañudo‐Wilhelmy, Anthony F. Michaels, Claire Mahaffey and Troy Gunderson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Genetics.

In The Last Decade

James A. Burns

42 papers receiving 3.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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 MOLECULAR BASIS OF DOMINANCE

1981 807 citations James A. Burns et al. profile →
Nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium spp.: An important source of new nitrogen to the tropical and subtropical North Atlantic Ocean

2005 505 citations Douglas G. Capone, James A. Burns et al. profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Interpreting psychiatric digital phenotyping data with large language models: a preliminary analysis 2025 ·BMJ Mental Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin W. Nelson, (unknown), James A. Burns, John Torous	0
2	Evaluating clinical outcomes for anxiety and depression: A real-world comparison of the digital clinic and primary care 2025 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·(unknown), Maria Camilla Cipriani, (unknown), (unknown), James A. Burns, John Torous	3
3	Smartphone intervention apps for schizophrenia: A review of the academic literature and app stores 2025 ·Schizophrenia Research ·(unknown), (unknown), James A. Burns, Sean Ryan, Joseph Firth, (unknown), John Torous	0
4	Smartphone digital phenotyping in mental health disorders: A review of raw sensors utilized, machine learning processing pipelines, and derived behavioral features 2025 ·Psychiatry Research ·Jake Linardon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Shiwei Wang, (unknown), James A. Burns, John Torous	2
5	Transforming Digital Phenotyping Raw Data Into Actionable Biomarkers, Quality Metrics, and Data Visualizations Using Cortex Software Package: Tutorial 2024 ·Journal of Medical Internet Research ·James A. Burns, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Natalia Macrynikola, Aditya Vaidyam, (unknown), Ian Barnett, (unknown), (unknown), John Torous	6
6	Assessing Digital Phenotyping for App Recommendations and Sustained Engagement: Cohort Study 2024 ·JMIR Formative Research ·(unknown), (unknown), James A. Burns, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), John Torous	4
7	Lions and brown bears colonized North America in multiple synchronous waves of dispersal across the Bering Land Bridge 2021 ·Molecular Ecology ·(unknown), Sarah Bray, Michael S. Y. Lee, Holly Heiniger, Ross Barnett, James A. Burns, Vladimir B. Doronichev, Daryl Fedje, Liubov V. Golovanova, C. R. Harington, Bryan Hockett, П. А. Косинцев, Xulong Lai, Quentin Mackie, (unknown), Jacobo Weinstock, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Julie Meachen, Alan Cooper, Kieren J. Mitchell	22
8	China Bowl Cave: An Early-Middle Holocene non-analog faunule from Grand Rapids, central Manitoba, Canada 2019 ·Quaternary International ·James A. Burns	0
9	Megafaunal isotopes reveal role of increased moisture on rangeland during late Pleistocene extinctions 2017 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·M. Timothy Rabanus‐Wallace, Matthew J. Wooller, Grant D. Zazula, (unknown), A. Hope Jahren, П. А. Косинцев, James A. Burns, James Breen, Bastien Llamas, Alan Cooper	48
10	Phylogeography of lions (Panthera leo ssp.) reveals three distinct taxa and a late Pleistocene reduction in genetic diversity 2009 ·Molecular Ecology ·Ross Barnett, Beth Shapiro, Ian Barnes, Simon Y. W. Ho, Joachim Bürger, Nobuyuki Yamaguchi, Thomas Higham, Helen Wheeler, Wilfried Rosendahl, Andrei Sher, M. V. Sotnikova, Т. В. Кузнецова, Gennady F. Baryshnikov, Larry D. Martin, C. R. Harington, James A. Burns, Alan Cooper	142
11	Evolution, Systematics, and Phylogeography of Pleistocene Horses in the New World: A Molecular Perspective 2005 ·PLoS Biology ·Jaco Weinstock, Eske Willerslev, Andrei Sher, (unknown), Simon Y. W. Ho, Dan Rubenstein, John E. Storer, James A. Burns, Larry D. Martin, Cláudio M. Bravi, Alfredo Prieto, Duane Froese, Eric Scott, Xulong Lai, Alan Cooper	126
12	Pleistocene Brown Bears in the Mid-Continent of North America 2004 ·Science ·Paul Matheus, James A. Burns, Jaco Weinstock, Michael Hofreiter	20
13	Nitrogen-Fixing Phylotypes of Chesapeake Bay and Neuse River Estuary Sediments 2002 ·Microbial Ecology ·James A. Burns, Jonathan P. Zehr, DG Capone	44
14	Phosphorus limitation of nitrogen fixation by Trichodesmium in the central Atlantic Ocean 2001 ·Nature ·Sergio A. Sañudo‐Wilhelmy, Adam B. Kustka, Christopher J. Gobler, David A. Hutchins, Min Yang, Kamazima M. M. Lwiza, James A. Burns, Douglas G. Capone, John A. Raven, Edward J. Carpenter	499
15	Late Pleistocene glacial geomorphology and environment of the Hand Hills region and southern Alberta, related to Middle Wisconsin fossil prairie dog sites 1999 ·Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences ·(unknown), James A. Burns, (unknown), David B. Schowalter	12
16	Late Quaternary zoogeography of the Northern Pocket Gopher, Thomomys talpoides, m southwestern Alberta 1997 ·The Canadian Field-Naturalist ·James A. Burns	0
17	Chromosome 11q13 Amplification in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Association With Poor Prognosis 1995 ·Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery ·Scott D. Meredith, P. A. Levine, James A. Burns, M. J. Gaffey, James C. Boyd, Lawrence M. Weiss, (unknown), Michael E. Williams	124
18	A single, late Wisconsin, Laurentide glaciation, Edmonton area and southwestern Alberta 1994 ·Geology ·(unknown), James A. Burns, Derald G. Smith, (unknown), (unknown)	60
19	Mid-Wisconsinan Vertebrates and their Environment from January Cave, Alberta, Canada 1991 ·Quaternary Research ·James A. Burns	30
20	On the structure and funtion of white-tailed prairie dog burrows 1989 ·ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University) ·James A. Burns, (unknown), Tim W. Clark	7

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