James W. Kirchner

34.4k total citations · 9 hit papers
275 papers, 21.9k citations indexed

About

James W. Kirchner is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Kirchner has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 21.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Water Science and Technology, 88 papers in Atmospheric Science and 78 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in James W. Kirchner's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (120 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (52 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (50 papers). James W. Kirchner is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (120 papers), Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (52 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (50 papers). James W. Kirchner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. James W. Kirchner's co-authors include W. E. Dietrich, Robert C. Finkel, Xiahong Feng, Colin Neal, C. S. Riebe, Darryl E. Granger, Sarah E. Godsey, Joshua J. Roering, Bitty A. Roy and J. Taylor Perron and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

James W. Kirchner

269 papers receiving 21.2k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Getting the right answers for the right reasons: Linking measurements, analyses, and models to advance the science of hydrology

2006 948 citations James W. Kirchner Water Resources Research profile →
Fractal stream chemistry and its implications for contaminant transport in catchments

2000 801 citations James W. Kirchner et al. profile →
Concentration–discharge relationships reflect chemostatic characteristics of US catchments

2009 663 citations James W. Kirchner et al. Hydrological Processes profile →
Catchments as simple dynamical systems: Catchment characterization, rainfall‐runoff modeling, and doing hydrology backward

2009 642 citations James W. Kirchner Water Resources Research profile →
Moving beyond heterogeneity and process complexity: A new vision for watershed hydrology

2007 587 citations Jeffrey J. McDonnell, James W. Kirchner et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Evidence for nonlinear, diffusive sediment transport on hillslopes and implications for landscape morphology

1999 538 citations James W. Kirchner, W. E. Dietrich et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Spatially Averaged Long-Term Erosion Rates Measured from in Situ-Produced Cosmogenic Nuclides in Alluvial Sediment

1996 534 citations James W. Kirchner, Robert C. Finkel et al. profile →
Sediment supply and the development of the coarse surface layer in gravel-bedded rivers

1989 529 citations W. E. Dietrich, James W. Kirchner et al. profile →
Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally

2024 253 citations Hansjörg Seybold, James W. Kirchner et al. profile →

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All Works

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Multi-year time series of daily solute and isotope measurements from three Swiss pre-Alpine catchments 2024 ·Scientific Data ·Julia L. A. Knapp, (unknown), Jana von Freyberg, (unknown), Bjørn Studer, Massimiliano Zappa, James W. Kirchner	3
2	Isotopic evidence for seasonal water sources in tree xylem and forest soils 2024 ·Ecohydrology ·Marius G. Floriancic, Scott T. Allen, James W. Kirchner	6
3	A solar rotation signature in cosmic dust: Frequency analysis of dust particle impacts on the Wind spacecraft 2024 ·Astronomy and Astrophysics ·(unknown), Sabina Hunziker, (unknown), James W. Kirchner, Karl‐Heinz Glaßmeier, D. Malaspina, L. B. Wilson, (unknown), (unknown), Veerle Sterken	2
4	Field Validation of the Superelevation Method for Debris‐Flow Velocity Estimation Using High‐Resolution Lidar and UAV Data 2024 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface ·(unknown), Jordan Aaron, Brian W. McArdell, James W. Kirchner, Tjalling de Haas, Jacob Hirschberg	3
5	Global Analysis of Topographic and Climatic Controls on Drainage Basin Shapes 2024 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Minhui Li, Hansjörg Seybold, Baosheng Wu, Yi Chen, Xudong Fu, James W. Kirchner	0
6	The Role of Anomalous Transport in Long‐Term, Stream Water Chemistry Variability 2023 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Marco Dentz, James W. Kirchner, Erwin Zehe, Brian Berkowitz	6
7	Advances in Catchment Science, Hydrochemistry, and Aquatic Ecology Enabled by High-Frequency Water Quality Measurements 2023 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·Magdalena Bieroza, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Camilla Negri, (unknown), Matthias Pucher, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Nandita B. Basu, Helen P. Jarvie, James W. Kirchner	57
8	The residence time of water vapour in the atmosphere 2021 ·Nature Reviews Earth & Environment ·Luís Gimeno, Jorge Eiras‐Barca, Ana María Durán‐Quesada, Francina Domínguez, Ruud van der Ent, Harald Sodemann, Ricardo Sánchez‐Murillo, Raquel Nieto, James W. Kirchner	91
9	CHOSEN: A synthesis of hydrometeorological data from intensively monitored catchments and comparative analysis of hydrologic extremes 2021 ·Hydrological Processes ·(unknown), Edom Moges, James W. Kirchner, (unknown), (unknown), Adam S. Wymore, Zexuan Xu, Laurel G. Larsen	11
10	Tree‐ring stable isotopes and radiocarbon reveal pre‐ and post‐eruption effects of volcanic processes on trees on Mt. Etna (Sicily, Italy) 2021 ·Ecohydrology ·(unknown), Irka Hajdas, Matthias Saurer, Nicolas Houlié, Rosanne D’Arrigo, James W. Kirchner, Paolo Cherubini	6
11	Streams as Mirrors: Reading Subsurface Water Chemistry From Stream Chemistry 2021 ·Water Resources Research ·(unknown), James B. Shanley, James W. Kirchner, David Norris, Thomas Adler, (unknown), A. A. Harpold, Julia Perdrial, Donna M. Rizzo, Gary Sterle, Kristen L. Underwood, Hang Wen, Li Li	84
12	The Demographics of Water: A Review of Water Ages in the Critical Zone 2019 ·Reviews of Geophysics ·Matthias Sprenger, Christine Stumpp, Markus Weiler, Werner Aeschbach, Scott T. Allen, Paolo Benettin, Maren Dubbert, Andreas Hartmann, Markus Hrachowitz, James W. Kirchner, Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Natalie Orlowski, Daniele Penna, Stephan Pfahl, Michael Rinderer, Nicolas Rodriguez, Maximilian Schmidt, Christiane Werner	227
13	Expansion and contraction of the flowing stream network alter hillslope flowpath lengths and the shape of the travel time distribution 2019 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Ilja van Meerveld, James W. Kirchner, Marc Vis, Rick Assendelft, Jan Seibert	64
14	Effects of climatic seasonality on the isotopic composition of evaporating soil waters 2018 ·Hydrology and earth system sciences ·Paolo Benettin, Till H. M. Volkmann, Jana von Freyberg, Jay Frentress, Daniele Penna, Todd E. Dawson, James W. Kirchner	149
15	Intensity, frequency and spatial configuration of winter temperature inversions in the closed La Brevine valley, Switzerland 2016 ·Theoretical and Applied Climatology ·Yann Vitasse, Geoffrey Klein, James W. Kirchner, Martine Rebetez	37
16	sedFlow – a tool for simulating fractional bedload transport and longitudinal profile evolution in mountain streams 2015 ·Earth Surface Dynamics ·(unknown), Dieter Rickenmann, Jens M. Turowski, James W. Kirchner	15
17	Temperature dynamics of a proglacial stream: Identifying dominant energy balance components and inferring spatially integrated hydraulic geometry 2012 ·Water Resources Research ·Jan Magnusson, Tobias Jonas, James W. Kirchner	39
18	Prediction of Sediment Transport and Patch Dynamics in a Steep, Rough Stream 2005 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·Elowyn M. Yager, W. E. Dietrich, James W. Kirchner, Brian W. McArdell	2
19	Linkages Between Physical Erosion and Chemical Weathering, Measured by Cosmogenic Nuclides and Geochemical Mass Balance 2004 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·C. S. Riebe, James W. Kirchner, Robert C. Finkel	1
20	Long-Term Rates of Erosion and Relief Growth Along the Converging Southern Mexican Margin, Inferred From 10 Be in Sediment and Regolith 2002 ·AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts ·(unknown), C. S. Riebe, James W. Kirchner, Robert C. Finkel	1

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