Joshua Dean

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Joshua Dean is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Joshua Dean has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Atmospheric Science, 16 papers in Environmental Chemistry and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Joshua Dean's work include Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (16 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Joshua Dean is often cited by papers focused on Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena (16 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (10 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Joshua Dean collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Joshua Dean's co-authors include Thomas Röckmann, Ove H. Meisel, Michiel H. in ‘t Zandt, Mike S. M. Jetten, A. J. Dolman, Anniek E. E. de Jong, Rien Aerts, Olivia Rasigraf, Mark H. Garnett and Jack J. Middelburg and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Joshua Dean

36 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Methane Feedbacks to the Global Climate System in a Warmer World

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joshua Dean United Kingdom	15	417	357	340	322	146	39	1.1k
Michiel H. in ‘t Zandt Netherlands	11	259 0.6×	354 1.0×	251 0.7×	419 1.3×	373 2.6×	19	1.1k
Sizhong Yang China	20	651 1.6×	369 1.0×	273 0.8×	630 2.0×	305 2.1×	62	1.6k
Christian Juncher Jørgensen Denmark	16	346 0.8×	380 1.1×	199 0.6×	351 1.1×	165 1.1×	27	986
Mike Peacock United Kingdom	22	175 0.4×	365 1.0×	381 1.1×	712 2.2×	205 1.4×	51	1.4k
Joshua Kurek Canada	21	667 1.6×	416 1.2×	121 0.4×	602 1.9×	196 1.3×	55	1.4k
C. J. Curtis United Kingdom	25	360 0.9×	684 1.9×	252 0.7×	617 1.9×	117 0.8×	83	1.6k
K. E. Grant United States	13	635 1.5×	172 0.5×	464 1.4×	237 0.7×	58 0.4×	27	1.2k
Olivia Rasigraf Netherlands	12	215 0.5×	704 2.0×	424 1.2×	465 1.4×	116 0.8×	15	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Joshua Dean

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joshua Dean

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joshua Dean

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Dean, Joshua, Gemma Coxon, Jack B. Bishop, et al.. (2025). Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems. Nature. 642(8066). 105–111. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liwei, Emily H. Stanley, Gerard Rocher‐Ros, et al.. (2024). System‐Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Mountain Reservoirs Draining Permafrost Catchments on the Qinghai‐Tibet Plateau. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 38(12). 2 indexed citations

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Coxon, Gemma, Hilary McMillan, John P. Bloomfield, et al.. (2024). Wastewater discharges and urban land cover dominate urban hydrology signals across England and Wales. Environmental Research Letters. 19(8). 84016–84016. 5 indexed citations

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Meisel, Ove H., Ruud Rijkers, Joshua Dean, et al.. (2023). Geochemical, sedimentological and microbial diversity in two thermokarst lakes of far Eastern Siberia. Biogeochemistry. 165(3). 239–263.

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Dean, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Methanotrophic potential of Dutch canal wall biofilms is driven by Methylomonadaceae. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 99(10). 1 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, Michael F. Billett, T. Edward Turner, et al.. (2023). Peatland pools are tightly coupled to the contemporary carbon cycle. Global Change Biology. 30(1). e16999–e16999. 8 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Evolution of explosively driven flash coatings. AIP conference proceedings. 2844. 260009–260009. 1 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks But Not Ambient Exposure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, et al.. (2023). Private Actions in the Presence of Externalities: The Health Impacts of Reducing Air Pollution Peaks But Not Ambient Exposure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Materić, Dušan, Mike Peacock, Joshua Dean, et al.. (2022). Presence of nanoplastics in rural and remote surface waters. Environmental Research Letters. 17(5). 54036–54036. 122 indexed citations

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Meisel, Ove H., Joshua Dean, Jorien E. Vonk, et al.. (2021). Porewater δ ¹³ C _DOC indicates variable extent of degradation in different talik layers of coastal Alaskan thermokarst lakes. Biogeosciences. 18(7). 2241–2258. 4 indexed citations

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Estop‐Aragonés, Cristian, David Olefeldt, Benjamin W. Abbott, et al.. (2020). Assessing the Potential for Mobilization of Old Soil Carbon After Permafrost Thaw: A Synthesis of ¹⁴C Measurements From the Northern Permafrost Region. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 34(9). 53 indexed citations

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Street, Lorna E., Mark H. Garnett, Jens‐Arne Subke, et al.. (2020). Plant carbon allocation drives turnover of old soil organic matter in permafrost tundra soils. Global Change Biology. 26(8). 4559–4571. 41 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, Jurgen van Hal, A. J. Dolman, Rien Aerts, & James T. Weedon. (2018). Filtration artefacts in bacterial community composition can affect the outcome of dissolved organic matter biolability assays. Biogeosciences. 15(23). 7141–7154. 11 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, John A. Webb, Geraldine Jacobsen, Robert Chisari, & P. Evan Dresel. (2015). A groundwater recharge perspective on locating tree plantations within low-rainfall catchments to limit water resource losses. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 19(2). 1107–1123. 30 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, John A. Webb, Geraldine Jacobsen, Robert Chisari, & P. Evan Dresel. (2014). Where to locate a tree plantation within a low rainfall catchment to minimise impacts on groundwater resources. 2 indexed citations

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Dean, Joshua, John A. Webb, Geraldine Jacobsen, Robert Chisari, & P. Evan Dresel. (2014). Biomass uptake and fire as controls on groundwater solute evolution on a southeast Australian granite: aboriginal land management hypothesis. Biogeosciences. 11(15). 4099–4114. 18 indexed citations

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Camporese, Matteo, Joshua Dean, P. Evan Dresel, John A. Webb, & Edoardo Daly. (2013). Hydrological modelling of paired catchments with competing land uses. Piantadosi, J., Anderssen, R.S. and Boland J. (eds) MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. 3 indexed citations

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Dresel, P. Evan, et al.. (2012). Use of laser-scan technology to analyse topography and flow in a weir pool. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 16(8). 2703–2708. 6 indexed citations

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Brook, Martin, et al.. (2011). Response of a mid‐latitude cirque glacier to climate over the last two decades: Mangaehuehu Glacier, Mt Ruapehu. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 36(14). 1973–1980. 8 indexed citations

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