Kathleen B. Springer

821 total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 573 citations indexed

About

Kathleen B. Springer is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kathleen B. Springer has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 573 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Atmospheric Science, 12 papers in Paleontology and 12 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kathleen B. Springer's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (6 papers). Kathleen B. Springer is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (19 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (11 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (6 papers). Kathleen B. Springer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and United Kingdom. Kathleen B. Springer's co-authors include Jeffrey S. Pigati, Eric Scott, Mark S. Springer, Michael O. Woodburne, Bruce J. MacFadden, Judd A. Case, H. Daniel, David Bustos, Matthew R. Bennett and Daniel Odess and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kathleen B. Springer

32 papers receiving 537 citations

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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.

Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum

2021 103 citations Matthew R. Bennett, David Bustos et al. Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kathleen B. Springer United States	13	290	188	177	133	64	36	573
Joshua H. Miller United States	13	209 0.7×	105 0.6×	146 0.8×	240 1.8×	35 0.5×	32	515
E.M. Lawson Australia	12	191 0.7×	403 2.1×	75 0.4×	313 2.4×	21 0.3×	46	941
D. Banerjee India	16	97 0.3×	368 2.0×	61 0.3×	122 0.9×	20 0.3×	58	832
Alceu Ranzi Brazil	14	191 0.7×	180 1.0×	67 0.4×	136 1.0×	72 1.1×	26	711
Pierre Guériau France	19	495 1.7×	165 0.9×	43 0.2×	131 1.0×	147 2.3×	60	929
Florian Steininger Germany	12	245 0.8×	345 1.8×	92 0.5×	159 1.2×	65 1.0×	25	784
Andrew Williams Australia	9	124 0.4×	197 1.0×	74 0.4×	136 1.0×	8 0.1×	16	586
Rod Wallace New Zealand	10	108 0.4×	70 0.4×	28 0.2×	149 1.1×	33 0.5×	20	341
Zhiping Tian China	21	82 0.3×	1.0k 5.5×	88 0.5×	170 1.3×	80 1.3×	63	1.5k
Akira Hayashida Japan	21	184 0.6×	897 4.8×	113 0.6×	168 1.3×	30 0.5×	59	1.3k

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Bennett, Matthew R., Thomas M. Urban, David Bustos, et al.. (2025). The ichnology of White Sands (New Mexico): Linear traces and human footprints, evidence of transport technology?. Quaternary Science Advances. 17. 100274–100274.

Pigati, Jeffrey S., Kathleen B. Springer, David Wahl, et al.. (2023). Independent age estimates resolve the controversy of ancient human footprints at White Sands. Science. 382(6666). 73–75. 27 indexed citations

Pigati, Jeffrey S. & Kathleen B. Springer. (2022). Hydroclimate response of spring ecosystems to a two-stage Younger Dryas event in western North America. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 7323–7323. 8 indexed citations

Springer, Kathleen B., et al.. (2022). HYDROCLIMATE RESPONSE OF SPRING ECOSYSTEMS TO A TWO-STAGE YOUNGER DRYAS EVENT IN WESTERN NORTH AMERICA. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Pigati, Jeffrey S., Kathleen B. Springer, Vance T. Holliday, et al.. (2022). Reply to “Evidence for Humans at White Sands National Park during the Last Glacial Maximum Could Actually be for Clovis People ∼13,000 Years Ago” by C. Vance Haynes, Jr.. PaleoAmerica. 8(2). 99–101. 12 indexed citations

Bennett, Matthew R., David Bustos, Jeffrey S. Pigati, et al.. (2021). Evidence of humans in North America during the Last Glacial Maximum. Science. 373(6562). 1528–1531. 103 indexed citations breakdown →

Goldstein, Harland L., Kathleen B. Springer, Jeffrey S. Pigati, Marith C. Reheis, & Gary L. Skipp. (2021). Aeolian sediments in paleowetland deposits of the Las Vegas Formation. Quaternary Research. 104. 1–13. 2 indexed citations

Springer, Kathleen B. & Jeffrey S. Pigati. (2020). Climatically driven displacement on the Eglington fault, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Geology. 48(6). 574–578. 6 indexed citations

Pigati, Jeffrey S., et al.. (2018). Desert wetlands record hydrologic variability within the Younger Dryas chronozone, Mojave Desert, USA. Quaternary Research. 91(1). 51–62. 13 indexed citations

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Springer, Kathleen B., et al.. (2018). The Las Vegas Formation. USGS professional paper. 6 indexed citations

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Springer, Kathleen B., Jeffrey S. Pigati, & Eric Scott. (2017). Vertebrate paleontology, stratigraphy, and paleohydrology of Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, Nevada (USA). 4. 55–98. 3 indexed citations

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Springer, Kathleen B., T. J. Lapen, Lukas P. Baumgartner, Clark M. Johnson, & Brian L. Beard. (2009). Sm-Nd geochronology of the Zermatt-Saas ophiolite, northern Italy. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 3 indexed citations

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Springer, Kathleen B., et al.. (2009). Late Pleistocene large mammal faunal dynamics from inland southern California: The Diamond Valley Lake local fauna. Quaternary International. 217(1-2). 256–265. 10 indexed citations

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Springer, Kathleen B. & Michael A. Murphy. (1994). Punctuated stasis and collateral evolution in the Devonian lineage of Monograptus hercynicus. Lethaia. 27(2). 119–128. 12 indexed citations

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Woodburne, Michael O., et al.. (1994). Land mammal biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy of the Etadunna Formation (late Oligocene) of South Australia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 13(4). 483–515. 141 indexed citations

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Murphy, Michael A. & Kathleen B. Springer. (1989). Morphometric study of the platform elements ofAmydrotaxis praejohnsonin. sp. (Lower Devonian, conodonts, Nevada). Journal of Paleontology. 63(3). 349–355. 12 indexed citations

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Schott, W., et al.. (1974). Phase free acceleration of charged particles by ac fields using deflecting coils and triangular shaped hollow electrodes. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 116(3). 599–601. 3 indexed citations

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Daniel, H., H.-J. Pfeiffer, & Kathleen B. Springer. (1973). Muonic X-ray intensities in SF6 and in H2+SF6. Physics Letters A. 44(7). 447–448. 12 indexed citations

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Schott, W., et al.. (1973). Calculations and measurements for a magnetic quadrupole lens with a large aperture and a bell-shaped field distribution. Nuclear Instruments and Methods. 111(3). 541–547. 2 indexed citations

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Backenstoss, G., H. Daniel, H. Koch, et al.. (1971). Muonic X-ray measurements with a high-pressure gas target. Physics Letters B. 36(4). 422–424. 24 indexed citations

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