Kay Birdsell

516 total citations
16 papers, 402 citations indexed

About

Kay Birdsell is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kay Birdsell has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 402 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Environmental Engineering, 8 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 5 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Kay Birdsell's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (12 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (7 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (5 papers). Kay Birdsell is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (12 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (7 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (5 papers). Kay Birdsell collaborates with scholars based in United States. Kay Birdsell's co-authors include Robert H. Davis, L. H. Auer, Brent D. Newman, W.E. Soll, D.E. Broxton, Philip H. Stauffer, Bruce A. Robinson, Andrew Wolfsberg, Edward Kwicklis and Velimir V. Vesselinov and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Chemical Geology and AIChE Journal.

In The Last Decade

Kay Birdsell

16 papers receiving 381 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kay Birdsell United States 9 197 111 63 62 58 16 402
Marc Aertsens Belgium 15 219 1.1× 203 1.8× 45 0.7× 46 0.7× 20 0.3× 40 566
Funing Ma China 8 186 0.9× 76 0.7× 65 1.0× 43 0.7× 15 0.3× 16 417
Paul Dahlen United States 14 310 1.6× 107 1.0× 61 1.0× 31 0.5× 14 0.2× 31 509
K. Bajracharya Australia 16 378 1.9× 232 2.1× 50 0.8× 84 1.4× 36 0.6× 32 605
Elizabeth M. Pontedeiro Brazil 9 171 0.9× 96 0.9× 55 0.9× 20 0.3× 20 0.3× 25 330
Wilfried Pfingsten Switzerland 12 217 1.1× 99 0.9× 36 0.6× 48 0.8× 13 0.2× 23 420
P. Vilks Canada 15 428 2.2× 132 1.2× 66 1.0× 118 1.9× 14 0.2× 29 716
Vicky L. Freedman United States 13 259 1.3× 61 0.5× 101 1.6× 66 1.1× 16 0.3× 50 667
A. W. Herbert United Kingdom 10 311 1.6× 101 0.9× 42 0.7× 155 2.5× 29 0.5× 18 529
Michel Buès France 16 316 1.6× 97 0.9× 121 1.9× 24 0.4× 196 3.4× 53 775

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kay Birdsell

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kay Birdsell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kay Birdsell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kay Birdsell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kay Birdsell. Kay Birdsell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Stauffer, Philip H., et al.. (2022). Vadose Zone Transport of Tritium and Nitrate under Ponded Water Conditions. Geosciences. 12(8). 294–294. 2 indexed citations
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Kwicklis, Edward, et al.. (2019). Numerical Evaluation of Unsaturated‐Zone Flow and Transport Pathways at Rainier Mesa, Nevada. Vadose Zone Journal. 18(1). 1–22. 5 indexed citations
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Chu, Shaoping, et al.. (2019). An Investigation of Plume Response to Soil Vapor Extraction and Hypothetical Drum Failure. Vadose Zone Journal. 18(1). 1–21. 7 indexed citations
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Atchley, A. L., et al.. (2019). Simulating 10,000 Years of Erosion to Assess Nuclear Waste Repository Performance. Geosciences. 9(3). 120–120. 5 indexed citations
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Telfeyan, Katherine, et al.. (2018). Comparison of experimental methods for estimating matrix diffusion coefficients for contaminant transport modeling. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 209. 51–60. 3 indexed citations
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Heikoop, Jeffrey M., Thomas M. Johnson, Kay Birdsell, et al.. (2014). Isotopic evidence for reduction of anthropogenic hexavalent chromium in Los Alamos National Laboratory groundwater. Chemical Geology. 373. 1–9. 26 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Kay, Brent D. Newman, D.E. Broxton, & Bruce A. Robinson. (2005). Conceptual Models of Vadose Zone Flow and Transport beneath the Pajarito Plateau, Los Alamos, New Mexico. Vadose Zone Journal. 4(3). 620–636. 29 indexed citations
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Stauffer, Philip H., et al.. (2005). Vadose Zone Transport of 1,1,1‐Trichloroethane: Conceptual Model Validation through Numerical Simulation. Vadose Zone Journal. 4(3). 760–773. 24 indexed citations
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Kwicklis, Edward, et al.. (2005). Development of an Infiltration Map for the Los Alamos Area, New Mexico. Vadose Zone Journal. 4(3). 672–693. 23 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Kay, et al.. (2000). Groundwater flow and radionuclide transport calculations for a performance assessment of a low-level waste site. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 46(1-2). 99–129. 29 indexed citations
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Soll, W.E. & Kay Birdsell. (1998). The influence of coatings and fills on flow in fractured, unsaturated tuff porous media systems. Water Resources Research. 34(2). 193–202. 22 indexed citations
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Auer, L. H., et al.. (1996). The effects of barometric pumping on contaminant transport. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 24(2). 145–166. 111 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Kay, et al.. (1992). Simulation of radionuclide retardation at Yucca Mountain using a stochastic mineralogical/geochemical model. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts. 29(4). 220–220. 1 indexed citations
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Davis, Robert H. & Kay Birdsell. (1988). Hindered settling of semidilute monodisperse and polydisperse suspensions. AIChE Journal. 34(1). 123–129. 102 indexed citations
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Birdsell, Kay, et al.. (1988). Modeling tracer diffusion in fractured and unfractured, unsaturated, porous media. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 3(2-4). 145–170. 5 indexed citations

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