M. Baskaran

10.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
160 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

M. Baskaran is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Baskaran has authored 160 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 63 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and 55 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in M. Baskaran's work include Radioactive contamination and transfer (80 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (63 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (46 papers). M. Baskaran is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive contamination and transfer (80 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (63 papers) and Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (46 papers). M. Baskaran collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and India. M. Baskaran's co-authors include Peter H. Santschi, Thomas S. Bianchi, Peter W. Swarzenski, G. J. Wasserburg, Laodong Guo, A. Sathy Naidu, Don Porcelli, Per Andersson, Jinzhou Du and Gi Hoon Hong and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

M. Baskaran

157 papers receiving 7.0k 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.

Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
M. Baskaran United States	48	2.5k	2.3k	2.1k	1.8k	1.6k	160	7.3k
J. Kirk Cochran United States	59	2.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.4×	1.1k 0.5×	2.5k 1.4×	4.1k 2.5×	175	9.7k
Ian W. Croudace United Kingdom	42	1.4k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	907 0.4×	947 0.5×	734 0.5×	175	7.1k
Pere Masqué Spain	54	2.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	1.6k 0.9×	4.3k 2.7×	252	10.1k
Joan-Albert Sánchez-Cabeza Mexico	37	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 0.7×	976 0.5×	698 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	205	5.2k
Guebuem Kim South Korea	40	936 0.4×	1.2k 0.5×	711 0.3×	2.6k 1.5×	2.1k 1.3×	170	5.4k
S. Krishnaswami India	49	1.3k 0.5×	2.5k 1.1×	1.0k 0.5×	3.4k 1.9×	933 0.6×	110	6.6k
Matthew A. Charette United States	59	1.1k 0.4×	2.6k 1.1×	594 0.3×	3.9k 2.2×	3.3k 2.0×	144	8.5k
William C. Burnett United States	64	2.3k 0.9×	2.6k 1.1×	2.3k 1.1×	7.7k 4.4×	2.9k 1.8×	251	13.0k
Karl K. Turekian United States	61	2.6k 1.1×	4.4k 1.9×	2.1k 1.0×	4.5k 2.5×	2.0k 1.2×	203	15.3k
Jordi García-Orellana Spain	41	731 0.3×	1.3k 0.6×	523 0.3×	1.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	135	4.8k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Denny, Mark & M. Baskaran. (2023). Investigation of chemical partitioning of 7Be, 210Pb and 137Cs and novel dating of road sediment by 210Po:210Pb disequilibrium method. The Science of The Total Environment. 892. 164738–164738. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Jinlong, M. Baskaran, Qiangqiang Zhong, et al.. (2021). A global dataset of atmospheric ⁷ Be and ²¹⁰ Pb measurements: annual air concentration and depositional flux. Earth system science data. 13(6). 2963–2994. 33 indexed citations

Howard, Jeffrey L., et al.. (2019). Contributions of artifactual materials to the toxicity of anthropogenic soils and street dusts in a highly urbanized terrain. Environmental Pollution. 255(Pt 3). 113350–113350. 21 indexed citations

Hayes, Christopher T., Erin Black, Robert F. Anderson, et al.. (2018). Flux of Particulate Elements in the North Atlantic Ocean Constrained by Multiple Radionuclides. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 32(12). 1738–1758. 37 indexed citations

Baskaran, M., et al.. (2015). Sediment accumulation rates and sediment dynamics using five different methods in a well-constrained impoundment: Case study from Union Lake, Michigan. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 41(2). 607–617. 25 indexed citations

Baskaran, M., Thomas M. Church, Gi Hoon Hong, et al.. (2013). Effects of flow rates and composition of the filter, and decay/ingrowth correction factors involved with the determination of in situ particulate ²¹⁰ Po and ²¹⁰ Pb in seawater. Limnology and Oceanography Methods. 11(3). 126–138. 41 indexed citations

Hong, Gi Hoon, M.A. Hernández-Ceballos, R.L. Lozano, et al.. (2012). Radioactive impact in South Korea from the damaged nuclear reactors in Fukushima: evidence of long and short range transport. Journal of Radiological Protection. 32(4). 397–411. 21 indexed citations

Baskaran, M.. (2010). Po-210 and Pb-210 as atmospheric tracers and global atmospheric Pb-210 fallout: a Review. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 102(5). 500–513. 254 indexed citations

Porcelli, Don, Stanislav Strekopytov, Stephen B. Shaw, et al.. (2009). Isotopic and Experimental Constraints on Subsurface U Transport and Fate. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 8645. 1 indexed citations

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Baskaran, M., et al.. (2004). Effects of heating on the emanation rates of radon-222 from a suite of natural minerals. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 61(6). 1477–1485. 40 indexed citations

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Baskaran, M., et al.. (2002). Temporal variations of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in sea otter skull tissue in the North Pacific Ocean. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 64(1). 1–18. 8 indexed citations

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Baskaran, M.. (2001). Scavenging of Thorium Isotopes in the Arctic Regions: Implications for the Fate of Particle-reactive Pollutants. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42(1). 16–22. 8 indexed citations

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Krishnamurthy, Rajasekar, et al.. (2001). Organic Carbon Flow in the Ob, Yenisey Rivers and Kara Sea of the Arctic Region. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 42(9). 726–732. 37 indexed citations

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Hong, Gi Hoon, et al.. (1999). Sedimentary fluxes of 90Sr, 137Cs, 239,240Pu and 210Pb in the East Sea (Sea of Japan). The Science of The Total Environment. 237-238. 225–240. 46 indexed citations

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Bai, Zhanguo, Guojiang Wan, Changsheng Wang, et al.. (1996). 7Be distribution in surface soil of central Guizhou karst region and its erosion trace. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 6(6). 709–710. 3 indexed citations

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Wan, Guojiang, et al.. (1996). 7~Be: A Geochemical Tracer for Seasonal Erosion of Surface Soil in Watershed of Lake Hongfeng, Guizhou, China. Pedosphere. 6(1). 23–28. 4 indexed citations

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Baskaran, M., et al.. (1995). Distribution of 239,240Pu and 238Pu concentrations in sediments from the Ob and Yenisey Rivers and the Kara Sea. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 46(11). 1109–1119. 42 indexed citations

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Raman, H., S. Mohan, & M. Baskaran. (1993). Decision Support System for Water Supply Management. 1060–1065. 1 indexed citations

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Gosink, T. A., M. Baskaran, & D. F. Holleman. (1990). Radon in the Human Body from Drinking Water. Health Physics. 59(6). 919–924. 27 indexed citations

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Chakrabarti, A. & M. Baskaran. (1989). Biogenic faecal pellet mounds in quaternary miliolites of Saurashtra, India. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. 73(3-4). 311–315. 5 indexed citations

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