S. J. Birks

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

S. J. Birks is a scholar working on Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, S. J. Birks has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology, 22 papers in Atmospheric Science and 21 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in S. J. Birks's work include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (39 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (14 papers). S. J. Birks is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry (39 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (16 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (14 papers). S. J. Birks collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Germany. S. J. Birks's co-authors include J. J. Gibson, Scott Jasechko, Z. D. Sharp, Peter J. Fawcett, Yi Yi, Yuanbi Yi, Thomas W. D. Edwards, Michael C. Moncur, Preston McEachern and J. M. Welker and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

S. J. Birks

69 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration

2013 1.0k citations Scott Jasechko, Z. D. Sharp et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. J. Birks Canada	28	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	691	72	3.5k
Xianfang Song China	36	1.9k 1.3×	716 0.5×	1.4k 1.1×	514 0.4×	1.3k 1.9×	116	3.5k
Kazimierz Różański Poland	30	1.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	520 0.4×	2.2k 1.8×	760 1.1×	90	4.1k
David A. Stonestrom United States	25	1.3k 0.9×	715 0.5×	993 0.8×	602 0.5×	1.5k 2.2×	70	3.4k
Jinzhu Ma China	27	1.3k 0.9×	810 0.6×	870 0.7×	654 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	80	2.7k
Martine M. Savard Canada	30	990 0.7×	693 0.5×	439 0.3×	945 0.8×	645 0.9×	114	3.1k
Daoxian Yuan China	36	1.6k 1.1×	542 0.4×	617 0.5×	2.2k 1.8×	910 1.3×	175	5.1k
Scott Jasechko United States	34	2.2k 1.5×	2.9k 2.0×	2.8k 2.1×	1.5k 1.2×	1.9k 2.8×	54	6.4k
Maki Tsujimura Japan	29	853 0.6×	827 0.6×	822 0.6×	481 0.4×	701 1.0×	119	2.5k
Grzegorz Skrzypek Australia	29	976 0.7×	602 0.4×	442 0.3×	1.0k 0.8×	422 0.6×	101	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by S. J. Birks

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. J. Birks

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All Works

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Barbecot, Florent, et al.. (2025). Adapting Automatic Water Samplers for the Isotopic Study of Rainfall at High Temporal Resolution. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 39(11). e10017–e10017.

Barbecot, Florent, et al.. (2024). Affordable event and monthly rain samplers: Improving isotopic datasets to understand meteorological processes. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 38(7). e9710–e9710. 1 indexed citations

Birks, S. J., et al.. (2024). Groundwater vulnerability in the Athabasca and Cold Lake oil sands regions: gaps, opportunities, and challenges. Environmental Reviews. 33. 1–21. 1 indexed citations

Barbecot, Florent, et al.. (2023). Improved understanding of the impact of urbanization on the temperature, precipitation, and air quality of major eastern Canadian cities. Urban Climate. 53. 101781–101781. 4 indexed citations

Stadnyk, Tricia, et al.. (2023). The state of isotope hydrology research in Canada (2007–2022). Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 48(4). 428–449. 1 indexed citations

Gibson, J. J., et al.. (2020). 18O and 2H in streamflow across Canada. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 32. 100754–100754. 30 indexed citations

Birks, S. J., et al.. (2018). Origin and hydrogeological setting of saline groundwater discharges to the Athabasca River: Geochemical and isotopic characterization of the hyporheic zone. Applied Geochemistry. 98. 172–190. 27 indexed citations

Birks, S. J., et al.. (2018). Using regional datasets of isotope geochemistry to resolve complex groundwater flow and formation connectivity in northeastern Alberta, Canada. Applied Geochemistry. 101. 140–159. 34 indexed citations

Gibson, J. J., et al.. (2018). Isotopic and geochemical surveys of lakes in coastal B.C.: Insights into regional water balance and water quality controls. Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies. 17. 47–63. 13 indexed citations

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Gibson, J. J., Yi Yi, & S. J. Birks. (2016). Isotope-based hydrograph separation in large rivers: assessing flow sources and water quality controls in the oil sands region, Canada. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations

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Jasechko, Scott, S. J. Birks, Tom Gleeson, et al.. (2014). The pronounced seasonality of global groundwater recharge. Water Resources Research. 50(11). 8845–8867. 288 indexed citations

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Birks, S. J., et al.. (2013). Fate and transport of oil sand process-affected water into the underlying clay till: A field study. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 151. 83–92. 16 indexed citations

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Gibson, J. J., et al.. (2011). Isotopic and Geochemical Tracers for Fingerprinting Process-Affected Waters in the Oil Sands Industry: A Pilot Study. University of Alberta Library. 62 indexed citations

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Birks, S. J. & J. J. Gibson. (2009). Isotope Hydrology Research in Canada, 2003-2007. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 34(2). 163–176. 32 indexed citations

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Birks, S. J., et al.. (2009). Isotope climatology of Canada: Insights from the first decade of CNIP operation (1997- 2007). AGUSM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Edwards, Thomas W. D., S. J. Birks, & J. J. Gibson. (2002). Isotope tracers in global water and climate studies of the past and present. 5 indexed citations

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Birks, S. J., et al.. (1993). Analysis of resin compositional data. Silvae genetica. 42(6). 340–350. 11 indexed citations

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Birks, S. J., et al.. (1988). Interpretation of the composition of coniferous resin. Silvae genetica. 37(1). 29–39. 25 indexed citations

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Birks, S. J.. (1978). Introduction to aspects of economics and logistics. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences. 290(1366). 3–19.

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Birks, S. J., et al.. (1967). Repressuring of the Masjid-I-Sulaiman Oilfield from a Deep Underground Jurassic Gas Leak and Remedial Killing Operations. 2 indexed citations

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