Samuel C. Zipper

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Samuel C. Zipper is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel C. Zipper has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Water Science and Technology, 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Samuel C. Zipper's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (46 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (14 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (13 papers). Samuel C. Zipper is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (46 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (14 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (13 papers). Samuel C. Zipper collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Samuel C. Zipper's co-authors include Christopher J. Kucharik, Steven P. Loheide, Jiangxiao Qiu, Eric G. Booth, Tom Gleeson, Jason Schatz, Jeffrey M. McKenzie, Melissa Motew, Mehmet Evren Soylu and Barret L. Kurylyk and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Samuel C. Zipper

75 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Drought effects on US maize and soybean production: spatiotemporal patterns and historical changes

2016 259 citations Samuel C. Zipper, Jiangxiao Qiu et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

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Hamideh Nouri Germany

Francisco Meza Chile

Fernando Jaramillo Sweden

Trent Biggs United States

Shuanghe Shen China

Aristeidis Koutroulis Greece

Abeyou W. Worqlul United States

Manolis Grillakis Greece

Xiaojun Wang China

Gunnar Lischeid Germany

Hamideh Nouri Germany

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Countries citing papers authored by Samuel C. Zipper

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samuel C. Zipper

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel C. Zipper

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Samuel C. Zipper. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Samuel C. Zipper 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 Samuel C. Zipper. Samuel C. Zipper is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zipper, Samuel C., et al.. (2025). Using values-informed mental models to understand farmer, water manager, and scientist use and perceptions of hydrologic models. Journal of Hydrology. 658. 133171–133171. 1 indexed citations

Zipper, Samuel C., et al.. (2025). STICr: An open-source package and workflow for stream temperature, intermittency, and conductivity (STIC) data. Environmental Modelling & Software. 190. 106484–106484. 1 indexed citations

Zipper, Samuel C., Jude Kastens, Timothy Foster, et al.. (2024). Estimating irrigation water use from remotely sensed evapotranspiration data: Accuracy and uncertainties at field, water right, and regional scales. Agricultural Water Management. 303. 109036–109036. 11 indexed citations

Zipper, Samuel C., Andrea E. Brookfield, Hoori Ajami, et al.. (2024). Streamflow Depletion Caused by Groundwater Pumping: Fundamental Research Priorities for Management‐Relevant Science. Water Resources Research. 60(5). 9 indexed citations

Zipper, Samuel C., Hoon C. Shin, Jillian M. Deines, et al.. (2024). Unlocking aquifer sustainability through irrigator-driven groundwater conservation. Nature Sustainability. 7(12). 1574–1583. 7 indexed citations

Seybold, Erin, C. Nathan Jones, Amy J. Burgin, et al.. (2023). How low can you go? Widespread challenges in measuring low stream discharge and a path forward. Limnology and Oceanography Letters. 8(6). 804–811. 14 indexed citations

Zipper, Samuel C., et al.. (2023). Groundwater effects on net primary productivity and soil organic carbon: a global analysis. Environmental Research Letters. 18(8). 84024–84024. 6 indexed citations

Aho, Ken, et al.. (2023). Communication Distance and Bayesian Inference in Non‐Perennial Streams. Water Resources Research. 59(11). 1 indexed citations

Zipper, Samuel C., Kevin M. Befus, Robert Reinecke, et al.. (2023). GroMoPo : A Groundwater Model Portal for Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) Modeling. Ground Water. 61(6). 764–767. 6 indexed citations

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Huggins, Xander, Tom Gleeson, Samuel C. Zipper, et al.. (2023). Overlooked risks and opportunities in groundwatersheds of the world’s protected areas. Nature Sustainability. 6(7). 855–864. 35 indexed citations

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Marston, Landon, et al.. (2022). The importance of fit in groundwater self-governance. Environmental Research Letters. 17(11). 111001–111001. 17 indexed citations

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Lucas, Murilo Cesar, Natalya Kublik, Dulce Buchala Bicca Rodrigues, et al.. (2020). Significant Baseflow Reduction in the Sao Francisco River Basin. Water. 13(1). 2–2. 31 indexed citations

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Zipper, Samuel C., Fernando Jaramillo, Lan Wang‐Erlandsson, et al.. (2020). Integrating the Water Planetary Boundary With Water Management From Local to Global Scales. Earth s Future. 8(2). e2019EF001377–e2019EF001377. 76 indexed citations

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Schütze, Niels, et al.. (2020). A Serious Board Game to Analyze Socio-Ecological Dynamics towards Collaboration in Agriculture. Sustainability. 12(13). 5301–5301. 25 indexed citations

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Tague, C., S. A. Papuga, Cynthia Gerlein‐Safdi, et al.. (2020). Adding our leaves: A community‐wide perspective on research directions in ecohydrology. Hydrological Processes. 34(7). 1665–1673. 7 indexed citations

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Zipper, Samuel C., Tom Gleeson, Ben Kerr, et al.. (2019). Rapid and Accurate Estimates of Streamflow Depletion Caused by Groundwater Pumping Using Analytical Depletion Functions. Water Resources Research. 55(7). 5807–5829. 39 indexed citations

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Zipper, Samuel C., Kaitlin Stack Whitney, Jillian M. Deines, et al.. (2019). Balancing Open Science and Data Privacy in the Water Sciences. Water Resources Research. 55(7). 5202–5211. 52 indexed citations

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Zipper, Samuel C., et al.. (2018). Groundwater Controls on Postfire Permafrost Thaw: Water and Energy Balance Effects. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 123(10). 2677–2694. 33 indexed citations

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Zipper, Samuel C., et al.. (2018). Groundwater Pumping Impacts on Real Stream Networks: Testing the Performance of Simple Management Tools. Water Resources Research. 54(8). 5471–5486. 31 indexed citations

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Zipper, Samuel C., Jason Schatz, Christopher J. Kucharik, & Steven P. Loheide. (2017). Urban heat island‐induced increases in evapotranspirative demand. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(2). 873–881. 86 indexed citations

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