Stephen Burns

16.1k total citations · 4 hit papers
150 papers, 12.0k citations indexed

About

Stephen Burns is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Burns has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 12.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 110 papers in Atmospheric Science, 55 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 38 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Stephen Burns's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (110 papers), Geological formations and processes (38 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (28 papers). Stephen Burns is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (110 papers), Geological formations and processes (38 papers) and Isotope Analysis in Ecology (28 papers). Stephen Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and Germany. Stephen Burns's co-authors include Albert Matter, Dominik Fleitmann, Augusto Mangini, Ulrich Neff, Manfred Mudelsee, J. H. Kramers, Mathias Vuille, Francisco W. Cruz, Ivo Karmann and Yemane Asmerom and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Burns

134 papers receiving 11.5k citations

Hit Papers

Holocene Forcing of the I... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2003 2006 2001 2005 400 800 1.2k

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Stephen Burns 9.7k 3.7k 3.4k 3.0k 1.9k 150 12.0k
Augusto Mangini 10.1k 1.0× 4.2k 1.1× 2.7k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.9× 210 12.3k
Christoph Spötl 10.5k 1.1× 5.6k 1.5× 3.3k 1.0× 2.0k 0.7× 2.3k 1.2× 317 13.2k
Yongjin Wang 11.6k 1.2× 4.4k 1.2× 2.6k 0.8× 3.5k 1.2× 2.9k 1.5× 131 12.7k
Zhengtang Guo 10.1k 1.0× 3.3k 0.9× 2.9k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 2.2k 1.1× 300 13.8k
Dominik Fleitmann 8.1k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 3.1k 0.9× 1.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.9× 139 10.3k
Françoise Gasse 8.2k 0.8× 3.3k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 2.8k 0.9× 2.4k 1.3× 102 11.1k
Albert Matter 6.7k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 3.1k 0.9× 1.5k 0.5× 1.5k 0.8× 130 9.7k
Xinggong Kong 9.1k 0.9× 3.6k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 2.8k 0.9× 2.3k 1.2× 80 9.9k
Steven C. Clemens 9.1k 0.9× 3.1k 0.8× 1.9k 0.6× 2.6k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 119 10.2k
Larry C. Peterson 7.2k 0.7× 2.1k 0.6× 2.2k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.6× 82 8.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Burns

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Burns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Burns

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burns, Stephen, Nick Scroxton, Laurie R. Godfrey, et al.. (2024). A speleothem record of hydroclimate variability in northwestern Madagascar during the mid-late Holocene. The Holocene. 34(5). 593–603. 4 indexed citations
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Fleitmann, Dominik, John Haldon, Raymond S. Bradley, et al.. (2022). Droughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late Antique Arabia. Science. 376(6599). 1317–1321. 31 indexed citations
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Medina‐Elizalde, Martín, et al.. (2021). Evidence for Decreased Precipitation Variability in the Yucatán Peninsula During the Mid‐Holocene. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36(5). 7 indexed citations
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Burns, Stephen, David McGee, Nick Scroxton, et al.. (2021). Southern Hemisphere controls on ITCZ variability in southwest Madagascar over the past 117,000 years. Quaternary Science Reviews. 276. 107317–107317. 15 indexed citations
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Godfrey, Laurie R., Nick Scroxton, Brooke E. Crowley, et al.. (2019). A new interpretation of Madagascar's megafaunal decline: The “Subsistence Shift Hypothesis”. Journal of Human Evolution. 130. 126–140. 51 indexed citations
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Scroxton, Nick, et al.. (2019). The impact of the 4.2kyr event in the Indian Ocean basin: major drying or insignificant event?. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, Stephen, L. C. Kanner, Hai Cheng, & R. Lawrence Edwards. (2015). A tropical speleothem record of glacial inception, the South American Summer Monsoon from 125 to 115 ka. Climate of the past. 11(6). 931–938. 6 indexed citations
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Vuille, Mathias, Stephen Burns, Barry Taylor, et al.. (2012). A review of the South American monsoon history as recorded in stable isotopic proxies over the past two millennia. Climate of the past. 8(4). 1309–1321. 240 indexed citations
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Stoll, Heather, Ana Moreno, Montserrat Jiménez‐Sánchez, et al.. (2009). Speleothem evidence for coupling between Iberian peninsula hydrology and North Atlantic oceanic and atmospheric modes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Supplement. 73. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, Stephen. (2008). Speleothem records of changes in tropical hydrology during the Holocene. AGUFM. 2008. 1 indexed citations
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Fleitmann, Dominik, Stephen Burns, Manfred Mudelsee, et al.. (2006). A Widespread Climatic Anomaly at Around 9.200 Years Before Present. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations
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Fleitmann, Dominik, et al.. (2004). Geology and Quaternary climate history of Socotra. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 35 indexed citations
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Mangini, Augusto, Dominik Fleitmann, Ulrich Neff, et al.. (2004). Holocene Sun-Monsoon Linkage Recorded in Stalagmites From Oman. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations
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Weyhenmeyer, C. E., Stephen Burns, Dominik Fleitmann, et al.. (2003). Changes in Atmospheric 14C Between 55 and 42 ky BP Recorded in a Stalagmite From Socotra Island, Indian Ocean. AGUFM. 2003. 4 indexed citations
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Fleitmann, Dominik, Stephen Burns, Manfred Mudelsee, et al.. (2003). Holocene ITCZ Migration Recorded in Stalagmites From Oman (Southern Arabia). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003. 2 indexed citations
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Fleitmann, Dominik, Stephen Burns, Manfred Mudelsee, et al.. (2002). Holocene ITCZ Migration Recorded in Stalagmites from Southern Oman. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2002. 1 indexed citations
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Weyhenmeyer, C. E., H.N. Waber, Jan D. Kramers, Stephen Burns, & Albert Matter. (2001). Strontium Isotope Ratios ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) as Tracers for Recharge Areas, Groundwater Movement and Mixing in an Arid Coastal Region of the Sultanate of Oman. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2001. 1 indexed citations
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Maslin, Mark, et al.. (1997). Stable isotope records from ODP Sites 932 and 933. UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations

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