Stephen J. Pyne

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
102 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Stephen J. Pyne is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen J. Pyne has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Organic Chemistry, 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Stephen J. Pyne's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (18 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (11 papers). Stephen J. Pyne is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (18 papers), Asymmetric Synthesis and Catalysis (11 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (11 papers). Stephen J. Pyne collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. Stephen J. Pyne's co-authors include Harold K. Steen, Donald Worster, Carla M. D’Antonio, Max A. Moritz, Christian A. Kull, Meg A. Krawchuk, Christopher I. Roos, Ruth DeFries, William J. Bond and Jennifer K. Balch and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Stephen J. Pyne

94 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

The human dimension of fire re... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2011 1984 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth
    2011 894 citations David M. J. S. Bowman, Jennifer K. Balch et al. Journal of Biogeography profile →
  2. Fire in America: A Cultural History of Wildland and Rural Fire
    1984 581 citations Stephen J. Pyne et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stephen J. Pyne United States 26 2.2k 1.0k 707 557 522 102 3.5k
Richard Hamilton United Kingdom 34 1.8k 0.8× 2.4k 2.3× 812 1.1× 349 0.6× 1.4k 2.6× 163 7.3k
Richard Fuchs Germany 30 3.0k 1.4× 1.5k 1.5× 507 0.7× 1.1k 1.9× 735 1.4× 108 5.9k
Wayne G. Landis United States 31 928 0.4× 777 0.7× 459 0.6× 85 0.2× 113 0.2× 129 3.3k
Ryo Tatsukawa Japan 68 886 0.4× 2.7k 2.6× 507 0.7× 176 0.3× 727 1.4× 267 13.9k
Gerald J. Niemi United States 46 1.5k 0.7× 3.6k 3.4× 2.3k 3.2× 252 0.5× 140 0.3× 178 6.5k
Shih‐Yu Wang United States 38 3.2k 1.5× 246 0.2× 148 0.2× 149 0.3× 2.7k 5.1× 224 4.8k
William A. Gould United States 29 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 1.6× 825 1.2× 73 0.1× 1.6k 3.0× 88 4.2k
Richard R. Heim United States 30 5.1k 2.3× 555 0.5× 271 0.4× 260 0.5× 2.4k 4.7× 68 6.9k
Hugo Asselin Canada 28 950 0.4× 472 0.5× 374 0.5× 12 0.0× 581 1.1× 111 2.4k
Valery E. Forbes Denmark 48 1.0k 0.5× 1.8k 1.8× 893 1.3× 21 0.0× 70 0.1× 207 7.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen J. Pyne

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All Works

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Calkin, David E., et al.. (2023). Wildland-urban fire disasters aren’t actually a wildfire problem. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(51). e2315797120–e2315797120. 22 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J.. (2020). A uniquely fire creature, a uniquely fire planet. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Maneerat, Wisanu, Rawiwan Charoensup, Suwanna Deachathai, et al.. (2020). α-Glucosidase inhibitory and nitric oxide production inhibitory activities of alkaloids isolated from a twig extract of Polyalthia cinnamomea. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 28(10). 115462–115462. 15 indexed citations
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Jaidee, Wuttichai, Christopher Richardson, Raymond J. Andersen, et al.. (2020). Styryllactones from Goniothalamus tamirensis. Phytochemistry. 171. 112248–112248. 11 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J.. (2016). The Southwest: A Fire Survey. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 1 indexed citations
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Bowman, David M. J. S., Jennifer K. Balch, Paulo Artaxo, et al.. (2011). The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth. Journal of Biogeography. 38(12). 2223–2236. 894 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nash, Robert J., et al.. (2010). Synthesis of hyacinthacine B₃ and purported hyacinthacine B₇. Chemical Communications. 3 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J.. (2005). Environmental history without historians. Environmental History. 10(1). 72–74. 1 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J.. (2001). The Fires This Time, and Next. Science. 294(5544). 1005–1006. 44 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J., Patricia L. Andrews, & Richard D. Laven. (1996). Introduction to wildland fire, 2nd edition revised. Cell Adhesion & Migration. 12(4). 386–393. 61 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J., et al.. (1995). Asymmetric Synthesis of 2-Acetyl-4(5)-(1,2,4-trihydroxybutyl)imidazoles. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 60(8). 2378–2383. 27 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J., et al.. (1994). Exo diastereoselective Diels-Alder reactions of (R)-2-phenyl-4-methylene-oxazolidin-5-one. Tetrahedron. 50(3). 941–956. 28 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J.. (1994). Nataraja: India's Cycle of Fire. 18(3). 1–20. 13 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J., Zemin Dong, Brian W. Skelton, & Allan H. White. (1994). Diasteoselective conjugate additions reactions of a lithiated allylic sulfoximine to acyclic enones. Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 751–751. 16 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J.. (1991). FIRE DOWN UNDER. The Sciences. 31(2). 39–45. 1 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J. & Branko Dikic. (1989). Diastereoselective kinetically and thermodynamically controlled additions of (R)-(+)-methyl p-tolyl sulphoxide anion to imines (tolyl = C6H4Me). Journal of the Chemical Society Chemical Communications. 826–826. 22 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J., et al.. (1988). The autoxidation of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 53(7). 1486–1488. 18 indexed citations
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Pyne, Stephen J.. (1983). Indian First: the Fire Practices of North American Indians Transformed Large Areas from Forest to Grassland. Natural history. 2(83). 6–10. 11 indexed citations

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