Thomas B. Kirchner

1.3k total citations
25 papers, 906 citations indexed

About

Thomas B. Kirchner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas B. Kirchner has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 906 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in Radiological and Ultrasound Technology and 5 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Thomas B. Kirchner's work include Radioactive contamination and transfer (12 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (9 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (5 papers). Thomas B. Kirchner is often cited by papers focused on Radioactive contamination and transfer (12 papers), Radioactivity and Radon Measurements (9 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (5 papers). Thomas B. Kirchner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Egypt and Canada. Thomas B. Kirchner's co-authors include F. W. Whicker, J. Brunt, William K. Michener, J. Helly, Susan G. Stafford, D. P. Coffin, W. K. Lauenroth, Osvaldo E. Sala, David D. Breshears and Jeffrey Whicker and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Ecological Applications and Journal of Environmental Quality.

In The Last Decade

Thomas B. Kirchner

24 papers receiving 794 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Thomas B. Kirchner United States 14 385 224 215 144 120 25 906
Grégoire Dubois Italy 19 673 1.7× 201 0.9× 589 2.7× 30 0.2× 24 0.2× 70 1.4k
Emery R. Boose United States 19 1.0k 2.6× 726 3.2× 456 2.1× 110 0.8× 151 1.3× 34 2.0k
Eldânae Nogueira Teixeira Brazil 7 318 0.8× 86 0.4× 142 0.7× 63 0.4× 171 1.4× 20 891
Kristin Vanderbilt United States 11 120 0.3× 128 0.6× 171 0.8× 99 0.7× 129 1.1× 23 551
Steve Van Tuyl United States 19 1.4k 3.6× 653 2.9× 395 1.8× 48 0.3× 281 2.3× 28 1.8k
Courtney Scarborough United States 16 624 1.6× 135 0.6× 738 3.4× 64 0.4× 5 0.0× 23 1.4k
Dirk Hoffmeister Germany 18 167 0.4× 53 0.2× 448 2.1× 21 0.1× 63 0.5× 51 970
Tyson L. Swetnam United States 16 380 1.0× 160 0.7× 340 1.6× 19 0.1× 79 0.7× 40 933
Christine Laney United States 8 448 1.2× 286 1.3× 355 1.7× 22 0.2× 24 0.2× 15 814
Michael Lautenschlager Germany 15 251 0.7× 28 0.1× 119 0.6× 118 0.8× 14 0.1× 43 726

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas B. Kirchner

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Whicker, Jeffrey, et al.. (2013). Modeling aeolian transport of soil-bound plutonium: considering infrequent but normal environmental disturbances is critical in estimating future dose. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 120. 73–80. 5 indexed citations
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Breshears, David D., Thomas B. Kirchner, Jeffrey Whicker, Jason P. Field, & Craig D. Allen. (2011). Modeling aeolian transport in response to succession, disturbance and future climate: Dynamic long-term risk assessment for contaminant redistribution. Aeolian Research. 3(4). 445–457. 14 indexed citations
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Arimoto, R., et al.. (2002). 239,240Pu AND INORGANIC SUBSTANCES IN AEROSOLS FROM THE VICINITY OF A WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT: THE IMPORTANCE OF RESUSPENSION. Health Physics. 83(4). 456–470. 13 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B., et al.. (2002). Variability in background levels of surface soil radionuclides in the vicinity of the US DOE waste isolation pilot plant. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 60(3). 275–291. 18 indexed citations
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Whicker, Jeffrey, et al.. (2002). Temporal and Spatial Variation of Episodic Wind Erosion in Unburned and Burned Semiarid Shrubland. Journal of Environmental Quality. 31(2). 599–599. 43 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B., et al.. (2000). An Evaluation of In vivo Sensitivity via Public Monitoring. Radiation Protection Dosimetry. 89(3). 183–191. 3 indexed citations
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Peterson, S.R. & Thomas B. Kirchner. (1998). Data Quality and Validation of Radiological Assessment Models. Health Physics. 74(2). 147–157. 8 indexed citations
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Orlandini, K.A., et al.. (1998). Measurement of baseline atmospheric plutonium-239, 240 and americium-241 in the vicinity of the waste isolation pilot plant. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 234(1-2). 267–272. 4 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B.. (1997). Distributed processing applied to ecological modeling. Simulation Practice and Theory. 5(1). 35–47.
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Michener, William K., J. Brunt, J. Helly, Thomas B. Kirchner, & Susan G. Stafford. (1997). Nongeospatial Metadata for the Ecological Sciences. Ecological Applications. 7(1). 330–330. 21 indexed citations
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Michener, William K., J. Brunt, J. Helly, Thomas B. Kirchner, & Susan G. Stafford. (1997). NONGEOSPATIAL METADATA FOR THE ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES. Ecological Applications. 7(1). 330–342. 218 indexed citations
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Whicker, F. W., et al.. (1996). Ingestion of Nevada Test Site Fallout. Health Physics. 71(4). 477–486. 8 indexed citations
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Borak, Thomas B. & Thomas B. Kirchner. (1995). A Method for Computing the Decision Level for Samples Containing Radioactivity in the Presence of Background. Health Physics. 69(6). 892–896. 1 indexed citations
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Lauenroth, W. K., Osvaldo E. Sala, D. P. Coffin, & Thomas B. Kirchner. (1994). The Importance of Soil Water in the Recruitment of Bouteloua Gracilis in the Shortgrass Steppe. Ecological Applications. 4(4). 741–749. 127 indexed citations
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Breshears, David D., Thomas B. Kirchner, & F. W. Whicker. (1992). Contaminant Transport through Agroecosystems: Assessing Relative Importance of Environmental, Physiological, and Management Factors. Ecological Applications. 2(3). 285–297. 20 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B., et al.. (1990). Estimation of Radionuclide Ingestion. Health Physics. 59(5). 645–657. 18 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B., et al.. (1989). Uncertainty in Predictions of Fallout Radionuclides in Foods and of Subsequent Ingestion. Health Physics. 57(6). 943–953. 11 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B.. (1989). TIME-ZERO: The integrated modeling environment. Ecological Modelling. 47(1-2). 33–52. 15 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B. & F. W. Whicker. (1984). Validation of pathway, a simulation model of the transport of radionuclides through agroecosystems. Ecological Modelling. 22(1-4). 21–44. 7 indexed citations
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Kirchner, Thomas B., Richard V. Anderson, & Russell E. Ingham. (1980). Natural Selection and the Distribution of Nematode Sizes. Ecology. 61(2). 232–237. 28 indexed citations

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