W. Skinner

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
22 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

W. Skinner is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Skinner has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Atmospheric Science, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in W. Skinner's work include Climate change and permafrost (9 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (7 papers). W. Skinner is often cited by papers focused on Climate change and permafrost (9 papers), Climate variability and models (8 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (7 papers). W. Skinner collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Czechia and India. W. Skinner's co-authors include B. J. Stocks, Mike Flannigan, K. A. Logan, B. D. Amiro, Amir Shabbar, David L. Martell, B. Mike Wotton, Joseph A. Mason, Kelvin Hirsch and Jacek Majorowicz and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Journal of Climate and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

W. Skinner

22 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Large forest fires in Canada, 1959–1997

2002 807 citations B. J. Stocks, Joseph A. Mason et al. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres profile →
Future Area Burned in Canada

2005 724 citations Mike Flannigan, K. A. Logan et al. Climatic Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Skinner Canada	17	2.1k	1.1k	639	362	298	22	2.5k
K. A. Logan Canada	16	3.0k 1.4×	996 0.9×	886 1.4×	548 1.5×	525 1.8×	22	3.2k
Matthew Forrest Germany	18	1.6k 0.8×	837 0.8×	465 0.7×	193 0.5×	253 0.8×	46	2.0k
Dan K. Thompson Canada	30	2.0k 1.0×	892 0.8×	1.9k 2.9×	214 0.6×	258 0.9×	69	3.0k
Lynn M. Gowman Canada	6	1.9k 0.9×	536 0.5×	644 1.0×	372 1.0×	303 1.0×	6	2.0k
Patrick H. Freeborn United States	19	2.3k 1.1×	766 0.7×	600 0.9×	297 0.8×	203 0.7×	27	2.5k
Renaud Barbero France	25	3.0k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	378 0.6×	345 1.0×	151 0.5×	43	3.3k
A. J. Soja United States	23	3.0k 1.5×	2.7k 2.4×	639 1.0×	177 0.5×	302 1.0×	57	3.9k
Julien Ruffault France	23	1.6k 0.8×	457 0.4×	289 0.5×	292 0.8×	233 0.8×	43	1.8k
Kelvin Hirsch Canada	12	1.5k 0.7×	427 0.4×	489 0.8×	210 0.6×	308 1.0×	16	1.6k
Narasimhan K. Larkin United States	25	2.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.6×	327 0.5×	173 0.5×	98 0.3×	46	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Skinner

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Skinner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Skinner

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Majorowicz, Jacek, W. Skinner, & Jan Šаfanda. (2012). Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin temperature–depth transients from repeated well logs: evidence of recent decade subsurface heat gain due to climatic warming. Journal of Geophysics and Engineering. 9(2). 127–137. 5 indexed citations

Shabbar, Amir, W. Skinner, & Mike Flannigan. (2010). Prediction of Seasonal Forest Fire Severity in Canada from Large-Scale Climate Patterns. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 50(4). 785–799. 31 indexed citations

Majorowicz, Jacek, Stephen E. Grasby, & W. Skinner. (2009). Estimation of Shallow Geothermal Energy Resource in Canada: Heat Gain and Heat Sink. Natural Resources Research. 18(2). 95–108. 34 indexed citations

Majorowicz, Jacek, Stephen E. Grasby, Grant Ferguson, Jan Šаfanda, & W. Skinner. (2006). Paleoclimatic reconstructions in western Canada from boreholetemperature logs: surface air temperature forcing and groundwater flow. Climate of the past. 2(1). 1–10. 24 indexed citations

Majorowicz, Jacek, et al.. (2005). Measured vs. Simulated Transients of Temperature Logs - A Test of Borehole Climatology. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 1 indexed citations

Flannigan, Mike, K. A. Logan, B. D. Amiro, W. Skinner, & B. J. Stocks. (2005). Future Area Burned in Canada. Climatic Change. 72(1-2). 1–16. 724 indexed citations breakdown →

Majorowicz, Jacek, W. Skinner, & Jan Šаfanda. (2004). Ground Surface Warming History in Northern Canada Inferred from Inversions of Temperature Logs and Comparison with Other Proxy Climate Reconstructions. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 162(1). 109–128. 17 indexed citations

Shabbar, Amir & W. Skinner. (2004). Summer Drought Patterns in Canada and the Relationship toGlobal Sea Surface Temperatures. Journal of Climate. 17(14). 2866–2880. 157 indexed citations

Majorowicz, Jacek, W. Skinner, & Jan Šаfanda. (2004). Large ground warming in the Canadian Arctic inferred from inversions of temperature logs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 221(1-4). 15–25. 16 indexed citations

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Skinner, W., et al.. (2003). Inferring Climate Change from Underground Temperatures: Apparent Climatic Stability and Apparent Climatic Warming. Earth Interactions. 7(9). 1–9. 4 indexed citations

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Skinner, W., Mike Flannigan, B. J. Stocks, et al.. (2002). A 500 hPa synoptic wildland fire climatology for large Canadian forest fires, 1959-1996. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 71(3-4). 157–169. 124 indexed citations

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Majorowicz, Jacek, Jan Šаfanda, & W. Skinner. (2002). East to west retardation in the onset of the recent warming across Canada inferred from inversions of temperature logs. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(B10). 29 indexed citations

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Stocks, B. J., Joseph A. Mason, B. Mike Wotton, et al.. (2002). Large forest fires in Canada, 1959–1997. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 107(D1). 807 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sauchyn, David & W. Skinner. (2001). A Proxy Record of Drought Severity for the Southwestern Canadian Plains. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 26(2). 253–272. 32 indexed citations

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Skinner, W., B. J. Stocks, David L. Martell, Barrie Bonsal, & Amir Shabbar. (1999). The Association Between Circulation Anomaliesin the Mid-Troposphere and Area Burnedby Wildland Fire in Canada. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 63(1-2). 89–105. 155 indexed citations

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Skinner, W., et al.. (1998). Prediction of reproductive success and failure in lesser snow geese based on early season climatic variables. Global Change Biology. 4(1). 3–16. 101 indexed citations

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Majorowicz, Jacek & W. Skinner. (1997). ANOMALOUS GROUND WARMING VERSUS SURFACE AIR WARMING IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIE PROVINCES. Climatic Change. 35(4). 485–500. 27 indexed citations

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Majorowicz, Jacek & W. Skinner. (1997). Potential causes of differences between ground and surface air temperature warming across different ecozones in Alberta, Canada. Global and Planetary Change. 15(3-4). 79–91. 31 indexed citations

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Shabbar, Amir, et al.. (1997). The association between the BWA index and winter surface temperature variability over eastern Canada and west Greenland. International Journal of Climatology. 17(11). 1195–1210. 54 indexed citations

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Skinner, W., et al.. (1992). The state of Canada's climate: Temperature change in Canada, 1895-1991. The Atrium (University of Guelph). 61 indexed citations

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