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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 44 4734 4358 221 201 140 6987

Brent B. Wolfe publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Brent B. Wolfe between 1993 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Brent B. Wolfe published across 34 years, from 1993 to 2026, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2021. 5 of the 161 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2021. 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 3 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 2 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 14 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 4 publications 2026: 1 publication
1993 2026

161 publications in total across all disciplines

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Brent B. Wolfe: publications per year, 1993 to 2026
Year Publications
1993 1
1994 2
1995 0
1996 3
1997 1
1998 2
1999 1
2000 3
2001 1
2002 3
2003 2
2004 5
2005 3
2006 2
2007 4
2008 7
2009 3
2010 7
2011 4
2012 10
2013 8
2014 9
2015 5
2016 10
2017 4
2018 3
2019 3
2020 9
2021 17
2022 14
2023 6
2024 4
2025 4
2026 1
Total 161
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Brent B. Wolfe publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brent B. Wolfe sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 138–147 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 140 publications — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491 140
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Brent B. Wolfe D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brent B. Wolfe sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 44 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248 44
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Brent B. Wolfe is affiliated with Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with significant work in related subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including climate change and permafrost, cryospheric studies and observations, hydrology and watershed management studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics, heavy metals in the environment, and groundwater and isotope geochemistry.

Recent publications by Brent B. Wolfe demonstrate a range of environmental investigations. Selected papers include:

  • "Assessment of vanadium and nickel enrichment in Lower Athabasca River floodplain lake sediment within the Athabasca Oil Sands Region (Canada)," 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • "Past variation in Lower Peace River ice-jam flood frequency," 2020, Environmental Reviews
  • "Use of pre-industrial baselines to monitor anthropogenic enrichment of metals concentrations in recently deposited sediment of floodplain lakes in the Peace-Athabasca Delta (Alberta, Canada)," 2020, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
  • "Multi-year isoscapes of lake water balances across a dynamic northern freshwater delta," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Evaluating spatiotemporal patterns of arsenic, antimony, and lead deposition from legacy gold mine emissions using lake sediment records," 2021, Applied Geochemistry

The scientist frequently collaborates with co-authors such as:

  • Roland I. Hall
  • Mitchell L. Kay
  • Johan A. Wiklund
  • Lauren A. MacDonald
  • Casey R. Remmer

Brent B. Wolfe's publications have appeared predominantly in several venues with multiple contributions across these outlets, including:

  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Environmental Reviews
  • Journal of Paleolimnology
  • Arctic Science

The research conducted spans environmental monitoring of pollutants, the hydrological impacts of climate factors, and cryospheric dynamics, highlighting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental changes in northern and Arctic regions.

Best Publications

  • Holocene thermal maximum in the western Arctic (0-180°W)

    D. S. Kaufman;T.A. Ager;N.J. Anderson;P.M. Anderson

  • Progress in isotope tracer hydrology in Canada

    J. J. Gibson;T. W. D. Edwards;S. J. Birks;N. A. St Amour

  • Holocene paleohydrology and glacial history of the central Andes using multiproxy lake sediment studies

    Mark B Abbott;Brent B Wolfe;Alexander P Wolfe;Geoffrey O Seltzer

  • Influence of Changing Atmospheric Circulation on Precipitation δ18O–Temperature Relations in Canada during the Holocene

    Thomas W.D. Edwards;Brent B. Wolfe;Glen M. Macdonald

  • ISOTOPES IN LAKE SEDIMENTS

    Melanie J. Leng;Angela L. Lamb;Timothy H.E. Heaton;James D. Marshall

  • Carbon and Oxygen Isotope Analysis of Lake Sediment Cellulose: Methods and Applications

    Brent B. Wolfe;Thomas W. D. Edwards;Richard J. Elgood;Kristina R. M. Beuning

  • Classification of hydrological regimes of northern floodplain basins (Peace–Athabasca Delta, Canada) from analysis of stable isotopes (δ18O, δ2H) and water chemistry

    Brent B. Wolfe;Brent B. Wolfe;Tammy L. Karst-Riddoch;Roland I. Hall;Thomas W. D. Edwards

  • A coupled isotope tracer method to characterize input water to lakes

    Yi Yi;Bronwyn E. Brock;Matthew D. Falcone;Brent B. Wolfe;Brent B. Wolfe

  • Characterizing the role of hydrological processes on lake water balances in the Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory, Canada, using water isotope tracers.

    Kevin W. Turner;Brent B. Wolfe;Thomas W.D. Edwards

  • Reconstruction of multi-century flood histories from oxbow lake sediments, Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada

    Brent B. Wolfe;Brent B. Wolfe;Roland I. Hall;Thomas W. D. Edwards

  • Science-policy processes for transboundary water governance.

    Derek Armitage;Rob C de Loe;Michelle Morris;Tom W D Edwards

  • Paleolimnology of thermokarst lakes: a window into permafrost landscape evolution

    Frédéric Bouchard;Lauren Ashley MacDonald;Kevin W. Turner;Joshua R. Thienpont

  • Vulnerability of shallow subarctic lakes to evaporate and desiccate when snowmelt runoff is low

    F. Bouchard;F. Bouchard;K. W. Turner;K. W. Turner;L. A. MacDonald;C. Deakin

  • Impacts of climate and river flooding on the hydro-ecology of a floodplain basin, Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada since A.D. 1700

    Brent B. Wolfe;Brent B. Wolfe;Tammy L. Karst-Riddoch;Sheila R. Vardy;Matthew D. Falcone

  • Controls on water balance of shallow thermokarst lakes and their relations with catchment characteristics: a multi‐year, landscape‐scale assessment based on water isotope tracers and remote sensing in Old Crow Flats, Yukon (Canada)

    Kevin W. Turner;Kevin W. Turner;Brent B. Wolfe;Thomas W. D. Edwards;Trevor C. Lantz

  • Holocene hydrological reconstructions from stable isotopes and paleolimnology, Cordillera Real, Bolivia

    Mark B. Abbott;Brent B. Wolfe;Ramón Aravena;Alexander P. Wolfe

  • Progress in isotope paleohydrology using lake sediment cellulose

    Brent B. Wolfe;Brent B. Wolfe;Matthew D. Falcone;Ken P. Clogg-Wright;Cherie L. Mongeon

  • Use of water isotope tracers in high latitude hydrology and paleohydrology

    Thomas W. D. Edwards;Brent B. Wolfe;John J. Gibson;Dan Hammarlund

  • Has Alberta Oil Sands Development Altered Delivery of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds to the Peace-Athabasca Delta?

    Roland I. Hall;Brent B. Wolfe;Johan A. Wiklund;Thomas W. D. Edwards

  • Palaeolimnological and sedimentary responses to Holocene forest retreat in the Scandes Mountains, west-central Sweden

    Dan Hammarlund;Gaute Velle;Brent B. Wolfe;Thomas W.D. Edwards

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland I. Hall
Roland I. Hall University of Waterloo
Thomas W. D. Edwards
Thomas W. D. Edwards University of Waterloo
Glen M. MacDonald
Glen M. MacDonald University of California, Los Angeles
Ramon Aravena
Ramon Aravena University of Waterloo
Reinhard Pienitz
Reinhard Pienitz Université Laval
Merrin L. Macrae
Merrin L. Macrae University of Waterloo
Suzanne McGowan
Suzanne McGowan University of Nottingham
Peter R. Leavitt
Peter R. Leavitt University of Regina
John P. Smol
John P. Smol Queen's University
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa

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