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Brian F. Cumming

Brian F. Cumming

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Environmental Sciences
Canada
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
58
Citations
11029
World Ranking
3299
National Ranking
138

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
10941
World Ranking
13291
National Ranking
454

Brian F. Cumming publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian F. Cumming sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 192 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Brian F. Cumming D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brian F. Cumming sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Brian F. Cumming is affiliated with Queen's University in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Within these broad areas, their work covers subfields such as Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's research topics include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and Coastal Ecosystems, Heavy Metals in the Environment, Diatoms and Algae Research, and Geological Formations and Processes.

Brian F. Cumming has authored numerous papers published in frequent venues including:

  • Journal of Paleolimnology
  • The Anthropocene Review
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research

Among their recent published papers are:

  • The varved succession of Crawford Lake, Milton, Ontario, Canada as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series, 2023, The Anthropocene Review
  • Re-browning of Sudbury (Ontario, Canada) lakes now approaches pre-acid deposition lake-water dissolved organic carbon levels, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A multiproxy database of western North American Holocene paleoclimate records, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Environmental drivers of cladoceran assemblages at a continental scale: A synthesis of Alaskan and Canadian datasets, 2021, Freshwater Biology
  • Siliceous algae response to the "Great Acceleration" of the mid-20th century in Crawford Lake (Ontario, Canada): A potential candidate for the Anthropocene GSSP, 2021, The Anthropocene Review

Frequent coauthors working alongside Brian F. Cumming include:

  • Cale A. C. Gushulak
  • Katherine E. Moir
  • Kathleen R. Laird
  • Francine M.G. McCarthy
  • Peter R. Leavitt

Best Publications

  • Rainfall and drought in equatorial east Africa during the past 1,100 years

    Dirk Verschuren;Dirk Verschuren;Kathleen R. Laird;Brian F. Cumming

  • TRACKING LONG-TERM CHANGES IN CLIMATE USING ALGAL INDICATORS IN LAKE SEDIMENTS

    John P. Smol;Brian F. Cumming

  • The Widespread Threat of Calcium Decline in Fresh Waters

    Adam Jeziorski;Norman D. Yan;Norman D. Yan;Andrew M. Paterson;Anna M. DeSellas;Anna M. DeSellas

  • Greater drought intensity and frequency before AD 1200 in the Northern Great Plains, USA

    Kathleen R. Laird;Kathleen R. Laird;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Kirk A. Maasch;Brian F. Cumming

  • Diatoms from British Columbia (Canada) lakes and their relationship to salinity, nutrients and other limnological variables

    B. F. Cumming;S. E. Wilson;R. I. Hall;J. P. Smol

  • Palaeoclimate constraints on the impact of 2 °C anthropogenic warming and beyond

    Hubertus Fischer;Hubertus Fischer;Katrin J Meissner;Alan C Mix;Nerilie J Abram

  • Do spectrally inferred determinations of chlorophyll a reflect trends in lake trophic status

    Neal Michelutti;Jules M. Blais;Brian F. Cumming;Andrew M. Paterson

  • Assessing the reliability of salinity inference models from diatom assemblages: an examination of a 219-lake data set from western North America

    S E Wilson;B F Cumming;J P Smol

  • How Much Acidification Has Occurred in Adirondack Region Lakes (New York, USA) since Preindustrial Times?

    B. F. Cumming;J. P. Smol;J. C. Kingston;D. F. Charles

  • Lake sediments record large-scale shifts in moisture regimes across the northern prairies of North America during the past two millennia

    Kathleen R. Laird;Brian F. Cumming;Sybille Wunsam;James A. Rusak;James A. Rusak

  • A High-Resolution 11,400-Yr Diatom Record from Lake Victoria, East Africa

    J.Curt Stager;J.Curt Stager;Brian Cumming;Loren Meeker

  • Diatoms as indicators of surface water acidity

    Richard W. Battarbee;Donald F. Charles;Christian Bigler;Brian F. Cumming

  • Limnology: Lake and River Ecosystems.Third Edition. ByRobert G Wetzel.San Diego (California): Academic Press. $74.95. xvi + 1006 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0‐12‐744760‐1. 2001.

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  • Solar variability and the levels of Lake Victoria, East Africa, during the last millenium

    J. Curt Stager;J. Curt Stager;David Ryves;Brian F. Cumming;L. David Meeker

  • A 10,000-year high-resolution diatom record from Pilkington Bay, Lake Victoria, East Africa

    J. Curt Stager;Brian F. Cumming;L. David Meeker

  • Diatoms as indicators of hydrologic and climatic change in saline lakes.

    Sherilyn C. Fritz;Brian F. Cumming;Françoise Gasse;Kathleen R. Laird

  • Tracking recorded fires using charcoal morphology from the sedimentary sequence of Prosser Lake, British Columbia (Canada)

    Mihaela D. Enache;Brian F. Cumming

  • The varved succession of Crawford Lake, Milton, Ontario, Canada as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series

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  • Diatom-salinity relationships in 111 lakes from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia, Canada: the development of diatom-based models for paleosalinity reconstructions

    Susan E. Wilson;Brian F. Cumming;John P. Smol

  • A diatom-based reconstruction of drought intensity, duration, and frequency from Moon Lake, North Dakota: A sub-decadal record of the last 2300 years

    Kathleen R. Laird;Kathleen R. Laird;Sherilyn C. Fritz;Brian F. Cumming

  • Development of diatom-based salinity models for paleoclimatic research from lakes in British Columbia (Canada)

    Brian F. Cumming;John P. Smol

  • Diatom assemblages from Adirondack lakes (New York, USA) and the development of inference models for retrospective environmental assessment

    Sushil S. Dixit;Brian F. Cumming;H. J. B. Birks;John P. Smol

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Smol
John P. Smol Queen's University
Andrew M. Paterson
Andrew M. Paterson Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Peter R. Leavitt
Peter R. Leavitt University of Regina
Dirk Verschuren
Dirk Verschuren Ghent University
Roland I. Hall
Roland I. Hall University of Waterloo
Sherilyn C. Fritz
Sherilyn C. Fritz University of Nebraska–Lincoln
H. J. B. Birks
H. J. B. Birks University of Bergen
Robert J. Oglesby
Robert J. Oglesby University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Donald F. Charles
Donald F. Charles Drexel University
Jules M. Blais
Jules M. Blais University of Ottawa

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