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2023

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D-Index
61
Citations
15238
World Ranking
2746
National Ranking
116

Donald H. Burn 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 Donald H. Burn sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 193 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Donald H. Burn 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 Donald H. Burn sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Donald H. Burn is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with specific attention to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to hydrology, climate variability, and flood risk assessment. Recent papers include:

  • "A temporal downscaling approach for sub-daily gridded extreme rainfall intensity estimation under climate change" (2021), published in Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • "Detection of trends in flood magnitude and frequency in Canada" (2020), published in Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • "Climate related changes to flood regimes show an increasing rainfall influence" (2023), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • "Trend Detection in the Presence of Positive and Negative Serial Correlation: A Comparison of Block Maxima and Peaks-Over-threshold Data" (2021), published in Water Resources Research
  • "Climate Driven Trends in Historical Extreme Low Streamflows on Four Continents" (2024), published in Water Resources Research

Donald H. Burn often collaborates with frequent coauthors, including Paul H. Whitfield, Ana I. Requena, Paulin Coulibaly, Nicole O'Brien, and Truong-Huy Nguyen.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Hydrology and Drought Analysis
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Climate variability and models
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Frequent publication venues for Burn's work are:

  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
  • Water Resources Research
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal

This combination of topics and publication outlets situates Donald H. Burn as a researcher working at the intersection of hydrological science and climate change, focusing on how these environmental factors influence water systems and extreme weather events.

Best Publications

  • Detection of hydrologic trends and variability

    Donald H. Burn;Mohamed A. Hag Elnur

  • Review of surrogate modeling in water resources

    Saman Razavi;Bryan A. Tolson;Donald H. Burn

  • Short term streamflow forecasting using artificial neural networks

    Cameron M. Zealand;Donald H. Burn;Slobodan P. Simonovic

  • Evaluation of regional flood frequency analysis with a region of influence approach

    Donald H. Burn

  • Trends and variability in the hydrological regime of the Mackenzie River Basin

    Omar I. Abdul Aziz;Donald H. Burn

  • Catchment similarity for regional flood frequency analysis using seasonality measures

    Donald H. Burn

  • Hydrologic effects of climatic change in west-central Canada

    Donald H. Burn

  • Hydrological trends and variability in the Liard River basin / Tendances hydrologiques et variabilité dans le basin de la rivière Liard

    Donald H. Burn;Donald H. Burn;Juraj M. Cunderlik;Juraj M. Cunderlik;Alain Pietroniro;Alain Pietroniro

  • Trends in evaporation for the Canadian Prairies

    Donald H. Burn;Nicole M. Hesch

  • Wavelet analysis of variability in annual Canadian streamflows

    Paulin Coulibaly;Donald H. Burn

  • Non-stationary pooled flood frequency analysis

    Juraj M. Cunderlik;Donald H. Burn

  • Climate change effects on the hydrologic regime within the Churchill-Nelson River Basin

    Jason R Westmacott;Donald H Burn

  • Assessing the effectiveness of hydrological similarity measures for flood frequency analysis

    A. Castellarin;D.H. Burn;A. Brath

  • Artificial neural network ensembles and their application in pooled flood frequency analysis

    Chang Shu;Donald H. Burn

  • An appraisal of the “region of influence” approach to flood frequency analysis

    Donald H. Burn

  • Earlier springs decrease peak summer productivity in North American boreal forests

    Wolfgang Buermann;Parida R. Bikash;Martin Jung;Donald H. Burn

  • Climatic influences on streamflow timing in the headwaters of the Mackenzie River Basin

    Donald H. Burn

  • Estimation of hydrological parameters at ungauged catchments

    Donald H. Burn;David B. Boorman

  • Flood frequency analysis for ungauged sites using a region of influence approach

    Zolt Zrinji;Donald H. Burn

  • An entropy approach to data collection network design

    Yujuin Yang;Donald H. Burn

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul H. Whitfield
Paul H. Whitfield University of Saskatchewan
Paulin Coulibaly
Paulin Coulibaly McMaster University
Manish Kumar Goyal
Manish Kumar Goyal Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Slobodan P. Simonovic
Slobodan P. Simonovic University of Western Ontario
Edward A. McBean
Edward A. McBean University of Guelph
Alain Pietroniro
Alain Pietroniro University of Saskatchewan
Henrik Madsen
Henrik Madsen Technical University of Denmark
Jamie Hannaford
Jamie Hannaford National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Kerstin Stahl
Kerstin Stahl University of Freiburg
Taha B. M. J. Ouarda
Taha B. M. J. Ouarda Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

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