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Earth Science 56 2483 2257 143 133 207 8862

Edward D Burton publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Edward D Burton between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Edward D Burton published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 10.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2010. 9 of the 247 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2010. 2003: 2 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 25 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 30 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 18 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 8 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 8 publications 2026: 1 publication
2003 2026

247 publications in total across all disciplines

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Edward D Burton: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 2
2004 3
2005 9
2006 25
2007 5
2008 20
2009 14
2010 30
2011 17
2012 18
2013 9
2014 6
2015 10
2016 6
2017 5
2018 9
2019 11
2020 8
2021 6
2022 8
2023 7
2024 10
2025 8
2026 1
Total 247
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Edward D Burton 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 Edward D Burton 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, 198–207 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: 207 publications — 66th percentile

66% 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
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333 207
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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Edward D Burton 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 Edward D Burton 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, 56 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: 56 D-Index — 75th percentile

75% 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
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163 56
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

Edward D Burton is affiliated with Southern Cross University in Australia. They specialize in environmental science, with a significant focus on environmental chemistry, geochemistry and petrology, pollution, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Burton's research predominantly addresses key topics within the environmental sciences, including:

  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Metal extraction and bioleaching
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Geochemistry and elemental analysis
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing

The scientist has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, SSRN Electronic Journal, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Some recent papers include:

  • "Schwertmannite: A review of its occurrence, formation, structure, stability and interactions with oxyanions," 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Antimony and arsenic speciation, redox-cycling and contrasting mobility in a mining-impacted river system," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Antimony Sorption to Goethite: Effects of Fe(II)-Catalyzed Recrystallization," 2020, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • "Antimony mobility in sulfidic systems: Coupling with sulfide-induced iron oxide transformations," 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • "Arsenic-Imposed Effects on Schwertmannite and Jarosite Formation in Acid Mine Drainage and Coupled Impacts on Arsenic Mobility," 2021, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

Burton frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • N. Karimian
  • Scott G. Johnston
  • Girish Choppala
  • Kerstin Hockmann
  • Dane Lamb

Best Publications

  • Arsenic removal by perilla leaf biochar in aqueous solutions and groundwater: An integrated spectroscopic and microscopic examination.

    Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Irshad Bibi;Muhammad Shahid;Yong Sik Ok

  • Sorption of arsenic(V) and arsenic(III) to schwertmannite.

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Scott G Johnston;Kim M Watling

  • Arsenic mobility during flooding of contaminated soil: the effect of microbial sulfate reduction.

    Edward D Burton;Scott G Johnston;Benjamin D Kocar

  • A sequential extraction procedure for acid-sulfate soils: Partitioning of iron

    Salirian R. Claff;Leigh A. Sullivan;Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush

  • Schwertmannite transformation to goethite via the Fe(II) pathway: reaction rates and implications for iron-sulfide formation

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh A Sullivan;David Rg Mitchell

  • Mobility of arsenic and selected metals during re-flooding of iron- and organic-rich acid-sulfate soil

    Edward Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh Sullivan;Scott G Johnston

  • Reductive transformation of iron and sulfur in schwertmannite-rich accumulations associated with acidified coastal lowlands

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Leigh A. Sullivan;David R.G. Mitchell

  • Iron and sulfur cycling in acid sulfate soil wetlands under dynamic redox conditions: A review

    Niloofar Karimian;Scott G Johnston;Edward D Burton

  • Sulfur biogeochemical cycling and novel Fe-S mineralization pathways in a tidally re-flooded wetland

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Scott G. Johnston;Leigh A. Sullivan

  • A simple and inexpensive chromium-reducible sulfur method for acid-sulfate soils

    Edward D. Burton;Leigh A. Sullivan;Richard T. Bush;Scott G. Johnston

  • Microbial sulfidogenesis in ferrihydrite-rich environments: Effects on iron mineralogy and arsenic mobility

    Edward D. Burton;Scott G. Johnston;Richard T. Bush

  • Sedimentary iron geochemistry in acidic waterways associated with coastal lowland acid sulfate soils

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Leigh A. Sullivan

  • Coupling of arsenic mobility to sulfur transformations during microbial sulfate reduction in the presence and absence of humic acid

    Edward D. Burton;Scott G. Johnston;Britta Planer-Friedrich

  • Acid-Volatile Sulfide Oxidation in Coastal Flood Plain Drains: Iron-Sulfur Cycling and Effects on Water Quality

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh A Sullivan

  • Iron-monosulfide oxidation in natural sediments: resolving microbially mediated S transformations using XANES, electron microscopy, and selective extractions.

    Edward D Burton;Richard T Bush;Leigh A Sullivan;Rosalie Katherine Hocking

  • Arsenic sorption to nanoparticulate mackinawite (FeS): An examination of phosphate competition.

    Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Edward D. Burton

  • Schwertmannite: A review of its occurrence, formation, structure, stability and interactions with oxyanions

    Valerie A. Schoepfer;Edward D. Burton

  • Antimony and arsenic behavior during FE(II)-induced transformation of jarosite

    Niloofar Karimian;Scott G. Johnston;Edward D. Burton

  • Antimony and arsenic speciation, redox-cycling and contrasting mobility in a mining-impacted river system

    Scott G. Johnston;William W. Bennett;Nicholas Doriean;Kerstin Hockmann

  • Diffusive Gradients in Thin Films Reveals Differences in Antimony and Arsenic Mobility in a Contaminated Wetland Sediment during an Oxic-Anoxic Transition.

    Maja Arsic;Peter R Teasdale;David Thomas Welsh;Scott G Johnston

  • Sulfur, iron and carbon cycling following hydrological restoration of acidic freshwater wetlands

    Scott G. Johnston;Edward D. Burton;Thor Aaso;Gerard Tuckerman

  • Iron monosulfide accumulation and pyrite formation in eutrophic estuarine sediments

    Peter Kraal;Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush

  • Fractionation and extractability of sulfur, iron and trace elements in sulfidic sediments

    Edward D. Burton;Richard T. Bush;Leigh A. Sullivan

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard T Bush
Richard T Bush University of Newcastle Australia
Leigh A Sullivan
Leigh A Sullivan University of Canberra
Scott G Johnston
Scott G Johnston Southern Cross University
Darryl William Hawker
Darryl William Hawker Griffith University
Rosalie K. Hocking
Rosalie K. Hocking Swinburne University of Technology
Nabeel Khan Niazi
Nabeel Khan Niazi University of Agriculture Faisalabad
David R. G. Mitchell
David R. G. Mitchell University of Wollongong
Rob Fitzpatrick
Rob Fitzpatrick University of Adelaide
Irshad Bibi
Irshad Bibi University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Britta Planer-Friedrich
Britta Planer-Friedrich University of Bayreuth

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