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Earth Science 52 2961 2704 1210 1073 183 26540

Elizabeth W. Boyer publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Elizabeth W. Boyer between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Elizabeth W. Boyer published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2020. 16 of the 228 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2020. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 9 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 12 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 16 publications 2021: 8 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 8 publications
1991 2025

228 publications in total across all disciplines

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Elizabeth W. Boyer: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 1
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 3
2001 5
2002 9
2003 9
2004 9
2005 12
2006 11
2007 6
2008 8
2009 15
2010 4
2011 6
2012 7
2013 5
2014 7
2015 5
2016 11
2017 12
2018 13
2019 12
2020 16
2021 8
2022 10
2023 4
2024 8
2025 8
Total 228
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Elizabeth W. Boyer 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 Elizabeth W. Boyer 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, 178–187 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: 183 publications — 56th percentile

56% 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
178–187 414 183
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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Elizabeth W. Boyer 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 Elizabeth W. Boyer 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, 52 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: 52 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% 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 52
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Elizabeth W. Boyer is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their primary research field is Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers various main topics including Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Water Resources Management and Optimization, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Landslides and Related Hazards.

Recent publications by Elizabeth W. Boyer include:

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle, 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • Advancing ecohydrology in the 21st century: A convergence of opportunities, 2020, Ecohydrology
  • A framework for nitrogen futures in the shared socioeconomic pathways, 2020, Global Environmental Change
  • Coupled coordination spatiotemporal analyses inform sustainable development and environmental protection for the Yellow River Basin of China, 2023, Ecological Indicators
  • Preferential flow patterns in forested hillslopes of east Tibetan Plateau revealed by dye tracing and soil moisture network, 2022, European Journal of Soil Science

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Boyer include:

  • Li Guo
  • Carlos Rogério de Mello
  • Bihang Fan
  • Delphis F. Levia
  • Doerthe Tetzlaff

Elizabeth W. Boyer has published in several notable venues, with most publications appearing in:

  • Hydrological Processes
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Water
  • HydroShare Resources
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

In 2020, Boyer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • Nitrogen cycles: past, present, and future

    J. N. Galloway;F. J. Dentener;D. G. Capone;E. W. Boyer

  • Spectrofluorometric characterization of dissolved organic matter for indication of precursor organic material and aromaticity

    Diane M. McKnight;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Paul K. Westerhoff;Peter T. Doran

  • Biogeochemical Hot Spots and Hot Moments at the Interface of Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems

    Michael E. McClain;Elizabeth W. Boyer;C. Lisa Dent;Sarah E. Gergel

  • Differences in phosphorus and nitrogen delivery to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi River Basin.

    Richard B. Alexander;Richard A. Smith;Gregory E. Schwarz;Elizabeth W. Boyer

  • The Role of Headwater Streams in Downstream Water Quality

    Richard B. Alexander;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Richard A. Smith;Gregory E. Schwarz

  • Anthropogenic nitrogen sources and relationships to riverine nitrogen export in the northeastern U.S.A.

    Elizabeth W. Boyer;Christine L. Goodale;Norbert A. Jaworski;Robert W. Howarth

  • Nitrogen retention in rivers: model development and application to watersheds in the northeastern U.S.A.

    Sybil P. Seitzinger;Renée V. Styles;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Richard B. Alexander

  • Sources of nitrate in rivers draining sixteen watersheds in the northeastern U.S.: Isotopic constraints

    Bernhard Mayer;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Christine Goodale;Norbert A. Jaworski

  • Response characteristics of DOC flushing in an alpine catchment

    Elizabeth W. Boyer;Elizabeth W. Boyer;George M. Hornberger;Kenneth E. Bencala;Diane M. McKnight

  • Nitrogen Use in the United States from 1961–2000 and Potential Future Trends

    Robert W. Howarth;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Wendy J. Pabich;James N. Galloway

  • Nitrogen Pollution in the Northeastern United States: Sources, Effects, and Management Options

    Charles T. Driscoll;David Whitall;John D. Aber;Elizabeth Boyer

  • Where did all the nitrogen go? Fate of nitrogen inputs to large watersheds in the northeastern U.S.A.

    N. Van Breemen;E.W. Boyer;Christine Goodale;Norbert Jaworski

  • Pre-industrial and contemporary fluxes of nitrogen through rivers: a global assessment based on typology

    Pamela A. Green;Charles J. Vörösmarty;Michel Meybeck;James N. Galloway

  • Nitrogen Isotopes as Indicators of NOx Source Contributions to Atmospheric Nitrate Deposition Across the Midwestern and Northeastern United States

    Emily M. Elliott;Carol Kendall;Scott D. Wankel;Douglas A. Burns

  • Riverine nitrogen export from the continents to the coasts

    Elizabeth W. Boyer;Robert W. Howarth;James N. Galloway;Frank J. Dentener

  • The influence of climate on average nitrogen export from large watersheds in the Northeastern United States

    R. W. Howarth;D. P. Swaney;E. W. Boyer;R. Marino

  • Carbon isotope fractionation of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) due to outgassing of carbon dioxide from a headwater stream

    Daniel H. Doctor;Carol Kendall;Stephen D. Sebestyen;James B. Shanley

  • Modeling denitrification in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems at regional scales.

    Elizabeth W. Boyer;Richard B. Alexander;William J. Parton;Changsheng Li

  • Homogenization of the terrestrial water cycle

    Delphis F. Levia;Irena F. Creed;David M. Hannah;Kazuki Nanko

  • Dynamic modeling of nitrogen losses in river networks unravels the coupled effects of hydrological and biogeochemical processes

    Richard B. Alexander;John Karl Böhlke;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Mark B. David

  • Sources of nitrate in rivers draining sixteen watersheds in the northeastern U.S.: Isotopic

    Bernhard Mayer;Elizabeth W. Boyer;Norbert A. Jaworski;Nico Van Breemen

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard B. Alexander
Richard B. Alexander United States Geological Survey
Robert W. Howarth
Robert W. Howarth Cornell University
Judson W. Harvey
Judson W. Harvey United States Geological Survey
Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder
Heather E. Golden
Heather E. Golden Environmental Protection Agency
Christine L. Goodale
Christine L. Goodale Cornell University
Carol Kendall
Carol Kendall United States Geological Survey
Douglas A. Burns
Douglas A. Burns United States Geological Survey
James N. Galloway
James N. Galloway University of Virginia
Sybil P. Seitzinger
Sybil P. Seitzinger University of Victoria

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