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D-Index
45
Citations
9686
World Ranking
4375
National Ranking
228

Glen R. Walker 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 Glen R. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 107 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Glen R. Walker 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 Glen R. Walker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Glen R. Walker is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research spans environmental science with a specific focus on water-related disciplines. Walker's work investigates hydrology, watershed management, groundwater dynamics, and water resources optimization in the context of climate variability and environmental challenges.

Walker has contributed extensively to several interconnected fields of study, including:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad domain, they have focused on subfields such as:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Ecology

The main topics addressed in Walker's research include:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Walker has authored numerous papers published in scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Explaining changes in rainfall-runoff relationships during and after Australia's Millennium Drought: a community perspective" (2022) in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • "Salinity Management in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia" (2020) in Water
  • "Groundwater Impacts and Management under a Drying Climate in Southern Australia" (2021) in Water
  • "Estimating groundwater-river connectivity factor for quantifying changes in irrigation return flows in the Murray-Darling Basin" (2020) in Australasian Journal of Water Resources
  • "An overview of groundwater response to a changing climate in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: potential implications for the basin system and opportunities for management" (2023) in Hydrogeology Journal

Walker's collaborative network includes frequent co-authors:

  • Quan J. Wang
  • Avril Horne
  • Barry T. Hart
  • Rick Evans
  • Stuart Richardson

The scientist has published most frequently in the following venues:

  • Water
  • Australasian Journal of Water Resources
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • Hydrogeology Journal

Walker has contributed to book literature with work published by the Water Environment Federation, including the 2020 publication Watershed Scale Solutions to Pollutant Phosphorus for Lake Erie HABs Prevention: An Eastern Canada Perspective.

Best Publications

  • Response of mean annual evapotranspiration to vegetation changes at catchment scale

    L. Zhang;W. R. Dawes;G. R. Walker

  • Land clearance and river salinisation in the western Murray Basin, Australia

    G.B. Allison;P.G. Cook;S.R. Barnett;G.R. Walker

  • Predicting the effect of vegetation changes on catchment average water balance

    L. Zhang;W.R. Dawes;G.R. Walker

  • Field validation of isotopic procedures for determining sources of water used by plants in a semi-arid environment

    Jean-Pierre Brunel;Glen R. Walker;Ashleigh K. Kennett-Smith

  • Sources of water used by riparian Eucalyptus camaldulensis overlying highly saline groundwater.

    Lisa J. Mensforth;Peter J. Thorburn;Steve D. Tyerman;Glen R. Walker

  • Combining measurements of transpiration and stable isotopes of water to determine groundwater discharge from forests

    Peter J. Thorburn;Thomas J. Hatton;Glen R. Walker

  • Spatial variability of groundwater recharge in a semiarid region

    P.G. Cook;G.R. Walker;I.D. Jolly

  • Salt accumulation in semi-arid floodplain soils with implications for forest health

    Ian D. Jolly;Glen R. Walker;Peter J. Thorburn

  • Historical stream salinity trends and catchment salt balances in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

    I. D. Jolly;D. R. Williamson;M. Gilfedder;G. R. Walker

  • Modelling climate-change impacts on groundwater recharge in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia

    Russell S. Crosbie;James L. McCallum;Glen R. Walker;Francis H. S. Chiew

  • A new chloride leaching approach to the estimation of diffuse recharge following a change in land use

    Glen R. Walker;Ian D. Jolly;Peter G. Cook

  • Variations in stream water uptake by Eucalyptus camaldulensis with differing access to stream water

    Peter J. Thorburn;Glen R. Walker

  • Unsaturated zone tritium and chlorine 36 profiles from southern Australia: Their use as tracers of soil water movement

    P. G. Cook;I. D. Jolly;F. W. Leaney;G. R. Walker

  • Effectiveness of current farming systems in the control of dryland salinity

    GR Walker;M Gilfedder;J Williams

  • Towards a framework for predicting impacts of land-use on recharge: 1. A review of recharge studies in Australia

    Cuan Petheram;Glen Walker;Rodger Grayson;Tomas Thierfelder

  • Extraction of water from Eucalyptus trees for analysis of deuterium and oxygen‐18: laboratory and field techniques

    P. J. Thorburn;G. R. Walker;J.-P. Brunel

  • Use of stable isotopes of water to determine the origin of water used by the vegetation and to partition evapotranspiration. A case study from HAPEX-Sahel

    Jean-Pierre Brunel;G.R. Walker;J.C. Dighton;Bruno Monteny

  • Recharge from precipitation

    Jan M.H. Hendrickx;Glen R. Walker

  • Depth Profiles of Electrical Conductivity from Linear Combinations of Electromagnetic Induction Measurements

    P. G. Cook;G. R. Walker

  • Interlaboratory comparison of methods to determine the stable isotope composition of soil water

    Glen R. Walker;Peter H. Woods;Graham B. Allison

Frequent Co-Authors

Warrick Dawes
Warrick Dawes Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peter G. Cook
Peter G. Cook Flinders University
Peter J. Thorburn
Peter J. Thorburn Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Lu Zhang
Lu Zhang Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Rodger B. Grayson
Rodger B. Grayson University of Melbourne
Craig T. Simmons
Craig T. Simmons University of Newcastle Australia
Andrew L. Herczeg
Andrew L. Herczeg Flinders University
Francis H. S. Chiew
Francis H. S. Chiew Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stephen D. Tyerman
Stephen D. Tyerman University of Adelaide
Daniel P. Schachtman
Daniel P. Schachtman University of Nebraska–Lincoln

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