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Jeffrey J. McDonnell

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Earth Science
Canada
2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 110 74 60 2 2 553 42994

Jeffrey J. McDonnell publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jeffrey J. McDonnell between 1979 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jeffrey J. McDonnell published across 48 years, from 1979 to 2026, averaging 13 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2015. 13 of the 622 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2015. 1979: 1 publication 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 4 publications 1998: 11 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 16 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 28 publications 2004: 21 publications 2005: 18 publications 2006: 25 publications 2007: 20 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 25 publications 2010: 31 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 34 publications 2013: 24 publications 2014: 28 publications 2015: 42 publications 2016: 34 publications 2017: 38 publications 2018: 24 publications 2019: 30 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 21 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 12 publications 2026: 1 publication
1979 2026

622 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jeffrey J. McDonnell: publications per year, 1979 to 2026
Year Publications
1979 1
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 2
1988 1
1989 0
1990 3
1991 3
1992 2
1993 3
1994 2
1995 9
1996 3
1997 4
1998 11
1999 3
2000 3
2001 16
2002 16
2003 28
2004 21
2005 18
2006 25
2007 20
2008 19
2009 25
2010 31
2011 17
2012 34
2013 24
2014 28
2015 42
2016 34
2017 38
2018 24
2019 30
2020 14
2021 21
2022 10
2023 14
2024 10
2025 12
2026 1
Total 622
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Jeffrey J. McDonnell publications per year - data summary

  • Jeffrey J. McDonnell, a Earth Science scholar from University of Saskatchewan, has 622 publications recorded across 48 years, from 1979 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1979 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2015, with 42 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1979, 1988 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 8 of the 48 years in the span carry no publications at all (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 13.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 15.6 per year counting only the 40 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 47 publications, 8% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1979-1994: 17 publications (1.1 per year); 1995-2010: 252 publications (15.8 per year); 2011-2026: 353 publications (22.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Jeffrey J. McDonnell 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 Jeffrey J. McDonnell 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, 548–557 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: 553 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 14 553
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Jeffrey J. McDonnell publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Jeffrey J. McDonnell, a Earth Science scholar from University of Saskatchewan, records 553 publications - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Jeffrey J. McDonnell, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Jeffrey J. McDonnell ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Jeffrey J. McDonnell 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 Jeffrey J. McDonnell 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, 106+ 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: 110 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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+ 98 110
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Jeffrey J. McDonnell D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Jeffrey J. McDonnell, a Earth Science scholar from University of Saskatchewan, records 110 D-Index - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Jeffrey J. McDonnell, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Jeffrey J. McDonnell ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Earth Science in Canada Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Jeffrey J. McDonnell is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Canada. Their research primarily centers around environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong focus on hydrology and related processes.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • Fill-and-Spill: A Process Description of Runoff Generation at the Scale of the Beholder, 2021, Water Resources Research
  • Where Is the Bottom of a Watershed?, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Transit Time Estimation in Catchments: Recent Developments and Future Directions, 2022, Water Resources Research
  • Tree water deficit and dynamic source water partitioning, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • Crustal Groundwater Volumes Greater Than Previously Thought, 2021, Geophysical Research Letters

The scientist has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Magali F. Nehemy
  • Paolo Benettin
  • Andrea Rinaldo
  • Mitra Asadollahi
  • John Herbohn

Their work has been published in various scientific journals with notable frequency, including:

  • Hydrological Processes
  • Water Resources Research
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Hydrological Sciences Journal
  • Ecohydrology

Main fields of study in their research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, subfields of study are:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

The main topics covered in their work consist of:

  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Tree-ring Climate Responses
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies

Jeffrey J. McDonnell has received several awards, including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2015), Academy of Science
  • Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU) (2009)
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • IAHS Decade on Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), 2003–2012: Shaping an exciting future for the hydrological sciences

    M. Sivapalan;K. Takeuchi;S. W. Franks;V. K. Gupta

  • Isotope tracers in catchment hydrology

    Carol Kendall;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • A decade of Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB)—a review

    M. Hrachowitz;H. H. G. Savenije;G. Blöschl;J. J. Mcdonnell

  • A review and evaluation of catchment transit time modeling

    Kevin J. McGuire;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Moving beyond heterogeneity and process complexity: A new vision for watershed hydrology

    J J McDonnell;J J McDonnell;M Sivapalan;K Vache;S Dunn

  • Ecohydrologic separation of water between trees and streams in a Mediterranean climate

    J. Renée Brooks;Holly R. Barnard;Rob Coulombe;Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • A rationale for old water discharge through macropores in a steep, humid catchment.

    Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Hydrograph separation using stable isotopes: Review and evaluation

    J. Klaus;J.J. McDonnell;J.J. McDonnell

  • Threshold relations in subsurface stormflow: 2. The fill and spill hypothesis

    H. J. Tromp-van Meerveld;H. J. Tromp-van Meerveld;J. J. McDonnell

  • On the dialog between experimentalist and modeler in catchment hydrology: Use of soft data for multicriteria model calibration

    Jan Seibert;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Hillslope Hydrology in Global Change Research and Earth System Modeling

    Ying Fan;M. Clark;D. M. Lawrence;S. Swenson

  • Global separation of plant transpiration from groundwater and streamflow

    Jaivime Evaristo;Scott Jasechko;Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Debates—The future of hydrological sciences: A (common) path forward? A call to action aimed at understanding velocities, celerities and residence time distributions of the headwater hydrograph

    Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Keith Beven

  • Linking the hydrologic and biogeochemical controls of nitrogen transport in near-stream zones of temperate-forested catchments: a review

    Christopher P. Cirmo;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Threshold relations in subsurface stormflow: 1. A 147-storm analysis of the Panola hillslope

    H. J. Tromp-van Meerveld;H. J. Tromp-van Meerveld;J. J. McDonnell

  • On the interrelations between topography, soil depth, soil moisture, transpiration rates and species distribution at the hillslope scale

    H.J. Tromp-van Meerveld;J.J. McDonnell

  • Quantifying contributions to storm runoff through end-member mixing analysis and hydrologic measurements at the Panola Mountain Research Watershed (Georgia, USA).

    Douglas A. Burns;Jeffrey J. Mcdonnell;Richard P. Hooper;Norman E. Peters

  • Quantifying the relative contributions of riparian and hillslope zones to catchment runoff

    Brian L. McGlynn;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Substantial proportion of global streamflow less than three months old

    Scott Jasechko;James W. Kirchner;James W. Kirchner;Jeffrey M. Welker;Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Jeffrey J. McDonnell;Jeffrey J. McDonnell

  • Virtual experiments: a new approach for improving process conceptualization in hillslope hydrology

    Markus Weiler;Jeff McDonnell

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurent Pfister
Laurent Pfister Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich
Julian Klaus
Julian Klaus University of Bonn
Kevin J. McGuire
Kevin J. McGuire Virginia Tech
Carol Kendall
Carol Kendall United States Geological Survey
Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Chris Soulsby
Chris Soulsby University of Aberdeen
Hjalmar Laudon
Hjalmar Laudon Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Markus Weiler
Markus Weiler University of Freiburg
Jim Buttle
Jim Buttle Trent University

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