2026 Scott Jasechko: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	39	5999	5554	2162	1920	95	9505

Research.com Recognitions

2020 - Hellman Fellow

Overview

Scott Jasechko is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with extensive contributions to subfields including environmental engineering, geochemistry and petrology, water science and technology, ocean engineering, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of Jasechko's work span groundwater and isotope geochemistry, groundwater flow and contamination studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, groundwater and watershed analysis, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, geophysics and gravity measurements, and water resources management and optimization.

Jasechko has published a significant number of papers, with notable recent works including:

Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally (2024, Nature)
Global groundwater wells at risk of running dry (2021, Science)
The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle (2024, Science)
Groundwater level observations in 250,000 coastal US wells reveal scope of potential seawater intrusion (2020, Nature Communications)
Widespread potential loss of streamflow into underlying aquifers across the USA (2021, Nature)

Their work is published in several prominent venues, with frequent publications in:

Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
Nature Communications
Nature
Science
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Jasechko often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Debra Perrone, Hansjörg Seybold, Ying Fan, Richard G. Taylor, and James W. Kirchner.

In 2020, Jasechko was awarded the Hellman Fellow recognition.

Best Publications

Terrestrial water fluxes dominated by transpiration

Scott Jasechko;Zachary D. Sharp;John J. Gibson;S. Jean Birks

1441
Citations
Transpiration in the global water cycle

William H. Schlesinger;Scott Jasechko

1059
Citations
The global volume and distribution of modern groundwater

Tom Gleeson;Tom Gleeson;Kevin M. Befus;Scott Jasechko;Elco Luijendijk;Elco Luijendijk

760
Citations
Global separation of plant transpiration from groundwater and streamflow

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

565
Citations
Revisiting the contribution of transpiration to global terrestrial evapotranspiration

Zhongwang Wei;Kei Yoshimura;Lixin Wang;Diego G. Miralles;Diego G. Miralles

503
Citations
Rapid groundwater decline and some cases of recovery in aquifers globally

Unknown

446
Citations
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

416
Citations
The pronounced seasonality of global groundwater recharge

Scott Jasechko;S. Jean Birks;Tom Gleeson;Yoshihide Wada

411
Citations
The changing nature of groundwater in the global water cycle

Unknown

345
Citations
Global aquifers dominated by fossil groundwaters but wells vulnerable to modern contamination

Scott Jasechko;Debra Perrone;Kevin M. Befus;M. Bayani Bayani Cardenas

328
Citations
Global Isotope Hydrogeology―Review

Scott Jasechko

325
Citations
Global groundwater wells at risk of running dry.

Scott Jasechko;Debra Perrone

315
Citations
Intensive rainfall recharges tropical groundwaters

Scott Jasechko;Richard G Taylor

186
Citations
Groundwater level observations in 250,000 coastal US wells reveal scope of potential seawater intrusion.

Scott Jasechko;Debra Perrone;Hansjörg Seybold;Ying Fan

174
Citations
Widespread potential loss of streamflow into underlying aquifers across the USA.

Scott Jasechko;Hansjörg Seybold;Debra Perrone;Ying Fan

138
Citations
Risk of groundwater contamination widely underestimated because of fast flow into aquifers

Andreas Hartmann;Andreas Hartmann;Scott Jasechko;Tom Gleeson;Yoshihide Wada;Yoshihide Wada

127
Citations
Dry groundwater wells in the western United States

D Perrone;S Jasechko;S Jasechko

118
Citations
Isotopic evidence for widespread cold‐season‐biased groundwater recharge and young streamflow across central Canada

Scott Jasechko;Leonard I. Wassenaar;Bernhard Mayer

106
Citations
Stable isotope mass balance of the Laurentian Great Lakes

Scott Jasechko;John J. Gibson;Thomas W.D. Edwards

95
Citations
Deeper well drilling an unsustainable stopgap to groundwater depletion

Debra Perrone;Scott Jasechko

94
Citations
Evidence of discharging saline formation water to the Athabasca River in the oil sands mining region, northern Alberta

J.J. Gibson;J. Fennell;S.J. Birks;Y. Yi

70
Citations
Partitioning young and old groundwater with geochemical tracers

Scott Jasechko

70
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan

Tom Gleeson University of Victoria

James W. Kirchner ETH Zurich

Jeffrey M. Welker University of Oulu

Yoshihide Wada King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

M. Bayani Cardenas The University of Texas at Austin

Grant Ferguson University of Saskatchewan

Diego G. Miralles Ghent University

John J. Gibson University of Victoria

Xuhui Lee Yale University

External Links

Personal website of Scott Jasechko

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring online degree options related to Earth Science can open diverse career opportunities while offering flexibility and affordability. For those interested in visually documenting environmental changes, pursuing the cheapest online photography degree can provide essential skills in digital imaging and field photography, which are valuable for research and communication roles.

Military veterans seeking new career directions may find tailored programs especially beneficial. Online photography degrees customized for veterans offer supportive resources and flexible structures, highlighted in the online photography degree programs for veterans article, making it easier to transition into civilian careers that overlap with Earth Science fields.

Language skills also play a vital role in global earth science projects. Programs focusing on language acquisition like the cheapest online spanish degree offer affordable, accelerated options that can expand communication abilities and increase job marketability, especially for roles involving international collaboration.

Additionally, veterans interested in language studies can explore online spanish degree for military veterans programs, combining veteran-friendly support with practical language training useful in environmental consulting, research, and outreach, enhancing career pathways tied to Earth Science.