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Sean K. Carey

Sean K. Carey

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
49
Citations
7764
World Ranking
3664
National Ranking
170

Sean K. Carey 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 Sean K. Carey sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 179 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sean K. Carey 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 Sean K. Carey sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sean K. Carey is affiliated with McMaster University in Canada and has a research focus spanning Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work is concentrated primarily within the subfields of Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Their recent papers demonstrate an emphasis on climate and hydrological processes affecting northern and boreal environments. Notable publications include:

  • Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Stable isotopes of water reveal differences in plant - soil water relationships across northern environments, 2020, Hydrological Processes
  • The biophysical climate mitigation potential of boreal peatlands during the growing season, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Evapotranspiration and energy partitioning across a forest-shrub vegetation gradient in a subarctic, alpine catchment, 2021, Journal of Hydrology
  • Summary and synthesis of Changing Cold Regions Network (CCRN) research in the interior of western Canada - Part 2: Future change in cryosphere, vegetation, and hydrology, 2021, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Frequent co-authors contributing to their research include:

  • M. Graham Clark
  • Erin M. Nicholls
  • Kelly Biagi
  • J. M. Waddington
  • Alan Barr

Their work has been published repeatedly in a set of specialized journals, with a notable presence in the following publication venues:

  • Hydrological Processes
  • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies

Best Publications

  • The cold regions hydrological model: a platform for basing process representation and model structure on physical evidence

    J. W. Pomeroy;D. M. Gray;T. Brown;N. R. Hedstrom

  • Progress in permafrost hydrology in the new millennium

    Ming-Ko Woo;Douglas L. Kane;Sean K. Carey;Daqing Yang

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Slope runoff processes and flow generation in a subarctic, subalpine catchment

    Sean K. Carey;Ming-ko Woo

  • Tracer-based assessment of flow paths, storage and runoff generation in northern catchments: a review

    Doerthe Tetzlaff;Jim Buttle;Sean K. Carey;Kevin McGuire

  • Peat hydraulic conductivity in cold regions and its relation to pore size and geometry

    William L. Quinton;Masaki Hayashi;Sean K. Carey

  • Increasing contribution of peatlands to boreal evapotranspiration in a warming climate

    Manuel Helbig;Manuel Helbig;James Michael Waddington;Pavel Alekseychik;Brian D. Amiro

  • Cross‐regional prediction of long‐term trajectory of stream water DOC response to climate change

    Hjalmar Laudon;Jim Buttle;Sean K. Carey;Jeff McDonnell;Jeff McDonnell

  • Dissolved organic carbon fluxes in a discontinuous permafrost subarctic alpine catchment

    Sean K. Carey

  • Modelling the dynamics of the evapotranspiration process using genetic programming

    Kamban Parasuraman;Amin Elshorbagy;Sean K. Carey

  • Evaluating runoff generation during summer using hydrometric, stable isotope and hydrochemical methods in a discontinuous permafrost alpine catchment

    S. K. Carey;W. L. Quinton

  • The role of soil pipes as a slope runoff mechanism, Subarctic Yukon, Canada

    S.K Carey;M.-K Woo

  • Evaluation of Solar Radiation Prediction Models in North America

    Rosalind A. Ball;Larry C. Purcell;Sean K. Carey

  • The essential value of long‐term experimental data for hydrology and water management

    Doerthe Tetzlaff;Sean K. Carey;James P. McNamara;Hjalmar Laudon

  • Recent climatic, cryospheric, and hydrological changes over the interior of western Canada: a review and synthesis

    Chris M. DeBeer;Howard S. Wheater;Sean K. Carey;Kwok Pan Chun;Kwok Pan Chun

  • Hydrology of Two Slopes in Subarctic Yukon, Canada

    Sean K. Carey;Ming-Ko Woo

  • Inter-comparison of hydro-climatic regimes across northern catchments: synchronicity, resistance and resilience

    Sean K. Carey;Doerthe Tetzlaff;Jan Seibert;Jan Seibert;Christopher Soulsby

  • Evaluation of the algorithms and parameterizations for ground thawing and freezing simulation in permafrost regions

    Yinsuo Zhang;Sean K. Carey;William L. Quinton

  • Statistical characterization of the spatial variability of soil moisture in a cutover peatland

    Richard M. Petrone;J. S. Price;S. K. Carey;J. M. Waddington

  • Spatial variability of hillslope water balance, wolf creek basin, subarctic yukon

    Sean K. Carey;Ming-ko Woo

  • Hydrological sensitivity of a northern mountain basin to climate change

    Kabir Rasouli;John W. Pomeroy;J. Richard Janowicz;Sean K. Carey

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Doerthe Tetzlaff
Doerthe Tetzlaff Leibniz Association
Chris Soulsby
Chris Soulsby University of Aberdeen
Hjalmar Laudon
Hjalmar Laudon Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Jim Buttle
Jim Buttle Trent University
Jeffrey J. McDonnell
Jeffrey J. McDonnell University of Saskatchewan
John W. Pomeroy
John W. Pomeroy University of Saskatchewan
Joseph L. Hora
Joseph L. Hora Smithsonian Institution
Kevin J. McGuire
Kevin J. McGuire Virginia Tech
Jan Seibert
Jan Seibert University of Zurich
Alberto Noriega-Crespo
Alberto Noriega-Crespo Space Telescope Science Institute

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