2026 Spyros Beltaos: 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	34	7954	7373	406	372	115	4516

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

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Earth Science

7954

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115

4516

Overview

Spyros Beltaos is affiliated with Environment and Climate Change Canada in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on the interactions between river-ice processes, climate change, and ecological impacts within freshwater and riverine environments.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work covers various subfields, including Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Pollution, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics investigated by Spyros Beltaos include:

Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
Climate change and permafrost
Cryospheric studies and observations
Fish Ecology and Management Studies
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Smart Materials for Construction
Petroleum Processing and Analysis

The frequent publication venues for Spyros Beltaos's research are:

International Journal of River Basin Management
Environmental Reviews
Water
Cold Regions Science and Technology
Geosciences

Spyros Beltaos has coauthored several papers with researchers including Daniel L. Peters, Brian C. Burrell, Barrie Bonsal, Yonas Dibike, and Laurent de Rham.

Their recent published papers include:

"Effects of climate change on river-ice processes and ice jams," 2021, International Journal of River Basin Management
"A Canadian River Ice Database from the National Hydrometric Program Archives," 2020, Earth System Science Data
"Ecological effects and causal synthesis of oil sands activity impacts on river ecosystems: water synthesis review," 2021, Environmental Reviews
"Effects of River-Ice Breakup on Sediment Transport and Implications to Stream Environments: A Review," 2021, Water
"Ice in reservoirs and regulated rivers," 2020, International Journal of River Basin Management

Best Publications

Climatic control of river‐ice hydrology: a review

Terry D. Prowse;Spyros Beltaos

295
Citations
River-ice hydrology in a shrinking cryosphere.

Spyros Beltaos;Terry Prowse

256
Citations
Effects of Changes in Arctic Lake and River Ice

Terry Prowse;Knut Alfredsen;Spyros Beltaos;Barrie R. Bonsal

198
Citations
Progress in the study and management of river ice jams

Spyros Beltaos

176
Citations
Climate impacts on extreme ice-jam events in Canadian rivers

Spyros Beltaos;Terry D. Prowse

165
Citations
Past and Future Changes in Arctic Lake and River Ice

Terry Prowse;Knut Alfredsen;Spyros Beltaos;Barrie Bonsal

151
Citations
Climate change, flow regulation and land-use effects on the hydrology of the Peace-Athabasca-Slave System; findings from the Northern Rivers Ecosystem Initiative.

T. D. Prowse;S. Beltaos;J. T. Gardner;J. J. Gibson

149
Citations
Numerical computation of river ice jams

S. Beltaos

143
Citations
Onset of river ice breakup

S. Beltaos

138
Citations
Threshold between mechanical and thermal breakup of river ice cover

Spyros Beltaos

133
Citations
Ice regime of the lower Peace River and ice‐jam flooding of the Peace‐Athabasca Delta

Spyros Beltaos;Terry D. Prowse;Tom Carter

130
Citations
Effects of climate on mid-winter ice jams

Spyros Beltaos

121
Citations
Climatic change and river ice breakup

Spyros Beltaos;Brian C Burrell

120
Citations
Climatic effects on ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta

S. Beltaos;T. Prowse;B. Bonsal;R. MacKay

109
Citations
Advances in river ice hydrology.

Spyros Beltaos

97
Citations
Comparing the impacts of regulation and climate on ice-jam flooding of the Peace-Athabasca Delta

Spyros Beltaos

76
Citations
Hydraulic Roughness of Breakup Ice Jams

Spyros Beltaos

72
Citations
Numerical modelling of ice‐jam flooding on the Peace–Athabasca delta

Spyros Beltaos

71
Citations
Fracture and breakup of river ice cover

S. Beltaos

69
Citations
Arctic Freshwater Ice and Its Climatic Role

Terry Prowse;Knut Alfredsen;Spyros Beltaos;Barrie Bonsal

64
Citations
River ice breakup processes : recent advances and future directions

Spyros Beltaos

58
Citations
Restoring Ice-jam Floodwater to a Drying Delta Ecosystem

Terry D. Prowse;Daniel Peters;Spyros Beltaos;Alain Pietroniro

55
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry D. Prowse University of Victoria

Barrie Bonsal University of Victoria

Gesa A. Weyhenmeyer Uppsala University

Atte Korhola University of Helsinki

Bahram Gharabaghi University of Guelph

Alain Pietroniro University of Saskatchewan

James P. McNamara Boise State University

Claude R. Duguay University of Waterloo

Warwick F. Vincent Université Laval

Robert Leconte Université de Sherbrooke

External Links

Personal website of Spyros Beltaos

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