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42
Citations
7337
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5208
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Stephen G. Wells 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 Stephen G. Wells sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 84 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen G. Wells 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 Stephen G. Wells sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen G. Wells is affiliated with the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans several fields including Medicine, Engineering, and Computer Science. Within these disciplines, their focus extends to specialized subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The main topics of Wells' work revolve around Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Digital Radiography and Breast Imaging, Radiation Dose and Imaging, Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications, Digital Image Processing Techniques, and Medical Image Segmentation Techniques.

Wells has contributed to multiple publications, with recent papers including:

  • "Meshless reconstruction technique for digital tomosynthesis," 2020, published in Physics in Medicine and Biology
  • "3D chest tomosynthesis using a stationary flat panel source array and a stationary detector: a Monte Carlo proof of concept," 2021, published in Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
  • "Metal artefact reduction in digital tomosynthesis using component decomposition," 2023, published in Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express

The frequent publication venues for Wells' work are Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express and Physics in Medicine and Biology.

Wells has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Vadim Y. Soloviev
  • Kate L. Renforth
  • Conrad J. Dirckx
  • Thomas G. Primidis
  • Carsten Welsch

Best Publications

  • Influences of eolian and pedogenic processes on the origin and evolution of desert pavements

    Leslie D. McFadden;Stephen G. Wells;Michael J. Jercinovich

  • Influence of Late Quaternary Climatic Changes on Geomorphic and Pedogenic Processes on a Desert Piedmont, Eastern Mojave Desert, California

    Stephen G. Wells;Leslie D. McFadden;John C. Dohrenwend

  • Sedimentologic and geomorphic variations in storm-generated alluvial fans, Howgill Fells, northwest England

    Stephen G. Wells;Adrian M. Harvey

  • Fire and alluvial chronology in Yellowstone National Park: Climatic and intrinsic controls on Holocene geomorphic processes

    Grant A. Meyer;Stephen G. Wells;A. J. Timothy Jull

  • Regional variations in tectonic geomorphology along a segmented convergent plate boundary pacific coast of Costa Rica

    S.G. Wells;T.F. Bullard;C.M. Menges;P.G. Drake

  • Fire-Related Sedimentation Events on Alluvial Fans, Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A.

    Grant A. Meyer;Stephen G. Wells

  • Late Cenozoic landscape evolution on lava flow surfaces of the Cima volcanic field, Mojave Desert, California

    Stephen G. Wells;John C. Dohrenwend;Leslie D. McFADDEN;Brent D. Turrin

  • Response of alluvial systems to fire and climate change in Yellowstone National Park

    Grant A. Meyer;Stephen G. Wells;Robert C. Balling;A. J. Timothy Jull

  • Quaternary uplift astride the aseismic Cocos Ridge, Pacific coast, Costa Rica

    Thomas W. Gardner;David Verdonck;Nicholas M. Pinter;Rudy Slingerland

  • The vesicular layer and carbonate collars of desert soils and pavements: formation, age and relation to climate change

    Leslie D McFadden;Eric V McDonald;Stephen G Wells;Kirk Anderson

  • Use of multiparameter relative-age methods for age estimation and correlation of alluvial fan surfaces on a desert piedmont, eastern Mojave Desert, California

    Leslie D. McFadden;John B. Ritter;Stephen G. Wells

  • Atmospheric circulation during Holocene lake stands in the Mojave Desert: evidence of regional climate change

    Yehouda Enzel;Daniel R. Cayan;Roger Y. Anderson;Stephen G. Wells

  • Cosmogenic 3He surface-exposure dating of stone pavements: Implications for landscape evolution in deserts

    Stephen G. Wells;Leslie D. McFadden;Jane Poths;Chad T. Olinger

  • Response of alluvial fan systems to the late Pleistocene to Holocene climatic transition: contrasts between the margins of pluvial Lakes Lahontan and Mojave, Nevada and California, USA

    Adrian M Harvey;Peter E Wigand;Stephen G Wells

  • Influences of quaternary climatic changes on processes of soil development on desert loess deposits of the Cima volcanic field, California

    L.D. McFadden;S.G. Wells;J.C. Dohrenwend

  • Reconciling the roles of tectonism and climate in Quaternary alluvial fan evolution

    John B. Ritter;Jerry R. Miller;Yehouda Enzel;Stephen G. Wells

  • Historical Rainfall Patterns and Arroyo Activity within the Zuni River Drainage Basin, New Mexico

    Robert C. Balling;Stephen G. Wells

  • Regional response of alluvial fans to the Pleistocene-Holocene climatic transition, Mojave Desert, California

    Eric V. McDonald;Leslie D. McFadden;Stephen G. Wells

  • Response of Quaternary fluvial systems to differential epeirogenic uplift: Aguas and Feos river systems, southeast Spain

    A. M. Harvey;S. G. Wells

  • Factors and processes governing the 14C content of carbonate in desert soils

    Ronald Amundson;Yang Wang;Oliver Chadwick;Susan Trumbore

  • Short-Duration Holocene Lakes in the Mojave River Drainage Basin, Southern California

    Yehouda Enzel;William J. Brown;Roger Y. Anderson;Leslie D. McFadden

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie D. McFadden
Leslie D. McFadden University of New Mexico
Yehouda Enzel
Yehouda Enzel Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Roger Y. Anderson
Roger Y. Anderson University of New Mexico
Robert C. Balling
Robert C. Balling Arizona State University
Robert C. Graham
Robert C. Graham University of California, Riverside
Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki
Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki United States Geological Survey
Adrian M. Harvey
Adrian M. Harvey University of Liverpool
Robert J. Fleck
Robert J. Fleck United States Geological Survey
Nicholas Lancaster
Nicholas Lancaster Desert Research Institute
Daniel R. Cayan
Daniel R. Cayan University of California, San Diego

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