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Stephen J. Burns 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 J. Burns sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 254 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Stephen J. Burns 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 J. Burns sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Stephen J. Burns is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial number of publications in this field.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
  • Geological formations and processes

Their research spans several subfields of study such as Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, Anthropology, Earth-Surface Processes, and Geography, Planning and Development.

A selection of recent papers includes:

  • "Droughts and societal change: The environmental context for the emergence of Islam in late Antique Arabia," 2022, published in Science
  • "Southern Hemisphere controls on ITCZ variability in southwest Madagascar over the past 117,000 years," 2021, published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Tropical Indian Ocean basin hydroclimate at the Mid- to Late-Holocene transition and the double drying hypothesis," 2022, published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Moisture and Seasonality Shifts Recorded in Holocene and Pleistocene Speleothems From Southeastern Arabia," 2022, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "The Late Miocene-Early Pliocene Biogenic Bloom: An Integrated Study in the Tasman Sea," 2023, published in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

Frequent publication venues for their research include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Quaternary Science Reviews, Modern Believing, International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church, and Journal of Anglican Studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Stephen J. Burns are:

  • David McGee
  • Laurie R. Godfrey
  • Peterson Faina
  • Flavio S. Anselmetti
  • Alexandra R. Isern

In recognition of professional achievements, Stephen J. Burns was awarded the title of Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Holocene forcing of the Indian monsoon recorded in a stalagmite from southern Oman.

    Dominik Fleitmann;Stephen J. Burns;Manfred Mudelsee;Ulrich Neff

  • Holocene ITCZ and Indian monsoon dynamics recorded in stalagmites from Oman and Yemen (Socotra)

    Dominik Fleitmann;Stephen J. Burns;Augusto Mangini;Manfred Mudelsee

  • Strong coherence between solar variability and the monsoon in Oman between 9 and 6 kyr ago

    U. Neff;S. J. Burns;S. J. Burns;A. Mangini;M. Mudelsee

  • Insolation-driven changes in atmospheric circulation over the past 116,000 years in subtropical Brazil

    Francisco W. Cruz;Stephen J. Burns;Ivo Karmann;Warren D. Sharp

  • Fractionation of the stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon in carbon dioxide during the reaction of calcite with phosphoric acid as a function of temperature and technique

    P.K. Swart;S.J. Burns;J.J. Leder

  • Orbitally driven east-west antiphasing of South American precipitation

    Francisco W. Cruz;Mathias Vuille;Stephen J. Burns;Xianfeng Wang

  • Occurrence and Formation of Dolomite in Organic-Rich Continental Margin Sediments

    Paul A. Baker;Stephen J. Burns

  • Variable winter moisture in the southwestern United States linked to rapid glacial climate shifts

    Yemane Asmerom;Victor J. Polyak;Stephen J. Burns

  • Timing and structure of the 8.2 kyr B.P. event inferred from δ18O records of stalagmites from China, Oman, and Brazil

    Hai Cheng;Hai Cheng;Dominik Fleitmann;Dominik Fleitmann;R. Lawrence Edwards;Xianfeng Wang

  • Palaeoclimatic interpretation of high-resolution oxygen isotope profiles derived from annually laminated speleothems from Southern Oman

    Dominik Fleitmann;Stephen J. Burns;Ulrich Neff;Manfred Mudelsee

  • A review of the South American monsoon history as recorded in stable isotopic proxies over the past two millennia

    Mathias Vuille;Stephen J. Burns;B. L. Taylor;Francisco W Cruz

  • Indian Ocean Climate and an Absolute Chronology over Dansgaard/Oeschger Events 9 to 13

    Stephen J. Burns;Dominik Fleitmann;Albert Matter;Jan Kramers

  • Speleothem evidence from Oman for continental pluvial events during interglacial periods

    Stephen J. Burns;Dominik Fleitmann;Albert Matter;Ulrich Neff

  • Evidence of rainfall variations in Southern Brazil from trace element ratios (Mg/Ca and Sr/Ca) in a Late Pleistocene stalagmite

    Francisco W. Cruz;Stephen J. Burns;Michael Jercinovic;Ivo Karmann

  • Changing moisture sources over the last 330,000 years in Northern Oman from fluid-inclusion evidence in speleothems

    Dominik Fleitmann;Stephen J. Burns;Ulrich Neff;Augusto Mangini

  • High resolution stalagmite climate record from the Yucatán Peninsula spanning the Maya terminal classic period

    Martín Medina-Elizalde;Stephen J. Burns;David W. Lea;Yemane Asmerom

  • Oxygen and carbon isotopic composition of marine carbonate concretions; an overview

    Peter S. Mozley;Stephen J. Burns

  • A 780‐year annually resolved record of Indian Ocean monsoon precipitation from a speleothem from south Oman

    Stephen J. Burns;Dominik Fleitmann;Manfred Mudelsee;Ulrich Neff

  • Reconstruction of the Amazon Basin effective moisture availability over the past 14,000 years.

    Mark A. Maslin;Stephen J. Burns

  • Speleothem-based paleoclimate record from northern Oman

    Stephen J. Burns;Albert Matter;Norbert Frank;Augusto Mangini

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Matter
Albert Matter University of Bern
Hai Cheng
Hai Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Dominik Fleitmann
Dominik Fleitmann University of Basel
Francisco W. Cruz
Francisco W. Cruz Universidade de São Paulo
Augusto Mangini
Augusto Mangini Heidelberg University
Mathias Vuille
Mathias Vuille University at Albany, State University of New York
Yemane Asmerom
Yemane Asmerom University of New Mexico
Victor J. Polyak
Victor J. Polyak University of New Mexico
Manfred Mudelsee
Manfred Mudelsee University of Potsdam
Jan Kramers
Jan Kramers University of Johannesburg

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