Andrew D. Heap

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Andrew D. Heap is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew D. Heap has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Oceanography, 11 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Andrew D. Heap's work include Geological formations and processes (7 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers). Andrew D. Heap is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (7 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (6 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (6 papers). Andrew D. Heap collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United Kingdom. Andrew D. Heap's co-authors include Jin Li, Michael G. Hughes, James Daniell, A. W. Potter, Peter T. Harris, D. A. Ryan, Zhi Huang, Scott Nichol, Mark Hemer and John F. Marshall and has published in prestigious journals such as Renewable Energy, Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology and Marine Geology.

In The Last Decade

Andrew D. Heap

27 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A review of comparative studies of spatial interpolation methods in environmental sciences: Performance and impact factors

2010 722 citations Jin Li, Andrew D. Heap Ecological Informatics profile →
Spatial interpolation methods applied in the environmental sciences: A review

2014 607 citations Jin Li, Andrew D. Heap Environmental Modelling & Software profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew D. Heap Australia	14	793	596	493	464	328	28	2.2k
Konstantinos G. Nikolakopoulos Greece	25	645 0.8×	493 0.8×	315 0.6×	340 0.7×	143 0.4×	188	2.1k
Joong‐Sun Won South Korea	30	660 0.8×	1.2k 1.9×	994 2.0×	460 1.0×	308 0.9×	148	3.7k
William Philpot United States	25	1.1k 1.4×	856 1.4×	666 1.4×	1.4k 3.0×	516 1.6×	93	3.1k
Arthur E. Mynett Netherlands	26	413 0.5×	619 1.0×	330 0.7×	749 1.6×	224 0.7×	82	2.1k
Hermann Kaufmann Germany	29	753 0.9×	635 1.1×	531 1.1×	809 1.7×	256 0.8×	114	2.6k
Duong Tran Anh Vietnam	30	792 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	335 0.7×	356 0.8×	145 0.4×	87	2.3k
Katherine Klink United States	13	579 0.7×	914 1.5×	655 1.3×	290 0.6×	177 0.5×	27	2.2k
Magaly Koch United States	24	597 0.8×	560 0.9×	348 0.7×	629 1.4×	84 0.3×	83	1.9k
Michael B. Abbott Netherlands	17	685 0.9×	635 1.1×	272 0.6×	228 0.5×	161 0.5×	35	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew D. Heap

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Li, Jin & Andrew D. Heap. (2014). Spatial interpolation methods applied in the environmental sciences: A review. Environmental Modelling & Software. 53. 173–189. 607 indexed citations breakdown →

Barrie, J V, B J Todd, Andrew D. Heap, et al.. (2014). Geoscience and habitat mapping for marine renewable energy – Introduction to the special issue. Continental Shelf Research. 83. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

Heap, Andrew D., Scott Nichol, & Brendan Brooke. (2014). Seabed mapping to support geological storage of carbon dioxide in offshore Australia. Continental Shelf Research. 83. 108–115. 6 indexed citations

Li, Jin, Justy Siwabessy, Maggie Tran, Zhiliang Huang, & Andrew D. Heap. (2014). Predicting the spatial distribution of seabed hardness based on presence/absence data using random forest. 1 indexed citations

Li, Jin, A. W. Potter, Zhiliang Huang, & Andrew D. Heap. (2012). Predicting Seabed Sand Content across the Australian Margin Using Machine Learning and Geostatistical Metho. 8 indexed citations

Li, Jin, Andrew D. Heap, A. W. Potter, & James Daniell. (2011). Application of machine learning methods to spatial interpolation of environmental variables. Environmental Modelling & Software. 26(12). 1647–1659. 290 indexed citations

Li, Jin, Andrew D. Heap, A. W. Potter, Zhi Huang, & James Daniell. (2011). Can we improve the spatial predictions of seabed sediments? A case study of spatial interpolation of mud content across the southwest Australian margin. Continental Shelf Research. 31(13). 1365–1376. 54 indexed citations

Daniell, James, Tara J. Anderson, Irina Borissova, et al.. (2010). Frontier basins of the West Australian continental margin: post-survey report of marine reconnaissance and geological sampling survey GA2476. 17 indexed citations

Heap, Andrew D. & Peter T. Harris. (2010). Geological and biological mapping and characterisation of benthic marine environments—Introduction to the special issue. Continental Shelf Research. 31(2). S1–S3. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Jin & Andrew D. Heap. (2010). A review of comparative studies of spatial interpolation methods in environmental sciences: Performance and impact factors. Ecological Informatics. 6(3-4). 228–241. 722 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harris, Peter T., Andrew D. Heap, Tara J. Anderson, & Brendan Brooke. (2009). Comment on: Williams et al. (2009) “Australia's deep-water reserve network: implications of false homogeneity for classifying abiotic surrogates of biodiversity”. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 66: 214–224. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 66(10). 2082–2085. 2 indexed citations

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Hughes, Michael G., Peter T. Harris, Andrew D. Heap, & Mark Hemer. (2008). Form drag is a major component of bed shear stress associated with tidal flow in the vicinity of an isolated sand bank, Torres Strait, northern Australia. Continental Shelf Research. 28(16). 2203–2213. 11 indexed citations

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Harris, Peter T., Andrew D. Heap, John F. Marshall, & Malcolm T. McCulloch. (2008). A new coral reef province in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia: Colonisation, growth and submergence during the early Holocene. Marine Geology. 251(1-2). 85–97. 41 indexed citations

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Harris, Peter T. & Andrew D. Heap. (2008). Cyclone-induced net sediment transport pathway on the continental shelf of tropical Australia inferred from reef talus deposits. Continental Shelf Research. 29(16). 2011–2019. 18 indexed citations

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Harris, Peter T., Andrew D. Heap, Tanya Whiteway, & Alix Post. (2008). Application of biophysical information to support Australia's representative marine protected area program. Ocean & Coastal Management. 51(10). 701–711. 28 indexed citations

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Heap, Andrew D. & Laura Sbaffi. (2008). Composition and distribution of seabed and suspended sediments in north and central Torres Strait, Australia. Continental Shelf Research. 28(16). 2174–2187. 13 indexed citations

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Harris, Peter T., Andrew D. Heap, Michael G. Hughes, et al.. (2005). Tidally incised valleys on tropical carbonate shelves: An example from the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Geology. 220(1-4). 181–204. 34 indexed citations

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Harris, Peter T., et al.. (2004). Submerged coral reefs in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Marine Geology. 207(1-4). 185–191. 31 indexed citations

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Harris, Peter T. & Andrew D. Heap. (2003). Environmental management of clastic coastal depositional environments: inferences from an Australian geomorphic database. Ocean & Coastal Management. 46(5). 457–478. 43 indexed citations

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Woolfe, K. J., Lachlan Stewart, & Andrew D. Heap. (2001). Wind and currents 2000: A new tool for the visualisation of vectorial time-series data. Computers & Geosciences. 27(5). 597–600.

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