Chris Paola

339 total papers · 17.1k total citations
186 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Chris Paola is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Paola has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 127 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 125 papers in Ecology and 67 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Chris Paola's work include Geological formations and processes (117 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (105 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (64 papers). Chris Paola is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (117 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (105 papers) and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (64 papers). Chris Paola collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Italy. Chris Paola's co-authors include Gary Parker, David Mohrig, Paul L. Heller, A. Brad Murray, Michal Tal, Vaughan R. Voller, D. J. Jerolmack, Charles L. Angevine, W. Kim and J. B. Swenson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Chris Paola

184 papers receiving 12.2k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The large‐scale dynamics of grain‐size variation in alluvial basins, 1: Theory

1992 555 citations Chris Paola, Paul L. Heller et al. Basin Research profile →
Shredding of environmental signals by sediment transport

2010 408 citations D. J. Jerolmack, Chris Paola Geophysical Research Letters profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
Chris Paola	8.0k	7.8k	5.0k	3.5k	1.4k	186	12.6k
Stanley A. Schumm	5.9k 0.7×	4.1k 0.5×	3.3k 0.7×	4.2k 1.2×	3.4k 2.5×	113	11.7k
Gregory E. Tucker	5.5k 0.7×	4.9k 0.6×	6.0k 1.2×	3.5k 1.0×	2.1k 1.6×	182	13.0k
Michael P. Lamb	3.6k 0.5×	3.2k 0.4×	3.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.4×	564 0.4×	209	7.6k
Gary Parker	15.3k 1.9×	10.5k 1.4×	4.4k 0.9×	8.7k 2.5×	3.2k 2.3×	359	20.2k
David Mohrig	3.7k 0.5×	5.5k 0.7×	3.6k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	402 0.3×	160	7.5k
Maarten G. Kleinhans	5.3k 0.7×	4.1k 0.5×	2.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	784 0.6×	241	7.8k
Niels Hovius	3.4k 0.4×	2.9k 0.4×	5.6k 1.1×	1.9k 0.5×	690 0.5×	168	12.1k
Marcelo H. García	5.6k 0.7×	4.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.2×	2.3k 0.7×	1.1k 0.8×	280	9.0k
Victor R. Baker	3.3k 0.4×	2.4k 0.3×	6.0k 1.2×	1.2k 0.3×	1.5k 1.1×	354	12.5k
Daniel R. Parsons	3.7k 0.5×	3.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	955 0.7×	217	7.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Paola

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Paola

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Paola

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Paola. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Paola based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Paola. Chris Paola is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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