Christopher Hackney

2.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
49 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Christopher Hackney is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher Hackney has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 14 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Christopher Hackney's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (15 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (14 papers) and Geological formations and processes (11 papers). Christopher Hackney is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (15 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (14 papers) and Geological formations and processes (11 papers). Christopher Hackney collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Vietnam. Christopher Hackney's co-authors include Jim Best, Daniel R. Parsons, Mette Bendixen, Stephen E. Darby, Lars Lønsmann Iversen, Julian Leyland, Andrew Nicholas, R. E. Aalto, H. Lauri and Matti Kummu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Christopher Hackney

46 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Time is running out for sand
    2019 348 citations Mette Bendixen, Jim Best et al. profile →
  2. River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River
    2020 219 citations Christopher Hackney, Stephen E. Darby et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher Hackney United Kingdom 19 648 445 332 319 312 49 1.7k
D. Padmalal India 23 394 0.6× 371 0.8× 152 0.5× 640 2.0× 109 0.3× 89 2.1k
Marc Goichot France 13 740 1.1× 576 1.3× 233 0.7× 241 0.8× 79 0.3× 16 1.2k
David Higgitt United Kingdom 25 784 1.2× 429 1.0× 767 2.3× 768 2.4× 91 0.3× 72 2.9k
Michael A. Fullen United Kingdom 30 574 0.9× 364 0.8× 1.4k 4.2× 278 0.9× 95 0.3× 140 2.6k
José Francisco Martín Duque Spain 21 572 0.9× 238 0.5× 575 1.7× 329 1.0× 95 0.3× 58 1.4k
M. Rico Spain 13 306 0.5× 259 0.6× 140 0.4× 358 1.1× 121 0.4× 27 1.5k
Carlos Augusto França Schettini Brazil 24 732 1.1× 462 1.0× 75 0.2× 338 1.1× 56 0.2× 115 2.0k
Andrés Dí­ez Herrero Spain 28 830 1.3× 233 0.5× 539 1.6× 1.4k 4.5× 133 0.4× 122 3.1k
Yafeng Wang China 22 964 1.5× 219 0.5× 1.2k 3.6× 807 2.5× 132 0.4× 38 2.6k
Franco Montalto United States 22 270 0.4× 117 0.3× 69 0.2× 940 2.9× 176 0.6× 86 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Christopher Hackney

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christopher Hackney

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christopher Hackney

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Christopher Hackney. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Christopher Hackney 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 Christopher Hackney. Christopher Hackney is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hackney, Christopher, et al.. (2026). Invasive non-native plants indirectly destabilise riverbanks. Biological Invasions. 28(1).
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Hackney, Christopher, et al.. (2025). Quantifying the Suspended Sediment Dynamics and Morphological Impacts due to Sand Mining in the Narmada River, India. River Research and Applications. 42(2). 444–459. 1 indexed citations
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Hackney, Christopher, et al.. (2025). The Role of Non‐Native Plant Species in Modulating Riverbank Erosion: A Systematic Review. River Research and Applications. 41(4). 757–772. 1 indexed citations
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Lê, Huệ, et al.. (2024). Act of hope: a story of climate change and water puppetry performance along the Red River, Vietnam. Research in Drama Education The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. 29(2). 278–289. 2 indexed citations
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Trinh, Duc Anh, Virginia N. Panizzo, Suzanne McGowan, et al.. (2024). Human activity controls nitrogen loads in a large sub-tropical delta from 2000 to 2020. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 213. 108021–108021. 1 indexed citations
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Hackney, Christopher, et al.. (2023). Author Correction: Non-buoyant microplastic settling velocity varies with biofilm growth and ambient water salinity. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 1 indexed citations
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Sengupta, Dhritiraj, Young Rae Choi, Bo Tian, et al.. (2023). Mapping 21st Century Global Coastal Land Reclamation. Earth s Future. 11(2). 57 indexed citations
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Parsons, Katie J., et al.. (2023). Conversations on grief and hope: a collaborative autoethnographic account exploring the lifeworlds of international youth engaged with climate action. Journal of the British Academy. 11. 69–117. 4 indexed citations
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Quinn, Claire H., et al.. (2022). Comparisons of regression and machine learning methods for estimating mangrove above-ground biomass using multiple remote sensing data in the red River Estuaries of Vietnam. Remote Sensing Applications Society and Environment. 26. 100725–100725. 18 indexed citations
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Stringer, Lindsay C., et al.. (2022). Social differences in spatial perspectives about local benefits from rehabilitated mangroves: insights from Vietnam. Ecosystems and People. 18(1). 378–396. 6 indexed citations
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Hackney, Christopher, et al.. (2021). Sand mining far outpaces natural supply in a large alluvial river. Earth Surface Dynamics. 9(5). 1323–1334. 47 indexed citations
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Bendixen, Mette, Lars Iversen, Jim Best, et al.. (2021). Sand, gravel, and UN Sustainable Development Goals: Conflicts, synergies, and pathways forward. One Earth. 4(8). 1095–1111. 130 indexed citations
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Baronas, J. Jotautas, Emily Stevenson, Christopher Hackney, et al.. (2020). Integrating Suspended Sediment Flux in Large Alluvial River Channels: Application of a Synoptic Rouse‐Based Model to the Irrawaddy and Salween Rivers. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 125(9). 33 indexed citations
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Quinn, Claire H., et al.. (2020). Multi-Decadal Changes in Mangrove Extent, Age and Species in the Red River Estuaries of Viet Nam. Remote Sensing. 12(14). 2289–2289. 22 indexed citations
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Lotsari, Eliisa, Christopher Hackney, Elina Kasvi, et al.. (2019). Sub‐arctic river bank dynamics and driving processes during the open‐channel flow period. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(5). 1198–1216. 17 indexed citations
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Corbett, Patrick William Michael, et al.. (2019). River to reservoir : geoscience to engineering. 15 indexed citations
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Best, Jim, Christopher Hackney, Stephen E. Darby, et al.. (2019). River bank instability induced by unsustainable sand mining in the Mekong River. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Hackney, Christopher, et al.. (2018). Unsustainable in-channel sand mining threatens sand delivery to the Mekong delta. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 14164. 1 indexed citations
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Hackney, Christopher, Stephen E. Darby, Daniel R. Parsons, et al.. (2015). Crevasse-splay sedimentation processes revealed through high resolution modelling. EGUGA. 12388. 1 indexed citations

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