David Knighton

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

David Knighton is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Knighton has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Ecology, 2 papers in Soil Science and 2 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in David Knighton's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (2 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (2 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (2 papers). David Knighton is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (2 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (2 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (2 papers). David Knighton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. David Knighton's co-authors include Richard A. Marston and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Hydrology, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms and Applied Geography.

In The Last Decade

David Knighton

6 papers receiving 918 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.

Fluvial Forms and Processes

1986 648 citations Richard A. Marston, David Knighton Geographical Review profile →
Fluvial Forms and Processes

2014 323 citations David Knighton profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Knighton United Kingdom	5	760	502	406	214	208	7	1.0k
J. W. Lauer United States	15	980 1.3×	721 1.4×	401 1.0×	307 1.4×	439 2.1×	34	1.3k
Nicholas J. Preston New Zealand	10	701 0.9×	662 1.3×	359 0.9×	182 0.9×	208 1.0×	17	1.1k
Erich R. Mueller United States	14	650 0.9×	523 1.0×	257 0.6×	197 0.9×	241 1.2×	33	902
Daniel Cadol United States	18	785 1.0×	546 1.1×	359 0.9×	383 1.8×	127 0.6×	42	1.2k
Paul F. Hudson United States	19	948 1.2×	612 1.2×	412 1.0×	441 2.1×	424 2.0×	40	1.4k
Asher P. Schick Israel	19	702 0.9×	589 1.2×	414 1.0×	318 1.5×	362 1.7×	38	1.3k
Scott A. Wright United States	23	987 1.3×	446 0.9×	382 0.9×	219 1.0×	501 2.4×	67	1.4k
Aaron Hawdon Australia	18	616 0.8×	614 1.2×	382 0.9×	336 1.6×	205 1.0×	38	1.3k
Mio Kasai Japan	10	603 0.8×	558 1.1×	261 0.6×	207 1.0×	183 0.9×	20	944
Oscar Orfeo Argentina	18	967 1.3×	452 0.9×	215 0.5×	184 0.9×	627 3.0×	37	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by David Knighton

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Knighton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Knighton

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

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

1.

Knighton, David. (2014). Fluvial Forms and Processes. 323 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Knighton, David. (2014). Adjustment of channel form. 167–276.

3.

Knighton, David. (1997). Changing river channels. Journal of Hydrology. 191(1-4). 365–367. 7 indexed citations

4.

Knighton, David. (1993). Land, water and development, river basin systems and their sustainable management. Journal of Hydrology. 146. 456–458. 35 indexed citations

5.

Knighton, David. (1989). Sediment transport in gravel‐bed rivers, C. R. Thorne, J. C. Bathurst and R. D. Hey (Eds), Wiley, 1987. No. of pages: 995. Price: £79.85 (hardback). ISBN 0 471 90914 9.. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 14(8). 751–752. 1 indexed citations

6.

Knighton, David. (1987). Energetics of the physical environment. Applied Geography. 7(4). 347–348. 29 indexed citations

7.

Marston, Richard A. & David Knighton. (1986). Fluvial Forms and Processes. Geographical Review. 76(3). 345–345. 648 indexed citations breakdown →

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