David Sear

11.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
132 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

David Sear is a scholar working on Ecology, Water Science and Technology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Sear has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Ecology, 52 papers in Water Science and Technology and 48 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in David Sear's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (68 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (48 papers). David Sear is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (68 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (49 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (48 papers). David Sear collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. David Sear's co-authors include Stephen E. Darby, Adrian L. Collins, J. Iwan Jones, Joseph M. Wheaton, James Brasington, P.S. Naden, Paul A. Carling, Stuart M. Greig, Malcolm Newson and Jeremy Biggs and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David Sear

129 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Accounting for uncertainty in DEMs from repeat topographic surveys: improved sediment budgets

2009 866 citations Stephen E. Darby, David Sear et al. profile →
Comparative biodiversity of rivers, streams, ditches and ponds in an agricultural landscape in Southern England

2003 710 citations David Sear et al. profile →
Process-based Principles for Restoring River Ecosystems

2010 550 citations David Sear et al. profile →
The impacts of fine sediment on riverine fish

2011 466 citations Paul S. Kemp, David Sear et al. profile →
THE IMPACT OF FINE SEDIMENT ON MACRO‐INVERTEBRATES

2011 375 citations Adrian L. Collins, David Sear et al. River Research and Applications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
David Sear	6.0k	3.0k	2.6k	2.2k	1.6k	132	8.3k
John M. Buffington	5.8k 1.0×	3.5k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	961 0.6×	73	6.9k
Geoffrey E. Petts	6.5k 1.1×	3.1k 1.0×	3.3k 1.2×	3.0k 1.3×	1.4k 0.9×	134	8.5k
K. Auerswald	3.4k 0.6×	3.6k 1.2×	2.0k 0.8×	827 0.4×	1.3k 0.8×	269	7.0k
Martin W. Doyle	4.1k 0.7×	1.6k 0.5×	3.0k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	1.6k 1.0×	154	7.1k
Richard E. Brazier	3.5k 0.6×	2.3k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	703 0.3×	1.4k 0.8×	150	6.1k
Bruce L. Rhoads	5.5k 0.9×	2.9k 1.0×	3.0k 1.1×	778 0.3×	1.8k 1.1×	137	7.3k
John Wainwright	3.9k 0.7×	4.1k 1.4×	2.7k 1.0×	902 0.4×	2.2k 1.4×	160	7.2k
Cliff R. Hupp	4.2k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	816 0.4×	1.2k 0.8×	88	5.3k
Martin C. Thoms	4.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.4×	2.2k 0.9×	3.0k 1.4×	1.4k 0.8×	183	6.3k
Carol A. Johnston	5.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.4×	2.1k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	101	8.4k

Countries citing papers authored by David Sear

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Sear

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Sear

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Goff, James, Andrew B. Cundy, David Sear, et al.. (2024). Hawaiian legends of coastal devastation and paleotsunami reconstruction, Nu'u, Kaupō, Maui, Hawai'i. Marine Geology. 477. 107408–107408. 1 indexed citations

Sear, David, et al.. (2024). The sedimentology of gravel beds in groundwater‐dominated chalk streams: Implications for sediment modelling and management. River Research and Applications. 40(4). 508–528.

Goff, James, et al.. (2023). A qualitative review of tsunamis in Hawaiʻi. Natural Hazards. 118(3). 1797–1832. 3 indexed citations

Edwards, Mary E., JC Ellison, Manuel J. Steinbauer, et al.. (2023). Influences of sea level changes and volcanic eruptions on Holocene vegetation in Tonga. Biotropica. 55(4). 816–827. 1 indexed citations

Bourne, Anna J., David Sear, Peter G. Langdon, & Shane J. Cronin. (2023). Developing a South Pacific tephra framework: Initial results from a Samoan Holocene sequence. Journal of Quaternary Science. 38(6). 806–815. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, James J., et al.. (2022). Gastrulation and hatch as critical thermal windows for salmonid embryo development. River Research and Applications. 39(1). 46–53. 3 indexed citations

Brown, Sally, Susan Hanson, David Sear, Chris Hill, & Craig W. Hutton. (2022). Assessing hazards and disaster risk on the coast for Pacific small island developing States: the need for a data-driven approach. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 5(1). 2 indexed citations

Ladd, S. Nemiah, Ashley E. Maloney, Daniel B. Nelson, et al.. (2021). Leaf Wax Hydrogen Isotopes as a Hydroclimate Proxy in the Tropical Pacific. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(3). 28 indexed citations

Old, Gareth, et al.. (2021). Sediment and Nutrient Retention in Ponds on an Agricultural Stream: Evaluating Effectiveness for Diffuse Pollution Mitigation. Water. 13(12). 1640–1640. 24 indexed citations

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Sear, David, Melinda S. Allen, Ashley E. Maloney, et al.. (2020). Human settlement of East Polynesia earlier, incremental, and coincident with prolonged South Pacific drought. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(16). 8813–8819. 52 indexed citations

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Sear, David, et al.. (2019). Does variation in egg structure among five populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) influence their survival in low oxygen conditions?. Royal Society Open Science. 6(1). 181020–181020. 5 indexed citations

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Brown, Antony G., Laurent Lespez, David Sear, et al.. (2018). Natural vs anthropogenic streams in Europe: History, ecology and implications for restoration, river-rewilding and riverine ecosystem services. Earth-Science Reviews. 180. 185–205. 199 indexed citations

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Dadson, Simon, Jim W. Hall, Anna Murgatroyd, et al.. (2017). A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based ‘natural’ flood management in the UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 473(2199). 20160706–20160706. 256 indexed citations

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Hosfield, Rob, et al.. (2016). Interpreting Secondary Context 'Sites': a Role for Experimental Archaeology. Lincoln Repository (University of Lincoln). 21(21). 29–35. 3 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, David Sear, Tim Sykes, & N. A. Odoni. (2015). The effects of floodplain forest restoration and logjams on flood risk and flood hydrology. EGUGA. 5104. 2 indexed citations

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Brown, Thomas G. & David Sear. (2008). 'Natural' Streams in Europe: Their Form and Role in Carbon Sequestration. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2008. 1 indexed citations

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Darby, Stephen E. & David Sear. (2008). River restoration: managing the uncertainty in restoring physical habitat. Wiley eBooks. 72 indexed citations

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Sear, David, et al.. (2004). Fine sediment accumulation in spawning gravels and the effects on interstitial flow. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 3 indexed citations

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Sear, David. (2003). Event bed load yield measurement with load cell bed load traps and prediction of bed load yield from hydrograph shape. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 5 indexed citations

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Sear, David, et al.. (2002). Coarse sediment tracing technology in littoral and fluvial environments a review. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 21–55. 36 indexed citations

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