Derek Heathfield

23 total papers · 592 total citations
9 papers, 370 citations indexed

About

Derek Heathfield is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Derek Heathfield has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 370 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 4 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Derek Heathfield's work include Aeolian processes and effects (4 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (3 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (3 papers). Derek Heathfield is often cited by papers focused on Aeolian processes and effects (4 papers), Coastal and Marine Dynamics (3 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (3 papers). Derek Heathfield collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and New Zealand. Derek Heathfield's co-authors include Ian J. Walker, Jeff E. Hansen, Evan Randall-Goodwin, Andrew D. Short, Kristen D. Splinter, Shigeru Kato, Jonathan C. Allan, Mitchell D. Harley, Ian L. Turner and Karin R. Bryan and has published in prestigious journals such as Remote Sensing of Environment, Nature Geoscience and Geomorphology.

In The Last Decade

Derek Heathfield

9 papers receiving 361 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.

  1. Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation
    2015 292 citations Patrick L. Barnard, Andrew D. Short et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Derek Heathfield 246 181 156 128 72 9 370
Renske de Winter 214 0.9× 162 0.9× 115 0.7× 111 0.9× 137 1.9× 16 362
André Doria 256 1.0× 208 1.1× 159 1.0× 157 1.2× 89 1.2× 6 434
K. L. Jankowski 252 1.0× 159 0.9× 268 1.7× 48 0.4× 70 1.0× 5 373
A. M. Fanos 294 1.2× 63 0.3× 192 1.2× 71 0.6× 63 0.9× 14 410
Jantien Rutten 334 1.4× 99 0.5× 286 1.8× 85 0.7× 34 0.5× 14 415
Carola van Gelder-Maas 329 1.3× 63 0.3× 262 1.7× 67 0.5× 41 0.6× 7 397
Karl Kästner 217 0.9× 120 0.7× 239 1.5× 58 0.5× 78 1.1× 13 348
Chase M. Freeman 231 0.9× 110 0.6× 340 2.2× 58 0.5× 103 1.4× 15 426
Mark H. Horwitz 356 1.4× 181 1.0× 235 1.5× 36 0.3× 25 0.3× 12 414
Herman Kernkamp 156 0.6× 162 0.9× 125 0.8× 131 1.0× 149 2.1× 9 347

Countries citing papers authored by Derek Heathfield

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Fields of papers citing papers by Derek Heathfield

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Derek Heathfield. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Derek Heathfield. The network helps show where Derek Heathfield may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Derek Heathfield

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

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