E. J. Sumner

5.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

E. J. Sumner is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, E. J. Sumner has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 34 papers in Atmospheric Science and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in E. J. Sumner's work include Geological formations and processes (41 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers). E. J. Sumner is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (41 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (34 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (12 papers). E. J. Sumner collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. E. J. Sumner's co-authors include Peter J. Talling, Douglas G. Masson, G. Malgesini, Lawrence Amy, Daniel R. Parsons, Jeff Peakall, Matthieu Cartigny, Michael Clare, R. M. Dorrell and Stephen E. Darby and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

In The Last Decade

E. J. Sumner

49 papers receiving 3.6k citations

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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.

Subaqueous sediment density flows: Depositional processes and deposit types

2012 790 citations Peter J. Talling, Douglas G. Masson et al. Sedimentology profile →
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

2014 685 citations Russell B. Wynn, Veerle A.I. Huvenne et al. Marine Geology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
E. J. Sumner United Kingdom	31	2.6k	2.0k	837	763	542	50	3.7k
Russell B. Wynn United Kingdom	30	2.0k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	759 0.9×	844 1.1×	508 0.9×	51	3.5k
Gary J. Hampson United Kingdom	36	3.1k 1.2×	2.1k 1.1×	474 0.6×	1.2k 1.6×	819 1.5×	194	4.9k
Jeff Peakall United Kingdom	42	4.6k 1.7×	3.1k 1.5×	2.1k 2.5×	1.1k 1.4×	747 1.4×	183	6.7k
John A. Goff United States	40	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	729 0.9×	1.7k 2.2×	711 1.3×	153	4.7k
Jonathan M. Bull United Kingdom	41	681 0.3×	771 0.4×	275 0.3×	3.0k 3.9×	523 1.0×	163	4.6k
Andrew J. Hogg United Kingdom	32	1.1k 0.4×	838 0.4×	651 0.8×	476 0.6×	344 0.6×	120	2.9k
Pascal Allemand France	42	464 0.2×	1.5k 0.7×	512 0.6×	1.0k 1.3×	159 0.3×	146	4.5k
K. M. Straub United States	28	1.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	303 0.4×	62 0.1×	58	2.4k
R. W. C. Arnott Canada	22	1.7k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	407 0.5×	476 0.6×	46 0.1×	66	2.3k
Bramley J. Murton United Kingdom	39	269 0.1×	931 0.5×	372 0.4×	2.9k 3.8×	625 1.2×	141	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of E. J. Sumner

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kane, Ian, Michael Clare, David M. Hodgson, et al.. (2025). The combined role of near-bed currents and sub-seafloor processes in the transport and pervasive burial of microplastics in submarine canyons. Journal of the Geological Society. 182(5).

Hage, Sophie, Valier Galy, Matthieu Cartigny, et al.. (2022). Turbidity Currents Can Dictate Organic Carbon Fluxes Across River‐Fed Fjords: An Example From Bute Inlet (BC, Canada). Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(6). 16 indexed citations

Heijnen, Maarten, Michael Clare, Matthieu Cartigny, et al.. (2020). Rapidly-migrating and internally-generated knickpoints can control submarine channel evolution. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3129–3129. 53 indexed citations

Talling, Peter J., Matthieu Cartigny, C. K. Paull, et al.. (2019). What determines the downstream evolution of turbidity currents?. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 532. 116023–116023. 65 indexed citations

Smith, M. Elliot, et al.. (2018). Seeking the Shore: Evidence for Active Submarine Canyon Head Incision Due to Coarse Sediment Supply and Focusing of Wave Energy. Geophysical Research Letters. 45(22). 27 indexed citations

Minter, Nicholas J., et al.. (2017). Palaeoecological implications of the preservation potential of soft-bodied organisms in sediment-density flows: testing turbulent waters. Royal Society Open Science. 4(6). 170212–170212. 13 indexed citations

Azpiroz–Zabala, Maria, Matthieu Cartigny, Peter J. Talling, et al.. (2017). Newly recognized turbidity current structure can explain prolonged flushing of submarine canyons. Science Advances. 3(10). e1700200–e1700200. 184 indexed citations

Hage, Sophie, Matthieu Cartigny, Michael Clare, et al.. (2016). A multi-instrument approach to monitoring turbidity currents: Case study from the Squamish Delta, British Columbia (Canada). EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

Vellinga, Age, Matthieu Cartigny, Ernst W. Hansen, et al.. (2016). Process-based Modelling of Turbidity Currents - From Computational Fluid-dynamics to Depositional Signature. Proceedings. 1 indexed citations

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Dorrell, R. M., Stephen E. Darby, Jeff Peakall, et al.. (2014). The critical role of stratification in submarine channels: Implications for channelization and long runout of flows. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 119(4). 2620–2641. 38 indexed citations

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Wynn, Russell B., Veerle A.I. Huvenne, T. P. Le Bas, et al.. (2014). Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience. Marine Geology. 352. 451–468. 685 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sumner, E. J. & C. K. Paull. (2014). Swept away by a turbidity current in Mendocino submarine canyon, California. Geophysical Research Letters. 41(21). 7611–7618. 34 indexed citations

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Paull, C. K., et al.. (2013). AUV Surveys Reveal Seafloor Linear Cracks Along a Fault Zone Offshore Southwest Taiwan. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Stevenson, C. J., Peter J. Talling, Douglas G. Masson, et al.. (2013). The spatial and temporal distribution of grain‐size breaks in turbidites. Sedimentology. 61(4). 1120–1156. 53 indexed citations

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Sumner, E. J., L.C. McNeill, Peter J. Talling, et al.. (2013). Can turbidites be used to reconstruct a paleoearthquake record for the central Sumatran margin?. Geology. 41(7). 763–766. 56 indexed citations

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Sumner, E. J., Peter J. Talling, Lawrence Amy, et al.. (2012). Facies architecture of individual basin‐plain turbidites: Comparison with existing models and implications for flow processes. Sedimentology. 59(6). 1850–1887. 88 indexed citations

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Paull, C. K., David W. Caress, E. M. Lundsten, et al.. (2012). Anatomy of the La Jolla Submarine Canyon system; offshore southern California. Marine Geology. 335. 16–34. 82 indexed citations

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Talling, Peter J., Douglas G. Masson, E. J. Sumner, & G. Malgesini. (2012). Subaqueous sediment density flows: Depositional processes and deposit types. Sedimentology. 59(7). 1937–2003. 790 indexed citations breakdown →

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Talling, Peter J., et al.. (2010). How Did Thin Submarine Debris Flows Carry Boulder-Sized Intraclasts for Remarkable Distances Across Low Gradients to the Far Reaches of the Mississippi Fan?. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 80(10). 829–851. 42 indexed citations

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Sumner, E. J., Lawrence Amy, & Peter J. Talling. (2008). Deposit Structure and Processes of Sand Deposition from Decelerating Sediment Suspensions. Journal of Sedimentary Research. 78(8). 529–547. 187 indexed citations

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