Gary Parker

28.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
362 papers, 20.3k citations indexed

About

Gary Parker is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gary Parker has authored 362 papers receiving a total of 20.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 280 papers in Ecology, 170 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 157 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Gary Parker's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (271 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (157 papers) and Geological formations and processes (152 papers). Gary Parker is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (271 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (157 papers) and Geological formations and processes (152 papers). Gary Parker collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Canada. Gary Parker's co-authors include Marcelo H. García, Peter C. Klingeman, Chris Paola, David G. McLean, M. Wong, David Mohrig, Yantao Cui, Syunsuke IKEDA, Yusuke Fukushima and W. E. Dietrich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Gary Parker

350 papers receiving 19.0k 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.

Bend theory of river meanders. Part 1. Linear development

1981 524 citations Gary Parker et al. profile →
Self-accelerating turbidity currents

1986 523 citations Gary Parker, Yusuke Fukushima et al. profile →
Bedload and Size Distribution in Paved Gravel-Bed Streams

1982 469 citations Gary Parker et al. profile →
On why gravel bed streams are paved

1982 447 citations Gary Parker et al. Water Resources Research profile →
Reanalysis and Correction of Bed-Load Relation of Meyer-Peter and Müller Using Their Own Database

2006 438 citations Gary Parker et al. profile →
Closure to “ Bedload and Size Distribution in Paved Gravel‐Bed Streams ” by Gary Parker, Peter C. Klingeman, and David G. McLean (April, 1982)

1983 407 citations Gary Parker et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Gary Parker	15.4k	10.6k	8.8k	4.4k	3.2k	362	20.3k
Chris Paola	8.1k 0.5×	7.8k 0.7×	3.5k 0.4×	5.0k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	186	12.7k
David R. Montgomery	9.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.2×	6.8k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	5.3k 1.6×	115	16.5k
Marcelo H. García	5.6k 0.4×	4.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	282	9.1k
Gregory E. Tucker	5.5k 0.4×	4.9k 0.5×	3.5k 0.4×	6.0k 1.4×	2.1k 0.7×	182	13.1k
Stanley A. Schumm	5.9k 0.4×	4.1k 0.4×	4.2k 0.5×	3.3k 0.8×	3.4k 1.0×	113	11.7k
Leo C. van Rijn	7.7k 0.5×	6.4k 0.6×	2.6k 0.3×	1.2k 0.3×	877 0.3×	122	9.8k
Thomas Dunne	6.6k 0.4×	2.0k 0.2×	4.9k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	5.5k 1.7×	134	13.7k
K. X. Whipple	5.7k 0.4×	8.3k 0.8×	2.9k 0.3×	10.3k 2.3×	1.4k 0.4×	159	20.6k
Maarten G. Kleinhans	5.4k 0.3×	4.1k 0.4×	2.1k 0.2×	2.4k 0.5×	793 0.2×	241	7.9k
Paul A. Carling	4.2k 0.3×	1.7k 0.2×	2.2k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	1.8k 0.6×	193	6.9k

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García, Marcelo H., et al.. (2025). Hydrodynamic Processes of Incipient Meander Chute Cutoffs: Laboratory Experiments With Implications for Morphodynamics and Depth‐Averaged Modeling. Water Resources Research. 61(3).

Parker, Gary, Chenge An, Michael P. Lamb, et al.. (2024). Dimensionless argument: a narrow grain size range near 2 mm plays a special role in river sediment transport and morphodynamics. Earth Surface Dynamics. 12(1). 367–380. 3 indexed citations

Birch, Samuel, Gary Parker, P. Corlies, et al.. (2023). Reconstructing river flows remotely on Earth, Titan, and Mars. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(29). e2206837120–e2206837120. 9 indexed citations

An, Chenge, Shan Zheng, Gary Parker, et al.. (2023). Degradation of a Foreland River After the Wenchuan Earthquake, China: A Combined Effect of Weirs, Sediment Supply, and Sediment Mining. Water Resources Research. 59(10). 6 indexed citations

An, Chenge, et al.. (2022). Morphodynamics of Bedrock‐Alluvial Rivers Subsequent to Landslide Dam Outburst Floods. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 127(9). 9 indexed citations

INOUE, Takuya, et al.. (2021). Numerical Simulations of Meanders Migrating Laterally as They Incise Into Bedrock. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 126(5). 17 indexed citations

Moodie, Andrew J., Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Hongbo Ma, et al.. (2020). Suspended Sediment‐Induced Stratification Inferred From Concentration and Velocity Profile Measurements in the Lower Yellow River, China. Water Resources Research. 58(5). 16 indexed citations

Vitale, Alejandro J., et al.. (2020). Hydraulic resistance in mixed bedrock-alluvial meandering channels. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 59(2). 298–313. 11 indexed citations

Ma, Hongbo, Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Baosheng Wu, et al.. (2019). Universal relation with regime transition for sediment transport in fine-grained rivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 171–176. 31 indexed citations

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Chen, Dong, et al.. (2019). Flow directionality of pristine meandering rivers is embedded in the skewing of high-amplitude bends and neck cutoffs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(47). 23448–23454. 31 indexed citations

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Moodie, Andrew J., Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Hongbo Ma, et al.. (2019). Modeling Deltaic Lobe‐Building Cycles and Channel Avulsions for the Yellow River Delta, China. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 124(11). 2438–2462. 40 indexed citations

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Chadwick, Austin J., Michael P. Lamb, Andrew J. Moodie, Gary Parker, & Jeffrey A. Nittrouer. (2019). Origin of a Preferential Avulsion Node on Lowland River Deltas. Geophysical Research Letters. 46(8). 4267–4277. 41 indexed citations

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An, Chenge, Andrew J. Moodie, Hongbo Ma, et al.. (2018). Morphodynamic model of the lower Yellow River: flux or entrainment form for sediment mass conservation?. Earth Surface Dynamics. 6(4). 989–1010. 26 indexed citations

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Wu, Zi, Efi Foufoula‐Georgiou, Gary Parker, et al.. (2018). Analytical Solution for Anomalous Diffusion of Bedload Tracers Gradually Undergoing Burial. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 124(1). 21–37. 26 indexed citations

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Iwasaki, Toshiki, et al.. (2017). Hydrogeomorphological differentiation between floodplains and terraces. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 43(1). 218–228. 26 indexed citations

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Schumer, R., Hal Voepel, Marwan A. Hassan, & Gary Parker. (2013). Interpretation of residence time from bed elevation measurements. EGUGA. 1 indexed citations

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Parker, Gary, et al.. (2007). Non-random Crack Opening in Partially-Confined, Thermally-Damaged PBX 9501 and Observations on its Effects on Combustion. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2 indexed citations

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Toro‐Escobar, Carlos M., Chris Paola, & Gary Parker. (1996). Transfer function for the deposition of poorly sorted gravel in response to streambed aggradation. Journal of Hydraulic Research. 34(1). 35–53. 90 indexed citations

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Fukushima, Yusuke & Gary Parker. (1990). Numerical Simulation of Powder-Snow Avalanches. Journal of Glaciology. 36(123). 229–237. 38 indexed citations

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Johannesson, Helgi & Gary Parker. (1988). Flow field and bed topography in river meanders. Hydraulic Engineering. 684–689. 4 indexed citations

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