Ian Foster

9.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
212 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Ian Foster is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ian Foster has authored 212 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 113 papers in Soil Science, 68 papers in Ecology and 68 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Ian Foster's work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (106 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (60 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (55 papers). Ian Foster is often cited by papers focused on Soil erosion and sediment transport (106 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (60 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (55 papers). Ian Foster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and United States. Ian Foster's co-authors include John Boardman, John A. Dearing, Desmond E. Walling, Susanne M. Charlesworth, J. A. Lees, Simon Pulley, John Gerrard, Adrian L. Collins, Serwan Mj Baban and Anthony J. Parsons and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Ian Foster

202 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Soil Erosion on Agricultural Land 1991 2026 2002 2014 1991 100 200 300 400 500

Peers

Ian Foster
Comparison fields: 5 of 116
  • Soil Science 3.9k
  • Ecology 3.2k
  • Water Science and Technology 2.6k
  • Atmospheric Science 1.6k
  • Earth-Surface Processes 1.4k
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Countries citing papers authored by Ian Foster

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ian Foster

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ian Foster

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1 0
2 0
3 242
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Small farm dams: a ticking time bomb?
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5 87
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Post-European settlement impacts on erosion and land degradation: a case study using farm reservoir sedimentation in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
4
7
Suspended sediment dynamics for June storm events in the urbanized River Tame, UK.
3
8
Modelling the optimum routes for linking potential reservoir sites to demand area in mountainous tropical islands
0
9
Land degredation and sediment dynamics in the South African Karoo
20
10
Coastal Geomorphology of the Forth River Mouth at Turners Beach: Analysis of Recent Sedimentation Changes
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11
The possible role of agricultural land drains in sediment delivery to a small reservoir, Worcestershire, UK: a multiparameter fingerprint study.
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12 1
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Nutrient concentrations and planktonic biomass (chlorophyll a) behaviour in the basin of the River Avon, Warwickshire, UK
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14
Sediment and water quality in river catchments
136
15 123
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Soil erosion on agricultural land.
265
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Geographical data : sources, presentation, and analysis
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18
The sedimentary data base : an appraisal of lake and reservoir sediment based studies of sediment yield
8
19 7
20
Fieldwork exercises in human and physical geography
0

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