James Brasington

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
76 papers, 8.5k citations indexed

About

James Brasington is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, James Brasington has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Ecology, 32 papers in Soil Science and 26 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in James Brasington's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (46 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (32 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (22 papers). James Brasington is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (46 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (32 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (22 papers). James Brasington collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and Spain. James Brasington's co-authors include Matthew Westoby, John M. Reynolds, Neil F. Glasser, Michael J. Hambrey, Keith Richards, Joseph M. Wheaton, Barbara Rumsby, Damià Vericat, David Sear and Stephen E. Darby and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, PLoS ONE and Remote Sensing of Environment.

In The Last Decade

James Brasington

70 papers receiving 8.2k 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 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.

‘Structure-from-Motion’ photogrammetry: A low-cost, effective tool for geoscience applications

2012 3.0k citations Matthew Westoby, James Brasington et al. profile →
Accounting for uncertainty in DEMs from repeat topographic surveys: improved sediment budgets

2009 866 citations Joseph M. Wheaton, James Brasington et al. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms profile →
Modeling the topography of shallow braided rivers using Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry

2014 494 citations James Brasington et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
James Brasington	3.9k	3.5k	2.6k	2.5k	1.7k	76	8.5k
Jim H. Chandler	2.0k 0.5×	2.1k 0.6×	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	641 0.4×	114	4.8k
S.M. de Jong	2.3k 0.6×	2.6k 0.8×	899 0.4×	763 0.3×	2.4k 1.4×	143	7.4k
Dimitri Lague	2.0k 0.5×	948 0.3×	1.2k 0.5×	921 0.4×	585 0.4×	66	4.6k
David G. Tarboton	2.8k 0.7×	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	751 0.3×	4.4k 2.6×	254	11.1k
M. E. Oskin	1.5k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	542 0.2×	535 0.2×	2.2k 1.3×	109	10.4k
Patrice Carbonneau	1.7k 0.4×	1.5k 0.4×	973 0.4×	895 0.4×	770 0.5×	63	3.4k
Massimo Menenti	3.4k 0.9×	4.4k 1.3×	938 0.4×	537 0.2×	6.8k 4.1×	318	10.7k
Veerle Vanacker	1.5k 0.4×	779 0.2×	1.7k 0.6×	343 0.1×	1.4k 0.8×	132	4.5k
Michel Jaboyedoff	1.0k 0.3×	1.8k 0.5×	549 0.2×	1.9k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	278	8.7k
Norbert Pfeifer	2.8k 0.7×	7.0k 2.0×	438 0.2×	4.2k 1.6×	1.0k 0.6×	285	8.8k

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All Works

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Brasington, James, et al.. (2025). Bed material facies mapping at braided river scale and evidence for trends in fine sediment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 50(2). 1 indexed citations

Wilson, Matthew D., et al.. (2025). Estimating uncertainty in flood model outputs using machine learning informed by Monte Carlo analysis. Journal of Hydrology. 662. 133928–133928. 1 indexed citations

Stout, Justin C., et al.. (2024). Data-driven tree allometry of a planted forest in New Zealand, using machine learning and airborne lidar. 14. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

Wilson, Matthew, et al.. (2024). Estimating uncertainty in flood model outputs using machine learning informed by Monte Carlo analysis. 1–3. 1 indexed citations

Brierley, Gary, Daniel Hikuroa, Ian C. Fuller, et al.. (2022). Reanimating the strangled rivers of Aotearoa New Zealand. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 10(2). 15 indexed citations

Reesink, Arnold Jan H., Stephen E. Darby, David Sear, et al.. (2020). Mean flow and turbulence structure over exposed roots on a forested floodplain: Insights from a controlled laboratory experiment. PLoS ONE. 15(2). e0229306–e0229306. 6 indexed citations

Kasprak, Alan, et al.. (2019). Modelling braided river morphodynamics using a particle travel length framework. Earth Surface Dynamics. 7(1). 247–274. 9 indexed citations

Westoby, Matthew, James Brasington, Neil F. Glasser, et al.. (2015). Numerical modelling of glacial lake outburst floods using physically based dam-breach models. Earth Surface Dynamics. 3(1). 171–199. 42 indexed citations

Wheaton, Joseph M., James Brasington, Stephen E. Darby, et al.. (2013). Morphodynamic signatures of braiding mechanisms as expressed through change in sediment storage in a gravel‐bed river. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 118(2). 759–779. 130 indexed citations

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Westoby, Matthew, James Brasington, Neil F. Glasser, Michael J. Hambrey, & John M. Reynolds. (2012). Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry: a novel, low-cost tool for geomorphological applications. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 936. 2 indexed citations

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Westoby, Matthew, James Brasington, Neil F. Glasser, Michael J. Hambrey, & John M. Reynolds. (2012). Close-range photogrammetric reconstruction of moraine dam failures. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 11024. 1 indexed citations

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Westoby, Matthew, Neil F. Glasser, James Brasington, Michael J. Hambrey, & John M. Reynolds. (2011). 'Structure-from-Motion': a high resolution, low-cost photogrammetric tool for geoscience applications. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations

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Brasington, James, et al.. (2011). Monitoring Braided River Morphodynamics with an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler. 3396. 1 indexed citations

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McMillan, Hilary & James Brasington. (2008). End‐to‐end flood risk assessment: A coupled model cascade with uncertainty estimation. Water Resources Research. 44(3). 47 indexed citations

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Vericat, Damià, James Brasington, Joseph M. Wheaton, & Rebecca Hodge. (2007). Reach-Scale Retrieval of Alluvial Bed Roughness. Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University). 2007. 1 indexed citations

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Antonarakis, Alexander S., Keith Richards, James Brasington, & Mike Bithell. (2006). The potential of LiDAR in recovering physical data on floodplain vegetation to parameterise flow resistance.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 3 indexed citations

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Brasington, James, et al.. (2004). Empirical and Experimental Validation of Channel Dynamics Models. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Brasington, James, Joseph M. Wheaton, & Richard Williams. (2004). Modelling Fluvial Sediment Budgets Under Uncertainty. AGUFM. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Bithell, Mike & James Brasington. (2004). Integrating Agent Models of Subsistence Farming With Dynamic Models of Water Distribution. AGUFM. 2004. 1 indexed citations

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Brasington, James, et al.. (2000). Monitoring and modelling morphological change in braided river systems using the Global Positioning System. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 4 indexed citations

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