Jim Best

258 papers and 14.1k indexed citations i.

About

Jim Best is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Jim Best has authored 258 papers receiving a total of 14.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 186 papers in Ecology, 152 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 86 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Jim Best’s work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (172 papers), Geological formations and processes (106 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (86 papers). Jim Best is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (172 papers), Geological formations and processes (106 papers) and Soil erosion and sediment transport (86 papers). Jim Best collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Jim Best's co-authors include Philip J. Ashworth, Jeff Peakall, Daniel R. Parsons, Sean J. Bennett, Jaco H. Baas, John Bridge, Ray Kostaschuk, André G. Roy, R. J. Hardy and Stuart N. Lane and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jim Best

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

Fields of papers citing papers by Jim Best

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jim Best. 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 Jim Best. The network helps show where Jim Best may publish in the future.

Countries citing papers authored by Jim Best

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