Kenneth Hewitt

7.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Kenneth Hewitt is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kenneth Hewitt has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Atmospheric Science, 28 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Kenneth Hewitt's work include Cryospheric studies and observations (32 papers), Landslides and related hazards (25 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (18 papers). Kenneth Hewitt is often cited by papers focused on Cryospheric studies and observations (32 papers), Landslides and related hazards (25 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (18 papers). Kenneth Hewitt collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United Kingdom. Kenneth Hewitt's co-authors include John Handmer, John J. Clague, Oliver Korup, John F. Orwin, Reginald L. Hermanns, Ian Burton, Alexander Strom, Thomas F. Saarinen, Jingshi Liu and David R. Montgomery and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kenneth Hewitt

65 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

The Karakoram Anomaly? Glacier Expansion and the ‘Elevation Effect,’ Karakoram Himalaya

2005 579 citations Kenneth Hewitt profile →
Glacial change and hydrological implications in the Himalaya and Karakoram

2021 283 citations Kenneth Hewitt et al. profile →
The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art

2020 201 citations Xuanmei Fan, Anja Dufresne et al. Earth-Science Reviews profile →

Peers

Kenneth Hewitt

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Simon Allen Switzerland

Jack D. Ives United States

Stephan Harrison United Kingdom

Margreth Keiler Switzerland

Christian Huggel Switzerland

Samuel Morin France

Bruno Messerli Switzerland

Stephen G. Evans Canada

Shane J. Cronin New Zealand

John Woodward United Kingdom

Simon Allen Switzerland

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AS

1.6k ×0.8

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2.5k ×2.2

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721 ×0.9

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638 ×1.7

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Citations per year, relative to Kenneth Hewitt Kenneth Hewitt (= 1×) peers Simon Allen

Countries citing papers authored by Kenneth Hewitt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kenneth Hewitt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kenneth Hewitt

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bhambri, Rakesh, Kenneth Hewitt, Umesh K. Haritashya, et al.. (2022). Characteristics of surge-type tributary glaciers, Karakoram. Geomorphology. 403. 108161–108161. 17 indexed citations

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Fan, Xuanmei, Anja Dufresne, Srikrishnan Siva Subramanian, et al.. (2020). The formation and impact of landslide dams – State of the art. Earth-Science Reviews. 203. 103116–103116. 201 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bhambri, Rakesh, C. Scott Watson, Kenneth Hewitt, et al.. (2020). The hazardous 2017–2019 surge and river damming by Shispare Glacier, Karakoram. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4685–4685. 57 indexed citations

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Bhambri, Rakesh, Kenneth Hewitt, Prashant Kawishwar, et al.. (2019). Ice-dams, outburst floods, and movement heterogeneity of glaciers, Karakoram. Global and Planetary Change. 180. 100–116. 63 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingshi, et al.. (2018). Large observational bias on discharge in the Indus River since 1970s. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 17291–17291. 6 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (2015). Proving Grounds of Urbicide: Civil and Urban Perspectives on the Bombing of Capital Cities. Scholars Commons (Wilfrid Laurier University). 8(2). 340–375. 5 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (2013). Glaciers of the Karakoram Himalaya. DIAL (Catholic University of Leuven). 86 indexed citations

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Liu, Jingshi, et al.. (2011). Monitoring on Ice-dammed Lake and Related Surging Glaciers in Yarkant River,Karakorum in 2009. Journal of Mountain Science. 29(3). 276–282. 6 indexed citations

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Gaillard, JC, Ben Wisner, Djillali Benouar, et al.. (2010). Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction. Human Geography. 3(1). 66–88. 25 indexed citations

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Fauqué, Luis Enrique, et al.. (2009). Mega-deslizamientos de la pared sur del cerro Aconcagua y su relación con depósitos asignados a la glaciación pleistocena. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina. 65(4). 691–712. 16 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (2009). Glacially conditioned rock-slope failures and disturbance-regime landscapes, Upper Indus Basin, northern Pakistan. Geological Society London Special Publications. 320(1). 235–255. 10 indexed citations

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Mahaney, William C., et al.. (2009). Clast fabric and mass wasting on Asteroid 25143-Itokawa: Correlation with talus and other periglacial features on Earth. Sedimentary Geology. 219(1-4). 44–57. 3 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (2006). Disturbance regime landscapes: mountain drainage systems interrupted by large rockslides. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 30(3). 365–393. 67 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (2002). Landscapes of transition : landform assemblages and transformations in cold regions. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 11 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth, et al.. (2002). Landscapes of Transition. 27 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (1995). Excluded Perspectives in the Social Construction of Disaster. International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters. 13(3). 317–339. 71 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (1992). Mountain hazards. GeoJournal. 27(1). 11 indexed citations

18.

Hewitt, Kenneth. (1983). The coinage of L. Clodius Macer (AD 68). 64–80. 2 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth. (1982). Natural dams and outburst floods of the Karakoram Himalaya. 375(8). e17–e17. 109 indexed citations

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Hewitt, Kenneth, et al.. (1976). Lifeboat : man and a habitable earth. Wiley eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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