Kristen D. Splinter

6.4k total citations · 5 hit papers
107 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Kristen D. Splinter is a scholar working on Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristen D. Splinter has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Earth-Surface Processes, 51 papers in Ecology and 34 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Kristen D. Splinter's work include Coastal and Marine Dynamics (86 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (47 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (34 papers). Kristen D. Splinter is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Dynamics (86 papers), Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (47 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (34 papers). Kristen D. Splinter collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Kristen D. Splinter's co-authors include Ian L. Turner, Mitchell D. Harley, Joshua A. Simmons, Kilian Vos, Mark Davidson, Margaret L. Palmsten, Bruno Castelle, Andrew D. Short, Rodger Tomlinson and Matthew S. Phillips and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kristen D. Splinter

102 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

CoastSat: A Google Earth Engine-enabled Python toolkit to extract shorelines from publicly available satellite imagery

2019 350 citations Kilian Vos, Kristen D. Splinter et al. profile →
Coastal vulnerability across the Pacific dominated by El Niño/Southern Oscillation

2015 294 citations Patrick L. Barnard, Andrew D. Short et al. Nature Geoscience profile →
Impact of the winter 2013–2014 series of severe Western Europe storms on a double-barred sandy coast: Beach and dune erosion and megacusp embayments

2015 271 citations Bruno Castelle, Kristen D. Splinter et al. profile →
Sub-annual to multi-decadal shoreline variability from publicly available satellite imagery

2019 238 citations Kilian Vos, Mitchell D. Harley et al. Coastal Engineering profile →
Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation

2023 84 citations Kilian Vos, Mitchell D. Harley et al. Nature Geoscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristen D. Splinter Australia	33	3.3k	2.2k	1.4k	985	398	107	3.9k
Karin R. Bryan New Zealand	32	2.6k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	460 1.2×	156	3.7k
Hilary F. Stockdon United States	21	2.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	868 0.9×	384 1.0×	67	3.2k
Óscar Ferreira Portugal	39	3.2k 1.0×	2.2k 1.0×	1.5k 1.1×	1.0k 1.0×	809 2.0×	179	4.5k
Nathaniel G. Plant United States	41	4.1k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	1.8k 1.3×	1.3k 1.3×	637 1.6×	149	5.0k
Stefan Aarninkhof Netherlands	25	2.7k 0.8×	2.0k 0.9×	771 0.6×	782 0.8×	417 1.0×	100	3.3k
Xavier Bertin France	35	2.4k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.5×	785 2.0×	129	3.7k
Mark Davidson United Kingdom	31	2.7k 0.8×	1.8k 0.8×	872 0.6×	808 0.8×	204 0.5×	108	3.1k
Rafaël Almar France	40	3.0k 0.9×	1.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	621 1.6×	184	4.4k
Arjen Luijendijk Netherlands	21	2.2k 0.7×	1.7k 0.8×	660 0.5×	515 0.5×	371 0.9×	78	2.9k
Agustín Sánchez‐Arcilla Spain	36	2.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	1.6k 1.7×	678 1.7×	209	3.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Splinter, Kristen D., et al.. (2025). Application of SAR-Optical fusion to extract shoreline position from Cloud-Contaminated satellite images. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. 220. 563–579. 2 indexed citations

Carvalho, Rafael C., Giovanni Coco, José A. Á. Antolínez, et al.. (2025). Evaluating five shoreline change models against 40 years of field survey data at an embayed sandy beach. Coastal Engineering. 199. 104738–104738. 2 indexed citations

Simmons, Joshua A., et al.. (2025). A mixture of experts approach to sandy shoreline modelling in storm dominated systems. Coastal Engineering. 201. 104813–104813.

Splinter, Kristen D., et al.. (2025). Geotechnical Stability Analysis of Dune Face Erosion by Waves. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 130(7).

Luetzenburg, Gregor, Aart Kroon, Kristian K. Kjeldsen, Kristen D. Splinter, & Anders Anker Bjørk. (2024). High-resolution topographic surveying and change detection with the iPhone LiDAR. Nature Protocols. 19(12). 3520–3541. 6 indexed citations

Vitousek, Sean, Kilian Vos, Kristen D. Splinter, et al.. (2024). Scalable, data-assimilated models predict large-scale shoreline response to waves and sea-level rise. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 28029–28029. 7 indexed citations

Vos, Kilian, Mitchell D. Harley, Ian L. Turner, & Kristen D. Splinter. (2023). Pacific shoreline erosion and accretion patterns controlled by El Niño/Southern Oscillation. Nature Geoscience. 16(2). 140–146. 84 indexed citations breakdown →

Vos, Kilian, Kristen D. Splinter, Jesús Palomar‐Vázquez, et al.. (2023). Benchmarking satellite-derived shoreline mapping algorithms. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 60 indexed citations

Spencer, Tom, Janine B. Adams, Martin Le Tissier, A. Brad Murray, & Kristen D. Splinter. (2023). Coastal futures: New framings, many questions, some ways forward. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. e32–e32. 2 indexed citations

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Vitousek, Sean, Kilian Vos, Kristen D. Splinter, Li Erikson, & Patrick L. Barnard. (2023). A Model Integrating Satellite‐Derived Shoreline Observations for Predicting Fine‐Scale Shoreline Response to Waves and Sea‐Level Rise Across Large Coastal Regions. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(7). 46 indexed citations

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Almar, Rafaël, Erwin W. J. Bergsma, Sierd de Vries, et al.. (2021). Modelling Cross-Shore Shoreline Change on Multiple Timescales and Their Interactions. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 9(6). 582–582. 15 indexed citations

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Ibaceta, Raimundo, Kristen D. Splinter, Mitchell D. Harley, & Ian L. Turner. (2020). Enhanced Coastal Shoreline Modeling Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter to Include Nonstationarity in Future Wave Climates. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(22). 35 indexed citations

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Vos, Kilian, Mitchell D. Harley, Kristen D. Splinter, Andrew Walker, & Ian L. Turner. (2020). Beach Slopes From Satellite‐Derived Shorelines. Geophysical Research Letters. 47(14). 100 indexed citations

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Harley, Mitchell D., Ian L. Turner, Kristen D. Splinter, Matthew S. Phillips, & Joshua A. Simmons. (2016). Beach response to Australian East Coast Lows: A comparison between the 2007 and 2015 events, Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach. Journal of Coastal Research. 75(sp1). 388–392. 17 indexed citations

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Harley, Mitchell D., Ian L. Turner, Andrew D. Short, et al.. (2015). Four decades of coastal monitoring at Narrabeen-Collaroy Beach: The past, present and future of this unique dataset. 378. 9 indexed citations

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Splinter, Kristen D., et al.. (2015). Estimating wave heights and water levels inside fringing reefs during extreme conditions. 83. 2 indexed citations

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Simmons, Joshua A., Lucy Marshall, Ian L. Turner, et al.. (2015). A more rigorous approach to calibrating and assessing the uncertainty of coastal numerical models. UNSWorks (UNSW Sydney). 821. 2 indexed citations

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Phillips, Matthew S., Ian L. Turner, Ron Cox, Kristen D. Splinter, & Mitchell D. Harley. (2015). Will the sand come back?: Observations and characteristics of beach recovery. 676. 2 indexed citations

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Splinter, Kristen D., Darrell Strauss, & Rodger Tomlinson. (2011). Can we reliably estimate dune erosion without knowing pre-storm bathymetry?. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 694. 5 indexed citations

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Sanò, Marcello, et al.. (2011). A detailed assessment of vulnerability to climate change in the Gold Coast, Australia. Journal of Coastal Research. 2011. 245–249. 14 indexed citations

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