Lee Benda

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 4.1k citations indexed

About

Lee Benda is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Lee Benda has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 4.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 25 papers in Soil Science and 14 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Lee Benda's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (32 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (25 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (13 papers). Lee Benda is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (32 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (25 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (13 papers). Lee Benda collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Spain. Lee Benda's co-authors include Thomas Dunne, Daniel J. Miller, Gordon H. Reeves, Paul Bigelow, N. LeRoy Poff, Kevin Andras, Michael Church, George R. Pess, Michael M. Pollock and Marwan A. Hassan and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Conservation Biology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Lee Benda

39 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

The Network Dynamics Hypothesis: How Channel Networks Str... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lee Benda United States 27 3.1k 1.9k 1.2k 1.1k 999 40 4.1k
Thomas E. Lisle United States 31 3.4k 1.1× 2.5k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 649 0.6× 452 0.5× 65 3.7k
John M. Buffington United States 34 5.8k 1.9× 3.5k 1.9× 2.8k 2.4× 1.6k 1.4× 651 0.7× 73 6.9k
Timothy J. Beechie United States 33 3.6k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.6k 1.3× 2.3k 2.0× 178 0.2× 75 4.5k
Patrick N.J. Lane Australia 38 1.2k 0.4× 1.3k 0.7× 986 0.8× 527 0.5× 1.2k 1.2× 114 4.1k
Richard A. Marston United States 22 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 772 0.7× 282 0.3× 358 0.4× 49 2.8k
Andrew C. Wilcox United States 28 2.3k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 636 0.6× 209 0.2× 58 2.9k
Bartłomiej Wyżga‬‬ Poland 34 2.1k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 909 0.8× 287 0.3× 302 0.3× 80 2.7k
W. R. Osterkamp United States 25 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.9× 984 0.8× 470 0.4× 179 0.2× 62 3.1k
Nicola Surian Italy 32 3.6k 1.2× 2.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.1× 315 0.3× 471 0.5× 93 4.2k
Carl Trettin United States 33 2.5k 0.8× 914 0.5× 640 0.5× 432 0.4× 153 0.2× 159 3.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Lee Benda

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lee Benda

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lee Benda

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Benda, Lee, et al.. (2019). Road Erosion and Delivery Index (READI): A Model for Evaluating Unpaved Road Erosion and Stream Sediment Delivery. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 55(2). 459–484. 20 indexed citations
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Flitcroft, Rebecca, et al.. (2015). Wildfire may increase habitat quality for spring Chinook salmon in the Wenatchee River subbasin, WA, USA. Forest Ecology and Management. 359. 126–140. 23 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, et al.. (2015). Building Virtual Watersheds: A Global Opportunity to Strengthen Resource Management and Conservation. Environmental Management. 57(3). 722–739. 25 indexed citations
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Bidlack, Allison, et al.. (2014). Identifying Suitable Habitat for Chinook Salmon across a Large, Glaciated Watershed. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. 143(3). 689–699. 26 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, Daniel J. Miller, & José Barquín. (2011). Creating a catchment scale perspective for river restoration. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 15(9). 2995–3015. 22 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, Daniel Miller, Kevin Andras, et al.. (2007). NetMap: A New Tool in Support of Watershed Science and Resource Management. Forest Science. 53(2). 206–219. 87 indexed citations
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Reeves, Gordon H., Peter A. Bisson, Bruce E. Rieman, & Lee Benda. (2006). Postfire Logging in Riparian Areas. Conservation Biology. 20(4). 994–1004. 29 indexed citations
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Naiman, Robert J., Robert E. Bilby, Lee Benda, et al.. (2005). Dynamic Landscape Systems. 27 indexed citations
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Hassan, Marwan A., Michael Church, Thomas E. Lisle, et al.. (2005). SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY OF SMALL, FORESTED STREAMS. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 41(4). 853–876. 138 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, Marwan A. Hassan, Michael Church, & Christine L. May. (2005). GEOMORPHOLOGY OF STEEPLAND HEADWATERS: THE TRANSITION FROM HILLSLOPES TO CHANNELS. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 41(4). 835–851. 165 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, Marwan A. Hassan, Michael Church, & Christine L. May. (2005). GEOMORPHOLOGY OF STEEPLAND HEADWATERS: THE TRANSITION FROM HILLSLOPES TO CHANNELS. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 41(4). 835–851. 138 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, David M. Miller, Thomas Dunne, et al.. (2004). Network disturbance theory: how channel networks structure river habitats. 1 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, Kevin Andras, Daniel J. Miller, & Paul Bigelow. (2004). Confluence effects in rivers: Interactions of basin scale, network geometry, and disturbance regimes. Water Resources Research. 40(5). 221 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, N. LeRoy Poff, Thomas Dunne, et al.. (2003). Network Disturbance Theory: Spatial and Temporal Organization of Physical Heterogeneity in Rivers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2003.
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Benda, Lee, et al.. (2003). Debris flows as agents of morphological heterogeneity at low-order confluences, Olympic Mountains, Washington. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 115(9). 1110–1110. 88 indexed citations
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Reeves, Gordon H., Lee Benda, K. M. Burnett, Peter A. Bisson, & J. R. Sedell. (1995). A Disturbance-Based Ecosystem Approach to Maintaining and Restoring Freshwater Habitats of Evolutionarily Significant Units of Anadromous Salmonids in the Pacific Northwest. 215 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, et al.. (1992). Morphology and Evolution of Salmonid Habitats in a Recently Deglaciated River Basin, Washington State, USA. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 49(6). 1246–1256. 29 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee, et al.. (1990). Accounting for the stochastic occurrence of landslides when predicting sediment yields.. IAHS-AISH publication. 115–1274. 2 indexed citations
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Benda, Lee & Thomas Dunne. (1987). Sediment routing by debris flow. IAHS-AISH publication. 213–223. 54 indexed citations
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Swanson, Frederick J., Lee Benda, Gordon E. Grant, et al.. (1987). Mass failures and other processes of sediment production in Pacific northwest forest landscapes. 39 indexed citations

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