Lynn M. Highland

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
27 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Lynn M. Highland is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lynn M. Highland has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 6 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 5 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lynn M. Highland's work include Landslides and related hazards (22 papers), Tree Root and Stability Studies (5 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (4 papers). Lynn M. Highland is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (22 papers), Tree Root and Stability Studies (5 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (4 papers). Lynn M. Highland collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Lynn M. Highland's co-authors include Peter Bobrowsky, Robert L. Schuster, Qiangong Cheng, Fawu Wang, Masakatsu Miyajima, Huabin Wang, Changgen Yan, Yueping Yin, Qiangong Cheng and Peizhen Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Geomorphology, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts and Landslides.

In The Last Decade

Lynn M. Highland

25 papers receiving 1.0k citations

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The Landslide Handbook - A Guide to Understanding Landslides

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lynn M. Highland United States	13	934	367	285	261	238	27	1.1k
G.F. Wieczorek United States	17	1.0k 1.1×	439 1.2×	262 0.9×	374 1.4×	233 1.0×	33	1.2k
Paolo Canuti Italy	13	729 0.8×	251 0.7×	171 0.6×	300 1.1×	150 0.6×	52	994
Lisa Borgatti Italy	21	1.0k 1.1×	283 0.8×	243 0.9×	414 1.6×	275 1.2×	73	1.3k
John A. Michael United States	11	1.2k 1.3×	448 1.2×	568 2.0×	221 0.8×	471 2.0×	42	1.4k
Paola Revellino Italy	21	812 0.9×	331 0.9×	344 1.2×	309 1.2×	172 0.7×	54	1.1k
G. D’Amato Avanzi Italy	17	777 0.8×	381 1.0×	199 0.7×	279 1.1×	192 0.8×	62	964
J. Smith United Kingdom	6	957 1.0×	590 1.6×	195 0.7×	294 1.1×	291 1.2×	9	1.1k
Francesco Sdao Italy	18	1.0k 1.1×	464 1.3×	245 0.9×	250 1.0×	220 0.9×	61	1.5k
Graziella Devoli Norway	13	794 0.9×	438 1.2×	144 0.5×	344 1.3×	139 0.6×	25	931
Jan Blahút Czechia	18	800 0.9×	462 1.3×	139 0.5×	273 1.0×	154 0.6×	49	990

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All Works

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Klose, Martin, Bodo Damm, & Lynn M. Highland. (2015). Databases in geohazard science: An introduction. Geomorphology. 249. 1–3. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Fawu, Ping Sun, Lynn M. Highland, & Qiangong Cheng. (2014). Key factors influencing the mechanism of rapid and long runout landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China. Geoenvironmental Disasters. 1(1). 25 indexed citations

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Reid, Mark E., Richard G. LaHusen, Rex L. Baum, et al.. (2012). Real-time monitoring of landslides. Fact sheet. 17 indexed citations

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Godt, Jonathan W., Jeffrey A. Coe, Rex L. Baum, et al.. (2012). Prototype landslide hazard map of the conterminous United States. 245–250. 7 indexed citations

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Sun, Peizhen, et al.. (2009). The motion mechanism of some long runout landslides triggered by 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, China. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 21(6). 6488–1139. 64 indexed citations

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Wang, Fawu, Qiangong Cheng, Lynn M. Highland, et al.. (2009). Preliminary investigation of some large landslides triggered by the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, Sichuan Province, China. Landslides. 6(1). 47–54. 132 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M., et al.. (2008). An illustrated landslide handbook for developing nations. 263. 1 indexed citations

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Schuster, Robert L. & Lynn M. Highland. (2007). Overview of the Effects of Mass Wasting on the Natural Environment. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience. 13(1). 25–44. 35 indexed citations

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Schuster, Robert L. & Lynn M. Highland. (2006). The Third Hans Cloos Lecture. Urban landslides: socioeconomic impacts and overview of mitigative strategies. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 66(1). 1–27. 96 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M.. (2006). Estimating landslide losses - preliminary results of a seven-State pilot project. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 16 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M.. (2004). Landslide types and processes. Fact sheet. 60 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M.. (2003). An Account of Preliminary Landslide Damage and Losses Resulting from the February 28, 2001, Nisqually, Washington, Earthquake. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 15 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M., Jonathan W. Godt, David G. Howell, & William Z. Savage. (1998). El Nino 1997-98; damaging landslides in the San Francisco Bay area. Fact sheet. 8 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M., et al.. (1997). Debris-flow hazards in the United States. Fact sheet. 8 indexed citations

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Godt, Jonathan W., Lynn M. Highland, & William Z. Savage. (1997). El Nino and the National Landslide Hazard Outlook for 1997-1998. Fact sheet. 1 indexed citations

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Reynolds, Richard L., Michael D. Dettinger, Daniel R. Cayan, et al.. (1997). Effects of El Nino on streamflow, lake level, and landslide potential. 1 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M.. (1996). Slumgullion: Colorado's natural landslide laboratory. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts. 1(33). 1 indexed citations

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Campbell, Kenneth W., S.T. Algermissen, Edgar E. Kausel, & Lynn M. Highland. (1989). Proceed Strong-Motion Data for the Central Chile Earthquake of March 3, 1985: Fifteen Accelerograph Sites Owned by CHILECTRA, ENDESA, and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chile. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 1 indexed citations

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Leyendecker, E. V., et al.. (1988). 1. The Whittier Narrows, California Earthquake of October 1, 1987—Early Results of Isoseismal Studies and Damage Surveys. Earthquake Spectra. 4(1). 1–10. 7 indexed citations

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Highland, Lynn M.. (1985). Earthquake hazards to domestic water distribution systems in Salt Lake County, Utah. 3–18. 2 indexed citations

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