Mead A. Allison

10.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
144 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Mead A. Allison is a scholar working on Ecology, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Mead A. Allison has authored 144 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Ecology, 84 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 63 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Mead A. Allison's work include Geological formations and processes (63 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (56 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (52 papers). Mead A. Allison is often cited by papers focused on Geological formations and processes (63 papers), Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (56 papers) and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics (52 papers). Mead A. Allison collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Mead A. Allison's co-authors include Thomas S. Bianchi, Ehab Meselhe, Gail C. Kineke, Steven A. Kuehl, Brent A. McKee, Charles A. Nittrouer, Robert C. Aller, Jeffrey A. Nittrouer, Miguel A. Goñi and A. S. Ogston and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Mead A. Allison

142 papers receiving 7.8k citations

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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.

Large-river delta-front estuaries as natural “recorders” of global environmental change

2009 496 citations Thomas S. Bianchi, Mead A. Allison profile →
High rates of organic carbon burial in fjord sediments globally

2015 315 citations Richard W. Smith, Thomas S. Bianchi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mead A. Allison United States	50	4.5k	3.8k	3.2k	2.4k	1.2k	144	8.0k
Shu Gao China	46	4.2k 0.9×	4.5k 1.2×	3.0k 0.9×	1.3k 0.5×	852 0.7×	294	7.7k
Paul Liu United States	37	2.5k 0.6×	3.3k 0.9×	3.4k 1.1×	1.2k 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	91	6.7k
Liviu Giosan United States	46	3.4k 0.7×	3.7k 1.0×	4.3k 1.3×	1.4k 0.6×	881 0.7×	157	8.0k
Kehui Xu United States	37	3.9k 0.9×	3.3k 0.9×	2.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	138	7.7k
Charles A. Nittrouer United States	62	4.3k 0.9×	6.2k 1.6×	5.9k 1.8×	2.7k 1.1×	1.7k 1.4×	177	10.5k
Oliver Heiri Switzerland	49	4.4k 1.0×	2.1k 0.5×	8.4k 2.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	166	11.8k
Zuosheng Yang China	51	4.7k 1.0×	4.1k 1.1×	4.0k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	115	10.1k
Houjie Wang China	42	3.7k 0.8×	2.6k 0.7×	2.1k 0.6×	1.7k 0.7×	951 0.8×	160	7.2k
Harry H. Roberts United States	48	3.0k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	3.0k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	3.0k 2.4×	239	8.1k
Valier Galy United States	45	2.3k 0.5×	1.4k 0.4×	4.1k 1.3×	1.7k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	106	7.3k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Wenpeng, Bin Yang, Mead A. Allison, et al.. (2025). Significant loss of organic carbon storage and accumulation rate in mangrove sediments due to deforestation: Insights from the Beibu Gulf, China. CATENA. 256. 109107–109107.

Fiaschi, Simone, Mead A. Allison, & Cathleen E. Jones. (2025). Vertical land motion in Greater New Orleans: Insights into underlying drivers and impact to flood protection infrastructure. Science Advances. 11(26). eadt5046–eadt5046.

Day, John W., Robert R. Lane, H. C. Clark, et al.. (2024). Patterns and mechanisms of wetland change in the Breton sound estuary, Mississippi River delta: A review. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 313. 109065–109065. 2 indexed citations

Meselhe, Ehab, et al.. (2023). A roadmap to the Co-production of a decision support tool for coastal ecosystems. Environmental Science & Policy. 144. 31–42. 6 indexed citations

Törnqvist, Torbjörn E., et al.. (2017). Understanding Mississippi Delta Subsidence through Stratigraphic and Geotechnical Analysis of a Continuous Holocene Core at a Subsidence Superstation. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 4 indexed citations

Allison, Mead A., Thomas S. Bianchi, Xingqian Cui, et al.. (2016). Modern deposition rates and patterns of organic carbon burial in Fiordland, New Zealand. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(22). 19 indexed citations

Marcantonio, Franco, et al.. (2016). Contrasting watershed-scale trends in runoff and sediment yield complicate rangeland water resources planning. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 20(6). 2295–2307. 8 indexed citations

Goff, John A., Mead A. Allison, S. P. S. Gulick, et al.. (2015). Shoreface ravinement evolution tracked by repeat geophysical surveys following Hurricane Ike, Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, 2008–2013. Geophysics. 80(3). WB1–WB10. 9 indexed citations

Bianchi, Thomas S., et al.. (2014). Historical Reconstruction of Organic Carbon Decay and Preservation in the Sediment on the East China Sea Shelf. 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. 2014. 3 indexed citations

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Kolker, Alexander S., Drew S. Coleman, Katherine Telfeyan, et al.. (2013). Underground and Previously Undiscovered Rivers in the Mississippi Delta. AGUFM. 2013. 1 indexed citations

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Rosenheim, B. E., et al.. (2013). River discharge influences on particulate organic carbon age structure in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River System. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 27(1). 154–166. 62 indexed citations

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Venditti, Jeremy G., et al.. (2009). Supply-Limited Bedforms in a Gravel-Sand Transition. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Mitra, Siddhartha, et al.. (2009). The effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on seabed polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon dynamics in the Gulf of Mexico. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 58(6). 851–857. 12 indexed citations

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Allison, Mead A., et al.. (2006). Evidence for Hyperpycnal Sediment Control on Evolution of the Mississippi and Atchafalaya Deltaic Clinoforms. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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McKee, Brent A., et al.. (2004). Nature of Decadal-scale Sediment Accumulation in the Mississippi River Deltaic Region. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 15 indexed citations

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Monacci, Natalie, et al.. (2004). The Effect of Hurricane Lili on the Distribution of Organic Matter in the Inner Louisiana Shelf (Gulf of Mexico, USA). AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2004. 2 indexed citations

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Allison, Mead A., et al.. (2001). Modern sediment supply to the lower delta plain of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River in Bangladesh. Geo-Marine Letters. 21(2). 66–74. 86 indexed citations

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Thieler, E. Robert, et al.. (1998). Sidescan-sonar imagery of the shoreface and inner continental shelf, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 3 indexed citations

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Allison, Mead A.. (1998). Historical Changes in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta Front. Journal of Coastal Research. 14(4). 1269–1275. 136 indexed citations

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Allison, Mead A.. (1998). Geologic Framework and Environmental Status of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta. Journal of Coastal Research. 14(3). 826–836. 68 indexed citations

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