Michael Church

18.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
209 papers, 12.6k citations indexed

About

Michael Church is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Church has authored 209 papers receiving a total of 12.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Ecology, 111 papers in Soil Science and 76 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Michael Church's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (149 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (111 papers) and Geological formations and processes (73 papers). Michael Church is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (149 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (111 papers) and Geological formations and processes (73 papers). Michael Church collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Church's co-authors include Marwan A. Hassan, June M. Ryder, Rob Ferguson, Stephen P. Rice, Olav Slaymaker, André Zimmermann, Jeremy G. Venditti, Basil Gómez, Y. E. Martin and Brett Eaton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

In The Last Decade

Michael Church

203 papers receiving 11.6k citations

Hit Papers

Paraglacial Sedimentation... 1972 2026 1990 2008 1972 2006 200 400 600
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.

  1. Paraglacial Sedimentation: A Consideration of Fluvial Processes Conditioned by Glaciation
    1972 706 citations Michael Church, June M. Ryder profile →
  2. BED MATERIAL TRANSPORT AND THE MORPHOLOGY OF ALLUVIAL RIVER CHANNELS
    2006 510 citations Michael Church profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Michael Church 9.1k 6.6k 3.4k 3.2k 2.5k 209 12.6k
Ellen Wohl 12.8k 1.4× 8.0k 1.2× 2.0k 0.6× 5.6k 1.8× 2.5k 1.0× 366 16.8k
Jim Best 9.3k 1.0× 4.2k 0.6× 6.9k 2.1× 2.4k 0.8× 3.1k 1.3× 288 15.1k
M. Gordon Wolman 9.7k 1.1× 6.1k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 4.7k 1.5× 1.4k 0.6× 70 13.4k
Stuart N. Lane 8.7k 1.0× 4.8k 0.7× 2.2k 0.7× 4.8k 1.5× 2.7k 1.1× 298 15.8k
Colin R. Thorne 6.0k 0.7× 4.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 2.8k 0.9× 823 0.3× 176 9.6k
Stanley A. Schumm 5.9k 0.6× 4.2k 0.6× 4.1k 1.2× 3.4k 1.1× 3.3k 1.4× 113 11.7k
Luna B. Leopold 9.1k 1.0× 5.2k 0.8× 2.7k 0.8× 5.5k 1.7× 1.7k 0.7× 104 13.9k
Jonathan D. Phillips 3.8k 0.4× 2.9k 0.4× 2.0k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 2.2k 0.9× 286 8.5k
Keith Richards 4.6k 0.5× 2.6k 0.4× 1.1k 0.3× 2.9k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 207 10.2k
David R. Montgomery 2.8k 0.3× 3.0k 0.4× 2.2k 0.6× 1.6k 0.5× 4.5k 1.8× 124 11.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Church

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Church

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Church

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Curran, Michael A., Tingan Li, Derek Heathfield, et al.. (2023). Structural control of bedrock river alignment and morphology in the Fraser Canyon, British Columbia, Canada. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(15). 3381–3394. 1 indexed citations
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Church, Michael & Marwan A. Hassan. (2023). The fluvial grain‐size gap: Experimental confirmation of hydraulic origin. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(8). 1502–1511. 9 indexed citations
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Hassan, Marwan A., et al.. (2023). Annual and decadal net morphological displacement of a small gravel‐bed channel. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 48(8). 1630–1645. 5 indexed citations
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Venditti, Jeremy G., et al.. (2020). Comparing the behaviour of spherical beads and natural grains in bedload mixtures. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(4). 831–840. 9 indexed citations
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Jakob, Matthias, John J. Clague, & Michael Church. (2015). Rare and dangerous: Recognizing extra-ordinary events in stream channels. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques. 41(1-2). 161–173. 14 indexed citations
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Strickland, Lloyd & Michael Church. (2015). Leibniz's Observations on Hydrology: An Unpublished Letter on the Great Lombardy Flood of 1705. Annals of Science. 72(4). 517–532. 1 indexed citations
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Venditti, Jeremy G., et al.. (2014). Flow in bedrock canyons. Nature. 513(7519). 534–537. 60 indexed citations
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Frey, Philippe & Michael Church. (2009). How River Beds Move. Science. 325(5947). 1509–1510. 80 indexed citations
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Dadson, Simon & Michael Church. (2005). Postglacial topographic evolution of glaciated valleys: a stochastic landscape evolution model. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 30(11). 1387–1403. 68 indexed citations
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Church, Michael & Sarah Watts. (2004). Brief Strategic Therapy for older adults with anxiety. 1(88). 12–17.
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Martin, Y. E. & Michael Church. (2004). Numerical modelling of landscape evolution: geomorphological perspectives. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 28(3). 317–339. 66 indexed citations
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Martin, Y. E., et al.. (2002). Sediment transfer by shallow landsliding in the Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 39(2). 189–205. 113 indexed citations
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Ham, Darren & Michael Church. (2000). Bed‐material transport estimated from channel morphodynamics: Chilliwack River, British Columbia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 25(10). 1123–1142. 3 indexed citations
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Church, Michael. (1998). Think Globally, Learn Locally: Broadening Perspectives of the Earth. Geoscience Canada. 25(4). 8 indexed citations
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Church, Michael, et al.. (1990). Alluvial fans : a field approach. Wiley eBooks. 154 indexed citations
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Desloges, Joseph R. & Michael Church. (1989). WANDERING GRAVEL‐BED RIVERS. Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes. 33(4). 360–364. 70 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Robert G. & Michael Church. (1983). Contemporary Sedimentary Environments on Baffin Island, N.W.T., Canada: Reconnaissance of Lakes on Cumberland Peninsula. Arctic and Alpine Research. 15(3). 321–332. 3 indexed citations
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Church, Michael, Robert Stock, & June M. Ryder. (1979). Contemporary Sedimentary Environments on Baffin Island, N. W. T., Canada: Debris Slope Accumulations. Arctic and Alpine Research. 11(4). 371–401. 75 indexed citations
19.
Church, Michael. (1977). River Studies in Northern Canada: Reading the Record from River Morphology. Geoscience Canada. 4(1). 7 indexed citations
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Church, Michael, et al.. (1976). DESIGN OF SPRAYED SINGLE SEALS. 8(1).

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