R. Knight

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

R. Knight is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Knight has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ocean Engineering, 10 papers in Geophysics and 4 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in R. Knight's work include Geophysical Methods and Applications (10 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (8 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (5 papers). R. Knight is often cited by papers focused on Geophysical Methods and Applications (10 papers), Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods (8 papers) and Seismic Waves and Analysis (5 papers). R. Knight collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. R. Knight's co-authors include David A. Robinson, Ole Wendroth, J. W. Hopmans, J. S. Selker, Colin S. Campbell, Scott B. Jones, Brian K. Hornbuckle, Fred L. Ogden, Ryan Smith and Andrew Binley and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Geophysical Research Letters and Reviews of Geophysics.

In The Last Decade

R. Knight

18 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Soil Moisture Measurement for Ecological and Hydrological Watershed‐Scale Observatories: A Review

2008 840 citations David A. Robinson, Colin S. Campbell et al. Vadose Zone Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
R. Knight United States	11	1.0k	527	456	373	369	18	1.5k
Majken C. Looms Denmark	22	659 0.7×	697 1.3×	700 1.5×	171 0.5×	150 0.4×	51	1.3k
Craig Ulrich United States	26	359 0.4×	557 1.1×	921 2.0×	174 0.5×	641 1.7×	72	2.1k
Nick Cartwright Australia	23	422 0.4×	232 0.4×	126 0.3×	152 0.4×	368 1.0×	68	1.3k
Jacopo Boaga Italy	22	429 0.4×	597 1.1×	920 2.0×	244 0.7×	181 0.5×	91	1.6k
Christophe Bouvier France	21	480 0.5×	223 0.4×	303 0.7×	148 0.4×	552 1.5×	79	2.1k
Yuqun Xue China	22	506 0.5×	242 0.5×	111 0.2×	254 0.7×	229 0.6×	39	1.3k
Vanessa Télès France	12	450 0.4×	151 0.3×	141 0.3×	106 0.3×	119 0.3×	24	828
Gabriele Baroni Germany	18	748 0.7×	109 0.2×	87 0.2×	423 1.1×	341 0.9×	47	1.1k
Michel Bechtold Belgium	21	525 0.5×	105 0.2×	120 0.3×	323 0.9×	267 0.7×	61	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by R. Knight

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Knight

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Knight

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

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18 of 18 papers shown

Kang, Seogi, Meredith Goebel, & R. Knight. (2025). Harnessing the Power of Geophysical Imaging to Recharge California's Groundwater. Earth and Space Science. 12(4). 1 indexed citations

Knight, R., et al.. (2024). Quantification of record-breaking subsidence in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 5 indexed citations

Knight, R., et al.. (2023). Integrating shallow head measurements and InSAR data to quantify groundwater-storage change in San Joaquin Valley, California (USA). Hydrogeology Journal. 31(8). 2041–2060. 1 indexed citations

Kang, Seogi & R. Knight. (2023). Isolating the Poroelastic Response of the Groundwater System in InSAR Data From the Central Valley of California. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(9). 11 indexed citations

Kang, Seogi, R. Knight, Todd J. Greene, Caitlin E. Buck, & Graham E. Fogg. (2021). Exploring the Model Space of Airborne Electromagnetic Data to Delineate Large‐Scale Structure and Heterogeneity Within an Aquifer System. Water Resources Research. 57(10). 17 indexed citations

Smith, Ryan & R. Knight. (2019). Modeling Land Subsidence Using InSAR and Airborne Electromagnetic Data. Water Resources Research. 55(4). 2801–2819. 50 indexed citations

Smith, Ryan, R. Knight, Jingyi Chen, et al.. (2017). Estimating the permanent loss of groundwater storage in the southern San Joaquin Valley, California. Water Resources Research. 53(3). 2133–2148. 109 indexed citations

Pidlisecky, Adam, et al.. (2015). Electrical Resistivity Imaging of Seawater Intrusion into the Monterey Bay Aquifer System. Ground Water. 54(2). 255–261. 22 indexed citations

Parsekian, A., et al.. (2014). Bootstrap Calibration and Uncertainty Estimation of Downhole NMR Hydraulic Conductivity Estimates in an Unconsolidated Aquifer. Ground Water. 53(1). 111–121. 21 indexed citations

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Knight, R., et al.. (2012). Results from a Pilot Water Flood of the Magwa Marrat Reservoir and Simulation Study of a Sector Model contribute to understanding of Injectivity and Reservoir Characterization. 10 indexed citations

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Knight, R., L. J. Pyrak‐Nolte, Lee Slater, et al.. (2010). Geophysics at the interface: Response of geophysical properties to solid-fluid, fluid-fluid, and solid-solid interfaces. Reviews of Geophysics. 48(4). 36 indexed citations

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Robinson, David A., Colin S. Campbell, J. W. Hopmans, et al.. (2008). Soil Moisture Measurement for Ecological and Hydrological Watershed‐Scale Observatories: A Review. Vadose Zone Journal. 7(1). 358–389. 840 indexed citations breakdown →

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Robinson, David A., Andrew Binley, N. Crook, et al.. (2008). Advancing process‐based watershed hydrological research using near‐surface geophysics: a vision for, and review of, electrical and magnetic geophysical methods. Hydrological Processes. 22(18). 3604–3635. 226 indexed citations

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Crook, N., Andrew Binley, R. Knight, et al.. (2008). Electrical resistivity imaging of the architecture of substream sediments. Water Resources Research. 44(4). 95 indexed citations

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Grunewald, Elliot & R. Knight. (2007). A Laboratory Study of NMR Relaxation Times and Pore Coupling in Heterogeneous Porous Media. AGUFM. 2007. 2 indexed citations

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Moysey, Stephen, et al.. (2003). Stochastic estimation of facies using ground penetrating radar data. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 17(5). 306–318. 26 indexed citations

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Daughney, Chris, et al.. (2001). Influence of adsorbed crude oil on NMR relaxation of water in saturated silica sand. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 19(3-4). 570–570. 1 indexed citations

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Weekes, T. E. C., Ranald Richardson, R. Knight, et al.. (1979). Abstracts of Communications. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 38(1). 1A–21A. 1 indexed citations

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