Robert B. Jacobson

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
116 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Robert B. Jacobson is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert B. Jacobson has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Ecology, 64 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 64 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Robert B. Jacobson's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (75 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (63 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (39 papers). Robert B. Jacobson is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (75 papers), Fish Ecology and Management Studies (63 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (39 papers). Robert B. Jacobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Mexico. Robert B. Jacobson's co-authors include N. LeRoy Poff, Brian P. Bledsoe, David L. Galat, Caroline M. Elliott, Mary C. Freeman, Aaron J. DeLonay, Kevin H. Rogers, Colin Apse, Stuart E. Bunn and Mike Acreman and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Environmental Science & Technology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Robert B. Jacobson

111 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards

2009 1.2k citations N. LeRoy Poff, Brian D. Richter et al. Freshwater Biology profile →
The Natural Sediment Regime in Rivers: Broadening the Foundation for Ecosystem Management

2015 363 citations Brian P. Bledsoe, Robert B. Jacobson et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Robert B. Jacobson	2.7k	1.9k	1.9k	847	785	116	3.9k
G. Mathias Kondolf	2.6k 1.0×	1.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	1.5k 1.8×	712 0.9×	49	3.4k
Francis J. Magilligan	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.9×	752 0.4×	1.7k 2.0×	1.4k 1.8×	94	4.4k
David Gilvear	1.9k 0.7×	935 0.5×	620 0.3×	835 1.0×	852 1.1×	85	3.0k
Andrew C. Wilcox	2.3k 0.8×	1.0k 0.5×	636 0.3×	1.4k 1.6×	660 0.8×	58	2.9k
Edgardo M. Latrubesse	1.9k 0.7×	972 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	962 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	85	4.1k
B. Webb	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 0.9×	401 0.5×	484 0.6×	76	3.4k
J. C. Stromberg	4.3k 1.6×	2.8k 1.5×	3.4k 1.8×	1.0k 1.2×	1.5k 1.9×	20	6.0k
Ian Rutherfurd	1.6k 0.6×	818 0.4×	353 0.2×	1.2k 1.4×	729 0.9×	103	2.7k
G. M. Kondolf	1.5k 0.6×	949 0.5×	336 0.2×	1.1k 1.3×	691 0.9×	27	2.4k
Joseph M. Wheaton	3.2k 1.2×	1.3k 0.7×	738 0.4×	1.7k 2.0×	964 1.2×	91	4.3k

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Chapman, Duane, et al.. (2024). Ecological inferences on invasive carp survival using hydrodynamics and egg drift models. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 9556–9556. 4 indexed citations

Jacobson, Robert B., et al.. (2023). Geomorphic classification framework for assessing reproductive ecology of Scaphirhynchus albus (pallid sturgeon), Fort Peck segment, Upper Missouri River, Montana and North Dakota. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations

Li, Geng, et al.. (2023). Turbulence near a sandbar island in the lower Missouri River. River Research and Applications. 39(9). 1857–1874. 8 indexed citations

Braaten, Patrick J., et al.. (2022). Growth and survival rates of dispersing free embryos and settled larvae of pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) in the Missouri River, Montana and North Dakota. Environmental Biology of Fishes. 105(8). 993–1014. 4 indexed citations

Counihan, Timothy D., Kristen L. Bouska, Shannon K. Brewer, et al.. (2022). Identifying monitoring information needs that support the management of fish in large rivers. PLoS ONE. 17(4). e0267113–e0267113. 2 indexed citations

Jacobson, Robert B., et al.. (2021). Stream classification and gravel-bar inventory for Buffalo National River and Ozark National Scenic Riverways. Scientific investigations report. 1 indexed citations

McElroy, Brandon, Aaron J. DeLonay, & Robert B. Jacobson. (2011). Optimum swimming pathways of fish spawning migrations in rivers. Ecology. 93(1). 29–34. 79 indexed citations

Jacobson, Robert B., et al.. (2009). Hydrodynamic simulations of physical aquatic habitat availability for Pallid Sturgeon in the Lower Missouri River, at Yankton, South Dakota, Kenslers Bend, Nebraska, Little Sioux, Iowa, and Miami, Missouri, 2006-07. Scientific investigations report. 13 indexed citations

Jacobson, Robert B., et al.. (2009). Multi-scale Hydroacoustic Remote Sensing of Sturgeon and Their Habitats in A Large, Turbid River. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Robert B., et al.. (2009). Linking River Morphology to Larval Drift of an Endangered Sturgeon. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations

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Poff, N. LeRoy, Brian D. Richter, Angela H. Arthington, et al.. (2009). The ecological limits of hydrologic alteration (ELOHA): a new framework for developing regional environmental flow standards. Freshwater Biology. 55(1). 147–170. 1208 indexed citations breakdown →

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Elliott, Caroline M., Joanna M. Reuter, & Robert B. Jacobson. (2009). Channel morphodynamics in four reaches of the Lower Missouri River, 2006-07. Scientific investigations report. 14 indexed citations

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Doyle, Martin W., Emily H. Stanley, David L. Strayer, et al.. (2005). Dominant Discharge Analysis of Ecological Processes in Streams. AGU Spring Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 2 indexed citations

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Chapman, Duane, et al.. (2002). Ecological dynamics of wetlands at Lisbon Bottom, Big Muddy National Fish and Wildlife Refuge, Missouri. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 2 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Robert B., et al.. (2002). Visualization of Flow Alternatives, Lower Missouri River. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 6 indexed citations

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Oberg, Kevin A. & Robert B. Jacobson. (1994). The Miller City Levee Break and Incipient Meander Cutoff. Hydraulic Engineering. 623–627. 2 indexed citations

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Rabení, Charles F. & Robert B. Jacobson. (1993). Geomorphic and hydraulic influences on the abundance and distribution of stream centrarchids in Ozark U.S.A. streams. Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii. 40(1). 87–99. 19 indexed citations

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Rabení, Charles F. & Robert B. Jacobson. (1993). The importance of fluvial hydraulics to fish‐habitat restoration in low‐gradient alluvial streams. Freshwater Biology. 29(2). 211–220. 92 indexed citations

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Obermeier, Stephen F., Robert E. Weems, Robert B. Jacobson, & Gregory S. Gohn. (1989). Liquefaction Evidence for Repeated Holocene Earthquakes in the Coastal Region of South Carolinaa. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 558(1). 183–195. 9 indexed citations

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Jacobson, Robert B.. (1986). GENESIS AND DISTRIBUTION OF COLLUVIUM IN BUFFALO CREEK AREA, MARION COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 1 indexed citations

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