Robert C. Walter

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Robert C. Walter is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Paleontology and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert C. Walter has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Atmospheric Science, 19 papers in Paleontology and 19 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in Robert C. Walter's work include Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Robert C. Walter is often cited by papers focused on Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (23 papers), Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (18 papers) and Evolution and Paleontology Studies (13 papers). Robert C. Walter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and France. Robert C. Walter's co-authors include Dorothy J. Merritts, James L. Aronson, Giday WoldeGabriel, William K. Hart, Tesfaye Yemane, Berhane Asfaw, Tim D. White, Gen Suwa, Stanley A. Mertzman and John A. Westgate and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert C. Walter

66 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills

2008 613 citations Robert C. Walter, Dorothy J. Merritts Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert C. Walter United States	29	1.4k	1.3k	1.3k	1.1k	941	68	4.4k
Ian G. Stanistreet United Kingdom	32	852 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	982 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	558 0.6×	114	3.1k
Giday WoldeGabriel United States	31	2.1k 1.5×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 0.8×	800 0.7×	528 0.6×	71	4.8k
Richard L. Hay United States	42	1.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	513 0.5×	95	4.6k
Gail M. Ashley United States	36	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	220 0.2×	1.8k 1.6×	887 0.9×	114	3.5k
Jean‐Jacques Tiercelin France	30	587 0.4×	805 0.6×	705 0.6×	1.1k 1.0×	559 0.6×	66	2.9k
Anthony Dosseto Australia	33	510 0.4×	554 0.4×	1.9k 1.5×	1.7k 1.5×	444 0.5×	130	4.7k
Steven G. Driese United States	35	539 0.4×	1.6k 1.2×	598 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	539 0.6×	142	3.6k
Alfredo Pérez‐González Spain	49	4.3k 3.1×	3.5k 2.7×	622 0.5×	2.2k 2.0×	902 1.0×	209	6.4k
Andrew S. Cohen United States	46	1.5k 1.1×	1.6k 1.3×	363 0.3×	3.4k 3.1×	3.3k 3.5×	197	8.0k
Francis H. Brown United States	42	3.2k 2.3×	3.1k 2.4×	761 0.6×	2.0k 1.8×	1.1k 1.2×	88	6.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert C. Walter

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Inamdar, Shreeram, Jinjun Kan, Marc Peipoch, et al.. (2023). Back from the past? Assessment of nitrogen removal ability of buried historic wetland soils before and after a 1‐year incubation on a restored floodplain. Restoration Ecology. 32(3). 2 indexed citations

Inamdar, Shreeram, Marc Peipoch, Arthur J. Gold, et al.. (2022). Saturated, Suffocated, and Salty: Human Legacies Produce Hot Spots of Nitrogen in Riparian Zones. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 127(12). 12 indexed citations

Inamdar, Shreeram, Arthur J. Gold, Kelly Addy, et al.. (2021). Draining the Landscape: How Do Nitrogen Concentrations in Riparian Groundwater and Stream Water Change Following Milldam Removal?. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 126(8). 16 indexed citations

Snyder, Noah P., William B. Ouimet, Anna M. Martini, et al.. (2020). Estimating the timescale of fluvial response to anthropogenic disturbance using two generations of dams on the South River, Massachusetts, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 45(10). 2380–2393. 14 indexed citations

Mayer, Paul M., et al.. (2019). Influence of groundwater residence time on biogeochemical transformation after legacy sediment removal from a headwater stream in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA. AGUFM. 2019. 1 indexed citations

Forshay, Kenneth J., Julie N. Weitzman, Paul M. Mayer, et al.. (2018). Nitrate Decrease in Surface and Groundwater After Legacy Sediment Removal Restoration in a Floodplain Stream, Big Spring Run, PA USA.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

Walter, Robert C., et al.. (2018). A Controlled Freeze-Thaw Experiment to Model Sediment and Phosphorus Loads from Bank Erosion of Legacy Sediments. AGUFM. 2018.

Snyder, Noah P., et al.. (2017). A COMPARISON OF LAND-USE AND GLACIAL CONTROLS ON EROSION IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Wilf, Peter, et al.. (2013). Subfossil Leaves Reveal a New Upland Hardwood Component of the Pre-European Piedmont Landscape, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. PLoS ONE. 8(11). e79317–e79317. 11 indexed citations

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Walter, Robert C. & Dorothy J. Merritts. (2008). Natural Streams and the Legacy of Water-Powered Mills. Science. 319(5861). 299–304. 613 indexed citations breakdown →

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Merritts, Dorothy J., et al.. (2004). High Suspended Sediment Yields of the Conestoga River Watershed to the Susquehanna River and Chesapeake Bay are the Result of Ubiquitous Post-Settlement Mill Dams. AGUFM. 2004. 3 indexed citations

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Walter, Robert C., Richard T. Buffler, J. Henrich Bruggemann, et al.. (2000). Early human occupation of the Red Sea coast of Eritrea during the last interglacial. Nature. 405(6782). 65–69. 219 indexed citations

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Heine, Klaus & Robert C. Walter. (1996). Gypcretes of the central Namib desert (Namibia). University of Regensburg Publication Server (University of Regensburg). 14 indexed citations

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Kimbel, William H., Robert C. Walter, Donald C. Johanson, et al.. (1996). Late PlioceneHomoand Oldowan Tools from the Hadar Formation (Kada Hadar Member), Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution. 31(6). 549–561. 187 indexed citations

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Walter, Robert C. & Atholl Anderson. (1995). Archaeology of Niue Island : initial results. Journal of the Polynesian Society. 104(4). 471–481. 8 indexed citations

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White, Tim D., Gen Suwa, William K. Hart, et al.. (1993). New discoveries of Australopithecus at Maka in Ethiopia. Nature. 366(6452). 261–265. 116 indexed citations

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Asfaw, Berhane, Yonas Beyene, Gen Suwa, et al.. (1992). The earliest Acheulean from Konso-Gardula. Nature. 360(6406). 732–735. 229 indexed citations

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Wittich, G R, et al.. (1991). Percutaneous transluminal biopsy of biliary strictures with a bioptome.. American Journal of Roentgenology. 156(1). 77–78. 24 indexed citations

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Hart, William K., et al.. (1985). Geochemistry of Late Miocene basalts from the western margin of the main Ethiopian Rift. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 1 indexed citations

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Walter, Robert C., et al.. (1985). Geochemical and temporal patterns of felsic volcanism in Ethiopia. Geol. Soc. Am., Abstr. Programs; (United States). 17. 4 indexed citations

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