Robert Ewing

4.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Ewing is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Ewing has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Environmental Engineering, 22 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 12 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Robert Ewing's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (26 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers) and NMR spectroscopy and applications (8 papers). Robert Ewing is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (26 papers), Soil and Unsaturated Flow (22 papers) and NMR spectroscopy and applications (8 papers). Robert Ewing collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Israel. Robert Ewing's co-authors include Allen G. Hunt, Behzad Ghanbarian, Muhammad Sahimi, Brian Berkowitz, Qinhong Hu, Robert Horton, Stefan Dultz, Thomas E. Skinner, T. C. Kaspar and Harry Rowe and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Water Resources Research and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Robert Ewing

50 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

Tortuosity in Porous Medi... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 200 400 600
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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.

  1. Tortuosity in Porous Media: A Critical Review
    2013 613 citations Behzad Ghanbarian, Allen G. Hunt et al. Soil Science Society of America Journal profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Robert Ewing 1.1k 874 792 784 626 51 3.2k
Behzad Ghanbarian 923 0.9× 647 0.7× 802 1.0× 628 0.8× 550 0.9× 115 2.6k
Allen G. Hunt 1.8k 1.7× 682 0.8× 1.6k 2.0× 564 0.7× 524 0.8× 183 4.8k
Edmund Perfect 1.1k 1.0× 746 0.9× 1.1k 1.4× 756 1.0× 766 1.2× 109 3.7k
Joaquín Jiménez‐Martínez 1.3k 1.3× 1.0k 1.1× 335 0.4× 614 0.8× 792 1.3× 83 3.0k
Anders Kaestner 491 0.5× 472 0.5× 759 1.0× 325 0.4× 403 0.6× 192 4.6k
David A. DiCarlo 1.5k 1.4× 2.2k 2.6× 736 0.9× 1.3k 1.6× 1.3k 2.1× 181 4.5k
Jean‐Raynald de Dreuzy 3.2k 3.0× 614 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 959 1.2× 1.7k 2.7× 118 4.5k
Tim Scheibe 2.0k 1.9× 691 0.8× 448 0.6× 314 0.4× 400 0.6× 116 3.4k
Steffen Schlüter 1.4k 1.3× 1.2k 1.4× 1.7k 2.2× 867 1.1× 706 1.1× 114 5.8k
Nima Shokri 1.6k 1.5× 1.6k 1.8× 1.3k 1.6× 656 0.8× 816 1.3× 119 5.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Ewing

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Joan Q., et al.. (2024). Simulation of Long-Term Water Erosion in Rainfed Croplands of Eastern Washington. Journal of the ASABE. 67(1). 193–206.
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Ewing, Robert, et al.. (2022). A New Model for Simulating the Imbibition of a Wetting-Phase Fluid in a Matrix-Fracture Dual Connectivity System. Geofluids. 2022. 1–18. 2 indexed citations
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Luo, Chenyi, Yuanyuan Shi, Dennis Timlin, et al.. (2022). A multiscale finite element method for coupled heat and water transfer in heterogeneous soils. Journal of Hydrology. 612. 128028–128028. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Joan Q., et al.. (2020). Estimating River Sediment Discharge in the Upper Mississippi River Using Landsat Imagery. Remote Sensing. 12(15). 2370–2370. 6 indexed citations
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Zachara, John M., Jon Chorover, Robert Ewing, et al.. (2016). Internal Domains of Natural Porous Media Revealed: Critical Locations for Transport, Storage, and Chemical Reaction. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(6). 2811–2829. 79 indexed citations
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Ghanbarian, Behzad, Allen G. Hunt, Thomas E. Skinner, & Robert Ewing. (2015). SATURATION DEPENDENCE OF TRANSPORT IN POROUS MEDIA PREDICTED BY PERCOLATION AND EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES. Fractals. 23(1). 1540004–1540004. 43 indexed citations
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Ghanbarian, Behzad, Hugh Daigle, Allen G. Hunt, Robert Ewing, & Muhammad Sahimi. (2014). Gas and solute diffusion in partially saturated porous media: Percolation theory and Effective Medium Approximation compared with lattice Boltzmann simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 120(1). 182–190. 40 indexed citations
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Kojima, Yuki, Joshua L. Heitman, G. N. Flerchinger, et al.. (2014). Field Test and Sensitivity Analysis of a Sensible Heat Balance Method to Determine Soil Ice Contents. Vadose Zone Journal. 13(9). 1–10. 17 indexed citations
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Hu, Qinhong, Stefan Dultz, Shoichiro Hamamoto, & Robert Ewing. (2012). Multiple Approaches to Characterizing Pore Structure in Natural Rock. AGUFM. 2012. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Qinhong, Robert Ewing, & Stefan Dultz. (2012). Low pore connectivity in natural rock. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 133. 76–83. 208 indexed citations
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Du, Jiangkun, Jianguo Bao, Qinhong Hu, & Robert Ewing. (2012). Uranium release from different size fractions of sediments in Hanford 300 area, Washington, USA. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 107. 92–94. 8 indexed citations
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Hu, Qinhong, Xian‐Guo Liu, Stefan Dultz, Robert Ewing, & Harry Rowe. (2011). Fracture-Matrix Interaction and Gas Recovery in the Barnett Shale. 1 indexed citations
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Ewing, Robert, Qinhong Hu, & Chongxuan Liu. (2010). Scale dependence of intragranular porosity, tortuosity, and diffusivity. Water Resources Research. 46(6). 27 indexed citations
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Heitman, Joshua L., Robert Horton, Tusheng Ren, et al.. (2006). Method for Maintaining One‐Dimensional Temperature Gradients in Unsaturated, Closed Soil Cells. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 70(4). 1303–1309. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Wenqing, R. Dennis Vigil, Igor A. Beresnev, Pavel P. Iassonov, & Robert Ewing. (2005). Vibration-induced mobilization of trapped oil ganglia in porous media: Experimental validation of a capillary-physics mechanism. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 289(1). 193–199. 65 indexed citations
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Hunt, Allen G. & Robert Ewing. (2003). ON THE VANISHING OF SOLUTE DIFFUSION IN POROUS MEDIA AT A THRESHOLD MOISTURE CONTENT. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 67(6). 1701–1702. 40 indexed citations
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Ewing, Robert & Robert Horton. (1999). Discriminating Dyes in Soil with Color Image Analysis. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 63(1). 18–24. 40 indexed citations
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Kaspar, T. C. & Robert Ewing. (1997). ROOTEDGE: Software for Measuring Root Length from Desktop Scanner Images. Agronomy Journal. 89(6). 932–940. 110 indexed citations
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Ewing, Robert & Dan B. Jaynes. (1995). Issues in Single‐Fracture Transport Modeling: Scales, Algorithms, and Grid Types. Water Resources Research. 31(2). 303–312. 14 indexed citations
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Ewing, Robert & Satish C. Gupta. (1993). Percolation and permeability in partially structured networks. Water Resources Research. 29(9). 3179–3188. 39 indexed citations

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