Sara L. Rathburn

2.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
46 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Sara L. Rathburn is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara L. Rathburn has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Soil Science and 15 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Sara L. Rathburn's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (27 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (19 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (11 papers). Sara L. Rathburn is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (27 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (19 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (11 papers). Sara L. Rathburn collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Sara L. Rathburn's co-authors include Ellen Wohl, Annette I. Patton, Denny M. Capps, Robert B. Jacobson, N. LeRoy Poff, Andrew C. Wilcox, David Walters, Brian P. Bledsoe, Daniel Cadol and Francis J. Magilligan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Earth and Planetary Science Letters and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Sara L. Rathburn

44 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The Natural Sediment Regime in Rivers: Broadening the Foundation for Ecosystem Management

2015 363 citations Ellen Wohl, Sara L. Rathburn et al. profile →
Connectivity as an emergent property of geomorphic systems

2018 263 citations Ellen Wohl, Daniel Cadol et al. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sara L. Rathburn United States	19	1.1k	699	507	420	375	46	1.6k
Joan L. Florsheim United States	20	858 0.8×	530 0.8×	346 0.7×	505 1.2×	170 0.5×	35	1.3k
Amy E. East United States	19	804 0.8×	528 0.8×	300 0.6×	319 0.8×	315 0.8×	57	1.3k
Karen B. Gran United States	19	1.1k 1.1×	927 1.3×	559 1.1×	286 0.7×	299 0.8×	41	1.6k
Juan D. Restrepo Colombia	21	786 0.7×	409 0.6×	421 0.8×	418 1.0×	244 0.7×	44	1.7k
A. M. Gurnell United Kingdom	19	1.3k 1.2×	966 1.4×	483 1.0×	291 0.7×	516 1.4×	30	1.9k
Daniel Cadol United States	18	785 0.7×	546 0.8×	359 0.7×	383 0.9×	192 0.5×	42	1.2k
Wayne D. Erskine Australia	27	1.6k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	698 1.4×	447 1.1×	259 0.7×	94	2.0k
Andrés Iroumé Chile	32	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.7×	1.0k 2.1×	1.1k 2.5×	413 1.1×	115	2.5k
M.J. Page New Zealand	12	644 0.6×	543 0.8×	284 0.6×	173 0.4×	391 1.0×	18	1.2k
Paul F. Hudson United States	19	948 0.9×	612 0.9×	412 0.8×	441 1.1×	321 0.9×	40	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara L. Rathburn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara L. Rathburn

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Bennett, Georgina L., et al.. (2025). Landslide-channel feedbacks amplify channel widening during floods. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 4 indexed citations

Engel, Michael, Velio Coviello, Sara Savi, et al.. (2024). Meltwater-driven sediment transport dynamics in two contrasting alpine proglacial streams. Journal of Hydrology. 635. 131171–131171. 6 indexed citations

Rathburn, Sara L., et al.. (2024). Post‐fire sediment attenuation in beaver ponds, Rocky Mountains, CO and WY, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 49(13). 4340–4354. 7 indexed citations

Ryan, Sandra, et al.. (2024). Suspended‐sediment response to wildfire and a major post‐fire flood on the Colorado Front Range. River Research and Applications. 40(7). 1256–1272. 5 indexed citations

Rathburn, Sara L., et al.. (2023). Putting down roots: Afforestation and bank cohesion of Icelandic Rivers. River Research and Applications. 39(9). 1669–1681.

Comiti, Francesco, Luca Mao, Daniele Penna, et al.. (2019). Glacier melt runoff controls bedload transport in Alpine catchments. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 520. 77–86. 49 indexed citations

Patton, Annette I., et al.. (2018). MORISAWA AWARD: LANDSLIDE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN PERMAFROST REGIONS. Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America. 1 indexed citations

Rathburn, Sara L., et al.. (2018). Form‐based river restoration decreases wetland hyporheic exchange: Lessons learned from the Upper Colorado River. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 44(1). 191–203. 10 indexed citations

Bennett, Georgina L., Jason W. Kean, Francis K. Rengers, Sandra Ryan, & Sara L. Rathburn. (2017). Landslide-channel feedbacks amplify flood response and channel erosion. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 14326. 1 indexed citations

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Rhodes, Charles, P. R. Robichaud, Sandra Ryan, et al.. (2017). Learn from the burn: The High Park Fire 5 years later. Digital Commons - Michigan Tech (Michigan Technological University). 18(25). 5 indexed citations

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Rathburn, Sara L., et al.. (2017). A 184-year record of river meander migration from tree rings, aerial imagery, and cross sections. Geomorphology. 293. 227–239. 47 indexed citations

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Amponsah, William, Margherita Righini, Ellen Wohl, et al.. (2016). Geomorphically Effective Energy Expenditure for Quantifying Channel Responses to Extreme Floods. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 2 indexed citations

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Friedman, Jonathan M., et al.. (2016). Flow reconstructions in the Upper Missouri River Basin using riparian tree rings. Water Resources Research. 52(10). 8159–8173. 20 indexed citations

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Rathburn, Sara L., et al.. (2016). Debris Flow Occurrence and Sediment Persistence, Upper Colorado River Valley, CO. Environmental Management. 58(1). 76–92. 9 indexed citations

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Rathburn, Sara L., Zan Rubin, & Ellen Wohl. (2012). Evaluating channel response to an extreme sedimentation event in the context of historical range of variability: Upper Colorado River, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 38(4). 391–406. 28 indexed citations

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Rathburn, Sara L. & Andrea E. Weinberg. (2011). Undergraduate Student Satisfaction and Achievement at the GetWET Observatory: A Fluid Learning Experience at Colorado State University. Journal of Geoscience Education. 59(2). 47–55. 6 indexed citations

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Cadol, Daniel, Sara L. Rathburn, & David J. Cooper. (2010). Aerial photographic analysis of channel narrowing and vegetation expansion in Canyon De Chelly National Monument, Arizona, USA, 1935–2004. River Research and Applications. 27(7). 841–856. 43 indexed citations

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Rathburn, Sara L. & Ellen Wohl. (2001). One‐dimensional sediment transport modeling of pool recovery along a mountain channel after a reservoir sediment release. Regulated Rivers Research & Management. 17(3). 251–273. 36 indexed citations

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Rathburn, Sara L.. (1993). Pleistocene cataclysmic flooding along the Big Lost River, east central Idaho. Geomorphology. 8(4). 305–319. 25 indexed citations

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Webb, Robert H. & Sara L. Rathburn. (1988). PALEOFLOOD HYDROLOGIC RESEARCH IN THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 6 indexed citations

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