Scott McCoy

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
76 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Scott McCoy is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Scott McCoy has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 21 papers in Atmospheric Science and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Scott McCoy's work include Landslides and related hazards (27 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (14 papers). Scott McCoy is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (27 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (16 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (14 papers). Scott McCoy collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Scott McCoy's co-authors include Dennis F. Galletta, Jason W. Kean, Sean D. Willett, Gregory E. Tucker, Jeffrey A. Coe, Peter Polák, J. Taylor Perron, Chia‐Yu Chen, Liran Goren and Dennis M. Staley and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Scott McCoy

71 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Dynamic Reorganization of River Basins 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Dynamic Reorganization of River Basins
    2014 562 citations Scott McCoy, J. Taylor Perron et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Scott McCoy United States 22 1.0k 736 613 496 469 76 2.8k
Ross S. Purves Switzerland 36 599 0.6× 1.4k 1.9× 483 0.8× 786 1.6× 417 0.9× 188 4.7k
George Philip United Kingdom 27 150 0.1× 291 0.4× 228 0.4× 320 0.6× 158 0.3× 145 2.8k
Klaus Heine Germany 24 191 0.2× 1.3k 1.7× 269 0.4× 72 0.1× 370 0.8× 167 2.6k
Richard Huggett United Kingdom 19 232 0.2× 553 0.8× 370 0.6× 310 0.6× 196 0.4× 57 2.6k
John Woodward United Kingdom 33 659 0.6× 1.8k 2.4× 533 0.9× 289 0.6× 173 0.4× 119 3.3k
David Mark United States 35 786 0.8× 1.1k 1.4× 1.1k 1.8× 1.5k 3.0× 141 0.3× 121 6.5k
Dawn J. Wright United States 29 196 0.2× 630 0.9× 806 1.3× 721 1.5× 92 0.2× 89 3.5k
Jin Jin China 24 57 0.1× 427 0.6× 220 0.4× 256 0.5× 152 0.3× 381 2.8k
Li Qin China 27 64 0.1× 1.5k 2.1× 141 0.2× 930 1.9× 388 0.8× 112 2.2k
Hee Jun Lee South Korea 28 69 0.1× 832 1.1× 491 0.8× 175 0.4× 223 0.5× 165 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Scott McCoy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Scott McCoy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Scott McCoy

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McCoy, Scott, et al.. (2025). Rainfall Thresholds for Postfire Debris‐Flow Initiation Vary With Short‐Duration Rainfall Climatology. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 130(6). 1 indexed citations
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McCoy, Scott, Jason W. Kean, Matthew A. Thomas, et al.. (2024). A Robust Quantitative Method to Distinguish Runoff‐Generated Debris Flows From Floods. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(15). 4 indexed citations
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McGrath, Daniel, et al.. (2024). Seasonal to decadal dynamics of supraglacial lakes on debris-covered glaciers in the Khumbu region, Nepal. ˜The œcryosphere. 18(2). 525–541. 3 indexed citations
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McGuire, Luke A., et al.. (2023). Steady-state forms of channel profiles shaped by debris flow and fluvial processes. Earth Surface Dynamics. 11(6). 1117–1143. 5 indexed citations
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McGrath, Daniel, et al.. (2023). Unchanged frequency and decreasing magnitude of outbursts from ice-dammed lakes in Alaska. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6138–6138. 14 indexed citations
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Scheingross, Joel, et al.. (2023). Impacts of Spontaneous Waterfall Development on Bedrock River Longitudinal Profile Morphology. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(7). 2 indexed citations
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McCoy, Scott, et al.. (2023). Quantifying Variability of Incipient‐Motion Thresholds in Gravel‐Bedded Rivers Using a Grain‐Scale Force‐Balance Model. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(9). 4 indexed citations
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Thomas, Matthew A., et al.. (2023). The Rainfall Intensity‐Duration Control of Debris Flows After Wildfire. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(10). 24 indexed citations
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McGrath, Daniel, et al.. (2022). Dam type and lake location characterize ice-marginal lake area change in Alaska and NW Canada between 1984 and 2019. ˜The œcryosphere. 16(1). 297–314. 31 indexed citations
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Larsen, Isaac J., et al.. (2022). The Erosional Signature of Drainage Divide Motion Along the Blue Ridge Escarpment. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(1). 16 indexed citations
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East, Amy E., et al.. (2021). Watershed Sediment Yield Following the 2018 Carr Fire, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, Northern California. Earth and Space Science. 8(9). 27 indexed citations
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Tucker, Gregory E., et al.. (2020). Modeling the Shape and Evolution of Normal‐Fault Facets. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 125(3). 11 indexed citations
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Tucker, Gregory E., Scott McCoy, & Daniel E. J. Hobley. (2018). A lattice grain model of hillslope evolution. Earth Surface Dynamics. 6(3). 563–582. 11 indexed citations
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McCoy, Scott, et al.. (2016). Hydrologic and geomorphic changes resulting from episodic glacial lake outburst floods: Rio Colonia, Patagonia, Chile. Geophysical Research Letters. 44(2). 854–864. 43 indexed citations
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Heales, Jon, et al.. (2015). Multi-dimensional views for sustainability: ontological approach. Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 1–14. 3 indexed citations
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McCoy, Scott, Andrea Everard, & Brian Jones. (2013). Investigating the Introduction to IS Course Content: Do Faculty, Recruiters, and Students Equally Value Topical Areas?. Americas Conference on Information Systems. 1 indexed citations
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Kean, Jason W., Scott McCoy, Gregory E. Tucker, Dennis M. Staley, & Jeffrey A. Coe. (2012). Investigating controls on debris-flow initiation and surge frequency at Chalk Cliffs, USA: initial results from monitoring and modeling. EGUGA. 10163. 1 indexed citations
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McCoy, Scott, Andrea Everard, Peter Polák, & Dennis F. Galletta. (2008). An Experimental Study of Antecedents and Consequences of Online Ad Intrusiveness. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. 24(7). 672–699. 100 indexed citations
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Everard, Andrea, Brian Jones, & Scott McCoy. (2005). Are IS Candidates Supplying the Teaching and Research Skills that Universities Need Most?. Communications of the Association for Information Systems. 15. 2 indexed citations

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