Simon Dixon

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 903 citations indexed

About

Simon Dixon is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Dixon has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 903 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Ecology, 5 papers in Soil Science and 3 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Simon Dixon's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (8 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (5 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (3 papers). Simon Dixon is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (8 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (5 papers) and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (3 papers). Simon Dixon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Simon Dixon's co-authors include Alice A. Horton, David Sear, Tim Sykes, N. A. Odoni, Stuart N. Lane, Andrew Nicholas, Mark E. Vardy, Gregory H. Sambrook Smith, Jim Best and Maminul Haque Sarker and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Resources Research, Earth-Science Reviews and Hydrological Processes.

In The Last Decade

Simon Dixon

13 papers receiving 893 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.

Microplastics: An introduction to environmental transport processes

2017 498 citations Alice A. Horton, Simon Dixon Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Simon Dixon United Kingdom	10	488	384	284	176	167	15	903
Paul Davison United Kingdom	13	333 0.7×	262 0.7×	231 0.8×	170 1.0×	157 0.9×	20	874
David Gateuille France	11	353 0.7×	175 0.5×	205 0.7×	192 1.1×	68 0.4×	14	714
Andrew B. Gray United States	18	800 1.6×	587 1.5×	347 1.2×	140 0.8×	161 1.0×	51	1.4k
Yasuo NIHEI Japan	12	717 1.5×	595 1.5×	194 0.7×	34 0.2×	142 0.9×	171	1.2k
Jill Crossman Canada	18	374 0.8×	317 0.8×	144 0.5×	66 0.4×	167 1.0×	35	1.0k
J. A. Gálvez Spain	17	576 1.2×	400 1.0×	292 1.0×	24 0.1×	156 0.9×	29	1.2k
Maciej Liro Poland	12	214 0.4×	113 0.3×	269 0.9×	127 0.7×	81 0.5×	29	490
Hongfeng Bian China	15	185 0.4×	95 0.2×	259 0.9×	167 0.9×	127 0.8×	43	723
Kuno Kasak Estonia	19	279 0.6×	570 1.5×	595 2.1×	120 0.7×	265 1.6×	43	1.3k
Manuel Kunz Switzerland	6	391 0.8×	322 0.8×	124 0.4×	25 0.1×	217 1.3×	7	808

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Dixon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Dixon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Dixon

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

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Yoshii, Kazuyoshi, et al.. (2025). Unsupervised Pitch-Timbre-Variation Disentanglement of Monophonic Music Signals Based on Random Perturbation and Re-entry Training. APSIPA Transactions on Signal and Information Processing. 14(1). 1–35.

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McKay, Deirdre, et al.. (2020). On Global Plasticity: Framing the Global Through Affective Materiality. New Global Studies. 14(3). 307–326. 6 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, Nicholas Kettridge, K. J. Devito, et al.. (2018). Seasonally frozen soil modifies patterns of boreal peatland wildfire vulnerability. Biogeosciences (European Geosciences Union). 2 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, David Sear, & Keith H. Nislow. (2018). A conceptual model of riparian forest restoration for natural flood management. Water and Environment Journal. 33(3). 329–341. 19 indexed citations

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Smith, Gregory H. Sambrook, Andrew Nicholas, Jim Best, et al.. (2018). The sedimentology of river confluences. Sedimentology. 66(2). 391–407. 21 indexed citations

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Horton, Alice A. & Simon Dixon. (2017). Microplastics: An introduction to environmental transport processes. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 5(2). 498 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dixon, Simon, Nicholas Kettridge, Paul Moore, et al.. (2017). Peat depth as a control on moss water availability under evaporative stress. Hydrological Processes. 31(23). 4107–4121. 17 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, et al.. (2017). Music Thumbnailing for Radio Podcasts: A Listener Evaluation. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. 65(6). 474–481.

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Dixon, Simon, Gregory H. Sambrook Smith, Jim Best, et al.. (2017). The planform mobility of river channel confluences: Insights from analysis of remotely sensed imagery. Earth-Science Reviews. 176. 1–18. 61 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, Heather Viles, & Bradley Garrett. (2017). Ozymandias in the Anthropocene: The city as an emerging landform. Area. 50(1). 117–125. 13 indexed citations

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Tooth, Stephen, Heather Viles, Simon Dixon, et al.. (2016). Visualizing geomorphology: improving communication of data and concepts through engagement with the arts. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 41(12). 1793–1796. 20 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, David Sear, N. A. Odoni, Tim Sykes, & Stuart N. Lane. (2016). The effects of river restoration on catchment scale flood risk and flood hydrology. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 41(7). 997–1008. 145 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon, Andrew Nicholas, Jim Best, et al.. (2015). Megascours: the morphodynamics of large river confluences. EGUGA. 5394. 1 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon. (2015). A dimensionless statistical analysis of logjam form and process. Ecohydrology. 9(6). 1117–1129. 33 indexed citations

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Dixon, Simon & David Sear. (2014). The influence of geomorphology on large wood dynamics in a low gradient headwater stream. Water Resources Research. 50(12). 9194–9210. 67 indexed citations

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