Stephen G. Evans

10.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Stephen G. Evans is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Atmospheric Science and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen G. Evans has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 46 papers in Atmospheric Science and 24 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Stephen G. Evans's work include Landslides and related hazards (74 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers) and Dam Engineering and Safety (18 papers). Stephen G. Evans is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (74 papers), Cryospheric studies and observations (36 papers) and Dam Engineering and Safety (18 papers). Stephen G. Evans collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Stephen G. Evans's co-authors include Oldrich Hungr, John J. Clague, Michael J. Bovis, J. N. Hutchinson, Keith B. Delaney, Richard Guthrie, Nicholas J. Roberts, James W. Schwab, Marten Geertsema and Gabriele Scarascia Mugnozza and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Stephen G. Evans

111 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

A review of the classification of landslides of the flow ... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2019 2018 250 500 750
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. A review of the classification of landslides of the flow type
    2001 792 citations Stephen G. Evans et al. profile →
  2. Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts
    2019 659 citations Xuanmei Fan, Gianvito Scaringi et al. Reviews of Geophysics profile →
  3. Massive collapse of two glaciers in western Tibet in 2016 after surge-like instability
    2018 236 citations Stephen G. Evans, Jeffrey S. Kargel 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
Stephen G. Evans Canada 40 5.6k 3.4k 1.5k 1.4k 899 118 7.1k
Michel Jaboyedoff Switzerland 48 5.9k 1.1× 2.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 1.9k 1.4× 1.0k 1.2× 278 8.7k
David N. Petley United Kingdom 34 5.3k 1.0× 2.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 654 0.7× 84 6.6k
Paolo Frattini Italy 34 4.5k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.3× 492 0.5× 114 5.4k
Oliver Korup Germany 50 5.6k 1.0× 4.2k 1.3× 820 0.5× 2.0k 1.5× 1.6k 1.7× 134 7.9k
Jonathan W. Godt United States 44 7.0k 1.3× 2.2k 0.6× 3.8k 2.5× 2.2k 1.6× 784 0.9× 107 8.7k
David K. Keefer United States 30 4.7k 0.8× 1.8k 0.5× 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 454 0.5× 69 5.9k
Kyoji Sassa Japan 44 5.2k 0.9× 1.2k 0.3× 3.2k 2.1× 1.2k 0.9× 343 0.4× 211 6.4k
D. M. Crudën Canada 30 4.5k 0.8× 1.4k 0.4× 2.1k 1.4× 997 0.7× 465 0.5× 98 6.1k
Giovanni B. Crosta Italy 60 9.0k 1.6× 3.5k 1.1× 2.8k 1.8× 2.0k 1.5× 999 1.1× 259 11.0k
William Z. Savage United States 30 4.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.4× 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 368 0.4× 82 5.4k

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All Works

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Barlow, Kirsten, M. McKellar, Ryan P. Mulligan, et al.. (2024). Effect of the presence of a tailings dam beach on breach outflow and erosion during overtopping failure. Engineering Geology. 344. 107805–107805. 1 indexed citations
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McDougall, Scott, et al.. (2024). Analysis of Uncertainty and Sensitivity in Tailings Dam Breach-Runout Numerical Modelling. Mine Water and the Environment. 43(1). 87–103. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen G., et al.. (2024). Tailings storage facilities in China: Historical failure incidents, existing status, and database-driven quantitative risk assessment. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 114. 104973–104973. 5 indexed citations
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Allen, Simon, Stephen G. Evans, Jeffrey S. Kargel, et al.. (2022). Geomorphic process chains in high-mountain regions - A review and classification approach for natural hazards assessment. 1 indexed citations
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McDougall, Scott, et al.. (2022). A benchmarking study of four numerical runout models for the simulation of tailings flows. The Science of The Total Environment. 827. 154245–154245. 20 indexed citations
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Mitchell, A., et al.. (2020). Tailings-flow runout analysis: examining the applicability of a semi-physical area–volume relationship using a novel database. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 20(12). 3425–3438. 17 indexed citations
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Fan, Xuanmei, Gianvito Scaringi, Oliver Korup, et al.. (2019). Earthquake‐Induced Chains of Geologic Hazards: Patterns, Mechanisms, and Impacts. Reviews of Geophysics. 57(2). 421–503. 659 indexed citations breakdown →
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Evans, Stephen G., et al.. (2016). A new approach to evaluating landslide hazard in the mountain glacial environment - mass and hypsometry. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 1 indexed citations
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Leonard, G. J., Jeffrey S. Kargel, Robert E. Crippen, et al.. (2010). Satellite Monitoring and Characterization of the 2010 Rockslide-Dammed Lake Gojal, North Pakistan. AGUFM. 2010.
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Roberts, Nicholas J. & Stephen G. Evans. (2009). Controls on size and occurrence of the largest sub-aerial landslide on Earth: Seymareh (Saidmarreh) landslide, Zagros fold-thrust belt, Iran. AGUFM. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen G., et al.. (2006). Metaphor Delivers: An Integrated Approach to Teaching and Writing Poetry. Flinders Academic Commons (Flinders University). 41(2). 35. 4 indexed citations
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Guthrie, Richard & Stephen G. Evans. (2003). Landslides in the Brooks Peninsula Study area, Vancouver Island; landscape evolution in a natural system. EGS - AGU - EUG Joint Assembly. 7759. 1 indexed citations
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Geertsema, Marten, John J. Clague, James W. Schwab, & Stephen G. Evans. (2003). An overview of recent large landslides in northern British Columbia, Canada.. EAEJA. 1032. 4 indexed citations
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Weichert, D. H., R B Horner, & Stephen G. Evans. (1994). Seismic signatures of landslides: The 1990 Brenda Mine collapse and the 1965 hope rockslides. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 84(5). 1523–1532. 39 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen G. & John J. Clague. (1989). Active Earth: Rain-induced Landslides in the Canadian Cordillera, July 1988. Geoscience Canada. 16(3). 4 indexed citations
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Wetmiller, R J, R B Horner, H. S. Hasegawa, et al.. (1988). An analysis of the 1985 Nahanni earthquakes. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 78(2). 590–616. 62 indexed citations
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Evans, Stephen G.. (1982). Active Earth: The Development of Big Slide, near Quesnel, British Columbia, between 1953 and 1982. Geoscience Canada. 9(4). 3 indexed citations

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