W. B. Langbein

4.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
45 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

W. B. Langbein is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, W. B. Langbein has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Water Science and Technology, 13 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in W. B. Langbein's work include Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (20 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (13 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (6 papers). W. B. Langbein is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (20 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (13 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (6 papers). W. B. Langbein collaborates with scholars based in United States and Germany. W. B. Langbein's co-authors include Luna B. Leopold, Stanley A. Schumm, N. C. Matalas, W.H. Durum, Adrian E. Scheidegger, David R. Dawdy, James Richard Slack, G. Earl Harbeck, G. H. Dury and Emmett M. Laursen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

W. B. Langbein

38 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Yield of sediment in relation to mean annual precipitation

1958 652 citations W. B. Langbein, Stanley A. Schumm Transactions American Geophysical Union profile →
The concept of entropy in landscape evolution

1962 487 citations Luna B. Leopold, W. B. Langbein USGS professional paper profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
W. B. Langbein	1.4k	992	853	617	543	45	2.5k
Frank Ahnert	1.8k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.3×	864 1.4×	882 1.6×	27	3.4k
John T. Hack	1.2k 0.9×	768 0.8×	775 0.9×	1.0k 1.6×	1.0k 1.9×	22	3.1k
Thomas Maddock	1.9k 1.4×	1.9k 1.9×	977 1.1×	390 0.6×	363 0.7×	73	3.7k
Stephen Dingman	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	178 0.2×	374 0.6×	621 1.1×	44	2.4k
Trevor Hoey	2.0k 1.5×	706 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	1.0k 1.7×	997 1.8×	94	3.6k
Alain Crave	627 0.5×	589 0.6×	459 0.5×	467 0.8×	772 1.4×	50	2.0k
Philip J. Ashworth	3.6k 2.7×	802 0.8×	2.1k 2.4×	2.3k 3.8×	1.1k 1.9×	82	4.9k
William B. Bull	931 0.7×	260 0.3×	557 0.7×	1.3k 2.1×	1.7k 3.2×	39	3.6k
Jonathan A. Warrick	1.7k 1.3×	512 0.5×	689 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	757 1.4×	119	3.2k
A.J.F. Hoitink	2.4k 1.8×	436 0.4×	520 0.6×	2.0k 3.3×	1.1k 1.9×	142	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. B. Langbein

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Langbein, W. B. & James Richard Slack. (1982). Yearly variations in runoff and frequency of dry years for the conterminous United States, 1911-79. Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World. 14 indexed citations

Langbein, W. B., et al.. (1979). Flood Studies Led to National Flood Insurance. Civil engineering. 49(2). 89–91. 2 indexed citations

Langbein, W. B., et al.. (1974). Large rivers of the United States. U.S. Geological Survey circular. 1–10. 21 indexed citations

Langbein, W. B.. (1972). LES DONNÉES SUR L'EAU ACTUELLES ET FUTURES / WATER DATA TODAY AND IN PROSPECT. Hydrological Sciences Bulletin. 17(4). 369–385. 2 indexed citations

Langbein, W. B., et al.. (1968). Hydrological bench marks. 2 indexed citations

Dury, G. H., W. B. Langbein, & Luna B. Leopold. (1967). River Meanders-Theory of Minimum Variance. Geographical Review. 57(2). 279–279. 7 indexed citations

Durum, W.H. & W. B. Langbein. (1966). Water quality of the Potomac River estuary at Washington, D.C.. U.S. Geological Survey circular. 1 indexed citations

Langbein, W. B.. (1965). Closure to “Geometry of River Channels”. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 91(3). 297–313. 12 indexed citations

Langbein, W. B.. (1964). Geometry of river channels. 1 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B.. (1962). Progress Report on an International Decade for Hydrology. Transactions American Geophysical Union. 43(1). 9–9. 1 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B., et al.. (1962). The Pleistocene Lake in Spring Valley, Nevada, and its climatic implications. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 67(6). 2385–2394. 39 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B.. (1961). Salinity and hydrology of closed lakes. USGS professional paper. 152 indexed citations

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Einstein, H. A., T. Blench, Emmett M. Laursen, et al.. (1961). Discussion of “Resistance to Flow in Alluvial Channels”. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 87(1). 219–258. 2 indexed citations

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Dawdy, David R. & W. B. Langbein. (1960). MAPPING MEAN AREAL PRECIPITATION. International Association of Scientific Hydrology Bulletin. 5(3). 16–23. 18 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B., et al.. (1959). Water facts for the nation's future : uses and benefits of hydrologic data programs. 3 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B.. (1958). Divining Rods Versus Hydrologic Data and Research. Journal of the Hydraulics Division. 84(5). 1–6. 1 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B. & Stanley A. Schumm. (1958). Yield of sediment in relation to mean annual precipitation. Transactions American Geophysical Union. 39(6). 1076–1084. 652 indexed citations breakdown →

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Langbein, W. B.. (1958). HYDROLOGIC EDUCATION. International Association of Scientific Hydrology Bulletin. 3(3). 27–30. 1 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B.. (1955). Extending Streamflow Data. 81(11). 1–13. 5 indexed citations

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Langbein, W. B. & G. Earl Harbeck. (1954). Studies of Evaporation. Science. 119(3088). 328–328. 1 indexed citations

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