Zan Rubin

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 941 citations indexed

About

Zan Rubin is a scholar working on Ecology, Soil Science and Earth-Surface Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Zan Rubin has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 941 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Soil Science and 5 papers in Earth-Surface Processes. Recurrent topics in Zan Rubin's work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (9 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (7 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). Zan Rubin is often cited by papers focused on Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (9 papers), Soil erosion and sediment transport (7 papers) and Geological formations and processes (5 papers). Zan Rubin collaborates with scholars based in United States, Ecuador and United Kingdom. Zan Rubin's co-authors include G. M. Kondolf, J. Toby Minear, Rafael Schmitt, G. Mathias Kondolf, Paul A. Carling, Blanca Ríos‐Touma, Peng Gao, Xingmin Mu, Wenyi Sun and Guangju Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Water Resources Research and Geomorphology.

In The Last Decade

Zan Rubin

11 papers receiving 912 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Dams on the Mekong: Cumulative sediment starvation

2014 338 citations G. M. Kondolf, Zan Rubin et al. Water Resources Research profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zan Rubin United States	8	547	409	392	268	216	11	941
Kaidao Fu China	8	487 0.9×	311 0.8×	366 0.9×	177 0.7×	96 0.4×	17	864
Stanford Gibson United States	11	356 0.7×	240 0.6×	219 0.6×	188 0.7×	128 0.6×	34	653
Ronald E. Poeppl Austria	13	729 1.3×	692 1.7×	497 1.3×	310 1.2×	152 0.7×	16	1.1k
Marc Goichot France	13	740 1.4×	233 0.6×	172 0.4×	241 0.9×	576 2.7×	16	1.2k
Ger Bergkamp Netherlands	13	232 0.4×	376 0.9×	220 0.6×	264 1.0×	113 0.5×	27	713
Mathias J. Collins United States	12	449 0.8×	222 0.5×	339 0.9×	370 1.4×	65 0.3×	28	794
Henry M. Sichingabula Zambia	15	488 0.9×	469 1.1×	341 0.9×	183 0.7×	98 0.5×	39	829
Jorma Koponen Finland	16	475 0.9×	220 0.5×	688 1.8×	655 2.4×	152 0.7×	39	1.4k
Severin Hohensinner Austria	17	562 1.0×	326 0.8×	218 0.6×	217 0.8×	39 0.2×	38	812
Robin F. Warner Australia	15	796 1.5×	516 1.3×	410 1.0×	347 1.3×	217 1.0×	32	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zan Rubin

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

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Al-Wardy, Malik, et al.. (2024). Dam impacts on plant communities based on sediment delivery ratio (InVEST-SDR): Wadi Ma’awil catchment of Oman. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 17(5). 2 indexed citations

2.

Rubin, Zan, et al.. (2018). Using prey availability to evaluate Lower Colorado River riparian restoration. Restoration Ecology. 27(1). 46–53. 6 indexed citations

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Kondolf, G. Mathias, Rafael Schmitt, Paul A. Carling, et al.. (2017). Changing sediment budget of the Mekong: Cumulative threats and management strategies for a large river basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 625. 114–134. 215 indexed citations

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Schmitt, Rafael, Zan Rubin, & G. M. Kondolf. (2017). Losing ground - scenarios of land loss as consequence of shifting sediment budgets in the Mekong Delta. Geomorphology. 294. 58–69. 75 indexed citations

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Rubin, Zan, G. Mathias Kondolf, & Blanca Ríos‐Touma. (2017). Evaluating Stream Restoration Projects: What Do We Learn from Monitoring?. Water. 9(3). 174–174. 68 indexed citations

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Zhao, Guangju, G. M. Kondolf, Xingmin Mu, et al.. (2016). Sediment yield reduction associated with land use changes and check dams in a catchment of the Loess Plateau, China. CATENA. 148. 126–137. 165 indexed citations

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Kondolf, G. Mathias, George W. Annandale, & Zan Rubin. (2015). SEDIMENT STARVATION FROM DAMS IN THE LOWER MEKONG RIVER BASIN: MAGNITUDE OF THE EFFECT AND POTENTIAL MITIGATION OPPORTUNITIES. Hydraulic Engineering Repository (HENRY) (Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau). 5 indexed citations

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Rubin, Zan, G. Mathias Kondolf, & Paul A. Carling. (2014). Anticipated geomorphic impacts from Mekong basin dam construction. International Journal of River Basin Management. 13(1). 105–121. 29 indexed citations

9.

Kondolf, G. M., Zan Rubin, & J. Toby Minear. (2014). Dams on the Mekong: Cumulative sediment starvation. Water Resources Research. 50(6). 5158–5169. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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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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Rubin, Zan, Sara L. Rathburn, Ellen Wohl, & Dennis L. Harry. (2011). Historic range of variability in geomorphic processes as a context for restoration: Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 37(2). 209–222. 10 indexed citations

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