2026 Angela M. Gurnell: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	90	277	237	28	23	284	24875

Overview

Angela M. Gurnell is affiliated with Queen Mary University of London in the United Kingdom. Their research centers on environmental science, with a particular focus on agricultural and biological sciences. Key subfields of their work include ecology, soil science, water science and technology, nature and landscape conservation, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass hydrology and sediment transport processes, soil erosion and sediment transport, hydrology and watershed management studies, fish ecology and management studies, flood risk assessment and management, freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Angela M. Gurnell include Walter Bertoldi, Geraldene Wharton, Stephen Tooth, Martin Dawson, and John Lewin. These collaborations have contributed to a significant body of work in river and watershed research.

The most common publication venues for their research are River Research and Applications, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Hydrological Processes, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, and Earth-Science Reviews. Among these, River Research and Applications is the dominant outlet, with numerous papers published there.

Recent papers authored by Angela M. Gurnell cover a range of topics related to river systems, plant interactions, and sediment dynamics. Notable publications include:

"Assessing river condition: A multiscale approach designed for operational application in the context of biodiversity net gain" (2020, River Research and Applications)
"Extending the conceptual model of river island development to incorporate different tree species and environmental conditions" (2020, River Research and Applications)
"Plants and river morphodynamics: The emergence of fluvial biogeomorphology" (2024, River Research and Applications)
"The impact of plants on fine sediment storage within the active channels of gravel-bed rivers: A preliminary assessment" (2022, Hydrological Processes)
"Physical engineering of an island-braided river by two riparian tree species: Evidence from aerial images and airborne lidar" (2020, River Research and Applications)

Best Publications

Reciprocal interactions and adjustments between fluvial landforms and vegetation dynamics in river corridors: A review of complementary approaches

Dov Corenblit;Eric Tabacchi;Johannes Steiger;Angela M. Gurnell

860
Citations
Plants as river system engineers

Angela Gurnell

825
Citations
Large wood and fluvial processes

Angela Gurnell;H Piegay;F J Swanson;S Gregory

772
Citations
Dams and geomorphology: Research progress and future directions

Geoffrey E. Petts;Angela M. Gurnell

735
Citations
Changing river channels: the roles of hydrological processes, plants and pioneer fluvial landforms in humid temperate, mixed load, gravel bed rivers.

Angela M. Gurnell;Walter Bertoldi;Walter Bertoldi;Dov Jean-François Corenblit

574
Citations
Riparian vegetation and island formation along the gravel‐bed Fiume Tagliamento, Italy

Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts;David M. Hannah;Barnaby P.G. Smith

541
Citations
Feedbacks between geomorphology and biota controlling Earth surface processes and landforms: A review of foundation concepts and current understandings

Dov Corenblit;Dov Corenblit;Andreas C.W. Baas;Gudrun Bornette;José Darrozes

470
Citations
Island‐dominated landscapes of large floodplain rivers, a European perspective

Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts

394
Citations
Integrating ecology with hydromorphology: a priority for river science and management

Ian Phillip Vaughan;M. Diamond;A. M. Gurnell;K. A. Hall

391
Citations
The hydrogeomorphological e•ects of beaver dam-building activity

Angela M. Gurnell

384
Citations
Effects of deposited wood on biocomplexity of river corridors

Angela M. Gurnell;Klement Tockner;Peter J. Edwards;Geoffrey E. Petts

345
Citations
Large woody debris and river geomorphological pattern: examples from S.E. France and S. England

H. Piégay;A.M. Gurnell

332
Citations
Control of sediment dynamics by vegetation as a key function driving biogeomorphic succession within fluvial corridors

Dov Jean-François Corenblit;Dov Jean-François Corenblit;Johannes Steiger;A.M. Gurnell;E. Tabacchi

316
Citations
The ecology and management of wood in world rivers 2003

Angela Gurnell;Stan V. Gregory;Kathryn L. Boyer

315
Citations
The role of coarse woody debris in forest aquatic habitats: Implications for management

Angela M. Gurnell;K.J. Gregory;Geoffrey E. Petts

304
Citations
Riparian plant invasions: hydrogeomorphological control and ecological impacts

David P. Tickner;Penelope G. Angold;Angela M. Gurnell;J. Owen Mountford

300
Citations
The Tagliamento River: A model ecosystem of European importance

Klement Tockner;James V. Ward;David B. Arscott;Peter J. Edwards

299
Citations
Modeling the interactions between river morphodynamics and riparian vegetation

Carlo Vincenzo Camporeale;Eliana Perucca;Luca Ridolfi;A. M. Gurnell

295
Citations
Trees as riparian engineers: the Tagliamento river, Italy

Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts

293
Citations
A multi-scale hierarchical framework for developing understanding of river behaviour to support river management

A. M. Gurnell;M. Rinaldi;B. Belletti;S. Bizzi

281
Citations
Changing river channels

Angela M. Gurnell;Geoffrey E. Petts

232
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Geoffrey E. Petts University of Westminster

Walter Bertoldi University of Trento

Klement Tockner Goethe University Frankfurt

Peter J. Edwards ETH Zurich

David M. Hannah University of Birmingham

Nicholas J. Clifford Loughborough University

Martyn Tranter Aarhus University

James V. Ward ETH Zurich

Massimo Rinaldi University of Florence

Kenneth Gregory University of Southampton

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