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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 35 9013 8677 2521 2334 90 4617
Environmental Sciences 37 8940 8579 3205 2980 143 4974

Carl J. Legleiter publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Carl J. Legleiter between 2002 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Carl J. Legleiter published across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026, averaging 5.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 12 publications in 2014. 14 of the 148 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 12. Peak 12 publications in 2014. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 4 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 3 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 3 publications
2002 2026

148 publications in total across all disciplines

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Carl J. Legleiter: publications per year, 2002 to 2026
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 4
2004 1
2005 3
2006 0
2007 4
2008 2
2009 5
2010 3
2011 9
2012 10
2013 8
2014 12
2015 11
2016 8
2017 6
2018 3
2019 11
2020 5
2021 7
2022 6
2023 3
2024 12
2025 11
2026 3
Total 148
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Carl J. Legleiter publications per year - data summary

  • Carl J. Legleiter, a Environmental Sciences scholar from United States Geological Survey, has 148 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2002 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2002 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive years are 2014 and 2024, with 12 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2002 and 2004, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 25 years in the span carries no publications at all (2006).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.9 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.2 per year counting only the 24 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 35 publications, 24% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2002-2010: 23 publications (2.6 per year); 2011-2019: 78 publications (8.7 per year); 2020-2026: 47 publications (6.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Carl J. Legleiter publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl J. Legleiter sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–150 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 143 publications — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541 143
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Carl J. Legleiter publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Carl J. Legleiter, a Environmental Sciences scholar from United States Geological Survey, records 143 publications - the 38th percentile of the discipline.
  • 38% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Carl J. Legleiter, and about 62% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Carl J. Legleiter ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Carl J. Legleiter D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carl J. Legleiter sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 37 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267 37
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Carl J. Legleiter D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Carl J. Legleiter, a Environmental Sciences scholar from United States Geological Survey, records 37 D-Index - the 10th percentile of the discipline.
  • 10% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Carl J. Legleiter, and about 90% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Carl J. Legleiter ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Carl J. Legleiter is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on hydrology, sediment transport processes, and remote sensing applications.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of ecology, environmental engineering, global and planetary change, water science and technology, and nature and landscape conservation. Their main topics of research cover hydrology and sediment transport processes, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, flood risk assessment and management, hydrology and watershed management studies, fish ecology and management studies, marine and coastal ecosystems, and remote sensing in agriculture.

Carl J. Legleiter has published numerous papers in various scientific journals. Among the recent papers are the following:

  • Spectral mixture analysis for surveillance of harmful algal blooms (SMASH): A field-, laboratory-, and satellite-based approach to identifying cyanobacteria genera from remotely sensed data, 2022, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Inferring Surface Flow Velocities in Sediment-Laden Alaskan Rivers from Optical Image Sequences Acquired from a Helicopter, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • The optical river bathymetry toolkit, 2021, River Research and Applications
  • Surface Flow Velocities From Space: Particle Image Velocimetry of Satellite Video of a Large, Sediment-Laden River, 2021, Frontiers in Water

Frequent co-authors working alongside Carl J. Legleiter include:

  • Paul J. Kinzel
  • Lee R. Harrison
  • B. T. Overstreet
  • Milad Niroumand-Jadidi
  • Francesca Bovolo

The scientist's work has appeared notably in the following publication venues:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Water Resources Research
  • River Research and Applications
  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • Remote Sensing of Environment

Carl J. Legleiter's research integrates data collected through fieldwork, laboratory experiments, and remote sensing techniques, including satellite and aerial image analysis. Their studies involve advanced methods such as neural networks and particle image velocimetry to estimate river bathymetry and surface flow velocities, particularly in sediment-laden river systems.

Their investigations also address ecological and environmental challenges such as harmful algal blooms, river sediment transport, and flood risk management, providing insights into watershed dynamics and aquatic ecosystem functionality.

Best Publications

  • Sediment supply as a driver of river meandering and floodplain evolution in the Amazon Basin

    Jose Antonio Constantine;Thomas Dunne;Joshua Ahmed;Carl Legleiter

  • Spectrally based remote sensing of river bathymetry

    Carl J. Legleiter;Dar A. Roberts;Rick L. Lawrence

  • High spatial resolution hyperspectral mapping of in-stream habitats, depths, and woody debris in mountain streams

    W.Andrew Marcus;Carl J Legleiter;Richard J Aspinall;Joseph W Boardman

  • Passive optical remote sensing of river channel morphology and in-stream habitat: Physical basis and feasibility

    Carl J. Legleiter;Dar A. Roberts;W. Andrew Marcus;Mark A. Fonstad

  • Efficient meltwater drainage through supraglacial streams and rivers on the southwest Greenland ice sheet.

    Laurence C. Smith;Vena W. Chu;Kang Yang;Colin J. Gleason

  • Remote measurement of river morphology via fusion of LiDAR topography and spectrally based bathymetry

    Carl J. Legleiter

  • Mapping River Bathymetry With a Small Footprint Green LiDAR: Applications and Challenges1

    Paul J. Kinzel;Carl J. Legleiter;Jonathan M. Nelson

  • Forward and Inverse Transformations between Cartesian and Channel-fitted Coordinate Systems for Meandering Rivers

    Carl J. Legleiter;Phaedon C. Kyriakidis

  • Spatial prediction of river channel topography by kriging

    Carl J. Legleiter;Carl J. Legleiter;Phaedon C. Kyriakidis

  • A forward image model for passive optical remote sensing of river bathymetry

    Carl J. Legleiter;Dar A. Roberts

  • Performance Assessment of High Resolution Airborne Full Waveform LiDAR for Shallow River Bathymetry

    Zhigang Pan;Craig Glennie;Preston Hartzell;Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz

  • Effects of uncertain topographic input data on two‐dimensional flow modeling in a gravel‐bed river

    Carl J. Legleiter;Phaedon C. Kyriakidis;Richard R. McDonald;Jonathan M. Nelson

  • Channel dynamics and habitat development in a meandering, gravel bed river

    L. R. Harrison;C. J. Legleiter;M. A. Wydzga;T. Dunne

  • Early Results of Simultaneous Terrain and Shallow Water Bathymetry Mapping Using a Single-Wavelength Airborne LiDAR Sensor

    Juan Carlos Fernandez-Diaz;Craig L. Glennie;William E. Carter;Ramesh L. Shrestha

  • Fluvial response a decade after wildfire in the northern Yellowstone ecosystem: a spatially explicit analysis

    Carl J Legleiter;Rick L Lawrence;Mark A Fonstad;W Andrew Marcus

  • Remote Sensing of River Bathymetry: Evaluating a Range of Sensors, Platforms, and Algorithms on the Upper Sacramento River, California, USA

    Carl J. Legleiter;Carl J. Legleiter;Lee R. Harrison;Lee R. Harrison

  • Mapping gravel bed river bathymetry from space

    C. J. Legleiter;B. T. Overstreet

  • Effects of channel morphology and sensor spatial resolution on image-derived depth estimates

    Carl J. Legleiter;Dar A. Roberts

  • Alternative Representations of In-Stream Habitat: Classification using Remote Sensing, Hydraulic Modeling, and Fuzzy Logic

    Carl J. Legleiter;Michael F. Goodchild

  • Evaluating the capabilities of the CASI hyperspectral imaging system and Aquarius bathymetric LiDAR for measuring channel morphology in two distinct river environments

    Carl J. Legleiter;Brandon T. Overstreet;Craig L. Glennie;Zhigang Pan

  • Removing sun glint from optical remote sensing images of shallow rivers

    Brandon T. Overstreet;Carl J. Legleiter;Carl J. Legleiter

  • Effect of point bar development on the local force balance governing flow in a simple, meandering gravel bed river

    C. J. Legleiter;L. R. Harrison;T. Dunne

Frequent Co-Authors

Laurence C. Smith
Laurence C. Smith Brown University
Jonathan M. Nelson
Jonathan M. Nelson United States Geological Survey
Thomas Dunne
Thomas Dunne University of California, Santa Barbara
Richard R. Forster
Richard R. Forster University of Utah
Marco Tedesco
Marco Tedesco Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Dar A. Roberts
Dar A. Roberts University of California, Santa Barbara
Rick L. Lawrence
Rick L. Lawrence Montana State University
Ellen Wohl
Ellen Wohl Colorado State University
Michael Durand
Michael Durand The Ohio State University
Tamlin M. Pavelsky
Tamlin M. Pavelsky University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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