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Colin R. Thorne publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colin R. Thorne sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 223 publications — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Colin R. Thorne D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Colin R. Thorne sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Colin R. Thorne is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in subfields such as ecology, environmental engineering, global and planetary change, water science and technology, and soil science.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Hydrology and sediment transport processes
  • Flood risk assessment and management
  • Urban stormwater management solutions
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Aquatic invertebrate ecology and behavior
  • Fish ecology and management studies

Thorne has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • "Drivers of future urban flood risk," 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences
  • "Addressing Challenges of Urban Water Management in Chinese Sponge Cities via Nature-Based Solutions," 2020, Water
  • "Green infrastructure: The future of urban flood risk management?" 2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • "A participatory system dynamics model to investigate sustainable urban water management in Ebbsfleet Garden City," 2021, Sustainable Cities and Society
  • "Rediscovering, Reevaluating, and Restoring Lost River-Wetland Corridors," 2021, Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Emily O'Donnell
  • Matthew F. Johnson
  • Faith Ka Shun Chan
  • Patrick M. Edwards
  • Yunfei Qi

The researcher's work often appears in key publication venues such as:

  • River Research and Applications
  • Water
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences

Best Publications

  • Quantitative analysis of land surface topography

    Lyle W. Zevenbergen;Colin R. Thorne

  • Stable Channels with Mobile Gravel Beds

    Richard D. Hey;Colin R. Thorne

  • RIVERBANK STABILITY ANALYSIS. I: THEORY

    Akode M. Osman;Colin R. Thorne

  • “Sponge City” in China—A breakthrough of planning and flood risk management in the urban context

    Faith Ka Shun Chan;Faith Ka Shun Chan;James A. Griffiths;David Higgitt;David Higgitt;Shuyang Xu

  • Stability of composite river banks

    Colin R. Thorne;N. Keith Tovey

  • Effects of vegetation on river bank erosion and stability

    C. Thorne

  • Sediment transport in gravel-bed rivers

    C. R. Thorne;J. C. Bathurst;R. D. Hey

  • Applied fluvial geomorphology for river engineering and management.

    Colin R. Thorne;Richard D. Hey;Malcolm D. Newson

  • A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based 'natural' flood management in the UK.

    Simon J. Dadson;Jim W. Hall;Anna Murgatroyd;Mike Acreman

  • Secondary Flow and Shear Stress at River Bends

    James C. Bathurst;Richard D. Hey;Colin R. Thorne

  • Planform pattern and channel evolution of the Brahmaputra River, Bangladesh

    Colin R. Thorne;Andrew P. G. Russell;Muhammad K. Alam

  • Development and Testing of Riverbank-Stability Analysis

    Stephen E. Darby;Colin R. Thorne

  • Recognising barriers to implementation of Blue-Green Infrastructure: a Newcastle case study

    Emily C. O'Donnell;Jessica E. Lamond;Colin R. Thorne

  • Overcoming uncertainty and barriers to adoption of Blue-Green Infrastructure for urban flood risk management

    Colin R. Thorne;E. C. Lawson;Connie P. Ozawa;Samantha Hamlin

  • A STREAM EVOLUTION MODEL INTEGRATING HABITAT AND ECOSYSTEM BENEFITS

    B. Cluer;C. Thorne

  • Direct measurements of secondary currents in river bends

    J. C. Bathurst;C. R. Thorne;R. D. Hey

  • Stream Reconnaissance Handbook: Geomorphological Investigation and Analysis of River Channels

    C. R. Thorne

  • Bank erosion and instability

    D. M Lawler;C. R Thorne;J. M Hooke

  • Drivers of future urban flood risk

    Emily C O'Donnell;Colin R Thorne

  • Numerical Simulation of Widening and Bed Deformation of Straight Sand-Bed Rivers. II: Model Evaluation

    Stephen E. Darby;Colin R. Thorne;Andrew Simon

  • Channel Restoration Design for Meandering Rivers

    Philip J. Soar;Colin R. Thorne

  • Guidebook of Applied Fluvial Geomorphology

    David A. Sear;Malcolm D. Newson;Colin R. Thorne

  • Future Flooding and Coastal Erosion Risks

    Colin R. Thorne;Edward P. Evans;Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell

  • Riverbank Stability Analysis. II: Applications

    Colin R. Thorne;Akode M. Osman

  • Gravel-Bed Rivers: Fluvial Processes, Engineering and Management

    R. D. Hey;J. C. Bathurst;C. R. Thorne

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen E. Darby
Stephen E. Darby University of Southampton
James C. Bathurst
James C. Bathurst Newcastle University
Andrew Simon
Andrew Simon Agricultural Research Service
David Sear
David Sear University of Southampton
Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell
Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell Middlesex University
Nicholas J. Clifford
Nicholas J. Clifford Loughborough University
Malcolm Newson
Malcolm Newson Newcastle University
George R. Pess
George R. Pess National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jim W. Hall
Jim W. Hall University of Oxford
Sean J. Bennett
Sean J. Bennett University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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