2026 David R. Maidment: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	47	4806	4626	1380	1274	293	9724
Environmental Sciences	51	4661	4460	1718	1585	305	12759

Research.com Recognitions

2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For the development of geographic information systems applied to hydrologic processes.

Overview

David R. Maidment is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change, Geology, Geography, Planning and Development, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, including:

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Environmental Monitoring and Data Management
Geographic Information Systems Studies
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Water resources management and optimization
Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications

David R. Maidment has coauthored research with several frequent collaborators, including Paola Passalacqua, David G. Tarboton, Cyndi V. Castro, Xing Zheng, and Claudia D'Angelo.

The scientist has published papers in various venues, with frequent contributions appearing in:

OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
Environmental Modelling & Software
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
Journal of Hydrology
HydroShare Resources

Recent publications by David R. Maidment include:

"GIS preprocessing for rapid initialization of HEC-HMS hydrological basin models using web-based data services," 2020, Environmental Modelling & Software
"Application of a Large-Scale Terrain-Analysis-Based Flood Mapping System to Hurricane Harvey," 2022, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association
"Height Above Nearest Drainage (HAND) and Hydraulic Property Table for CONUS - Version 0.21 (20200601)," 2020, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
"Stochastic reliability-based risk evaluation and mapping for watershed systems and sustainability (STREAMS)," 2021, Journal of Hydrology
"Height Above Nearest Drainage (HAND) at Three-Meter Resolution for the State of Texas," 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)

In recognition of their contributions to the field, David R. Maidment was named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for the development of geographic information systems applied to hydrologic processes.

Best Publications

Arc Hydro GIS for Water Resources

David R. Maidment

846
Citations
Regional scale flood modeling using NEXRAD rainfall, GIS, and HEC-HMS/RAS: a case study for the San Antonio River Basin Summer 2002 storm event.

M.R. Knebl;Z.-L. Yang;K. Hutchison;D.R. Maidment

685
Citations
Continuous-time water and sediment-routing model for large basins

J. G. Arnold;J. R. Williams;D. R. Maidment

604
Citations
Climate-change impacts in a regional karst aquifer, Texas, USA

H. A. Loáiciga;David R Maidment;J. B. Valdes

300
Citations
River Network Routing on the NHDPlus Dataset

Cédric H. David;David R Maidment;Guo Yue Niu;Guo Yue Niu;Zong-Liang Yang

291
Citations
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)‐based spatially distributed model for runoff routing

Francisco Olivera;David Maidment

290
Citations
UNIT HYDROGRAPH DERIVED FROM A SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED VELOCITY FIELD

D. R. Maidment;F. Olivera;A. Calver;A. Eatherall

270
Citations
A relational model for environmental and water resources data

Jeffery S. Horsburgh;David G. Tarboton;David R. Maidment;Ilya Zaslavsky

265
Citations
Multi-decadal synthesis of benthic–pelagic coupling in the western arctic: Role of cross-shelf advective processes

Kenneth H. Dunton;Jonathan L. Goodall;Susan V. Schonberg;Jacqueline M. Grebmeier

233
Citations
Daily Water Use in Nine Cities

David R Maidment;Shaw‐Pin ‐P Miaou

221
Citations
An integrated system for publishing environmental observations data

Jeffery S. Horsburgh;David G. Tarboton;Michael Piasecki;David R. Maidment

213
Citations
Anisotropic considerations while interpolating river channel bathymetry

Venkatesh M. Merwade;David R. Maidment;John A. Goff

200
Citations
Coordinate Transformations for Using NEXRAD Data in GIS-Based Hydrologic Modeling

Seann M. Reed;David R. Maidment

198
Citations
Transfer Function Models of Daily Urban Water Use

David R. Maidment;Shaw‐Pin ‐P Miaou;Melba M. Crawford

194
Citations
A first approach to web services for the National Water Information System

Jonathan L. Goodall;Jeffery S. Horsburgh;Timothy L. Whiteaker;David R. Maidment

193
Citations
Conceptual Framework for the National Flood Interoperability Experiment

David R. Maidment

191
Citations
GIS and hydrologic modeling.

D. R. Maidment;M. F. Goodchild;B. O. Parks;L. T. Steyaert

184
Citations
Watershed delineation with triangle-based terrain models

Norman L. Jones;Stephen G. Wright;David R. Maidment

177
Citations
Creating a Terrain Model for Floodplain Mapping

Eric C. Tate;David R. Maidment;Francisco Olivera;David J. Anderson

172
Citations
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling Support with Geographic Information Systems

David R. Maidment;Dean Djokic

172
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Tarboton Utah State University

Venkatesh Merwade Purdue University West Lafayette

Zong-Liang Yang The University of Texas at Austin

Daene C. McKinney The University of Texas at Austin

David L. Valentine University of California, Santa Barbara

Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia

Florence Habets École Normale Supérieure

Barbara S. Minsker Southern Methodist University

James S. Famiglietti University of Saskatchewan

David Mocko National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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