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D-Index
40
Citations
10732
World Ranking
7910
National Ranking
2811

Douglas L. Inman 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 Douglas L. Inman sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Douglas L. Inman 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 Douglas L. Inman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 40 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1961 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Douglas L. Inman is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research and academic career are associated with this institution.

Throughout their career, Douglas L. Inman has been recognized by notable organizations for their contributions to science. In 1998, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Earlier, in 1961, they received the distinction of being a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Best Publications

  • Measures for describing the size distribution of sediments

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  • Edge waves and beach cusps

    Robert T. Guza;Douglas L. Inman

  • Longshore sand transport on beaches

    Paul D. Komar;Douglas L. Inman

  • Wave ‘set-down’ and set-Up

    A. J. Bowen;D. L. Inman;V. P. Simmons

  • Description of seasonal beach changes using empirical eigenfunctions

    Clinton D. Winant;Douglas L. Inman;Charles E. Nordstrom

  • On the Tectonic and Morphologic Classification of Coasts

    D. L. Inman;C. E. Nordstrom

  • Observations of rapidly flowing granular-fluid materials

    Daniel M. Hanes;Douglas L. Inman

  • Climate Change and the Episodicity of Sediment Flux of Small California Rivers

    Douglas L. Inman;Scott A. Jenkins

  • Rip currents: 2. Laboratory and field observations

    Anthony J. Bowen;Douglas L. Inman

  • Edge waves and crescentic bars

    Anthony J. Bowen;Douglas L. Inman

  • Currents in Submarine Canyons: An Air-Sea-Land Interaction

    D. L. Inman;C. E. Nordstrom;R. E. Flick

  • An energetics bedload model for a plane sloping beach: Local transport

    James A. Bailard;Douglas L. Inman

  • Sorting of Sediments in the Light of Fluid Mechanics

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  • WAVE-FORMED RIPPLES IN NEARSHORE SANDS

    John R. Dingler;Douglas L. Inman

  • Mixing in the surf zone

    D. L. Inman;R. J. Tait;C. E. Nordstrom

  • Nearshore water circulation related to bottom topography and wave refraction

    F. P. Shepard;D. L. Inman

  • Shorerise and bar-berm profiles on ocean beaches

    Douglas L. Inman;M. Hany S. Elwany;Scott A. Jenkins

  • The Coastal Challenge

    Douglas L. Inman;Birchard M. Brush

  • WAVE-GENERATED RIPPLES IN NEARSHORE SANDS

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  • The Outer Banks of North Carolina: Budget of Sediment and Inlet Dynamics Along a Migrating Barrier System

    Douglas L. Inman;Robert Dolan

  • FLUME EXPERIMENTS ON SAND TRANSPORT BY WAVES AND CURRENTS

    Douglas L. Inman;Anthony J. Bowen

  • Coastal Sand Dunes of Guerrero Negro, Baja California, Mexico

    D. L Inman;G. C Ewing;J. B Corliss

  • Ventilated Oscillatory Boundary Layers

    Daniel C. Conley;Douglas L. Inman

  • AR T ICLES Climate Change and the Episodicity of Sediment Flux of Small California Rivers

    Douglas L. Inman;Scott A. Jenkins

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert T. Guza
Robert T. Guza Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Daniel M. Hanes
Daniel M. Hanes Saint Louis University
Neal W. Driscoll
Neal W. Driscoll University of California, San Diego
Paul D. Komar
Paul D. Komar Oregon State University
Walter Munk
Walter Munk University of California, San Diego
Clinton D. Winant
Clinton D. Winant University of California, San Diego
Nicholas E. Graham
Nicholas E. Graham Hydrologic Research Center

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