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Edward A. Keller 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 Edward A. Keller sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 139 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Edward A. Keller 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 Edward A. Keller sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 36 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Edward A. Keller is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental and earth sciences, with notable contributions spanning social sciences related to disaster risk and management.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on hazards related to landslides, debris flows, and the impact of natural disasters on communities. Recent papers include:

  • Sediment Recruitment and Redistribution in Mountain Channel Networks by Post-Wildfire Debris Flows (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Evacuation choice before and after major debris flows: The case of Montecito, CA (2021, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)
  • Quaternary chronology and rock uplift recorded by marine terraces, Gaviota coast, Santa Barbara County, California, USA (2021, Geological Society of America Bulletin)
  • Why does institutional vulnerability matter? Perceptions of community members from the 2018 Montecito debris flows in California (2025, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)
  • Why Does Institutional Vulnerability Matter? Lessons from 2018 Montecito Debris Flows (2024, SSRN Electronic Journal)

Frequent co-authors in collaboration with Keller include:

  • Erica Akemi Goto
  • Summer Gray
  • Kristin Morell
  • Paul Alessio
  • Keith Clarke

The majority of Keller's publications have appeared in the following venues:

  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geological Society of America Bulletin
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Keller's main fields of study are Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Social Sciences. These fields are explored through specialized subfields including Geophysics, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, and Ecology.

The core research topics covered by Keller encompass:

  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Their work notably bridges natural science perspectives with socio-political aspects of disaster vulnerability, particularly focusing on community responses and institutional factors affecting disaster risk reduction. This interdisciplinary approach is reflected across their recent and ongoing research outputs.

Best Publications

  • Sea-Level Change

    Kenneth Gregory;Ian Simmons;Anthony Brazel;John Day

  • EFFECTS OF LARGE ORGANIC MATERIAL ON CHANNEL FORM AND FLUVIAL PROCESSES

    Edward A. Keller;Frederick J. Swanson

  • Active Tectonics: Earthquakes, Uplift, and Landscape

    Edward A. Keller;Nicholas Pinter

  • Environmental Science: Earth as a Living Planet

    Daniel B. Botkin;Edward A. Keller

  • The Influentials: One American in Ten Tells the Other Nine How to Vote, Where to Eat, and What to Buy

    Jonathan Berry;Edward A. Keller

  • Assessment of relative active tectonics, southwest border of the Sierra Nevada (southern Spain)

    R. El Hamdouni;C. Irigaray;T. Fernández;J. Chacón

  • Active tectonics in the Sierra Nevada (Betic Cordillera, SE Spain): Insights from geomorphic indexes and drainage pattern analysis

    José Vicente Pérez-Peña;Antonio Azor;José Miguel Azañón;José Miguel Azañón;Edward A. Keller

  • Rhythmic spacing and origin of pools and riffles

    E. A. Keller;W. N. Melhorn

  • Areal Sorting of Bed-Load Material: The Hypothesis of Velocity Reversal

    Edward A Keller

  • Geomorphic indicators of active fold growth: South Mountain-Oak Ridge anticline, Ventura basin, southern California

    Antonio Azor;Edward A. Keller;Robert S. Yeats

  • Fluvial sediment transport in response to moderate storm flows following chaparral wildfire, Ventura County, southern California

    Joan L. Florsheim;Edward A. Keller;David W. Best

  • Chronology and rates of faulting of Ventura River terraces, California

    T. K. Rockwell;E. A. Keller;M. N. Clark;D. L. Johnson

  • Geomorphic criteria to determine direction of lateral propagation of reverse faulting and folding

    E. A. Keller;Larry Gurrola;T. E. Tierney

  • Quaternary rate of folding of the Ventura Avenue anticline, western Transverse Ranges, southern California

    T. K. Rockwell;E. A. Keller;G. R. Dembroff

  • Dynamic pedogenesis: new views on some key soil concepts, and a model for interpreting quaternary soils.

    D. L. Johnson;E. A. Keller;T. K. Rockwell

  • Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes

    Edward A. Keller;Duane E. DeVecchio;Robert H. Blodgett

  • Development of Alluvial Stream Channels: A Five-Stage Model

    E. A. Keller

  • Active tectonics at Wheeler Ridge, southern San Joaquin Valley, California

    E. A. Keller;R. L. Zepeda;T. K. Rockwell;T. L. Ku

  • Tectonic geomorphology of the San Andreas fault zone in the southern Indio Hills, Coachella Valley, California

    E. A. Keller;M. S. Bonkowski;R. J. Korsch;R. J. Shlemon

  • Active Tectonics and Alluvial Rivers

    E. A. Keller

  • Rhythmic spacing and origin of pools and riffles: Discussion and reply

    E. A. Keller;W. N. Melhorn

  • El Niño-Southern Oscillation

    Kenneth Gregory;Ian Simmons;Anthony Brazel;John Day

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Day
John W. Day Louisiana State University
Thomas K. Rockwell
Thomas K. Rockwell San Diego State University
Keith C. Clarke
Keith C. Clarke University of California, Santa Barbara
Teh-Lung Ku
Teh-Lung Ku University of Southern California
Lewis A. Owen
Lewis A. Owen North Carolina State University
Nicholas Pinter
Nicholas Pinter University of California, Davis
Antonio Azor
Antonio Azor University of Granada
José Miguel Azañón
José Miguel Azañón University of Granada
David L. Valentine
David L. Valentine University of California, Santa Barbara
Andrew J. Friedland
Andrew J. Friedland Dartmouth College

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