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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 39 6150 5696 2207 1961 167 5672

Erkan Istanbulluoglu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Erkan Istanbulluoglu between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Erkan Istanbulluoglu published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 9 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2019. 9 of the 226 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2019. 2001: 2 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 12 publications 2018: 22 publications 2019: 30 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 6 publications
2001 2025

226 publications in total across all disciplines

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Erkan Istanbulluoglu: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 2
2002 1
2003 6
2004 6
2005 5
2006 8
2007 4
2008 3
2009 7
2010 10
2011 11
2012 8
2013 13
2014 13
2015 10
2016 19
2017 12
2018 22
2019 30
2020 10
2021 4
2022 6
2023 7
2024 3
2025 6
Total 226
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Erkan Istanbulluoglu 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 Erkan Istanbulluoglu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 158–167 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 167 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458 167
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Erkan Istanbulluoglu 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 Erkan Istanbulluoglu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 39 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349 39
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Erkan Istanbulluoglu is a researcher affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their work is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, focusing on several critical subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Water Science and Technology, Soil Science, and Ecology.

The scientist's main research topics encompass Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Landslides and related hazards, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Erkan Istanbulluoglu has contributed numerous papers to various scientific journals, with a notable presence in these publication venues:

  • Water Resources Research
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Geomorphology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the researcher include:

  • Short communication: Landlab v2.0: a software package for Earth surface dynamics (2020, Earth Surface Dynamics)
  • Breaking Down the Computational Barriers to Real-Time Urban Flood Forecasting (2021, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Channel Conveyance Variability can Influence Flood Risk as Much as Streamflow Variability in Western Washington State (2022, Water Resources Research)
  • Community perceptions of landslide risk and susceptibility: a multi-country study (2023, Landslides)
  • Morphometrics of China's Loess Plateau: The spatial legacy of tectonics, climate, and loess deposition history (2020, Geomorphology)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Gregory E. Tucker, Kumud Acharya, Newsha Ajami, Christophe Ancey, and Holly Barnard, each having co-authored multiple studies with Istanbulluoglu.

Best Publications

  • Twenty-three unsolved problems in hydrology (UPH)–a community perspective

    Günter Blöschl;Marc F.P. Bierkens;Antonio Chambel;Christophe Cudennec

  • Vegetation-modulated landscape evolution: Effects of vegetation on landscape processes, drainage density, and topography

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Rafael L. Bras

  • Impact of climate change and human activities on runoff in the Weihe River Basin, China

    Jianxia Chang;Yimin Wang;Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Tao Bai

  • Creative computing with Landlab: an open-source toolkit for building, coupling, and exploring two-dimensional numerical models of Earth-surface dynamics

    Daniel E. J. Hobley;Daniel E. J. Hobley;Daniel E. J. Hobley;Jordan M. Adams;Sai Siddhartha Nudurupati;Eric W. H. Hutton

  • A physically-based method for removing pits in digital elevation models

    Salvatore Grimaldi;Fernando Nardi;Francesco Di Benedetto;Erkan Istanbulluoglu

  • Quantifying the impact of groundwater depth on evapotranspiration in a semi-arid grassland region

    M. E. Soylu;E. Istanbulluoglu;J. D. Lenters;T. Wang;T. Wang

  • Interpretation of hydrologic trends from a water balance perspective: The role of groundwater storage in the Budyko hypothesis

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Tiejun Wang;Tiejun Wang;Olivia M. Wright;John D. Lenters

  • Are climatic or land cover changes the dominant cause of runoff trends in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

    Chris Frans;Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Vimal Mishra;Francisco Munoz-Arriola

  • Improving the theoretical underpinnings of process-based hydrologic models

    Martyn P. Clark;Bettina Schaefli;Bettina Schaefli;Stanislaus J. Schymanski;Luis Samaniego

  • On the dynamics of soil moisture, vegetation, and erosion: Implications of climate variability and change

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Rafael L. Bras

  • On the role of groundwater and soil texture in the regional water balance: An investigation of the Nebraska Sand Hills, USA

    Tiejun Wang;Erkan Istanbulluoglu;John D. Lenters;Durelle T. Scott

  • Modeling of the interactions between forest vegetation, disturbances, and sediment yields

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Erkan Istanbulluoglu;David G. Tarboton;Robert T. Pack;Charles H. Luce

  • Eco-geomorphic implications of hillslope aspect: Inferences from analysis of landscape morphology in central New Mexico

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Omer Yetemen;Enrique R. Vivoni;Hugo A. Gutiérrez-Jurado

  • Short communication: Landlab v2.0: a software package for Earth surface dynamics

    Katherine R. Barnhart;Katherine R. Barnhart;Katherine R. Barnhart;Eric W. H. Hutton;Gregory E. Tucker;Gregory E. Tucker;Nicole M. Gasparini

  • A probabilistic approach for channel initiation

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Erkan Istanbulluoglu;David G. Tarboton;Robert T. Pack;Charles H. Luce

  • Development of gullies on the landscape: A model of headcut retreat resulting from plunge pool erosion

    Javier H. Flores-Cervantes;Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Rafael L. Bras

  • Implications of bank failures and fluvial erosion for gully development: Field observations and modeling

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Rafael L. Bras;Homero Flores-Cervantes;Gregory E. Tucker

  • A Sediment Transport Model for Incision of Gullies on Steep Topography

    Erkan Istanbulluoglu;David G. Tarboton;Robert T. Pack;Charles H. Luce

  • The implications of geology, soils, and vegetation on landscape morphology: Inferences from semi-arid basins with complex vegetation patterns in Central New Mexico, USA

    Omer Yetemen;Erkan Istanbulluoglu;Enrique R. Vivoni

  • Which Way Do You Lean?: Using Slope Aspect Variations to Understand Critical Zone Processes and Feedbacks

    Jon D. Pelletier;Greg A. Barron-Gafford;Hugo Gutiérrez-Jurado;Eve Lyn S. Hinckley

  • Vegetation modulated landscape evolution: Effects of vegetation on landscape processes, drainage density and topography

    R. L. Bras;E. Istanbulluoglu

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory E. Tucker
Gregory E. Tucker University of Colorado Boulder
Enrique R. Vivoni
Enrique R. Vivoni Arizona State University
Rafael L. Bras
Rafael L. Bras Georgia Institute of Technology
David G. Tarboton
David G. Tarboton Utah State University
John D. Lenters
John D. Lenters University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles H. Luce
Charles H. Luce US Forest Service
Garry K. C. Clarke
Garry K. C. Clarke University of British Columbia
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of California, Los Angeles
Valeriy Y. Ivanov
Valeriy Y. Ivanov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Durelle T. Scott
Durelle T. Scott Virginia Tech

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