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2023

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53
Citations
9740
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4272
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Garry Willgoose 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 Garry Willgoose sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 255 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Garry Willgoose 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 Garry Willgoose sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Australia Leader Award
  • 2020 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Garry Willgoose was affiliated with the University of Newcastle Australia in Australia. Their research primarily focused on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions across multiple subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, earth-surface processes, environmental engineering, and soil science.

The topics that defined their scientific work included soil erosion and sediment transport, soil and unsaturated flow, hydrology and watershed management studies, geological formations and processes, hydrology and sediment transport processes, soil moisture and remote sensing, and climate change and permafrost.

Their publication record featured articles in several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues included:

  • Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Water Resources Research

Some of the recent papers that illustrated their research trends were:

  • Mining rehabilitation - Using geomorphology to engineer ecologically sustainable landscapes for highly disturbed lands, 2020, Ecological Engineering
  • Estimating catchment scale soil moisture at a high spatial resolution: Integrating remote sensing and machine learning, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Monitoring irrigation using landsat observations and climate data over regional scales in the Murray-Darling Basin, 2020, Journal of Hydrology
  • Stochastic Generation of Future Hydroclimate Using Temperature as a Climate Change Covariate, 2020, Water Resources Research
  • Disaggregating satellite soil moisture products based on soil thermal inertia: A comparison of a downscaling model built at two spatial scales, 2020, Journal of Hydrology

In their collaborations, Garry Willgoose frequently co-authored papers with:

  • G. R. Hancock
  • I.P. Senanayake
  • In-Young Yeo
  • W. D. D. P. Welivitiya
  • George Kuczera

Recognition of their scientific contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Observed spatial organization of soil moisture and its relation to terrain indices

    Andrew W. Western;Rodger B. Grayson;Günter Blöschl;Garry R. Willgoose

  • A coupled channel network growth and hillslope evolution model: 1. Theory

    Garry Willgoose;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • In situ measurement of soil moisture: a comparison of techniques

    Jeffrey P. Walker;Garry R. Willgoose;Jetse D. Kalma

  • Revisiting the hypsometric curve as an indicator of form and process in transport-limited catchment

    Garry Willgoose;Greg Hancock

  • ON THE EFFECT OF DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL ACCURACY ON HYDROLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY

    Jeffrey P. Walker;Garry R. Willgoose

  • Results from a new model of river basin evolution

    Garry Willgoose;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • One-dimensional soil moisture profile retrieval by assimilation of near-surface observations: a comparison of retrieval algorithms

    Jeffrey P. Walker;Garry R. Willgoose;Jetse D. Kalma

  • Eco-geomorphology of banded vegetation patterns in arid and semi-arid regions

    P. M. Saco;G. R. Willgoose;G. R. Hancock

  • A physical explanation of an observed link area-slope relationship

    Garry Willgoose;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • A physical explanation for an observed area‐slope‐elevation relationship for catchments with declining relief

    Garry Willgoose

  • A coupled channel network growth and hillslope evolution model: 2. Nondimensionalization and applications

    Garry Willgoose;Rafael L. Bras;Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe

  • Mathematical Modeling of Whole Landscape Evolution

    Garry Willgoose

  • Characterisation of the hydrology of an estuarine wetland

    Catherine E Hughes;Philip Binning;Garry R Willgoose

  • Goulburn River experimental catchment data set

    Christoph Rüdiger;Christoph Rüdiger;Greg Hancock;Herbert M. Hemakumara;Barry Jacobs

  • One-Dimensional Soil Moisture Profile Retrieval by Assimilation of Near-Surface Measurements: A Simplified Soil Moisture Model and Field Application

    Jeffrey P. Walker;Garry R. Willgoose;Jetse D. Kalma

  • Active microwave remote sensing for soil moisture measurement: a field evaluation using ERS-2

    Jeffrey P. Walker;Paul R. Houser;Garry R. Willgoose

  • Effects of vertical resolution and map scale of digital elevation models on geomorphological parameters used in hydrology

    Yeboah Gyasi-Agyei;Garry Willgoose;Francois P. De Troch

  • Medium-term erosion simulation of an abandoned mine site using the SIBERIA landscape evolution model

    G. R. Hancock;K. G. Evans;G. R. Willgoose;D. R. Moliere

  • Use of a landscape simulator in the validation of the SIBERIA Catchment Evolution Model: Declining equilibrium landforms

    Greg Hancock;Garry Willgoose

  • Testing of the SIBERIA landscape evolution model using the Tin Camp Creek, Northern Territory, Australia, field catchment

    G. R. Hancock;G. R. Willgoose;K. G. Evans

  • Spatial prediction of temporal soil moisture dynamics using HYDRUS‐1D

    Min Chen;Garry R. Willgoose;Patricia M. Saco

Frequent Co-Authors

Greg Hancock
Greg Hancock University of Newcastle Australia
George Kuczera
George Kuczera University of Newcastle Australia
Jeffrey P. Walker
Jeffrey P. Walker Monash University
Anthony S. Kiem
Anthony S. Kiem University of Newcastle Australia
Jetse D. Kalma
Jetse D. Kalma University of Newcastle Australia
Philip John Binning
Philip John Binning Technical University of Denmark
Rafael L. Bras
Rafael L. Bras Georgia Institute of Technology
Geraldine Jacobsen
Geraldine Jacobsen Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
Silvia Frisia
Silvia Frisia University of Newcastle Australia
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe Texas A&M University

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