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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 99 157 148 56 52 436 32504
Earth Science 105 102 84 50 40 518 37217

Gary Parker publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Gary Parker between 1975 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Gary Parker published across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025, averaging 11.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2006. 19 of the 568 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1975 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2006. 1975: 4 publications 1976: 2 publications 1977: 2 publications 1978: 2 publications 1979: 2 publications 1980: 4 publications 1981: 5 publications 1982: 10 publications 1983: 3 publications 1984: 6 publications 1985: 6 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 3 publications 1988: 7 publications 1989: 3 publications 1990: 3 publications 1991: 7 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 8 publications 1998: 14 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 13 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 8 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 16 publications 2005: 26 publications 2006: 32 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 16 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 21 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 25 publications 2018: 20 publications 2019: 23 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 9 publications 2025: 10 publications
1975 2025

568 publications in total across all disciplines

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Gary Parker: publications per year, 1975 to 2025
Year Publications
1975 4
1976 2
1977 2
1978 2
1979 2
1980 4
1981 5
1982 10
1983 3
1984 6
1985 6
1986 7
1987 3
1988 7
1989 3
1990 3
1991 7
1992 6
1993 3
1994 3
1995 6
1996 9
1997 8
1998 14
1999 8
2000 13
2001 12
2002 8
2003 17
2004 16
2005 26
2006 32
2007 15
2008 16
2009 17
2010 19
2011 21
2012 17
2013 22
2014 24
2015 14
2016 16
2017 25
2018 20
2019 23
2020 15
2021 7
2022 8
2023 13
2024 9
2025 10
Total 568
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Gary Parker publications per year - data summary

  • Gary Parker, a Earth Science scholar from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has 568 publications recorded across 51 years, from 1975 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1975 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2006, with 32 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1979, with 2 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 11.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.1 per year counting only the 51 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 47 publications, 8% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1975-1991: 76 publications (4.5 per year); 1992-2008: 212 publications (12.5 per year); 2009-2025: 280 publications (16.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Gary Parker 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 Gary Parker 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, 518–527 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: 518 publications — 98th percentile

98% 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
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 16 518
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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Gary Parker publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 58 ranges running from 38–47 to 603+ publications.
  • Gary Parker, a Earth Science scholar from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, records 518 publications - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Gary Parker, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 168–177 publications range, and Gary Parker ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 128–137 publications, holding 557 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 178–187 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 603 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Gary Parker 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 Gary Parker 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, 105 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: 105 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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 6 105
106+ 98
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Gary Parker D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,176 Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 77 ranges running from 30 to 106+ D-Index.
  • Gary Parker, a Earth Science scholar from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, records 105 D-Index - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Earth Science scientists score the same or lower than Gary Parker, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 44 D-Index range, and Gary Parker ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 36 D-Index, holding 389 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 62% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in United States Leader Award
  • 2017 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2003 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gary Parker is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a concentration on several subfields including ecology, soil science, earth-surface processes, atmospheric science, and areas involving management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The main topics of investigation in their body of work include hydrology and sediment transport processes, soil erosion and sediment transport, geological formations and processes, landslides and related hazards, hydraulic flow and structures, flood risk assessment and management, as well as hydrology and watershed management studies.

Frequent publication venues for Gary Parker include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Water Resources Research
  • Earth Surface Dynamics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Frequent co-authors in their research efforts are:

  • Xudong Fu
  • Chenge An
  • Michael P. Lamb
  • Jeffrey A. Nittrouer
  • Jeremy G. Venditti

Representative recent publications by Gary Parker include:

  • "Mud in rivers transported as flocculated and suspended bed material," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Amplification of downstream flood stage due to damming of fine-grained rivers," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Entrainment and suspension of sand and gravel," 2020, Earth Surface Dynamics
  • "Suspended Sediment-Induced Stratification Inferred From Concentration and Velocity Profile Measurements in the Lower Yellow River, China," 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "Numerical Simulations of Meanders Migrating Laterally as They Incise Into Bedrock," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Gary Parker has been recognized as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2017 and has been a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2003.

Best Publications

  • Surface-based bedload transport relation for gravel rivers

    Gary Parker

  • Bend theory of river meanders. Part 1. Linear development

    Syunsuke Ikeda;Gary Parker;Kenji Sawai

  • Bedload and Size Distribution in Paved Gravel-Bed Streams

    Gary Parker;Peter C. Klingeman;David G. McLean

  • SELF-ACCELERATING TURBIDITY CURRENTS

    Gary Parker;Yusuke Fukushima;Henry M. Pantin

  • On why gravel bed streams are paved

    Gary Parker;Peter C. Klingeman

  • Reanalysis and Correction of Bed-Load Relation of Meyer-Peter and Müller Using Their Own Database

    Miguel Wong;Gary Parker

  • Entrainment of Bed Sediment into Suspension

    Marcelo Garcia;Gary Parker

  • On the cause and characteristic scales of meandering and braiding in rivers

    Gary Parker

  • Model Experiments on Mobile, Paved Gravel Bed Streams

    Gary Parker;Sundararajan Dhamotharan;Heinz Stefan

  • Self-formed straight rivers with equilibrium banks and mobile bed. Part 2. The gravel river

    Gary Parker

  • Experiments on turbidity currents over an erodible bed

    G. Parker;M. Garcia;Y. Fukushima;W. Yu

  • Hydroplaning of subaqueous debris flows

    David Mohrig;David Mohrig;Kelin X. Whipple;Miki Hondzo;Christopher Ellis

  • HYDRAULIC GEOMETRY OF ACTIVE GRAVEL RIVERS

    Gary Parker

  • Physical basis for quasi-universal relations describing bankfull hydraulic geometry of single-thread gravel bed rivers

    Gary Parker;Peter R. Wilcock;Chris Paola;William E. Dietrich

  • Selective Sorting and Abrasion of River Gravel. I: Theory

    Gary Parker

  • Selective Sorting and Abrasion of River Gravel. II: Applications

    Gary Parker

  • Conditions for the ignition of catastrophically erosive turbidity currents

    Gary Parker

  • Experiments on the entrainment of sediment into suspension by a dense bottom current

    Marcelo Horacio Garcia;Gary Parker

  • Linear Theory of River Meanders

    Helgi Johannesson;Gary Parker

  • Natural Processes in Delta Restoration: Application to the Mississippi Delta

    Chris Paola;Robert R. Twilley;Douglas A. Edmonds;Douglas A. Edmonds;Wonsuck Kim

  • Self-formed straight rivers with equilibrium banks and mobile bed. Part 1. The sand-silt river

    Gary Parker

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo H. Garcia
Marcelo H. Garcia University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chris Paola
Chris Paola University of Minnesota
David Mohrig
David Mohrig The University of Texas at Austin
Peter Richard Wilcock
Peter Richard Wilcock Utah State University
Carlos Pirmez
Carlos Pirmez Eburon Resources LLC
William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich University of California, Berkeley
Guangqian Wang
Guangqian Wang Tsinghua University
Yasuyuki Shimizu
Yasuyuki Shimizu Hokkaido University
Michael P. Lamb
Michael P. Lamb California Institute of Technology
Jacques Locat
Jacques Locat Université Laval

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