2026 Heather Viles: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	64	1541	1377	162	145	307	11686

Overview

Heather Viles is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science, and Arts and Humanities. Their work spans diverse subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Conservation, Archeology, and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics of Heather Viles's research focus on building materials and conservation, conservation techniques and studies, geology and paleoclimatology research, cultural heritage materials analysis, soil erosion and sediment transport, land use and ecosystem services, and aeolian processes and effects.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Heather Viles include:

"A review of the nature, role and control of lithobionts on stone cultural heritage: weighing-up and managing biodeterioration and bioprotection" (2020), published in World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
"Revisiting and reanalysing the concept of bioreceptivity 25 years on" (2021), published in The Science of The Total Environment
"Integrating nature-based solutions and the conservation of urban built heritage: Challenges, opportunities, and prospects" (2021), published in Urban forestry & urban greening
"The importance of wind as a driver of earthen heritage deterioration in dryland environments" (2020), published in Geomorphology
"Ants as geomorphological agents: A global assessment" (2020), published in Earth-Science Reviews

Frequent coauthors associated with their research include:

Martin A. Coombes
Qinglin Guo
Jenny Richards
Andrew Goudie
Timothy Baxter

The venues where Heather Viles most often publishes are:

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Studies in Conservation
The Science of The Total Environment
Geological Society London Memoirs
Heritage Science

Best Publications

Salt weathering hazard

Andrew. Goudie;Heather A. Viles

690
Citations
Coastal Problems: Geomorphology, Ecology and Society at the Coast

Heather Viles;Tom Spencer

393
Citations
A Review and Reassessment of Travertine Classification

Allan Pentecost;Heather A. Viles

308
Citations
The use of the Schmidt Hammer and Equotip for rock hardness assessment in geomorphology and heritage science: a comparative analysis

Heather Viles;Heather Viles;Andrew Goudie;Andrew Goudie;Stefan Grab;Jennifer Lalley

285
Citations
Biogeomorphology revisited: looking towards the future

L.A Naylor;H.A Viles;N.E.A Carter

252
Citations
The Earth Transformed: An Introduction to Human Impacts on the Environment

Andrew Goudie;Heather A. Viles

236
Citations
Interannual, decadal and multidecadal scale climatic variability and geomorphology

H.A. Viles;A.S. Goudie

217
Citations
The late-Holocene tufa decline in Europe:

A.S. Goudie;H.A. Viles;A. Pentecost

206
Citations
Biogeomorphological disturbance regimes: progress in linking ecological and geomorphological systems

H. A. Viles;L. A. Naylor;N. E. A. Carter;D. Chaput

200
Citations
Weathering and the global carbon cycle: Geomorphological perspectives

Andrew S. Goudie;Heather A. Viles

186
Citations
Dust particulate absorption by ivy (Hedera helix L) on historic walls in urban environments

Troy Sternberg;Heather Viles;Alan Cathersides;Mona Edwards

181
Citations
Evaluating the role of ivy (Hedera helix) in moderating wall surface microclimates and contributing to the bioprotection of historic buildings

Troy Sternberg;Heather Viles;Alan Cathersides

170
Citations
Scale issues in weathering studies

Heather A Viles

168
Citations
Ecological perspectives on rock surface weathering : towards a conceptual model

Heather Viles

160
Citations
Bioprotection explored: the story of a little known earth surface process

N.E.A. Carter;Heather A. Viles

156
Citations
Experimental testing of the durability of lime-based mortars used for rendering historic buildings

A. Arizzi;H. Viles;G. Cultrone

154
Citations
Tufas, travertines and allied carbonate deposits:

H.A. Viles;A.S. Goudie

139
Citations
Weathering of Two Anti-Graffiti Protective Coatings on Concrete Paving Slabs

Paula M. Carmona-Quiroga;Robert M. J. Jacobs;Heather A. Viles

137
Citations
Bioprotection and disturbance: Seaweed, microclimatic stability and conditions for mechanical weathering in the intertidal zone

Martin A. Coombes;Larissa A. Naylor;Larissa A. Naylor;Heather A. Viles;Richard C. Thompson

136
Citations
Microbial geomorphology: A neglected link between life and landscape

Heather A. Viles

121
Citations
Geomorphology in the Anthropocene

Andrew S. Goudie;Heather A. Viles

88
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Goudie University of Oxford

Bernard Smith Queen's University Belfast

Mary Bourke Trinity College Dublin

Thomas J. Spencer Massachusetts General Hospital

Gregory E. Tucker University of Colorado Boulder

Richard G. Compton University of Oxford

Mark Patrick Taylor Macquarie University

Bethany L. Ehlmann University of Colorado Boulder

Kenneth T. V. Grattan City, University of London

Tong Sun City, University of London

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