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D-Index
31
Citations
3706
World Ranking
8950
National Ranking
890

Ian Livingstone 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 Ian Livingstone sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 77 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Ian Livingstone 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 Ian Livingstone sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 1st percentile

1% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Aeolian Geomorphology: An Introduction

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  • Dune mobility and vegetation cover in the Southwest Kalahari desert

    Giles F. S. Wiggs;David S. G. Thomas;Joanna E. Bullard;Ian Livingstone

  • Geomorphology of desert sand dunes: A review of recent progress

    Ian Livingstone;Giles F.S. Wiggs;Corinne M. Weaver

  • The role of streamline curvature in sand dune dynamics: evidence from field and wind tunnel measurements

    Giles F.S. Wiggs;Ian Livingstone;Andrew Warren

  • Interactions between aeolian and fluvial systems in dryland environments

    Joanna E. Bullard;Ian Livingstone

  • Air flow and sand transport over sand-dunes

    W. S. Weng;J. C. R. Hunt;D. J. Carruthers;A. Warren

  • The Namib Sand Sea: Dune Forms, Processes and Sediments

    N. Lancaster

  • Dunefield Activity and Interactions with Climatic Variability in the Southwest Kalahari Desert

    J. E. Bullard;D. S. G. Thomas;I. Livingstone;G. S. F. Wiggs

  • Airflow and roughness characteristics over partially vegetated linear dunes in the southwest Kalahari Desert

    Giles F. S. Wiggs;Ian Livingstone;David S. G. Thomas;Joanna E. Bullard

  • Analysis of linear sand dune morphological variability, southwestern Kalahari desert

    J.E. Bullard;D.S.G. Thomas;I. Livingstone;G.F.S. Wiggs

  • Grain-Size Variation on Dunes in the Southwest Kalahari, Southern Africa

    Ian Livingstone;Joanna E. Bullard;Giles F.S. Wiggs;David S.G. Thomas

  • Monitoring surface change on a Namib linear dune

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  • Effect of vegetation removal on airflow patterns and dune dynamics in the southwest Kalahari desert

    G. F. S. Wiggs;I. Livingstone;D. S. G. Thomas;J. E. Bullard

  • The geomorphological significance of airflow patterns in transverse dune interdunes

    Matthew Baddock;Ian Livingstone;Giles F S Wiggs

  • The Namib Sand Sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables

    Ian Livingstone;Charles Bristow;Robert G. Bryant;Joanna Bullard

  • WIND ENERGY VARIATIONS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN KALAHARI DESERT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR LINEAR DUNEFIELD ACTIVITY

    J. E. Bullard;D. S. G. Thomas;I. Livingstone;G. F. S. Wiggs

  • Learning in small groups in university geography courses: designing a core module around group projects

    Mick Healey;Hugh Matthews;Ian Livingstone;Ian Foster

  • A field study of mean and turbulent flow characteristics upwind, over and downwind of barchan dunes

    Matthew C. Baddock;Giles F. S. Wiggs;Ian Livingstone

  • Palaeoclimate records from OIS 8.0–5.4 recorded in loess–palaeosol sequences on the Matmata Plateau, southern Tunisia, based on mineral magnetism and new luminescence dating

    J.A. Dearing;I.P. Livingstone;M.D. Bateman;K. White

  • Reviewed Work: Geomorphology of Desert Dunes by Nicholas Lancaster

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