2026 Ian Smalley: 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	49	3621	3315	406	376	211	8569

Overview

Ian Smalley is affiliated with the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines within earth sciences and engineering, with a focus on geological formations and environmental processes.

The main fields of study covered by their work include Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Subfields of particular interest include Civil and Structural Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Ocean Engineering.

Their research topics encompass:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Landslides and related hazards
Soil and Unsaturated Flow
Geophysical Methods and Applications
Mineral Processing and Grinding
Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods
Soil erosion and sediment transport

Ian Smalley has contributed to various scientific publications, with recent papers including:

"The first hundred years - a historical bibliography of New Zealand loess, 1878-1978" (2022) published in Landcare Research Data Repository
"Advanced multi-scale characterization of loess microstructure: Integrating μXCT and FIB-SEM for detailed fabric analysis and geotechnical implications" (2024) published in Engineering Geology
"Loess in Britain and Ireland: Formation, modification and environmental significance, a review in memory of John Catt (1937-2017)" (2022) published in Proceedings of the Geologists Association
"Work on The Principles of Geology is "interrupted," and Charles Lyell investigates the nature and formation of loess deposits" (2020) published in Endeavour
"Leonard Horner in Bonn 1831-1833, finding loess and being incorporated into Lyell's Loess Legion" (2020) published in Geologos

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ian Smalley include:

Bo Yu
Tom Dijkstra
Wen Fan
Longsheng Deng
Ya-ni Wei

Publication venues where Ian Smalley commonly contributes include:

Engineering Geology
Proceedings of the Geologists Association
Landcare Research Data Repository
Endeavour
Geologos

Best Publications

Danube loess stratigraphy — Towards a pan-European loess stratigraphic model

Slobodan B. Marković;Thomas Stevens;George J. Kukla;Ulrich Hambach

339
Citations
Hydroconsolidation and subsidence of loess: studies from China, Russia, North America and Europe

C.D.F. Rogers;T.A. Dijkstra;I.J. Smalley

295
Citations
Pleistocene land-sea correlations

I. J. Smalley

282
Citations
The properties of glacial loess and the formation of loess deposits

I. J. Smalley

244
Citations
Rivers and loess: The significance of long river transportation in the complex event-sequence approach to loess deposit formation

Ian Smalley;Ken O’Hara-Dhand;Jo Wint;Bjoern Machalett;Bjoern Machalett

242
Citations
The formation of fine particles in sandy deserts and the nature of "desert' loess

I. J. Smalley;C. Vita-Finzi

236
Citations
Formation and collapse of metastable particle packings and open structures in loess deposits

A.M. Assallay;C.D.F. Rogers;I.J. Smalley

217
Citations
Making the material: The formation of silt sized primary mineral particles for loess deposits

Ian Smalley

212
Citations
Salt Weathering in Deserts

R. U. Cooke;I. J. Smalley

209
Citations
Aeolian dust in Europe: African sources and European deposits

Jan Berend Stuut;Ian Smalley;Ken O'Hara-Dhand

201
Citations
Failure mechanisms in loess and the effects of moisture content changes on remoulded strength

E. Derbyshire;E. Derbyshire;E. Derbyshire;T.A. Dijkstra;I.J. Smalley;Y. Li;Y. Li

189
Citations
The formation and shape of drumlins and their distribution and orientation in drumlin fields

Ian J. Smalley;David J. Unwin

188
Citations
The loess of north-central China: geotechnical properties and their relation to slope stability

T.A. Dijkstra;T.A. Dijkstra;C.D.F. Rogers;I.J. Smalley;E. Derbyshire

178
Citations
Loess is [almost totally formed by] the accumulation of dust

Ian Smalley;Slobodan B. Marković;Zorica Svirčev

168
Citations
The origin and distribution of the loess in the Danube basin and associated regions of East-Central Europe — A review

I.J. Smalley;J.A. Leach

153
Citations
Some major events in the development of the scientific study of loess

I.J. Smalley;I.F. Jefferson;T.A. Dijkstra;E. Derbyshire;E. Derbyshire

141
Citations
Loess deposits associated with deserts

Ian J. Smalley;David H. Krinsley

135
Citations
Silt: 2 62 μm, 9 4φ

A.M. Assallay;C.D.F. Rogers;I.J. Smalley;I.F. Jefferson

130
Citations
Soil mechanics in engineering practice

Ian Jefferson;Ian Smalley

57
Citations
Fundamentals of Soil Behaviour

Ian Jefferson;Ian Smalley

48
Citations
Rockslides and avalanches

I. J. Smalley

21
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Slobodan B. Marković University of Novi Sad

Christopher D. F. Rogers University of Birmingham

Thomas Stevens Uppsala University

Ulrich Hambach University of Bayreuth

Ludwig Zöller University of Bayreuth

Qingzhen Hao Chinese Academy of Sciences

David Krinsley University of Oregon

Balazs Sumegi University of Pecs

Daniel Veres Romanian Academy

Pál Sümegi University of Szeged

External Links

Personal website of Ian Smalley

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