2026 Magnus Larson: 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	57	2299	2088	19	18	300	10266

Overview

Magnus Larson is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, and Global and Planetary Change.

The researcher's primary focus is on topics related to Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Aeolian processes and effects, Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research, Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes.

Magnus Larson has published papers in a variety of peer-reviewed journals, with frequent publications in the following venues:

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Coastal Engineering
Regional Studies in Marine Science
Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
Journal of Coastal Research

Recent publications include:

"Measurements and Analysis of Primary Ship Waves in the Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden" (2020) in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
"Predicting ship waves in sheltered waterways - An application of XBeach to the Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden" (2021) in Coastal Engineering
"Brownification in Lake Bolmen, Sweden, and its relationship to natural and human-induced changes" (2021) in Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies
"A Comparative Study of the Effects of the 1872 Storm and Coastal Flood Risk Management in Denmark, Germany, and Sweden" (2021) in Water
"Beach adaptation to intraseasonal sea level changes" (2020) in Environmental Research Communications

They have collaborated regularly with several co-authors over their career. Frequent collaborators include Björn Almström, Caroline Hallin, Aart Kroon, Anna Adell, and Kenneth M. Persson.

Best Publications

Sbeach, Numerical Model for Simulating Storm-Induced Beach Change: Report 1: Empirical Foundation and Model Development

Magnus Larson;Nicholas C. Kraus

429
Citations
Variability of shore and shoreline evolution

Marcel J.F. Stive;Stefan G.J. Aarninkhof;Luc Hamm;Hans Hanson

425
Citations
SBEACH: Numerical Model for Simulating Storm-Induced Beach Change

Julie D Rosati;Randall A Wise;Nicholas C Kraus;Magnus Larson

388
Citations
Temporal and spatial scales of beach profile change, Duck, North Carolina

Magnus Larson;Nicholas C. Kraus

350
Citations
State of Knowledge on Measurement and Modeling of Coastal Overwash

Chantal Donnelly;Nicholas Kraus;Magnus Larson

343
Citations
An analytical model to predict dune erosion due to wave impact

Magnus Larson;Li Erikson;Hans Hanson

327
Citations
A general formula for non-cohesive bed load sediment transport

Benoit Camenen;Magnus Larson

213
Citations
Prediction of cross-shore sediment transport at different spatial and temporal scales

Magnus Larson;Nicholas C. Kraus

210
Citations
A new formula for the total longshore sediment transport rate

Atilla Bayram;Magnus Larson;Hans Hanson

203
Citations
Evaluation of Beach Erosion and Accretion Predictors

Nicholas C. Kraus;Magnus Larson;David L. Kriebel

201
Citations
Numerical Model of Longshore Current for Bar and Trough Beaches

Magnus Larson;Nicholas C. Kraus

167
Citations
Engineering Methods for Predicting Beach Profile Response

David L. Kriebel;Nicholas C. Kraus;Magnus Larson

161
Citations
Modelling of coastal evolution on yearly to decadal time scales

Hans Hanson;S Aarninkhof;M Capobianco;JA Jimenez

159
Citations
Analytical Solutions of the One-Line Model of Shoreline Change

Magnus Larson;Hans Hanson;Nicholas C Kraus

158
Citations
Cross-shore distribution of longshore sediment transport: comparison between predictive formulas and field measurements

Atilla Bayram;Magnus Larson;Herman C. Miller;Nicholas C. Kraus

149
Citations
Equilibrium beach profiles under breaking and non-breaking waves

Magnus Larson;Nicholas C. Kraus;Randall A. Wise

147
Citations
Analytical solutions of one-line model for shoreline change near coastal structures

M. Larson;H. Hanson;N.C. Kraus

138
Citations
Two-dimensional depth-averaged circulation model CMS-M2D: version 3.0, report 2, sediment transport and morphology change

Adele M. Buttolph;Christopher W. Reed;Nicholas C. Kraus;Nubuyuki. Ono

136
Citations
SIMULATION OF REGIONAL LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT AND COASTAL EVOLUTION – THE “CASCADE” MODEL

Magnus Larson;Nicholas C. Kraus;Hans Hanson

135
Citations
Swash-zone sediment transport and foreshore evolution: field experiments and mathematical modeling

Magnus Larson;Susumu Kubota;Li Erikson

132
Citations
SBEACH: Numerical Model for Simulating Storm-Induced Beach Change. Report 2. Numerical Formulation and Model Tests

Magnus Larson;Nicholas C. Kraus;Mark R. Byrnes

130
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Hanson Lund University

Rolf Larsson Uppsala University

Roshanka Ranasinghe IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia

Ronny Berndtsson Lund University

Marcel J. F. Stive Delft University of Technology

Bruno Castelle University of Bordeaux

José A. Jiménez Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Joanna Staneva Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht Centre for Materials and Coastal Research

Nathaniel G. Plant United States Geological Survey

External Links

Personal website of Magnus Larson Google Scholar page

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