Michael Church publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Michael Church between 1967 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Michael Church published across 59 years, from 1967 to 2025, averaging 4.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2014. 1 of the 258 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10 15

1967 2025

258 publications in total across all disciplines

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Michael Church: publications per year, 1967 to 2025
Year	Publications
1967	1
1968	1
1969	2
1970	0
1971	0
1972	2
1973	1
1974	1
1975	1
1976	2
1977	4
1978	3
1979	3
1980	7
1981	1
1982	1
1983	3
1984	0
1985	2
1986	3
1987	3
1988	1
1989	10
1990	3
1991	5
1992	5
1993	3
1994	2
1995	2
1996	2
1997	1
1998	5
1999	5
2000	5
2001	9
2002	12
2003	5
2004	5
2005	16
2006	6
2007	5
2008	3
2009	12
2010	8
2011	7
2012	8
2013	8
2014	17
2015	11
2016	5
2017	7
2018	6
2019	3
2020	6
2021	2
2022	2
2023	4
2024	0
2025	1
Total	258

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Michael Church 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 Michael Church sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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	245
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
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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Michael Church 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 Michael Church sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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	84
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
106+	98

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Research.com Recognitions

2015 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
2007 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
1993 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Michael Church is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans fields such as Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these areas, their work focuses on subfields including Ecology, Soil Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of subjects related to earth and environmental processes, with particular attention to:

Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Soil erosion and sediment transport
Geological formations and processes
Landslides and related hazards
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Among Michael Church's recent papers are:

What Is a Debris Flood?, 2020, Water Resources Research
Are Results in Geomorphology Reproducible?, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Michael Church include:

Jeremy G. Venditti
Colin D. Rennie
Eva Kwoll
Kirsti Fairweather
Marwan A. Hassan

Michael Church's work appears in a variety of publication venues, with notable frequency in:

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
Federated Research Data Repository
Water Resources Research
Geophysical Research Letters

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Boydell & Brewer eBooks.

Awards received by Michael Church include recognition as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2015, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2007, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1993, where the honor was specifically for contributions to the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

Paraglacial Sedimentation: A Consideration of Fluvial Processes Conditioned by Glaciation

Michael Church;June M Ryder

1277
Citations
BED MATERIAL TRANSPORT AND THE MORPHOLOGY OF ALLUVIAL RIVER CHANNELS

Michael Church

932
Citations
Disequilibrium of Holocene sediment yield in glaciated British Columbia

Michael Church;Olav Slaymaker

715
Citations
Geomorphic thresholds in riverine landscapes

Michael Church

668
Citations
A Simple Universal Equation for Grain Settling Velocity

R.I. Ferguson;M. Church

641
Citations
An assessment of bed load sediment transport formulae for gravel bed rivers

Basil Gomez;Michael Church

574
Citations
Stabilizing self-organized structures in gravel-bed stream channels: Field and experimental observations

Michael Church;Marwan A. Hassan;John F. Wolcott

481
Citations
Grain size along two gravel-bed rivers: statistical variation, spatial pattern and sedimentary links

Stephen Rice;Michael Church

331
Citations
Geomorphology of steepland headwaters: the transition from hillslopes to channels

Lee Benda;Marwan A. Hassan;Michael Church;Christine L. May

326
Citations
Channel morphology, gradient profiles and bed stresses during flood in a step pool channel

André Zimmermann;Michael Church

313
Citations
Proglacial Fluvial and Lacustrine Environments

Michael Church;Robert Gilbert

300
Citations
Geomorphic response to river flow regulation: Case studies and time-scales

Michael Church

297
Citations
Form and stability of step-pool channels : Research progress

Michael Church;André Zimmermann

272
Citations
Baffin Island sandurs: a study of Arctic fluvial processes

M Church

270
Citations
Bed material transport estimated from the virtual velocity of sediment

Judith K. Haschenburger;Michael Church

262
Citations
Pattern of Instability in a Wandering Gravel Bed Channel

Michael Church

261
Citations
Sampling surficial fluvial gravels; the precision of size distribution percentile sediments

Stephen Rice;Michael Church

261
Citations
Measurement of bed load velocity using an acoustic Doppler current profiler

Colin D. Rennie;Robert G. Millar;Michael A. Church

261
Citations
Sediment transport and channel morphology of small, forested streams.

Marwan A. Hassan;Michael Church;Thomas E. Lisle;Francesco Brardinoni

239
Citations
Turbulent flow in a depth-limited boundary layer

Arthur R. M. Nowell;Michael Church

238
Citations
Distance of movement of coarse particles in gravel bed streams

Marwan A. Hassan;Michael Church;Asher P. Schick

227
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy G. Venditti Simon Fraser University

Marwan A. Hassan University of British Columbia

Olav Slaymaker University of British Columbia

Robert I. Ferguson Durham University

Stephen P. Rice Newcastle University

Ray Kostaschuk Simon Fraser University

Sean J. Bennett University at Buffalo, State University of New York

Mead A. Allison Tulane University

Robert Gilbert Queen's University

James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

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