2026 Paul A. Carling: 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	58	2164	1963	224	203	228	11684

Paul A. Carling 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 Paul A. Carling sits on this spectrum.

38 publications 510+

This scientist: 228 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paul A. Carling 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 Paul A. Carling sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paul A. Carling is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple areas within Earth and Environmental Sciences, with a focus on understanding geological and hydrological processes in various contexts.

Carling's work covers key topics including:

Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
Geological formations and processes
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Landslides and related hazards
Cryospheric studies and observations
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Their research fields of study are mainly concentrated in:

Earth and Planetary Sciences
Environmental Science

Within these fields, Carling has contributed to several subfields, including:

Atmospheric Science
Earth-Surface Processes
Ecology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Geophysics

Carling has a diverse publication record with frequent contributions to the following scientific journals:

Earth-Science Reviews
Geomorphology
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
Earth Surface Dynamics
The Depositional Record

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Carling include:

"Increasing glacial lake outburst flood hazard in response to surge glaciers in the Karakoram" (2020) published in Earth-Science Reviews
"Save the Mekong Delta from drowning" (2022) published in Science
"Assessment of local outburst flood risk from successive landslides: Case study of Baige landslide-dammed lake, upper Jinsha river, eastern Tibet" (2021) published in Journal of Hydrology
"Catastrophic Drainage From the Northwestern Outlet of Glacial Lake Agassiz During the Younger Dryas" (2021) published in Geophysical Research Letters
"Glacier surging controls glacier lake formation and outburst floods: The example of the Khurdopin Glacier, Karakoram" (2021) published in Global and Planetary Change

In addition to journal articles, Carling has contributed to books published by UNESCO, including titles focused on gravel composition, salmonid egg washout, and cobble-bedded stream dynamics.

Frequent collaborators in Carling's research include:

John D. Jansen
Stephen E. Darby
Nazir Ahmed Bazai
Dingzhu Liu
Mahmoud Abbas

Best Publications

Sustainable sediment management in reservoirs and regulated rivers: Experiences from five continents

G. Mathias Kondolf;Yongxuan Gao;George W. Annandale;Gregory L. Morris

973
Citations
Observations on siting, dimensions and structure of salmonid redds

D. T. Crisp;P. A. Carling

525
Citations
Computational Dam-Break Hydraulics over Erodible Sediment Bed

Zhixian Cao;Gareth Pender;Steve Wallis;Paul Carling

478
Citations
The impact of fine sediment accumulation on the survival of incubating salmon progeny: Implications for sediment management

S.M. Greig;D.A. Sear;P.A. Carling

334
Citations
Threshold of coarse sediment transport in broad and narrow natural streams

P. A. Carling

315
Citations
Changing sediment budget of the Mekong: Cumulative threats and management strategies for a large river basin

G. Mathias Kondolf;G. Mathias Kondolf;Rafael J.P. Schmitt;Rafael J.P. Schmitt;Paul Carling;Steve Darby

307
Citations
Structure, composition and bulk properties of upland stream gravels

Paul A. Carling;Nigel A. Reader

240
Citations
A review of factors influencing the availability of dissolved oxygen to incubating salmonid embryos

S. M. Greig;D. A. Sear;P. A. Carling

231
Citations
Deposition of Fine and Coarse Sand in an Open-Work Gravel Bed

Paul A. Carling

226
Citations
The concept of dominant discharge applied to two gravel-bed streams in relation to channel stability thresholds

Paul Carling

224
Citations
Subaqueous Gravel Dunes

Paul A. Carling

216
Citations
Lowland floodplain rivers : geomorphological perspectives

Paul Carling;Geoffrey E. Petts

210
Citations
Increasing glacial lake outburst flood hazard in response to surge glaciers in the Karakoram

Nazir Ahmed Bazai;Peng Cui;Paul A. Carling;Hao Wang

204
Citations
Repeated glacial-lake outburst floods in Patagonia: an increasing hazard?

Alejandro Dussaillant;Gerardo Benito;Wouter Buytaert;Wouter Buytaert;Paul A. Carling

193
Citations
Freshwater megaflood sedimentation: What can we learn about generic processes?

Paul A. Carling

193
Citations
Observations on the structure of brown trout, Salmo trutta Linnaeus, redds

E. M. Ottaway;P. A. Carling;A. Clarke;N. A. Reader

191
Citations
Morphology, sedimentology and palaeohydraulic significance of large gravel dunes, Altai Mountains, Siberia

P. A. Carling

186
Citations
A typology of sculpted forms in open bedrock channels

Keith Richardson;Paul Anthony Carling

151
Citations
An appraisal of the velocity-reversal hypothesis for stable pool-riffle sequences in the river severn, England

P. A. Carling

149
Citations
Late Quaternary Catastrophic Flooding in the Altai Mountains of South–Central Siberia: A Synoptic Overview and an Introduction to Flood Deposit Sedimentology

P. A. Carling;A. D. Kirkbride;S. Parnachov;P. S. Borodavko

147
Citations
Floods: hydrological, sedimentological and geomorphological implications.

Keith J. Beven;Paul Carling

144
Citations
Outburst floods in China: A review

Weiming Liu;Weiming Liu;Paul A. Carling;Kaiheng Hu;Hao Wang

129
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Sear University of Southampton

Zhixian Cao Wuhan University

Ryuji Tada University of Tokyo

Peter M. Atkinson Lancaster University

Maarten G. Kleinhans Utrecht University

Devon M. Burr Northern Arizona University

Gareth Pender Heriot-Watt University

Matti Kummu Aalto University

Stephen E. Darby University of Southampton

Peter K. Swart University of Miami

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