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Richard M. Iverson 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 Richard M. Iverson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 132 publications — 27th percentile

27% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard M. Iverson 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 Richard M. Iverson sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2006 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Richard M. Iverson is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with notable contributions in several subfields. These subfields include management, monitoring, policy and law; global and planetary change; ecology; atmospheric science; and geophysics.

The main topics covered in Iverson's work encompass landslides and related hazards, fire effects on ecosystems, hydrology and sediment transport processes, cryospheric studies and observations, earthquake and tectonic studies, seismic waves and analysis, and seismology and earthquake studies.

Iverson's published papers include:

  • Measuring Basal Force Fluctuations of Debris Flows Using Seismic Recordings and Empirical Green's Functions, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Using High Sample Rate Lidar to Measure Debris-Flow Velocity and Surface Geometry, 2021, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
  • Reconstructing the Velocity and Deformation of a Rapid Landslide Using Multiview Video, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Modeling the dynamics of lahars that originate as landslides on the west side of Mount Rainier, Washington, 2022, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • When hazard avoidance is not an option: lessons learned from monitoring the postdisaster Oso landslide, USA, 2021, Landslides

Frequent co-authors of Iverson include:

  • Kate E. Allstadt
  • Maciej K. Obryk
  • Thomas Rapstine
  • Joel B. Smith
  • David L. George

The main publication venues where Iverson's work appears are:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface
  • Environmental and Engineering Geoscience
  • Landslides
  • Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists
  • Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World

Iverson was awarded the Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • The physics of debris flows

    Richard M. Iverson

  • Landslide triggering by rain infiltration

    Richard M. Iverson

  • Debris-flow mobilization from landslides

    Richard M. Iverson;Mark E. Reid;Richard G. LaHusen

  • Flow of variably fluidized granular masses across three‐dimensional terrain: 1. Coulomb mixture theory

    Richard M. Iverson;Roger P. Denlinger

  • Positive feedback and momentum growth during debris-flow entrainment of wet bed sediment

    Richard M. Iverson;Mark E. Reid;Matthew Logan;Richard G. LaHusen

  • The perfect debris flow? Aggregated results from 28 large-scale experiments

    Richard M. Iverson;Matthew Logan;Richard G. LaHusen;Matteo Berti;Matteo Berti

  • OBJECTIVE DELINEATION OF LAHAR-INUNDATION HAZARD ZONES

    Richard M. Iverson;Steven P. Schilling;James W. Vallance

  • Flow of variably fluidized granular masses across three‐dimensional terrain: 2. Numerical predictions and experimental tests

    Roger P. Denlinger;Richard M. Iverson

  • Acute Sensitivity of Landslide Rates to Initial Soil Porosity

    Richard M. Iverson;M. E. Reid;Neal R. Iverson;R. G. LaHusen

  • Debris-flow deposition: Effects of pore-fluid pressure and friction concentrated at flow margins

    Jon J. Major;Richard M. Iverson

  • Landslide mobility and hazards: implications of the 2014 Oso disaster

    R.M. Iverson;D.L. George;K. Allstadt;M.E. Reid

  • Scaling and design of landslide and debris-flow experiments

    Richard M. Iverson

  • Grain-size segregation and levee formation in geophysical mass flows

    C.G. Johnson;C.G. Johnson;B.P. Kokelaar;Richard M. Iverson;M. Logan

  • New views of granular mass flows

    Richard M. Iverson;James W. Vallance

  • Elementary theory of bed-sediment entrainment by debris flows and avalanches

    Richard M. Iverson

  • Granular avalanches across irregular three-dimensional terrain: 1. Theory and computation

    Roger P. Denlinger;Richard M. Iverson

  • Regulation of landslide motion by dilatancy and pore pressure feedback

    Richard M. Iverson

  • Entrainment of bed material by Earth‐surface mass flows: Review and reformulation of depth‐integrated theory

    Richard M. Iverson;Chaojun Ouyang

  • Rainfall, ground-water flow, and seasonal movement at Minor Creek landslide, northwestern California: Physical interpretation of empirical relations

    Richard M. Iverson;Jon J. Major

  • Dynamic Pore-Pressure Fluctuations in Rapidly Shearing Granular Materials

    Richard M. Iverson;Richard G. LaHusen

  • The debris-flow rheology myth

    R. M. Iverson

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon J. Major
Jon J. Major United States Geological Survey
Neal R. Iverson
Neal R. Iverson Iowa State University
Warren Mori
Warren Mori University of California, Los Angeles
Roger P. Denlinger
Roger P. Denlinger United States Geological Survey
Jason W. Kean
Jason W. Kean United States Geological Survey
Victor C. Tsai
Victor C. Tsai Brown University
Jonathan W. Godt
Jonathan W. Godt United States Geological Survey
Francis K. Rengers
Francis K. Rengers United States Geological Survey
Peter Richard Wilcock
Peter Richard Wilcock Utah State University
Christoph Bostedt
Christoph Bostedt Paul Scherrer Institute

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