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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 66 1355 1201 138 121 231 12736

Rob Westaway publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Rob Westaway between 1984 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Rob Westaway published across 41 years, from 1984 to 2024, averaging 5.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2007. 4 of the 237 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2007. 1984: 2 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 3 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 8 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 7 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 7 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 1 publication 2024: 3 publications
1984 2024

237 publications in total across all disciplines

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Rob Westaway: publications per year, 1984 to 2024
Year Publications
1984 2
1985 0
1986 1
1987 3
1988 0
1989 6
1990 8
1991 2
1992 5
1993 8
1994 5
1995 2
1996 2
1997 0
1998 1
1999 3
2000 1
2001 7
2002 6
2003 6
2004 10
2005 4
2006 11
2007 16
2008 9
2009 13
2010 11
2011 7
2012 8
2013 2
2014 11
2015 7
2016 6
2017 10
2018 9
2019 13
2020 7
2021 11
2022 0
2023 1
2024 3
Total 237
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Rob Westaway 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 Rob Westaway sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 228–237 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 231 publications — 73rd percentile

73% 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
228–237 262 231
238–247 243
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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Rob Westaway 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 Rob Westaway sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 66 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 86th percentile

86% 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 66
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
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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Overview

Rob Westaway is affiliated with the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial record in several subfields including Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their work encompasses diverse topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological formations and processes, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Landslides and related hazards, Geological and Geophysical Studies, and Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques.

Recent publications by Rob Westaway include several papers spanning from 2020 to 2024. These are:

  • Basin inversion: A worldwide Late Cenozoic phenomenon (2020) published in Global and Planetary Change
  • The coupling between tectonic uplift and climate change recorded by the Yellow River terraces during the Zoige basin excavation in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau (2024) published in Geomorphology
  • Channel migration in the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its implication for fluvial response to the interaction between rapid tectonic activity, climatic fluctuation and human influence (2023) published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Tectonic deformation and kinematics of fluvial terraces marking the northeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau (2024) published in Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Risk governance strategy report (Project H2020 DESTRESS) (2020) published in HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Rob Westaway include:

  • David R. Bridgland
  • Zhenbo Hu
  • Qinhong Mo
  • Menghao Li
  • Baotian Pan

The scientist has published mainly in the following venues:

  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Geomorphology
  • HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe)
  • E&G Quaternary Science Journal

Best Publications

  • Quaternary uplift of southern Italy

    Rob Westaway

  • Climatically controlled river terrace staircases: A worldwide Quaternary phenomenon

    David Bridgland;Rob Westaway;Rob Westaway

  • The November 2017 Mw 5.5 Pohang earthquake: A possible case of induced seismicity in South Korea

    Francesco Grigoli;S Cesca;A.P Rinaldi;A. Manconi

  • Present‐day kinematics of the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean

    Rob Westaway

  • Earthquake mechanisms in the Hellenic Trench near Crete

    T. Taymaz;J. Jackson;R. Westaway

  • Uplift-driven valley incision and climate-controlled river terrace development in the Thames Valley, UK

    Darrel Maddy;David Bridgland;Rob Westaway

  • The earthquake of 1980 November 23 in Campania—Basilicata (southern Italy)

    Rob Westaway;James Jackson

  • Flow in the lower continental crust as a mechanism for the Quaternary uplift of south-east England: constraints from the Thames terrace record

    Rob Westaway;Darrel Maddy;David Bridgland

  • The Quaternary uplift history of central southern England : evidence from the terraces of the Solent River system and nearby raised beaches.

    Rob Westaway;David Bridgland;Mark White

  • Seismic moment summation for historical earthquakes in Italy: Tectonic implications

    Rob Westaway

  • Kinematics of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean Updated

    Rob Westaway

  • Phylogeographic patterns of genetic diversity in eastern Mediterranean water frogs were determined by geological processes and climate change in the Late Cenozoic

    Çiğdem Akın;C. Can Bilgin;Peter Beerli;Rob Westaway;Rob Westaway

  • Pliocene and Quaternary regional uplift in western Turkey: the Gediz River terrace staircase and the volcanism at Kula

    Rob Westaway;Malcolm Pringle;Sema Yurtmen;Tuncer Demir

  • Kinematic consistency between the Dead Sea Fault Zone and the Neogene and Quaternary left-lateral faulting in SE Turkey

    Unknown

  • Subsidence in the super‐deep Pattani and Malay basins of Southeast Asia: a coupled model incorporating lower‐crustal flow in response to post‐rift sediment loading

    Christopher K. Morley;Rob Westaway;Rob Westaway

  • Quaternary fluvial archives and landscape evolution: a global synthesis

    David R. Bridgland;Rob Westaway

  • Preservation patterns of Late Cenozoic fluvial deposits and their implications: Results from IGCP 449

    David R. Bridgland;Rob Westaway

  • Surface faulting in the southern Italian Campania-Basilicata earthquake of 23 November 1980

    Rob Westaway;James Jackson

  • First field application of cyclic soft stimulation at the Pohang Enhanced Geothermal System site in Korea

    Hannes Hofmann;Günter Zimmermann;Marton Farkas;Ernst Huenges

  • The Quaternary evolution of the Gulf of Corinth, central Greece: coupling between surface processes and flow in the lower continental crust

    Unknown

  • The Palaeolithic occupation of Europe as revealed by evidence from the rivers: Data from IGCP 449

    David R. Bridgland;Pierre Antoine;Nicole Limondin-Lozouet;Juan I. Santisteban

  • Fluvial sequences as evidence for landscape and climatic evolution in the Late Cenozoic: a synthesis of data from IGCP 518

    Rob Westaway;Rob Westaway;David R. Bridgland;Rajiv Sinha;Tuncer Demir

  • Block rotation in western Turkey: 1. Observational evidence

    Rob Westaway

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Bridgland
David R. Bridgland Durham University
Paul L. Younger
Paul L. Younger University of Glasgow
Hervé Guillou
Hervé Guillou Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Darrel Maddy
Darrel Maddy Newcastle University
Danielle C. Schreve
Danielle C. Schreve Royal Holloway University of London
Günter Zimmermann
Günter Zimmermann Technical University of Berlin
Andrea Manconi
Andrea Manconi ETH Zurich
David A. Banks
David A. Banks University of Leeds
A. Veldkamp
A. Veldkamp University of Twente

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