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Stephen E. Darby 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 Stephen E. Darby sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 184 publications — 54th percentile

54% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen E. Darby 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 Stephen E. Darby sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stephen E. Darby is affiliated with the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant number of publications in these fields. Their subfields of study include Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Earth-Surface Processes, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's main topics of work encompass Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Soil erosion and sediment transport, Geological formations and processes, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Stephen E. Darby has contributed to a range of recent research papers, including:

  • River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River (2020, Nature Sustainability)
  • Impact of dams and climate change on suspended sediment flux to the Mekong delta (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Regional analysis of multivariate compound coastal flooding potential around Europe and environs: sensitivity analysis and spatial patterns (2021, Natural hazards and earth system sciences)
  • Save the Mekong Delta from drowning (2022, Science)
  • The Pace of Human-Induced Change in Large Rivers: Stresses, Resilience, and Vulnerability to Extreme Events (2020, One Earth)

Frequent co-authors in Stephen E. Darby's research include:

  • Daniel R. Parsons
  • Julian Leyland
  • Ivan D. Haigh
  • Christopher Hackney
  • Robert J. Nicholls

The scientist frequently publishes in academic venues such as:

  • Nature Sustainability
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • Water Resources Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Stephen E. Darby has also authored books, notably through Princeton University Press and Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International). Titles include The World Atlas of Rivers, Estuaries, and Deltas (2024) published twice with slight variations, and Modern Advances in Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Vol. 1 (2020).

Best Publications

  • Accounting for uncertainty in DEMs from repeat topographic surveys: improved sediment budgets

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;David A. Sear

  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs): Their past, present and future contributions to the advancement of marine geoscience

    Russell B. Wynn;Veerle A.I. Huvenne;Timothy P. Le Bas;Bramley J. Murton

  • Bank and near-bank processes in an incised channel

    Andrew Simon;Andrea Curini;Stephen E. Darby;Eddy J. Langendoen

  • Numerical simulation of bank erosion and channel migration in meandering rivers

    Stephen E. Darby;Andrei M. Alabyan;Marco J. Van de Wiel

  • Effect of Riparian Vegetation on Flow Resistance and Flood Potential

    Stephen E. Darby

  • Numerical simulation of hydrodynamics and bank erosion in a river bend

    Massimo Rinaldi;Beatrice Mengoni;Laura Luppi;Stephen E. Darby

  • 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

  • River bank instability from unsustainable sand mining in the lower Mekong River

    Christopher R. Hackney;Stephen E. Darby;Daniel R. Parsons;Julian Leyland

  • Fluvial sediment supply to a mega-delta reduced by shifting tropical-cyclone activity

    Stephen E. Darby;Christopher R. Hackney;Julian Leyland;Matti Kummu

  • Development and Testing of Riverbank-Stability Analysis

    Stephen E. Darby;Colin R. Thorne

  • 9 Modelling river-bank-erosion processes and mass failure mechanisms: progress towards fully coupled simulations

    Massimo Rinaldi;Stephen E. Darby

  • Coupled simulations of fluvial erosion and mass wasting for cohesive river banks

    Stephen E. Darby;Massimo Rinaldi;Stefano Dapporto

  • Assessing the characteristics and drivers of compound flooding events around the UK coast

    Alistair Hendry;Ivan D. Haigh;Robert J. Nicholls;Hugo Winter

  • The influence of vegetation and organic debris on flood-plain sediment dynamics: case study of a low-order stream in the New Forest, England

    Richard Jeffries;Stephen E Darby;David A Sear

  • Projections of declining fluvial sediment delivery to major deltas worldwide in response to climate change and anthropogenic stress

    Frances E. Dunn;Stephen E. Darby;Robert J. Nicholls;Sagy Cohen

  • Fluvial sediment transfer in the Changjiang (Yangtze) river-estuary depositional system

    Zhijun Dai;Xuefei Mei;Stephen E. Darby;Yaying Lou

  • Numerical Simulation of Widening and Bed Deformation of Straight Sand-Bed Rivers. II: Model Evaluation

    Stephen E. Darby;Colin R. Thorne;Andrew Simon

  • Morphodynamic signatures of braiding mechanisms as expressed through change in sediment storage in a gravel-bed river

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;Alan Kasprak

  • Evaluating sustainable adaptation strategies for vulnerable mega-deltas using system dynamics modelling: Rice agriculture in the Mekong Delta's An Giang Province, Vietnam.

    Alexander Chapman;Stephen Darby

  • Linking geomorphic changes to salmonid habitat at a scale relevant to fish

    Joseph M. Wheaton;James Brasington;Stephen E. Darby;Joseph E. Merz

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel R. Parsons
Daniel R. Parsons University of Hull
James Leonard Best
James Leonard Best University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Andrew Nicholas
Andrew Nicholas University of Exeter
Esther J. Sumner
Esther J. Sumner University of Southampton
Jeff Peakall
Jeff Peakall University of Leeds
Russell B. Wynn
Russell B. Wynn National Oceanography Centre
David Sear
David Sear University of Southampton
Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Massimo Rinaldi
Massimo Rinaldi University of Florence
Joseph M. Wheaton
Joseph M. Wheaton Utah State University

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