Stephen P. Rice publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Stephen P. Rice between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Stephen P. Rice published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 4.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2016. 17 of the 168 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications

5 10

1990 2025

168 publications in total across all disciplines

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Stephen P. Rice: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year	Publications
1990	1
1991	0
1992	0
1993	0
1994	0
1995	0
1996	3
1997	1
1998	2
1999	3
2000	0
2001	3
2002	1
2003	3
2004	3
2005	4
2006	4
2007	3
2008	8
2009	3
2010	7
2011	5
2012	6
2013	4
2014	9
2015	7
2016	14
2017	13
2018	10
2019	11
2020	8
2021	8
2022	4
2023	3
2024	6
2025	11
Total	168

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Stephen P. Rice 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 P. Rice sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300 400 500

38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 115 publications — 19th percentile

19% 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	115
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
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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Stephen P. Rice 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 P. Rice sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists

100 200 300

30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 27th percentile

27% 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	37
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
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

Stephen P. Rice is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom and primarily works within the field of Environmental Science. Their research focuses on various subfields including Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science, Global and Planetary Change, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law related to environmental systems.

The main topics addressed in their work include Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Dynamics, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity and Ecology, and Landslides and Related Hazards.

Stephen P. Rice has published multiple papers in a range of scientific journals. Notable recent publications are:

Signal crayfish burrowing, bank retreat and sediment supply to rivers: A biophysical sediment budget (2021, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms)
Why so skeptical? The role of animals in fluvial geomorphology (2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water)
Avoidance and aggregation create consistent egg distribution patterns of congeneric caddisflies across spatially variable oviposition landscapes (2020, Oecologia)
Using Fractals to Describe Ecologically Relevant Patterns in Distributions of Large Rocks in Streams (2021, Water Resources Research)
A Link Between Plant Stress and Hydrodynamics? Indications From a Freshwater Macrophyte (2021, Water Resources Research)

The scientist frequently publishes in certain venues including Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, Water Resources Research, and Freshwater Biology.

Stephen P. Rice collaborates with several frequent coauthors such as Paul J. Wood, R. Mason, Matthew F. Johnson, Jill Lancaster, and Barbara J. Downes, indicating ongoing research partnerships and collective studies within their fields of interest.

Best Publications

Tributaries, sediment sources, and the longitudinal organisation of macroinvertebrate fauna along river systems

Stephen P. Rice;Malcolm T. Greenwood;Christopher Joyce

457
Citations
Grain size along two gravel-bed rivers: statistical variation, spatial pattern and sedimentary links

Stephen Rice;Michael Church

331
Citations
Automated Sizing of Coarse-Grained Sediments: Image-Processing Procedures

David J. Graham;Ian Reid;Stephen P. Rice

269
Citations
Sampling surficial fluvial gravels; the precision of size distribution percentile sediments

Stephen Rice;Michael Church

261
Citations
A transferable method for the automated grain sizing of river gravels

David J. Graham;Stephen P. Rice;Ian Reid

245
Citations
Which tributaries disrupt downstream fining along gravel-bed rivers?

Stephen Rice

245
Citations
Spatial heterogeneity of near‐bed hydraulics above a patch of river gravel

Thomas Buffin-Bélanger;Stephen Rice;Ian Reid;Jill Lancaster

223
Citations
The nature and controls on downstream fining within sedimentary links

Stephen Rice

194
Citations
Morphology and evolution of bars in a wandering gravel-bed river; lower Fraser river, British Columbia, Canada

Stephen P. Rice;Michael Church;Colin L. Wooldridge;Edward J. Hickin

162
Citations
River confluences, tributaries and the fluvial network.

Stephen P Rice;André G. Roy;Bruce L. Rhoads

159
Citations
Tributary control of physical heterogeneity and biological diversity at river confluences

Stephen P Rice;Robert I Ferguson;Trevor B Hoey

158
Citations
Form and growth of bars in a wandering gravel-bed river.

Michael Church;Stephen P. Rice

120
Citations
The Ecological Importance of Tributaries and Confluences

Stephen P. Rice;Peter Kiffney;Correigh Greene;George R. Pess

114
Citations
Grain-size sorting within river bars in relation to downstream fining along a wandering channel

Stephen P. Rice;Michael Church

114
Citations
Tributary connectivity, confluence aggradation and network biodiversity

Stephen P. Rice

113
Citations
Experimentation at the interface of fluvial geomorphology, stream ecology and hydraulic engineering and the development of an effective, interdisciplinary river science

Stephen P. Rice;Jill Lancaster;Paul Kemp

108
Citations
Spatial discontinuity and temporal evolution of channel morphology along a mixed bedrock-alluvial river, upper Drôme River, southeast France: Contingent responses to external and internal controls

J. Toone;Stephen P. Rice;Hervé Piégay

107
Citations
Maximizing the accuracy of image-based surface sediment sampling techniques

David J. Graham;Anne-Julia Rollet;Hervé Piégay;Stephen P. Rice

106
Citations
Longitudinal profiles in simple alluvial systems

Stephen P. Rice;Michael Church

105
Citations
River system discontinuities due to lateral inputs : generic styles and controls.

Robert I. Ferguson;Judith R. Cudden;Trevor B. Hoey;Stephen P. Rice

93
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Reid Loughborough University

Jill Lancaster University of Melbourne

Paul J. Wood Loughborough University

Michael Church University of British Columbia

Barbara J. Downes University of Melbourne

Hervé Piégay École Normale Supérieure de Lyon

Markus Stoffel University of Geneva

Trevor B. Hoey Brunel University London

Jim H. Chandler Loughborough University

Bruce L. Rhoads University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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