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Researcher · United States Geological Survey · United States

Walter Basil Langbein

Walter Basil Langbein publishes mostly in Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, on topics such as Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

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World rank
#937,587
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#308,085
of 1,627,098
Works
80
Citations
4.8k
Citations per work
60.0
h-index
22
i10-index 37Top 16% in Water Science and Technology
Walter Basil Langbein

What does Walter Basil Langbein research?

Walter Basil Langbein's work is mostly in Environmental Science (46%), Engineering (12%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (7%).

Physical Sciences: 51 works · 64.0% of their workEnvironmental Science: 37 works · 45.8% of their workWater Science and Technology: 17 works · 21.5% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 works · 13.8% of their workEcology: 8 works · 10.5% of their workEngineering: 9 works · 11.6% of their workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 works · 6.1% of their workOcean Engineering: 4 works · 5.5% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 works · 6.6% of their workAtmospheric Science: 5 works · 6.6% of their workEverything else: 29 works · 36.0% of their workTHEIR WORKWalter BasilLangbein80works
Physical Sciences64%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science3745.8%
    2. Engineering911.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences56.6%
  2. Everything else2936.0%
  1. 1Water Science and Technology22% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change14% of their works
  3. 3Ecology10% of their works
  4. 4Atmospheric Science7% of their works
  5. 5Civil and Structural Engineering6% of their works
  6. 6Ocean Engineering6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Walter Basil Langbein's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Sediment Transport, Hydrological Modeling, Water Resources, Land Use Change, Global Hydrology, Model Evaluation and Remote Sensing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change584 topics
  2. Sediment Transport492 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling412 topics
  4. Water Resources392 topics
  5. Land Use Change372 topics
  6. Global Hydrology311 topic
  7. Model Evaluation311 topic
  8. Remote Sensing192 topics
  9. Riparian Vegetation181 topic
  10. River Restoration181 topic
  11. Sustainability132 topics
  12. Flood Risk101 topic
  13. Surface Water Mapping101 topic
  14. Drought91 topic
  15. Monitoring91 topic
  16. Hydraulic Engineering81 topic
  17. Reservoir Operation81 topic
  18. Scale Effects81 topic
  19. Water Demand81 topic
  20. Agricultural Sustainability61 topic
  21. Soil Erosion61 topic
  22. Conservation51 topic
  23. Environmental Movement51 topic

Where does Walter Basil Langbein work?

Walter Basil Langbein's main affiliation in the publication record is United States Geological Survey, United States.

How many publications and citations does Walter Basil Langbein have?

OpenAlex counts 80 works and 4,799 citations for Walter Basil Langbein, an h-index of 22, ranking #937,587 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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