Richard E. Brazier

8.9k citations
165 papers · 7.1k · 2 hit papers · h-index 42

Impact in

  • Soil Science top 0.5%
    • Soil erosion and sediment transport
    • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Ecology top 0.5%
    • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
    • Ecology and biodiversity studies
    • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
    • Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology

Papers in

  • Soil Science 60
    • Soil erosion and sediment transport 59
  • Ecology 61
    • Ecology and biodiversity studies 19
    • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology 18
    • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes 10
    • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 8
Co-authors
Gary S. Bilotta (20 shared papers)John Wainwright (32 shared papers)Karen Anderson (39 shared papers)Laura Turnbull (9 shared papers)Philip M. Haygarth (17 shared papers)Anthony John Parsons (21 shared papers)D. Mark Powell (20 shared papers)Alan K. Puttock (27 shared papers)
Journals
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (19 papers)Hydrological Processes (11 papers)The Science of The Total Environment (8 papers)Journal of Hydrology (5 papers)Geoderma (5 papers)
Partner nations
United KingdomGermanyUnited States

In The Last Decade

Richard E. Brazier

162 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Richard E. Brazier's Hit Papers

Ultra-fine grain landscape-scale quantification of dryland vegetation structure with drone-acquired structure-from-motion photogrammetry 2016 · 308 citations
3080+6+12Years since publication2505007501k
What are hit papers?

Paper score: A paper's citations measured against the top-1% bar of its own field and year: the square root of citations ÷ bar, so 1 means right at the bar and 2 means four times its citations. The bar blends the citation counts that enter the top 1% of the paper's subfields in its year (weighted 89.5%), of those subfields over all years (0.5%) and of its year across all fields (10%); a subfield and year with fewer than 400 papers takes its year's bar. Papers from 2026 are not scored yet: in an unfinished year, when a paper appeared matters more than how it is cited.

Hit paper: A paper cited at least 1.5× the top-1% bar of its field and year: a paper score of at least √1.5.

  1. 2016 Remote Sensing of Environment
  2. 2008 Water Research

Peers

Richard E. Brazier
Comparison fields: 5 of 110
  • Soil Science 2.2k
  • Ecology 2.3k
  • Environmental Chemistry 770
  • Water Science and Technology 990
  • Environmental Engineering 600
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Paul D. Brooks United States
John Wainwright United Kingdom
Kristof Van Oost Belgium
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Mark A. Nearing United States
T. P. Burt United Kingdom
Martin Forsius Finland
Jerry C. Ritchie United States
Werner Eugster Switzerland
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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1
Understanding the influence of suspended solids on water quality and aquatic biota
Water Research ·Gary S. Bilotta, Richard E. Brazier
Hit paper breakdown →		20081018
2
Linking environmental régimes, space and time: Interpretations of structural and functional connectivity
Geomorphology ·John Wainwright, Laura Turnbull, Tristan G. Ibrahim, Irantzu Lexartza‐Artza, Steven F. Thornton, Richard E. Brazier
2010335
3
The Impacts of Grazing Animals on the Quality of Soils, Vegetation, and Surface Waters in Intensively Managed Grasslands
Advances in agronomy ·Gary S. Bilotta, Richard E. Brazier, Philip M. Haygarth
2007315
4
Ultra-fine grain landscape-scale quantification of dryland vegetation structure with drone-acquired structure-from-motion photogrammetry
Remote Sensing of Environment ·Andrew M. Cunliffe, Richard E. Brazier, Karen Anderson
Hit paper breakdown →		2016308
5
A conceptual framework for understanding semi‐arid land degradation: ecohydrological interactions across multiple‐space and time scales
Ecohydrology ·Laura Turnbull, John Wainwright, Richard E. Brazier
2008269
6
Natural vs anthropogenic streams in Europe: History, ecology and implications for restoration, river-rewilding and riverine ecosystem services
Earth-Science Reviews ·Antony Gavin Brown, Laurent Lespez, David Sear, Jean‐Jacques Macaire, Peter Houben, Kazimierz Klimek, Richard E. Brazier, Kristof Van Oost
2018223
7
Scale relationships in hillslope runoff and erosion
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Anthony John Parsons, Richard E. Brazier, John Wainwright, D. Mark Powell
2006213
8
Beaver: Nature's ecosystem engineers
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water ·Richard E. Brazier, Alan K. Puttock, Hugh A. Graham, Roger Edward Auster, Kye H. Davies, Chryssa M. L. Brown
2020184
9
Equifinality and uncertainty in physically based soil erosion models: application of the GLUE methodology to WEPP-the Water Erosion Prediction Project-for sites in the UK and USA
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Richard E. Brazier, Keith John Beven, Jim E. Freer, John S. Rowan
2000164
10
Eurasian beaver activity increases water storage, attenuates flow and mitigates diffuse pollution from intensively-managed grasslands
The Science of The Total Environment ·Alan K. Puttock, Hugh A. Graham, Andrew M. Cunliffe, Richard E. Brazier +1 other
2016158
11
Is sediment delivery a fallacy?
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Anthony John Parsons, John Wainwright, Richard E. Brazier, D. Mark Powell
2006130
12
Changes in hydrology and erosion over a transition from grassland to shrubland
Hydrological Processes ·Laura Turnbull, John Wainwright, Richard E. Brazier
2009103
13
A conceptual model for determining soil erosion by water
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Anthony John Parsons, John Wainwright, D. Mark Powell, Jörg Kaduk, Richard E. Brazier
2004102
14
A transport‐distance approach to scaling erosion rates: 1. Background and model development
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·John Wainwright, Anthony John Parsons, Eva N. Müller, Richard E. Brazier, D. Mark Powell, Bantigegne Fenti
200886
15
Ensemble evaluation of hydrological model hypotheses
Water Resources Research ·Tobias Krueger, Jim E. Freer, John Norman Quinton, C. J. A. Macleod, Gary S. Bilotta, Richard E. Brazier, Philip M. Haygarth +1 other
201086
16
Processes affecting transfer of sediment and colloids, with associated phosphorus, from intensively farmed grasslands: an overview of key issues
Hydrological Processes ·Philip M. Haygarth, Gary S. Bilotta, Roland A. Bol, Richard E. Brazier, P. J. Butler, Jim E. Freer, Laura J. Gimbert, Steven J. Granger
200685
17
Testing the utility of structure‐from‐motion photogrammetry reconstructions using small unmanned aerial vehicles and ground photography to estimate the extent of upland soil erosion
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms ·Miriam Glendell, Gareth McShane, Luke Farrow, M. R. James, John Norman Quinton, Karen Anderson, Martin Evans, Pia Benaud
201784
18
Uncertainties in Data and Models to Describe Event Dynamics of Agricultural Sediment and Phosphorus Transfer
Journal of Environmental Quality ·Tobias Krueger, John Norman Quinton, Jim E. Freer, C. J. A. Macleod, Gary S. Bilotta, Richard E. Brazier, Philip M. Haygarth +1 other
200977
19
Pathways of runoff and sediment transfer in small agricultural catchments
Hydrological Processes ·C. Deasy, Richard E. Brazier, Ann Louise Heathwaite, R. Hodgkinson
200973
20
Interactions Among Agricultural Production and Other Ecosystem Services Delivered from European Temperate Grassland Systems
Advances in agronomy ·E. S. Pilgrim, C. J. A. Macleod, Martin S. A. Blackwell, Roland A. Bol, David V. Hogan, David Robert Chadwick, Laura Maritza Cardenas, Tom H. Misselbrook
201073

About Richard E. Brazier

Richard E. Brazier is a scholar working on Soil Science, Ecology, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 165 papers that have together received 7.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Soil erosion and sediment transport (59 papers), Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (23 papers), Ecology and biodiversity studies (19 papers), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (18 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (13 papers), Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (10 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (8 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (2.2k citations), Ecology (2.3k citations), Environmental Chemistry (770 citations), Water Science and Technology (990 citations) and Environmental Engineering (600 citations). Richard E. Brazier has collaborated with scholars based in United Kingdom, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Gary S. Bilotta, John Wainwright, Karen Anderson, Laura Turnbull, Philip M. Haygarth, Anthony John Parsons, D. Mark Powell, Alan K. Puttock, Andrew M. Cunliffe and Hugh A. Graham. Their work appears in journals such as Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, Hydrological Processes, The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Hydrology and Geoderma.

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