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Brian J. Yanites

Earth and Planetary Sciences · Indiana University

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Mid career · publishing since 2005
Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchLandslides and related hazardsHydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesGeological formations and processesSoil erosion and sediment transport

Publications

162

Citations

2,375

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

22

Publishing since 2005

Research summary
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Brian J. Yanites studies how landscapes evolve over time, focusing on how rivers cut through bedrock and how forces like mountain uplift (tectonics), climate, and erosion shape Earth's surface. His work also examines natural hazards such as landslides, floods, and dam failures, and how these events cascade and change river systems. Much of his research combines field studies with computer models, in regions including Taiwan, the Himalaya, the Tibetan Plateau, and the U.S.

Bedrock river incision and landscape evolutionTectonics, uplift, and erosion interactionsNatural hazards (landslides, floods, dam failures)Sediment transport and erosion processesClimate controls on geomorphology

Publication output was high in the late 2010s (14-17 per year) and has slowed to roughly 6 per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

7 earlier awards
  • NSF 2120211Aug 2021 – Jul 2026 · $268k awarded

    Collaborative Research: Climatic and geologic controls on the threshold conditions for bedrock single- and multi-thread channels

  • NSF 2432086Apr 2025 – Mar 2026 · $33k awarded

    Collaborative Research: Data- and model-driven optimization of the SZ4D MultiArray: An on-shore/offshore network for integrated observations of subduction zone geohazards

  • NSF 2041738Jun 2021 – May 2025 · $299k awarded

    Collaborative research: Integrating tectonics, surface processes and paleobiodiversity using numerical and observational approaches

  • NSF 1727736Aug 2017 – Jul 2023 · $318k awarded

    Collaborative Research: FACET: Quantifying the topographic response to tectonic processes in southern Taiwan

  • NSF 1727139Sep 2017 – Aug 2021 · $240k awarded

    Collaborative Research: An integrated mantle to surface study of the causes and consequences of high topography in the Northern US Cordillera

  • NSF 2038072Jul 2020 – Jun 2021 · $22k awarded

    RAPID: Quantifying the fluvial response to cascading dam failures at Edenville and Sanford, Michigan

  • NSF 1251377Jun 2013 – May 2017 · $163k awarded

    Collaborative Research: Linking erosional and climatic processes in regions of active mountain building

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 199 mid career Earth and Planetary Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 2,375cohort median 510
h-index: 25cohort median 10
Publications / year (recent): 6.0cohort median 2.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 56% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 29 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 6.0/year recently
2017: 14 publications172018: 15 publications182019: 16 publications192020: 13 publications202021: 17 publications17212022: 5 publications222023: 6 publications232024: 9 publications242025: 6 publications252026: 4 publications26
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 3 collaborators at the same institution2019: 1 collaborator at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 2 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 1 collaborator at the same institution2025: 1 collaborator at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America×31
  • AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts×19
  • AGUFM×9
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)×8
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface×7
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Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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