| River channel management: towards sustainable catchment hydrosystems P Downs, K Gregory Routledge, 2014 | 369 | 2014 |
| Post-project appraisals in adaptive management of river channel restoration PW Downs, GM Kondolf Environmental Management 29, 477-496, 2002 | 345 | 2002 |
| The geomorphology of the Anthropocene: emergence, status and implications AG Brown, S Tooth, JE Bullard, DSG Thomas, RC Chiverrell, AJ Plater, ... Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 42 (1), 71-90, 2017 | 237 | 2017 |
| Identification of river channel change to due to urbanization KJ Gregory, RJ Davis, PW Downs Applied Geography 12 (4), 299-318, 1992 | 197 | 1992 |
| How integrated is river basin management? PW Downs, KJ Gregory, A Brookes Environmental management 15, 299-309, 1991 | 180 | 1991 |
| An interdisciplinary approach to evaluation of potential instability in alluvial channels A Simon, PW Downs Geomorphology 12 (3), 215-232, 1995 | 158 | 1995 |
| Catchment-scale cumulative impact of human activities on river channels in the late Anthropocene: implications, limitations, prospect PW Downs, H Piégay Geomorphology 338, 88-104, 2019 | 131 | 2019 |
| Reach-scale channel sensitivity to multiple human activities and natural events: Lower Santa Clara River, California, USA PW Downs, SR Dusterhoff, WA Sears Geomorphology 189, 121-134, 2013 | 128 | 2013 |
| Fluvial geomorphological analysis of the recruitment of large woody debris in the Yalobusha River network, Central Mississippi, USA PW Downs, A Simon Geomorphology 37 (1-2), 65-91, 2001 | 120 | 2001 |
| The Anthropocene: is there a geomorphological case? AG Brown, S Tooth, RC Chiverrell, J Rose, DSG Thomas, J Wainwright, ... Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 38 (4), 431-434, 2013 | 102 | 2013 |
| Catchment approach to planning channel restoration GM Kondolf, PW Downs River channel restoration: guiding principles for sustainable projects, 129-148, 1996 | 87 | 1996 |
| The sensivity of river channels in the landscape system PW Downs, KJ Gregory Landscape sensivity, 15-30, 1993 | 84 | 1993 |
| Applying fluvial geomorphology to river channel management: Background for progress towards a palaeohydrology protocol KJ Gregory, G Benito, PW Downs Geomorphology 98 (1-2), 153-172, 2008 | 83 | 2008 |
| Rehabilitation of a lowland river: reconciling flood defence with habitat diversity and geomorphological sustainability PW Downs, CR Thorne Journal of Environmental Management 58 (4), 249-268, 2000 | 81 | 2000 |
| Managing reservoir sediment release in dam removal projects: An approach informed by physical and numerical modelling of non‐cohesive sediment PW Downs, Y Cui, JK Wooster, SR Dusterhoff, DB Booth, WE Dietrich, ... International Journal of River Basin Management 7 (4), 433-452, 2009 | 67 | 2009 |
| Bank‐toe processes in incised channels: The role of apparent cohesion in the entrainment of failed bank materials AL Wood, A Simon, PW Downs, CR Thorne Hydrological Processes 15 (1), 39-61, 2001 | 60 | 2001 |
| Restoring ecological integrity in highly regulated rivers: the role of baseline data and analytical references PW Downs, MS Singer, BK Orr, ZE Diggory, TC Church Environmental Management 48, 847-864, 2011 | 55 | 2011 |
| Design principles and suitability testing for rehabilitation in a flood defence channel: the River Idle, Nottinghamshire, UK PW Downs, CR Thorne Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 8 (1), 17-38, 1998 | 53 | 1998 |
| Estimating the probability of river channel adjustment PW Downs Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 20 (7), 687-705, 1995 | 53 | 1995 |
| River channel classification for channel management purposes PW Downs Changing river channels, 347-365, 1995 | 52 | 1995 |
