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Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation

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Author(s): Ned Randolph
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication year: 2023
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The Story So Far

Short impact summary

Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation (2024), published by University of California Press, has been cited 4 times. Beyond that, it has been downloaded 2,086 times and is discussed on Wikipedia.

Full narrative

Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation by Ned Randolph was published by University of California Press in 2024. Conceptually, the work connects to Land reclamation, Mississippi delta, River delta, Delta and Hydrology (agriculture). The book was recognised: ACLS Open Access Book Prize & Arcadia Open Access Publishing Award finalist (2026) — Environmental Humanities.

OpenAlex records 4 citations. Citations peaked in 2024 with 2 citing works. Notable citing venues include Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Hydrology and Advances in global change research. The citing works include 2 journal articles and 2 book chapters. They come from 6 countries, led by the United States, Australia and Ireland.

It is discussed on Wikipedia (2 mentions). It has been downloaded 2,086 times via OAPEN and Ubiquity Press. Open Library reports a combined count of 2 reading logs and catalog editions. A further 2 mentions appear in other attention signals. Its subject matter aligns with Climate action among the Sustainable Development Goals.

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4
Total Citations
Top 10% Cited
2024–2025
2
Online Mentions
2,086
Downloads (OAPEN)
2023 (Jan–Dec)
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🎓 Academic & Scientific
Scholarly uptake Emerging
🏛 Practical & Real-World
Commercial linkage Strong Sustainability & policy relevance Moderate
Strong (≥0.80) Moderate (0.50–0.79) Emerging (<0.50)

Access Availability

Full text beyond the publisher

2 distinct locations with full-text evidence. Availability is reported by the index and may change.

Reader reception Books

Citation context scite

  • Total: 1
  • Supporting: 0
  • Mentioning: 1
  • Contradicting: 0

Who is citing this work? OpenAlex

Analysis of 4 citing works. Too few citing works yet to say how concentrated they are by institution. See the full list on OpenAlex →

article (2)book-chapter (2) Journal of Environmental Studies and SciencesHydrologyAdvances in global change research
United States (2) Australia (1) Ireland (1) India (1) Sri Lanka (1) Trinidad & Tobago (1)
Institutional sectors
Education (4)
  • Tulane University (1)
  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (1)
  • University of Sri Jayewardenepura (1)
  • University of Moratuwa (1)
  • University of the West Indies (1)
  • Atlantic Technological University (1)
  • Assam University (1)
  • Victoria University (1)
  • Randika K. Makumbura (1)
  • Hazi Mohammad Azamathulla (1)
  • Ned Randolph (1)
  • Nitin Muttil (1)
  • Mrutyunjay Padhiary (1)
  • Upaka Rathnayake (1)
  • Richard Smardon (1)
  • Umanda Hansamali (1)

Open Science Signals PRISM

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Open Peer Review PRISM

  • Status: No explicit PRISM review record returned
  • Interpretation: neutral signal — this does not mean the book had no peer review; only that PRISM returned no explicit title-level review metadata.
  • Publisher context: University of California Press

Online mentions & public discourse Open Web

Community platforms and curated expert sources (newsletters, blogs, podcasts), plus historical Crossref Event Data where locally archived.

Community engagement

Wikipedia (en)
Mardi Gras Indians

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Wikipedia (en)
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Teaching, Practice & Library Adoption

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OpenCourseWare Mentions Google Custom Search

No verified course syllabi found in open university repositories.

Library & Community Access Open Library

Contributors & affiliations OpenAlex

1 author · 0 institutions

Authors

Concepts & topics OpenAlex

13 specific concepts identified.
Land reclamation Mississippi delta River delta Delta Hydrology (agriculture) Geography Environmental science Water resource management Archaeology Geology Engineering Geotechnical engineering Aerospace engineering

UN Sustainable Development Goals OpenAlex

1 targets detected.
Climate action (0.49)

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Citations OpenAlex

4 most recent citing works (newest first)
YearTitleVenueDOI
2025 Leaky Dams as Nature-Based Solutions in Flood Management Part I: Introduction and Comparative Efficacy with Conventional Flood Control Infrastructure Hydrology 10.3390/hydrology12040095
2025 Vulnerability and Resilience to Climate Change in Riverine Ecosystems Advances in global change research 10.1007/978-3-031-85359-3_3
2024 Ned Randolph. Muddy thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: a call for reclamation Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 10.1007/s13412-024-00923-3
2024 Pipeline logics and culpability: Establishing a continuum of harm for Sacrifice Zones Elsevier eBooks 10.1016/b978-0-443-14082-2.00026-0

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