Aidan Davison

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Aidan Davison is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Aidan Davison has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 20 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Aidan Davison's work include Urban Green Space and Health (16 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (13 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (12 papers). Aidan Davison is often cited by papers focused on Urban Green Space and Health (16 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (13 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (12 papers). Aidan Davison collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Bulgaria. Aidan Davison's co-authors include JB Kirkpatrick, B. Ronan O’Driscoll, Luke Howard, G.D. Daniels, Charlotte Jones, Renato Schibeci, Anthony J. Taylor, M. J. Duffy, Chloe Lucas and K M Venables and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Aidan Davison

98 papers receiving 3.0k citations

Hit Papers

BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. BTS guideline for emergency oxygen use in adult patients
    2008 458 citations B. Ronan O’Driscoll, Luke Howard et al. Thorax profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aidan Davison Australia 34 889 823 559 444 377 103 3.2k
María Albin Sweden 36 1.9k 2.1× 732 0.9× 230 0.4× 209 0.5× 221 0.6× 183 4.6k
Marina Pollán Spain 50 1.8k 2.0× 1.1k 1.4× 182 0.3× 555 1.3× 546 1.4× 328 10.2k
Marc Sáez Spain 41 2.1k 2.4× 275 0.3× 305 0.5× 79 0.2× 294 0.8× 239 5.7k
Michelle C. Turner Canada 40 4.1k 4.6× 996 1.2× 448 0.8× 188 0.4× 500 1.3× 119 9.0k
John D. Graham United Kingdom 48 293 0.3× 2.2k 2.7× 188 0.3× 161 0.4× 393 1.0× 252 8.0k
Jon D. Erickson United States 50 252 0.3× 671 0.8× 484 0.9× 188 0.4× 360 1.0× 198 9.0k
Jane Zhang United States 35 111 0.1× 183 0.2× 296 0.5× 192 0.4× 306 0.8× 120 5.5k
Mireille B. Toledano United Kingdom 41 2.5k 2.8× 904 1.1× 175 0.3× 105 0.2× 363 1.0× 125 6.4k
Susan J. Smith United Kingdom 41 175 0.2× 289 0.4× 195 0.3× 112 0.3× 1.2k 3.3× 164 5.6k
Anne Kavanagh Australia 48 574 0.6× 285 0.3× 125 0.2× 129 0.3× 881 2.3× 274 7.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aidan Davison

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aidan Davison

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All Works

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Davison, Aidan, et al.. (2025). Obituary: Distinguished Professor Jamie Barrie Kirkpatrick PhD, DSc, AM (1946–2024). Geographical Research. 63(4). 744–745.
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Kirkpatrick, JB, et al.. (2025). COVID‐19 in Australia: Systems resilience and outcome fairness. Geographical Research. 63(3). 363–376.
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Davison, Aidan, et al.. (2025). Transdisciplinary pathways for wildlife conservation: A method for navigating socio‐ecological systems on private lands. People and Nature. 7(3). 596–610. 2 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan, et al.. (2023). Local Ecological Learning: Creating Place-based Knowledge through Collaborative Wildlife Research on Private Lands. Environmental Management. 73(3). 563–578. 3 indexed citations
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Cooke, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Environmental NGOs and Protected Area Conservation in Australia: The Political Consequences of Aligning with Private Interests. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 114(2). 334–351. 5 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan, et al.. (2022). From activism to “not-quite-government”: the role of government and non-government actors in the expansion of the Australian protected area estate since 1990. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 66(8). 1743–1764. 5 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan, et al.. (2022). Professionalisation and the spectacle of nature: Understanding changes in the visual imaginaries of private protected area organisations in Australia. Environment and Planning E Nature and Space. 6(3). 1825–1853. 4 indexed citations
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Kirkpatrick, JB, et al.. (2013). Using Size Class Distributions of Species to Deduce the Dynamics of the Private Urban Forest. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry. 39(2). 20 indexed citations
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O’Driscoll, B. Ronan, et al.. (2011). British Thoracic Society emergency oxygen audits. Thorax. 66(8). 734–735. 47 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan. (2010). Unity in Biodiversity: Reinventing nation and nature in Australia. UTAS Research Repository. 4 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan. (2008). Contesting sustainability in theory–practice: In praise of ambivalence. Continuum. 22(2). 191–199. 23 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan, et al.. (2006). Turbulent times for urban nature: conserving and re-inventing nature in Australian cities. Australian Zoologist. 33(3). 306–314. 30 indexed citations
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Hnizdo, Eva, Jill Murray, & Aidan Davison. (2000). Correlation between autopsy findings for chronic obstructive airways disease and in-life disability in South African gold miners. International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health. 73(4). 235–244. 15 indexed citations
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Chettle, David R., Diana Franklin, M.C. Scott, et al.. (1994). The Use of Multiple Parameters to Characterize Cadmium-Induced Renal Dysfunction Resulting from Occupational Exposure. Environmental Research. 65(1). 22–41. 1 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan & David A. Mulvey. (1992). Idiopathic diaphragmatic weakness.. BMJ. 304(6825). 492–494. 20 indexed citations
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Davison, Aidan, Anthony J. Taylor, David R. Chettle, et al.. (1988). CADMIUM FUME INHALATION AND EMPHYSEMA. The Lancet. 331(8587). 663–667. 134 indexed citations
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Taylor, Robert, Michael W. Parker, Anthony J. Ansford, & Aidan Davison. (1983). Cancer in Solomon Islands 1970-82.. PubMed. 26(2). 102–10. 8 indexed citations

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