Alexander Fekete

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
83 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Alexander Fekete is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Fekete has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 42 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 28 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Alexander Fekete's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (50 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (34 papers) and Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (27 papers). Alexander Fekete is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (50 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (34 papers) and Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis (27 papers). Alexander Fekete collaborates with scholars based in Germany, France and Portugal. Alexander Fekete's co-authors include Mahsa Moghadas, Theo Kötter, Simone Sandholz, Asad Asadzadeh, Joern Birkmann, Athanasios T. Vafeidis, Frank Fiedrich, Sylvia Kruse, Thomas Hartmann and Roland Baumhauer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Fekete

80 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Validation of a social vulnerability index in context to ... 2009 2026 2014 2020 2009 2019 2021 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. Validation of a social vulnerability index in context to river-floods in Germany
    2009 419 citations Alexander Fekete Natural hazards and earth system sciences profile →
  2. A multi-criteria approach for assessing urban flood resilience in Tehran, Iran
    2019 257 citations Mahsa Moghadas, Alexander Fekete et al. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction profile →
  3. Here Comes the Flood, but Not Failure? Lessons to Learn after the Heavy Rain and Pluvial Floods in Germany 2021
    2021 137 citations Alexander Fekete, Simone Sandholz profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Fekete Germany 25 1.4k 1.3k 524 319 280 83 2.4k
Irfan Ahmad Rana Pakistan 29 1.3k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 264 0.5× 332 1.0× 387 1.4× 88 2.5k
Omar D. Cardona Colombia 25 1.1k 0.8× 1.2k 0.9× 1.0k 2.0× 333 1.0× 334 1.2× 96 2.8k
Stefan Kienberger Austria 26 1.2k 0.8× 1.0k 0.8× 169 0.3× 439 1.4× 262 0.9× 73 2.5k
Christian Kuhlicke Germany 26 2.2k 1.6× 2.2k 1.6× 243 0.5× 251 0.8× 480 1.7× 76 3.6k
Sue Tapsell United Kingdom 23 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 180 0.3× 150 0.5× 333 1.2× 41 2.2k
Martha Liliana Carreño Tibaduiza Spain 16 743 0.5× 810 0.6× 660 1.3× 228 0.7× 206 0.7× 51 1.7k
Anna Scolobig Switzerland 29 1.5k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 172 0.3× 176 0.6× 331 1.2× 88 2.6k
Jennifer Webb United States 6 1.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.6× 701 1.3× 308 1.0× 223 0.8× 9 3.0k
Matthias Garschagen Germany 30 1.4k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 159 0.3× 434 1.4× 280 1.0× 114 3.0k
Jayant K. Routray Thailand 25 971 0.7× 1.1k 0.8× 179 0.3× 483 1.5× 255 0.9× 67 2.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fekete, Alexander, et al.. (2025). Measuring spatial accessibility to critical infrastructure: The Access Road Identification model. International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection. 49. 100760–100760. 1 indexed citations
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Fekete, Alexander, et al.. (2025). An upscaling multi-level and multi-hazard risk assessment for heat and other natural hazards concerning vulnerable groups in Žilina, Slovakia. Natural Hazards. 121(19). 23021–23053. 1 indexed citations
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Armaș, Iuliana, et al.. (2024). Hinging on the preparedness of first responders. A case study on the 2021 flood operations in Romania. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 116. 105008–105008. 4 indexed citations
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Brito, Mariana Madruga de, Alexander Fekete, Michael Hagenlocher, et al.. (2024). Uncovering the Dynamics of Multi‐Sector Impacts of Hydrological Extremes: A Methods Overview. Earth s Future. 12(1). 13 indexed citations
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Fekete, Alexander, et al.. (2024). Social resilience assessment for urban fires in Guimarães historic center. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 117. 105131–105131. 1 indexed citations
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Moghadas, Mahsa, Alexander Fekete, Abbas Rajabifard, & Theo Kötter. (2023). The wisdom of crowds for improved disaster resilience: a near-real-time analysis of crowdsourced social media data on the 2021 flood in Germany. GeoJournal. 88(4). 4215–4241. 29 indexed citations
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Fiedrich, Frank, et al.. (2023). Spontaneous volunteers and the flood disaster 2021 in Germany: Development of social innovations in flood risk management. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 18(1). 13 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, Mariana Madruga de Brito, Alexander Fekete, et al.. (2022). Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(8). 2655–2672. 14 indexed citations
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Giupponi, Carlo, Anne-Gäelle Ausseil, Stefano Balbi, et al.. (2022). Integrated modelling of social-ecological systems for climate change adaptation. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 3. 18161–18161. 9 indexed citations
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Fekete, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Bridging Gaps in Minimum Humanitarian Standards and Shelter Planning by Critical Infrastructures. Sustainability. 13(2). 849–849. 10 indexed citations
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Fekete, Alexander, et al.. (2021). Increasing flood risk awareness and warning readiness by participation – But who understands what under ‘participation’?. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 57. 102157–102157. 25 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, Alexander Fekete, Iuliana Armaș, et al.. (2020). Swimming alone? Why linking flood risk perception and behavior requires more than “it's the individual, stupid”. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 7(5). 42 indexed citations
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Fekete, Alexander, Joern Birkmann, Axel Dierich, et al.. (2019). Kooperation im Risiko- und Krisenmanagement. Aspekte der Resilienz und Mindestversorgung. UNU Collections (United Nations University). 1 indexed citations
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Fekete, Alexander. (2019). Critical infrastructure and flood resilience: Cascading effects beyond water. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 6(5). 72 indexed citations
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Bachmann, Daniel, et al.. (2018). Resilienz im Hochwasserrisikomanagement. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4 indexed citations
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Fekete, Alexander, et al.. (2014). Adding value to critical infrastructure research and disaster risk management: the resilience concept. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21 indexed citations

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