Benjamin Strauss

5.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
39 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Strauss is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Strauss has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Atmospheric Science and 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Strauss's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (15 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (13 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (7 papers). Benjamin Strauss is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (15 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (13 papers) and Geophysics and Gravity Measurements (7 papers). Benjamin Strauss collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Benjamin Strauss's co-authors include Scott Kulp, Claudia Tebaldi, Robert E. Kopp, Chris Eugene Zervas, Michael Oppenheimer, Radley M. Horton, D. J. Rasmussen, J. X. Mitrovica, Christopher M. Little and Jonathan T. Overpeck and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Strauss

37 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding

2019 808 citations Scott Kulp, Benjamin Strauss Nature Communications profile →
Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea‐level projections at a global network of tide‐gauge sites

2014 660 citations Robert E. Kopp, Radley M. Horton et al. Earth s Future profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Strauss United States	21	1.4k	1.4k	946	641	497	39	3.1k
Mahé Perrette Germany	12	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	469 0.5×	507 0.8×	391 0.8×	18	3.0k
Daniël Lincke Germany	27	1.8k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	1.8k 1.9×	753 1.2×	601 1.2×	46	4.1k
Barbara Neumann Germany	13	974 0.7×	606 0.4×	666 0.7×	405 0.6×	482 1.0×	19	2.7k
Sanne Muis Netherlands	28	2.4k 1.7×	2.2k 1.6×	950 1.0×	872 1.4×	329 0.7×	60	3.5k
Kathleen L. McInnes Australia	35	2.3k 1.7×	2.3k 1.7×	924 1.0×	1.4k 2.2×	279 0.6×	89	4.1k
Scott Kulp United States	16	781 0.6×	689 0.5×	491 0.5×	245 0.4×	367 0.7×	31	1.8k
Evangelos Voukouvalas Italy	17	1.3k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	1.4k 1.5×	827 1.3×	178 0.4×	28	2.9k
William Sweet United States	25	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	701 0.7×	727 1.1×	171 0.3×	76	2.3k
Gonéri Le Cozannet France	33	1.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.8×	1.5k 2.3×	305 0.6×	114	3.6k
Paolo Ciavola Italy	30	828 0.6×	884 0.7×	1.8k 1.9×	448 0.7×	212 0.4×	117	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Strauss

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Fields of papers citing papers by Benjamin Strauss

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Strauss

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2025). Sea level rise and flooding of hazardous sites in marginalized communities across the United States. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9711–9711.

Cushing, Lara, et al.. (2023). Toxic Tides and Environmental Injustice: Social Vulnerability to Sea Level Rise and Flooding of Hazardous Sites in Coastal California. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(19). 7370–7381. 17 indexed citations

Buchanan, Maya K., Scott Kulp, & Benjamin Strauss. (2022). Resilience of U.S. coastal wetlands to accelerating sea level rise. Environmental Research Communications. 4(6). 61001–61001. 14 indexed citations

Rasmussen, D. J., Scott Kulp, Robert E. Kopp, Michael Oppenheimer, & Benjamin Strauss. (2022). Popular extreme sea level metrics can better communicate impacts. Climatic Change. 170(3-4). 30–30. 14 indexed citations

Strauss, Benjamin, Philip Orton, Klaus Bittermann, et al.. (2021). Economic damages from Hurricane Sandy attributable to sea level rise caused by anthropogenic climate change. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2720–2720. 115 indexed citations

Rasmussen, D. J., Michael Oppenheimer, Robert E. Kopp, Benjamin Strauss, & Scott Kulp. (2020). Physical extreme sea level metrics may misrepresent future flood risk. 2 indexed citations

Kulp, Scott & Benjamin Strauss. (2019). New elevation data triple estimates of global vulnerability to sea-level rise and coastal flooding. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4844–4844. 808 indexed citations breakdown →

Noland, Robert B., et al.. (2019). Employment accessibility and rising seas. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 77. 560–572. 14 indexed citations

Strauss, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Novel Hydrophobic Coatings for Soiling Mitigation in the PV Industry: Durability and Anti-Soiling Demonstrations. 2899–2903. 5 indexed citations

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Kulp, Scott & Benjamin Strauss. (2017). Rapid escalation of coastal flood exposure in US municipalities from sea level rise. Climatic Change. 142(3-4). 477–489. 49 indexed citations

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Kopp, Robert E., Robert M. DeConto, Daniel Bader, et al.. (2017). Evolving Understanding of Antarctic Ice‐Sheet Physics and Ambiguity in Probabilistic Sea‐Level Projections. Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University). 145 indexed citations

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Strauss, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Learning to Extract Events from Knowledge Base Revisions. 1007–1014. 7 indexed citations

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Strauss, Benjamin, Robert E. Kopp, William Sweet, & Klaus Bittermann. (2016). Unnatural Coastal Floods: Sea level rise and the human fingerprint on U.S. floods since 1950. 8 indexed citations

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Strauss, Benjamin, Scott Kulp, & Anders Levermann. (2015). Carbon choices determine US cities committed to futures below sea level. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 112(44). 13508–13513. 58 indexed citations

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Spratt, Susan E., Bryan C. Batch, Mark N. Feinglos, et al.. (2015). Methods and initial findings from the Durham Diabetes Coalition: Integrating geospatial health technology and community interventions to reduce death and disability. Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology. 2(1). 26–36. 23 indexed citations

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Kopp, Robert E., Radley M. Horton, Christopher M. Little, et al.. (2014). Probabilistic 21st and 22nd century sea‐level projections at a global network of tide‐gauge sites. Earth s Future. 2(8). 383–406. 660 indexed citations breakdown →

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Strauss, Benjamin. (2014). ONLINE TRACKING: CAN THE FREE MARKET CREATE CHOICE WHERE NONE EXISTS?. 13(2). 539. 1 indexed citations

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Wong‐Parodi, Gabrielle, Baruch Fischhoff, & Benjamin Strauss. (2014). A method to evaluate the usability of interactive climate change impact decision aids. Climatic Change. 126(3-4). 485–493. 29 indexed citations

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Weiss, Jeremy, Jonathan T. Overpeck, & Benjamin Strauss. (2011). Implications of recent sea level rise science for low-elevation areas in coastal cities of the conterminous U.S.A.. Climatic Change. 105(3-4). 635–645. 51 indexed citations

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Strauss, Benjamin, et al.. (1998). Design Considerations in Exterior Automotive Courtesy Lighting. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 2 indexed citations

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