Carol Farbotko

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Carol Farbotko is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Geography, Planning and Development. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol Farbotko has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 30 papers in Demography and 11 papers in Geography, Planning and Development. Recurrent topics in Carol Farbotko's work include Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (44 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (28 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (11 papers). Carol Farbotko is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (44 papers), Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (28 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (11 papers). Carol Farbotko collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Carol Farbotko's co-authors include Heather Lazrus, Celia McMichael, Karen E. McNamara, Elaine Stratford, Fanny Thornton, Gordon Waitt, Lesley Head, Andrew Harwood, Godfrey Baldacchino and Olivia Dun and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Climate Change and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Carol Farbotko

64 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

The first climate refugees? Contesting global narratives ... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2022 100 200 300
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. The first climate refugees? Contesting global narratives of climate change in Tuvalu
    2011 317 citations Carol Farbotko, Heather Lazrus profile →
  2. Climate mobilities: migration, im/mobilities and mobility regimes in a changing climate
    2022 75 citations Ingrid Boas, Carol Farbotko et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Carol Farbotko Australia 21 1.5k 740 221 177 160 67 1.9k
Adam Grydehøj China 25 713 0.5× 724 1.0× 120 0.5× 138 0.8× 160 1.0× 76 1.4k
Gijsbert Hoogendoorn South Africa 21 843 0.6× 395 0.5× 176 0.8× 81 0.5× 114 0.7× 80 1.3k
Elaine Stratford Australia 19 602 0.4× 359 0.5× 407 1.8× 207 1.2× 215 1.3× 113 1.6k
Carter A. Hunt United States 16 927 0.6× 246 0.3× 170 0.8× 80 0.5× 288 1.8× 44 1.4k
Tialda Haartsen Netherlands 23 857 0.6× 485 0.7× 151 0.7× 48 0.3× 62 0.4× 81 1.6k
Paul Courtney United Kingdom 17 562 0.4× 211 0.3× 282 1.3× 107 0.6× 96 0.6× 59 1.3k
Dennis Conway United States 23 1.0k 0.7× 472 0.6× 169 0.8× 62 0.4× 62 0.4× 68 1.5k
Ruth Fincher Australia 26 1.4k 0.9× 212 0.3× 333 1.5× 202 1.1× 169 1.1× 84 2.4k
Joseph E. Mbaiwa Botswana 22 1.3k 0.9× 495 0.7× 461 2.1× 165 0.9× 315 2.0× 55 2.0k
Aileen Stockdale United Kingdom 22 926 0.6× 764 1.0× 130 0.6× 41 0.2× 51 0.3× 56 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Carol Farbotko

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Fields of papers citing papers by Carol Farbotko

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Carol Farbotko

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All Works

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Farbotko, Carol, et al.. (2024). Fale Pili : a Tuvaluan perspective on mobility justice. 9(2-3). 233–247. 2 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, et al.. (2023). Reclaiming open climate adaptation futures. Nature Climate Change. 13(8). 750–751. 18 indexed citations
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Boas, Ingrid, Carol Farbotko, & Kaderi Noagah Bukari. (2023). The bordering and rebordering of climate mobilities: towards a plurality of relations. Mobilities. 19(3). 521–536. 9 indexed citations
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Davila, Federico, et al.. (2023). Agrifood systems knowledge exchange through Australia‐Pacific circular migration schemes. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies. 10(1-3). 5–27. 1 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, et al.. (2023). Picking fruit is not climate justice. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(1). 4 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol. (2023). Mobilities and Immobilities in Tuvalu: an unexpected pandemic experience?. Australian Geographer. 54(4). 527–532. 1 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, et al.. (2022). A climate justice perspective on international labour migration and climate change adaptation among Tuvaluan workers. Griffith Research Online (Griffith University, Queensland, Australia). 2(1). 10 indexed citations
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Dun, Olivia, Natascha Klocker, Carol Farbotko, & Celia McMichael. (2022). Climate change adaptation in agriculture: Learning from an international labour mobility programme in Australia and the Pacific Islands region. Environmental Science & Policy. 139. 250–273. 14 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, et al.. (2021). Decolonising methodologies: Emergent learning in island research. Geographical Research. 61(1). 96–104. 8 indexed citations
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McMichael, Celia, et al.. (2021). Rising seas, immobilities, and translocality in small island states: case studies from Fiji and Tuvalu. Population and Environment. 43(1). 82–107. 26 indexed citations
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Thornton, Fanny, et al.. (2020). Multiple mobilities in Pacific Islands communities. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 8 indexed citations
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McNamara, Karen E., et al.. (2020). Scholarship students and COVID-19. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, Olivia Dun, Fanny Thornton, Karen E. McNamara, & Celia McMichael. (2020). Relocation planning must address voluntary immobility. Nature Climate Change. 10(8). 702–704. 85 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, et al.. (2019). Indigenous (im)mobilities in the Anthropocene. Mobilities. 14(3). 298–318. 60 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol & Celia McMichael. (2019). Voluntary immobility and existential security in a changing climate in the Pacific. Asia Pacific Viewpoint. 60(2). 148–162. 83 indexed citations
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Maclean, Kirsten, Carol Farbotko, & Cathy Robinson. (2019). Who do growers trust? Engaging biosecurity knowledges to negotiate risk management in the north Queensland banana industry, Australia. Journal of Rural Studies. 67. 101–110. 13 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, Celia McMichael, Olivia Dun, et al.. (2018). Transformative mobilities in the Pacific: Promoting adaptation and development in a changing climate. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies. 5(3). 393–407. 27 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, Elaine Stratford, & Heather Lazrus. (2013). Climate migration and place identities, Race, Affect and Alterity: Rethinking Climate Change-Induced Migration and Displacement, Durham University, 18-19 June. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations
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Farbotko, Carol, et al.. (2011). Envisioning the Archipelago. Research Online (University of Wollongong). 112 indexed citations

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