Cathy Oke

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 681 citations indexed

About

Cathy Oke is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Cathy Oke has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 681 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Cathy Oke's work include Urban Green Space and Health (7 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (3 papers). Cathy Oke is often cited by papers focused on Urban Green Space and Health (7 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (6 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (3 papers). Cathy Oke collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and United States. Cathy Oke's co-authors include Sarah Bekessy, Niki Frantzeskaki, Christopher D. Ives, Ascelin Gordon, Dave Kendal, Kate Noble, Ernita van Wyk, Camilo Ordóñez, László Pintér and Claire Walsh and has published in prestigious journals such as BioScience, Landscape and Urban Planning and AMBIO.

In The Last Decade

Cathy Oke

11 papers receiving 657 citations

Hit Papers

Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptatio... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 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. Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making
    2019 328 citations Niki Frantzeskaki, Timon McPhearson et al. BioScience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cathy Oke Australia 7 442 356 119 94 86 12 681
Diana Dushkova Germany 12 420 1.0× 473 1.3× 131 1.1× 194 2.1× 54 0.6× 33 761
Sarah Gottwald Germany 11 532 1.2× 302 0.8× 103 0.9× 65 0.7× 130 1.5× 18 777
Athanasios Alexandru Gavrilidis Romania 14 482 1.1× 285 0.8× 118 1.0× 93 1.0× 96 1.1× 29 727
Marcin Spyra Poland 11 529 1.2× 277 0.8× 62 0.5× 113 1.2× 92 1.1× 20 684
Mojca Nastran Slovenia 10 420 1.0× 427 1.2× 189 1.6× 138 1.5× 61 0.7× 15 654
Denisa L. Badiu Romania 8 400 0.9× 308 0.9× 149 1.3× 61 0.6× 65 0.8× 14 562
Sanna‐Riikka Saarela Finland 8 405 0.9× 286 0.8× 126 1.1× 86 0.9× 77 0.9× 16 562
Kirsi Mäkinen Finland 9 353 0.8× 374 1.1× 96 0.8× 98 1.0× 32 0.4× 16 664
Tony Matthews Australia 13 405 0.9× 361 1.0× 255 2.1× 73 0.8× 53 0.6× 36 834
Rik De Vreese Belgium 14 499 1.1× 361 1.0× 68 0.6× 175 1.9× 80 0.9× 23 669

Countries citing papers authored by Cathy Oke

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cathy Oke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Cathy Oke. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Cathy Oke. The network helps show where Cathy Oke may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cathy Oke

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cathy Oke. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cathy Oke based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cathy Oke. Cathy Oke is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Acuto, Michele, et al.. (2024). What three decades of city networks tell us about city diplomacy’s potential for climate action. Nature Cities. 1(7). 451–456. 2 indexed citations
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Bates, Lisa K., Matti Siemiatycki, Tim Bunnell, et al.. (2023). Infrastructure That Connects/Infrastructure That Divides. Planning Theory & Practice. 24(1). 99–130. 3 indexed citations
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Walsh, Brenna, et al.. (2023). Cities and climate change science after Edmonton: Knowledge, people, and organisations' influence and outreach. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. 6. 100231–100231. 2 indexed citations
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Bush, Judy, et al.. (2023). A decade of nature: Evolving approaches to Melbourne’s ‘nature in the city’. Landscape and Urban Planning. 235. 104754–104754. 9 indexed citations
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Frantzeskaki, Niki, Cathy Oke, Guy Barnett, et al.. (2022). A transformative mission for prioritising nature in Australian cities. AMBIO. 51(6). 1433–1445. 23 indexed citations
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Trundle, Alexei, et al.. (2022). Cities and the SDGs: Realities and possibilities of local engagement in global frameworks. AMBIO. 51(6). 1416–1432. 47 indexed citations
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Oke, Cathy, Sarah Bekessy, Niki Frantzeskaki, et al.. (2021). Cities should respond to the biodiversity extinction crisis. npj Urban Sustainability. 1(1). 84 indexed citations
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Frantzeskaki, Niki, Timon McPhearson, Marcus Collier, et al.. (2019). Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making. BioScience. 69(6). 455–466. 328 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ives, Christopher D., et al.. (2017). Spatial scale influences how people value and perceive green open space. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 61(12). 2133–2150. 18 indexed citations
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Ives, Christopher D., et al.. (2017). Capturing residents’ values for urban green space: Mapping, analysis and guidance for practice. Landscape and Urban Planning. 161. 32–43. 161 indexed citations

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