Charles Wight

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 733 citations indexed

About

Charles Wight is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles Wight has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 733 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ocean Engineering, 6 papers in Water Science and Technology and 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Charles Wight's work include Water resources management and optimization (7 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (6 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 papers). Charles Wight is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (7 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (6 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (3 papers). Charles Wight collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Canada. Charles Wight's co-authors include José Cândido Stevaux, Richard B. Norgaard, Edward Park, Paul A. Baker, Thomas Dunne, Edgardo M. Latrubesse, Jansen Zuanon, Naziano Filizola, Fernando M. d’Horta and Camila C. Ribas and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Ecological Economics and World Development.

In The Last Decade

Charles Wight

10 papers receiving 714 citations

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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.

Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin

2017 519 citations Edgardo M. Latrubesse, Eugênio Arima et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Charles Wight United Kingdom	6	246	233	226	187	138	11	733
Birgitta Malm‐Renöfält Sweden	12	385 1.6×	573 2.5×	220 1.0×	471 2.5×	104 0.8×	21	1.0k
So Nam United States	6	350 1.4×	327 1.4×	297 1.3×	463 2.5×	173 1.3×	10	1000
Leonardo Sáenz United States	9	199 0.8×	149 0.6×	293 1.3×	99 0.5×	88 0.6×	10	557
Jeffrey J. Opperman United States	19	598 2.4×	651 2.8×	556 2.5×	495 2.6×	184 1.3×	27	1.4k
Helen L. Moggridge United Kingdom	13	197 0.8×	498 2.1×	261 1.2×	259 1.4×	44 0.3×	20	862
Marc Goichot France	13	172 0.7×	740 3.2×	241 1.1×	88 0.5×	33 0.2×	16	1.2k
Zafar Adeel Canada	11	109 0.4×	304 1.3×	397 1.8×	146 0.8×	56 0.4×	38	975
Héctor Angarita United States	7	148 0.6×	88 0.4×	230 1.0×	244 1.3×	73 0.5×	15	550
Jorma Koponen Finland	16	688 2.8×	475 2.0×	655 2.9×	165 0.9×	178 1.3×	39	1.4k
Văn Phạm Đăng Trí Vietnam	16	306 1.2×	239 1.0×	374 1.7×	28 0.1×	91 0.7×	54	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Charles Wight

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles Wight

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles Wight

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Charles Wight. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Charles Wight 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 Charles Wight. Charles Wight is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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11 of 11 papers shown

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Garrick, Dustin, et al.. (2025). A narrative review of social infrastructure for agricultural groundwater nature-based solutions. Global Sustainability. 8.

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Wight, Charles, et al.. (2025). Targets and trade-offs: Designing environmental water transactions to navigate compounding competition on the San Saba River in Texas. PLOS Water. 4(5). e0000321–e0000321. 1 indexed citations

3.

Wight, Charles, et al.. (2024). Texas water markets: Understanding their trends, drivers, and future potential. Ecological Economics. 224. 108259–108259. 2 indexed citations

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Garrick, Dustin, Soumya Balasubramanya, Melissa Beresford, et al.. (2023). A systems perspective on water markets: barriers, bright spots, and building blocks for the next generation. Environmental Research Letters. 18(3). 31001–31001. 13 indexed citations

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Wight, Charles, et al.. (2021). Mapping incentives for sustainable water use: global potential, local pathways. Environmental Research Communications. 3(4). 41002–41002. 10 indexed citations

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Garrick, Dustin, Nicholas Brozović, Erin O’Donnell, et al.. (2020). Scalable solutions to freshwater scarcity: Advancing theories of change to incentivise sustainable water use. 9. 100055–100055. 38 indexed citations

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Garrick, Dustin, Lucía De Stefano, Winston Yu, et al.. (2019). Rural water for thirsty cities: a systematic review of water reallocation from rural to urban regions. Environmental Research Letters. 14(4). 43003–43003. 114 indexed citations

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Garrick, Dustin, Lucía De Stefano, Winston Yu, et al.. (2019). Rural water for thirsty cities: a systematic review of water reallocation from rural to urban regions. Archive ouverte UNIGE (University of Geneva). 1 indexed citations

9.

Busby, Joshua W., et al.. (2018). In harm's way: Climate security vulnerability in Asia. World Development. 112. 88–118. 32 indexed citations

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Latrubesse, Edgardo M., Eugênio Arima, Thomas Dunne, et al.. (2017). Damming the Rivers of the Amazon Basin. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Latrubesse, Edgardo M., Eugênio Arima, Thomas Dunne, et al.. (2017). Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin. Nature. 546(7658). 363–369. 519 indexed citations breakdown →

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