Colin Polsky

8.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Colin Polsky is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Colin Polsky has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 10 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Colin Polsky's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (12 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (10 papers). Colin Polsky is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (12 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (10 papers). Colin Polsky collaborates with scholars based in United States, Slovakia and Germany. Colin Polsky's co-authors include Noelle Eckley, James J. McCarthy, Jeanne X. Kasperson, Lindsey Christensen, A. Schiller, Amy Luers, Roger E. Kasperson, B. L. Turner, Pamela A. Matson and Robert W. Corell and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Colin Polsky

48 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science

2003 3.0k citations B. L. Turner, Roger E. Kasperson et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Building comparable global change vulnerability assessments: The vulnerability scoping diagram

2007 447 citations Colin Polsky et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Colin Polsky United States	26	2.9k	1.9k	1.7k	787	698	48	6.1k
Paul van der Linden Netherlands	6	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.5k 0.9×	507 0.6×	1.1k 1.6×	12	7.1k
Amy Luers United States	21	2.7k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	308 0.4×	525 0.8×	36	6.1k
Clair Hanson United Kingdom	7	3.1k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	548 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	8	7.6k
Jürgen Scheffran Germany	45	2.2k 0.7×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	334 0.4×	457 0.7×	222	7.4k
Noelle Eckley United States	11	3.3k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	369 0.5×	592 0.8×	13	6.5k
Michael D. Mastrandrea United States	24	3.3k 1.1×	1.2k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	414 0.5×	841 1.2×	46	7.4k
Hans‐Martin Füssel Germany	19	2.0k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.9k 1.1×	380 0.5×	284 0.4×	37	4.7k
Joern Birkmann Germany	39	4.4k 1.5×	3.7k 1.9×	1.6k 1.0×	527 0.7×	528 0.8×	141	8.9k
Saleemul Huq United Kingdom	40	3.1k 1.1×	3.2k 1.6×	2.6k 1.6×	417 0.5×	534 0.8×	122	7.5k
Jon Barnett Australia	47	2.9k 1.0×	5.5k 2.9×	1.3k 0.8×	699 0.9×	701 1.0×	147	9.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Colin Polsky

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Fields of papers citing papers by Colin Polsky

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Colin Polsky

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

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Newburn, David A., et al.. (2023). Modeling multi-scale influences on household lawncare decisions: Formal and informal neighborhood conforming effects on fertilizer use. Landscape and Urban Planning. 240. 104869–104869. 2 indexed citations

Groffman, Peter M., Dexter H. Locke, Robert J. Johnston, et al.. (2023). Hydro-bio-geo-socio-chemical interactions and the sustainability of residential landscapes. PNAS Nexus. 2(10). pgad316–pgad316. 3 indexed citations

Bloetscher, Frederick, Weibo Liu, Daniel E. Meeroff, et al.. (2021). Establishing a framework of a watershed-wide screening tool to support the development of watershed-based flood protection plans for low-lying coastal communities. Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development. 5(1). 1273–1273. 3 indexed citations

Locke, Dexter H., Colin Polsky, J. Morgan Grove, et al.. (2019). Residential household yard care practices along urban-exurban gradients in six climatically-diverse U.S. metropolitan areas. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0222630–e0222630. 23 indexed citations

Bloetscher, Frederick, et al.. (2016). Assessing Potential Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Public Health and Vulnerable Populations in Southeast Florida and Providing a Framework to Improve Outcomes. Sustainability. 8(4). 315–315. 17 indexed citations

Nelson, Kristen C., et al.. (2016). Lawn enforcement: How municipal policies and neighborhood norms influence homeowner residential landscape management. Landscape and Urban Planning. 150. 16–25. 63 indexed citations

Lin, Kuan‐Hui Elaine & Colin Polsky. (2015). Indexing livelihood vulnerability to the effects of typhoons in indigenous communities in Taiwan. Geographical Journal. 182(2). 135–152. 31 indexed citations

Polsky, Colin, et al.. (2014). Creating Spatially-Explicit Lawn Maps Without Classifying Remotely-Sensed Imagery: The case of suburban Boston, Massachusetts, USA. W&M Publish (College of William & Mary). 7(1). 10. 1 indexed citations

Groffman, Peter M., Jeannine Cavender‐Bares, Neil D. Bettez, et al.. (2014). Ecological homogenization of urban USA. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 12(1). 74–81. 332 indexed citations

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Martin, Deborah, et al.. (2014). Reprint of “The production of urban vacant land: Relational placemaking in Boston, MA neighborhoods”. Cities. 40. 175–182. 28 indexed citations

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Polsky, Colin, J. Morgan Grove, Chris Knudson, et al.. (2014). Assessing the homogenization of urban land management with an application to US residential lawn care. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(12). 4432–4437. 106 indexed citations

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Martin, Deborah, et al.. (2014). Social well‐being and environmental governance in urban neighbourhoods in Boston, MA. Geographical Journal. 181(2). 138–146. 16 indexed citations

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Gober, Patricia, Kelli L. Larson, Ray Quay, et al.. (2012). Why Land Planners and Water Managers Don't Talk to One Another and Why They Should!. Society & Natural Resources. 26(3). 356–364. 58 indexed citations

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Hill, Troy D. & Colin Polsky. (2007). Suburbanization and drought: A mixed methods vulnerability assessment in rainy Massachusetts. Environmental Hazards. 7(4). 291–301. 30 indexed citations

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Polsky, Colin. (2006). Adaptation to the Effects of Suburbanization and drought in Central massachusetts. 3 indexed citations

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Schröter, Dagmar, Colin Polsky, & Anthony Patt. (2005). Assessing vulnerabilities to the effects of global change: an eight step approach. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 10(4). 573–595. 265 indexed citations

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Polsky, Colin. (2004). Putting Space and Time in Ricardian Climate Change Impact Studies: Agriculture in the U.S. Great Plains, 1969–1992. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 94(3). 549–564. 71 indexed citations

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Polsky, Colin. (2003). Climate Change & Sustainable Development: Prospects for Developing Countries. Geographical Review. 538–540. 4 indexed citations

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Turner, B. L., Roger E. Kasperson, Pamela A. Matson, et al.. (2003). A framework for vulnerability analysis in sustainability science. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(14). 8074–8079. 3049 indexed citations breakdown →

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Turner, B. L., Pamela A. Matson, James J. McCarthy, et al.. (2003). Illustrating the coupled human–environment system for vulnerability analysis: Three case studies. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(14). 8080–8085. 450 indexed citations

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