David Benson

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
77 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

David Benson is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Political Science and International Relations and Computational Theory and Mathematics. According to data from OpenAlex, David Benson has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 22 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 18 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics. Recurrent topics in David Benson's work include Policy Transfer and Learning (14 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (13 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (12 papers). David Benson is often cited by papers focused on Policy Transfer and Learning (14 papers), Logic, programming, and type systems (13 papers) and European Union Policy and Governance (12 papers). David Benson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and South Africa. David Benson's co-authors include Andrew Jordan, Oliver Fritsch, Oscar Fitch-Roy, Dave Huitema, Åke Nordlund, Carlo Giupponi, Animesh K. Gain, Ernest G. Manes, Jia‐Liang Le and Hadrian Cook and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Astrophysical Journal and Information Sciences.

In The Last Decade

David Benson

70 papers receiving 994 citations

Hit Papers

What have we Learned from Policy Transfer Research? Dolow... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 50 100 150 200 250
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. What have we Learned from Policy Transfer Research? Dolowitz and Marsh Revisited
    2011 270 citations David Benson, Andrew Jordan profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
David Benson United States 17 340 190 169 168 114 77 1.1k
D. J. G. Farlie United Kingdom 13 419 1.2× 137 0.7× 164 1.0× 133 0.8× 23 0.2× 29 1.4k
Al Gore United States 12 183 0.5× 109 0.6× 222 1.3× 68 0.4× 5 0.0× 36 1.3k
Andy Hines United States 17 78 0.2× 202 1.1× 261 1.5× 92 0.5× 4 0.0× 44 1.2k
Yola Georgiadou Netherlands 19 215 0.6× 257 1.4× 211 1.2× 83 0.5× 2 0.0× 54 1.4k
David A. Mindell United States 15 51 0.1× 48 0.3× 111 0.7× 43 0.3× 19 0.2× 38 888
Seth D. Baum United States 22 184 0.5× 189 1.0× 401 2.4× 186 1.1× 22 0.2× 83 1.5k
Angela Wilkinson United Kingdom 12 36 0.1× 320 1.7× 235 1.4× 57 0.3× 8 0.1× 31 883
David Henderson Australia 24 86 0.3× 195 1.0× 238 1.4× 15 0.1× 18 0.2× 126 2.0k
Kenneth F. Wallis United Kingdom 34 63 0.2× 131 0.7× 124 0.7× 150 0.9× 12 0.1× 101 4.0k
Graciela Chichilnisky United States 23 60 0.2× 262 1.4× 188 1.1× 45 0.3× 49 0.4× 221 2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by David Benson

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Benson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Benson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Fritsch, Oliver, David Benson, & Camilla Adelle. (2020). Three faces of the European Union water initiative : promoting the water framework directive or sustainable development?. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Benson, David, Animesh K. Gain, & Carlo Giupponi. (2019). Moving beyond water centricity? Conceptualizing integrated water resources management for implementing sustainable development goals. Sustainability Science. 15(2). 671–681. 43 indexed citations
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Benson, David & Duncan Russel. (2014). Patterns of EU Energy Policy Outputs: Incrementalism or Punctuated Equilibrium?. West European Politics. 38(1). 185–205. 14 indexed citations
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James, Peter & David Benson. (2013). School Chaplaincy, Secularism and Church–State Separation in a Liberal Democracy. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 33(1). 131–152. 1 indexed citations
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Connelly, James, Graham Smith, David Benson, & Clare Saunders. (2012). Politics and the environment: from theory to practice. 3rd edition. WestminsterResearch (University of Westminster). 5 indexed citations
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Benson, David, Andrew Jordan, & Dave Huitema. (2011). Involving the Public in Catchment Management: An Analysis of the Scope for Learning Lessons from Abroad. Environmental Policy and Governance. 22(1). 42–54. 46 indexed citations
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Benson, David, et al.. (2009). Teaching the Broad, Interdisciplinary Impact of Evolution.. 35(1). 53–57. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, David & Andrew Jordan. (2009). The Scaling of Water Governance Tasks: A Comparative Federal Analysis of the European Union and Australia. Environmental Management. 46(1). 7–16. 23 indexed citations
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Stein, Robert F., et al.. (2007). Solar Magneto-Convection Simulations. Research at the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen). 369. 87.
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Benson, David, et al.. (1991). An Overview of the Common Node Software.. 3. 4 indexed citations
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Benson, David, et al.. (1988). Bisimulation of automata. Information and Computation. 79(1). 60–83. 9 indexed citations
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Benson, David, et al.. (1986). Strong Bisimulation of State Automata. 77–81. 1 indexed citations
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Benson, David, et al.. (1984). Iterative and recursive matrix theories. Journal of Algebra. 86(2). 302–314. 4 indexed citations
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Main, Michael G. & David Benson. (1984). Functional behavior of nondeterministic and concurrent programs. Information and Control. 62(2-3). 144–189. 6 indexed citations
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Main, Michael G. & David Benson. (1983). Denotational semantics for natural language question-answering programs. Computational Linguistics. 9(1). 11–21. 2 indexed citations
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Lorentz, Richard J. & David Benson. (1983). Deterministic and nondeterministic flowchart interpretations. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 27(3). 400–433. 15 indexed citations
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Benson, David. (1979). Parameter passing in nondeterministic recursive programs. Journal of Computer and System Sciences. 19(1). 50–62. 6 indexed citations
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Benson, David. (1975). The basic algebraic structures in categories of derivations. Information and Control. 28(1). 1–29. 23 indexed citations
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Benson, David. (1970). Syntax and semantics: A categorical view. Information and Control. 17(2). 145–160. 16 indexed citations
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Benson, David. (1969). The algebra of derivations and a semithue parser. 1–9. 3 indexed citations

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