David J. Yu

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

David J. Yu is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, David J. Yu has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Ocean Engineering and 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in David J. Yu's work include Water resources management and optimization (20 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (12 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (10 papers). David J. Yu is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (20 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (12 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (10 papers). David J. Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Australia. David J. Yu's co-authors include John M. Anderies, Murugesu Sivapalan, Irene Pérez, Margaret Garcia, Marco A. Janssen, Matthew R. Sanderson, Megan Konar, Hoon C. Shin, Rimjhim Aggarwal and Yongping Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

David J. Yu

50 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Sociohydrology: Scientific Challenges in Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals

2019 305 citations Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Murugesu Sivapalan et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David J. Yu United States	23	661	483	432	420	162	53	1.6k
Marcela Brugnach Netherlands	20	1.0k 1.6×	421 0.9×	425 1.0×	303 0.7×	71 0.4×	58	2.0k
Katherine A. Daniell Australia	21	641 1.0×	294 0.6×	200 0.5×	387 0.9×	60 0.4×	73	1.6k
Frank van Steenbergen Netherlands	22	619 0.9×	403 0.8×	512 1.2×	381 0.9×	69 0.4×	86	2.3k
Neil S. Grigg United States	24	551 0.8×	690 1.4×	700 1.6×	253 0.6×	442 2.7×	205	2.2k
Raffaele Giordano Italy	27	798 1.2×	354 0.7×	378 0.9×	244 0.6×	221 1.4×	65	2.0k
Margaret Garcia United States	18	683 1.0×	584 1.2×	696 1.6×	195 0.5×	116 0.7×	46	1.4k
Joost Buurman Singapore	16	425 0.6×	382 0.8×	325 0.8×	173 0.4×	122 0.8×	34	1.1k
Olivier Barreteau France	21	957 1.4×	540 1.1×	455 1.1×	344 0.8×	67 0.4×	68	2.5k
Maria Rusca Netherlands	26	662 1.0×	510 1.1×	479 1.1×	446 1.1×	112 0.7×	58	2.1k
János J. Bogárdi Germany	24	514 0.8×	594 1.2×	883 2.0×	536 1.3×	157 1.0×	88	2.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David J. Yu

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Shin, Hoon C., et al.. (2025). Rule-mediated connectivity in social-ecological-technological systems: A comparative network analysis of reservoir operation rules in Coyote Valley Dam (United States) and Ameghino Dam (Argentina). Journal of Environmental Management. 374. 124009–124009.

Zipper, Samuel C., Hoon C. Shin, Jillian M. Deines, et al.. (2024). Unlocking aquifer sustainability through irrigator-driven groundwater conservation. Nature Sustainability. 7(12). 1574–1583. 7 indexed citations

Yu, David J., Melissa Haeffner, Hanseok Jeong, et al.. (2022). On capturing human agency and methodological interdisciplinarity in socio-hydrology research. Hydrological Sciences Journal. 67(13). 1905–1916. 18 indexed citations

Marston, Landon, et al.. (2022). The importance of fit in groundwater self-governance. Environmental Research Letters. 17(11). 111001–111001. 17 indexed citations

Shrestha, Ashish, Felipe Augusto Arguello Souza, Samuel Park, et al.. (2022). Socio-hydrological modeling of the tradeoff between flood control and hydropower provided by the Columbia River Treaty. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(19). 4893–4917. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Yongping, Jing Wei, Gen Li, et al.. (2022). A socio-hydrological framework for understanding conflict and cooperation with respect to transboundary rivers. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 26(8). 2131–2146. 17 indexed citations

Chang, Heejun, et al.. (2021). Understanding Urban Flood Resilience in the Anthropocene: A Social–Ecological–Technological Systems (SETS) Learning Framework. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 111(3). 837–857. 22 indexed citations

Yu, David J., et al.. (2021). Desiccation of a saline lake as a lock-in phenomenon: A socio-hydrological perspective. The Science of The Total Environment. 811. 152347–152347. 15 indexed citations

Yu, David J., et al.. (2021). Efficiency-fairness trade-offs in evacuation management of urban floods: The effects of the shelter capacity and zone prioritization. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0253395–e0253395. 13 indexed citations

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Wei, Yongping, et al.. (2021). A socio-hydrologic framework for understanding conflict and cooperation in transboundary rivers. 3 indexed citations

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Tian, Fuqiang, Iolanda Borzì, Jing Wei, et al.. (2021). Socio-hydrologic modeling of the dynamics of cooperation in the transboundary Lancang–Mekong River. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 25(4). 1883–1903. 40 indexed citations

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Shrestha, Ashish, Felipe Augusto Arguello Souza, Samuel Park, et al.. (2021). Socio-hydrological modeling of the tradeoff between flood control and hydropower provided by the Columbia River Treaty.

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Yu, David J., Michael Schoon, Jason K. Hawes, et al.. (2020). Toward General Principles for Resilience Engineering. Risk Analysis. 40(8). 1509–1537. 46 indexed citations

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Yu, David J., Heejun Chang, Taylor Davis, et al.. (2020). Socio-hydrology: an interplay of design and self-organization in a multilevel world. Ecology and Society. 25(4). 24 indexed citations

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Kalantari, Zahra, et al.. (2020). Socio-hydrological Issues Preventing Restoration of the Urmia Lake in Iran. 1 indexed citations

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Borzì, Iolanda, Jing Wei, Dengfeng Liu, et al.. (2020). Socio-Hydrologic Modeling of the Dynamics of Cooperation in the Transboundary Lancang-Mekong River. 2 indexed citations

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Gkritza, Konstantina, et al.. (2018). Exploring the role of worker income and workplace characteristics on the journey to work. International Journal of Sustainable Transportation. 13(8). 553–566. 6 indexed citations

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Ishtiaque, Asif, et al.. (2017). Robust-yet-fragile nature of partly engineered social-ecological systems: a case study of coastal Bangladesh. Ecology and Society. 22(3). 43 indexed citations

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Pérez, Irene, David J. Yu, Marco A. Janssen, & John M. Anderies. (2015). Social roles and performance of social-ecological systems: evidence from behavioral lab experiments. Ecology and Society. 20(3). 10 indexed citations

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Yu, David J., John M. Anderies, Dowon Lee, & Irene Pérez. (2014). Transformation of resource management institutions under globalization: the case of songgye community forests in South Korea.. Ecology and Society. 19(2). 34 indexed citations

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