David Kaczan

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

David Kaczan is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Kaczan has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Ocean Engineering, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in David Kaczan's work include Water resources management and optimization (9 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). David Kaczan is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (9 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (6 papers) and Child Nutrition and Water Access (5 papers). David Kaczan collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Canada. David Kaczan's co-authors include Jennifer Orgill‐Meyer, Wiktor Adamowicz, Brent Swallow, Martin D. Smith, Anna M. Birkenbach, Elizabeth Shapiro‐Garza, Luz Ángela Cuéllar Rodríguez, John Ward, Alexander Pfaff and Jeffery D. Connor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Hydrology and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

David Kaczan

25 papers receiving 867 citations

Hit Papers

The impact of climate change on migration: a synthesis of... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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. The impact of climate change on migration: a synthesis of recent empirical insights
    2019 248 citations David Kaczan, Jennifer Orgill‐Meyer Climatic Change 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 Kaczan United States 12 408 252 226 114 107 25 910
Raymond Yu Wang China 14 394 1.0× 129 0.5× 146 0.6× 102 0.9× 83 0.8× 37 954
Chloe B. Wardropper United States 18 461 1.1× 144 0.6× 121 0.5× 83 0.7× 169 1.6× 55 993
David Tréguer United States 12 194 0.5× 214 0.8× 164 0.7× 77 0.7× 78 0.7× 24 810
Eric Mungatana South Africa 13 230 0.6× 274 1.1× 95 0.4× 82 0.7× 122 1.1× 37 709
Laura Bonzanigo United States 11 210 0.5× 164 0.7× 250 1.1× 102 0.9× 69 0.6× 26 805
Clara Villegas‐Palacio Colombia 17 291 0.7× 151 0.6× 112 0.5× 53 0.5× 119 1.1× 30 729
Catrien Termeer Netherlands 9 536 1.3× 92 0.4× 365 1.6× 101 0.9× 134 1.3× 11 928
Wendy Kenyon United Kingdom 13 379 0.9× 323 1.3× 182 0.8× 54 0.5× 211 2.0× 16 773
Fanglei Zhong China 20 400 1.0× 268 1.1× 101 0.4× 39 0.3× 88 0.8× 65 967
Kelly W. Jones United States 20 691 1.7× 321 1.3× 85 0.4× 58 0.5× 142 1.3× 58 982

Countries citing papers authored by David Kaczan

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Kaczan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Kaczan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Brander, Luke, et al.. (2025). Integrated spatial cost-benefit analysis of large-scale mangrove conservation and restoration in Indonesia. Frontiers in Environmental Science. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Busch, Jonah, Jacob J. Bukoski, Susan C. Cook‐Patton, et al.. (2024). Cost-effectiveness of natural forest regeneration and plantations for climate mitigation. Nature Climate Change. 14(9). 996–1002. 29 indexed citations
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Kaczan, David, William W. L. Cheung, Thomas L. Frölicher, et al.. (2023). Hot Water Rising: The Impact of Climate Change on Indonesia's Fisheries and Coastal Communities. World Bank eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Deng, Huijing, Yizhe Zhang, David Kaczan, et al.. (2023). How has China’s industrial eco-efficiency been improved? Evidence from multi-scale countrywide study. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(26). 69379–69392. 7 indexed citations
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Birkenbach, Anna M., et al.. (2023). Do Catch Shares Increase Prices? Evidence from US Fisheries. Marine Resource Economics. 38(3). 203–228. 8 indexed citations
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Kaczan, David. (2020). Can roads contribute to forest transitions?. World Development. 129. 104898–104898. 23 indexed citations
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Kaczan, David & Pawan G. Patil. (2020). Potential Development Contribution of Fisheries Reform: Evidence From Pakistan. The Journal of Environment & Development. 29(3). 275–305. 8 indexed citations
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Zeff, Harrison B., et al.. (2019). Potential Implications of Groundwater Trading and Reformed Water Rights in Diamond Valley, Nevada. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. 145(6). 4 indexed citations
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Kaczan, David & Jennifer Orgill‐Meyer. (2019). The impact of climate change on migration: a synthesis of recent empirical insights. Climatic Change. 158(3-4). 281–300. 248 indexed citations breakdown →
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Arin, Tijen, et al.. (2019). Nepal - Environment Sector Diagnostic : Path to Sustainable Growth under Federalism. 1–136. 2 indexed citations
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Patil, Pawan G., et al.. (2018). Revitalizing Pakistan’s Fisheries : Options for Sustainable Development. 1–116. 5 indexed citations
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Birkenbach, Anna M., David Kaczan, & Martin D. Smith. (2017). Catch shares slow the race to fish. Nature. 544(7649). 223–226. 132 indexed citations
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Kaczan, David, Brent Swallow, & Wiktor Adamowicz. (2016). Forest conservation policy and motivational crowding: Experimental evidence from Tanzania. Ecological Economics. 156. 444–453. 52 indexed citations
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Ward, John & David Kaczan. (2014). Challenging Hydrological Panaceas: Water poverty governance accounting for spatial scale in the Niger River Basin. Journal of Hydrology. 519. 2501–2514. 16 indexed citations
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Kaczan, David, Brent Swallow, & Wiktor Adamowicz. (2013). Designing a payments for ecosystem services (PES) program to reduce deforestation in Tanzania: An assessment of payment approaches. Ecological Economics. 95. 20–30. 112 indexed citations
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Kaczan, David, et al.. (2013). Climate-Smart Agriculture? A review of current practice of agroforestry and conservation agriculture in Malawi and Zambia. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 47 indexed citations
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Kemp‐Benedict, Eric, Simón Cook, Steve Vosti, et al.. (2011). Connections between poverty, water and agriculture: evidence from 10 river basins. Water International. 36(1). 125–140. 23 indexed citations
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Ogilvie, Andrew, Gil Mahé, John Ward, et al.. (2010). Water, agriculture and poverty in the Niger River basin. Water International. 35(5). 594–622. 50 indexed citations
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Ranjan, Ram, Sorada Tapsuwan, Amgad Elmahdi, & David Kaczan. (2009). Analysis of Land and Water Use Scenarios for the Gnangara Groundwater System. 4 indexed citations
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Connor, Jeffery D., et al.. (2008). Estimating Impacts of Climate Change on Lower Murray Irrigation, Australia. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 3 indexed citations

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