David Nilsson

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 558 citations indexed

About

David Nilsson is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Nutrition and Dietetics and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Nilsson has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 558 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Political Science and International Relations, 7 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 5 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Nilsson's work include Water Governance and Infrastructure (14 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (5 papers). David Nilsson is often cited by papers focused on Water Governance and Infrastructure (14 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (7 papers) and Water resources management and optimization (5 papers). David Nilsson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, Kenya and United Kingdom. David Nilsson's co-authors include Henrik Ernstson, Mary Lawhon, Jonathan Silver, Shuaib Lwasa, Farzin Golzar, Viktoria Martin, Lewis Sitoki, Mats Engwall, Prosun Bhattacharya and Julian Ijumulana and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Energy Policy and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

David Nilsson

27 papers receiving 507 citations

Hit Papers

Thinking through heterogeneous infrastructure configurations 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 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. Thinking through heterogeneous infrastructure configurations
    2017 262 citations Mary Lawhon, David Nilsson et al. Urban Studies 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 Nilsson Sweden 9 316 193 114 91 51 29 558
Philippe Marin United States 7 126 0.4× 71 0.4× 58 0.5× 61 0.7× 203 4.0× 21 539
Fatine Ezbakhe Spain 10 59 0.2× 22 0.1× 149 1.3× 75 0.8× 74 1.5× 16 421
Alexander Danilenko United States 11 59 0.2× 29 0.2× 136 1.2× 46 0.5× 215 4.2× 13 445
Elvira Morella United States 8 48 0.2× 28 0.1× 73 0.6× 50 0.5× 56 1.1× 12 363
Stephanie Galaitsi United States 13 38 0.1× 12 0.1× 74 0.6× 80 0.9× 101 2.0× 33 522
Xueqian Song China 12 44 0.1× 24 0.1× 11 0.1× 95 1.0× 15 0.3× 32 462
Trynos Gumbo South Africa 10 20 0.1× 45 0.2× 15 0.1× 43 0.5× 4 0.1× 67 284
Garima Jain India 9 20 0.1× 40 0.2× 9 0.1× 70 0.8× 13 0.3× 22 323
Georges Allaert Belgium 7 30 0.1× 40 0.2× 27 0.2× 43 0.5× 18 0.4× 43 271
Fangqu Niu China 13 17 0.1× 45 0.2× 10 0.1× 37 0.4× 5 0.1× 48 502

Countries citing papers authored by David Nilsson

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Nilsson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Nilsson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Nilsson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Nilsson 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 Nilsson. David Nilsson 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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Nilsson, David, et al.. (2024). FlowIBR: Leveraging Pre-Training for Efficient Neural Image-Based Rendering of Dynamic Scenes. Chalmers Research (Chalmers University of Technology). 8016–8026. 2 indexed citations
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Engwall, Mats, et al.. (2023). Operating in the shadowland: Why water utilities fail to manage decaying infrastructure. Utilities Policy. 82. 101557–101557. 8 indexed citations
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Karpouzoglou, Timothy, et al.. (2023). Analysing water provision in the critical interface of formal and informal urban water regimes. Water International. 48(2). 202–216. 2 indexed citations
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Karpouzoglou, Timothy, et al.. (2023). Entrepreneurship and alignment work in the Swedish water and sanitation sector. Technology in Society. 74. 102280–102280. 1 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David, et al.. (2023). Is on-property heat and greywater recovery a sustainable option? A quantitative and qualitative assessment up to 2050. Energy Policy. 182. 113727–113727. 2 indexed citations
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Ernstson, Henrik & David Nilsson. (2022). Towards situated histories of heterogenous infrastructures: Oral history as method and meaning. Geoforum. 134. 48–58. 3 indexed citations
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Bhattacharya, Prosun, Manish Kumar, Md. Tahmidul Islam, et al.. (2021). Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Communities Through Wastewater Surveillance—a Potential Approach for Estimation of Disease Burden. Current Pollution Reports. 7(2). 160–166. 27 indexed citations
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Golzar, Farzin, David Nilsson, & Viktoria Martin. (2020). Forecasting Wastewater Temperature Based on Artificial Neural Network (ANN) Technique and Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis. Sustainability. 12(16). 6386–6386. 43 indexed citations
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Barker, Abigail K., Thor H. Hansteen, & David Nilsson. (2019). Unravelling the Crustal Architecture of Cape Verde from the Seamount Xenolith Record. Minerals. 9(2). 90–90. 4 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David, et al.. (2019). Bridging the critical interface: Ambidextrous innovation for water provision in Nairobi's informal settlements. Technology in Society. 60. 101221–101221. 17 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David, et al.. (2017). On the Need for System Alignment in Large Water Infrastructure : Understanding Infrastructure Dynamics in Nairobi, Kenya. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 17 indexed citations
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Lawhon, Mary, David Nilsson, Jonathan Silver, Henrik Ernstson, & Shuaib Lwasa. (2017). Thinking through heterogeneous infrastructure configurations. Urban Studies. 55(4). 720–732. 262 indexed citations breakdown →
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Nilsson, David. (2016). The Unseeing State: How Ideals of Modernity Have Undermined Innovation in Africa’s Urban Water Systems. NTM Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Wissenschaften Technik und Medizin. 24(4). 481–510. 32 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David, et al.. (2016). Parameterized context windows in Random Indexing. 166–173.
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Nilsson, David, et al.. (2012). A study of Sudoku Solving Algorithms.. 2 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David, et al.. (2012). From “All for some” to “Some for all”? A historical geography of pro-poor water provision in Kampala. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 7(1). 40–57. 12 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David. (2011). Pipes, Progress, and Poverty : Social and Technological Change in Urban Water Provision in Kenya and Uganda 1895-2010. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 8 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David. (2007). Taking flight in 3D [aerospace design]. Manufacturing Engineer. 86(6). 24–26. 1 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David. (2006). Water for a few : a history of urban water and sanitation in East Africa. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Nilsson, David. (2005). The Evolution of Urban Water and Sanitation in East Africa from a Public Goods Perspective. 317–345. 2 indexed citations

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