Gamal Abdo

877 total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 486 citations indexed

About

Gamal Abdo is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Gamal Abdo has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 486 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Water Science and Technology, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Gamal Abdo's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 papers), Water resources management and optimization (5 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (5 papers). Gamal Abdo is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (6 papers), Water resources management and optimization (5 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (5 papers). Gamal Abdo collaborates with scholars based in Sudan, United Kingdom and United States. Gamal Abdo's co-authors include Kevin Wheeler, Edith Zagona, Mohammed Basheer, Jim W. Hall, Simon Dadson, Lars Ribbe, Joseph Kasprzyk, Rebecca Smith, Liang Feng and Keith Haines and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Water Resources Research.

In The Last Decade

Gamal Abdo

15 papers receiving 464 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability

2023 165 citations Paul I. Palmer, Caroline M. Wainwright et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gamal Abdo Sudan	8	205	197	167	141	81	16	486
Piyush Dahal Nepal	9	299 1.5×	184 0.9×	56 0.3×	83 0.6×	114 1.4×	16	584
Phạm Thanh Vũ Vietnam	6	152 0.7×	85 0.4×	37 0.2×	83 0.6×	44 0.5×	51	449
A. Persechino United Kingdom	6	214 1.0×	111 0.6×	54 0.3×	62 0.4×	90 1.1×	7	365
Vincent Odongo Netherlands	13	353 1.7×	194 1.0×	50 0.3×	36 0.3×	130 1.6×	21	554
B. Koné Mali	9	407 2.0×	157 0.8×	53 0.3×	38 0.3×	162 2.0×	20	572
Tô Quang Toản Vietnam	5	143 0.7×	98 0.5×	30 0.2×	78 0.6×	48 0.6×	7	414
Hyunwoo Kang United States	12	405 2.0×	384 1.9×	49 0.3×	42 0.3×	56 0.7×	28	621
Geoffrey Chavula Malawi	12	102 0.5×	108 0.5×	78 0.5×	23 0.2×	29 0.4×	21	381
Abu Saleh Khan Bangladesh	7	241 1.2×	115 0.6×	37 0.2×	70 0.5×	78 1.0×	9	475

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gamal Abdo

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16 of 16 papers shown

1.

Palmer, Paul I., Caroline M. Wainwright, Bo Dong, et al.. (2023). Drivers and impacts of Eastern African rainfall variability. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(4). 254–270. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

2.

Abdo, Gamal, et al.. (2023). Impact of Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on Manufacturing of the Traditional Fired Clay Bricks in Sudan. 12(1).

3.

Abdo, Gamal, et al.. (2022). Challenges Facing Groundwater Management in Sudan. 2(2). 3 indexed citations

4.

Wheeler, Kevin, Marc Jeuland, Kenneth Strzepek, et al.. (2022). Comment on ‘Egypt’s water budget deficit and suggested mitigation policies for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam filling scenarios’. Environmental Research Letters. 17(8). 88003–88003. 11 indexed citations

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Mahé, Gil, Gamal Abdo, Ernest Amoussou, et al.. (2021). The UNESCO FRIEND-Water program: accelerates, shares and transfers knowledge and innovation in hydrology across the world in the frame of the Intergovernmental Hydrological Program (IHP). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 384. 5–18. 3 indexed citations

6.

Basheer, Mohammed, Kevin Wheeler, Nadir Ahmed Elagib, et al.. (2020). Filling Africa’s Largest Hydropower Dam Should Consider Engineering Realities. One Earth. 3(3). 277–281. 27 indexed citations

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Basheer, Mohammed, et al.. (2018). Quantifying and evaluating the impacts of cooperation in transboundary river basins on the Water-Energy-Food nexus: The Blue Nile Basin. The Science of The Total Environment. 630. 1309–1323. 72 indexed citations

8.

Wheeler, Kevin, Jim W. Hall, Gamal Abdo, et al.. (2018). Exploring Cooperative Transboundary River Management Strategies for the Eastern Nile Basin. Water Resources Research. 54(11). 9224–9254. 62 indexed citations

9.

Wheeler, Kevin, Mohammed Basheer, Gamal Abdo, et al.. (2016). Cooperative filling approaches for the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Water International. 41(4). 611–634. 104 indexed citations

10.

Abdo, Gamal. (2012). An Improved Flood Forecasting Model of the Blue Nile River in Sudan.. Arrow - TU Dublin (Technological University Dublin). 2(1). 2 indexed citations

11.

Willems, Patrick, et al.. (2009). Regional Flood Frequency Analysis for the River Nile Basin. Lirias (KU Leuven). 55(4). 555–570. 2 indexed citations

12.

Willems, Patrick, et al.. (2005). Regional flood frequency analysis in the Nile basin. 3 indexed citations

13.

Abdo, Gamal, et al.. (2005). Flood frequency analysis of the Eastern Nile rivers. 5 indexed citations

14.

Kashaigili, Japhet J., et al.. (2003). Groundwater management by using mathematical modeling: case of the Makutupora groundwater basin in dodoma Tanzania. 12(1). 13 indexed citations

15.

Osman, Yassin, Asaad Y. Shamseldin, & Gamal Abdo. (2001). El Niño-Southern Oscillation and Rainfall Variability in Central and Southern Sudan. Water International. 26(2). 177–184. 6 indexed citations

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Shamseldin, Asaad Y., et al.. (1999). Real-Time Flood Forecasting on the Blue Nile River. Water International. 24(1). 39–45. 8 indexed citations

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