J. A. Allan

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

J. A. Allan is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ocean Engineering and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, J. A. Allan has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 14 papers in Ocean Engineering and 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in J. A. Allan's work include Transboundary Water Resource Management (15 papers), Water resources management and optimization (10 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (4 papers). J. A. Allan is often cited by papers focused on Transboundary Water Resource Management (15 papers), Water resources management and optimization (10 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (4 papers). J. A. Allan collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Mexico and Australia. J. A. Allan's co-authors include Sharif S. Elmusa, Chibli Mallat, Stephen Wade, Keith McLachlan, John C. Dewdney, Gerald Blake, Tim Bayliss‐Smith, Edith Penrose, Keith Sutton and Ray Harris and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Ecology, International Journal of Remote Sensing and ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

In The Last Decade

J. A. Allan

59 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Virtual Water: A Strategic Resource Global Solutions to Regional Deficits

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
J. A. Allan United Kingdom	13	600	452	398	243	156	64	1.2k
Jan Lundqvist Sweden	15	623 1.0×	201 0.4×	577 1.4×	243 1.0×	111 0.7×	37	1.4k
Tony Allan United Kingdom	14	536 0.9×	209 0.5×	418 1.1×	327 1.3×	214 1.4×	30	1.3k
M. Ramón Llamas Spain	18	754 1.3×	470 1.0×	725 1.8×	143 0.6×	180 1.2×	54	1.5k
M. Dinesh Kumar India	19	609 1.0×	287 0.6×	608 1.5×	194 0.8×	146 0.9×	86	1.5k
David Seckler United States	16	523 0.9×	152 0.3×	535 1.3×	196 0.8×	94 0.6×	33	1.5k
Carl Gösta Widstrand Sweden	9	515 0.9×	143 0.3×	469 1.2×	179 0.7×	90 0.6×	30	991
Elena López‐Gunn Spain	18	423 0.7×	217 0.5×	492 1.2×	185 0.8×	219 1.4×	44	1.2k
James L. Wescoat United States	20	481 0.8×	108 0.2×	489 1.2×	299 1.2×	232 1.5×	79	1.3k
Robert G. Varady United States	21	445 0.7×	138 0.3×	495 1.2×	521 2.1×	263 1.7×	76	1.5k
Jean‐Daniel Rinaudo France	20	347 0.6×	109 0.2×	429 1.1×	156 0.6×	128 0.8×	63	886

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Allan, J. A.. (2011). Virtual water : tackling the threat to our planet's most precious resource. I.B.Tauris eBooks. 66 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1996). Policy responses to the closure of water resources: regional and global issues. Water Policy. 23–241996312. 40 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1996). Samir Khalaf and Philip S. Khoury (ed.): Recovering Beirut: urban design and post-war reconstruction. (Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East, 47.) xxiii, 279 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993. Guilders 194.25, $111.. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies. 59(3). 627–628. 1 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1996). Water Use and Development in Arid Regions: Environment, Economic Development and Water Resource Politics and Policy. Review of European Community & International Environmental Law. 5(2). 107–115. 35 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1995). The Role of Drought in Determining the Reserve Water Sector in Israel. Insecta mundi. 6 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1995). Global water resource issues. International Affairs. 71(2). 388–389. 7 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1995). Hydropolitics along the Jordan River: scarce water and its impact on the Arab-Israeli conflict. International Affairs. 71(4). 903–903. 37 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1992). Substitutes for water are being found in the Middle East and North Africa. GeoJournal. 28(3). 375–385. 8 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1991). Energy issues and options for developing countries. International Affairs. 67(2). 341–341. 5 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A. & Ray Harris. (1989). Satellite Remote Sensing: An Introduction. Geographical Journal. 155(1). 145–145. 1 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A., et al.. (1988). The Cambridge Atlas of the Middle East and North Africa. Geographical Journal. 154(3). 423–423. 10 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1986). Remote Sensing of Agricultural and Forest Resources from Space. Outlook on Agriculture. 15(2). 65–69. 1 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1986). Science and technology in world development. International Affairs. 63(1). 115–115. 4 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A., et al.. (1985). Understanding Green Revolutions: Agrarian Change and Development Planning in South Asia. Essays in Honour of B. H. Farmer. Geographical Journal. 151(1). 111–111. 8 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1983). Some phases in extending the cultivated area in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Egypt. Middle Eastern Studies. 19(4). 470–481. 6 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1982). Libya Since Independence: Economic and Political Development. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1980). Remote Sensing In Land and Land Use Studies. Geography. 65(1). 35–43. 6 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1980). A review of: “Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation”. By FLOYD F. SABINS, JR. (San Francisco: W. H. Freeman, 1978.) [Pp. 1+426.]. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 1(3). 307–308. 1 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1978). Remote sensing in physical geography. Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment. 2(1). 36–54. 4 indexed citations

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Allan, J. A.. (1976). An unusual view of Early Twentieth Century Benghazi. 7. 57–60. 1 indexed citations

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