Joseph Trainor

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
58 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Joseph Trainor is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Trainor has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 14 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Joseph Trainor's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (33 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (20 papers) and Disaster Response and Management (14 papers). Joseph Trainor is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (33 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (20 papers) and Disaster Response and Management (14 papers). Joseph Trainor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Jordan. Joseph Trainor's co-authors include Havidán Rodríguez, William Donner, E. L. Quarantelli, Benigno E. Aguirre, James Kendra, Rachel A. Davidson, Linda K. Nozick, Jamie Kruse, Manuel R. Torres and Tricia Wachtendorf and has published in prestigious journals such as Omega, European Radiology and Applied Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Trainor

51 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Disaster Research 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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. Handbook of Disaster Research
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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Joseph Trainor United States 17 1.0k 333 312 170 150 58 1.6k
Havidán Rodríguez United States 12 1.2k 1.2× 304 0.9× 350 1.1× 176 1.0× 104 0.7× 20 1.7k
Michelle A. Meyer United States 15 1.5k 1.4× 547 1.6× 291 0.9× 146 0.9× 167 1.1× 42 2.1k
Brenda D. Phillips United States 18 1.1k 1.1× 288 0.9× 374 1.2× 144 0.8× 138 0.9× 41 1.5k
Tricia Wachtendorf United States 22 923 0.9× 188 0.6× 308 1.0× 132 0.8× 337 2.2× 60 1.8k
David A. McEntire United States 18 1.4k 1.4× 378 1.1× 461 1.5× 209 1.2× 115 0.8× 57 1.9k
Joanne M. Nigg United States 16 962 0.9× 268 0.8× 313 1.0× 152 0.9× 76 0.5× 41 1.2k
Benigno E. Aguirre United States 26 1.8k 1.7× 339 1.0× 330 1.1× 157 0.9× 464 3.1× 103 2.7k
John Twigg United Kingdom 19 1.0k 1.0× 427 1.3× 253 0.8× 53 0.3× 76 0.5× 48 1.5k
James Kendra United States 17 800 0.8× 152 0.5× 327 1.0× 118 0.7× 73 0.5× 62 1.2k
Gisela Wachinger Germany 5 1.1k 1.0× 596 1.8× 143 0.5× 150 0.9× 111 0.7× 8 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Trainor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Trainor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Trainor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Joseph Trainor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Joseph Trainor 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 Joseph Trainor. Joseph Trainor is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Davidson, Rachel A., Meghan Millea, Linda K. Nozick, et al.. (2025). Where and how? The effects of land use policies and building codes in reducing residential hurricane risk. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 122. 105394–105394.
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Davidson, Rachel A., Joseph Trainor, Gil Hardy, et al.. (2025). Modeling household decision-making for structural retrofit processes. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 126. 105643–105643.
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Nozick, Linda K., Meghan Millea, Jamie Kruse, et al.. (2024). Insurability and government-funded mitigation: safer but costlier. The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance Issues and Practice. 50(2). 365–380.
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Murray‐Tuite, Pamela, et al.. (2023). Sequentially modeling household accommodation, destination, and departure time choices. International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters. 41(2-3). 223–240. 1 indexed citations
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Murray‐Tuite, Pamela, et al.. (2023). Modeling Evacuees’ Intended Responses to a Phased Hurricane Evacuation Order. Applied Sciences. 13(8). 5194–5194. 6 indexed citations
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Davidson, Rachel A., et al.. (2023). Single-family housing inventory projection method for natural hazard risk modeling applications. Natural Hazards. 119(1). 409–434. 2 indexed citations
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Davidson, Rachel A., et al.. (2022). Regional county-level housing inventory predictions and the effects on hurricane risk. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(3). 1055–1072. 3 indexed citations
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Edara, Praveen, et al.. (2021). Taking the freeway: Inferring evacuee route selection from survey data. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. 11. 100421–100421. 5 indexed citations
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Bagozzi, Benjamin E., et al.. (2021). US Immigrants’ Experiences with the Covid-19 Pandemic- Findings from Online Focus Groups. Digital Scholarship - UNLV (University of Nevada Reno). 14(1). 3. 2 indexed citations
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Davidson, Rachel A., et al.. (2021). Regional county-level housing inventory predictions and the effects on hurricane risk. 2 indexed citations
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Davidson, Rachel A., et al.. (2021). What Makes Homeowners Consider Protective Actions to Reduce Disaster Risk? An Application of the Precaution Adoption Process Model and Life Course Theory. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 12(3). 312–325. 9 indexed citations
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Clay, Lauren, et al.. (2019). Does Preparedness Matter? The Influence of Household Preparedness on Disaster Outcomes During Superstorm Sandy. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 14(1). 71–79. 12 indexed citations
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Trainor, Joseph, et al.. (2019). Responding to natural disasters vs. disease outbreaks: Do emergency medical service providers have different views?. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 44. 101440–101440. 16 indexed citations
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Trainor, Joseph, et al.. (2018). Pre-Disaster Established Trust and Relationships: Two Major Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Implementing the ICS. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 15(4). 5 indexed citations
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Davidson, Rachel A., et al.. (2018). Homeowner Decisions to Retrofit to Reduce Hurricane-Induced Wind and Flood Damage. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 24(4). 15 indexed citations
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Links, Jonathan M., Brian S. Schwartz, Sen Lin, et al.. (2017). COPEWELL: A Conceptual Framework and System Dynamics Model for Predicting Community Functioning and Resilience After Disasters. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 12(1). 127–137. 79 indexed citations
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Trainor, Joseph, et al.. (2014). Critical Issues in Disaster Science and Management: A Dialogue Between Researchers and Practitioners. Library, Museums and Press - UDSpace (University of Delaware). 10(3). 165–75. 18 indexed citations
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Aguirre, Benigno E., Sue McNeil, & Joseph Trainor. (2008). A Brief Summary of Search and Rescue Literature: A Report to COT Netherlands. European Radiology. 13(2). 354–65. 1 indexed citations
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Trainor, Joseph, et al.. (2006). A Critical Evaluation of the Incident Command System and NIMS. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 3(3). 145 indexed citations

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