Kai Wegerich

1.2k total citations
64 papers, 888 citations indexed

About

Kai Wegerich is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Wegerich has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 888 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 39 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 23 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Wegerich's work include Transboundary Water Resource Management (46 papers), Water resources management and optimization (23 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (19 papers). Kai Wegerich is often cited by papers focused on Transboundary Water Resource Management (46 papers), Water resources management and optimization (23 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (19 papers). Kai Wegerich collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Sri Lanka. Kai Wegerich's co-authors include Jusipbek Kazbekov, Oliver Olsson, Matthias Gaßmann, J. Froebrich, Jonathan Lautze, Jeroen Warner, Rutgerd Boelens, Stijn Speelman, Edwin Rap and Diana Suhardiman and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hydrology and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Kai Wegerich

64 papers receiving 798 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Wegerich Netherlands 18 564 326 294 229 118 64 888
Margaret Wilder United States 16 242 0.4× 197 0.6× 283 1.0× 247 1.1× 87 0.7× 35 823
Rhodante Ahlers Netherlands 17 289 0.5× 486 1.5× 261 0.9× 167 0.7× 42 0.4× 28 876
Naho Mirumachi United Kingdom 20 1.0k 1.8× 425 1.3× 392 1.3× 418 1.8× 216 1.8× 35 1.5k
Shlomi Dinar United States 16 658 1.2× 135 0.4× 308 1.0× 229 1.0× 101 0.9× 41 878
Meredith Giordano Sri Lanka 13 335 0.6× 103 0.3× 257 0.9× 151 0.7× 70 0.6× 25 723
Synne Movik Norway 12 374 0.7× 142 0.4× 106 0.4× 51 0.2× 83 0.7× 36 812
Jeannie Sowers United States 11 280 0.5× 108 0.3× 110 0.4× 155 0.7× 54 0.5× 34 652
Diana Suhardiman Sri Lanka 16 321 0.6× 256 0.8× 128 0.4× 92 0.4× 63 0.5× 41 607
Mikiyasu Nakayama Japan 16 470 0.8× 172 0.5× 127 0.4× 98 0.4× 87 0.7× 93 713
Patrick Huntjens Netherlands 10 201 0.4× 88 0.3× 208 0.7× 152 0.7× 65 0.6× 20 634

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Wegerich

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Wegerich

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Wegerich

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

All Works

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Wegerich, Kai, et al.. (2018). Balancing the Discussion of Benefit Sharing in Transboundary Water Governance: Stressing the Long-Term Costs in an Empirical Example from Central Asia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Theesfeld, Insa, et al.. (2017). Dealing with “Baggage” in Riparian Relationship on Water Allocation: A Longitudinal Comparative Study from the Ferghana Valley. Ecological Economics. 142. 148–162. 4 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai, et al.. (2017). The feminization of agriculture in post-Soviet Tajikistan. Journal of Rural Studies. 57. 128–139. 41 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai, et al.. (2016). Water and Security in Central Asia. Multilingual Matters (Channel View Publications). 2 indexed citations
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Suhardiman, Diana, Mark Giordano, Edwin Rap, & Kai Wegerich. (2014). Bureaucratic reform in irrigation: a review of four case studies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai, et al.. (2014). Institutionalizing inequities in land ownership and water allocations during colonial times in Punjab, Pakistan. Water History. 7(1). 131–146. 6 indexed citations
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Kazbekov, Jusipbek, et al.. (2012). Climate Change in a Small Transboundary Tributary of the Syr Darya Calls for Effective Cooperation and Adaptation. Mountain Research and Development. 32(3). 275–285. 15 indexed citations
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Boelens, Rutgerd, et al.. (2012). Losing the watershed focus: a look at complex community-managed irrigation systems in Bolivia. Water International. 37(7). 744–759. 27 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai, et al.. (2012). Introduction: Water and Security in Central Asia—Solving a Rubik's Cube. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 28(3). 395–397. 10 indexed citations
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Olsson, Oliver, et al.. (2012). Water Quantity and Quality in the Zerafshan River Basin: Only an Upstream Riparian Problem?. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 28(3). 493–505. 8 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai. (2010). Handing over the sunset. External factors influencing the establishment of water user associations in Uzbekistan: Evidence from Khorezm Province. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 17 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai. (2009). The New Great Game: water allocation in post-Soviet Central Asia. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 10(2). 117–123. 5 indexed citations
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Warner, Jeroen, et al.. (2009). Corruption Risks in Water Licensing. With case studies from Chile and Kazakhstan. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 5 indexed citations
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Rycroft, David & Kai Wegerich. (2009). The Three Blind Spots of Afghanistan: Water Flow, Irrigation Development, and the Impact of Climate Change. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 7(4). 115–133. 5 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai, et al.. (2008). Never look a gift horse in the mouth or should you? Upgrading the Hare Irrigation System in Southern Ethiopia. Irrigation and Drainage. 57(4). 470–480. 5 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai. (2008). Passing over the conflict. The Chu Talas basin agreement as a model for Central Asia. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 117–131. 9 indexed citations
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Merrey, Douglas J., et al.. (2007). Policy and institutional reform: the art of the possible. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 193–231. 44 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai. (2004). Coping with disintegration of a river-basin management system: multi-dimensional issues in Central Asia. Water Policy. 6(4). 335–344. 35 indexed citations
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Wegerich, Kai. (2004). Organizational Problems of Water Distribution in Khorezm, Uzbekistan. Water International. 29(2). 130–137. 9 indexed citations

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