Ken Westgate

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Ken Westgate is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Urban Studies and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Westgate has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Urban Studies and 0 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ken Westgate's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (3 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (2 papers). Ken Westgate is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (3 papers) and Urban and Rural Development Challenges (2 papers). Ken Westgate collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom. Ken Westgate's co-authors include Phil O’Keefe, Ben Wisner, Fred Lerise, Hannah Reid, Jacob Songsore, Mark Pelling, Andrew Maskrey, Allan Lavell and David Satterthwaite and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Long Range Planning and Futures.

In The Last Decade

Ken Westgate

8 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Taking the naturalness out of natural disasters

1976 676 citations Phil O’Keefe, Ken Westgate et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ken Westgate United Kingdom	6	920	471	171	141	110	10	1.2k
Andrew Maskrey Austria	10	841 0.9×	664 1.4×	152 0.9×	143 1.0×	157 1.4×	12	1.5k
John Twigg United Kingdom	19	1.0k 1.1×	427 0.9×	253 1.5×	169 1.2×	74 0.7×	48	1.5k
G.E. Frerks Netherlands	13	909 1.0×	329 0.7×	107 0.6×	83 0.6×	82 0.7×	58	1.3k
Jerry T. Mitchell United States	18	1.2k 1.3×	754 1.6×	127 0.7×	124 0.9×	249 2.3×	52	1.9k
Mathew C. Schmidtlein United States	14	684 0.7×	511 1.1×	72 0.4×	139 1.0×	168 1.5×	17	1.2k
Jessica Mercer Norway	15	1.6k 1.7×	740 1.6×	203 1.2×	100 0.7×	192 1.7×	18	2.2k
Dewald van Niekerk South Africa	19	662 0.7×	317 0.7×	143 0.8×	99 0.7×	43 0.4×	78	1.0k
Robert Bolin United States	9	681 0.7×	277 0.6×	241 1.4×	93 0.7×	88 0.8×	10	882
Melanie Gall United States	16	691 0.8×	655 1.4×	110 0.6×	159 1.1×	255 2.3×	37	1.2k
Samuel Rufat France	14	1.0k 1.1×	850 1.8×	74 0.4×	132 0.9×	178 1.6×	49	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Ken Westgate

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Westgate

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Westgate

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Lavell, Allan, Fred Lerise, Andrew Maskrey, et al.. (2003). From everyday hazards to disasters: the accumulation of risk in urban areas. Environment and Urbanization. 15(1). 193–204. 132 indexed citations

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Westgate, Ken. (2001). Complex Humanitarian Emergencies: Lessons From Practitioners. Transformation An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies. 18(3). 193–194. 1 indexed citations

3.

Westgate, Ken. (1995). Book Reviews. Development in Practice. 5(2). 170–183. 1 indexed citations

4.

Westgate, Ken. (1979). Land‐Use Planning, Vulnerability and the Low‐Income Dwelling. Disasters. 3(3). 244–248. 6 indexed citations

5.

Westgate, Ken. (1978). International disaster relief: Toward a responsive system. Futures. 10(2). 163–163. 2 indexed citations

6.

Westgate, Ken. (1978). Review of the priority subject area: Natural disasters. Futures. 10(2). 163–163. 1 indexed citations

7.

Westgate, Ken. (1978). Reconstruction following disaster. Futures. 10(2). 163–166. 268 indexed citations

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O’Keefe, Phil & Ken Westgate. (1977). Preventive planning for disasters. Long Range Planning. 10(3). 25–29. 6 indexed citations

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Wisner, Ben, Phil O’Keefe, & Ken Westgate. (1977). GLOBAL SYSTEMS AND LOCAL DISASTERS: THE UNTAPPED POWER OF PEOPLES‘ SCIENCE. Disasters. 1(1). 47–57. 86 indexed citations

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O’Keefe, Phil, Ken Westgate, & Ben Wisner. (1976). Taking the naturalness out of natural disasters. Nature. 260(5552). 566–567. 676 indexed citations breakdown →

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