Kira Vinke

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 926 citations indexed

About

Kira Vinke is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Kira Vinke has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 926 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Demography and 2 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Kira Vinke's work include Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (7 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (4 papers). Kira Vinke is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (7 papers), Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (4 papers). Kira Vinke collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and Australia. Kira Vinke's co-authors include Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, T. E. Graedel, Alan Organschi, Barbara K. Reck, Christopher Reyer, Zhu Liu, Galina Churkina, Roman Hoffmann, Barbora Šedová and Himani Upadhyay and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Environmental Change, Nature Sustainability and International Migration.

In The Last Decade

Kira Vinke

11 papers receiving 892 citations

Hit Papers

Buildings as a global carbon sink 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 200 400 600
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. Buildings as a global carbon sink
    2020 615 citations Galina Churkina, Alan Organschi et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers

Kira Vinke
Brenda Vale New Zealand
Elias Hurmekoski Finland
Nina Hagemann Germany
Ahmed Z. Khan Belgium
Darryl Newport United Kingdom
Eric Johnson Switzerland
Michael Acheampong United States
Maibritt Pedersen Zari New Zealand
Stijn van Ewijk United Kingdom
Viktor Sebestyén Hungary
Brenda Vale New Zealand
Kira Vinke
Citations per year, relative to Kira Vinke Kira Vinke (= 1×) peers Brenda Vale

Countries citing papers authored by Kira Vinke

Since Specialization
Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kira Vinke

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kira Vinke

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

All Works

14 of 14 papers shown
1.
Vinke, Kira. (2025). Redrawing Humanity’s Map.
2.
Upadhyay, Himani, Kira Vinke, & Helga Weisz. (2023). “We are still here” climate change, gender and immobility in highly mobile Himalayan communities. Climate and Development. 16(5). 443–457. 10 indexed citations
3.
Hoffmann, Roman, Kira Vinke, & Barbora Šedová. (2023). Strengthening the science–policy interface in the climate migration field. International Migration. 61(5). 75–97. 7 indexed citations
4.
Gleixner, Stephanie, et al.. (2021). Climate Risk Profile: Sahel. A joint publication by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) under the Predictive Analytics project in support of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS). 1 indexed citations
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Bergmann, Jonas, Kira Vinke, Christoph Gornott, et al.. (2021). Too much, too little water: Addressing climate risks, no-analog threats and migration in Peru. Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)). 1 indexed citations
6.
Vinke, Kira, et al.. (2021). Is migration an effective adaptation to climate-related agricultural distress in sub-Saharan Africa?. Population and Environment. 43(3). 319–345. 39 indexed citations
7.
Hoffmann, Roman, Barbora Šedová, & Kira Vinke. (2021). Improving the evidence base: A methodological review of the quantitative climate migration literature. Global Environmental Change. 71. 102367–102367. 84 indexed citations
8.
Bergmann, Jonas, Kira Vinke, Christoph Gornott, et al.. (2021). Assessing the Evidence: Climate Change and Migration in Peru. Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)). 9 indexed citations
9.
Churkina, Galina, Alan Organschi, Christopher Reyer, et al.. (2020). Buildings as a global carbon sink. Nature Sustainability. 3(4). 269–276. 615 indexed citations breakdown →
10.
Vinke, Kira, et al.. (2020). Die Vertreibung aus dem Paradies. Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)). 10–13.
11.
Vinke, Kira, et al.. (2020). Corona and the climate: a comparison of two emergencies. Global Sustainability. 3. 18 indexed citations
12.
Vinke, Kira, Jonas Bergmann, Julia Blocher, Himani Upadhyay, & Roman Hoffmann. (2020). Migration as Adaptation?. Migration Studies. 8(4). 626–634. 80 indexed citations
13.
Vinke, Kira, et al.. (2018). Transformationsfonds für die Nachhaltigkeitswende. Leviathan. 46(3). 309–335. 2 indexed citations
14.
Vinke, Kira, Maria A. Martin, Sophie Adams, et al.. (2016). Climatic risks and impacts in South Asia: extremes of water scarcity and excess. Regional Environmental Change. 17(6). 1569–1583. 60 indexed citations

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