Malcolm Araos

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 999 citations indexed

About

Malcolm Araos is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Malcolm Araos has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 999 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Malcolm Araos's work include Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (7 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 papers). Malcolm Araos is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (7 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (3 papers). Malcolm Araos collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Malcolm Araos's co-authors include James D. Ford, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Stéphanie Austin, Robbert Biesbroek, Alexandra Lesnikowski, Éric Klinenberg, Liz Koslov, Melanie Flynn, Michelle Maillet and Sarah Moser and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Climate Change and Annual Review of Sociology.

In The Last Decade

Malcolm Araos

16 papers receiving 953 citations

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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.

Climate change adaptation planning in large cities: A systematic global assessment

2016 255 citations Malcolm Araos, Lea Berrang‐Ford et al. Environmental Science & Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Malcolm Araos Canada	14	473	460	173	154	100	16	999
Fiona Miller Australia	18	798 1.7×	449 1.0×	249 1.4×	130 0.8×	124 1.2×	52	1.6k
Missy Stults United States	9	667 1.4×	717 1.6×	261 1.5×	138 0.9×	118 1.2×	12	1.3k
Johanna Nalau Australia	22	867 1.8×	711 1.5×	279 1.6×	99 0.6×	141 1.4×	44	1.6k
Alexandra Lesnikowski Canada	16	632 1.3×	727 1.6×	361 2.1×	140 0.9×	210 2.1×	26	1.4k
Daniel Henstra Canada	21	908 1.9×	852 1.9×	128 0.7×	81 0.5×	157 1.6×	63	1.6k
Tristan Pearce Canada	9	448 0.9×	287 0.6×	245 1.4×	68 0.4×	57 0.6×	10	922
James Arnott United States	14	350 0.7×	398 0.9×	71 0.4×	68 0.4×	65 0.7×	26	942
Marta Berbés‐Blázquez Canada	15	302 0.6×	686 1.5×	89 0.5×	173 1.1×	170 1.7×	26	1.2k
Mook Bangalore United States	14	659 1.4×	572 1.2×	190 1.1×	106 0.7×	301 3.0×	21	1.6k
Arjan Wardekker Netherlands	18	663 1.4×	664 1.4×	96 0.6×	227 1.5×	188 1.9×	31	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Malcolm Araos

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Fields of papers citing papers by Malcolm Araos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Malcolm Araos

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

All Works

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16 of 16 papers shown

Araos, Malcolm, et al.. (2024). The social life of climate projects. Sociological Forum. 39(2). 149–152. 2 indexed citations

Grineski, Sara E., Derek V. Mallia, Timothy W. Collins, et al.. (2024). Harmful dust from drying lakes: Preserving Great Salt Lake (USA) water levels decreases ambient dust and racial disparities in population exposure. One Earth. 7(6). 1056–1067. 13 indexed citations

Araos, Malcolm. (2021). Democracy underwater: public participation, technical expertise, and climate infrastructure planning in New York City. Theory and Society. 52(1). 1–34. 24 indexed citations

Klinenberg, Éric, Malcolm Araos, & Liz Koslov. (2020). Sociology and the Climate Crisis. Annual Review of Sociology. 46(1). 649–669. 82 indexed citations

Ford, James D., et al.. (2019). Pursuing an Indigenous Platform: Exploring Opportunities and Constraints for Indigenous Participation in the UNFCCC. Global Environmental Politics. 19(1). 12–33. 52 indexed citations

Klein, Johannes, et al.. (2018). The role of the private sector and citizens in urban climate change adaptation: Evidence from a global assessment of large cities. Global Environmental Change. 53. 127–136. 64 indexed citations

Ford, James D., et al.. (2017). Readiness for climate change adaptation in the Arctic: a case study from Nunavut, Canada. Climatic Change. 145(1-2). 85–100. 25 indexed citations

Madhavan, Sangeetha, Shelley Clark, Malcolm Araos, & Donatien Béguy. (2017). Distance or location? How the geographic distribution of kin networks shapes support given to single mothers in urban Kenya. Geographical Journal. 184(1). 75–88. 17 indexed citations

Ford, James D., et al.. (2017). The government-led climate change adaptation landscape in Nunavut, Canada. Environmental Reviews. 25(1). 12–25. 24 indexed citations

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Araos, Malcolm, James D. Ford, Lea Berrang‐Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, & Sarah Moser. (2016). Climate change adaptation planning for Global South megacities: the case of Dhaka. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 19(6). 682–696. 59 indexed citations

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Ford, James D., Lea Berrang‐Ford, Malcolm Araos, et al.. (2016). Big data has big potential for applications to climate change adaptation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(39). 10729–10732. 85 indexed citations

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Lesnikowski, Alexandra, James D. Ford, Robbert Biesbroek, et al.. (2016). What does the Paris Agreement mean for adaptation?. Climate Policy. 17(7). 825–831. 89 indexed citations

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Araos, Malcolm, Lea Berrang‐Ford, James D. Ford, et al.. (2016). Climate change adaptation planning in large cities: A systematic global assessment. Environmental Science & Policy. 66. 375–382. 255 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ford, James D., et al.. (2015). Adaptation tracking for a post-2015 climate agreement. Nature Climate Change. 5(11). 967–969. 95 indexed citations

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Araos, Malcolm, Stéphanie Austin, Lea Berrang‐Ford, & James D. Ford. (2015). Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in Large Cities. International Journal of Health Services. 46(1). 53–78. 55 indexed citations

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Austin, Stéphanie, et al.. (2015). Public Health Adaptation to Climate Change in Canadian Jurisdictions. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 12(1). 623–651. 58 indexed citations

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