Megersa Abate

618 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 392 citations indexed

About

Megersa Abate is a scholar working on General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Strategy and Management and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Megersa Abate has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 392 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5 papers in Strategy and Management and 3 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Megersa Abate's work include Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (5 papers), Transport and Economic Policies (5 papers) and International Law and Aviation (3 papers). Megersa Abate is often cited by papers focused on Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends (5 papers), Transport and Economic Policies (5 papers) and International Law and Aviation (3 papers). Megersa Abate collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and United Kingdom. Megersa Abate's co-authors include Panayotis Christidis, Gerard de Jong, Inge Vierth, Eric Pels, Mark Lijesen, Anming Zhang, Apurva Sanghi, Yeon Soo Kim, Daniel Benítez and Yilin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review and Transportation.

In The Last Decade

Megersa Abate

12 papers receiving 367 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Government support to airlines in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 209 citations Megersa Abate, Panayotis Christidis et al. Journal of Air Transport Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Megersa Abate United States	8	209	132	91	74	67	14	392
David Warnock-Smith United Kingdom	14	449 2.1×	85 0.6×	193 2.1×	29 0.4×	156 2.3×	31	562
Hans‐Martin Niemeier Germany	14	387 1.9×	93 0.7×	151 1.7×	25 0.3×	227 3.4×	41	462
Stacey Mumbower United States	9	231 1.1×	75 0.6×	102 1.1×	22 0.3×	47 0.7×	15	324
Frank Fichert Germany	9	289 1.4×	55 0.4×	123 1.4×	26 0.4×	100 1.5×	26	423
Davide Scotti Italy	19	520 2.5×	213 1.6×	176 1.9×	32 0.4×	193 2.9×	39	737
Shanlang Lin China	12	301 1.4×	303 2.3×	261 2.9×	49 0.7×	137 2.0×	30	643
Anca Cristea United States	9	260 1.2×	257 1.9×	97 1.1×	18 0.2×	159 2.4×	19	568
Zheng Lei United Kingdom	15	694 3.3×	156 1.2×	389 4.3×	72 1.0×	282 4.2×	26	845
Yatang Lin Hong Kong	9	343 1.6×	255 1.9×	253 2.8×	41 0.6×	176 2.6×	22	618
Ching-Cheng Chao Taiwan	14	217 1.0×	33 0.3×	99 1.1×	45 0.6×	60 0.9×	20	408

Countries citing papers authored by Megersa Abate

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Megersa Abate

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All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

1.

Cristea, Anca, Megersa Abate, & Daniel Benítez. (2025). Towards a competitive air transport market in Africa: The role of bilateral air service agreements liberalization. Economics of Transportation. 42. 100412–100412.

2.

Abate, Megersa, et al.. (2025). Transport Connectivity for Food Security in Africa: Strengthening Supply Chains. Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks.

3.

Zhang, Yilin, et al.. (2024). What shapes international air transportation in Southern Africa? − The evidence considering the impact of Covid-19. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 186. 104153–104153. 7 indexed citations

4.

Malina, Robert M., et al.. (2022). The Role of Sustainable Aviation Fuels in Decarbonizing Air Transport. Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks. 5 indexed citations

5.

Abate, Megersa & Panayotis Christidis. (2020). The impact of air transport market liberalization: Evidence from EU's external aviation policy. Economics of Transportation. 22. 100164–100164. 18 indexed citations

6.

Abate, Megersa, et al.. (2020). Government support to airlines in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Air Transport Management. 89. 101931–101931. 209 indexed citations breakdown →

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Abate, Megersa, et al.. (2018). Effects of Air Transport Market Liberalisation in the East African Community (EAC). Journal of transport economics and policy. 52(4). 427–445. 2 indexed citations

8.

Sanghi, Apurva, et al.. (2018). Rolling back Russia's spatial disparities : re-assembling the Soviet Jigsaw under a market economy. 1–60. 17 indexed citations

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Abate, Megersa, et al.. (2018). A disaggregate stochastic freight transport model for Sweden. Transportation. 46(3). 671–696. 31 indexed citations

10.

Abate, Megersa. (2016). Economic effects of air transport market liberalization in Africa. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 92. 326–337. 46 indexed citations

11.

Abate, Megersa. (2014). Determinants of Capacity Utilization in Road Freight Transportation. Journal of transport economics and policy. 48(1). 137–152. 4 indexed citations

12.

Vierth, Inge, et al.. (2014). Konkurrensyta land–sjö för svenska godstransporter. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

13.

Abate, Megersa, et al.. (2013). The impact of reliability on the productivity of railroad companies. Transportation Research Part E Logistics and Transportation Review. 51. 41–49. 15 indexed citations

14.

Abate, Megersa & Gerard de Jong. (2013). The optimal shipment size and truck size choice – The allocation of trucks across hauls. Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice. 59. 262–277. 37 indexed citations

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