Neil Leary

8.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Neil Leary is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Sociology and Political Science and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Neil Leary has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Environmental Engineering, 3 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Neil Leary's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (5 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (3 papers). Neil Leary is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (5 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (3 papers). Neil Leary collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and India. Neil Leary's co-authors include David Jon Dokken, Kasey S. White, Osvaldo Canziani, James J. McCarthy, Suzanne Lenhart, Brian Hurd, Joel B. Smith, Russell Jones, T. J. Wilbanks and Anand Patwardhan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Energy Policy and JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association.

In The Last Decade

Neil Leary

15 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Climate change 2001

2001 1.0k citations James J. McCarthy, Osvaldo Canziani et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Neil Leary United States	9	735	378	355	273	221	15	1.7k
Matthias K. B. Lüdeke Germany	22	785 1.1×	209 0.6×	230 0.6×	301 1.1×	166 0.8×	45	1.5k
J. M. Melillo United States	9	824 1.1×	399 1.1×	174 0.5×	392 1.4×	251 1.1×	20	1.7k
Weston Anderson United States	24	861 1.2×	321 0.8×	546 1.5×	172 0.6×	383 1.7×	51	1.8k
W Ogana	5	1.1k 1.6×	853 2.3×	165 0.5×	348 1.3×	176 0.8×	8	2.3k
Andrew Tait New Zealand	23	689 0.9×	541 1.4×	178 0.5×	235 0.9×	199 0.9×	44	1.7k
Mark Tadross South Africa	26	1.3k 1.8×	645 1.7×	683 1.9×	287 1.1×	223 1.0×	59	2.2k
Xuefeng Cui China	28	1.2k 1.7×	671 1.8×	216 0.6×	529 1.9×	140 0.6×	78	2.2k
Roger Rodrigues Torres Brazil	22	1.1k 1.5×	443 1.2×	239 0.7×	339 1.2×	212 1.0×	51	1.9k
Xiangyang Hou China	21	964 1.3×	222 0.6×	226 0.6×	640 2.3×	321 1.5×	68	2.2k
Mary E. Manning United States	7	582 0.8×	369 1.0×	111 0.3×	326 1.2×	124 0.6×	10	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Neil Leary

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Fields of papers citing papers by Neil Leary

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Neil Leary

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

All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Leary, Neil, et al.. (2018). The challenge of coordinated civic climate change education. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 8(2). 169–178. 4 indexed citations

2.

Leary, Neil, et al.. (2017). Reducing the Nitrogen Footprint of a Small Residential College. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 96–104. 7 indexed citations

3.

Castner, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2017). Defining System Boundaries of an Institution Nitrogen Footprint. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 123–130. 2 indexed citations

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Castner, Elizabeth A., Allison M. Leach, Neil Leary, et al.. (2017). The Nitrogen Footprint Tool Network: A Multi-Institution Program To Reduce Nitrogen Pollution. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 79–88. 22 indexed citations

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Leach, Allison M., et al.. (2017). An Integrated Tool for Calculating and Reducing Institution Carbon and Nitrogen Footprints. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 140–148. 19 indexed citations

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Leary, Neil. (2013). Climate Change and Vulnerability and Adaptation. 2 indexed citations

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Leary, Neil, Kristen Averyt, Bruce Hewitson, & José A. Marengo. (2009). INTRODUCTION Crossing thresholds in regional climate research: synthesis of the IPCC expert meeting on regional impacts, adaptation, vulnerability, and mitigation Neil Leary1,*, Kristen Averyt2, Bruce Hewitson3, Jose Marengo4. Climate Research. 40. 121–131. 8 indexed citations

8.

Patwardhan, Anand, Tom Downing, Neil Leary, & T. J. Wilbanks. (2009). Towards an integrated agenda for adaptation research: theory, practice and policy. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 1(2). 219–225. 33 indexed citations

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McCarthy, James J., Osvaldo Canziani, Neil Leary, David Jon Dokken, & Kasey S. White. (2001). Climate change 2001. 1038 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leary, Neil. (1999). A Framework for Benefit-Cost Analysis of Adaptation to Climate Change and Climate Variability. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 4(3-4). 307–318. 60 indexed citations

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Hurd, Brian, Neil Leary, Russell Jones, & Joel B. Smith. (1999). RELATIVE REGIONAL VULNERABILITY OF WATER RESOURCES TO CLIMATE CHANGE¹. JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association. 35(6). 1399–1409. 98 indexed citations

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Lenhart, Suzanne, et al.. (1998). Effects of global climate change on world agriculture: an interpretive review. Climate Research. 11. 19–30. 386 indexed citations

13.

Scheraga, Joel D. & Neil Leary. (1992). Improving the efficiency of policies to reduce CO2 emissions. Energy Policy. 20(5). 394–404. 12 indexed citations

14.

Leary, Neil. (1991). Soviet steel, the challenge of industrial modernization in the USSR. Journal of Comparative Economics. 15(1). 182–185. 1 indexed citations

15.

Scheraga, Joel D. & Neil Leary. (1991). Efficiency of climate policy. Nature. 354(6350). 193–193. 1 indexed citations

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