Nicholas Watts

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 677 citations indexed

About

Nicholas Watts is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicholas Watts has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 677 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 3 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Nicholas Watts's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (5 papers), International Maritime Law Issues (2 papers) and Environmental Conservation and Management (2 papers). Nicholas Watts is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (5 papers), International Maritime Law Issues (2 papers) and Environmental Conservation and Management (2 papers). Nicholas Watts collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Nicholas Watts's co-authors include Paul Ruyssevelt, Richard Boyd, Jodi D. Sherman, Andrew Smith, Tadj Oreszczyn, Sonia Roschnik, Anne Owen, Matthew J. Eckelman, Ben Ashby and Ian Hamilton and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Research Letters and Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

In The Last Decade

Nicholas Watts

13 papers receiving 641 citations

Hit Papers

Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footpr... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300 400

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nicholas Watts United States 7 419 247 113 110 72 15 677
Frances Mortimer United Kingdom 14 487 1.2× 343 1.4× 69 0.6× 93 0.8× 176 2.4× 21 727
Renee N. Salas United States 15 410 1.0× 229 0.9× 135 1.2× 65 0.6× 68 0.9× 33 874
Richard Boyd United Kingdom 4 497 1.2× 274 1.1× 48 0.4× 111 1.0× 103 1.4× 4 664
Marina Romanello United Kingdom 8 457 1.1× 256 1.0× 45 0.4× 106 1.0× 80 1.1× 17 645
Denis Bard France 18 596 1.4× 149 0.6× 196 1.7× 76 0.7× 91 1.3× 40 1.2k
Emily Senay United States 6 395 0.9× 247 1.0× 51 0.5× 90 0.8× 86 1.2× 14 523
Francesco Mitis Italy 15 234 0.6× 119 0.5× 231 2.0× 47 0.4× 126 1.8× 23 854
Mona Sarfaty United States 15 397 0.9× 292 1.2× 194 1.7× 40 0.4× 82 1.1× 34 791
Sonia Roschnik United Kingdom 6 454 1.1× 259 1.0× 40 0.4× 94 0.9× 73 1.0× 8 586
Antonio Daponte Spain 20 300 0.7× 442 1.8× 88 0.8× 167 1.5× 122 1.7× 73 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicholas Watts

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicholas Watts

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicholas Watts

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

All Works

15 of 15 papers shown
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Kelman, Ilan, et al.. (2021). A review of mental health and wellbeing under climate change in small island developing states (SIDS). Environmental Research Letters. 16(3). 33007–33007. 47 indexed citations
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Roschnik, Sonia, Ben Ashby, Richard Boyd, et al.. (2021). Health care's response to climate change: a carbon footprint assessment of the NHS in England. The Lancet Planetary Health. 5(2). e84–e92. 497 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barros, Enrique, Mathias Bressel, Sandra Hacon, et al.. (2019). Lancet Countdown. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14(41). 2286–2286. 9 indexed citations
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Watts, Nicholas, Markus Amann, Sonja Ayeb‐Karlsson, et al.. (2018). The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health (vol 391, pg 540, 2017). UCL Discovery (University College London). 3 indexed citations
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Watts, Nicholas. (2017). Brexit: Unintended and Unanticipated Consequences. The Round Table. 106(1). 101–103. 2 indexed citations
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Gopinathan, Unni, et al.. (2015). Conceptual and institutional gaps: understanding how the WHO can become a more effective cross-sectoral collaborator. Globalization and Health. 11(1). 46–46. 19 indexed citations
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Wandesforde‐Smith, Geoffrey & Nicholas Watts. (2014). Wildlife Conservation and Protected Areas: Politics, Procedure, and the Performance of Failure Under the EU Birds and Habitats Directives. Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. 17(1-2). 62–80. 8 indexed citations
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Wandesforde‐Smith, Geoffrey & Nicholas Watts. (2013). Wildlife Conservation and Protected Areas: Politics, Procedure and the Performance of Failure Under the EU Birds and Habitats Directive. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations
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Wandesforde‐Smith, Geoffrey, Nicholas Watts, & Arielle Levine. (2010). Wildlife Conservation and Protected Areas: Darwin, Marx, and Modern Science in the Search for Patterns That Connect. Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. 13(4). 357–374. 1 indexed citations
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Canning, John, et al.. (2007). Disciplines in dialogue: disciplinary perspectives on interdisciplinary teaching and learning. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton).
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Watts, Nicholas & Geoffrey Wandesforde‐Smith. (2006). The Law and Policy of Biodiversity Conservation in the Caribbean: Cutting a Gordian Knot. Journal of International Wildlife Law & Policy. 9(3). 209–221. 4 indexed citations
12.
Watts, Nicholas. (1999). The Hare and the Tortoise: Dead in the Heat? Cross-National Differences and Knowledge Gaps in Environmental Policy. Politics and the Life Sciences. 18(2). 266–268. 1 indexed citations
13.
Dear, Michael, et al.. (1988). Resolving Locational Conflicts. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 7(4). 744–744. 6 indexed citations
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Schnaiberg, Allan, Nicholas Watts, & Klaus Zimmermann. (1986). Distributional conflicts in environmental-resource policy. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 69 indexed citations
15.
Watts, Nicholas & Geoffrey Wandesforde‐Smith. (1980). POSTMATERIAL VALUES AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY CHANGE. Policy Studies Journal. 9(3). 346–358. 10 indexed citations

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