Nick Middleton

10.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
76 papers, 7.9k citations indexed

About

Nick Middleton is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nick Middleton has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 7.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 26 papers in Earth-Surface Processes and 23 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Nick Middleton's work include Aeolian processes and effects (26 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (22 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (14 papers). Nick Middleton is often cited by papers focused on Aeolian processes and effects (26 papers), Atmospheric aerosols and clouds (22 papers) and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols (14 papers). Nick Middleton collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and Iran. Nick Middleton's co-authors include Andrew Goudie, David S.G. Thomas, Norman Pye, Billie Giles‐Corti, Richard Washington, Martin C. Todd, Troy Sternberg, Jacinta Francis, Takemi Sugiyama and Neville Owen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Nick Middleton

75 papers receiving 7.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

World Atlas of Desertification

1994 1.2k citations Nick Middleton et al. profile →
Saharan dust storms: nature and consequences

2001 861 citations Andrew Goudie, Nick Middleton profile →
Dust-Storm Source Areas Determined by the Total Ozone Monitoring Spectrometer and Surface Observations

2003 574 citations Richard Washington, Martin C. Todd et al. Annals of the Association of American Geographers profile →
Desert Dust in the Global System

2006 448 citations Andrew Goudie, Nick Middleton profile →
Desert dust hazards: A global review

2016 388 citations Nick Middleton profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nick Middleton United Kingdom	38	3.9k	3.5k	2.4k	1.4k	949	76	7.9k
Luc Feyen Italy	58	8.1k 2.1×	3.7k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	471 0.3×	93 0.1×	145	13.2k
Noam Levin Israel	43	3.1k 0.8×	676 0.2×	685 0.3×	537 0.4×	474 0.5×	128	5.9k
Christopher Small United States	41	3.3k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	741 0.3×	961 0.7×	423 0.4×	118	7.3k
Quansheng Ge China	55	5.4k 1.4×	3.4k 1.0×	305 0.1×	805 0.6×	234 0.2×	393	10.5k
Jason Lowe United Kingdom	60	10.1k 2.6×	7.0k 2.0×	1.3k 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	64 0.1×	218	16.4k
Radley M. Horton United States	46	5.3k 1.4×	4.0k 1.1×	814 0.3×	1.7k 1.3×	54 0.1×	129	9.1k
B M Fekete United States	44	5.5k 1.4×	1.9k 0.5×	546 0.2×	305 0.2×	96 0.1×	75	12.3k
Lorenzo Mentaschi Italy	34	2.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	457 0.3×	54 0.1×	82	6.5k
Vicente Barros Argentina	23	6.2k 1.6×	3.0k 0.8×	283 0.1×	717 0.5×	53 0.1×	46	10.0k
Zutao Ouyang China	43	3.2k 0.8×	1.4k 0.4×	168 0.1×	1.4k 1.0×	379 0.4×	140	6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Nick Middleton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nick Middleton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nick Middleton

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Middleton, Nick. (2024). Impacts of dust storms on agriculture: A synthesis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 575. 5001–5001. 2 indexed citations

Middleton, Nick. (2024). Impacts of sand and dust storms on food production. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(2). 22003–22003. 4 indexed citations

Middleton, Nick & Ali Al-Hemoud. (2024). Sand and Dust Storms: Recent Developments in Impact Mitigation. Sustainability. 16(16). 7121–7121. 8 indexed citations

Broomandi, Parya, Byron Crape, Nasime Janatian, et al.. (2022). Assessment of the association between dust storms and COVID-19 infection rate in southwest Iran. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 29(24). 36392–36411. 19 indexed citations

Miri, Abbas, Saeideh Maleki, & Nick Middleton. (2020). An investigation into climatic and terrestrial drivers of dust storms in the Sistan region of Iran in the early twenty-first century. The Science of The Total Environment. 757. 143952–143952. 78 indexed citations

Middleton, Nick. (2020). Health in dust belt cities and beyond—an essay by Nick Middleton. BMJ. 371. m3089–m3089. 19 indexed citations

Giles‐Corti, Billie, Nick Middleton, Bryan Boruff, et al.. (2014). Developing a research and practice tool to measure walkability: a demonstration project. Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 25(3). 160–166. 58 indexed citations

Wood, Lisa, Gavin Pereira, Nick Middleton, & Sarah Foster. (2013). Socioeconomic area disparities in tobacco retail outlet density: a Western Australian analysis. The Medical Journal of Australia. 198(9). 489–491. 36 indexed citations

Giles‐Corti, Billie, Nick Middleton, Bryan Boruff, et al.. (2013). Development and Trial of an Automated Open Source Walkability Index Tool through the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network’s Open Source Portal. UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia). 1–13. 2 indexed citations

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Hooper, Paula, Nick Middleton, Matthew Knuiman, & Billie Giles‐Corti. (2013). Measurement Error in Studies of the Built Environment: Validating Commercial Data as Objective Measures of Neighborhood Destinations. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 10(6). 792–804. 11 indexed citations

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Giles‐Corti, Billie, Fiona Bull, Matthew Knuiman, et al.. (2012). The influence of urban design on neighbourhood walking following residential relocation: Longitudinal results from the RESIDE study. Social Science & Medicine. 77. 20–30. 263 indexed citations

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Villanueva, Karen, Billie Giles‐Corti, Max Bulsara, et al.. (2011). How far do children travel from their homes? Exploring children's activity spaces in their neighborhood. Health & Place. 18(2). 263–273. 119 indexed citations

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Christian, Hayley, Fiona Bull, Nick Middleton, et al.. (2011). How important is the land use mix measure in understanding walking behaviour? Results from the RESIDE study. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 8(1). 55–55. 219 indexed citations

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Saarloos, Dick, Helman Alfonso, Billie Giles‐Corti, Nick Middleton, & Osvaldo P. Almeida. (2010). The Built Environment and Depression in Later Life: The Health In Men Study. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 19(5). 461–470. 82 indexed citations

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Middleton, Nick. (2008). The global casino. 5 indexed citations

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Middleton, Nick. (2005). Hope for the Little Aral Sea. Geographical Review. 21–23. 1 indexed citations

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Washington, Richard, et al.. (2003). 2003: Global dust storm source areas determined by the total ozone monitoring spectrometer and ground observations. UCL Discovery (University College London). 14 indexed citations

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Washington, Richard, Martin C. Todd, Nick Middleton, & Andrew Goudie. (2003). Dust-Storm Source Areas Determined by the Total Ozone Monitoring Spectrometer and Surface Observations. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 93(2). 297–313. 574 indexed citations breakdown →

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Middleton, Nick. (1995). Global casino : introduction to environmental issues. 1 indexed citations

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Middleton, Nick. (1991). Dust storms in the Mongolian People's Republic. Journal of Arid Environments. 20(3). 287–297. 37 indexed citations

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