Nicole Curato

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
60 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Nicole Curato is a scholar working on Communication, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Nicole Curato has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Communication, 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Nicole Curato's work include Social Media and Politics (26 papers), Disaster Management and Resilience (7 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (6 papers). Nicole Curato is often cited by papers focused on Social Media and Politics (26 papers), Disaster Management and Resilience (7 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (6 papers). Nicole Curato collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United Kingdom and Germany. Nicole Curato's co-authors include Simon Niemeyer, John S. Dryzek, Gideon Lasco, Rebecca Willis, Graham Smith, Selen A. Ercan, Carolyn M. Hendriks, Marit Hammond, Diego Fossati and Andrea Felicetti and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Social Science & Medicine and Environmental Science & Policy.

In The Last Decade

Nicole Curato

55 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Twelve Key Findings in Deliberative Democracy Research

2017 196 citations Nicole Curato, John S. Dryzek et al. profile →
Deliberative democracy and the climate crisis

2022 135 citations Nicole Curato, Graham Smith et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nicole Curato Australia	18	746	596	503	156	104	60	1.5k
Kenneth T. Andrews United States	21	1.4k 1.9×	750 1.3×	456 0.9×	55 0.4×	201 1.9×	31	2.1k
Roberto Gargarella Argentina	16	640 0.9×	960 1.6×	221 0.4×	52 0.3×	85 0.8×	120	1.6k
Katherine J. Cramer United States	11	827 1.1×	747 1.3×	331 0.7×	32 0.2×	47 0.5×	22	1.4k
Michael A. Neblo United States	19	875 1.2×	1.0k 1.7×	1.0k 2.0×	76 0.5×	171 1.6×	65	2.0k
Jane Suiter Ireland	21	750 1.0×	668 1.1×	696 1.4×	103 0.7×	68 0.7×	67	1.5k
Mattias Wahlström Sweden	16	616 0.8×	279 0.5×	237 0.5×	116 0.7×	43 0.4×	30	962
Peter Miller United States	12	733 1.0×	682 1.1×	152 0.3×	39 0.3×	118 1.1×	28	1.6k
Walter J. Nicholls Netherlands	25	1.0k 1.4×	449 0.8×	121 0.2×	44 0.3×	146 1.4×	66	1.7k
David Ryfe United States	15	556 0.7×	277 0.5×	941 1.9×	30 0.2×	110 1.1×	37	1.3k
Neal Caren United States	17	993 1.3×	710 1.2×	509 1.0×	38 0.2×	121 1.2×	33	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Nicole Curato

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nicole Curato

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nicole Curato

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Curato, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Just sortition, communitarian deliberation: Two proposals for grounded climate assemblies. Environmental Science & Policy. 168. 104070–104070. 4 indexed citations

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Gallagher, H. Colin, et al.. (2025). What should we do about staff air travel emissions? Crowdsourcing consensus and understanding division within an Australian university. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 146. 104878–104878.

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Curato, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Citizens’ assemblies in fragile and conflict-affected settings. 1(1). 100005–100005. 1 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole, et al.. (2025). Where next for global climate deliberation: From proof of concept to a role in transformation. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 25. 100280–100280.

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Curato, Nicole, et al.. (2024). Deliberative forums in fragile contexts: Challenges from the field. Politics. 46(1). 60–73. 9 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole, David M. Farrell, Brigitte Geißel, et al.. (2021). Deliberative Mini-Publics. Bristol University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole, et al.. (2021). Deliberative Mini-Publics. Bristol University Press eBooks. 21 indexed citations

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Bächtiger, André, et al.. (2020). Democracy without Shortcuts: Introduction to the Special Issue. Journal of Deliberative Democracy. 16(2). 17 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole, André Bächtiger, Kim Strandberg, & Graham Smith. (2020). Introducing the <i>Journal of Deliberative Democracy</i>. Journal of Deliberative Democracy. 16(1). 2 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole. (2019). Democracy in a Time of Misery. 39 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole. (2019). Democracy in a Time of Misery: From Spectacular Tragedies to Deliberative Action. 12 indexed citations

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Muño, Wolfgang, Gilles Ivaldi, Nicole Curato, et al.. (2018). Populism around the world. Springer eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Lasco, Gideon & Nicole Curato. (2018). Medical populism. Social Science & Medicine. 221. 1–8. 94 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole. (2016). Deliberative Mini-Publics: Innovating Citizens in the Democratic Process. Edited by Kimmo Grönlund, André Bächtiger and Maija Setälä. Colchester: ECPR Press, 2014, 255p.. Perspectives on Politics. 14(3). 859–860. 2 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole. (2016). Flirting with Authoritarian Fantasies? Rodrigo Duterte and the New Terms of Philippine Populism. Journal of Contemporary Asia. 47(1). 142–153. 96 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole. (2016). ‘We haven’t even buried the dead yet’: Ethics of discursive contestation in a crisis situation. Current Sociology. 65(7). 1010–1030. 7 indexed citations

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Ong, Jonathan Corpus & Nicole Curato. (2015). Disasters Can Lift Veils : Five Issues for Sociological Disaster Studies. Figshare. 2 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole. (2014). Participation without Deliberation. University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham). 1(2). 113–121. 1 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole & Simon Niemeyer. (2013). Reaching Out to Overcome Political Apathy: Building Participatory Capacity through Deliberative Engagement. Politics & Policy. 41(3). 355–383. 23 indexed citations

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Curato, Nicole. (2010). Addressing the Absence of Masculine- Sensitive Research Methods Reflections from Interviewing Military Men. 62(2). 245–275. 2 indexed citations

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