Nina Lam

6.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Nina Lam is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Nina Lam has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 54 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 36 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 27 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Nina Lam's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (32 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (24 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (23 papers). Nina Lam is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (32 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (24 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (23 papers). Nina Lam collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Brazil. Nina Lam's co-authors include Yi Qiang, Dale A. Quattrochi, Lei Zou, Kam‐biu Liu, Heng Cai, M. F. Goodchild, Soe W. Myint, Volodymyr Mihunov, Margaret Reams and Kenan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Remote Sensing of Environment and Atmospheric Environment.

In The Last Decade

Nina Lam

107 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Nina Lam United States	37	1.9k	1.2k	995	861	626	110	4.9k
Philippe De Maeyer Belgium	47	4.2k 2.2×	1.2k 1.0×	2.0k 2.0×	1.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.9×	409	9.3k
Lin Liu China	39	1.4k 0.8×	946 0.8×	690 0.7×	737 0.9×	815 1.3×	239	5.5k
Jürgen P. Kropp Germany	39	2.2k 1.2×	657 0.5×	647 0.7×	668 0.8×	1.8k 2.8×	128	6.2k
Ashraf Dewan Australia	47	5.5k 2.8×	499 0.4×	1.8k 1.8×	1.3k 1.5×	2.1k 3.4×	159	8.0k
Xiao Huang United States	39	1.5k 0.8×	529 0.4×	622 0.6×	727 0.8×	692 1.1×	289	4.9k
Pascal Peduzzi Switzerland	27	2.9k 1.5×	986 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	610 0.7×	474 0.8×	62	5.1k
John P. Wilson United States	36	1.8k 0.9×	376 0.3×	592 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	1.6k 2.6×	153	6.2k
Zhenghong Tang United States	35	2.2k 1.1×	456 0.4×	675 0.7×	1.3k 1.6×	666 1.1×	173	4.3k
Lei Zou China	29	1.2k 0.6×	788 0.7×	477 0.5×	274 0.3×	341 0.5×	125	2.7k
Lei Wang China	39	2.6k 1.4×	210 0.2×	1.2k 1.2×	1.7k 2.0×	1.2k 2.0×	376	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Nina Lam

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nina Lam

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nina Lam

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lam, Nina, Michelle A. Meyer, Margaret Reams, et al.. (2023). Improving social media use for disaster resilience: challenges and strategies. International Journal of Digital Earth. 16(1). 3023–3044. 21 indexed citations

Reams, Margaret, et al.. (2023). The Use of Social Media by Emergency Stakeholder Groups: Lessons Learned from Areas Affected by Hurricanes Isaac and Sandy. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 20(2). 133–168. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zheye, Nina Lam, Mingxuan Sun, et al.. (2022). A Machine Learning Approach for Detecting Rescue Requests from Social Media. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information. 11(11). 570–570. 4 indexed citations

Shang, Jin, Mingxuan Sun, & Nina Lam. (2020). List-wise Fairness Criterion for Point Processes. Civil War Book Review. 1948–1958. 4 indexed citations

Lam, Nina, Y. Jun Xu, Kam‐biu Liu, et al.. (2018). Understanding the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System: Research Methods, Challenges, and Prospects. Water. 10(8). 1054–1054. 23 indexed citations

Xu, Y. Jun, Nina Lam, & Kam‐biu Liu. (2018). Assessing Resilience and Sustainability of the Mississippi River Delta as a Coupled Natural-Human System. Water. 10(10). 1317–1317. 11 indexed citations

Liu, Kam‐biu, Thomas A. Bianchette, Lei Zou, Yi Qiang, & Nina Lam. (2017). Contribution of recent hurricanes to wetland sedimentation in coastal Louisiana. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 12001. 2 indexed citations

Bianchette, Thomas A., et al.. (2016). Wetland accretion rates along coastal Louisiana: Spatial and temporal variability in light of Hurricane Isaac's impacts. 2016. 2 indexed citations

Twilley, Robert R., Samuel J. Bentley, Qin Chen, et al.. (2016). Co-evolution of wetland landscapes, flooding, and human settlement in the Mississippi River Delta Plain. Sustainability Science. 11(4). 711–731. 115 indexed citations

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Liang, Wei, et al.. (2015). A Two-level Agent-Based Model for Hurricane Evacuation in New Orleans. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 12(2). 407–435. 16 indexed citations

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Qiang, Yi & Nina Lam. (2015). Modeling land use and land cover changes in a vulnerable coastal region using artificial neural networks and cellular automata. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187(3). 57–57. 93 indexed citations

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Lam, Nina, et al.. (2015). Measuring county resilience after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. 8 indexed citations

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Reams, Margaret, et al.. (2012). Achievement of Climate Planning Objectives among U.S. Member Cities of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI). PubMed. 3(4). 137–143. 12 indexed citations

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Reams, Margaret, et al.. (2012). Measuring Capacity for Resilience among Coastal Counties of the U. S. Northern Gulf of Mexico Region. American Journal of Climate Change. 1(4). 194–204. 34 indexed citations

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Lam, Nina, et al.. (2012). Predictors of Business Return in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. PLoS ONE. 7(10). e47935–e47935. 43 indexed citations

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Shu, Yuqin, Nina Lam, & Margaret Reams. (2010). A new method for estimating carbon dioxide emissions from transportation at fine spatial scales. Environmental Research Letters. 5(4). 44008–44008. 25 indexed citations

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Lam, Nina, et al.. (2009). Business Return in New Orleans: Decision Making Amid Post-Katrina Uncertainty. PLoS ONE. 4(8). e6765–e6765. 67 indexed citations

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Emerson, Charles W., Dale A. Quattrochi, Nina Lam, & James E. Arnold. (2002). Spatial Metadata for Global Change Investigations Using Remote Sensing. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Frank W., Dale A. Quattrochi, M. K. Ridd, Nina Lam, & Stephen J. Walsh. (1991). Environmental analysis using integrated GIS and remotely sensed data - Some research needs and priorities. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 57(6). 689–697. 66 indexed citations

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Lam, Nina. (1990). Description and measurement of Landsat TM images using fractals. Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing. 56(2). 187–195. 96 indexed citations

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