P. Wester

6.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
75 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

P. Wester is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, P. Wester has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ocean Engineering, 27 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in P. Wester's work include Water resources management and optimization (32 papers), Water Governance and Infrastructure (27 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 papers). P. Wester is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (32 papers), Water Governance and Infrastructure (27 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 papers). P. Wester collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Nepal and United Kingdom. P. Wester's co-authors include A. B. Shrestha, Jaime Hoogesteger, François Molle, Peter P. Mollinga, Arabinda Mishra, Aditi Mukherji, Arthur Lutz, Hester Biemans, Walter W. Immerzeel and Jeroen Vos and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

P. Wester

72 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment 2009 2026 2014 2020 2019 2016 2016 2009 2019 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
P. Wester Netherlands 33 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 1.0k 993 75 4.0k
Jeroen Warner Netherlands 33 1.2k 1.0× 1.1k 1.0× 641 0.6× 736 0.7× 2.5k 2.5× 161 4.1k
David Saurı́ Spain 37 2.2k 1.8× 539 0.5× 1.0k 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 689 0.7× 157 5.4k
Pieter van der Zaag Netherlands 39 1.8k 1.5× 533 0.5× 2.4k 2.3× 1.9k 1.8× 934 0.9× 211 5.3k
Julian Clark United Kingdom 28 1.4k 1.1× 371 0.3× 625 0.6× 235 0.2× 568 0.6× 87 3.0k
Golam Rasul Nepal 33 970 0.8× 188 0.2× 1.1k 1.1× 345 0.3× 575 0.6× 89 3.8k
Aditi Mukherji India 21 463 0.4× 290 0.3× 663 0.7× 646 0.6× 372 0.4× 77 2.0k
Gordon McGranahan United Kingdom 24 1.3k 1.0× 507 0.5× 170 0.2× 246 0.2× 982 1.0× 76 4.5k
Andrea K. Gerlak United States 32 1.4k 1.1× 685 0.6× 623 0.6× 660 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 132 4.1k
Jamie Pittock Australia 33 1.4k 1.2× 256 0.2× 1.4k 1.3× 856 0.8× 671 0.7× 161 4.2k
Lucía De Stefano Spain 23 814 0.7× 244 0.2× 776 0.8× 739 0.7× 665 0.7× 66 2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by P. Wester

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Fields of papers citing papers by P. Wester

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of P. Wester

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thornton, James, Roger Sayre, Davnah Urbach, et al.. (2022). Human populations in the world’s mountains: Spatio-temporal patterns and potential controls. PLoS ONE. 17(7). e0271466–e0271466. 22 indexed citations
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Wijngaard, René R., Hester Biemans, Arthur Lutz, et al.. (2018). Climate change vs. socio-economic development: understanding the future South Asian water gap. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 22(12). 6297–6321. 69 indexed citations
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Gruber, Stephan, Renate Fleiner, P. K. Panday, et al.. (2017). Review article: Inferring permafrost and permafrost thaw in the mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region. ˜The œcryosphere. 11(1). 81–99. 107 indexed citations
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Boelens, Rutgerd, Jaime Hoogesteger, E Swyngedouw, Jeroen Vos, & P. Wester. (2016). Hydrosocial territories: a political ecology perspective. Water International. 41(1). 1–14. 441 indexed citations breakdown →
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Baral, Prashant, et al.. (2015). Assessment of permafrost distribution maps in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region using rock glaciers mapped in Google Earth. ˜The œcryosphere. 9(6). 2089–2099. 107 indexed citations
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Wester, P., et al.. (2014). Inside Matters of Facts: Reopening Dams and Debates in the Netherlands. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7(3). 464–479. 4 indexed citations
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Rap, Edwin & P. Wester. (2013). The Practices and Politics of Making Policy: Irrigation Management Transfer in Mexico. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 21 indexed citations
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Wester, P., et al.. (2010). The Hydraulic Mission and the Mexican Hydrocracy: Regulating and Reforming the Flows of Water and Power. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35 indexed citations
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Molle, François, Peter P. Mollinga, & P. Wester. (2009). Hydraulic Bureaucracies and the Hydraulic Mission: Flows of Water, Flows of Power. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 328–349. 288 indexed citations breakdown →
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López‐Gunn, Elena, François Molle, Peter P. Mollinga, & P. Wester. (2009). Agua para todos: the new regionalist hydraulic paradigm in Spain.. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(3). 370–394. 63 indexed citations
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Veldwisch, Gert Jan, Alex Bolding, & P. Wester. (2008). Sand in the Engine: The Travails of an Irrigated Rice Scheme in Bwanje Valley, Malawi. The Journal of Development Studies. 45(2). 197–226. 45 indexed citations
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Humphreys, E., F. N. Gichuki, Mark Svendsen, et al.. (2008). Fighting Poverty Through Sustainable Water Use: Volume II. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 3 indexed citations
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Molle, François, et al.. (2007). River basin development and management. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 585–625. 64 indexed citations
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Wester, P., et al.. (2005). Transforming River Basin Management in South Africa - Lessons from the Lower Komati River. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 15(4). 2 indexed citations
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Wester, P., et al.. (2000). Institutional analysis of maintenance service provision in the Alto Rio Lerma Irrigation District, Mexico. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations
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Scott, Christopher A., et al.. (2000). Asignacion, productividad y manejo de recursos hidricos en cuencas. In SpanishAllocation, management and productivity of water resources in river basins. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 1 indexed citations
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Wester, P., et al.. (1998). Coping with water : water management in flood control and drainage systems in Bangladesh. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 7 indexed citations
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Mollinga, Peter P., et al.. (1996). Scarcity by design: Protective irrigation in India and Pakistan. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 45(2). 31–53. 45 indexed citations

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