P. Wester

6.5k citations

75 papers · 4.0k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Water Science and Technology top 1%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Ocean Engineering top 0.5%
- Water resources management and optimization

Papers in ⓘ

Ocean Engineering 33
- Water resources management and optimization 32
Political Science and International Relations 27
- Water Governance and Infrastructure 27

Co-authors: A. B. Shrestha (7 shared papers)Jaime Hoogesteger (8 shared papers)François Molle (6 shared papers)Peter P. Mollinga (3 shared papers)Aditi Mukherji (2 shared papers)Arabinda Mishra (2 shared papers)Hester Biemans (6 shared papers)Arthur Lutz (6 shared papers)
Journals: Water International (6 papers)Environmental Science & Policy (3 papers)International Journal of Water Resources Development (3 papers)Water Policy (2 papers)The cryosphere (2 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Nepal United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

P. Wester

72 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain 2019 · 235 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Nature Sustainability
2019 Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation)
2016 Water International
2016 International Journal of Climatology
2009 SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authors

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1	The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Directory of Open access Books (OAPEN Foundation) ·A. B. Shrestha, Aditi Mukherji, Arabinda Mishra, P. Wester, (unknown) Hit paper breakdown →	2019	472
2	Hydrosocial territories: a political ecology perspective Water International ·Rutgerd Boelens, Jaime Hoogesteger, E Swyngedouw, Jeroen Vos, P. Wester Hit paper breakdown →	2016	441
3	Selecting representative climate models for climate change impact studies: an advanced envelope‐based selection approach International Journal of Climatology ·Arthur Lutz, Herbert W. ter Maat, Hester Biemans, A. B. Shrestha, P. Wester, Walter W. Immerzeel Hit paper breakdown →	2016	298
4	Hydraulic Bureaucracies and the Hydraulic Mission: Flows of Water, Flows of Power SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·François Molle, Peter P. Mollinga, P. Wester Hit paper breakdown →	2009	288
5	Importance of snow and glacier meltwater for agriculture on the Indo-Gangetic Plain Nature Sustainability ·Hester Biemans, Christian Siderius, Arthur Lutz, Santosh Nepal, Bashir Ahmad, Tarique Hassan, Werner von Bloh, René R. Wijngaard, P. Wester, A. B. Shrestha, Walter W. Immerzeel Hit paper breakdown →	2019	235
6	The need for bottom-up assessments of climate risks and adaptation in climate-sensitive regions Nature Climate Change ·Declan Conway, Robert J. Nicholls, Sally Brown, Mark Tebboth, W. Neil Adger, Bashir Ahmad, Hester Biemans, Florence Crick, Arthur Lutz, Ricardo Safra de Campos, Mohammed Y. Said, Chandni Singh, Modathir Zaroug, Eva Ludi, Mark New, P. Wester	2019	165
7	River basin closure: Processes, implications and responses Agricultural Water Management ·François Molle, P. Wester, Philip Hirsch	2009	154
8	Going with the flow: river basins as the natural units for water management? Water Policy ·Jeroen Warner, P. Wester, Alex Bolding	2008	139
9	Boundaries of Consent: Stakeholder Representation in River Basin Management in Mexico and South Africa World Development ·P. Wester, Douglas J. Merrey, Marna de Lange	2003	111
10	Review article: Inferring permafrost and permafrost thaw in the mountains of the Hindu Kush Himalaya region The cryosphere ·Stephan Gruber, Renate Fleiner, Emilie Guégan, P. K. Panday, Marc-Olivier Schmid, D. Stumm, P. Wester, Yinsheng Zhang, Lin Zhao	2017	107
11	Assessment of permafrost distribution maps in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region using rock glaciers mapped in Google Earth The cryosphere ·Marc-Olivier Schmid, Prashant Baral, Stephan Gruber, Sonika Shahi, Tej Kumar Shrestha, D. Stumm, P. Wester	2015	107
12	South Asian agriculture increasingly dependent on meltwater and groundwater Nature Climate Change ·Arthur Lutz, Walter W. Immerzeel, Christian Siderius, René R. Wijngaard, Santosh Nepal, A. B. Shrestha, P. Wester, Hester Biemans	2022	77
13	The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment Arabinda Mishra, A. B. Shrestha, P. Wester, Aditi Mukherji	2020	72
14	Climate change vs. socio-economic development: understanding the future South Asian water gap Hydrology and earth system sciences ·René R. Wijngaard, Hester Biemans, Arthur Lutz, A. B. Shrestha, P. Wester, Walter W. Immerzeel	2018	69
15	Intensive groundwater use and (in)equity: Processes and governance challenges Environmental Science & Policy ·Jaime Hoogesteger, P. Wester	2015	66
16	River basin development and management RePEc: Research Papers in Economics ·François Molle, P. Wester, Philip Hirsch, Jillian Jensen, H. Murray-Rust, S. Paranjpye, (unknown)	2007	64
17	Agua para todos: the new regionalist hydraulic paradigm in Spain. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Elena López‐Gunn, François Molle, Peter P. Mollinga, P. Wester	2009	63
18	Large‐Scale Transdisciplinary Collaboration for Adaptation Research: Challenges and Insights SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Georgina Cundill, Blane Harvey, Mark Tebboth, Logan Cochrane, Bruce Currie‐Alder, Katharine Vincent, Jon Lawn, Robert J. Nicholls, Lucia Scodanibbio, Anjal Prakash, Mark New, P. Wester, Michele Leone, Daniel Morchain, Eva Ludi, Jesse DeMaria‐Kinney, Ahmed Khan, Marie‐Eve Landry	2018	60
19	South Asian river basins in a 1.5 °C warmer world Regional Environmental Change ·Arthur Lutz, Herbert W. ter Maat, René R. Wijngaard, Hester Biemans, Abu Syed, A. B. Shrestha, P. Wester, Walter W. Immerzeel	2018	58
20	Making SDGs Work for Climate Change Hotspots Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development ·Sylvia Szabo, Robert J. Nicholls, Barbara Neumann, Fabrice G. Renaud, Zoë Matthews, Zita Sebesvári, Amir AghaKouchak, Roger C. Bales, Corrine W. Ruktanonchai, Julia Kloos, Efi Foufoula‐Georgiou, P. Wester, Mark New, Jakob Rhyner, Craig W. Hutton	2016	54

About P. Wester

P. Wester is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Political Science and International Relations, Water Science and Technology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 75 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Water resources management and optimization (32 papers), Water Governance and Infrastructure (27 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers), Climate change impacts on agriculture (7 papers), Water Resource Management and Quality (6 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (6 papers) and Transboundary Water Resource Management (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Water Science and Technology (1.0k citations), Ocean Engineering (1.0k citations), Global and Planetary Change (1.2k citations), Political Science and International Relations (1.1k citations) and Atmospheric Science (854 citations). P. Wester has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Nepal and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include A. B. Shrestha, Jaime Hoogesteger, François Molle, Peter P. Mollinga, Aditi Mukherji, Arabinda Mishra, Hester Biemans, Arthur Lutz, Walter W. Immerzeel and Rutgerd Boelens. Their work appears in journals such as Water International, Environmental Science & Policy, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Water Policy and The cryosphere.

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