Paolo Avner

1.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 743 citations indexed

About

Paolo Avner is a scholar working on Transportation, Global and Planetary Change and Urban Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Paolo Avner has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 743 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Transportation, 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Urban Studies. Recurrent topics in Paolo Avner's work include Urban Transport and Accessibility (12 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (9 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 papers). Paolo Avner is often cited by papers focused on Urban Transport and Accessibility (12 papers), Urban and Rural Development Challenges (9 papers) and Flood Risk Assessment and Management (7 papers). Paolo Avner collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Paolo Avner's co-authors include Jun Rentschler, J. Vernon Henderson, Anthony J. Venables, Somik V. Lall, Stéphane Hallegatte, E. Strano, Mattia Marconcini, Rui Su, Michalis Vousdoukas and Shohei Nakamura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Modelling & Software.

In The Last Decade

Paolo Avner

30 papers receiving 690 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.

  1. Global evidence of rapid urban growth in flood zones since 1985
    2023 204 citations Jun Rentschler, Paolo Avner et al. Nature profile →
  2. Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World
    2017 199 citations Somik V. Lall, J. Vernon Henderson et al. Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paolo Avner United States 10 310 185 129 128 96 32 743
YU Jian-hui China 14 276 0.9× 164 0.9× 255 2.0× 152 1.2× 80 0.8× 42 797
Aromar Revi United Kingdom 14 508 1.6× 104 0.6× 131 1.0× 329 2.6× 155 1.6× 42 1.1k
Małgorzata Świąder Poland 16 292 0.9× 92 0.5× 83 0.6× 80 0.6× 59 0.6× 38 804
Lasse Møller-Jensen Denmark 17 268 0.9× 141 0.8× 57 0.4× 116 0.9× 209 2.2× 39 701
Indrajit Roy Chowdhury India 19 567 1.8× 109 0.6× 117 0.9× 226 1.8× 68 0.7× 44 1.1k
Mark R. Stevens Canada 17 512 1.7× 368 2.0× 138 1.1× 455 3.6× 80 0.8× 37 1.2k
Pourahmad Ahmad Iran 16 273 0.9× 102 0.6× 75 0.6× 133 1.0× 102 1.1× 46 653
Chunliang Xiu China 15 575 1.9× 355 1.9× 242 1.9× 169 1.3× 53 0.6× 58 1.1k
Xiang Luo China 13 267 0.9× 83 0.4× 161 1.2× 113 0.9× 57 0.6× 46 606
Jin Duan China 14 252 0.8× 281 1.5× 79 0.6× 213 1.7× 69 0.7× 29 888

Countries citing papers authored by Paolo Avner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paolo Avner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Paolo Avner. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Paolo Avner. The network helps show where Paolo Avner may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paolo Avner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paolo Avner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paolo Avner 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 Paolo Avner. Paolo Avner 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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Ukkusuri, Satish V., et al.. (2024). We need to prepare our transport systems for heatwaves — here’s how. Nature. 632(8024). 253–256. 1 indexed citations
2.
Avner, Paolo, et al.. (2023). Climate policy and inequality in urban areas: Beyond incomes. Urban Climate. 53. 101722–101722.
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Hallegatte, Stéphane, et al.. (2023). Within Reach: Navigating the Political Economy of Decarbonization (Advance Edition). The World Bank eBooks. 3 indexed citations
4.
Rentschler, Jun, Paolo Avner, Mattia Marconcini, et al.. (2023). Global evidence of rapid urban growth in flood zones since 1985. Nature. 622(7981). 87–92. 204 indexed citations breakdown →
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Avner, Paolo, Vincent Viguié, Bramka Arga Jafino, & Stéphane Hallegatte. (2022). Flood Protection and Land Value Creation – Not all Resilience Investments Are Created Equal. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 6(3). 417–449. 3 indexed citations
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Rentschler, Jun, Mattia Marconcini, Rui Su, et al.. (2022). Rapid Urban Growth in Flood Zones: Global Evidence since 1985. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Rentschler, Jun, et al.. (2020). The Impact of Flooding on Urban Transit and Accessibility: A Case Study of Kinshasa. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 1 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Shohei & Paolo Avner. (2020). Spatial distributions of job accessibility, housing rents, and poverty: The case of Nairobi. Journal of Housing Economics. 51. 101743–101743. 30 indexed citations
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Rentschler, Jun, et al.. (2019). Three Feet Under : The Impact of Floods on Urban Jobs, Connectivity, and Infrastructure. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 4 indexed citations
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Rozenberg, Julie, Charles J. Fox, Elco Koks, et al.. (2019). From A Rocky Road to Smooth Sailing. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 9 indexed citations
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Rentschler, Jun, et al.. (2019). Three Feet Under: Urban Jobs, Connectivity, and Infrastructure. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Avner, Paolo, et al.. (2019). Exploring Accessibility to Employment Opportunities in African Cities: A First Benchmark. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 15 indexed citations
13.
Nakamura, Shohei & Paolo Avner. (2018). Spatial Distributions of Job Accessibility, Housing Rents, and Poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. World Bank policy research working paper. 3 indexed citations
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Nakamura, Shohei & Paolo Avner. (2018). Spatial Distributions of Job Accessibility, Housing Rents, and Poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Lall, Somik V., J. Vernon Henderson, Anthony J. Venables, & Paolo Avner. (2017). Africa's Cities: Opening Doors to the World. Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks. 199 indexed citations breakdown →
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Avner, Paolo & Somik V. Lall. (2016). Matchmaking in Nairobi: The Role of Land Use. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Aguejdad, Rahim, Omar Doukari, Thomas Houet, Paolo Avner, & Vincent Viguié. (2016). Etalement urbain et géoprospective : apports et limites des modèles de spatialisation. Cybergeo. 7 indexed citations
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Houet, Thomas, Colette Marchadier, Marie‐Pierre Moine, et al.. (2016). Combining narratives and modelling approaches to simulate fine scale and long-term urban growth scenarios for climate adaptation. Environmental Modelling & Software. 86. 1–13. 47 indexed citations
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Avner, Paolo, Vincent Viguié, & Stéphane Hallegatte. (2014). Modélisation de l’effet d’une taxe sur la construction : le Versement pour Sous-Densité. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations
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Rentschler, Jun, Stéphane Hallegatte, & Paolo Avner. (2014). Carbon Price Efficiency: Lock-in and Path Dependence in Urban Forms and Transport Infrastructure. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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