Patrick Sakdapolrak

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Patrick Sakdapolrak is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Sakdapolrak has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Demography and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Patrick Sakdapolrak's work include Migration and Labor Dynamics (31 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (27 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (12 papers). Patrick Sakdapolrak is often cited by papers focused on Migration and Labor Dynamics (31 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (27 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (12 papers). Patrick Sakdapolrak collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Ethiopia. Patrick Sakdapolrak's co-authors include Markus Keck, Clemens Greiner, Harald Sterly, Marion Borderon, Kayly Ober, Benjamin Etzold, Christina R. Ergler, Raya Muttarak, Endale Birhanu Kebede and Tamer Afifi and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Social Science & Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Sakdapolrak

57 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

What is social resilience? Lessons learned and ways forward 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2013 100 200 300 400
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. What is social resilience? Lessons learned and ways forward
    2013 448 citations Patrick Sakdapolrak et al. Erdkunde profile →
  2. Translocality: Concepts, Applications and Emerging Research Perspectives
    2013 268 citations Patrick Sakdapolrak et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Patrick Sakdapolrak Austria 22 1.1k 235 228 204 163 62 1.9k
Shuzhuo Li China 30 1.5k 1.3× 352 1.5× 546 2.4× 215 1.1× 151 0.9× 138 2.8k
Cyrus Samii United States 22 860 0.8× 290 1.2× 165 0.7× 307 1.5× 212 1.3× 71 1.7k
J. Allister McGregor United Kingdom 19 708 0.6× 330 1.4× 79 0.3× 247 1.2× 92 0.6× 40 1.7k
Scott Baum Australia 26 775 0.7× 233 1.0× 150 0.7× 418 2.0× 266 1.6× 102 2.1k
Ana María Ibáñez Colombia 19 767 0.7× 90 0.4× 99 0.4× 295 1.4× 196 1.2× 79 1.6k
J. Edward Taylor United States 23 1.1k 0.9× 148 0.6× 229 1.0× 541 2.7× 522 3.2× 60 2.1k
Nitya Rao United Kingdom 24 637 0.6× 156 0.7× 101 0.4× 332 1.6× 253 1.6× 106 1.8k
Barbara Entwisle United States 31 1.4k 1.2× 461 2.0× 474 2.1× 312 1.5× 155 1.0× 87 3.0k
Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler United Kingdom 24 875 0.8× 103 0.4× 89 0.4× 323 1.6× 280 1.7× 120 2.1k
David Matarrita‐Cascante United States 24 814 0.7× 201 0.9× 359 1.6× 179 0.9× 191 1.2× 54 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Sakdapolrak

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Fields of papers citing papers by Patrick Sakdapolrak

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Sakdapolrak

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All Works

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Borderon, Marion, et al.. (2025). Unveiling invisible climate im/mobilities: mixed-methods case study of a drought-prone rural area of Kersa, Ethiopia. Regional Environmental Change. 25(1). 1 indexed citations
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick, et al.. (2025). Social remittances and the environment in the context of climate change: What do we know? Where do we go?. Climate and Development. 17(8). 709–729.
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick, et al.. (2024). Translocal social resilience dimensions of migration as adaptation to environmental change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(3). e2206185120–e2206185120. 16 indexed citations
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Borderon, Marion, et al.. (2024). Regional evidence of environmental mobility in Southeast Asia: A systematic review of the empirical evidence. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography. 45(3). 533–562. 2 indexed citations
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick, et al.. (2023). How migration information campaigns shape local perceptions and discourses of migration in Harar city, Ethiopia. International Migration. 61(5). 142–155. 4 indexed citations
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Szaboova, Lucy, W. Neil Adger, Ricardo Safra de Campos, et al.. (2023). Evaluating migration as successful adaptation to climate change: Trade-offs in well-being, equity, and sustainability. One Earth. 6(6). 620–631. 16 indexed citations
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick, Marion Borderon, & Harald Sterly. (2023). The limits of migration as adaptation. A conceptual approach towards the role of immobility, disconnectedness and simultaneous exposure in translocal livelihoods systems. Climate and Development. 16(2). 87–96. 27 indexed citations
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick, et al.. (2023). Unresolved issues in regional economic resilience: Conceptual ways forward. Progress in Human Geography. 47(5). 699–717. 20 indexed citations
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick, et al.. (2022). The impact of migration on food security in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: The role of migration patterns and remittances. Erdkunde. 76(4). 271–288. 3 indexed citations
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Sterly, Harald & Patrick Sakdapolrak. (2021). Multiple Dimensions of Mediatised Translocal Social Practices. A Case Study of Domestic Migrants in Bangladesh. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 1. 369–395.
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick, et al.. (2019). Do translocal networks matter for agricultural innovation? A case study on advice sharing in small-scale farming communities in Northeast Thailand. Agriculture and Human Values. 36(4). 685–702. 27 indexed citations
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Borderon, Marion, et al.. (2019). Migration influenced by environmental change in Africa: A systematic review of empirical evidence. Demographic Research. 41. 491–544. 96 indexed citations
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Borderon, Marion, et al.. (2018). A systematic review of empirical evidence on migration influenced by environmental change in Africa. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 6 indexed citations
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Sakdapolrak, Patrick. (2010). Orte und Räume der Health Vulnerability : Bourdieus Theorie der Praxis für die Analyse von Krankheit und Gesundheit in megaurbanen Slums von Chennai, Südindien. 9 indexed citations
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Ergler, Christina R., Patrick Sakdapolrak, Hans‐Georg Bohle, & Robin Kearns. (2010). Entitlements to health care: Why is there a preference for private facilities among poorer residents of Chennai, India?. Social Science & Medicine. 72(3). 327–337. 55 indexed citations

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