R. Quentin Grafton

16.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
342 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

R. Quentin Grafton is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Quentin Grafton has authored 342 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 79 papers in Ocean Engineering and 65 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in R. Quentin Grafton's work include Water resources management and optimization (77 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (37 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (34 papers). R. Quentin Grafton is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (77 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (37 papers) and Marine and fisheries research (34 papers). R. Quentin Grafton collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Canada and United States. R. Quentin Grafton's co-authors include Tom Kompas, Paul R. Wyrwoll, Harry W. Nelson, Dale Squires, N. Ross Lambie, John Williams, Sarah Ann Wheeler, Michael Ward, Long Chu and Kevin J. Fox and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

R. Quentin Grafton

308 papers receiving 8.3k citations

Hit Papers

The paradox of irrigation efficiency 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 200 400 600
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. The paradox of irrigation efficiency
    2018 610 citations R. Quentin Grafton, Sarah Ann Wheeler 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
R. Quentin Grafton Australia 50 3.0k 2.5k 2.1k 2.1k 1.3k 342 9.0k
Peter H. Gleick United States 47 3.3k 1.1× 3.4k 1.4× 704 0.3× 5.5k 2.6× 1.2k 0.9× 124 12.5k
Mark W. Rosegrant United States 55 1.3k 0.4× 2.4k 1.0× 1.5k 0.7× 2.4k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 211 11.0k
Jens Heinke Germany 34 4.8k 1.6× 1.3k 0.5× 1.0k 0.5× 3.3k 1.6× 1.9k 1.5× 69 13.0k
Louis Lebel Thailand 40 5.1k 1.7× 1.0k 0.4× 865 0.4× 929 0.4× 1.2k 0.9× 156 10.6k
Claudia Ringler United States 54 2.2k 0.7× 2.6k 1.0× 960 0.4× 3.7k 1.8× 817 0.6× 185 12.6k
Roy Brouwer Netherlands 56 4.1k 1.3× 1.5k 0.6× 5.3k 2.5× 1.2k 0.6× 804 0.6× 250 11.8k
Olli Varis Finland 46 1.9k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 348 0.2× 3.1k 1.5× 1.3k 1.0× 209 7.9k
Brett A. Bryan Australia 58 6.1k 2.0× 705 0.3× 1.9k 0.9× 1.6k 0.8× 2.0k 1.5× 239 11.7k
Other Australia 47 2.7k 0.9× 650 0.3× 863 0.4× 804 0.4× 1.9k 1.5× 306 11.6k
John M. Anderies United States 44 4.7k 1.5× 853 0.3× 1.1k 0.5× 470 0.2× 1.5k 1.1× 140 10.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Quentin Grafton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Quentin Grafton

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kompas, Tom, Tuong Nhu, & R. Quentin Grafton. (2024). Non-market value losses to coastal ecosystem services and wetlands from sea-level rise and storm surge, 2050 to 2100: The Kimberley Region, Western Australia. Ocean & Coastal Management. 255. 107215–107215. 3 indexed citations
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Colloff, Matthew J., Jamie Pittock, Sarah Ann Wheeler, et al.. (2024). Murky waters running clearer? Monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the state of the Murray–Darling Basin after more than three decades of policy reform. Marine and Freshwater Research. 75(18). 3 indexed citations
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Costantino, Valentina, et al.. (2024). The public health and economic burden of long COVID in Australia, 2022–24: a modelling study. The Medical Journal of Australia. 221(4). 217–223. 9 indexed citations
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Chu, Long, Matthew J. Colloff, Robert B. Cotton, et al.. (2023). A tale of two rivers – Baaka and Martuwarra, Australia: Shared voices and art towards water justice. The Anthropocene Review. 11(1). 228–261. 8 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, Ana Manero, Long Chu, & Paul R. Wyrwoll. (2023). The Price and Value of Water: An Economic Review. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1–39. 18 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, et al.. (2023). Responding to the global challenges of ‘Too Much, Too Little and Too Dirty’ Water: Towards a Safer and More Just Water Future. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 65–90. 4 indexed citations
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Kompas, Tom, R. Quentin Grafton, Tuong Nhu, Long Chu, & James Camac. (2021). Health and economic costs of early and delayed suppression and the unmitigated spread of COVID-19: The case of Australia. PLoS ONE. 16(6). e0252400–e0252400. 19 indexed citations
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Nikolakis, William & R. Quentin Grafton. (2021). Law versus justice: the Strategic Aboriginal Water Reserve in the Northern Territory, Australia. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 1–19. 6 indexed citations
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Chindarkar, Namrata & R. Quentin Grafton. (2019). India's depleting groundwater: When science meets policy. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies. 6(1). 108–124. 46 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Sarah Ann, Adam Loch, Lin Crase, Michael D. Young, & R. Quentin Grafton. (2017). Developing a water market readiness assessment framework. Journal of Hydrology. 552. 807–820. 79 indexed citations
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Pittock, Jamie, et al.. (2015). The Murray-Darling Basin Plan fails to deal adequately with climate change. Water. 42(6). 26–30. 19 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin. (2014). Food and Water Gaps to 2050. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations
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Chu, Long, Tom Kompas, & R. Quentin Grafton. (2014). Impulse controls and uncertainty in economics: Method and application. Environmental Modelling & Software. 65. 50–57. 3 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, Tom Kompas, & Ngo Van Long. (2012). Substitution Between Bio-Fuels and Fossil Fuels: Is There a Green Paradox?. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, et al.. (2011). Water Resources Planning and Management. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 112 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, Michael Ward, Hang To, & Tom Kompas. (2011). Determinants of Residential Water Consumption: Evidence and Analysis from a Ten-Country Household Survey. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin & N. Ross Lambie. (2010). Australian Coal and Climate Change Mitigation.. 11(1). 40–41. 1 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin, Tom Kompas, & Ngo Van Long. (2010). Biofuels Subsidies and the Green Paradox. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Grafton, R. Quentin. (2009). Book Review: Addressing China's Water Scarcity: recommendations for selected water resource management issues. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature. 23(2). 124–125. 2 indexed citations
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Devlin, Rose Anne & R. Quentin Grafton. (1998). Economic Rights and Environmental Wrongs. Books. 5 indexed citations

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