Rafik Hirji

922 total citations
36 papers, 584 citations indexed

About

Rafik Hirji is a scholar working on Ocean Engineering, Sociology and Political Science and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rafik Hirji has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 584 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ocean Engineering, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 13 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Rafik Hirji's work include Water resources management and optimization (24 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (11 papers) and Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (8 papers). Rafik Hirji is often cited by papers focused on Water resources management and optimization (24 papers), Transboundary Water Resource Management (11 papers) and Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact (8 papers). Rafik Hirji collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Rafik Hirji's co-authors include Richard Davis, Richard Davis, Hezron Mogaka, Leonard Ortolano, Mhosisi Masocha, Timothy Dube, Susan Hayes, Rick Evans, Amon Murwira and Alan Nicol and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Impact Assessment Review, River Research and Applications and Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C.

In The Last Decade

Rafik Hirji

33 papers receiving 491 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rafik Hirji United States	13	274	172	132	119	104	36	584
J. Froebrich Netherlands	17	374 1.4×	147 0.9×	257 1.9×	145 1.2×	48 0.5×	45	826
Nitin Bassi India	11	222 0.8×	155 0.9×	227 1.7×	137 1.2×	20 0.2×	31	605
Shadrack Mwakalila Tanzania	11	248 0.9×	88 0.5×	385 2.9×	98 0.8×	27 0.3×	22	622
Andrew Allan United Kingdom	13	221 0.8×	130 0.8×	268 2.0×	88 0.7×	19 0.2×	26	671
Jos Timmerman Netherlands	10	182 0.7×	149 0.9×	169 1.3×	35 0.3×	32 0.3×	31	472
Henrique Marinho Leite Chaves Brazil	14	363 1.3×	175 1.0×	112 0.8×	102 0.9×	21 0.2×	35	578
Denis Lanzanova Italy	8	369 1.3×	140 0.8×	522 4.0×	209 1.8×	96 0.9×	9	985
Christine Colvin South Africa	11	224 0.8×	60 0.3×	403 3.1×	170 1.4×	102 1.0×	15	679
Luna Bharati Sri Lanka	22	713 2.6×	386 2.2×	538 4.1×	93 0.8×	62 0.6×	52	1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Rafik Hirji

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rafik Hirji

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20 of 20 papers shown

Duda, Alfred M. & Rafik Hirji. (2025). Mainstreaming integrated approaches to sustain lake and reservoir basin benefits in a changing climate. Water Policy. 27(2). 204–222. 2 indexed citations

Hirji, Rafik & Alfred M. Duda. (2024). Integrated management of lakes, reservoirs, and their basins is critical for a climate-resilient planet: an urgent wake-up call from collective amnesia. Water Policy. 27(1). 66–87. 2 indexed citations

Hirji, Rafik, et al.. (2017). South Asia groundwater forum: regional challenges and opportunities for building drought and climate resilience for farmers, cities, and villages. 1–118. 5 indexed citations

Evans, Rick, et al.. (2010). Water and Climate Change: impa Cts on ground Water resour Ces and adaptation options. The World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (World Bank). 11 indexed citations

Evans, Rick, et al.. (2010). Water and Climate Change. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 33 indexed citations

Hirji, Rafik & Richard Davis. (2009). Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects: Findings and Recommendations. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 45 indexed citations

Hirji, Rafik & Richard Davis. (2009). Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects : Case Studies. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 20 indexed citations

Hirji, Rafik & Richard Davis. (2009). Strategic Environmental Assessment : Improving Water Resources Governance and Decision Making. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 17 indexed citations

Alavian, Vahid, et al.. (2009). Water and climate change : understanding the risks and making climate-smart investment decisions. 1–174. 44 indexed citations

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Hirji, Rafik & Richard Davis. (2009). Environmental Flows in Water Resources Policies, Plans, and Projects. The World Bank eBooks. 68 indexed citations

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Mogaka, Hezron, et al.. (2006). Climate Variability and Water Resource Degradation in Kenya : Improving Water Resources Development and Management. World Bank Publications. 2 indexed citations

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Mogaka, Hezron, et al.. (2006). Climate Variability and Water Resources Degradation in Kenya: Improving Water Resources Development and Management. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 56 indexed citations

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Mogaka, Hezron, et al.. (2005). Climate Variability and Water Resources Degradation in Kenya. 30 indexed citations

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Davis, Richard & Rafik Hirji. (2003). Water quality : assessment and protection. 1–33. 11 indexed citations

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Davis, Richard & Rafik Hirji. (2003). Environmental flows : flood flows. 1–21. 1 indexed citations

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Davis, Richard & Rafik Hirji. (2003). Environmental flows : concepts and methods. 1–27. 29 indexed citations

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Davis, Richard, et al.. (2003). Water conservation : irrigation. 1–27.

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Hirji, Rafik & Leonard Ortolano. (1991). Strategies for managing uncertainties imposed by environmental impact assessment analysis of a Kenyan river development authority. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 11(3). 203–230. 11 indexed citations

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Hirji, Rafik & Leonard Ortolano. (1991). Controlling industrial pollution using EIA: Case study of a Kenyan tannery project. The Environmentalist. 11(4). 255–266. 3 indexed citations

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Hirji, Rafik. (1990). Institutionalizing environmental impact assessment in Kenya. UMI Dissertation Services eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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