Robert W. Kates

111 papers and 7.6k indexed citations
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About

Robert W. Kates is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert W. Kates has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Robert W. Kates’s work include Disaster Management and Resilience (8 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (7 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (7 papers). Robert W. Kates is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (8 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (7 papers) and Climate change impacts on agriculture (7 papers). Robert W. Kates collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Robert W. Kates's co-authors include Thomas M. Parris, Thomas J. Wilbanks, Ian Burton, Gilbert F. White, William R. Travis, B. L. Turner, Craig E. Colten, Shirley Laska, Anthony Leiserowitz and Stephen P. Leatherman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert W. Kates

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Robert W. Kates. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Robert W. Kates 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 Robert W. Kates. Robert W. Kates is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

Fields of papers citing papers by Robert W. Kates

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Robert W. Kates

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