Robin Leichenko

7.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
65 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Robin Leichenko is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Robin Leichenko has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Robin Leichenko's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (12 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (10 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (9 papers). Robin Leichenko is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (12 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (10 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (9 papers). Robin Leichenko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Norway and Netherlands. Robin Leichenko's co-authors include Karen O’Brien, Julie A. Silva, William Solecki, Lynn P. Nygaard, Stephan Barg, Akram Javed, Henry David Venema, Jennifer Joy West, Suruchi Bhadwal and Ulka Kelkar and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Robin Leichenko

62 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: climate change and globalization in India

2004 893 citations Karen O’Brien, Robin Leichenko et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
Double exposure: assessing the impacts of climate change within the context of economic globalization

2000 751 citations Karen O’Brien, Robin Leichenko Global Environmental Change profile →
Climate change and urban resilience

2011 577 citations Robin Leichenko profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robin Leichenko United States	26	2.0k	1.7k	1.3k	770	600	65	4.8k
Gina Ziervogel South Africa	39	1.9k 1.0×	2.2k 1.3×	1.7k 1.3×	425 0.6×	637 1.1×	104	5.4k
Jürgen Scheffran Germany	45	2.4k 1.2×	2.2k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	583 0.8×	909 1.5×	222	7.4k
Johanna Wandel Canada	12	2.6k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.9k 1.4×	378 0.5×	678 1.1×	18	5.5k
Siri Eriksen Norway	31	3.2k 1.6×	2.5k 1.5×	2.4k 1.8×	462 0.6×	962 1.6×	78	6.3k
Colin Polsky United States	26	1.9k 1.0×	2.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.2×	438 0.6×	664 1.1×	48	6.1k
Katharine Vincent South Africa	31	1.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	1.2k 0.9×	351 0.5×	487 0.8×	79	4.0k
Robbert Biesbroek Netherlands	45	2.3k 1.2×	3.1k 1.9×	1.4k 1.0×	848 1.1×	232 0.4×	119	6.2k
E. Lisa F. Schipper United Kingdom	21	1.6k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	386 0.5×	389 0.6×	38	3.6k
Amy Luers United States	21	2.2k 1.1×	2.7k 1.6×	1.9k 1.4×	369 0.5×	799 1.3×	36	6.1k
Saleemul Huq United Kingdom	40	3.2k 1.6×	3.1k 1.9×	2.6k 1.9×	1.0k 1.4×	959 1.6×	122	7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Robin Leichenko

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robin Leichenko

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robin Leichenko

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leichenko, Robin, et al.. (2025). Business as usual? Small business responses to compound disasters in coastal New York city and New Jersey. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 119. 105288–105288.

Bader, Daniel, Naresh Devineni, Philip Orton, et al.. (2024). NPCC4: New York City climate risk information 2022—observations and projections. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1539(1). 13–48. 10 indexed citations

Leichenko, Robin, et al.. (2024). Building Equitable Research Partnerships: Learning From a Community Climate Resilience Grant Program. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(3). 1 indexed citations

Balk, Deborah, et al.. (2024). NPCC4: Climate risk and equity—advancing knowledge toward a sustainable future | Introduction. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1539(1). 3–12. 3 indexed citations

Nguyen, Khai Hoan & Robin Leichenko. (2022). Operationalizing Urban Climate Justice: A Case Study of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City. 9(02n03). 7 indexed citations

McEwen, Lindsey, Robin Leichenko, Joanne Garde‐Hansen, & Tom Ball. (2022). EDITORIAL — CASCADE-NET – Increasing Civil Society’s Capacity to Deal with Changing Extreme Weather Risk: Negotiating Dichotomies in Theory and Practice. 9(02n03). 1 indexed citations

Leichenko, Robin, Irmelin Gram-Hanssen, & Karen O’Brien. (2021). Teaching the “how” of transformation. Sustainability Science. 17(2). 573–584. 24 indexed citations

Leichenko, Robin, et al.. (2020). The impacts of coastal erosion on Alaska’s North Slope communities: a co-production assessment of land use damages and risks. Polar Geography. 43(4). 259–279. 18 indexed citations

Foster, Sheila R., Robin Leichenko, Khai Hoan Nguyen, et al.. (2019). New York City Panel on Climate Change 2019 Report Chapter 6: Community‐Based Assessments of Adaptation and Equity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1439(1). 126–173. 40 indexed citations

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Major, David C., Daniel Bader, Robin Leichenko, Katie Johnson, & Megan Linkin. (2014). Projecting Future Insured Coastal Flooding Damages with Climate Change. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Major, David C., Robin Leichenko, Katie Johnson, & Megan Linkin. (2013). Projecting Future Coastal Flooding Damages with Climate Change. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations

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Leichenko, Robin & William Solecki. (2013). Climate change in suburbs: An exploration of key impacts and vulnerabilities. Urban Climate. 6. 82–97. 22 indexed citations

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Rosenzweig, Cynthia, William Solecki, Reginald Blake, et al.. (2011). Developing coastal adaptation to climate change in the New York City infrastructure-shed: process, approach, tools, and strategies. Climatic Change. 106(1). 93–127. 150 indexed citations

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Yohe, Gary & Robin Leichenko. (2010). Chapter 2: Adopting a risk‐based approach. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1196(1). 29–40. 51 indexed citations

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Leichenko, Robin & William Solecki. (2008). Consumption, Inequity, and Environmental Justice: The Making of New Metropolitan Landscapes in Developing Countries. Society & Natural Resources. 21(7). 611–624. 28 indexed citations

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Sygna, Linda, Robin Leichenko, Lisa Schipper, et al.. (2008). Disaster risk reduction. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 10 indexed citations

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O’Brien, Karen, Robin Leichenko, Ulka Kelkar, et al.. (2004). Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: climate change and globalization in India. Global Environmental Change. 14(4). 303–313. 893 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leichenko, Robin. (2004). Global Shift: Reshaping the Global Economic Map in the 21st Century (4th ed.). By Peter Dicken. Economic Geography. 80(4). 411–412. 2 indexed citations

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Leichenko, Robin. (2003). Does Place Still Matter? Accounting for Income Variation Across American Indian Tribal Areas. Economic Geography. 79(4). 365–386. 25 indexed citations

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Glasmeier, Amy & Robin Leichenko. (1999). What Does the Future Hold? What Globalization Might Mean for the Rural South. Journal of Rural Social Sciences. 15(1). 4. 7 indexed citations

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