Ryan Alaniz

713 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 478 citations indexed

About

Ryan Alaniz is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Soil Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Alaniz has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 478 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 3 papers in Soil Science and 2 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Ryan Alaniz's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (7 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (3 papers). Ryan Alaniz is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (7 papers), Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 papers) and Agricultural risk and resilience (3 papers). Ryan Alaniz collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Ryan Alaniz's co-authors include Robin Bronen, Karen E. McNamara, Md. Nadiruzzaman, Saleemul Huq, David Lewis, Thomas Tanner, Raphael Nawrotzki, David Wrathall, Vivek Prasad and Md. Ashiqur Rahman and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Climate Change, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction and Journal of Risk Research.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Alaniz

9 papers receiving 454 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.

Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change

2014 357 citations Thomas Tanner, David Lewis et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan Alaniz United States	5	255	137	119	93	52	10	478
Vivek Prasad Australia	4	189 0.7×	141 1.0×	88 0.7×	91 1.0×	54 1.0×	5	377
Rachel Godfrey‐Wood United Kingdom	6	213 0.8×	99 0.7×	121 1.0×	67 0.7×	53 1.0×	8	429
Md. Nadiruzzaman Germany	10	386 1.5×	169 1.2×	185 1.6×	108 1.2×	69 1.3×	15	715
Marianne Mosberg Norway	4	257 1.0×	153 1.1×	221 1.9×	61 0.7×	65 1.3×	5	511
Sylvia Kruse Germany	13	213 0.8×	185 1.4×	251 2.1×	92 1.0×	91 1.8×	24	608
Margaret Angula Namibia	8	176 0.7×	135 1.0×	101 0.8×	76 0.8×	53 1.0×	13	373
Felix Olorunfemi Nigeria	11	266 1.0×	222 1.6×	229 1.9×	71 0.8×	59 1.1×	27	583
Divya Solomon United States	10	172 0.7×	138 1.0×	104 0.9×	94 1.0×	81 1.6×	16	470
Azhar Abbas Pakistan	12	134 0.5×	85 0.6×	199 1.7×	93 1.0×	41 0.8×	21	579
Wolfram Laube Germany	11	112 0.4×	113 0.8×	67 0.6×	74 0.8×	90 1.7×	20	531

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan Alaniz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Alaniz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ryan Alaniz. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ryan Alaniz. The network helps show where Ryan Alaniz may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Alaniz

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Khan, Shabana, et al.. (2020). The dynamism of post disaster risk communication: A cross-country synthesis. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 48. 101556–101556. 8 indexed citations

2.

Alaniz, Ryan. (2017). From Strangers to Neighbors: Post-Disaster Resettlement and Community Building in Honduras. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 5 indexed citations

3.

Sword-Daniels, Victoria, Christine Eriksen, Emma E.H. Doyle, et al.. (2016). Embodied uncertainty: living with complexity and natural hazards. Journal of Risk Research. 21(3). 290–307. 84 indexed citations

4.

Tellman, Beth, et al.. (2015). Violence as an obstacle to livelihood resilience in the context of climate change. ORCA Online Research @Cardiff (Cardiff University). 3. 4 indexed citations

5.

Adams, Helen, Ryan Alaniz, Robin Bronen, & Karen E. McNamara. (2015). Maintaining and building ‘place’ through managed and forced community relocations: Lessons for a climate changed world. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1–23. 1 indexed citations

6.

Alaniz, Ryan. (2015). Creating Community after Disaster: Norm Formation in Post-Hurricane Mitch Resettlements. 3 indexed citations

7.

Tanner, Thomas, David Lewis, David Wrathall, et al.. (2014). Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change. Nature Climate Change. 5(1). 23–26. 357 indexed citations breakdown →

8.

Alaniz, Ryan. (2012). Unsupervised Recovery: Adaptation Strategies by two NGOs in Post-Mitch Honduras. 16.

9.

Alaniz, Ryan, et al.. (2008). Discoveries: New and Noteworthy Social Research. Contexts. 7(4). 8–11. 15 indexed citations

10.

Alaniz, Ryan, et al.. (2008). Reflected Appraisals: Sociologists and the Field in the News. Contexts. 7(2). 6–7. 1 indexed citations

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