Samuel Rufat

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Samuel Rufat is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Samuel Rufat has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 7 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Samuel Rufat's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (24 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (20 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (9 papers). Samuel Rufat is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (24 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (20 papers) and French Urban and Social Studies (9 papers). Samuel Rufat collaborates with scholars based in France, Germany and United States. Samuel Rufat's co-authors include Eric Tate, Christopher G. Burton, Magali Reghezza‐Zitt, Christopher T. Emrich, W. J. Wouter Botzen, Serge Lhomme, Antoine Le Blanc, Szymon Marcińczak, Thomas Thaler and Alexander Fekete and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Samuel Rufat

43 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies an... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300 400 500
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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. Social vulnerability to floods: Review of case studies and implications for measurement
    2015 575 citations Samuel Rufat, Eric Tate et al. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Samuel Rufat France 14 1.0k 850 212 178 132 49 1.5k
Ali Jamshed Germany 23 687 0.7× 693 0.8× 206 1.0× 154 0.9× 144 1.1× 34 1.3k
Jerry T. Mitchell United States 18 1.2k 1.2× 754 0.9× 222 1.0× 249 1.4× 124 0.9× 52 1.9k
Andrew Maskrey Austria 10 841 0.8× 664 0.8× 134 0.6× 157 0.9× 143 1.1× 12 1.5k
J. C. Gaillard New Zealand 20 1.8k 1.8× 710 0.8× 217 1.0× 135 0.8× 135 1.0× 43 2.3k
Irfan Ahmad Rana Pakistan 29 1.1k 1.1× 1.3k 1.5× 332 1.6× 387 2.2× 264 2.0× 88 2.5k
Andrew Collins United Kingdom 22 723 0.7× 528 0.6× 204 1.0× 142 0.8× 71 0.5× 61 1.5k
Maureen Fordham United Kingdom 23 1.1k 1.1× 636 0.7× 137 0.6× 141 0.8× 103 0.8× 49 1.7k
Torsten Welle Germany 14 792 0.8× 830 1.0× 338 1.6× 223 1.3× 154 1.2× 30 1.6k
Sue Tapsell United Kingdom 23 1.1k 1.1× 1.5k 1.8× 150 0.7× 333 1.9× 180 1.4× 41 2.2k
Jessica Mercer Norway 15 1.6k 1.6× 740 0.9× 271 1.3× 192 1.1× 100 0.8× 18 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Samuel Rufat

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Fields of papers citing papers by Samuel Rufat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Samuel Rufat

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ford, James D., Jan Petzold, Graham McDowell, et al.. (2025). Climate change adaptation in global mountain regions requires a multi-sectoral approach. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Tate, Eric, et al.. (2025). Profiles of social vulnerability for flood risk reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 118. 105250–105250. 4 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, et al.. (2025). Addressing the social vulnerability gap in disaster risk perception. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 129. 105789–105789.
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Rufat, Samuel, et al.. (2024). Vulnerability, Territory, Population. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Armaș, Iuliana, et al.. (2024). Hinging on the preparedness of first responders. A case study on the 2021 flood operations in Romania. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 116. 105008–105008. 4 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, et al.. (2024). Vulnérabilité, territoire, population. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository.
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Jézéquel, Aglaé, Ana Bastos, Davide Faranda, et al.. (2024). Broadening the scope of anthropogenic influence in extreme event attribution. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 42003–42003. 5 indexed citations
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Brito, Mariana Madruga de, Christian Kuhlicke, Bartosz Bartkowski, et al.. (2023). A systematic review of the use of theories in social vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation research.
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Fekete, Alexander & Samuel Rufat. (2023). Should everyone in need be treated equally? A European survey of expert judgment on social vulnerability to floods and pandemics to validate multi-hazard vulnerability factors. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 85. 103527–103527. 8 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, Mariana Madruga de Brito, Alexander Fekete, et al.. (2022). Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 22(8). 2655–2672. 14 indexed citations
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Schneiderbauer, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Risk perception of climate change and natural hazards in global mountain regions: A critical review. View. 3 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, et al.. (2021). Des paroles et des pierres, Martin Luther King de Washington DC au global. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 132. 1 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, Alexander Fekete, Iuliana Armaș, et al.. (2020). Swimming alone? Why linking flood risk perception and behavior requires more than “it's the individual, stupid”. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 7(5). 42 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel. (2018). Estimations de la résilience des territoires, sociétés, villes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. Hors-série 30. 2 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel. (2015). Towards a Social and Spatial Risk Perception Framework. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations
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Reghezza‐Zitt, Magali & Samuel Rufat. (2015). Résiliences. 32 indexed citations
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Reghezza‐Zitt, Magali, et al.. (2012). What Resilience Is Not: Uses and Abuses. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 126 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel, et al.. (2011). Comment trouver son chemin dans les jeux vidéo ?: Pratiques et représentations spatiales des joueurs. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 7 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel. (2007). L’estimation de la vulnérabilité urbaine, un outil pour la gestion du risque. Géocarrefour. 82(1-2). 7–16. 9 indexed citations
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Rufat, Samuel. (2006). Mexico, au risque de son développement. HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe). 1 indexed citations

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