Susan L. Cutter

36.9k total citations · 13 hit papers
190 papers, 25.1k citations indexed

About

Susan L. Cutter is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Susan L. Cutter has authored 190 papers receiving a total of 25.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 68 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 22 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Susan L. Cutter's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (96 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (60 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (27 papers). Susan L. Cutter is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (96 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (60 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (27 papers). Susan L. Cutter collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Susan L. Cutter's co-authors include Christopher T. Emrich, Bryan Boruff, Christopher G. Burton, Melissa M. Berry, Jerry T. Mitchell, Eric Tate, Jennifer Webb, Kirstin Dow, Michael S. Scott and Kevin D. Ash and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Susan L. Cutter

184 papers receiving 23.2k citations

Hit Papers

Social Vulnerability to E... 1984 2026 1998 2012 2003 2008 1996 2010 2000 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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.

  1. Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards*
    2003 4.0k citations Susan L. Cutter et al. Social Science Quarterly profile →
  2. A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters
    2008 2.9k citations Susan L. Cutter, Melissa M. Berry et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
  3. Vulnerability to environmental hazards
    1996 1.5k citations Susan L. Cutter profile →
  4. Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions
    2010 1.2k citations Susan L. Cutter, Christopher G. Burton et al. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management profile →
  5. Revealing the Vulnerability of People and Places: A Case Study of Georgetown County, South Carolina
    2000 1.0k citations Susan L. Cutter, Jerry T. Mitchell et al. profile →
  6. Temporal and spatial changes in social vulnerability to natural hazards
    2008 948 citations Susan L. Cutter et al. profile →
  7. The geographies of community disaster resilience
    2014 790 citations Susan L. Cutter, Christopher T. Emrich et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
  8. Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative
    2013 692 citations Susan L. Cutter et al. profile →
  9. The landscape of disaster resilience indicators in the USA
    2015 506 citations Susan L. Cutter profile →
  10. Interpretations of Calamity from the Viewpoint of Human Ecology
    1984 445 citations Susan L. Cutter et al. profile →
  11. Integrating human behaviour dynamics into flood disaster risk assessment
    2018 399 citations Susan L. Cutter et al. profile →
  12. Hazards Vulnerability and Environmental Justice
    2012 303 citations Susan L. Cutter profile →
  13. The origin and diffusion of the social vulnerability index (SoVI)
    2024 37 citations Susan L. Cutter 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
Susan L. Cutter United States 63 16.5k 11.3k 3.6k 3.1k 2.9k 190 25.1k
W. Neil Adger United Kingdom 81 19.5k 1.2× 17.1k 1.5× 1.0k 0.3× 1.8k 0.6× 10.2k 3.5× 246 42.4k
Stéphane Hallegatte United States 59 4.2k 0.3× 8.4k 0.7× 1.5k 0.4× 3.3k 1.1× 1.4k 0.5× 231 18.2k
Mark Pelling United Kingdom 47 6.2k 0.4× 4.8k 0.4× 660 0.2× 714 0.2× 1.7k 0.6× 166 11.1k
Robert J. Nicholls United Kingdom 83 5.0k 0.3× 12.8k 1.1× 844 0.2× 10.4k 3.4× 1.6k 0.6× 469 31.5k
Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts Netherlands 68 4.9k 0.3× 12.4k 1.1× 970 0.3× 5.1k 1.6× 828 0.3× 223 16.9k
W. J. Wouter Botzen Netherlands 55 5.0k 0.3× 7.5k 0.7× 633 0.2× 2.4k 0.8× 597 0.2× 216 11.7k
Lance Gunderson United States 45 4.1k 0.3× 9.6k 0.8× 596 0.2× 642 0.2× 1.6k 0.5× 96 19.1k
Kristie L. Ebi United States 74 3.3k 0.2× 7.2k 0.6× 251 0.1× 2.5k 0.8× 2.0k 0.7× 309 25.0k
Ortwin Renn Germany 55 8.9k 0.5× 4.1k 0.4× 943 0.3× 479 0.2× 322 0.1× 311 16.1k
Michael K. Lindell United States 62 11.8k 0.7× 4.5k 0.4× 970 0.3× 1.5k 0.5× 111 0.0× 199 21.3k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Susan L. Cutter

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Adamo, Susana B., et al.. (2024). Defining Disadvantaged Places: Social Burdens of Wildfire Exposure in the Eastern United States, 2000–2020. Fire. 7(4). 124–124. 2 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L., et al.. (2024). A community resilience index for place‐based actionable metrics. Risk Analysis. 45(7). 1648–1661. 6 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L., et al.. (2023). The application of the Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) for geo- targeting of post-disaster recovery resources. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 92. 103722–103722. 14 indexed citations
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Jackson, Sarah, et al.. (2023). Evaluating the Quality of State Hazard Mitigation Plans Based on Hazard Identification, Risk, and Vulnerability Assessments. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 21(3). 331–358. 5 indexed citations
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Derakhshan, Sahar, Christopher T. Emrich, & Susan L. Cutter. (2022). Degree and direction of overlap between social vulnerability and community resilience measurements. PLoS ONE. 17(10). e0275975–e0275975. 21 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yuqin, Zhenlong Li, & Susan L. Cutter. (2021). Social distance integrated gravity model for evacuation destination choice. International Journal of Digital Earth. 14(8). 1004–1018. 25 indexed citations
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Jackson, Sarah, et al.. (2021). Spatial Disparities of COVID-19 Cases and Fatalities in United States Counties. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(16). 8259–8259. 36 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L. & Sahar Derakhshan. (2019). Implementing Disaster Policy: Exploring Scale and Measurement Schemes for Disaster Resilience. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 16(3). 31 indexed citations
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Jiang, Yuqin, Zhenlong Li, & Susan L. Cutter. (2019). Social Network, Activity Space, Sentiment, and Evacuation: What Can Social Media Tell Us?. Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 109(6). 1795–1810. 36 indexed citations
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Ismail‐Zadeh, Alik, Susan L. Cutter, Koh Takeuchi, & Douglas Paton. (2016). On a Paradigm Shift in Disaster Science. AGUFM. 2016. 1 indexed citations
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Guha‐Sapir, Debarati, et al.. (2015). Exploring the potential of geocoding the impact of disasters: The experience of global and national databases. EGUGA. 15109. 1 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L., Christopher G. Burton, & Christopher T. Emrich. (2010). Disaster Resilience Indicators for Benchmarking Baseline Conditions. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 7(1). 1240 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cutter, Susan L.. (2009). Review of Natural Disaster Analysis after Hurricane Katrina: Risk Assessment, Economic Impacts and Social Implications. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L., et al.. (2008). Planning for Pet Evacuations during Disasters. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 5(1). 39 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L., et al.. (2008). A place-based model for understanding community resilience to natural disasters. Global Environmental Change. 18(4). 598–606. 2858 indexed citations breakdown →
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Schmidtlein, Mathew C., et al.. (2007). Vulnerability of U.S. Cities to Environmental Hazards. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 4(2). 168 indexed citations
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Mitchell, Jerry T., Deborah S.K. Thomas, & Susan L. Cutter. (1999). Dumping in Dixie Revisited: The Evolution of Environmental Injustices in South Carolina. Social Science Quarterly. 80(2). 229–243. 49 indexed citations
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Dow, Kirstin & Susan L. Cutter. (1998). Crying wolf: Repeat responses to hurricane evacuation orders. Coastal Management. 26(4). 237–252. 326 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L.. (1991). Fleeing from Harm: International Trends in Evacuations from Chemical Accidents. International Journal of Mass Emergencies & Disasters. 9(2). 267–285. 13 indexed citations
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Cutter, Susan L.. (1981). Community Concern for Pollution. Environment and Behavior. 13(1). 105–124. 44 indexed citations

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