Tom Ball

3.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Tom Ball is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Ball has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Tom Ball's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (19 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (7 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (7 papers). Tom Ball is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (19 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (7 papers) and Disaster Management and Resilience (7 papers). Tom Ball collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ghana. Tom Ball's co-authors include Keith A. Smith, Ana Rey, K. E. Dobbie, Franz Conen, J. M. Massheder, Alan Werritty, Josselin Rouillard, Kate V. Heal, Andrew Black and Nicolás Roche and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Global Change Biology and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Tom Ball

41 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Exchange of greenhouse gases between soil and atmosphere: interactions of soil physical factors and biological processes

2003 779 citations Keith A. Smith, Tom Ball et al. European Journal of Soil Science profile →
Exchange of greenhouse gases between soil and atmosphere: interactions of soil physical factors and biological processes

2018 315 citations Keith A. Smith, Tom Ball et al. European Journal of Soil Science profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Tom Ball	998	816	706	352	277	41	2.1k
Bishal K. Sitaula	810 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	727 1.0×	448 1.3×	344 1.2×	84	2.9k
Hannah E. Birgé	464 0.5×	918 1.1×	674 1.0×	260 0.7×	205 0.7×	14	1.7k
Rolf Sommer	572 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	422 0.6×	215 0.6×	180 0.6×	77	2.7k
José Damián Ruíz Sinoga	666 0.7×	1.6k 2.0×	881 1.2×	105 0.3×	183 0.7×	106	2.6k
Rudi Hessel	536 0.5×	1.3k 1.6×	736 1.0×	111 0.3×	251 0.9×	66	2.1k
Anthony Debons	425 0.4×	493 0.6×	445 0.6×	375 1.1×	105 0.4×	105	2.2k
José Manuel Nicolau Ibarra	877 0.9×	863 1.1×	733 1.0×	100 0.3×	99 0.4×	56	2.1k
Rui Li	710 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	636 0.9×	154 0.4×	127 0.5×	155	2.4k
Kamaljit Banger	589 0.6×	629 0.8×	408 0.6×	346 1.0×	109 0.4×	31	1.6k
Roshan Man Bajracharya	270 0.3×	938 1.1×	372 0.5×	156 0.4×	224 0.8×	87	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Ball

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Ball

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Ball

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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

Black, Andrew, Leo Peskett, Alan MacDonald, et al.. (2021). Natural flood management, lag time and catchment scale: Results from an empirical nested catchment study. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 14(3). 44 indexed citations

Houston, Donald, Tom Ball, Alan Werritty, & Andrew Black. (2021). Social Influences on Flood Preparedness and Mitigation Measures Adopted by People Living with Flood Risk. Water. 13(21). 2972–2972. 10 indexed citations

Gilliland, T. J., Tom Ball, & D. Hennessy. (2021). Opportunities and challenges for breeding perennial ryegrass cultivars with improved livestock production potential. Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research. 59(2). 7 indexed citations

Yawson, David O., Sushil Mohan, Frederick Ato Armah, et al.. (2020). Virtual water flows under projected climate, land use and population change: the case of UK feed barley and meat. Heliyon. 6(1). e03127–e03127. 10 indexed citations

Black, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Impact of missing precipitation values on hydrological model output: a case study from the Eddleston Water catchment, Scotland. Acta Geophysica. 68(2). 565–576. 5 indexed citations

Dittrich, Ruth, Adam Butler, Tom Ball, Anita Wreford, & Dominic Moran. (2019). Making real options analysis more accessible for climate change adaptation. An application to afforestation as a flood management measure in the Scottish Borders. Journal of Environmental Management. 245. 338–347. 16 indexed citations

Downey, Laura, et al.. (2018). Assisting After Disaster: A Volunteer Management and Donations Management Training. Journal of Extension. 56(3). 3 indexed citations

Black, Andrew, Tom Ball, Chris Spray, & Alan MacDonald. (2018). Natural variation and planned management in flood risk management: empirical evidence of effects on peak travel times. EGUGA. 16812. 1 indexed citations

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Yawson, David O., Michael O. Adu, B. Mulholland, et al.. (2018). Regional variations in potential groundwater recharge from spring barley crop fields in the UK under projected climate change. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. 8. 332–345. 12 indexed citations

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Smith, Keith A., Tom Ball, Franz Conen, K. E. Dobbie, & Ana Rey. (2018). Smith, K.A., Ball, T., Conen, F., Dobbie, K.E., Massheder, J. & Rey, A. 2003. Exchange of greenhouse gases between soil and atmosphere: interactions of soil physical factors and biological processes. European Journal of Soil Science , 54, 779–791.. European Journal of Soil Science. 69(1). 2–4. 11 indexed citations

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Rouillard, Josselin, A. D. Reeves, Kate V. Heal, & Tom Ball. (2014). The role of public participation in encouraging changes in rural land use to reduce flood risk. Land Use Policy. 38. 637–645. 50 indexed citations

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Mohan, Sushil, David O. Yawson, B. Mulholland, Tom Ball, & Philip White. (2013). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Rouillard, Josselin, Kate V. Heal, A. D. Reeves, & Tom Ball. (2011). Impact of institutions on flood policy learning. Water Policy. 14(2). 232–249. 7 indexed citations

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Werritty, Alan, Tom Ball, Chris Spray, et al.. (2010). Restoration Strategy: Eddleston Water Scoping Study - Final Report. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 2 indexed citations

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Ball, Tom, Sarah Hendry, Alan Werritty, & Chris Spray. (2010). Flood risk management : (Scotland) Act / 2009 (asp 6). Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 3 indexed citations

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Werritty, Alan, Chris Spray, Tom Ball, et al.. (2010). Integrated catchment management: from rhetoric to reality in a Scottish HELP basin. Discovery Research Portal (University of Dundee). 2 indexed citations

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Ball, Tom, Keith A. Smith, & John B. Moncrieff. (2007). Effect of stand age on greenhouse gas fluxes from a Sitka spruce [Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.] chronosequence on a peaty gley soil. Global Change Biology. 13(10). 2128–2142. 49 indexed citations

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Ball, Tom, et al.. (2004). Soil carbon dynamics in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) chronosequence on a peaty gley. Forest Ecology and Management. 205(1-3). 227–240. 54 indexed citations

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Smith, Keith A., Tom Ball, Franz Conen, et al.. (2003). Exchange of greenhouse gases between soil and atmosphere: interactions of soil physical factors and biological processes. European Journal of Soil Science. 54(4). 779–791. 779 indexed citations breakdown →

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