Tom Downing

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
20 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Tom Downing is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Downing has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 5 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Tom Downing's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (5 papers), Water resources management and optimization (4 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 papers). Tom Downing is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (5 papers), Water resources management and optimization (4 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (3 papers). Tom Downing collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Sweden and United States. Tom Downing's co-authors include Frank Thomalla, Johan Rockström, Erika Spanger‐Siegfried, Guoyi Han, Gina Ziervogel, Fiona Miller, Donald R. Nelson, Jochen Hinkel, Sukaina Bharwani and Henny Osbahr and has published in prestigious journals such as Energy Conversion and Management, Ecology and Society and Agricultural Systems.

In The Last Decade

Tom Downing

19 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflictin... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 200 400 600

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tom Downing United Kingdom 11 724 612 446 158 144 20 1.5k
Erika Spanger‐Siegfried United States 11 689 1.0× 746 1.2× 428 1.0× 122 0.8× 143 1.0× 15 1.6k
Sukaina Bharwani United Kingdom 12 686 0.9× 622 1.0× 494 1.1× 197 1.2× 142 1.0× 37 1.6k
Henry David Venema Canada 13 477 0.7× 568 0.9× 544 1.2× 284 1.8× 132 0.9× 29 1.7k
Hans G. Bohle Germany 8 732 1.0× 410 0.7× 449 1.0× 274 1.7× 105 0.7× 11 1.4k
Tom Mitchell United Kingdom 20 685 0.9× 400 0.7× 320 0.7× 239 1.5× 115 0.8× 52 1.3k
Fiona Miller Australia 18 798 1.1× 449 0.7× 249 0.6× 97 0.6× 124 0.9× 52 1.6k
Nathan L. Engle United States 14 729 1.0× 988 1.6× 589 1.3× 199 1.3× 166 1.2× 32 2.1k
Phil O’Keefe United Kingdom 20 1.5k 2.1× 790 1.3× 250 0.6× 169 1.1× 181 1.3× 83 2.4k
Linda Sygna Norway 11 698 1.0× 605 1.0× 555 1.2× 189 1.2× 115 0.8× 22 1.5k
Nicholas A. Cradock-Henry New Zealand 20 644 0.9× 551 0.9× 316 0.7× 126 0.8× 188 1.3× 47 1.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Downing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Downing

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

All Works

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Miller, Fiona, Henny Osbahr, Emily Boyd, et al.. (2010). Resilience and Vulnerability: Complementary or Conflicting Concepts?. Ecology and Society. 15(3). 693 indexed citations breakdown →
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Patwardhan, Anand, Tom Downing, Neil Leary, & T. J. Wilbanks. (2009). Towards an integrated agenda for adaptation research: theory, practice and policy. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 1(2). 219–225. 33 indexed citations
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Varela‐Ortega, Consuelo, Chris Swartz, Tom Downing, & Irene Blanco‐Gutiérrez. (2008). WATER POLICIES AND AGRICULTURAL POLICIES: AN INTEGRATION CHALLENGE FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND NATURE CONSERVATION.
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Miller, Fiona, et al.. (2006). Resilient Ecosystems, Healthy Communities: Human Health and Sustainable Ecosystems After the December 2004 Tsunami. Oceanography. 19(2). 50–51. 10 indexed citations
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Thomalla, Frank, Tom Downing, Erika Spanger‐Siegfried, Guoyi Han, & Johan Rockström. (2006). Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation. Disasters. 30(1). 39–48. 452 indexed citations
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Pahl‐Wostl, Claudia, et al.. (2005). Transition to adaptive water management: the NeWater Project. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 16 indexed citations
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Watkiss, Paul, et al.. (2005). The Impacts and Costs of Climate Change. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 30 indexed citations
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Ziervogel, Gina, Mike Bithell, Richard Washington, & Tom Downing. (2004). Agent-based social simulation: a method for assessing the impact of seasonal climate forecast applications among smallholder farmers. Agricultural Systems. 83(1). 1–26. 127 indexed citations
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Downing, Tom, et al.. (2003). CCDeW: Climate Change and Demand for Water.. CERES (Cranfield University). 7 indexed citations
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Tol, Richard S.J., et al.. (1999). The marginal costs of radiatively-active gases. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 6 indexed citations
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Holland, Mike, Nick Eyre, & Tom Downing. (1996). Assessment of the costs of global warming on a full fuel cycle basis. Energy Conversion and Management. 37(6-8). 819–824. 1 indexed citations
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Ringius, Lasse, et al.. (1996). Climate change in Africa: Issues and challenges in agriculture and water for sustainable development. BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway)). 21 indexed citations
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Harrison, Paula A., et al.. (1995). Climate change and agriculture in Europe: assessment of impacts and adaptations.. 53 indexed citations
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Ruttan, V. W., David E. Bell, W. C. Clark, & Tom Downing. (1995). Climate change and food security: agriculture, health and environmental research.. 625–649. 1 indexed citations
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Reilly, John, Neil Hohmann, Sally Kane, & Tom Downing. (1995). Climate change and agricultural trade: who benefits, who loses?. 161–180. 10 indexed citations
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Downing, Tom. (1990). Monitoring and Responding to Famine: Lessons from the 1984 – 85 Food Crisis in Kenya. Disasters. 14(3). 204–229. 5 indexed citations
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Downing, Tom, et al.. (1988). The effects of climatic variations on agriculture in central and eastern Kenya.. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 121–270. 14 indexed citations
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Downing, Tom, et al.. (1988). Drought climatology and development of the climatic scenarios.. 6 indexed citations
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Downing, Tom, et al.. (1985). Drought climatology of central and eastern Kenya. 4 indexed citations

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