Tom Robinson

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Tom Robinson is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tom Robinson has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 9 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Tom Robinson's work include Landslides and related hazards (25 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (17 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Tom Robinson is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (25 papers), Flood Risk Assessment and Management (17 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (9 papers). Tom Robinson collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, New Zealand and United States. Tom Robinson's co-authors include Tim Davies, Nick Rosser, Alexander L. Densmore, J. Rachel Carr, Matthew Westoby, Stuart Dunning, Mark Kincey, Katie Oven, Jack G. Williams and Timothy R. H. Davies and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Tom Robinson

37 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Glacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally

2023 134 citations Tom Robinson, Stuart Dunning et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tom Robinson United Kingdom	18	544	451	440	126	112	41	1.1k
Daniele Giordan Italy	27	1.3k 2.3×	609 1.4×	510 1.2×	15 0.1×	98 0.9×	95	2.1k
Zelang Miao China	23	246 0.5×	411 0.9×	241 0.5×	16 0.1×	47 0.4×	63	1.7k
Giha Lee South Korea	17	337 0.6×	376 0.8×	748 1.7×	18 0.1×	33 0.3×	82	1.6k
Wen Liu Japan	20	141 0.3×	274 0.6×	242 0.6×	7 0.1×	88 0.8×	97	1.2k
Deliang Sun China	17	1.2k 2.3×	461 1.0×	808 1.8×	15 0.1×	17 0.2×	35	1.9k
Cristina Catita Portugal	16	71 0.1×	217 0.5×	441 1.0×	10 0.1×	226 2.0×	40	1.7k
Haibo Li China	31	940 1.7×	123 0.3×	121 0.3×	51 0.4×	114 1.0×	186	2.6k
Raúl Guanche Spain	24	111 0.2×	189 0.4×	60 0.1×	119 0.9×	16 0.1×	86	2.0k
Andrew Clifton United States	22	104 0.2×	589 1.3×	253 0.6×	125 1.0×	6 0.1×	46	1.8k
Yange Li China	21	945 1.7×	161 0.4×	285 0.6×	15 0.1×	40 0.4×	81	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Tom Robinson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tom Robinson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tom Robinson

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Robinson, Tom, Alexander L. Densmore, Nick Rosser, et al.. (2025). Impacts from cascading multi-hazards using hypergraphs: a case study from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(1). 267–285. 2 indexed citations

Zorn, Conrad, et al.. (2025). Prediction of road blockages caused by rainfall‐induced landslides. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 68(5). 983–999. 2 indexed citations

Bloomberg, Mark, Tim Davies, Elena Moltchanova, Tom Robinson, & David J. Palmer. (2025). Identifying unrecognised risks to life from debris flows. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 25(2). 647–656.

Massey, Chris, Kerry Leith, Tom Robinson, et al.. (2025). What controlled the occurrence of more than 116,000 human-mapped landslides triggered by Cyclone Gabrielle, New Zealand?. Landslides. 22(12). 3953–3972.

Robinson, Tom, et al.. (2024). Agent-based modelling of evacuation scenarios for a landslide-generated tsunami in Milford Sound, New Zealand. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 113. 104847–104847. 3 indexed citations

Kincey, Mark, Nick Rosser, Alexander L. Densmore, et al.. (2024). Review of landslide inventories for Nepal between 2010 and 2021 reveals data gaps in global landslide hotspot. Natural Hazards. 121(5). 5075–5101.

Robinson, Tom, Alexander L. Densmore, Sihan Li, et al.. (2024). Needs and uses of scientific information for earthquake and monsoon contingency planning by humanitarian clusters in Nepal. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 117. 105166–105166.

Kincey, Mark, Nick Rosser, Zuzanna Swirad, et al.. (2024). National‐Scale Rainfall‐Triggered Landslide Susceptibility and Exposure in Nepal. Earth s Future. 12(2). 9 indexed citations

Robinson, Tom, et al.. (2023). Glacial lake outburst floods threaten millions globally. Nature Communications. 14(1). 487–487. 134 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davies, Tim, et al.. (2023). Debris-flow risk-to-life: Preliminary screening. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 100. 104158–104158. 3 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom, Nick Rosser, & R. J. Walters. (2019). The Spatial and Temporal Influence of Cloud Cover on Satellite-Based Emergency Mapping of Earthquake Disasters. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 12455–12455. 28 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom. (2018). Road impacts from the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake: an analogue for a future Alpine Fault earthquake?. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 61(3). 403–411. 2 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom, et al.. (2018). Investigating the source of the c. AD 1620 West Coast earthquake: implications for seismic hazards. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics. 61(3). 376–388. 3 indexed citations

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Williams, Jack G., Nick Rosser, Mark Kincey, et al.. (2018). Satellite-based emergency mapping using optical imagery: experience and reflections from the 2015 Nepal earthquakes. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 18(1). 185–205. 59 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom & Nick Rosser. (2017). Rapid landslide risk assessment of transport infrastructure following the 13 November 2016 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 5180. 2 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom, Nick Rosser, Alexander L. Densmore, et al.. (2017). Rapid post-earthquake modelling of coseismic landslide intensity and distribution for emergency response decision support. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 17(9). 1521–1540. 65 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom, et al.. (2014). Using the Co-Production of Knowledge for Developing Realistic Natural Disaster Scenarios for Small-to-Medium Scale Emergency Management Exercises. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014. 1 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom, et al.. (2012). Cooperative Control of SARTRE Automated Platoon Vehicles. 19th ITS World CongressERTICO - ITS EuropeEuropean CommissionITS AmericaITS Asia-Pacific. 49 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom, et al.. (2010). Challenges of Platooning on Public Motorways. 100 indexed citations

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Robinson, Tom. (2006). Adaptation of a resilience program in NSW: the rural RAP. Acta Neuropsychiatrica. 18(6). 306–307. 3 indexed citations

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