Vaughan Lowe

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Vaughan Lowe is a scholar working on Ecology, Political Science and International Relations and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Vaughan Lowe has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 13 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Vaughan Lowe's work include Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers), Ecology and biodiversity studies (11 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (11 papers). Vaughan Lowe is often cited by papers focused on Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (13 papers), Ecology and biodiversity studies (11 papers) and International Maritime Law Issues (11 papers). Vaughan Lowe collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Vaughan Lowe's co-authors include Martti Koskenniemi, H. N. Southern, E. I. McDougall, A.D. Horrill, J. Morton Boyd, C. Milner, P. A. Jewell, John Collier, Jonathan M. Sykes and David Briggs and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Environmental Pollution and Journal of Animal Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Vaughan Lowe

67 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

From Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Le... 1990 2026 2002 2014 1990 50 100 150 200 250
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. From Apology to Utopia: The Structure of International Legal Argument
    1990 285 citations Vaughan Lowe et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Vaughan Lowe United Kingdom 18 765 415 221 205 187 70 1.6k
Paul S. Martin United States 21 595 0.8× 201 0.5× 290 1.3× 287 1.4× 148 0.8× 45 2.1k
Andrew W. Jones United States 19 517 0.7× 86 0.2× 262 1.2× 273 1.3× 216 1.2× 65 1.2k
Daniel W. Gade United States 21 196 0.3× 114 0.3× 83 0.4× 90 0.4× 196 1.0× 75 1.3k
John Sheail United Kingdom 23 623 0.8× 117 0.3× 661 3.0× 91 0.4× 390 2.1× 130 2.5k
James J. Parsons United States 22 269 0.4× 88 0.2× 282 1.3× 47 0.2× 161 0.9× 102 1.6k
Kenneth Ruddle Japan 25 767 1.0× 88 0.2× 173 0.8× 39 0.2× 247 1.3× 73 1.8k
Richard F. Grimmett United Kingdom 11 801 1.0× 115 0.3× 255 1.2× 95 0.5× 82 0.4× 45 1.3k
Kay Milton United Kingdom 13 216 0.3× 102 0.2× 135 0.6× 45 0.2× 423 2.3× 24 1.5k
Andrew Stein United States 23 915 1.2× 31 0.1× 141 0.6× 224 1.1× 53 0.3× 48 1.5k
William Beinart United Kingdom 25 292 0.4× 166 0.4× 88 0.4× 62 0.3× 1.1k 5.7× 87 2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Vaughan Lowe

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Fields of papers citing papers by Vaughan Lowe

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Vaughan Lowe

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Jensen, Peter Sandholt, et al.. (2010). Molecular detection of Hematodinium sp. in Northeast Pacific Chionoecetes spp. and evidence of two species in the Northern Hemisphere. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 89. 155–166. 30 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (2005). `Clear and Present Danger': Responses to Terrorism. International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 185–196. 6 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (2004). Shorter Articles, Comments, and Notes: ‘Clear and Present Danger’: Responses to Terrorism. International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 54(1). 185–196. 7 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan, et al.. (2003). The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea: Survey for 2002. The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law. 18(4). 447–456. 1 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (2002). Responsibility for the Conduct of Other States. 101(1). 1–15. 12 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (2002). Regulation or Expropriation?. Current Legal Problems. 55(1). 447–466. 8 indexed citations
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Collier, John & Vaughan Lowe. (1999). The Settlement Of Disputes In International Law. 31 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (1997). Us Extraterritorial Jurisdiction: The Helms-burton and D'Amato Acts. International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 46(2). 378–390. 15 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan, et al.. (1996). Fifty Years of the International Court of Justice. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 18 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (1995). The International Court in a Timorous Mood. The Cambridge Law Journal. 54(3). 484–486. 3 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (1991). Radionuclides and the birds at Ravenglass. Environmental Pollution. 70(1). 1–26. 14 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan & A.D. Horrill. (1991). Caesium concentration factors in wild herbivores and the fox (Vulpes vulpes L). Environmental Pollution. 70(2). 93–107. 14 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan & A.D. Horrill. (1988). Ecological half-life of caesium in Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Environmental Pollution. 54(2). 81–87. 11 indexed citations
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Horrill, A.D., et al.. (1988). Chernobyl fallout in Great Britain. OpenGrey (Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique). 10 indexed citations
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Freestone, David, et al.. (1986). Treaties, Extradition and Diplomatic Immunity: Some Recent Developments. International and Comparative Law Quarterly. 35(2). 425–436. 2 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan, P. A. Jewell, C. Milner, & J. Morton Boyd. (1975). Island Survivors; The Ecology of the Soay Sheep of St. Kilda. Journal of Animal Ecology. 44(2). 671–671. 71 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan, et al.. (1973). Deer of the World. Journal of Animal Ecology. 42(2). 471–471. 8 indexed citations
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Lowe, Vaughan. (1969). Population Dynamics of the Red Deer (Cervus elaphus L.) on Rhum. Journal of Animal Ecology. 38(2). 425–425. 136 indexed citations
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McDougall, E. I. & Vaughan Lowe. (1968). Transferrin polymorphism and serum proteins of some British deer. Journal of Zoology. 155(1). 131–140. 26 indexed citations

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