Wesley E. Highfield

3.6k total citations
54 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Wesley E. Highfield is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wesley E. Highfield has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 16 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Wesley E. Highfield's work include Flood Risk Assessment and Management (33 papers), Disaster Management and Resilience (16 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (16 papers). Wesley E. Highfield is often cited by papers focused on Flood Risk Assessment and Management (33 papers), Disaster Management and Resilience (16 papers) and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (16 papers). Wesley E. Highfield collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Netherlands. Wesley E. Highfield's co-authors include Samuel D. Brody, Walter Gillis Peacock, Shannon Van Zandt, Sammy Zahran, Himanshu Grover, Yang Zhang, Arnold Vedlitz, B. Mitchell Peck, Russell Blessing and Anna R. Armitage and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecological Economics and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Wesley E. Highfield

53 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wesley E. Highfield United States 29 1.8k 1.3k 571 302 282 54 2.7k
A. Schiller United States 6 1.9k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 372 0.7× 368 1.2× 225 0.8× 11 4.0k
Hy Dao Switzerland 20 1.3k 0.7× 670 0.5× 754 1.3× 204 0.7× 221 0.8× 39 2.4k
Jan Corfee-Morlot France 18 2.2k 1.2× 866 0.7× 1.1k 1.9× 283 0.9× 478 1.7× 41 3.9k
Sylvia Tunstall United Kingdom 26 1.6k 0.9× 984 0.8× 303 0.5× 198 0.7× 124 0.4× 43 2.4k
Kirstin Dow United States 26 1.4k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 334 0.6× 179 0.6× 168 0.6× 64 3.0k
Lindsey Christensen United States 11 1.9k 1.1× 1.4k 1.1× 430 0.8× 435 1.4× 199 0.7× 13 4.0k
Edmund C. Penning‐Rowsell United Kingdom 41 4.0k 2.3× 2.0k 1.5× 970 1.7× 449 1.5× 320 1.1× 143 5.4k
Marybeth Long Martello United States 7 1.7k 1.0× 1.5k 1.2× 344 0.6× 351 1.2× 170 0.6× 9 3.8k
Li Peng China 29 1.6k 0.9× 671 0.5× 728 1.3× 399 1.3× 143 0.5× 165 3.0k
Hans‐Martin Füssel Germany 19 2.0k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 364 0.6× 284 0.9× 310 1.1× 37 4.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wesley E. Highfield

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Newman, Galen, et al.. (2021). Buy them out before they are built: evaluating the proactive acquisition of vacant land in flood-prone areas. Environmental Conservation. 48(2). 118–126. 17 indexed citations
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Mobley, William H., et al.. (2021). Quantification of continuous flood hazard using random forest classification and flood insurance claims at large spatial scales: a pilot study in southeast Texas. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 21(2). 807–822. 52 indexed citations
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Sebastian, Antonia, Wesley E. Highfield, Samuel D. Brody, & William H. Mobley. (2019). Leveraging Machine Learning and Twitter Data to Identify High Hazard Areas during Hurricane Harvey.
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Brody, Samuel D., et al.. (2018). Examining the relationship between development patterns and total phosphorus in the Galveston Bay Estuary. Environmental Science & Policy. 88. 10–16. 5 indexed citations
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Davlasheridze, Meri, Samuel D. Brody, Wesley E. Highfield, et al.. (2018). Economic impacts of storm surge and the cost-benefit analysis of a coastal spine as the surge mitigation strategy in Houston-Galveston area in the USA. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 24(3). 329–354. 37 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., et al.. (2017). Hurricane Recovery and Ecological Resilience: Measuring the Impacts of Wetland Alteration Post Hurricane Ike on the Upper TX Coast. Environmental Management. 60(6). 1116–1126. 18 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., et al.. (2017). Evaluating the effects of open space configurations in reducing flood damage along the Gulf of Mexico coast. Landscape and Urban Planning. 167. 225–231. 45 indexed citations
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Louchouarn, Patrick, Karl Kaiser, Matthew J. Norwood, et al.. (2015). From Ecosystem-Scale to Litter Biochemistry: Controls on Carbon Sequestration in Coastal Wetlands of the Western Gulf of Mexico. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015. 1 indexed citations
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Armitage, Anna R., Wesley E. Highfield, Samuel D. Brody, & Patrick Louchouarn. (2015). The Contribution of Mangrove Expansion to Salt Marsh Loss on the Texas Gulf Coast. PLoS ONE. 10(5). e0125404–e0125404. 124 indexed citations
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Highfield, Wesley E.. (2012). Section 404 Permitting in Coastal Texas: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Relationship Between Peak Streamflow and Wetland Alteration. Environmental Management. 49(4). 892–901. 8 indexed citations
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Highfield, Wesley E., et al.. (2012). Examining the 100‐Year Floodplain as a Metric of Risk, Loss, and Household Adjustment. Risk Analysis. 33(2). 186–191. 89 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., Wesley E. Highfield, & Jung Eun Kang. (2011). What are we learning. 139–140. 5 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., Wesley E. Highfield, & Jung Eun Kang. (2011). Rising Waters: Planning decisions and flood attenuation. 25 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., Wesley E. Highfield, & Jung Eun Kang. (2011). Rising Waters: Policy implications and recommendations. 25 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., Stephen E. Davis, Wesley E. Highfield, & Sarah P. Bernhardt. (2008). A spatial-temporal analysis of section 404 wetland permitting in Texas and Florida: Thirteen years of impact along the coast. Wetlands. 28(1). 107–116. 27 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., Sammy Zahran, Wesley E. Highfield, Himanshu Grover, & Arnold Vedlitz. (2007). Identifying the impact of the built environment on flood damage in Texas. Disasters. 32(1). 1–18. 121 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., Sammy Zahran, Praveen Maghelal, Himanshu Grover, & Wesley E. Highfield. (2007). The Rising Costs of Floods: Examining the Impact of Planning and Development Decisions on Property Damage in Florida. Journal of the American Planning Association. 73(3). 330–345. 137 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., et al.. (2006). Examining the relationship between wetland alteration and watershed flooding in Texas and Florida. Natural Hazards. 40(2). 413–428. 47 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D. & Wesley E. Highfield. (2005). Does Planning Work?: Testing the Implementation of Local Environmental Planning in Florida. Journal of the American Planning Association. 71(2). 159–175. 163 indexed citations
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Brody, Samuel D., B. Mitchell Peck, & Wesley E. Highfield. (2004). Examining Localized Patterns of Air Quality Perception in Texas: A Spatial and Statistical Analysis. Risk Analysis. 24(6). 1561–1574. 170 indexed citations

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