William Donner

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 856 citations indexed

About

William Donner is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, William Donner has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 856 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 5 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in William Donner's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (5 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (4 papers). William Donner is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (10 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (5 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (4 papers). William Donner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. William Donner's co-authors include Havidán Rodríguez, Joseph Trainor, Héctor Rodríguez, Jerald A. Brotzge, Walter Díaz, Kevin A. Kloesel, Brenda Philips, Ellen J. Bass, Michael Zink and D Katznelson and has published in prestigious journals such as Social Forces, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society and Demography.

In The Last Decade

William Donner

17 papers receiving 814 citations

Hit Papers

Handbook of Disaster Research 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 100 200 300
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. Handbook of Disaster Research
    2017 359 citations Havidán Rodríguez, William Donner 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
William Donner United States 9 592 294 159 148 98 17 856
Abdul‐Akeem Sadiq United States 19 566 1.0× 364 1.2× 102 0.6× 151 1.0× 56 0.6× 53 919
Gisela Wachinger Germany 5 1.1k 1.8× 596 2.0× 180 1.1× 143 1.0× 150 1.5× 8 1.4k
Seong Nam Hwang United States 7 615 1.0× 457 1.6× 152 1.0× 95 0.6× 61 0.6× 11 805
Sudha Arlikatti United States 16 734 1.2× 369 1.3× 78 0.5× 161 1.1× 116 1.2× 46 1.0k
JoAnne DeRouen Darlington United States 6 741 1.3× 257 0.9× 84 0.5× 231 1.6× 135 1.4× 7 873
JC Gaillard New Zealand 18 668 1.1× 294 1.0× 85 0.5× 157 1.1× 32 0.3× 31 1.0k
Jean‐Christophe Gaillard France 14 772 1.3× 264 0.9× 106 0.7× 135 0.9× 34 0.3× 40 1.0k
Katie Oven United Kingdom 17 564 1.0× 484 1.6× 218 1.4× 159 1.1× 32 0.3× 32 1.3k
Emmanuel Raju Denmark 17 483 0.8× 328 1.1× 87 0.5× 85 0.6× 38 0.4× 60 890
Nicolás C. Bronfman Chile 18 807 1.4× 237 0.8× 43 0.3× 120 0.8× 59 0.6× 32 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by William Donner

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Fields of papers citing papers by William Donner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William Donner

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

All Works

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Katznelson, D, William Donner, Andrew M. Song, et al.. (2024). Examining the presence and effects of coherence and fragmentation in the Gulf of Maine fishery management network. Regional Environmental Change. 25(1). 3–3. 2 indexed citations
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Donner, William, et al.. (2019). Information seeking and evacuation decision making in hypothetical hurricane events in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. International Journal of Emergency Management. 15(1). 54–54. 1 indexed citations
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Donner, William, et al.. (2019). Information seeking and evacuation decision making in hypothetical hurricane events in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. International Journal of Emergency Management. 15(1). 54–54. 7 indexed citations
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Donner, William, et al.. (2018). Who Will Stay, Who Will Leave: Decision-Making of Residents Living in Potential Hurricane Impact Areas During a Hypothetical Hurricane Event in the Rio Grande Valley. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 15(2). 11 indexed citations
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Donner, William, et al.. (2018). Kyne–Donner Model of Authority’s Recommendation and Hurricane Evacuation Decisions: A Study of Hypothetical Hurricane Event in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Population Research and Policy Review. 37(6). 897–922. 10 indexed citations
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Donner, William, et al.. (2018). Ethnicity, income, and disaster preparedness in Deep South Texas, United States. Disasters. 42(4). 719–733. 30 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Havidán, William Donner, & Joseph Trainor. (2017). Handbook of Disaster Research. 359 indexed citations breakdown →
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Brotzge, Jerald A. & William Donner. (2015). The general use of outdoor warning sirens: A preliminary survey of emergency managers. Journal of Emergency Management. 13(1). 61–69. 1 indexed citations
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Brotzge, Jerald A. & William Donner. (2014). General Policy for Activating Outdoor Warning Siren Systems for Severe Weather: Survey of Emergency Managers. Natural Hazards Review. 16(2). 2 indexed citations
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Brotzge, Jerald A. & William Donner. (2013). The Tornado Warning Process: A Review of Current Research, Challenges, and Opportunities. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 94(11). 1715–1733. 102 indexed citations
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Donner, William, Havidán Rodríguez, & Walter Díaz. (2012). Tornado Warnings in Three Southern States: A Qualitative Analysis of Public Response Patterns. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. 9(2). 46 indexed citations
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Rodríguez, Havidán, et al.. (2010). Emergency managers, allocation of radar resources, and policy implications: The intersection of weather hazards, population, and technology. Journal of Emergency Management. 8(2). 35–44. 1 indexed citations
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Bass, Ellen J., Brenda Philips, Kevin A. Kloesel, et al.. (2009). Incorporating emergency management needs in the development of weather radar networks. Journal of Emergency Management. 7(1). 45–52. 5 indexed citations
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Donner, William. (2008). Decision making as community adaptation: a case study of emergency managers in Oklahoma. Disasters. 32(2). 292–302. 13 indexed citations
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Donner, William & Héctor Rodríguez. (2008). Population Composition, Migration and Inequality: The Influence of Demographic Changes on Disaster Risk and Vulnerability. Social Forces. 87(2). 1089–1114. 216 indexed citations
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