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Nicholas P. Simpson

Nicholas P. Simpson publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, on topics such as Climate change impacts on agriculture, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration and Agricultural risk and resilience.

World rank
#164,157
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#399
of 5,570
Works
23
Citations
201
Citations per work
8.7

What does Nicholas P. Simpson research?

Sociology and Political Science: 29.6%Global and Planetary Change: 11.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11.1%Political Science and International Relations: 7.4%other fields: 40.8%30%top field
Sociology and Political Science29.6%Global and Planetary Change11.1%Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics11.1%Political Science and International Relations7.4%other fields40.8%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Sociology and Political Science30% of their works
  2. 2Global and Planetary Change11% of their works
  3. 3Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics11% of their works
  4. 4Political Science and International Relations7% of their works
  5. 5Ecology7% of their works
  6. 6Conservation7% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nicholas P. Simpson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Vulnerability, Adaptation, Agriculture, Food Security, Sea-Level Rise, Sustainability and Crop Production.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change136 topics
  2. Vulnerability83 topics
  3. Adaptation62 topics
  4. Agriculture52 topics
  5. Food Security52 topics
  6. Sea-Level Rise52 topics
  7. Sustainability42 topics
  8. Crop Production31 topic
  9. Environmental Refugees31 topic
  10. Migration31 topic
  11. Water Management31 topic
  12. Water Resources32 topics
  13. Biocultural Conservation21 topic
  14. Conflict21 topic
  15. Conservation21 topic
  16. Cultural Heritage21 topic
  17. Earth Stewardship21 topic
  18. Insurance21 topic
  19. Risk Management21 topic
  20. Temperature Variability21 topic
  21. Transboundary Water21 topic
  22. Tree Rings21 topic
  23. Reservoir Operation11 topic
  24. Water Demand11 topic

Where does Nicholas P. Simpson work?

Nicholas P. Simpson's main affiliation in the publication record is University of Cape Town, South Africa.

How many publications and citations does Nicholas P. Simpson have?

Science Explorer counts 23 works and 201 citations for Nicholas P. Simpson, ranking #164,157 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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