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Researcher · University of Cape Town · South Africa

Nicholas P. Simpson

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

ORCID 0000-0002-9041-982X OpenAlex
World rank
#72,307
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in South Africa
#181
of 29,826
Works
107
Citations
9k
Citations per work
84.4
h-index
28
i10-index 42Top 2.7% in Sociology and Political Science
Nicholas P. Simpson

What does Nicholas P. Simpson research?

Nicholas P. Simpson's work is mostly in Social Sciences (22%), Environmental Science (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (18%).

Everything else: 39 works · 36.7% of their workSocial Sciences: 28 works · 26.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 23 works · 21.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 23 works · 21.5% of their workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 works · 4.5% of their workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 works · 4.5% of their workPhysical Sciences: 20 works · 19.1% of their workEnvironmental Science: 20 works · 19.1% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 works · 13.4% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 works · 5.7% of their workLife Sciences: 19 works · 18.2% of their workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 works · 18.2% of their workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 works · 14.6% of their workSoil Science: 4 works · 3.6% of their workTHEIR WORKNicholas P.Simpson107works
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences19%Social Sciences26%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else3936.7%
    1. Social Sciences2321.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance54.5%
    1. Environmental Science2019.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1918.2%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science22% of their works
  2. 2Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics15% of their works
  3. 3Global and Planetary Change13% of their works
  4. 4Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law6% of their works
  5. 5Economics and Econometrics4% of their works
  6. 6Soil Science4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Nicholas P. Simpson's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Climate Change, Vulnerability, Adaptation, Global Warming, Sustainability, Agriculture, Food Security 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. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change835 topics
  2. Vulnerability663 topics
  3. Adaptation582 topics
  4. Global Warming452 topics
  5. Sustainability452 topics
  6. Agriculture442 topics
  7. Food Security442 topics
  8. Crop Production361 topic
  9. Water Management361 topic
  10. Sea-Level Rise292 topics
  11. Environmental Refugees221 topic
  12. Migration221 topic
  13. Resilience171 topic
  14. Sustainability Transitions171 topic
  15. Social Networks152 topics
  16. Economic Impacts91 topic
  17. Greenhouse Gas Emissions91 topic
  18. Nexus91 topic
  19. Water91 topic
  20. Insurance81 topic
  21. Risk Management81 topic
  22. Agricultural Innovation71 topic
  23. Conservation71 topic
  24. Cultural Heritage71 topic
  25. Livelihood Diversification71 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?

OpenAlex counts 107 works and 9,031 citations for Nicholas P. Simpson, an h-index of 28, ranking #72,307 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation 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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