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D-Index
62
Citations
12840
World Ranking
751
National Ranking
469

Dale Whittington publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dale Whittington sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 207 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Dale Whittington D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dale Whittington sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Dale Whittington is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with significant contributions in economics and econometrics, ocean engineering, sociology and political science, nutrition and dietetics, and pediatrics, perinatology, and child health.

Their main research topics include water resources management and optimization, child nutrition and water access, transboundary water resource management, natural resources and economic development, global maternal and child health, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, and international development and aid.

Whittington's frequent collaborators include W. Michael Hanemann, Marc Jeuland, Richard T. Carson, Thomas Sterner, and Mohammed Basheer. Their work has appeared in notable publication venues such as Water Economics and Policy, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science, Zenodo, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, and bioRxiv.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Understanding and managing new risks on the Nile with the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Collaborative management of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam increases economic benefits and resilience, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Pharmacologic therapy for engraftment arrhythmia induced by transplantation of human cardiomyocytes, 2021, Stem Cell Reports
  • Forecasts of mortality and economic losses from poor water and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Benefit-Cost Analysis of Community-Led Total Sanitation: Incorporating Results from Recent Evaluations, 2020, Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis

Whittington has also contributed to academic books published by Springer Nature and Oxford University Press. Titles include "Development Studies in Regional Science" (2020) and the upcoming "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Water Resources Management and Policy" (2025).

Best Publications

  • Estimating the willingness to pay for water services in developing countries: a case study of the use of contingent valuation surveys in southern Haiti.

    Dale Whittington;John Briscoe;Xinming Mu;William Barron

  • Administering contingent valuation surveys in developing countries

    Dale Whittington

  • A study of water vending and willingness to pay for water in Onitsha, Nigeria

    Dale Whittington;Donald T. Lauria;Xinming Mu

  • Improving the Performance of Contingent Valuation Studies in Developing Countries

    Dale Whittington

  • Estimation of water demand in developing countries : an overview

    Celine Nauges;Dale Whittington

  • Giving Respondents Time to Think in Contingent Valuation Studies: A Developing Country Application*

    Dale Whittington;V.Kerry Smith;Apia Okorafor;Augustine Okore

  • How well is the demand-driven, community management model for rural water supply systems doing? Evidence from Bolivia, Peru and Ghana.

    Dale Whittington;Dale Whittington;Jennifer Davis;Linda Prokopy;Kristin Komives

  • Coping with unreliable public water supplies: Averting expenditures by households in Kathmandu, Nepal

    Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Jui Chen Yang;Dale Whittington;K. C. Bal Kumar

  • The economic benefits of surface water quality improvements in developing countries: A case study of Davao, Philippines

    Kyeong Ae Choe;Dale Whittington;Donald T. Lauria

  • Securing Water, Sustaining Growth: Report of the GWP/OECD Task Force on Water Security and Sustainable Growth

    C.W. Sadoff;J.W. Hall;D. Grey;J.C.J.H. Aerts

  • Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World

    Stavros Georgiou;Dale Whittington;David W. Pearce;Dominic Moran

  • Calculating the Value of Time Spent Collecting Water: Some Estimates for Ukunda, Kenya

    Dale Whittington;Xinming Mu;Robert Roche

  • Possible adverse effects of increasing block water tariffs in developing countries

    Dale Whittington

  • Household demand for improved sanitation services in Kumasi, Ghana: A contingent valuation study

    Dale Whittington;Donald T. Lauria;Albert M. Wright;Kyeongae Choe

  • Water resources planning under climate change: Assessing the robustness of real options for the Blue Nile

    Marc Jeuland;Dale Whittington;Dale Whittington

  • Incentive Compatibility and Conflict Resolution in International River Basins: A Case Study of the Nile Basin

    Xun Wu;Dale Whittington

  • Africa's International Rivers: An Economic Perspective

    Claudia W. Sadoff;Dale Whittington;David Grey

  • Water Resources Management in the Nile Basin: The Economic Value of Cooperation

    Dale Whittington;Xun Wu;Claudia Sadoff

  • Household demand for improved piped water services: evidence from Kathmandu, Nepal

    Dale Whittington;Subhrendu K Pattanayak;Jui-Chen Yang;K.C Bal Kumar

  • PhoPQ regulates acidic glycerophospholipid content of the Salmonella Typhimurium outer membrane

    Zachary D. Dalebroux;Susana Matamouros;Dale Whittington;Russell E. Bishop

  • The Issue of Standing in Cost‐Benefit Analysis

    Dale Whittington;Duncan MacRae

Frequent Co-Authors

Evan D. Kharasch
Evan D. Kharasch Duke University
John D. Clemens
John D. Clemens University of California, Los Angeles
Jashvant D. Unadkat
Jashvant D. Unadkat University of Washington
Craig Calhoun
Craig Calhoun Arizona State University
Maureen L. Cropper
Maureen L. Cropper University of Maryland, College Park
Allan E. Rettie
Allan E. Rettie University of Washington
Jim W. Hall
Jim W. Hall University of Oxford
W. Michael Hanemann
W. Michael Hanemann Arizona State University
Ann C. Collier
Ann C. Collier University of Washington

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