2026 Michael Webber: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	40	5361	4973	386	370	203	6819

Overview

Michael Webber is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research spans several interconnected fields focused on social sciences, with a particular emphasis on water resources and governance.

The main fields of study in Michael Webber's work include:

Social Sciences

Within these, they have contributed significantly to several subfields, such as:

Ocean Engineering
Sociology and Political Science
Political Science and International Relations
Water Science and Technology
Economics and Econometrics

The research topics they have covered reflect an extensive engagement with water management issues and socioeconomic dynamics, including:

Water resources management and optimization
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Water Governance and Infrastructure
China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
Transboundary Water Resource Management
Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism

Michael Webber has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably:

G. William Domhoff
Jichuan Sheng
Mark Wang
Nahui Zhen

Their publications appear in a range of journals and venues, with multiple contributions to the following outlets:

Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning
Journal of Hydrology
Environmental Policy and Governance
Journal of Environmental Management
The Science of The Total Environment

Representative recent papers by Michael Webber include:

"Incentive coordination for transboundary water pollution control: The case of the middle route of China's South-North water Transfer Project," 2020, Journal of Hydrology
"Can interbasin water transfer affect water consumption and pollution? Lessons from China's South-North water transfer project," 2020, Environmental Policy and Governance
"Alternative water supply solutions: China's South-to-North-water-diversion in Jinan," 2020, Journal of Environmental Management
"Ecological water, a new focus of China's water management," 2023, The Science of The Total Environment
"Authoritarian neoliberalization of water governance: the case of China's South-North Water Transfer Project," 2020, Territory Politics Governance

In addition to articles, Michael Webber has contributed to book publications, including a work published by Stanford University Press eBooks:

Class and Power in the New Deal, 2020

Best Publications

Impact of uncertainty on location

Michael John Webber

402
Citations
Rural industries and water pollution in China.

Mark Wang;Michael Webber;Brian Finlayson;Jon Barnett

392
Citations
Accommodating migration to promote adaptation to climate change

Jon Barnett;Michael Webber

290
Citations
The Golden Age Illusion: Rethinking Postwar Capitalism

Michael John Webber;David L. Rigby

273
Citations
Global Restructuring: The Australian Experience

Robert H. Fagan;Michael John Webber

271
Citations
How LCA studies deal with uncertainty

Stuart Ross;David Evans;Michael Webber

241
Citations
Variability and trend in the hydrology of the Yangtze River, China: Annual precipitation and runoff

Jing Chen;Xiaodan Wu;Brian L. Finlayson;Michael Webber

236
Citations
Bibliometric and visualized analysis of emergy research

Dan Chen;Zhi Liu;Zhaohui Luo;Michael Webber

201
Citations
What can we learn from the practice of development-forced displacement and resettlement for organised resettlements in response to climate change?

Brooke Wilmsen;Michael Webber

168
Citations
Changes in monthly flows in the Yangtze River, China – With special reference to the Three Gorges Dam

Jing Chen;Brian L. Finlayson;Taoyuan Wei;Qianli Sun

155
Citations
Sustainability: Transfer project cannot meet China's water needs.

Jon Barnett;Sarah Rogers;Michael Webber;Brian Finlayson

151
Citations
Development for Whom? Rural to Urban Resettlement at the Three Gorges Dam, China

Brooke Wilmsen;Michael Webber;Duan Yuefang

146
Citations
Involuntary Resettlement, Production and Income: Evidence from Xiaolangdi, PRC

Michael Webber;Brooke McDonald

140
Citations
Spatial Structure and the Parameters of Spatial Interaction Models

A. Stewart Fotheringham;M. J. Webber

131
Citations
Pricing China's irrigation water

Michael Webber;Jon Barnett;Brian Finlayson;Mark Wang

130
Citations
Involuntary resettlement as an opportunity for development: The case of urban resettlers of the Three Gorges Project, China

Brooke Mcdonald;Michael Webber;Duan Yuefang

118
Citations
Involuntary Rural Resettlement: Resources, Strategies, and Outcomes at the Three Gorges Dam, China

Brooke Wilmsen;Michael Webber;Yuefang Duan

117
Citations
The South–North Water Transfer Project: remaking the geography of China

Michael Webber;Brittany Crow-Miller;Sarah Rogers

111
Citations
New forms of ownership and human resource practices in Vietnam

Ying Zhu;Ngan Collins;Michael Webber;John Benson

106
Citations
Information theory and urban spatial structure

Michael John Webber

105
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Brian Finlayson University of Melbourne

Eric Sheppard University of California, Los Angeles

Paul Robbins University of Wisconsin–Madison

Zhongyuan Chen East China Normal University

Deli Chen University of Melbourne

Andrew W. Western University of Melbourne

David Phillips University of Melbourne

Yong Geng Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Francois Molle Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

Neil Ward University of East Anglia

External Links

Personal website of Michael Webber

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