2026 Robert W. Kates: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	53	2224	1072	180	21648

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Social Sciences and Humanities

2224

1072

180

21648

Overview

Robert W. Kates was affiliated with Clark University in the United States. Their academic career focused on various aspects of environmental and social sciences. Over the course of their work, they produced research that contributed to several fields within these domains.

Their research spanned multiple topics, although no specific main fields, subfields, or main topics of work have been detailed here. Likewise, there is no available information about recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, or book publications connected to their name.

They held no documented awards or recognitions, and the timeline of their work or significant milestones has not been specified beyond their affiliation.

Robert W. Kates is deceased, and this summary reflects their academic contributions in past tense based on the provided data.

Best Publications

Environment and development. Sustainability science.

Kates Rw;Clark Wc;Corell R;Hall Jm

3165
Citations
The environment as hazard

Ian Burton;Robert William Kates;Gilbert Fowler White

1930
Citations
Transformational adaptation when incremental adaptations to climate change are insufficient

Robert W. Kates;William R. Travis;Thomas J. Wilbanks

1513
Citations
Characterizing and measuring sustainable development

Thomas M. Parris;Robert W. Kates

1118
Citations
The Earth as transformed by human action : global and regional changes in the biosphere over the past 300 years

Billie Turner;W. C. Clark;R. W. Kates;J. F. Richards

1064
Citations
Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: A research perspective

R. W. Kates;C. E. Colten;S. Laska;S. P. Leatherman

901
Citations
Reconstruction following disaster

J. Eugene Haas;Robert William Kates;Martyn J. Bowden

862
Citations
Global Change in Local Places: How Scale Matters

Thomas J. Wilbanks;Robert W. Kates

790
Citations
Sustainability Values, Attitudes, and Behaviors: A Review of Multinational and Global Trends

Anthony A. Leiserowitz;Robert W. Kates;Thomas M. Parris

702
Citations
What kind of a science is sustainability science

Robert W. Kates

623
Citations
Natural Hazard in Human Ecological Perspective: Hypotheses and Models

Robert W. Kates

468
Citations
Cautionary Tales: Adaptation and the Global Poor

Robert W. Kates

432
Citations
Long-term trends and a sustainability transition.

Robert W. Kates;Thomas M. Parris

419
Citations
Knowing better and losing even more: the use of knowledge in hazards management

Gilbert F. White;Robert W. Kates;Ian Burton

407
Citations
The Perception of Natural Hazards in Resource Management

Ian Burton;Robert W. Kates

392
Citations
Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations, and Mitigation

Robert W. Kates

340
Citations
Characterizing a sustainability transition: Goals, targets, trends, and driving forces

Thomas M. Parris;Robert W. Kates

311
Citations
Climate Impact Assessment

Robert W. Kates;Jesse H. Ausubel;Mimi Berberian

311
Citations
Hazard and choice perception in flood plain management

Robert Kates

306
Citations
The nature of technological hazard

Christoph Hohenemser;Robert W Kates;Paul Slovic

278
Citations
Perilous Progress: Managing The Hazards Of Technology

Robert William Kates;Christoph Hohenemser;Jeanne X. Kasperson

268
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Burton University of Toronto

Anthony Leiserowitz Yale University

William C. Clark Harvard University

Timothy O'Riordan University of East Anglia

James J. McCarthy Harvard University

Paul Slovic University of Oregon

Stephen P. Leatherman Florida International University

Baruch Fischhoff Carnegie Mellon University

Hans Joachim Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Arnulf Grubler International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

External Links

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