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Root Causes

Root Causes is a systemic phenomenon representing the fundamental underlying drivers or structural sources of problematic patterns within a system, distinguished from proximate or symptomatic factors by their role in perpetually generating and sustaining the observed behavior over time.

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A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of Health

2010 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Causes of the 2003 Major Grid Blackouts in North America and Europe, and Recommended Means to Improve System Dynamic Performance

Göran Andersson, P. Donalek, Richard G. Farmer et al. · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems · 2005 · 1.3K citations

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Deforestation in Brazilian Amazonia: History, Rates, and Consequences

Philip M. Fearnside · Conservation Biology · 2005 · 1.2K citations

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Achieving health equity: from root causes to fair outcomes

Michael Marmot · The Lancet · 2007 · 937 citations

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Process-based Principles for Restoring River Ecosystems

Timothy J. Beechie, David Sear, Julian D. Olden et al. · BioScience · 2010 · 774 citations

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  1. SB
    Sang Bin Lee

    Korea University, South Korea

    9 publications · 625 citations

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  2. YL
    Yepang Liu

    Southern University of Science and Technology, China

    8 publications · 471 citations

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  3. DL
    David Lo

    Singapore Management University, Singapore

    7 publications · 406 citations

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  4. AM
    Ali Mesbah

    University of British Columbia, Canada

    6 publications · 457 citations

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  5. IK
    Ilan Kelman

    University College London, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 643 citations

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  1. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    23 h-index

    102 publications

    8.2K citations

  2. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    16 h-index

    43 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    15 h-index

    22 publications

    942 citations

  4. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    2.4K citations

  5. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    15 h-index

    46 publications

    2.9K citations

  6. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    14 h-index

    36 publications

    1.1K citations

  7. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    14 h-index

    34 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    13 h-index

    32 publications

    2.1K citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 19 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

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  4. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 15 publications · 450 citations

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  5. Sustainability

    12 publications · 572 citations

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