Most cited papers in Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies
What are the most cited papers in Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies?
The most cited paper in Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies is "Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change" (Sandra M. Díaz et al., 2019), with 2,746 citations. Next come "The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives" (2,397) and "The shallow and the deep, long‐range ecology movement. A summary∗" (2,397).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 122 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change Sandra M. Díaz et al. · Science | 12 Dec 2019 | 2,746 |
| 2 | The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives Will Steffen, Jacques Grinevald, Paul J. Crutzen et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences | 31 Jan 2011 | 2,397 |
| 3 | The shallow and the deep, long‐range ecology movement. A summary∗ Arne Næss · Inquiry | 1973 | 2,397 |
| 4 | The neglected 95%: Why American psychology needs to become less American. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett · American Psychologist | 2008 | 2,041 |
| 5 | The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary Professor Alan Drengson | 2005 | 1,250 |
| 6 | The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals Marina Pollán | 2006 | 1,239 |
| 7 | Our Common Future—Call for Action Gro Harlem Brundtland · Environmental Conservation | 1987 | 1,188 |
| 8 | Scale Mismatches in Social-Ecological Systems: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions Graeme S. Cumming, David H. M. Cumming, Charles L. Redman · Ecology and Society | 2006 | 1,138 |
| 9 | The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity James L. Flexner · Australian Archaeology | 2 Sep 2022 | 1,137 |
| 10 | Public Engagement as a Means of Restoring Public Trust in Science – Hitting the Notes, but Missing the Music? Brian Wynne · Public Health Genomics | 2006 | 976 |
| 11 | CONCEPTS AND THEORIES OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Richard M. Lerner, Rachel M. Hershberg, Lacey J. Hilliard et al. · Developmental Science | 4 Oct 2010 | 789 |
| 12 | How Much Are Nature's Services Worth? Walter E. Westman · Science | 2 Sep 1977 | 702 |
| 13 | MATERNAL-INFANT BONDING Olive J. Rich · MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing | May 1977 | 677 |
| 14 | Causes, consequences and ethics of biodiversity David Tilman · Nature | May 2000 | 613 |
| 15 | The earth as transformed by human action A. M. Mannion · Trends in Ecology & Evolution | Dec 1991 | 594 |
| 16 | Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design Practice, Study, and Research Terry Irwin · Design and Culture | 3 Apr 2015 | 532 |
| 17 | Breadth of the socio-ecological model Jill F. Kilanowski · Journal of Agromedicine | 25 Jul 2017 | 514 |
| 18 | Planet-proofing the global food system Johan Rockström, Ottmar Edenhofer, Juliana Gaertner et al. · Nature Food | 13 Jan 2020 | 460 |
| 19 | Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided? Paul R. Ehrlich, Anne H. Ehrlich · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 9 Jan 2013 | 453 |
| 20 | The Era of Management Is Over Donald Ludwig · Ecosystems | Dec 2001 | 419 |
| 21 | Biodiversity: measurement and estimation. Preface John Lander Harper, David L. Hawksworth · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 29 Jul 1994 | 413 |
| 22 | Global food insecurity and famine from reduced crop, marine fishery and livestock production due to climate disruption from nuclear war soot injection Lili Xia, Alan D. Robock, Kim Scherrer et al. · Nature Food | 15 Aug 2022 | 400 |
| 23 | Social-ecological systems, social diversity, and power: insights from anthropology and political ecology Michael Fabinyi, Louisa S. Evans, Simon J. Foale · Ecology and Society | 2014 | 381 |
| 24 | Sustainability or Collapse: What Can We Learn from Integrating the History of Humans and the Rest of Nature? Robert Costanza, Lisa J. Graumlich, Will Steffen et al. · AMBIO | Nov 2007 | 347 |
| 25 | Dietary guidelines for sustainability Joan Dye Gussow, Katherine L. Clancy · Journal of Nutrition Education | Feb 1986 | 343 |
| 26 | Good natured: The origins of right and wrong in humans and other animals Peter A. Corning · Journal of Social and Evolutionary Systems | 1996 | 338 |
| 27 | Vertical farming: a summary of approaches to growing skywards Andrew M Beacham, Laura H. Vickers, James Monaghan · The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology | 14 Feb 2019 | 329 |
| 28 | Climate change and sustainable development: towards dialogue Stewart Cohen, David Demeritt, John B. L. Robinson et al. · Global Environmental Change | Nov 1998 | 328 |
| 29 | Ecology and Resource Management Kenneth E. F. Watt, GEORGE F. OSTER · Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control | Jun 1972 | 326 |
| 30 | The human ecosystem Part I: The human ecosystem as an organizing concept in ecosystem management Gary E. Machlis, Jo Ellen Force, William R. Burch · Society & Natural Resources | Jul 1997 | 324 |
| 31 | Design principles for ecological engineering Scott D. Bergen, Susan M. Bolton, James L. Fridley · Ecological Engineering | Dec 2001 | 300 |
| 32 | Science for the Twenty‐First Century: From Social Contract to the Scientific Core Gilberto C. Gallopín, Silvio Oscar Funtowicz, Martin O'Connor et al. · International Social Science Journal | Jun 2001 | 290 |
| 33 | Permaculture for agroecology: design, movement, practice, and worldview. A review Rafter Sass Ferguson, Sarah Taylor Lovell · Agronomy for Sustainable Development | 24 Oct 2013 | 290 |
| 34 | The concept of weak sustainability Maite Cabeza Gutés · Ecological Economics | Jun 1996 | 289 |
| 35 | The Concept of Sustainable Development: Definition and Defining Principles Rachel Emas | 2015 | 276 |
| 36 | Bad Weather Joseph Masco · Social Studies of Science | 28 Sep 2009 | 270 |
| 37 | On Causes and Consequences of Ancient and Modern Population Changes1 George L. Cowgill · American Anthropologist | Sep 1975 | 265 |
| 38 | New Visions for Addressing Sustainability Andrew J. McMichael, Colin David Butler, Carl Folke · Science | 11 Dec 2003 | 263 |
| 39 | Other nature: geodiversity and geosystem services Murray Gray · Environmental Conservation | 7 Apr 2011 | 261 |
| 40 | Ethical doings in naturecultures María Puig de la Bellacasa · Ethics Place & Environment | Jun 2010 | 259 |
| 41 | Overcoming Global Food Security Challenges through Science and Solidarity Christopher B. Barrett · American Journal of Agricultural Economics | 27 Oct 2020 | 253 |
| 42 | Post-growth: the science of wellbeing within planetary boundaries Giorgos Kallis, Jason Hickel, Daniel W. O’Neill et al. · The Lancet Planetary Health | 2025 | 240 |
| 43 | Critical perspectives on historical collapse Karl W. Butzer, Georgina H. Endfield · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 27 Feb 2012 | 239 |
| 44 | Farmers’ Perceptions and Adaptations to Climate Change in Sub-Sahara Africa: A Synthesis of Empirical Studies and Implications for Public Policy in African Agriculture James Sharka Juana, Zibanani Kahaka, Francis Nathan Okurut · Journal of Agricultural Science | 17 Mar 2013 | 229 |
| 45 | Shrink and share: humanity's present and future Ecological Footprint Justin A. Kitzes, Mathis Wackernagel, Jonathan Loh et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 25 Jul 2007 | 225 |
| 46 | Urban Ecological Footprints: Why Cities Cannot be Sustainable—and Why They are a Key to Sustainability William E. Rees, Mathis Wackernagel · Urban Ecology | 2 Jan 2008 | 208 |
| 47 | The "New Environmental Paradigm" Riley E. Dunlap, Kent D. Van Liere · The Journal of Environmental Education | Sep 2008 | 197 |
| 48 | The treadmill of production and the environmental state Allan Schnaiberg, David Naguib Pellow, Adam S. Weinberg · Research in social problems and public policy | 11 Mar 2005 | 197 |
| 49 | Measuring sustainable development: Some empirical evidence for France from eight alternative indicators Myriam Nourry · Ecological Economics | 5 Feb 2008 | 197 |
| 50 | FutureNatural: Nature, science, culture Nick Bingham · Journal of Rural Studies | Jul 1997 | 194 |
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