Aaron Bruner

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Aaron Bruner is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Bruner has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Aaron Bruner's work include Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers) and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 papers). Aaron Bruner is often cited by papers focused on Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers) and Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (4 papers). Aaron Bruner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and United Kingdom. Aaron Bruner's co-authors include Andrew Balmford, Raymond E. Gullison, Stephen Färber, Jouni Paavola, Rhys E. Green, Joan Roughgarden, Joah R. Madden, Phillip J. Cooper, R. Kerry Turner and Robert Costanza and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Bruner

16 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature 2002 2026 2010 2018 2002 250 500 750 1000
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature
    2002 1.0k citations Andrew Balmford, Aaron Bruner et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron Bruner United States 12 1.0k 616 486 382 235 17 1.6k
Tom Clements United Kingdom 24 1.1k 1.1× 526 0.9× 428 0.9× 325 0.9× 223 0.9× 33 1.8k
Neal Hockley United Kingdom 22 1.1k 1.0× 508 0.8× 607 1.2× 440 1.2× 201 0.9× 46 1.9k
Kathleen P. Bell United States 22 778 0.8× 657 1.1× 363 0.7× 218 0.6× 172 0.7× 60 1.7k
Artti Juutinen Finland 30 1.5k 1.4× 731 1.2× 400 0.8× 306 0.8× 400 1.7× 90 2.3k
Adena R. Rissman United States 22 914 0.9× 421 0.7× 362 0.7× 191 0.5× 245 1.0× 65 1.5k
Irene Iniesta-Arandia Spain 14 1.7k 1.7× 488 0.8× 317 0.7× 362 0.9× 167 0.7× 29 2.1k
Thomas O. McShane United States 12 1.0k 1.0× 349 0.6× 478 1.0× 335 0.9× 170 0.7× 17 1.5k
Małgorzata Blicharska Sweden 24 1.4k 1.3× 352 0.6× 445 0.9× 429 1.1× 387 1.6× 68 2.3k
Barney Dickson United Kingdom 10 933 0.9× 364 0.6× 331 0.7× 230 0.6× 154 0.7× 16 1.3k
Rebecca K. Runting Australia 22 1.1k 1.1× 250 0.4× 720 1.5× 301 0.8× 211 0.9× 46 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Aaron Bruner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron Bruner

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Bruner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aaron Bruner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aaron Bruner based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Aaron Bruner. Aaron Bruner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Bruner, Aaron, et al.. (2021). A Business Case for Marine Protected Areas: Economic Valuation of the Reef Attributes of Cozumel Island. Sustainability. 13(8). 4307–4307. 15 indexed citations
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Bruner, Aaron, et al.. (2020). A better Amazon road network for people and the environment. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(13). 7095–7102. 76 indexed citations
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Lessmann, Janeth, Javier Antonio Tamayo Fajardo, Elisa Bonaccorso, & Aaron Bruner. (2019). Cost-effective protection of biodiversity in the western Amazon. Biological Conservation. 235. 250–259. 13 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Jorge Higinio, et al.. (2019). Does exclusion matter in conservation agreements? A case of mangrove users in the Ecuadorian coast using participatory choice experiments. World Development. 123. 104619–104619. 15 indexed citations
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Barr, Rhona, et al.. (2019). Fisheries Improvement Projects and small-scale fisheries: The need for a modified approach. Marine Policy. 105. 109–115. 28 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Jorge Higinio, et al.. (2018). Peace is much more than doves: The economic benefits of bird-based tourism as a result of the peace treaty in Colombia. World Development. 106. 78–86. 30 indexed citations
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Maldonado, Jorge Higinio, et al.. (2017). Peace is Much More than Doves: The Economic Benefits of Bird-Based Tourism as a Result of the Peace Treaty in Colombia. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Berghöfer, Augustín, Claire Brown, Aaron Bruner, et al.. (2016). Increasing the Policy Impact of Ecosystem Service Assessments and Valuations: Insights from Practice. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 10 indexed citations
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Reid, J. Leighton, et al.. (2015). Ecological Compensation to Address Environmental Externalities: Lessons from South American Case Studies. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 34(6-7). 605–622. 18 indexed citations
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Busch, Jonah, et al.. (2011). Comparing REDD mechanism design options w ith an open source economic model Submitted for review, 20 February 2009.
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Busch, Jonah, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Andrea Cattaneo, et al.. (2009). Collaborative modeling initiative on REDD economics. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 6(25). 252019–252019. 3 indexed citations
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Busch, Jonah, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, Andrea Cattaneo, et al.. (2009). Comparing climate and cost impacts of reference levels for reducing emissions from deforestation. Environmental Research Letters. 4(4). 44006–44006. 79 indexed citations
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Naughton‐Treves, Lisa, Nora L. Álvarez-Berríos, Katrina Brandon, et al.. (2006). Expanding protected areas and incorporating human resource use: a study of 15 forest parks in Ecuador and Peru. Sustainability Science Practice and Policy. 2(2). 32–44. 59 indexed citations
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Bruner, Aaron, Raymond E. Gullison, & Andrew Balmford. (2004). Financial Costs and Shortfalls of Managing and Expanding Protected-Area Systems in Developing Countries. BioScience. 54(12). 1119–1119. 256 indexed citations
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Rice, Richard E., et al.. (2003). Conservation incentive agreements: An approach to linking conservation and economic development on Indigenous lands in Ecuador. 3 indexed citations
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Balmford, Andrew, Aaron Bruner, Phillip J. Cooper, et al.. (2002). Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature. Science. 297(5583). 950–953. 1005 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bruner, Aaron, et al.. (1999). The green host effect : an integrated approach to sustainable tourism and resort development. 23 indexed citations

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