Aaron Lien

497 total citations
25 papers, 265 citations indexed

About

Aaron Lien is a scholar working on Ecology, Ecological Modeling and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron Lien has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 265 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Ecological Modeling and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Aaron Lien's work include Rangeland and Wildlife Management (7 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Aaron Lien is often cited by papers focused on Rangeland and Wildlife Management (7 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (7 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (6 papers). Aaron Lien collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Austria. Aaron Lien's co-authors include Laura López‐Hoffman, Kevin R. Thiele, Zhi‐Qiang Zhang, Les Christidis, Stijn Conix, Frank E. Zachos, Richard L. Pyle, Stephen T. Garnett, Mark J. Costello and Scott Thomson and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS Biology, Conservation Biology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Aaron Lien

21 papers receiving 254 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Aaron Lien United States 10 93 77 69 53 51 25 265
Jacob Malcom United States 11 83 0.9× 111 1.4× 97 1.4× 37 0.7× 72 1.4× 28 264
Salomon Espinosa Diaz Italy 8 51 0.5× 81 1.1× 88 1.3× 69 1.3× 51 1.0× 14 421
Brigitte Baptiste Colombia 5 62 0.7× 90 1.2× 163 2.4× 37 0.7× 94 1.8× 8 354
Yuxiao He China 7 55 0.6× 84 1.1× 119 1.7× 19 0.4× 42 0.8× 19 255
Sophie J. Williams United Kingdom 11 41 0.4× 87 1.1× 62 0.9× 74 1.4× 53 1.0× 14 315
Allison D. Binley Canada 10 112 1.2× 127 1.6× 63 0.9× 39 0.7× 60 1.2× 23 238
Moleseng C. Moshobane South Africa 8 60 0.6× 93 1.2× 43 0.6× 51 1.0× 85 1.7× 31 287
Jaime J. Coon United States 10 62 0.7× 235 3.1× 96 1.4× 79 1.5× 118 2.3× 23 395
Justine Murray Australia 11 170 1.8× 196 2.5× 71 1.0× 42 0.8× 120 2.4× 24 433
Richard Blaustein Austria 9 27 0.3× 78 1.0× 67 1.0× 42 0.8× 42 0.8× 28 241

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Fields of papers citing papers by Aaron Lien

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Aaron Lien

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Aaron Lien. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Aaron Lien 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 Lien. Aaron Lien is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ruyle, George B., et al.. (2025). Using virtual fence to manage livestock in arid and semi-arid rangelands. Rangelands. 47(1). 24–33. 3 indexed citations
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Ruyle, George B., et al.. (2025). Challenges and opportunities to leverage virtual fence data for rangeland management. Rangelands. 47(1). 16–23. 4 indexed citations
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Feng, Xiao, Adam B. Smith, Brad Boyle, et al.. (2025). The next stage of biodiversity informatics: community-driven synthesis and integration of biodiversity databases. BioScience. 75(11). 913–925. 1 indexed citations
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Semmens, Darius J., Kenneth J. Bagstad, Jay E. Diffendorfer, et al.. (2025). A tiered assessment framework for interregional flows of ecosystem services from migratory species. Conservation Biology. 40(1). e70008–e70008.
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Lien, Aaron, et al.. (2025). Developing a valuation framework for rangeland conservation investments and ecosystem services. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 80(1). 35–52.
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Lien, Aaron, et al.. (2023). Relationship between local-scale topography and vegetation on the invasive C4 perennial bunchgrass buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare) size and reproduction. Invasive Plant Science and Management. 16(1). 38–46. 2 indexed citations
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Lien, Aaron, Juanita Sundberg, Jay E. Diffendorfer, et al.. (2022). Using ecosystem services to identify inequitable outcomes in migratory species conservation. Conservation Letters. 15(6). 7 indexed citations
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Conix, Stijn, Stephen T. Garnett, Kevin R. Thiele, et al.. (2021). Towards a global list of accepted species III. Independence and stakeholder inclusion. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21(4). 631–643. 12 indexed citations
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Lien, Aaron, Stijn Conix, Frank E. Zachos, et al.. (2021). Towards a global list of accepted species IV: Overcoming fragmentation in the governance of taxonomic lists. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21(4). 645–655. 10 indexed citations
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Thiele, Kevin R., Stijn Conix, Richard L. Pyle, et al.. (2021). Towards a global list of accepted species I. Why taxonomists sometimes disagree, and why this matters. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21(4). 615–622. 29 indexed citations
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Lien, Aaron, et al.. (2021). Enhancing integration of Indigenous agricultural knowledge into USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service cost-share initiatives. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. 76(6). 487–497. 9 indexed citations
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Garnett, Stephen T., Les Christidis, Stijn Conix, et al.. (2020). Principles for creating a single authoritative list of the world’s species. PLoS Biology. 18(7). e3000736–e3000736. 66 indexed citations
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Epstein, Graham, Tiffany H. Morrison, Aaron Lien, et al.. (2020). Advances in understanding the evolution of institutions in complex social-ecological systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 44. 58–66. 36 indexed citations
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Bethard, Steven, et al.. (2019). Inferring missing metadata from environmental policy texts. 46–51. 1 indexed citations
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Lien, Aaron, et al.. (2018). Q Methodology: A Method for Understanding Complex Viewpoints in Communities Served by Extension. Journal of Extension. 56(2). 8 indexed citations
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Loomis, John B., Robert Merideth, Aaron Lien, et al.. (2018). Willingness to Pay for Conservation of Transborder Migratory Species: A Case Study of the Mexican Free-Tailed Bat in the United States and Mexico. Environmental Management. 62(2). 229–240. 22 indexed citations
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Lien, Aaron, et al.. (2017). The Land Ethic of Ranchers: A Core Value Despite Divergent Views of Government. Rangeland Ecology & Management. 70(6). 787–793. 15 indexed citations
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Lien, Aaron, et al.. (2015). Jaguar Critical Habitat Designation Causes Concern for Southwestern Ranchers. Rangelands. 37(4). 144–151. 5 indexed citations
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Lien, Aaron, et al.. (2014). Using Watershed Assessments to Inform Planning for Rural Watersheds. UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona). 99(16). 10677–82. 1 indexed citations

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