Alistair McVittie

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
42 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Alistair McVittie is a scholar working on Ecology, Economics and Econometrics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Alistair McVittie has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Alistair McVittie's work include Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (11 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers). Alistair McVittie is often cited by papers focused on Economic and Environmental Valuation (11 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (11 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (10 papers). Alistair McVittie collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Netherlands and United States. Alistair McVittie's co-authors include Luke Brander, Dominic Moran, R.S. de Groot, P.J.H. van Beukering, Andrea Ghermandi, Leon Braat, Lars Hein, Rosimeiry Portela, Mike Christie and N. D. Crossman and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecological Economics and Journal of Environmental Management.

In The Last Decade

Alistair McVittie

41 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global estimates of the value of ecosystems and their services in monetary units

2012 1.8k citations R.S. de Groot, Luke Brander et al. Ecosystem Services profile →
Economic values for ecosystem services: A global synthesis and way forward

2024 61 citations Luke Brander, R.S. de Groot et al. Ecosystem Services profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alistair McVittie United Kingdom	20	2.0k	1.1k	996	707	285	42	3.3k
James Blignaut South Africa	33	2.0k 1.0×	785 0.7×	884 0.9×	771 1.1×	480 1.7×	137	4.0k
Rosimeiry Portela United States	14	3.0k 1.5×	1.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	962 1.4×	330 1.2×	20	4.0k
Maria Luisa Paracchini Italy	27	2.4k 1.2×	728 0.7×	578 0.6×	568 0.8×	594 2.1×	42	3.3k
Patrick ten Brink United States	17	2.4k 1.2×	802 0.7×	1.1k 1.1×	862 1.2×	326 1.1×	50	3.5k
E.C. van Ierland Netherlands	24	1.7k 0.8×	513 0.5×	900 0.9×	635 0.9×	198 0.7×	114	3.2k
Heidi Wittmer Germany	28	2.5k 1.3×	571 0.5×	733 0.7×	936 1.3×	552 1.9×	49	3.7k
Van Butsic United States	30	2.6k 1.3×	841 0.8×	547 0.5×	539 0.8×	235 0.8×	103	4.0k
Urs P. Kreuter United States	32	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 1.4×	630 0.6×	795 1.1×	339 1.2×	108	3.7k
Pere Serra Spain	23	2.0k 1.0×	532 0.5×	587 0.6×	343 0.5×	306 1.1×	76	2.9k
Roelof Boumans United States	20	3.1k 1.6×	1.6k 1.4×	1.1k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	521 1.8×	43	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Alistair McVittie

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alistair McVittie

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Glenk, Klaus, et al.. (2021). An application of Bayesian Belief Networks to assess management scenarios for aquaculture in a complex tropical lake system in Indonesia. PLoS ONE. 16(4). e0250365–e0250365. 10 indexed citations

Roberts, Michaela, Katherine N. Irvine, & Alistair McVittie. (2021). Associations between greenspace and mental health prescription rates in urban areas. Urban forestry & urban greening. 64. 127301–127301. 15 indexed citations

Brander, Luke, et al.. (2020). The global costs and benefits of expanding Marine Protected Areas. Marine Policy. 116. 103953–103953. 42 indexed citations

McVittie, Alistair & Michela Faccioli. (2020). Biodiversity and ecosystem services net gain assessment: A comparison of metrics. Ecosystem Services. 44. 101145–101145. 21 indexed citations

Ahmadi, Bouda Vosough, et al.. (2019). Prioritising Support for Cost Effective Rare Breed Conservation Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 7. 6 indexed citations

Metzger, Marc J., Jan Dick, Chloe Bellamy, et al.. (2019). Knowledge sharing, problem solving and professional development in a Scottish Ecosystem Services Community of Practice. Regional Environmental Change. 19(8). 2275–2286. 10 indexed citations

McVittie, Alistair, et al.. (2017). Ecosystem-based solutions for disaster risk reduction: Lessons from European applications of ecosystem-based adaptation measures. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 32. 42–54. 85 indexed citations

McVittie, Alistair, et al.. (2017). A review of the social, economic and environmental benefits and constraints linked to wild land in Scotland. 1 indexed citations

Sánchez, Berta, Ana Iglesias, Alistair McVittie, et al.. (2016). Management of agricultural soils for greenhouse gas mitigation: Learning from a case study in NE Spain. Journal of Environmental Management. 170. 37–49. 18 indexed citations

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McVittie, Alistair, et al.. (2015). Integrating quantitative and qualitative data in assessing the cost-effectiveness of biodiversity conservation programmes. Biodiversity and Conservation. 24(6). 1359–1375. 10 indexed citations

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Wreford, Anita, Dominic Moran, Andrew Moxey, et al.. (2015). Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change. EuroChoices. 14(2). 16–23. 1 indexed citations

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McVittie, Alistair, Luke Brander, Alfred Wagtendonk, et al.. (2011). The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity: the Quantitative Assessment. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 6 indexed citations

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Moran, Dominic, Michael MacLeod, E. Wall, et al.. (2010). Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for UK Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 62(1). 93–118. 92 indexed citations

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McVittie, Alistair, et al.. (2009). Environmental impacts of agriculture: impact categories in the environmental accounts.. Aspects of applied biology. 85–89. 1 indexed citations

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Moran, Dominic, Michael MacLeod, E. Wall, et al.. (2009). Marginal abatement cost curves for UK agriculture, forestry, land-use and land-use change sector out to 2022. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 6(24). 242002–242002. 15 indexed citations

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Moran, Dominic & Alistair McVittie. (2008). Estimation of the value the public places on regulations to improve broiler welfare. Animal Welfare. 17(1). 43–52. 13 indexed citations

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Moran, Dominic, Michael MacLeod, Alistair McVittie, Manuel Jesús Dolz Lago, & David Oglethorpe. (2007). Dynamics of water use in Scotland. Water and Environment Journal. 21(4). 241–251. 3 indexed citations

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Moran, Dominic, et al.. (2006). Estimating the Recreational Value of Mountain Biking Sites in Scotland Using Count Data Models. Tourism Economics. 12(1). 123–135. 19 indexed citations

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Moran, Dominic, Alistair McVittie, David J. Allcroft, & David A. Elston. (2006). Quantifying public preferences for agri-environmental policy in Scotland: A comparison of methods. Ecological Economics. 63(1). 42–53. 58 indexed citations

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Hanley, Nick, David Oglethorpe, Michael Wilson, & Alistair McVittie. (2001). Estimating the Value of Environmental Features: Stage Two. Final Report to MAFF.. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 4 indexed citations

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