Amanda Stronza

3.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Amanda Stronza is a scholar working on Ecology, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Amanda Stronza has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Amanda Stronza's work include Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (22 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (18 papers). Amanda Stronza is often cited by papers focused on Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (22 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (20 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (18 papers). Amanda Stronza collaborates with scholars based in United States, Botswana and United Kingdom. Amanda Stronza's co-authors include Tazim Jamal, Joseph E. Mbaiwa, Carter A. Hunt, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Anna Songhurst, Graham McCulloch, Fernanda de Vasconcellos Pêgas, Donald J. Brightsmith, Erin K. Buchholtz and Tim Coulson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Amanda Stronza

52 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Ecotourism for Conservation? 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200
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. Ecotourism for Conservation?
    2019 208 citations Amanda Stronza, Carter A. Hunt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Amanda Stronza United States 23 1.5k 555 525 456 382 55 2.4k
Joseph E. Mbaiwa Botswana 22 1.3k 0.9× 495 0.9× 319 0.6× 461 1.0× 315 0.8× 55 2.0k
Harold Goodwin United Kingdom 23 2.1k 1.4× 808 1.5× 266 0.5× 434 1.0× 342 0.9× 53 2.7k
Sanjay K. Nepal Canada 32 1.9k 1.3× 474 0.9× 440 0.8× 734 1.6× 458 1.2× 75 3.2k
Richard S. Krannich United States 30 1.9k 1.3× 352 0.6× 257 0.5× 706 1.5× 508 1.3× 74 3.0k
Rosaleen Duffy United Kingdom 36 1.6k 1.1× 367 0.7× 900 1.7× 1.4k 3.1× 568 1.5× 81 3.9k
Mark B. Orams New Zealand 29 1.1k 0.8× 170 0.3× 1.5k 2.9× 327 0.7× 498 1.3× 75 2.9k
David A. Fennell Canada 37 2.8k 1.9× 789 1.4× 400 0.8× 366 0.8× 610 1.6× 114 4.1k
Harvey C. Perkins New Zealand 25 1.2k 0.8× 248 0.4× 116 0.2× 249 0.5× 228 0.6× 75 2.7k
Stuart Cottrell United States 23 1.1k 0.7× 168 0.3× 257 0.5× 302 0.7× 445 1.2× 69 1.9k
Anna Spenceley South Africa 22 856 0.6× 292 0.5× 176 0.3× 290 0.6× 201 0.5× 44 1.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Amanda Stronza

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Amanda Stronza

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Amanda Stronza. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Amanda Stronza 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 Amanda Stronza. Amanda Stronza 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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Stronza, Amanda, et al.. (2025). Insights on human−wildlife coexistence from social science and Indigenous and traditional knowledge. Conservation Biology. 39(2). e14460–e14460.
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Songhurst, Anna, Emily Bennitt, Gaseitsiwe Masunga, et al.. (2025). Seasonal Variation in Home Range Sizes and Daily Distance to Ephemeral Surface Water for African Savannah Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Eastern Okavango Panhandle, Northern Botswana. Ecology and Evolution. 15(1). e70758–e70758. 1 indexed citations
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Sène-Harper, Aby, et al.. (2023). The Village, the Elephant, and the State: Land Access and Vulnerability in Rural Botswana. Human Ecology. 51(2). 237–249. 3 indexed citations
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Masunga, Gaseitsiwe, et al.. (2023). Crop diversity and susceptibility of crop fields to elephant raids in eastern Okavango Panhandle, northern Botswana. Ecology and Evolution. 13(3). e9910–e9910. 6 indexed citations
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Songhurst, Anna, et al.. (2023). All aboard the 'Elephant Express', a practical solution for human-elephant coexistence. Pachyderm. 64. 63–77.
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Buchholtz, Erin K., et al.. (2023). A mixed‐methods assessment of human‐elephant conflict in the Western Okavango Panhandle, Botswana. People and Nature. 5(2). 557–571. 8 indexed citations
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Buchholtz, Erin K., Lee A. Fitzgerald, Anna Songhurst, Graham McCulloch, & Amanda Stronza. (2020). Experts and elephants: local ecological knowledge predicts landscape use for a species involved in human-wildlife conflict. Ecology and Society. 25(4). 11 indexed citations
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Obopile, Motshwari, et al.. (2020). Alternative crops as a mitigation measure for elephant crop raiding in the eastern Okavango Panhandle. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 61. 140–152. 10 indexed citations
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Duerden, Mat D., et al.. (2018). Understanding the unique nature of the adolescent study abroad experience. Journal of Hospitality Leisure Sport & Tourism Education. 23. 18–28. 7 indexed citations
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Pozo, Rocío A., Jeremy J. Cusack, Graham McCulloch, et al.. (2018). Elephant space-use is not a good predictor of crop-damage. Biological Conservation. 228. 241–251. 25 indexed citations
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Pozo, Rocío A., Tim Coulson, Graham McCulloch, Amanda Stronza, & Anna Songhurst. (2017). Determining baselines for human-elephant conflict: A matter of time. PLoS ONE. 12(6). e0178840–e0178840. 41 indexed citations
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Hunt, Carter A. & Amanda Stronza. (2013). Stage-based tourism models and resident attitudes towards tourism in an emerging destination in the developing world. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 22(2). 279–298. 79 indexed citations
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Maruyama, Naho & Amanda Stronza. (2011). ROOTS TOURISM OF CHINESE AMERICANS. 49(1). 23–44. 14 indexed citations
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Mbaiwa, Joseph E. & Amanda Stronza. (2011). Changes in resident attitudes towards tourism development and conservation in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Journal of Environmental Management. 92(8). 1950–1959. 65 indexed citations
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Fitzgerald, Lee A. & Amanda Stronza. (2009). APPLIED BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE: BRIDGING ECOLOGY, CULTURE, AND GOVERNANCE FOR EFFECTIVE CONSERVATION. Interciencia. 34(8). 563–570. 16 indexed citations
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Hunt, Carter A. & Amanda Stronza. (2009). Bringing ecotourism into focus: applying a hierarchical perspective to ecotourism research. Journal of Ecotourism. 8(1). 1–17. 13 indexed citations
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Jamal, Tazim & Amanda Stronza. (2009). Collaboration theory and tourism practice in protected areas: stakeholders, structuring and sustainability. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 17(2). 169–189. 361 indexed citations
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Stronza, Amanda & Javier Gordillo. (2008). Opiniones comunitarias sobre ecoturismo. 10(1). 26–49. 1 indexed citations
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Stronza, Amanda. (2001). Anthropology of Tourism: Forging New Ground for Ecotourism and Other Alternatives. Annual Review of Anthropology. 30(1). 261–283. 272 indexed citations
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Stronza, Amanda. (2000). "Because it is ours" : community-based ecotourism in the Peruvian Amazon. University of Florida Digital Collections (University of Florida). 16 indexed citations

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