Andreas Kontoleon

5.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Andreas Kontoleon is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Andreas Kontoleon has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Andreas Kontoleon's work include Economic and Environmental Valuation (29 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (22 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (12 papers). Andreas Kontoleon is often cited by papers focused on Economic and Environmental Valuation (29 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (22 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (12 papers). Andreas Kontoleon collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and China. Andreas Kontoleon's co-authors include Pauline Grosjean, Alexandros Dimitropoulos, Katrina Mullan, Thales A. P. West, Jan Börner, Erin O. Sills, Mitsuyasu Yabe, Timothy Swanson, Tim Swanson and K. N. Ninan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Andreas Kontoleon

68 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation

2023 172 citations Thales A. P. West, Sven Wunder et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andreas Kontoleon United Kingdom	28	1.1k	999	498	489	237	73	2.5k
John M. Kerr United States	27	583 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	285 0.6×	305 0.6×	365 1.5×	94	2.2k
Kathy Baylis United States	34	1.4k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	267 0.5×	346 0.7×	381 1.6×	125	4.1k
Francisco Alpízar Costa Rica	22	815 0.8×	398 0.4×	550 1.1×	352 0.7×	135 0.6×	82	2.2k
Liesbet Vranken Belgium	31	565 0.5×	743 0.7×	285 0.6×	608 1.2×	384 1.6×	133	2.8k
Sergio Villamayor‐Tomás Spain	29	422 0.4×	1.5k 1.5×	704 1.4×	531 1.1×	107 0.5×	89	3.1k
George R. Parsons United States	28	1.7k 1.6×	641 0.6×	669 1.3×	598 1.2×	86 0.4×	65	3.7k
Kathleen Segerson United States	31	2.5k 2.4×	931 0.9×	276 0.6×	550 1.1×	160 0.7×	121	4.1k
Jens Friis Lund Denmark	31	706 0.7×	2.1k 2.1×	592 1.2×	403 0.8×	198 0.8×	86	2.9k
Andrea Cattaneo Italy	29	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.1×	260 0.5×	303 0.6×	404 1.7×	56	3.1k
Graham R. Marshall Australia	19	547 0.5×	893 0.9×	461 0.9×	347 0.7×	178 0.8×	58	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Andreas Kontoleon

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andreas Kontoleon

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andreas Kontoleon

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Wu, Xiao‐Qin, Jing Meng, Laixiang Sun, et al.. (2025). Technological pathways for cost-effective steel decarbonization. Nature. 647(8088). 93–101. 1 indexed citations

Delacote, Philippe, Sylvain Chabé‐Ferret, Anna Cretì, et al.. (2025). Restoring credibility in carbon offsets through systematic ex post evaluation. Nature Sustainability. 8(7). 733–740. 5 indexed citations

Mubarik, Muhammad Shujaat, Andreas Kontoleon, & Muhammad Shahbaz. (2024). Beyond the hurdles: Exploring policy obstacles in the path to circular economy adoption. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122667–122667. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Guanglai, et al.. (2024). The effect of air pollution on defensive expenditures: Evidence from individual commercial health insurance in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122379–122379. 4 indexed citations

Rehman, Mubeen Abdur, Mudassar Hasan, Uğur Korkut Pata, Xihui Haviour Chen, & Andreas Kontoleon. (2024). Exploring the Nexus of technology, environmental policy stringency, and political globalization: Pathways to achieving sustainability. Energy Economics. 107979–107979. 10 indexed citations

Carmenta, Rachel, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the impacts of a large-scale voluntary REDD+ project in Sierra Leone. Nature Sustainability. 7(2). 120–129. 13 indexed citations

McGinlay, James, Nikoleta Jones, Chrisovalantis Malesios, et al.. (2023). Exploring local public support for protected areas: What social factors influence stated and active support among local people?. Environmental Science & Policy. 145. 250–261. 16 indexed citations

Kontoleon, Andreas, et al.. (2023). Do Flood and Heatwave Experiences Shape Climate Opinion? Causal Evidence from Flooding and Heatwaves in England and Wales. Environmental and Resource Economics. 86(1-2). 263–304. 7 indexed citations

West, Thales A. P., Sven Wunder, Erin O. Sills, et al.. (2023). Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation. Science. 381(6660). 873–877. 172 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gsottbauer, Elisabeth, et al.. (2022). Anti-social behaviour and economic decision-making: Panel experimental evidence in the wake of COVID-19. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 206. 136–171. 10 indexed citations

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Gsottbauer, Elisabeth, et al.. (2022). Air pollution and anti-social behaviour: Evidence from a randomised lab-in-the-field experiment. Social Science & Medicine. 320. 115617–115617. 3 indexed citations

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Gsottbauer, Elisabeth, et al.. (2022). Do carbon footprint labels promote climatarian diets? Evidence from a large-scale field experiment. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 114. 102693–102693. 70 indexed citations

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Wiik, Emma, Julia P. G. Jones, Edwin Pynegar, et al.. (2020). Mechanisms and impacts of an incentive‐based conservation program with evidence from a randomized control trial. Conservation Biology. 34(5). 1076–1088. 19 indexed citations

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West, Thales A. P., Jan Börner, Erin O. Sills, & Andreas Kontoleon. (2020). Overstated carbon emission reductions from voluntary REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(39). 24188–24194. 200 indexed citations

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Probst, Benedict, Ariel BenYishay, Andreas Kontoleon, & Tiago N.P. dos Reis. (2020). Impacts of a large-scale titling initiative on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Nature Sustainability. 3(12). 1019–1026. 42 indexed citations

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Probst, Benedict, et al.. (2020). The short-term costs of local content requirements in the Indian solar auctions. Nature Energy. 5(11). 842–850. 29 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2019). Performance of Agglomeration Bonuses in Conservation Auctions: Lessons from a Framed Field Experiment. Environmental and Resource Economics. 73(3). 843–869. 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhaoyang, Yazhen Gong, & Andreas Kontoleon. (2017). How do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Land Tenure? Theory and Evidence From China. Ecological Economics. 144. 195–213. 17 indexed citations

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Kontoleon, Andreas, Unai Pascual, & Tim Swanson. (2007). Biodiversity economics : principles, methods and applications. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 48 indexed citations

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Swanson, Tim & Andreas Kontoleon. (2000). Why did the protected areas fail the Giant Panda? The economics of conserving endangered species in developing countries. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

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