Andrew Church

8.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Andrew Church is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew Church has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 13 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Andrew Church's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (11 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (11 papers). Andrew Church is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers), Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management (11 papers) and Geographies of human-animal interactions (11 papers). Andrew Church collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Ireland. Andrew Church's co-authors include Robert Fish, Martin Frost, Michael Winter, Kevin Sullivan, Mark Bhatti, Tim Coles, Peter H. Reid, Neil Ravenscroft, Jasper O. Kenter and Rosalind Bryce and has published in prestigious journals such as Optics Letters, Ecological Economics and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Andrew Church

83 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Conceptualising cultural ecosystem services: A novel framework for research and critical engagement

2016 522 citations Andrew Church et al. profile →
Transport and social exclusion in London

2000 520 citations Andrew Church, Martin Frost et al. Transport Policy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Andrew Church United Kingdom	26	1.1k	846	775	529	402	86	3.1k
James J. Connolly United States	38	1.9k 1.7×	1.5k 1.8×	2.3k 3.0×	470 0.9×	290 0.7×	99	5.1k
Timothy Beatley United States	28	1.2k 1.1×	812 1.0×	788 1.0×	267 0.5×	259 0.6×	74	2.9k
B.H.M. Elands Netherlands	26	1.7k 1.6×	651 0.8×	1.6k 2.1×	180 0.3×	207 0.5×	73	3.0k
Arjen Buijs Netherlands	34	2.1k 1.9×	900 1.1×	2.1k 2.7×	191 0.4×	340 0.8×	77	4.1k
Laura A. Ogden United States	24	1.5k 1.3×	484 0.6×	1.1k 1.5×	112 0.2×	212 0.5×	40	3.3k
Delene Weber Australia	19	835 0.7×	980 1.2×	809 1.0×	325 0.6×	196 0.5×	36	2.2k
Stephen R.J. Sheppard Canada	31	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.3×	1.2k 1.6×	169 0.3×	318 0.8×	86	4.2k
Graham Smith United Kingdom	31	778 0.7×	1.4k 1.6×	1.1k 1.5×	323 0.6×	270 0.7×	119	4.8k
Robert L. Ryan United States	26	1.4k 1.2×	913 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	156 0.3×	318 0.8×	62	2.8k
Debra Roberts South Africa	27	1.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.6×	651 0.8×	227 0.4×	533 1.3×	66	4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Andrew Church

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew Church

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew Church

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Church, Andrew, et al.. (2025). Demonstrating the Values-Based WeValue InSitu Approach to Capture Hidden Intangible Benefits of Ecosystem Services in Nigeria. Sustainability. 17(6). 2761–2761. 1 indexed citations

Church, Andrew, František Batysta, Thomas Galvin, et al.. (2024). Demonstration of a 1 TW peak power, joule-level ultrashort Tm:YLF laser. Optics Letters. 49(6). 1583–1583. 6 indexed citations

Reagan, Brendan A., Thomas Galvin, František Batysta, et al.. (2023). 100J-Level Energy Extraction in a Compact, Diode-Pumped Tm:YLF Amplifier. 83. SF1N.3–SF1N.3. 1 indexed citations

Macpherson, Hannah, et al.. (2022). Mobile drawing methods in landscape research: collaborative drawing in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Landscape Research. 47(8). 1009–1023. 2 indexed citations

Reagan, Brendan A., et al.. (2022). Multi-joule energy extraction in diode-pumped Tm:YLF. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 11034. 14–14. 1 indexed citations

Schröter, Matthias, Mike Christie, Andrew Church, et al.. (2020). Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. Ecosystems and People. 16(1). 50–69. 59 indexed citations

Christie, Mike, et al.. (2019). Understanding the diversity of values of “Nature’s contributions to people”: insights from the IPBES Assessment of Europe and Central Asia. Sustainability Science. 14(5). 1267–1282. 55 indexed citations

Martín-Ortega, Julia, Julia Martín-Ortega, Shahbaz Khan, et al.. (2015). Water Ecosystem Services. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 68 indexed citations

Church, Andrew, Richard Mitchell, Neil Ravenscroft, & Lee Stapleton. (2015). ‘Growing your own’: A multi-level modelling approach to understanding personal food growing trends and motivations in Europe. Ecological Economics. 110. 71–80. 45 indexed citations

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Stapleton, Lee, et al.. (2014). A flexible ecosystem services proto-typology based on public opinion. Ecological Economics. 106. 83–90. 4 indexed citations

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Maxwell, Neil, et al.. (2014). Oxygen Cost of Recreational Horse-Riding in Females. Journal of Physical Activity and Health. 12(6). 808–813. 14 indexed citations

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Adeyeye, Kemi, et al.. (2014). Beyond the water efficiency calculators. University of Brighton Repository (University of Brighton). 19–28. 1 indexed citations

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Ravenscroft, Neil, et al.. (2013). Property Ownership, Resource Use, and the ‘Gift of Nature’. Environment and Planning D Society and Space. 31(3). 451–466. 6 indexed citations

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Bhatti, Mark, et al.. (2008). ‘I love being in the garden’: enchanting encounters in everyday life. Social & Cultural Geography. 10(1). 61–76. 56 indexed citations

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Church, Andrew & Tim Coles. (2006). Tourism, Power and Space. University of Bedfordshire Repository (University of Bedfordshire). 179 indexed citations

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Church, Andrew, Martin Frost, & Kevin Sullivan. (2000). Transport and social exclusion in London. Transport Policy. 7(3). 195–205. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Church, Andrew & Peter H. Reid. (1999). Cross-border Co-operation, Institutionalization and Political Space Across the English Channel. Regional Studies. 33(7). 643–655. 84 indexed citations

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Church, Andrew & Peter H. Reid. (1996). Urban Power, International Networks and Competition: The Example of Cross-border Cooperation. Urban Studies. 33(8). 1297–1318. 66 indexed citations

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Mawson, J., Andrew Church, Peter H. Reid, et al.. (1995). Policy Review Section. Regional Studies. 29(3). 297–316. 15 indexed citations

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Church, Andrew & Martin Frost. (1995). The Thames Gateway: An Analysis of the Emergence of a Sub-Regional Regeneration Initiative. Geographical Journal. 161(2). 199–199. 5 indexed citations

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