Arild Angelsen

21.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
157 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Arild Angelsen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Arild Angelsen has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 56 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 32 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Arild Angelsen's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (84 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (37 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (36 papers). Arild Angelsen is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (84 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (37 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (36 papers). Arild Angelsen collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Indonesia and United States. Arild Angelsen's co-authors include David Kaimowitz, Sven Wunder, B. Belcher, Maria Brockhaus, Thomas K. Rudel, William D. Sunderlin, Espen Sjaastad, Oliver T. Coomes, Frédéric Achard and Éric F. Lambin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Arild Angelsen

148 papers receiving 10.5k citations

Hit Papers

Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of lan... 1998 2026 2007 2016 2005 2012 2014 2005 1999 250 500 750 1000
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. Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change
    2005 1.0k citations Arild Angelsen et al. profile →
  2. An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries
    2012 919 citations Martin Herold, Veronique De Sy et al. profile →
  3. Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis
    2014 792 citations Arild Angelsen, Pamela Jagger et al. World Development profile →
  4. Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: An Overview
    2005 736 citations William D. Sunderlin, Arild Angelsen et al. World Development profile →
  5. Rethinking the Causes of Deforestation: Lessons from Economic Models
    1999 684 citations Arild Angelsen et al. profile →
  6. Economic models of tropical deforestation: a review
    1998 510 citations Arild Angelsen et al. profile →
  7. Realising REDD+: national strategy and policy options
    2009 496 citations Arild Angelsen, Maria Brockhaus et al. profile →
  8. Moving ahead with REDD: issues, options and implications
    2008 468 citations Arild Angelsen 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
Arild Angelsen Norway 46 8.7k 3.3k 1.9k 1.6k 1.5k 157 11.8k
Sven Wunder Indonesia 59 13.3k 1.5× 7.6k 2.3× 2.1k 1.1× 1.7k 1.1× 3.3k 2.1× 185 17.4k
Luca Salvati Italy 67 8.0k 0.9× 2.4k 0.7× 950 0.5× 1.8k 1.1× 2.4k 1.5× 486 13.0k
Thomas K. Rudel United States 37 5.2k 0.6× 1.5k 0.4× 1.2k 0.6× 1.4k 0.9× 897 0.6× 108 7.6k
Charlie M. Shackleton South Africa 60 5.5k 0.6× 1.0k 0.3× 1.1k 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 1.4k 0.9× 328 12.4k
Unai Pascual Spain 51 6.0k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 1.3k 0.9× 2.1k 1.4× 157 10.1k
Robert Mendelsohn United States 65 4.3k 0.5× 6.4k 1.9× 2.0k 1.0× 955 0.6× 1.5k 1.0× 248 14.8k
Andrew J. Dougill United Kingdom 57 4.5k 0.5× 809 0.2× 1.8k 0.9× 1.7k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 192 11.6k
Meine van Noordwijk Indonesia 60 7.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.3× 1.5k 0.8× 3.4k 2.2× 1.2k 0.8× 409 15.5k
Jesse Ribot United States 35 4.4k 0.5× 930 0.3× 1.7k 0.9× 663 0.4× 980 0.6× 88 7.8k
Esteve Corbera Spain 45 6.0k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 1.3k 0.7× 934 0.6× 1.7k 1.1× 122 8.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Arild Angelsen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Arild Angelsen

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Cuní‐Sanchez, Aida, et al.. (2025). Between a rock and a hard place: Livelihood diversification through artisanal mining in the Eastern DR Congo. Resources Policy. 106. 105613–105613.
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Brockhaus, Maria, Veronique De Sy, Monica Di Gregorio, et al.. (2024). Data and information in a political forest: The case of REDD+. Forest Policy and Economics. 165. 103251–103251. 2 indexed citations
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Makate, Clifton, Arild Angelsen, Stein T. Holden, & Ola Tveitereid Westengen. (2024). Smallholder access to purchased seeds in the presence of pervasive market imperfections and rainfall shocks: panel data evidence from Malawi and Ethiopia. Agricultural and Food Economics. 12(1).
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Angelsen, Arild, et al.. (2024). Deforestation triggered by artisanal mining in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Nature Sustainability. 7(11). 1452–1460. 6 indexed citations
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Gurven, Michael, Benjamin C. Trumble, Aili Pyhälä, et al.. (2024). Subjective well-being across the life course among non-industrialized populations. Science Advances. 10(43). eado0952–eado0952. 4 indexed citations
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Babweteera, Fred, et al.. (2023). Payment for environmental services to reduce deforestation: Do the positive effects last?. Ecological Economics. 209. 107840–107840. 9 indexed citations
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Makate, Clifton, Arild Angelsen, Stein T. Holden, & Ola Tveitereid Westengen. (2022). Crops in crises: Shocks shape smallholders' diversification in rural Ethiopia. World Development. 159. 106054–106054. 22 indexed citations
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Gaveau, David, Bruno Locatelli, Mohammad Salim, et al.. (2022). Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices. PLoS ONE. 17(3). e0266178–e0266178. 77 indexed citations
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Ngoma, Hambulo, et al.. (2020). Pay, talk or ‘whip’ to conserve forests: Framed field experiments in Zambia. World Development. 128. 104846–104846. 13 indexed citations
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Moeliono, M., et al.. (2018). Strategic alignment: Integrating REDD+ in NDCs and national climate policies. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 7 indexed citations
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Efroymson, Rebecca A., Keith L. Kline, Arild Angelsen, et al.. (2016). A causal analysis framework for land-use change and the potential role of bioenergy policy. Land Use Policy. 59. 516–527. 40 indexed citations
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Reyes-García, Victòria, Ronnie Babigumira, Aili Pyhälä, et al.. (2015). Subjective Wellbeing and Income: Empirical Patterns in the Rural Developing World. Journal of Happiness Studies. 17(2). 773–791. 69 indexed citations
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Ainembabazi, John Herbert & Arild Angelsen. (2014). Do commercial forest plantations reduce pressure on natural forests? Evidence from forest policy reforms in Uganda. Forest Policy and Economics. 40. 48–56. 24 indexed citations
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Angelsen, Arild, Pamela Jagger, Ronnie Babigumira, et al.. (2014). Environmental Income and Rural Livelihoods: A Global-Comparative Analysis. World Development. 64(Suppl 1). S12–S28. 792 indexed citations breakdown →
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Motta, Ronaldo Serôa da, Arild Angelsen, Kornelis Blok, et al.. (2012). Bridging the emission gap. Swinburne Research Bank (Swinburne University of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Angelsen, Arild & Jens Friis Lund. (2011). Designing the household questionnaire. New Directions for Mental Health Services. 107–10. 14 indexed citations
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Angelsen, Arild. (2009). The Emergence of Private Property Rights in Traditional Agriculture: Theories and a Study from Sumatra. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University).
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Angelsen, Arild. (2009). Policy options to reduce deforestation. 49(39). 7045–8. 44 indexed citations
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Sunderlin, William D., Arild Angelsen, & Sven Wunder. (2003). Forests and poverty alleviation. Journal of Separation Science. 28(6). 581–4. 49 indexed citations
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Angelsen, Arild. (1991). Cost-Benefit Analysis, Discounting, and the Environmental Critique: Overloading of the Discount Rate?. CMI Report. 38(1). 148–159. 4 indexed citations

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