Benjamin Burkhard

12.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
125 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Burkhard is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Burkhard has authored 125 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 105 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 37 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 31 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Burkhard's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (91 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (50 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (14 papers). Benjamin Burkhard is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (91 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (50 papers) and Coastal and Marine Management (14 papers). Benjamin Burkhard collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Italy and Spain. Benjamin Burkhard's co-authors include Felix Müller, Stoyan Nedkov, Franziska Kroll, Felix Müller, Ying Hou, Wilhelm Windhorst, Joachim Maes, N. D. Crossman, Kira Gee and Robert Costanza and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Burkhard

124 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

Mapping ecosystem service supply, demand and budgets 2009 2026 2014 2020 2011 2009 2014 2013 500 1000 1.5k
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. Mapping ecosystem service supply, demand and budgets
    2011 1.6k citations Benjamin Burkhard, Felix Müller et al. Ecological Indicators profile →
  2. Landscapes' capacities to provide ecosystem services - A concept for land-cover based assessments
    2009 641 citations Benjamin Burkhard et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  3. Ecosystem service potentials, flows and demands-concepts for spatial localisation, indication and quantification
    2014 571 citations Benjamin Burkhard, Ying Hou et al. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología profile →
  4. A blueprint for mapping and modelling ecosystem services
    2013 566 citations Benjamin Burkhard et al. Ecosystem Services profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Benjamin Burkhard Germany 41 7.4k 1.8k 1.8k 1.7k 1.5k 125 8.9k
Lars Hein Netherlands 46 8.0k 1.1× 2.2k 1.2× 2.4k 1.3× 1.5k 0.9× 2.6k 1.7× 128 10.7k
Leon Braat Netherlands 10 6.1k 0.8× 1.8k 1.0× 1.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 13 7.5k
Joachim Maes Italy 51 6.8k 0.9× 1.4k 0.8× 2.2k 1.2× 1.8k 1.1× 1.5k 0.9× 144 9.3k
Louise Willemen Netherlands 25 5.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 59 6.5k
N. D. Crossman Australia 39 5.9k 0.8× 1.6k 0.9× 2.1k 1.2× 771 0.5× 1.6k 1.1× 190 8.6k
Felix Müller Germany 38 4.8k 0.6× 1.1k 0.6× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 896 0.6× 98 6.5k
Matthew Wilson United States 20 4.7k 0.6× 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 899 0.5× 2.3k 1.5× 36 6.8k
Benis N. Egoh United States 28 4.9k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 775 0.5× 1.2k 0.8× 69 6.9k
Joshua Goldstein United States 23 5.1k 0.7× 1.2k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 930 0.6× 1.6k 1.1× 56 6.6k
Sharolyn Anderson United States 32 5.0k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 2.4k 1.4× 824 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 74 7.6k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Burkhard

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Burkhard, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Comparative Analysis of MaxEnt and Deep Learning Approaches for Modeling Humpback Whale Distribution in North Iceland. Ecology and Evolution. 15(3). e71099–e71099. 1 indexed citations
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Carsten, Paul, et al.. (2024). Carbon farming for climate change mitigation and ecosystem services – Potentials and influencing factors. Journal of Environmental Management. 372. 123253–123253. 4 indexed citations
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Longo, Alessandra, Linda Zardo, Denis Maragno, Francesco Musco, & Benjamin Burkhard. (2024). Let’s Do It for Real: Making the Ecosystem Service Concept Operational in Regional Planning for Climate Change Adaptation. Sustainability. 16(2). 483–483. 5 indexed citations
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Helming, Katharina, et al.. (2024). A participatory impact assessment of digital agriculture: A Bayesian network-based case study in Germany. Agricultural Systems. 224. 104222–104222. 4 indexed citations
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Zulian, Grazia, et al.. (2024). Assessing pollinator habitat suitability considering ecosystem condition in the Hannover Region, Germany. Landscape Ecology. 39(3). 4 indexed citations
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Verdonen, Mariana, et al.. (2023). Permafrost degradation at two monitored palsa mires in north-west Finland. ˜The œcryosphere. 17(5). 1803–1819. 18 indexed citations
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Burkhard, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). As green infrastructure, linear semi-natural habitats boost regulating ecosystem services supply in agriculturally-dominated landscapes. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8. 2 indexed citations
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Dang, Kinh Bac, Thi Ha Thanh Nguyen, Huu Duy Nguyen, et al.. (2022). U-shaped deep-learning models for island ecosystem type classification, a case study in Con Dao Island of Vietnam. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 10 indexed citations
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Suškevičs, Monika, et al.. (2021). Evidence on the impact of Baltic Sea ecosystems on human health and well-being: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence. 10(1). 30–30. 10 indexed citations
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Burkhard, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). The impact of soil erosion on soil-related ecosystem services: development and testing a scenario-based assessment approach. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193(S1). 274–274. 34 indexed citations
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Burkhard, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Towards an enhanced indication of provisioning ecosystem services in agro-ecosystems. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 193(S1). 269–269. 25 indexed citations
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Burkhard, Benjamin, et al.. (2019). Bayesian Belief Network-based assessment of nutrient regulating ecosystem services in Northern Germany. PLoS ONE. 14(4). e0216053–e0216053. 23 indexed citations
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Hermes, Johannes, Derek Van Berkel, Benjamin Burkhard, et al.. (2018). Assessment and valuation of recreational ecosystem services of landscapes. Ecosystem Services. 31. 289–295. 130 indexed citations
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Haase, Peter, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Stefan Stoll, et al.. (2017). The next generation of site-based long-term ecological monitoring: Linking essential biodiversity variables and ecosystem integrity. The Science of The Total Environment. 613-614. 1376–1384. 128 indexed citations
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Wiggering, Hubert, et al.. (2016). Agrosystem services: An additional terminology to better understand ecosystem services delivered by agriculture. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 49. 1–15. 25 indexed citations
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Albert, Christian, Aletta Bonn, Benjamin Burkhard, et al.. (2015). Towards a national set of ecosystem service indicators: Insights from Germany. Ecological Indicators. 61. 38–48. 70 indexed citations
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Albert, Christian, et al.. (2015). Empfehlungen zur Entwicklung bundesweiter Indikatoren zur Erfassung von Ökosystemleistungen: Diskussionspapier. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 410(410). 1 indexed citations

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