Bhaskar Vira

9.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Bhaskar Vira is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Bhaskar Vira has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 20 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 18 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Bhaskar Vira's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (32 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (15 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers). Bhaskar Vira is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (32 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (15 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers). Bhaskar Vira collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Switzerland. Bhaskar Vira's co-authors include William M. Adams, Caroline Howe, Georgina M. Mace, Helen Suich, Dan Brockington, Dilys Roe, Chris Sandbrook, J Elliott, William Wolmer and Jon Hutton and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Bhaskar Vira

65 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty

2004 896 citations William M. Adams, Dilys Roe et al. Science profile →
Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010

2010 816 citations Michael Rands, William M. Adams et al. Science profile →
Creating win-wins from trade-offs? Ecosystem services for human well-being: A meta-analysis of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in the real world

2014 651 citations Caroline Howe, Helen Suich et al. Global Environmental Change profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bhaskar Vira

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Where Nature and Poverty Meet: Developing a Multidimensional Environment-Poverty Measure 2025 ·The Journal of Development Studies ·Judith Schleicher, Arnout van Soesbergen, Marije Schaafsma, (unknown), Johan A. Oldekop, (unknown), Agnieszka E. Latawiec, Bhaskar Vira	0
2	Unveiling pervasive assumptions: moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation 2025 ·Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Rachel Carmenta, Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Shofwan Al Banna Choiruzzad, Neil Dawson, Natalia Estrada-Carmona, Christina C. Hicks, Giorgos Kallis, Eric Djomo Nana, Evan Killick, Alexander Charles Lees, Adrian Martin, Unai Pascual, Nathalie Pettorelli, James Reed, Esther Turnhout, Bhaskar Vira, Julie G. Zaehringer, Jos Barlow	0
3	Wildmeat consumption and zoonotic spillover: contextualising disease emergence and policy responses 2022 ·The Lancet Planetary Health ·(unknown), Bhaskar Vira	47
4	Characterizing and Evaluating Integrated Landscape Initiatives 2020 ·One Earth ·Rachel Carmenta, David A. Coomes, Fabrice DeClerck, Abigail K. Hart, Célia A. Harvey, (unknown), James Reed, Bhaskar Vira, Natalia Estrada-Carmona	37
5	Putting the pieces together: Integration for forest landscape restoration implementation 2019 ·Land Degradation and Development ·Stéphanie Mansourian, John A. Parrotta, (unknown), Imogen Bellwood‐Howard, (unknown), R. Patrick Bixler, Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono, Rachel Carmenta, Theresa Jedd, Wil de Jong, Frank K. Lake, Agnieszka E. Latawiec, Melvin Lippe, (unknown), Jeffrey Sayer, (unknown), Bhaskar Vira, I.J. Visseren-Hamakers, Carina Wyborn, Anastasia Yang	67
6	Avoiding impacts on biodiversity through strengthening the first stage of the mitigation hierarchy 2017 ·Oryx ·Ben Phalan, (unknown), Sharon E. Brooks, David M. Marsh, (unknown), (unknown), Bhaskar Vira, (unknown), (unknown)	96
7	Does environmental certification in coffee promote “business as usual”? A case study from the Western Ghats, India 2016 ·AMBIO ·(unknown), Bhaskar Vira, Claude García	19
8	Taking Natural Limits Seriously: Implications for Development Studies and the Environment 2015 ·Development and Change ·Bhaskar Vira	16
9	Creating win-wins from trade-offs? Ecosystem services for human well-being: A meta-analysis of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in the real world breakdown → 2014 ·Global Environmental Change ·Caroline Howe, Helen Suich, Bhaskar Vira, Georgina M. Mace	651
10	Social Research and Biodiversity Conservation 2013 ·Conservation Biology ·Chris Sandbrook, William M. Adams, Bram Büscher, Bhaskar Vira	130
11	Review of the evidence base for ecosystem-based approaches for adaptation to climate change 2012 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Robert L. Munroe, Dilys Roe, Nathalie Doswald, Tom Spencer, Iris Möller, Bhaskar Vira, Hannah Reid, Andreas Kontoleon, Alessandra Giuliani, (unknown), (unknown)	47
12	Negotiating Trade-offs Choices about Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation 2012 ·Economic and political weekly ·Bhaskar Vira, Chetan Agarwal, Shrinivas Badiger, Jagdish Krishnaswamy, Chetan Kumar	44
13	Marginality, Agency and Power: Experiencing the State in Contemporary India 2011 ·Pacific Affairs ·Philippa Williams, Bhaskar Vira, Deepta Chopra	21
14	Value Plurality among Conservation Professionals 2010 ·Conservation Biology ·Chris Sandbrook, Ivan R. Scales, Bhaskar Vira, William M. Adams	106
15	Biodiversity Conservation: Challenges Beyond 2010 breakdown → 2010 ·Science ·Michael Rands, William M. Adams, Leon Bennun, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Andrew Clements, David A. Coomes, Abigail Entwistle, Ian Hodge, Valerie Kapos, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, William J. Sutherland, Bhaskar Vira	816
16	Ecosystem services and conservation strategy: beware the silver bullet 2009 ·Conservation Letters ·Bhaskar Vira, William M. Adams	73
17	Analytical issues in participatory natural resource management 2001 ·Palgrave eBooks ·Bhaskar Vira, Roger Jeffery	21
18	Claiming Legitimacy: Analysing Conflict in the Environmental Policy Process 2001 ·Environment and Planning C Government and Policy ·Bhaskar Vira	10
19	Conflict and cooperation in participatory natural resource management 2001 ·Medical Entomology and Zoology ·Roger Jeffery, Bhaskar Vira	19
20	Institutional pluralism in forestry: considerations of analytical and operational tools 1998 ·Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University) ·Bhaskar Vira, Olivier Dubois, Steven E. Daniels, Gregg B. Walker	13

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