Biljana Macura

3.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Biljana Macura is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Biljana Macura has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Biljana Macura's work include Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (9 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (9 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (6 papers). Biljana Macura is often cited by papers focused on Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment (9 papers), Phosphorus and nutrient management (9 papers) and Meta-analysis and systematic reviews (6 papers). Biljana Macura collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and South Africa. Biljana Macura's co-authors include Neal Haddaway, Andrew S. Pullin, Paul Whaley, Paul Woodcock, Alexandra Collins, John Barrett, Felix Creutzig, Diana Ivanova, Dominik Wiedenhofer and Max Callaghan and has published in prestigious journals such as Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Water Research and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Biljana Macura

46 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

ROSES RepOrting standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses: pro forma, flow-diagram and descriptive summary of the plan and conduct of environmental systematic reviews and systematic maps

2018 552 citations Neal Haddaway, Biljana Macura et al. Environmental Evidence profile →
Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options

2020 382 citations Diana Ivanova, John Barrett et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Biljana Macura Sweden	20	644	473	417	375	287	50	2.6k
Wendy Jepson United States	30	599 0.9×	238 0.5×	271 0.6×	516 1.4×	199 0.7×	69	2.9k
Thomas P. Tomich United States	27	1.2k 1.8×	586 1.2×	295 0.7×	273 0.7×	103 0.4×	59	2.8k
Guy M. Robinson Australia	28	1.0k 1.6×	348 0.7×	637 1.5×	727 1.9×	285 1.0×	151	3.5k
Anil Graves United Kingdom	32	1.9k 2.9×	591 1.2×	504 1.2×	531 1.4×	82 0.3×	78	4.3k
Carl Smith Australia	27	887 1.4×	469 1.0×	313 0.8×	278 0.7×	44 0.2×	57	2.5k
Jampel Dell’Angelo United States	24	812 1.3×	400 0.8×	209 0.5×	299 0.8×	82 0.3×	46	3.1k
Stefan Hajkowicz Australia	27	780 1.2×	270 0.6×	475 1.1×	230 0.6×	91 0.3×	66	2.8k
Priya Shyamsundar United States	22	1.2k 1.9×	289 0.6×	588 1.4×	382 1.0×	80 0.3×	55	3.3k
Małgorzata Grodzińska‐Jurczak Poland	27	882 1.4×	284 0.6×	527 1.3×	291 0.8×	179 0.6×	82	1.9k
Héléna Posthumus United Kingdom	19	1.2k 1.8×	435 0.9×	482 1.2×	448 1.2×	61 0.2×	35	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Biljana Macura

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Biljana Macura

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Flemyng, Ella, Biljana Macura, Gerald Gartlehner, et al.. (2025). Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 1 indexed citations

Flemyng, Ella, Anna H Noel-Storr, Biljana Macura, et al.. (2025). Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI, and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025. JBI Evidence Synthesis. 23(11). 2162–2166.

Xylia, Maria, et al.. (2025). Estimating charging infrastructure demand for electric vehicles: a systematic review. Energy Strategy Reviews. 59. 101753–101753. 2 indexed citations

Ran, Ylva, U. Martin Persson, Therese Lindahl, et al.. (2025). Are interventions for environmentally sustainable dietary behaviours effective? A review. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2(3). 32001–32001.

Ran, Ylva, Biljana Macura, U. Martin Persson, et al.. (2024). Effects of public policy interventions for environmentally sustainable food consumption: a systematic map of available evidence. Environmental Evidence. 13(1). 10–10. 11 indexed citations

Macura, Biljana, et al.. (2024). Supporting Multi-Stakeholder Participation Processes: A Serious Game Application for Watershed Management in Colombia. Water. 16(11). 1581–1581.

Macura, Biljana, Geneviève S. Metson, Jennifer McConville, & Robin Harder. (2024). Recovery of plant nutrients from human excreta and domestic wastewater for reuse in agriculture: a systematic map and evidence platform. Environmental Evidence. 13(1). 21–21. 6 indexed citations

Berger‐Tal, Oded, Bob B. M. Wong, Daniel T. Blumstein, et al.. (2024). Leveraging AI to improve evidence synthesis in conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 39(6). 548–557. 12 indexed citations

Fukushima, Caroline Sayuri, et al.. (2024). How is the concept of charisma used in the academic literature about biodiversity conservation? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 13(1). 29–29.

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Macura, Biljana, et al.. (2024). What evidence exists regarding the impact of biodiversity on human health and well-being? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 13(1). 11–11. 1 indexed citations

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Harder, Robin, Geneviève S. Metson, Biljana Macura, et al.. (2024). Egestabase – An online evidence platform to discover and explore options to recover plant nutrients from human excreta and domestic wastewater for reuse in agriculture. MethodsX. 12. 102774–102774. 1 indexed citations

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Canales, Nella, et al.. (2023). Assessing adaptation progress for the global stocktake. Nature Climate Change. 13(5). 413–414. 17 indexed citations

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Macura, Biljana, Ylva Ran, U. Martin Persson, et al.. (2022). What evidence exists on the effects of public policy interventions for achieving environmentally sustainable food consumption? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 11(1). 17–17. 9 indexed citations

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Macura, Biljana, Naomi Carrard, Karin Hannes, et al.. (2021). PROTOCOL: What is the impact of complex WASH interventions on gender and social equality outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries? A mixed‐method systematic review protocol. Campbell Systematic Reviews. 17(2). e1164–e1164. 4 indexed citations

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Macura, Biljana, James Thomas, Geneviève S. Metson, et al.. (2021). Technologies for recovery and reuse of plant nutrients from human excreta and domestic wastewater: a protocol for a systematic map and living evidence platform. Environmental Evidence. 10(1). 10 indexed citations

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Ivanova, Diana, John Barrett, Dominik Wiedenhofer, et al.. (2020). Quantifying the potential for climate change mitigation of consumption options. Environmental Research Letters. 15(9). 93001–93001. 382 indexed citations breakdown →

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Haddaway, Neal, Alison Bethel, Lynn V. Dicks, et al.. (2020). Eight problems with literature reviews and how to fix them. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 4(12). 1582–1589. 156 indexed citations

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Berger‐Tal, Oded, Alison L. Greggor, Biljana Macura, et al.. (2018). Systematic reviews and maps as tools for applying behavioral ecology to management and policy. Behavioral Ecology. 30(1). 1–8. 55 indexed citations

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Haddaway, Neal & Biljana Macura. (2018). The role of reporting standards in producing robust literature reviews. Nature Climate Change. 8(6). 444–447. 64 indexed citations

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Land, Magnus, Biljana Macura, Claes Bernes, & Sif Johansson. (2017). A five-step approach for stakeholder engagement in prioritisation and planning of environmental evidence syntheses. Environmental Evidence. 6(1). 22 indexed citations

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