Bill Devall

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
22 papers, 898 citations indexed

About

Bill Devall is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill Devall has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 898 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 4 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 3 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Bill Devall's work include Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (4 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (3 papers) and Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (3 papers). Bill Devall is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (4 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (3 papers) and Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (3 papers). Bill Devall collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bill Devall's co-authors include George Sessions, Neil H. Cheek, William R. Burch, Arne Næss, Alan Drengson, Joseph Harry and Harold Glasser and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, Society & Natural Resources and Leisure Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Bill Devall

17 papers receiving 669 citations

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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.

Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered

1985 467 citations Bill Devall, George Sessions profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bill Devall United States	9	450	266	206	186	105	22	898
George Sessions	8	325 0.7×	262 1.0×	176 0.9×	68 0.4×	92 0.9×	17	709
Anthony Weston United States	13	393 0.9×	204 0.8×	148 0.7×	62 0.3×	110 1.0×	40	843
Bill McKibben United States	12	562 1.2×	233 0.9×	219 1.1×	70 0.4×	203 1.9×	42	1.4k
Karen J. Warren United States	10	408 0.9×	237 0.9×	153 0.7×	65 0.3×	84 0.8×	27	892
Bron Taylor United States	19	667 1.5×	310 1.2×	224 1.1×	89 0.5×	212 2.0×	53	1.2k
Philip Cafaro United States	17	225 0.5×	213 0.8×	145 0.7×	82 0.4×	244 2.3×	59	844
Andrew Light United States	16	422 0.9×	281 1.1×	175 0.8×	46 0.2×	302 2.9×	52	1.0k
Greta Gaard United States	16	424 0.9×	203 0.8×	171 0.8×	72 0.4×	94 0.9×	47	1.2k
Robin Attfield United Kingdom	15	322 0.7×	232 0.9×	120 0.6×	53 0.3×	180 1.7×	111	913
Ariel Salleh Australia	14	482 1.1×	142 0.5×	138 0.7×	37 0.2×	106 1.0×	46	918

Countries citing papers authored by Bill Devall

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill Devall

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All Works

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Næss, Arne, Alan Drengson, & Bill Devall. (2010). Ecology of wisdom : writings by Arne Naess. 83 indexed citations

2.

Devall, Bill. (2006). Living in Mixed Communities. The Trumpeter. 22(1).

3.

Devall, Bill. (2006). The End of American Environmentalism?. Nature and Culture. 1(2). 157–180. 2 indexed citations

4.

Devall, Bill. (2006). Conservation of Biodiversity: Opportunities and Challenges. 4 indexed citations

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Næss, Arne, Harold Glasser, Alan Drengson, Bill Devall, & George Sessions. (2005). Deep ecology of wisdom : explorations in unities of nature and cultures : selected papers. Springer eBooks. 7 indexed citations

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Devall, Bill. (2003). Deep Economy: Caring for Ecology, Humanity and Religion. Journal of Income Distribution.

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Devall, Bill. (2001). THE DEEP, LONG-RANGE ECOLOGY MOVEMENT 1960-2000?A REVIEW. Ethics & the Environment. 6(1). 18–41. 23 indexed citations

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Devall, Bill. (2001). The Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: 1960-2000--A Review. Ethics & the Environment. 6(1). 18–41. 8 indexed citations

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Devall, Bill, et al.. (1995). Earthday 25. 2(4). 9–15. 1 indexed citations

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Devall, Bill. (1994). The Turnaround Decade. The Trumpeter. 11(2).

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Devall, Bill. (1993). Applied Deep Ecology. The Trumpeter. 10(4).

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Devall, Bill. (1993). Living richly in an age of limits. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 4 indexed citations

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Devall, Bill. (1991). Deep ecology and radical environmentalism. Society & Natural Resources. 4(3). 247–258. 31 indexed citations

14.

Devall, Bill. (1988). Deep Ecology and Its Critics. The Trumpeter. 5(2). 6 indexed citations

15.

Devall, Bill. (1988). Simple in Means, Rich in Ends: Practicing Deep Ecology. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 74 indexed citations

16.

Devall, Bill & George Sessions. (1985). Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered. 467 indexed citations breakdown →

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Devall, Bill & George Sessions. (1984). The Development of Nature Resources and the Integrity of Nature. Environmental Ethics. 6(4). 293–322. 22 indexed citations

18.

Devall, Bill. (1982). John Muir As Deep Ecologist. 6(1). 63–86. 5 indexed citations

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Devall, Bill & Joseph Harry. (1981). Who hates whom in the great outdoors: The impact of recreational specialization and technologies of play. Leisure Sciences. 4(4). 399–418. 36 indexed citations

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Devall, Bill, Neil H. Cheek, & William R. Burch. (1977). The Social Organization of Leisure in Human Society.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 6(6). 731–731. 123 indexed citations

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