Bill McKibben

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Bill McKibben is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Bill McKibben has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 2 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 2 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Bill McKibben's work include Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (5 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (2 papers) and Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (2 papers). Bill McKibben is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (5 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (2 papers) and Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (2 papers). Bill McKibben collaborates with scholars based in United States. Bill McKibben's co-authors include Lincoln H. Day, Naomi Klein, Mark W. Martin, Jonathan Isham, Sissel Waage, John W. Miles, Sherwood B. Idso, J. Fishman, John Muir and J.E. Carroll and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Applied Ecology, Scientific American and Population and Development Review.

In The Last Decade

Bill McKibben

37 papers receiving 972 citations

Hit Papers

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bill McKibben United States	12	562	233	219	203	140	42	1.4k
Ted Benton United Kingdom	18	784 1.4×	236 1.0×	181 0.8×	154 0.8×	350 2.5×	71	1.9k
Karen J. Warren United States	10	408 0.7×	237 1.0×	153 0.7×	84 0.4×	161 1.1×	27	892
Bron Taylor United States	19	667 1.2×	310 1.3×	224 1.0×	212 1.0×	214 1.5×	53	1.2k
Rob Krueger United States	16	857 1.5×	216 0.9×	347 1.6×	508 2.5×	293 2.1×	24	2.3k
Ariel Salleh Australia	14	482 0.9×	142 0.6×	138 0.6×	106 0.5×	152 1.1×	46	918
Greta Gaard United States	16	424 0.8×	203 0.9×	171 0.8×	94 0.5×	348 2.5×	47	1.2k
Michael E. Zimmerman United States	16	495 0.9×	222 1.0×	111 0.5×	93 0.5×	103 0.7×	53	1.5k
Bill Devall United States	9	450 0.8×	266 1.1×	206 0.9×	105 0.5×	89 0.6×	22	898
Murray Bookchin Canada	17	573 1.0×	165 0.7×	166 0.8×	109 0.5×	97 0.7×	44	1.1k
Andrew Light United States	16	422 0.8×	281 1.2×	175 0.8×	302 1.5×	130 0.9×	52	1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Bill McKibben

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bill McKibben

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bill McKibben

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bill McKibben. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bill McKibben based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bill McKibben. Bill McKibben is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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McKibben, Bill. (2020). A dose of reality. Agriculture and Human Values. 37(3). 523–523. 1 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill, et al.. (2020). Wrenched from the Land: Activists Inspired by Edward Abbey.

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McKibben, Bill. (2019). Climate Movement: What’s Next?. 29–32. 1 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill, et al.. (2013). Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration. Fordham University Press eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill, et al.. (2013). Toward an Ecology of Transfiguration: Orthodox Christian Perspectives on Environment, Nature, and Creation. 14 indexed citations

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Martin, Mark W. & Bill McKibben. (2011). I'm with the bears : short stories from a damaged planet. 9 indexed citations

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Muir, John & Bill McKibben. (2011). My first summer in the Sierra : and selected essays. 2 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2010). Exclusive Excerpt: Breaking the Growth Habit. Scientific American. 302(4). 61–65. 3 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2010). Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet. Dominican Scholar (Dominican University of California). 193 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill, et al.. (2008). Over : the American landscape at the tipping point. 2 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill, et al.. (2008). Over : der American way of life oder das Ende der landschaft. 1 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2008). American earth : environmental writing since Thoreau. Andalas University Repository (Andalas University). 18 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2008). The challenge to environmentalism. Daedalus. 137(2). 5–7. 3 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2007). Carbon's new math. National geographic/The complete National geographic/The National geographic magazine. 212(4). 33–36. 5 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2007). Deep economy : economics as if the world mattered. 9 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2006). The Coming Meltdown. New York review of books/The New York review of books. 16–18. 6 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2005). The Emotional Core of The End of Nature. Organization & Environment. 18(2). 182–185. 4 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (2004). Crossing the Red Line. New York review of books/The New York review of books. 32–36. 1 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (1998). A special moment in history. The future of population.. 6 indexed citations

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McKibben, Bill. (1998). Maybe One: A Case for Smaller Families. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 9 indexed citations

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