Birgit Müller

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Birgit Müller is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Birgit Müller has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Birgit Müller's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (14 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (12 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (9 papers). Birgit Müller is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (14 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (12 papers) and Complex Systems and Decision Making (9 papers). Birgit Müller collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and United Kingdom. Birgit Müller's co-authors include Karin Frank, Jürgen Groeneveld, Maja Schlüter‬, Jule Schulze, Gunnar Dreßler, Nina Schwarz, Romina Martin, Anja Linstädter, Hanna Weise and Christian Klassert 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

Birgit Müller

79 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Describing human decisions in agent-based models – ODD + D, an extension of the ODD protocol

2013 359 citations Birgit Müller, Friedrich J. Bohn et al. Environmental Modelling & Software profile →
A framework for mapping and comparing behavioural theories in models of social-ecological systems

2016 311 citations Maja Schlüter‬, Gunnar Dreßler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Birgit Müller Germany	28	1.2k	550	484	411	368	82	3.2k
Jan Sendzimir Austria	22	1.4k 1.2×	456 0.8×	631 1.3×	341 0.8×	413 1.1×	52	3.0k
Anil Graves United Kingdom	32	1.9k 1.6×	504 0.9×	531 1.1×	319 0.8×	591 1.6×	78	4.3k
Héléna Posthumus United Kingdom	19	1.2k 1.0×	482 0.9×	448 0.9×	224 0.5×	435 1.2×	35	2.9k
Joost Vervoort Netherlands	32	1.3k 1.1×	509 0.9×	754 1.6×	459 1.1×	419 1.1×	86	3.1k
Carlo Giupponi Italy	40	1.6k 1.3×	470 0.9×	653 1.3×	365 0.9×	322 0.9×	168	4.3k
Urs Wiesmann Switzerland	23	1.2k 1.0×	519 0.9×	791 1.6×	465 1.1×	243 0.7×	70	3.1k
Tatiana Filatova Netherlands	37	1.6k 1.3×	427 0.8×	739 1.5×	274 0.7×	246 0.7×	156	4.0k
Sander van der Leeuw United States	24	1.6k 1.3×	643 1.2×	1.0k 2.1×	358 0.9×	303 0.8×	65	4.1k
Paul Ryan Australia	22	1.7k 1.4×	444 0.8×	816 1.7×	358 0.9×	510 1.4×	67	3.6k
A.K. Bregt Netherlands	37	1.8k 1.5×	656 1.2×	345 0.7×	240 0.6×	846 2.3×	183	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Birgit Müller

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Fields of papers citing papers by Birgit Müller

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Birgit Müller

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20 of 20 papers shown

Jäger, Felix, et al.. (2025). Farmer decision-making on agri-environmental schemes: An agent-based modelling approach to evaluate different policy designs in Saxony, Germany. Agricultural Systems. 229. 104439–104439. 1 indexed citations

Letschert, Jonas, Birgit Müller, Gunnar Dreßler, Christian Möllmann, & Vanessa Stelzenmüller. (2025). Simulating fishery dynamics by combining empirical data and behavioral theory. Ecological Modelling. 501. 111036–111036. 3 indexed citations

Schmid, Michael A., et al.. (2024). Aging Effects Observed in Automotive Fuel Cell Stacks by Applying a New Realistic Test Protocol and Humidity Control. Fuel Cells. 24(5). 2 indexed citations

Bartkowski, Bartosz, et al.. (2024). From primary data to formalized decision-making: open challenges and ways forward to inform representations of farmers’ behavior in agent-based models. Ecology and Society. 29(4). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Hsiao‐Hsuan, William E. Grant, Fateme Zare, et al.. (2023). Scale decisions and good practices in socio-environmental systems modelling: guidance and documentation during problem scoping and model formulation. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 5. 18563–18563. 10 indexed citations

Dreßler, Gunnar, Jürgen Groeneveld, Edna Rödig, et al.. (2022). Upscaling in socio-environmental systems modelling: Current challenges, promising strategies and insights from ecology. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4. 18112–18112. 2 indexed citations

Stringer, Lindsay C., et al.. (2022). Wikis as collaborative knowledge management tools in socio-environmental modelling studies. Environmental Modelling & Software. 158. 105538–105538. 3 indexed citations

Groeneveld, Jürgen, et al.. (2021). Informal risk-sharing between smallholders may be threatened by formal insurance: Lessons from a stylized agent-based model. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248757–e0248757. 13 indexed citations

Schwarz, Nina, Gunnar Dreßler, Karin Frank, et al.. (2020). Formalising theories of human decision-making for agent-based modelling of social-ecological systems: practical lessons learned and ways forward. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2. 16340–16340. 21 indexed citations

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Schlüter‬, Maja, Birgit Müller, & Karin Frank. (2019). The potential of models and modeling for social-ecological systems research: the reference frame ModSES. Ecology and Society. 24(1). 83 indexed citations

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Huber, Robert, Martha Bakker, Alfons Balmann, et al.. (2018). Representation of decision-making in European agricultural agent-based models. Agricultural Systems. 167. 143–160. 119 indexed citations

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Dreßler, Gunnar, Birgit Müller, Karin Frank, & Christian Kuhlicke. (2016). Towards thresholds of disaster management performance under demographicchange: exploring functional relationships using agent-based modeling. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 16(10). 2287–2301. 12 indexed citations

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Martin, Romina, Anja Linstädter, Karin Frank, & Birgit Müller. (2014). Livelihood security in face of drought – Assessing the vulnerability of pastoral households. Environmental Modelling & Software. 75. 414–423. 69 indexed citations

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Müller, Birgit, Stefano Balbi, Carsten M. Buchmann, et al.. (2014). Standardised and transparent model descriptions for agent-based models: Current status and prospects. Environmental Modelling & Software. 55. 156–163. 62 indexed citations

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Martin, Romina, Birgit Müller, Anja Linstädter, & Karin Frank. (2013). How much climate change can pastoral livelihoods tolerate? Modelling rangeland use and evaluating risk. Global Environmental Change. 24. 183–192. 78 indexed citations

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Müller, Birgit, Friedrich J. Bohn, Gunnar Dreßler, et al.. (2013). Describing human decisions in agent-based models – ODD + D, an extension of the ODD protocol. Environmental Modelling & Software. 48. 37–48. 359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Müller, Birgit, et al.. (2012). Reinstatement of fear in humans: Autonomic and experiential responses in a differential conditioning paradigm. Acta Psychologica. 140(1). 43–49. 19 indexed citations

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Müller, Birgit, Anja Linstädter, Karin Frank, Michael Bollig, & Christian Wissel. (2007). LEARNING FROM LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: MODELING THE PASTORAL‐NOMADIC RANGE MANAGEMENT OF THE HIMBA, NAMIBIA. Ecological Applications. 17(7). 1857–1875. 55 indexed citations

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Müller, Birgit. (2002). Die Entzauberung der Marktwirtschaft : ethnologische Erkundungen in ostdeutschen Betrieben. Campus eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Souto, J.A., et al.. (2000). Pollution from filters: What is the reason - How to measure and to prevent it?. TNO Repository. 251. 4 indexed citations

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