Brian Child

1.9k total citations
46 papers, 914 citations indexed

About

Brian Child is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Child has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 914 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 15 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Brian Child's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (22 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (12 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Brian Child is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (22 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (12 papers) and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (10 papers). Brian Child collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Brian Child's co-authors include Helen Suich, Grenville Barnes, Anna Spenceley, Naomi Moswete, Brijesh Thapa, Jane Southworth, Susan K. Jacobson, Kenneth D. Wald, D.M. Jansen and Marilyn E. Swisher and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Brian Child

42 papers receiving 825 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Brian Child United States 17 448 403 249 203 119 46 914
Harry Jonas Australia 7 612 1.4× 356 0.9× 245 1.0× 168 0.8× 119 1.0× 10 1.2k
Sheila M. W. Reddy United States 12 395 0.9× 271 0.7× 250 1.0× 139 0.7× 122 1.0× 24 838
Beau J. Austin Australia 13 604 1.3× 405 1.0× 213 0.9× 201 1.0× 103 0.9× 20 1.3k
Alexander N. Songorwa Tanzania 10 822 1.8× 459 1.1× 351 1.4× 219 1.1× 256 2.2× 14 1.3k
Paul Hirsch United States 10 636 1.4× 265 0.7× 222 0.9× 165 0.8× 212 1.8× 19 1.0k
Diane Russell United States 11 443 1.0× 262 0.7× 161 0.6× 153 0.8× 145 1.2× 16 821
Ian Leiper Australia 10 639 1.4× 516 1.3× 218 0.9× 164 0.8× 114 1.0× 18 1.4k
Noelia Zafra‐Calvo Spain 12 545 1.2× 251 0.6× 216 0.9× 121 0.6× 179 1.5× 29 933
Crystal Fortwangler United States 7 661 1.5× 249 0.6× 181 0.7× 190 0.9× 158 1.3× 10 912
Charles Breen South Africa 14 409 0.9× 272 0.7× 156 0.6× 141 0.7× 59 0.5× 25 867

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Child

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Fields of papers citing papers by Brian Child

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Child

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Brian Child. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Brian Child 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 Brian Child. Brian Child is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Child, Brian, et al.. (2025). Applications of artificial intelligence in forest health surveillance and management. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1).
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Child, Brian, et al.. (2024). COVID-19, social media, algorithms and the rise of indigenous movements in Southern Africa: perspectives from activists, audiences and policymakers. Frontiers in Sociology. 9. 1433998–1433998. 2 indexed citations
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Pienaar, Elizabeth F., et al.. (2023). Wildlife institutions highly salient to human attitudes toward wildlife. Conservation Science and Practice. 5(2). 10 indexed citations
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Child, Brian, et al.. (2022). Convergence and divergence in the economic performance of wildlife tourism within multi-reserve landscapes. Land Use Policy. 120. 106252–106252. 9 indexed citations
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Child, Brian, et al.. (2022). Empty laws and empty forests: Reconsidering rights and governance for sustainable wildlife management in the Republic of the Congo. African Journal of Ecology. 60(2). 212–221. 11 indexed citations
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Southworth, Jane, et al.. (2020). An Evaluation of Vegetation Health in and around Southern African National Parks during the 21st Century (2000–2016). Applied Sciences. 10(7). 2366–2366. 12 indexed citations
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Waylen, Peter R., et al.. (2020). A Healthy Park Needs Healthy Vegetation: The Story of Gorongosa National Park in the 21st Century. Remote Sensing. 12(3). 476–476. 19 indexed citations
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Southworth, Jane, et al.. (2017). Using Repeat Photography to Observe Vegetation Change Over Time in Gorongosa National Park. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations
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Child, Brian. (2014). Parks in transition: adapting to a changing world. Oryx. 48(4). 469–470. 9 indexed citations
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Gibbes, Cerian, Jane Southworth, Peter R. Waylen, & Brian Child. (2014). Climate variability as a dominant driver of post-disturbance savanna dynamics. Applied Geography. 53. 389–401. 16 indexed citations
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Child, Brian. (2013). Parks in Transition. 8 indexed citations
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Child, Brian. (2013). The Luangwa Integrated Rural Development Project, Zambia. 250–262. 1 indexed citations
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Child, Brian. (2012). The sustainable use approach could save South Africa's rhinos : commentary. South African Journal of Science. 108. 1–4. 1 indexed citations
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Barnes, Grenville, et al.. (2010). Integrating governance and socioeconomic indicators to assess the performance of community-based natural resources management in Caprivi (Namibia). Environmental Conservation. 37(3). 303–309. 20 indexed citations
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Jacobson, Susan K., et al.. (2010). Quantitative Assessment of a Tanzanian Integrated Conservation and Development Project Involving Butterfly Farming. Conservation Biology. 24(2). 563–572. 43 indexed citations
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Jansen, D.M., et al.. (1992). Cattle, wildlife, both or neither : results of a financial and economic survey of commercial ranches in southern Zimbabwe. 25 indexed citations
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Child, Brian. (1988). Economic potential and utilisation of wildlife in Zimbabwe. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE. 7(4). 773–782. 5 indexed citations
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Child, Brian & Graham Child. (1986). Wildlife, economic systems and sustainable human welfare in semi-arid rangelands in southern Africa.. 6 indexed citations

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