Bron Taylor

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
53 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Bron Taylor is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Philosophy. According to data from OpenAlex, Bron Taylor has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 23 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 9 papers in Philosophy. Recurrent topics in Bron Taylor's work include Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (29 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (23 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (8 papers). Bron Taylor is often cited by papers focused on Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (29 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (23 papers) and Religion, Society, and Development (8 papers). Bron Taylor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Australia. Bron Taylor's co-authors include Helen Kopnina, Haydn Washington, John Piccolo, Joe Gray, Ewa H. Orlikowska, Guillaume Chapron, Todd LeVasseur, Reed F. Noss, Philip Cafaro and Eileen Crist and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Conservation Biology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Bron Taylor

46 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Anthropocentrism: More than Just a Misunderstood Problem 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. Anthropocentrism: More than Just a Misunderstood Problem
    2018 215 citations Helen Kopnina, Haydn Washington et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bron Taylor United States 19 667 310 224 214 212 53 1.2k
Andrew Light United States 16 422 0.6× 281 0.9× 175 0.8× 130 0.6× 302 1.4× 52 1.0k
Greta Gaard United States 16 424 0.6× 203 0.7× 171 0.8× 348 1.6× 94 0.4× 47 1.2k
Teresa L. Scheid‐Cook United States 10 383 0.6× 359 1.2× 308 1.4× 122 0.6× 253 1.2× 12 1.5k
Bill Devall United States 9 450 0.7× 266 0.9× 206 0.9× 89 0.4× 105 0.5× 22 898
Karen J. Warren United States 10 408 0.6× 237 0.8× 153 0.7× 161 0.8× 84 0.4× 27 892
Emily Brady United Kingdom 14 250 0.4× 306 1.0× 114 0.5× 169 0.8× 310 1.5× 51 938
Paul W. Taylor United States 15 412 0.6× 292 0.9× 129 0.6× 100 0.5× 170 0.8× 50 1.1k
George Sessions 8 325 0.5× 262 0.8× 176 0.8× 88 0.4× 92 0.4× 17 709
Allen Carlson Canada 17 338 0.5× 336 1.1× 88 0.4× 331 1.5× 204 1.0× 52 1.3k
Kay Milton United Kingdom 13 423 0.6× 135 0.4× 234 1.0× 334 1.6× 275 1.3× 24 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Bron Taylor

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bron Taylor

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bron Taylor

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bron Taylor. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bron Taylor 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 Bron Taylor. Bron Taylor 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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Taylor, Bron. (2023). Bounding Paganism. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 17(3).
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Taylor, Bron. (2020). Afterword. ANQ A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews. 33(4). 321–323. 1 indexed citations
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Kopnina, Helen, Haydn Washington, Joe Gray, & Bron Taylor. (2017). “The ‘future of conservation’ debate: Defending ecocentrism and the Nature Needs Half movement”. Biological Conservation. 217. 140–148. 79 indexed citations
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Piccolo, John, Haydn Washington, Helen Kopnina, & Bron Taylor. (2017). Why conservation scientists should re‐embrace their ecocentric roots. Conservation Biology. 32(4). 959–961. 31 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron, et al.. (2016). Lynn White Jr. and the greening‐of‐religion hypothesis. Conservation Biology. 30(5). 1000–1009. 56 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (2015). Editor’s Introduction. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 9(2). 133–135.
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Taylor, Bron. (2013). Arborphilia and Sacred Rebellion. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 7(3). 239–242. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (2011). Editor’s Introduction. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 5(3). 253–262. 12 indexed citations
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Wright, Robin M. & Bron Taylor. (2009). Editors' Introduction. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 3(1). 5–8. 4 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (2008). The Tributaries of Radical Environmentalism. 2(1). 27–61. 22 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (2007). Exploring Religion, Nature and Culture—Introducing the Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 1(1). 5–24. 14 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (2004). A green future for religion?. Futures. 36(9). 991–1008. 34 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (2001). Earth First! and the Anti-Roads Movement. Environmental Ethics. 23(1). 87–90. 7 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (2001). Earth and Nature-Based Spirituality (Part I): From Deep Ecology to Radical Environmentalism. Religion. 31(2). 175–193. 67 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (1999). Nature & Supernature— Harmony & Mastery: Irony and Evolution in Contemporary Nature Religion. Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 8(Summer). 21–27. 2 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (1999). Religion, Violence, and Radical Environmentalism. Pomegranate The International Journal of Pagan Studies. 10(Winter). 4–18. 1 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (1998). Religion, violence and radical environmentalism: From earth first! to the Unabomber to the earth liberation front. Terrorism and Political Violence. 10(4). 1–42. 44 indexed citations
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Taylor, Bron. (1996). Ecological Resistance Movements; Not Always Deep but if Deep, Religious: Reply to Devall. The Trumpeter. 13(2). 1 indexed citations

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