C. S. Holling

79.2k total citations · 23 hit papers
107 papers, 51.7k citations indexed

About

C. S. Holling is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, C. S. Holling has authored 107 papers receiving a total of 51.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 24 papers in Ecology and 21 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in C. S. Holling's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (18 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (13 papers) and Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (11 papers). C. S. Holling is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (18 papers), Ecosystem dynamics and resilience (13 papers) and Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (11 papers). C. S. Holling collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. C. S. Holling's co-authors include Lance Gunderson, Brian Walker, Ann P. Kinzig, Stephen R. Carpenter, Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter, Thomas Elmqvist, Gary K. Meffe, Craig R. Allen and Carl J. Walters and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

C. S. Holling

101 papers receiving 45.5k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems

1973 11.4k citations C. S. Holling Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics profile →
Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability in Social-ecological Systems

2004 4.6k citations Brian Walker, C. S. Holling et al. Ecology and Society profile →
Some Characteristics of Simple Types of Predation and Parasitism

1959 3.4k citations C. S. Holling The Canadian Entomologist profile →
Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management

2004 2.6k citations Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter et al. profile →
The Components of Predation as Revealed by a Study of Small-Mammal Predation of the European Pine Sawfly

1959 2.6k citations C. S. Holling The Canadian Entomologist profile →
Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems

2001 2.6k citations C. S. Holling profile →
Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems

2002 2.5k citations Lance Gunderson, C. S. Holling profile →
Adaptive Environmental Assessment and Management

1980 2.2k citations C. S. Holling profile →
The Functional Response of Predators to Prey Density and its Role in Mimicry and Population Regulation

1965 2.0k citations C. S. Holling Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada profile →
Resilience and Sustainable Development: Building Adaptive Capacity in a World of Transformations

2002 1.9k citations Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter et al. AMBIO profile →
Command and Control and the Pathology of Natural Resource Management

1996 1.4k citations C. S. Holling et al. profile →
Economic Growth, Carrying Capacity, and the Environment

1995 1.1k citations Robert Costanza, Carl Folke et al. profile →
Original Articles: Ecological Resilience, Biodiversity, and Scale

1998 1.1k citations Craig R. Allen, C. S. Holling et al. profile →
Cross‐Scale Morphology, Geometry, and Dynamics of Ecosystems

1992 1.0k citations C. S. Holling profile →
The Functional Response of Invertebrate Predators to Prey Density

1966 1.0k citations C. S. Holling Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada profile →
Large‐Scale Management Experiments and Learning by Doing

1990 1.0k citations C. S. Holling et al. profile →
Shooting the Rapids: Navigating Transitions to Adaptive Governance of Social-Ecological Systems

2006 890 citations Lance Gunderson, Steve Carpenter et al. Ecology and Society profile →
Barriers and Bridges to the Renewal of Ecosystems and Institutions

1997 772 citations Lance Gunderson, C. S. Holling et al. profile →
Qualitative Analysis of Insect Outbreak Systems: The Spruce Budworm and Forest

1978 649 citations Dixon D. Jones, C. S. Holling et al. profile →
Economic growth, carrying capacity, and the environment

1995 569 citations Robert Costanza, Carl Folke et al. profile →
Stability of Semi-Arid Savanna Grazing Systems

1981 564 citations Brian Walker, C. S. Holling et al. profile →
Resilience and adaptive cycles

2002 550 citations C. S. Holling, Lance Gunderson profile →
Principles of Insect Predation

1961 372 citations C. S. Holling Annual Review of Entomology profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C. S. Holling

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Foundations of ecological resilience 2010 ·Lance Gunderson, Craig R. Allen, C. S. Holling	122
2	Diversity in Current Ecological Thinking: Implications for Environmental Management 2008 ·Environmental Management ·Susan A. Moore, Tabatha Wallington, Richard J. Hobbs, Paul R. Ehrlich, C. S. Holling, Simon A. Levin, David B. Lindenmayer, Claudia Pahl‐Wostl, Hugh P. Possingham, Monica G. Turner, Mark Westoby	69
3	Discontinuities in Ecosystems and Other Complex Systems 2008 ·Columbia University Press eBooks ·Craig R. Allen, C. S. Holling	70
4	Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability in Social-ecological Systems breakdown → 2004 ·Ecology and Society ·Brian Walker, C. S. Holling, Stephen R. Carpenter, Ann P. Kinzig	4643
5	Resilience and Sustainable Development: Building Adaptive Capacity in a World of Transformations breakdown → 2002 ·AMBIO ·Carl Folke, Steve Carpenter, Thomas Elmqvist, Lance Gunderson, C. S. Holling, Brian Walker	1920
6	Managing Our Environmental Portfolio 2000 ·BioScience ·Robert Costanza, Herman E. Daly, Carl Folke, Paul Hawken, C. S. Holling, Anthony J. McMichael, David Pimentel, David J. Rapport	87
7	Regional Responses to Global Change 1997 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·C. S. Holling	7
8	Biodiversity Loss 1995 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Charles Perrings, Partha Dasgupta, Martin L. Weitzman, C. S. Holling, Robert Costanza, R. Kerry Turner, Gardner Brown, Karl-Göran Mäler, Timothy Swanson, Edward B. Barbier, Scott Barrett	63
9	Simplifying the complex 1994 ·Futures ·C. S. Holling	36
10	Simplifying the complex: The paradigms of ecological function and structure 1987 ·European Journal of Operational Research ·C. S. Holling	128
11	Adaptive Environmental Management 1986 ·Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development ·C. S. Holling	13
12	Environmental Analysis after a Decade: "If Prophecy Is Impossible, then Go for Understanding" 1981 ·Public Administration Review ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), C. S. Holling	2
13	Pest management : proceedings of an international conference, October 25-29, 1976 1979 ·IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·G. A. Norton, C. S. Holling	0
14	Fail-Safe vs. Safe-Fail Catastrophes 1975 ·IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·Dixon D. Jones, C. S. Holling, R.M. Peterman	4
15	Resilience and Stability of Ecological Systems breakdown → 1973 ·Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics ·C. S. Holling	11379
16	Ecology and Planning 1971 ·Journal of the American Institute of Planners ·C. S. Holling, Michael A. Goldberg	79
17	The Analysis of Complex Population Processes 1964 ·The Canadian Entomologist ·C. S. Holling	92
18	An Experimental Component Analysis of Population Processes 1963 ·Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada ·C. S. Holling	66
19	Principles of Insect Predation breakdown → 1961 ·Annual Review of Entomology ·C. S. Holling	372
20	Some Characteristics of Simple Types of Predation and Parasitism breakdown → 1959 ·The Canadian Entomologist ·C. S. Holling	3447

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