Darren Ranco

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 936 citations indexed

About

Darren Ranco is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Darren Ranco has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 936 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 7 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 6 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Darren Ranco's work include Indigenous Studies and Ecology (5 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (3 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (3 papers). Darren Ranco is often cited by papers focused on Indigenous Studies and Ecology (5 papers), American Environmental and Regional History (3 papers) and Forest Insect Ecology and Management (3 papers). Darren Ranco collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Denmark. Darren Ranco's co-authors include John J. Daigle, Torben C. Rick, Nicole Boivin, Erle C. Ellis, Harvey Locke, James Watson, M. Rebecca Shaw, Nicolas Gauthier, Naomi Kingston and Lucas Stephens and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Darren Ranco

23 papers receiving 886 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years

2021 475 citations Erle C. Ellis, Nicolas Gauthier et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Darren Ranco United States	12	335	257	201	139	123	25	936
Tero Mustonen Finland	14	244 0.7×	252 1.0×	260 1.3×	263 1.9×	92 0.7×	47	856
Nancy Fresco United States	14	407 1.2×	197 0.8×	163 0.8×	185 1.3×	100 0.8×	22	790
Faisal Moola Canada	14	401 1.2×	235 0.9×	111 0.6×	157 1.1×	189 1.5×	36	1.0k
Meg Parsons New Zealand	19	390 1.2×	273 1.1×	531 2.6×	193 1.4×	127 1.0×	55	1.3k
Paul Laris United States	15	606 1.8×	238 0.9×	156 0.8×	65 0.5×	180 1.5×	36	902
Peter M Cooke Australia	9	665 2.0×	499 1.9×	93 0.5×	78 0.6×	277 2.3×	15	969
M. Kat Anderson United States	17	588 1.8×	526 2.0×	84 0.4×	135 1.0×	274 2.2×	28	1.4k
Libby Robin Australia	15	202 0.6×	129 0.5×	218 1.1×	68 0.5×	132 1.1×	66	874
Aili Pyhälä Finland	16	362 1.1×	239 0.9×	195 1.0×	104 0.7×	56 0.5×	32	928
Fiona Walsh Australia	16	279 0.8×	382 1.5×	133 0.7×	198 1.4×	145 1.2×	23	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darren Ranco

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Schattman, Rachel E., et al.. (2025). Improving cross-cultural knowledge exchange for collaborative forest stewardship. Environmental Science & Policy. 173. 104241–104241.

Ranco, Darren, et al.. (2025). Resource or Relationship? Unpacking River Histories to Restore Wabanaki Livelihoods. Environmental History. 30(2). 352–359.

McGreavy, Bridie, et al.. (2022). How Does Strategic Communication Shape Transdisciplinary Collaboration? A Focus on Definitions, Audience, Expertise, and Ethical Praxis. Frontiers in Communication. 7. 8 indexed citations

Ellis, Erle C., Nicolas Gauthier, Kees Klein Goldewijk, et al.. (2021). People have shaped most of terrestrial nature for at least 12,000 years. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(17). 475 indexed citations breakdown →

McGreavy, Bridie, et al.. (2021). Science in Indigenous homelands: addressing power and justice in sustainability science from/with/in the Penobscot River. Sustainability Science. 16(3). 937–947. 21 indexed citations

Daigle, John J., et al.. (2019). Traditional Lifeways and Storytelling: Tools for Adaptation and Resilience to Ecosystem Change. Human Ecology. 47(5). 777–784. 20 indexed citations

Daigle, John J., et al.. (2018). How Campers’ Beliefs about Forest Pests Affect Firewood Transport Behavior: An Application of Involvement Theory. Forest Science. 65(3). 363–372. 10 indexed citations

Ranco, Darren, et al.. (2017). Citizen Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge—Values of Inclusion in the Wabanaki Youth Science Program. Maine policy review. 26(2). 3 indexed citations

Livingston, William H., Daniel M. Kashian, Robert A. Slesak, et al.. (2017). The Precarious State of a Cultural Keystone Species: Tribal and Biological Assessments of the Role and Future of Black Ash. Journal of Forestry. 115(5). 435–446. 40 indexed citations

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Hart, David D., Kathleen P. Bell, Shaleen Jain, et al.. (2015). Strengthening the role of universities in addressing sustainability challenges: the Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions as an institutional experiment. Ecology and Society. 20(2). 53 indexed citations

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Vasudevan, Pavithra, et al.. (2014). The Resilience of Race: A Cultural Sustainability Manifesto. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 1(2). 3 indexed citations

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Lynn, Kathy, John J. Daigle, Frank K. Lake, et al.. (2013). The impacts of climate change on tribal traditional foods. Climatic Change. 120(3). 545–556. 94 indexed citations

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Ranco, Darren, et al.. (2012). Two Maine Forest Pests: A Comparison of Approaches to Understanding Threats to Hemlock and Ash Trees in Maine. Maine policy review. 21(1). 13 indexed citations

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Ranco, Darren, Catherine O’Neill, Jamie Donatuto, & Barbara Harper. (2011). Environmental Justice, American Indians and the Cultural Dilemma: Developing Environmental Management for Tribal Health and Well-being. Environmental Justice. 4(4). 221–230. 39 indexed citations

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Ranco, Darren. (2009). Wabanaki Traditional Cultural Lifeways Exposure Scenario. 5 indexed citations

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Ranco, Darren. (2008). The Trust Responsibility and Limited Sovereignty: What can Environmental Justice Groups Learn from Indian Nations?. Society & Natural Resources. 21(4). 354–362. 6 indexed citations

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Ranco, Darren. (2007). Mexican Americans and the Environment. Environmental Ethics. 29(1). 111–112. 1 indexed citations

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Ranco, Darren, et al.. (2007). Tribal Sovereignty and the Problem of Difference in Environmental Regulation: Observations on “Measured Separatism” in Indian Country. Antipode. 39(4). 691–707. 24 indexed citations

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Ranco, Darren. (2006). Toward a Native Anthropology: Hermeneutics, Hunting Stories, and Theorizing from Within. Wicazo Sa Review. 21(2). 61–78. 24 indexed citations

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Abu‐Nimer, Mohammed, Terence Ball, Martin L. Cook, et al.. (2005). War and Border Crossings: Ethics When Cultures Clash. Journal of Agromedicine. 28(2). 136–150. 1 indexed citations

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