David Burns

674 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 472 citations indexed

About

David Burns is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Burns has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 472 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 2 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in David Burns's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 papers) and Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (2 papers). David Burns is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (3 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 papers) and Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (2 papers). David Burns collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Denmark. David Burns's co-authors include Kimberly M. Carlson, Praveen Noojipady, Douglas C. Morton, Nathalie F. Walker, Robert Heilmayr, Claire Kremen, Holly K. Gibbs, Gary D. Paoli, Michael B. Mascia and Sharon Pailler and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, BioScience and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

David Burns

6 papers receiving 453 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.

Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in Indonesia

2017 243 citations Kimberly M. Carlson, Robert Heilmayr 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
David Burns United States	5	309	237	78	63	45	6	472
Paul R. Furumo United States	12	285 0.9×	229 1.0×	63 0.8×	96 1.5×	30 0.7×	14	538
Aritta Suwarno Netherlands	13	279 0.9×	172 0.7×	64 0.8×	22 0.3×	28 0.6×	17	400
David McLaughlin United States	5	242 0.8×	167 0.7×	64 0.8×	128 2.0×	55 1.2×	5	468
Kalifi Ferretti-Gallon Canada	7	435 1.4×	172 0.7×	177 2.3×	32 0.5×	45 1.0×	9	594
Larry Fisher United States	12	276 0.9×	161 0.7×	40 0.5×	24 0.4×	44 1.0×	21	504
Jonas Hein Germany	10	190 0.6×	130 0.5×	36 0.5×	25 0.4×	25 0.6×	28	372
Atiek Widayati Indonesia	11	243 0.8×	183 0.8×	45 0.6×	17 0.3×	19 0.4×	15	392
Sinan A. Abood United States	4	288 0.9×	343 1.4×	20 0.3×	31 0.5×	19 0.4×	5	485
Frances Seymour United States	13	470 1.5×	159 0.7×	137 1.8×	99 1.6×	51 1.1×	33	665
Amanda Ribeiro de Oliveira Brazil	7	213 0.7×	78 0.3×	84 1.1×	40 0.6×	35 0.8×	9	395

Countries citing papers authored by David Burns

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Burns

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Burns

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Funk, Jason, Nicklas Forsell, John Gunn, & David Burns. (2022). Assessing the potential for unaccounted emissions from bioenergy and the implications for forests: The United States and global. GCB Bioenergy. 14(3). 322–345. 9 indexed citations

2.

Austin, Kemen, Robert Heilmayr, David Burns, et al.. (2021). Mapping and Monitoring Zero-Deforestation Commitments. BioScience. 71(10). 1079–1090. 16 indexed citations

3.

Noojipady, Praveen, Douglas C. Morton, Wilfrid Schroeder, et al.. (2017). Managing fire risk during drought: the influence of certification and El Niño on fire-driven forest conversion for oil palm in Southeast Asia. Earth System Dynamics. 8(3). 749–771. 21 indexed citations

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Carlson, Kimberly M., Robert Heilmayr, Holly K. Gibbs, et al.. (2017). Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in Indonesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(1). 121–126. 243 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mascia, Michael B., et al.. (2014). Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, 1900–2010. Biological Conservation. 169. 355–361. 182 indexed citations

6.

Burns, David, Lucas Fonseca Guimarães, & Charlotte Streck. (2012). CCAFS Report No. 7. Towards Policies for Climate Change Mitigation: Incentives andbenefits for smallholder farmers. 1 indexed citations

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