Diana Liverman

36.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
93 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Diana Liverman is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Diana Liverman has authored 93 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Diana Liverman's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (17 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (13 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (10 papers). Diana Liverman is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (17 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (13 papers) and Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration (10 papers). Diana Liverman collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Diana Liverman's co-authors include Adam Bumpus, Rebecca J. Brown, Mark Hanson, Robert Merideth, Katherine Richardson, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, Timothy M. Lenton, Will Steffen, Johan Rockström and Ricarda Winkelmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Diana Liverman

92 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene

2018 1.6k citations Diana Liverman et al. profile →
Adaptation interventions and their effect on vulnerability in developing countries: Help, hindrance or irrelevance?

2021 464 citations Diana Liverman et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Diana Liverman United States	40	3.4k	2.2k	1.3k	1.1k	841	93	8.2k
Kasper Kok Netherlands	45	4.9k 1.4×	1.0k 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	825 1.0×	160	9.1k
Emily Boyd United Kingdom	43	3.2k 1.0×	2.4k 1.1×	927 0.7×	706 0.6×	1.2k 1.4×	171	7.1k
Anthony Patt Switzerland	49	2.6k 0.8×	2.9k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	1.7k 2.1×	165	8.6k
Joyeeta Gupta Netherlands	46	3.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.0×	1.9k 1.5×	1.1k 0.9×	467 0.6×	319	8.3k
Frans Berkhout United Kingdom	46	4.1k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	1.8k 1.4×	1.1k 0.9×	661 0.8×	131	9.3k
William C. Clark United States	37	4.1k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	806 0.6×	1.9k 1.7×	645 0.8×	121	9.5k
Jürgen Scheffran Germany	45	2.2k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	583 0.5×	901 0.8×	1.5k 1.8×	222	7.4k
J. Timmons Roberts United States	49	3.5k 1.0×	3.8k 1.7×	2.9k 2.2×	1.2k 1.1×	644 0.8×	156	10.8k
Jouni Paavola United Kingdom	43	4.2k 1.2×	2.0k 0.9×	2.0k 1.6×	1.8k 1.6×	909 1.1×	139	8.1k
Andrew Jordan United Kingdom	55	4.4k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	2.5k 1.9×	2.0k 1.7×	392 0.5×	258	10.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Diana Liverman

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Diana Liverman

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Pons, Diego, Matthew Taylor, Zack Guido, et al.. (2025). Complexity and mediating factors in farmers’ climate perceptions and agricultural adaptation strategies in the Guatemalan Dry Corridor. Climatic Change. 178(7).

Liverman, Diana, et al.. (2021). NAFTA and environment after 25 years: A retrospective analysis of the US-Mexico border. Environmental Science & Policy. 119. 18–33. 14 indexed citations

Gerlak, Andrea K., Simon J. Mason, Diana Liverman, et al.. (2020). The Gnat and the Bull Do Climate Outlook Forums Make a Difference?. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 101(6). E771–E784. 10 indexed citations

Liverman, Diana. (2018). Geographic perspectives on development goals. Dialogues in Human Geography. 8(2). 168–185. 87 indexed citations

Liverman, Diana. (2015). Reading Climate Change and Climate Governance as Political Ecologies. 303–319. 16 indexed citations

Liverman, Diana, et al.. (2015). Using partial participatory GIS in vulnerability and disaster risk reduction in Grenada. Climate and Development. 9(2). 95–109. 39 indexed citations

Arnall, Alex, David S.G. Thomas, Chasca Twyman, & Diana Liverman. (2013). Flooding, resettlement, and change in livelihoods: evidence from rural Mozambique. Disasters. 37(3). 468–488. 74 indexed citations

DeFries, Ruth, Erle C. Ellis, F. Stuart Chapin, et al.. (2012). Planetary Opportunities: A Social Contract for Global Change Science to Contribute to a Sustainable Future. BioScience. 62(6). 603–606. 145 indexed citations

New, Mark, Diana Liverman, Heike Schroeder, & Kevin Anderson. (2011). Correction for New et al. , Introduction. Four degrees and beyond: the potential for a global temperature increase of four degrees and its implications. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 369(1938). 1112–1112. 4 indexed citations

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Bumpus, Adam & Diana Liverman. (2010). Carbon colonialism? Offsets, greenhouse gas reductions, and sustainable development. 203–224. 78 indexed citations

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New, Mark, Diana Liverman, & Kevin Anderson. (2009). Mind the gap. Nature Climate Change. 1(912). 143–144. 12 indexed citations

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Bumpus, Adam & Diana Liverman. (2008). Accumulation by Decarbonization and the Governance of Carbon Offsets. Economic Geography. 84(2). 127–155. 445 indexed citations

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Liverman, Diana & Emily Boyd. (2008). CDM, development and ethics : A Reformed CDM – including new Mechanisms for Sustainable Development. 2 indexed citations

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Root, Terry L., Diana Liverman, & Chris Newman. (2006). Managing biodiversity in the light of climate change: current biological effects and future impacts. 6 indexed citations

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Vásquez‐León, Marcela & Diana Liverman. (2004). The Political Ecology of Land-Use Change: Affluent Ranchers and Destitute Farmers in the Mexican Municipio of Alamos. Human Organization. 63(1). 21–33. 45 indexed citations

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Bales, Roger C., Diana Liverman, & Barbara J. Morehouse. (2004). Integrated Assessment as a Step Toward Reducing Climate Vulnerability in the Southwestern United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 85(11). 1727–1734. 21 indexed citations

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Marston, Sallie A., Paul L. Knox, & Diana Liverman. (2001). World Regions in Global Context: Peoples, Places, and Environments. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 12 indexed citations

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Liverman, Diana. (1999). Vulnerability and Adaptation to Drought in Mexico. Natural resources journal. 39(1). 60 indexed citations

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Liverman, Diana & Karen O’Brien. (1991). Global warming and climate change in Mexico. Global Environmental Change. 1(5). 351–364. 51 indexed citations

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Liverman, Diana, Mark Hanson, Rebecca J. Brown, & Robert Merideth. (1988). Global sustainability: Toward measurement. Environmental Management. 12(2). 133–143. 119 indexed citations

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