Emma Archer

5.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
76 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Emma Archer is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Emma Archer has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 30 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Emma Archer's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (29 papers), Climate variability and models (13 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers). Emma Archer is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (29 papers), Climate variability and models (13 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers). Emma Archer collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United States and United Kingdom. Emma Archer's co-authors include Russ Wise, Bruce Campbell, Ioan Fazey, Mark Stafford‐Smith, Hallie Eakin, Michele Warburton, Graham Jewitt, Willem A. Landman, Samuel Kusangaya and Mark Tadross and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Global Change Biology and Nature Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Emma Archer

73 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

Reconceptualising adaptation to climate change as part of pathways of change and response

2014 684 citations Emma Archer et al. profile →
Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate

2022 110 citations Yunne‐Jai Shin, Guy F. Midgley et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Emma Archer	1.4k	727	517	497	490	76	3.0k
Anne van der Veen	1.4k 1.0×	467 0.6×	245 0.5×	649 1.3×	237 0.5×	88	2.7k
Golam Rasul	970 0.7×	430 0.6×	1.1k 2.1×	575 1.2×	321 0.7×	89	3.8k
Eric Kemp‐Benedict	1.5k 1.0×	347 0.5×	646 1.2×	448 0.9×	302 0.6×	78	3.6k
Marianela Fader	1.0k 0.7×	480 0.7×	826 1.6×	195 0.4×	565 1.2×	26	3.0k
Olivia Serdeczny	1.0k 0.7×	548 0.8×	480 0.9×	428 0.9×	162 0.3×	19	2.3k
R. Edward Grumbine	1.7k 1.2×	412 0.6×	373 0.7×	490 1.0×	1.0k 2.1×	39	3.6k
John P. A. Lamers	866 0.6×	539 0.7×	465 0.9×	511 1.0×	478 1.0×	138	3.4k
Marisa Goulden	1.1k 0.8×	836 1.1×	217 0.4×	1.2k 2.4×	192 0.4×	18	2.5k
Mette Termansen	1.6k 1.2×	594 0.8×	260 0.5×	334 0.7×	547 1.1×	86	3.6k
Anita Wreford	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 1.5×	185 0.4×	1.1k 2.3×	321 0.7×	78	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Emma Archer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Emma Archer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Emma Archer

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Archer, Emma, et al.. (2025). The impact of past and current district-level climatic shifts on maize production and the implications for South African farmers. Theoretical and Applied Climatology. 156(2). 1 indexed citations

Pricope, Narcisa G., Sergio M. Vicente‐Serrano, Andrea Toreti, et al.. (2025). Increasing aridification calls for urgent global adaptive solutions and policy action. Nature Water. 3(5). 512–515. 1 indexed citations

James, Rachel, Emma Archer, Joseph Daron, et al.. (2025). How is climate science used to inform national-level adaptation planning in southern Africa?. Climate Policy. 26(2). 179–194. 1 indexed citations

Archer, Emma, et al.. (2024). In‐field climatic factors driving Sclerotinia head rot progression across different sunflower planting dates. Plant Pathology. 73(5). 1112–1126. 1 indexed citations

Vicente‐Serrano, Sergio M., Narcisa G. Pricope, Andrea Toreti, et al.. (2024). The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Report on Rising Aridity Trends Globally and Associated Biological and Agricultural Implications. Global Change Biology. 30(12). e70009–e70009. 10 indexed citations

Archer, Emma & Jamie Males. (2024). Advancing action on the UN Sustainable Development Goals. PLOS Climate. 3(1). e0000341–e0000341. 1 indexed citations

Ramoelo, Abel, Brian K. Reilly, Judith Botha, et al.. (2024). Roles of host and environment in shift of primary anthrax host species in Kruger National Park. PLoS ONE. 19(12). e0314103–e0314103.

DeClerck, Fabrice, Edmundo Barrios, Tim G. Benton, et al.. (2023). Biodiversity, agriculture and sustainable production: GBF Target 10. SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository. 2(3). e0000048–e0000048. 4 indexed citations

Ramoelo, Abel, et al.. (2023). A review of fusion framework using optical sensors and Synthetic Aperture Radar imagery to detect and map land degradation and sustainable land management in the semi-arid regions. Geocarto International. 38(1). 7 indexed citations

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Archer, Emma, et al.. (2023). The sustainable use of wild species benefits biodiversity and human well-being in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 119(3/4). 2 indexed citations

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Landman, Willem A., Mark Tadross, Emma Archer, & Peter Johnston. (2023). Probabilistic vs deterministic forecasts – interpreting skill statistics for the benefit of users. Water SA. 49(3 July). 2 indexed citations

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Shin, Yunne‐Jai, Guy F. Midgley, Emma Archer, et al.. (2022). Actions to halt biodiversity loss generally benefit the climate. Global Change Biology. 28(9). 2846–2874. 110 indexed citations breakdown →

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Grab, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Perceived impacts of climate change on rural poultry production: a case study in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Climate and Development. 14(4). 389–397. 6 indexed citations

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Grab, Stefan, et al.. (2021). Temperature and relative humidity trends in the northernmost region of South Africa, 1950–2016. South African Journal of Science. 117(11/12). 5 indexed citations

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Dunham, Anya, et al.. (2018). Assessing condition and ecological role of deep-water biogenic habitats: Glass sponge reefs in the Salish Sea. Marine Environmental Research. 141. 88–99. 35 indexed citations

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Archer, Emma, François Engelbrecht, Andreas Hänsler, et al.. (2018). Seasonal prediction and regional climate projections for southern Africa. Biodiversity & Ecology. 6. 14–21. 26 indexed citations

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Archer, Emma, et al.. (2018). Climate variability, perceptions and political ecology: Factors influencing changes in pesticide use over 30 years by Zimbabwean smallholder cotton producers. PLoS ONE. 13(5). e0196901–e0196901. 13 indexed citations

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Wilson, David, Simon Dixon, Rebekka Artz, et al.. (2015). Derivation of greenhouse gas emission factors for peatlands managed for extraction in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Biogeosciences. 12(18). 5291–5308. 52 indexed citations

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Winsemius, Hessel, Emanuel Dutra, François Engelbrecht, et al.. (2014). The potential value of seasonal forecasts in a changing climate in southern Africa. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 18(4). 1525–1538. 57 indexed citations

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Archer, Emma, et al.. (2009). Climate change, groundwater and intensive commercial farming in the semi-arid northern Sandveld, South Africa. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences. 6(2). 139–155. 20 indexed citations

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