Erik Andersson

12.2k total citations · 5 hit papers
116 papers, 6.5k citations indexed

About

Erik Andersson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Erik Andersson has authored 116 papers receiving a total of 6.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 46 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 24 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Erik Andersson's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (66 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (46 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (22 papers). Erik Andersson is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (66 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (46 papers) and Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (22 papers). Erik Andersson collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, South Africa and United States. Erik Andersson's co-authors include Timon McPhearson, Thomas Elmqvist, Stephan Barthel, Sara Borgström, Niki Frantzeskaki, Dagmar Haase, Carl Folke, Peleg Kremer, Jakub Kronenberg and Johan Colding and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Erik Andersson

110 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Sustainability and resilience for transformation i... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2019 2014 2017 2018 2025 200 400 600
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.

  1. Sustainability and resilience for transformation in the urban century
    2019 700 citations Thomas Elmqvist, Erik Andersson et al. profile →
  2. Reconnecting Cities to the Biosphere: Stewardship of Green Infrastructure and Urban Ecosystem Services
    2014 434 citations Erik Andersson, Stephan Barthel et al. profile →
  3. Greening cities – To be socially inclusive? About the alleged paradox of society and ecology in cities
    2017 346 citations Dagmar Haase, Erik Andersson et al. profile →
  4. Conditions for Transformative Learning for Sustainable Development: A Theoretical Review and Approach
    2018 179 citations Erik Andersson et al. profile →
  5. Applying multispecies justice in nature-based solutions and urban sustainability planning: Tensions and prospects
    2025 11 citations Erik Andersson et al. npj Urban Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Erik Andersson Sweden 39 4.1k 2.8k 1.1k 979 716 116 6.5k
Stephan Barthel Sweden 36 3.6k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.7× 610 0.6× 789 1.1× 79 6.7k
Raffaele Lafortezza Italy 45 4.3k 1.0× 3.8k 1.4× 1.2k 1.1× 1.9k 2.0× 646 0.9× 151 7.4k
Giovanni Sanesi Italy 39 3.3k 0.8× 3.6k 1.3× 1.2k 1.0× 1.5k 1.6× 620 0.9× 120 5.7k
Christopher G. Boone United States 30 2.8k 0.7× 2.5k 0.9× 723 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 955 1.3× 61 5.4k
David N. Barton Norway 35 3.5k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 627 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 508 0.7× 114 5.9k
Cecil C. Konijnendijk Canada 42 4.5k 1.1× 5.0k 1.8× 1.8k 1.6× 1.6k 1.7× 791 1.1× 124 7.5k
Jakub Kronenberg Poland 36 3.1k 0.7× 2.9k 1.0× 852 0.8× 964 1.0× 468 0.7× 103 5.0k
Nadja Kabisch Germany 39 5.7k 1.4× 5.2k 1.8× 1.4k 1.3× 2.2k 2.2× 890 1.2× 72 8.7k
Joan Iverson Nassauer United States 29 3.0k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 715 0.6× 465 0.5× 582 0.8× 84 4.9k
Martin Dallimer United Kingdom 37 2.1k 0.5× 2.0k 0.7× 645 0.6× 753 0.8× 596 0.8× 129 4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Erik Andersson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Erik Andersson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Erik Andersson

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Borgström, Sara, et al.. (2025). Understanding the recreation-conservation nexus in peri-urban landscapes: challenges, opportunities, and knowledge gaps. Nature-Based Solutions. 7. 100232–100232.
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Branny, Artur, Erik Andersson, & Timon McPhearson. (2024). Micro-climate of nature-based solutions in stockholm royal seaport. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 100206–100206. 1 indexed citations
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Sellberg, My M., et al.. (2024). Operationalizing pathway diversity in a mosaic landscape. Ecology and Society. 29(3). 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Fanhua, Haiwei Yin, Georgia Destouni, et al.. (2024). Urban flood risk management needs nature-based solutions: a coupled social-ecological system perspective. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 40 indexed citations
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Remme, Roy P., Megan Meacham, Erik Andersson, et al.. (2024). Aligning nature-based solutions with ecosystem services in the urban century. Ecosystem Services. 66. 101610–101610. 23 indexed citations
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Lundgren, Peter, Erik Andersson, Therese Djärv, et al.. (2024). Prediction of survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: the updated Swedish cardiac arrest risk score (SCARS) model. European Heart Journal - Digital Health. 5(3). 270–277. 1 indexed citations
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Meacham, Megan, Albert V. Norström, Garry Peterson, et al.. (2022). Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis. Ecosystems and People. 18(1). 99–111. 42 indexed citations
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Andersson, Erik, Nancy B. Grimm, Joshua Lewis, et al.. (2022). Urban climate resilience through hybrid infrastructure. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 55. 101158–101158. 24 indexed citations
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Andersson, Erik, Dagmar Haase, Jakub Kronenberg, et al.. (2022). Based on nature, enabled by social-ecological-technological context: deriving benefit from urban green and blue infrastructure. Ecology and Society. 27(4). 11 indexed citations
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Łaszkiewicz, Edyta, Manuel Wolff, Erik Andersson, et al.. (2022). Greenery in urban morphology: a comparative analysis of differences in urban green space accessibility for various urban structures across European cities. Ecology and Society. 27(3). 23 indexed citations
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Andersson, Erik, Sara Borgström, Dagmar Haase, et al.. (2021). Urban resilience thinking in practice: ensuring flows of benefit from green and blue infrastructure. Ecology and Society. 26(4). 15 indexed citations
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Andersson, Erik, Sara Borgström, Dagmar Haase, et al.. (2021). A context-sensitive systems approach for understanding and enabling ecosystem service realization in cities. Ecology and Society. 26(2). 47 indexed citations
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Elmqvist, Thomas, Erik Andersson, Timon McPhearson, et al.. (2021). Urbanization in and for the Anthropocene. npj Urban Sustainability. 1(1). 138 indexed citations
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Kronenberg, Jakub, Erik Andersson, David N. Barton, et al.. (2021). The thorny path toward greening: unintended consequences, trade-offs, and constraints in green and blue infrastructure planning, implementation, and management. Ecology and Society. 26(2). 43 indexed citations
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Egerer, Monika, Dagmar Haase, Timon McPhearson, et al.. (2021). Urban change as an untapped opportunity for climate adaptation. npj Urban Sustainability. 1(1). 72 indexed citations
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Andersson, Erik, Dagmar Haase, Sebastian Scheuer, & Thilo Wellmann. (2020). Neighbourhood character affects the spatial extent and magnitude of the functional footprint of urban green infrastructure. Landscape Ecology. 35(7). 1605–1618. 29 indexed citations
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Bohlin, Erik, Erik Andersson, & Simon Forge. (2005). Business Models and Financial Impacts of Future Mobile Broadband Networks. Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology). 3 indexed citations
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Andersson, Erik, et al.. (1998). Optimisation Of Length Of Transition Curves WithVehicle Reaction Taken Into Consideration. WIT transactions on the built environment. 37. 3 indexed citations

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