Gunnar Dreßler

2.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
25 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Gunnar Dreßler is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management Science and Operations Research and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Gunnar Dreßler has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 9 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Gunnar Dreßler's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (7 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 papers). Gunnar Dreßler is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (8 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (7 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (4 papers). Gunnar Dreßler collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Sweden. Gunnar Dreßler's co-authors include Birgit Müller, Jürgen Groeneveld, Nina Schwarz, Maja Schlüter‬, Christian Klassert, Jule Schulze, Hanna Weise, Karin Frank, Friedrich J. Bohn and Romina Martin and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology Letters and Ecological Economics.

In The Last Decade

Gunnar Dreßler

25 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

Describing human decisions in agent-based models – ODD + D, an extension of the ODD protocol

2013 359 citations Birgit Müller, Friedrich J. Bohn et al. Environmental Modelling & Software profile →
A framework for mapping and comparing behavioural theories in models of social-ecological systems

2016 311 citations Maja Schlüter‬, Gunnar Dreßler et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gunnar Dreßler Germany	12	541	320	223	191	186	25	1.4k
Alex Smajgl Australia	22	627 1.2×	228 0.7×	253 1.1×	157 0.8×	161 0.9×	53	1.7k
Monika Zurek United Kingdom	17	847 1.6×	397 1.2×	220 1.0×	267 1.4×	135 0.7×	37	1.8k
Timothy Lynam Australia	20	922 1.7×	260 0.8×	420 1.9×	357 1.9×	288 1.5×	32	2.1k
Cécile Barnaud France	24	1.1k 2.0×	197 0.6×	282 1.3×	260 1.4×	126 0.7×	59	1.8k
S.E. Werners Netherlands	23	806 1.5×	203 0.6×	394 1.8×	198 1.0×	88 0.5×	72	1.7k
Steven A. Gray United States	21	589 1.1×	280 0.9×	210 0.9×	277 1.5×	374 2.0×	47	1.8k
Stefano Balbi Spain	23	817 1.5×	212 0.7×	275 1.2×	173 0.9×	84 0.5×	58	1.4k
A. Ligtenberg Netherlands	17	689 1.3×	130 0.4×	222 1.0×	258 1.4×	152 0.8×	66	1.5k
Derek T. Robinson Canada	26	1.4k 2.5×	363 1.1×	223 1.0×	226 1.2×	293 1.6×	70	2.5k
Christophe Le Page France	25	955 1.8×	256 0.8×	341 1.5×	293 1.5×	421 2.3×	93	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Gunnar Dreßler

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gunnar Dreßler

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All Works

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Letschert, Jonas, Birgit Müller, Gunnar Dreßler, Christian Möllmann, & Vanessa Stelzenmüller. (2025). Simulating fishery dynamics by combining empirical data and behavioral theory. Ecological Modelling. 501. 111036–111036. 3 indexed citations

Dreßler, Gunnar, et al.. (2023). Pastoralists’ perceptions on the future of cattle farming amidst rangeland degradation: A case study from Namibia's semiarid communal areas. Rangelands. 46(1). 1–12. 4 indexed citations

Dreßler, Gunnar, Jürgen Groeneveld, Edna Rödig, et al.. (2022). Upscaling in socio-environmental systems modelling: Current challenges, promising strategies and insights from ecology. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 4. 18112–18112. 2 indexed citations

Bernstein, Michael J., Mollie Chapman, Gunnar Dreßler, et al.. (2021). Creating leadership collectives for sustainability transformations. Sustainability Science. 16(2). 703–708. 28 indexed citations

Dreßler, Gunnar, et al.. (2021). How to make socio‐environmental modelling more useful to support policy and management?. People and Nature. 3(3). 560–572. 20 indexed citations

Williams, Tim G., Gunnar Dreßler, Anne Elise Stratton, & Birgit Müller. (2021). Ecological and financial strategies provide complementary benefits for smallholder climate resilience: insights from a simulation model. Ecology and Society. 26(2). 2 indexed citations

Campennì, Marco, Lee Cronk, Gunnar Dreßler, et al.. (2021). Improving the design of climate insurance: combining empirical approaches and modelling. Climate and Development. 14(9). 804–813. 4 indexed citations

Schwarz, Nina, Gunnar Dreßler, Karin Frank, et al.. (2020). Formalising theories of human decision-making for agent-based modelling of social-ecological systems: practical lessons learned and ways forward. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 2. 16340–16340. 21 indexed citations

Ziv, Guy, Michael Beckmann, James M. Bullock, et al.. (2020). BESTMAP: behavioural, Ecological and Socio-economic Tools for Modelling Agricultural Policy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6. 10 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Nina, Gunnar Dreßler, Karin Frank, et al.. (2020). Formalising Theories of Human Decision-Making For Agent-Based Modelling of Social-Ecological Systems: Practical Lessons Learned and Ways Forward. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Dreßler, Gunnar, Jürgen Groeneveld, Carsten M. Buchmann, et al.. (2018). Implications of behavioral change for the resilience of pastoral systems—Lessons from an agent-based model. Ecological Complexity. 40. 100710–100710. 30 indexed citations

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Dreßler, Gunnar, Birgit Müller, Karin Frank, & Christian Kuhlicke. (2016). Towards thresholds of disaster management performance under demographicchange: exploring functional relationships using agent-based modeling. Natural hazards and earth system sciences. 16(10). 2287–2301. 12 indexed citations

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Groeneveld, Jürgen, Birgit Müller, Carsten M. Buchmann, et al.. (2016). Theoretical foundations of human decision-making in agent-based land use models – A review. Environmental Modelling & Software. 87. 39–48. 217 indexed citations

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Teitelbaum, Claire S., William F. Fagan, Chris H. Fleming, et al.. (2015). How far to go? Determinants of migration distance in land mammals. Ecology Letters. 18(6). 545–552. 73 indexed citations

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Taylor, Richard, John Forrester, Gunnar Dreßler, & Sue Grimmond. (2015). Developing agent-based models for community resilience: connecting indicators and interventions. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 3 indexed citations

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Müller, Birgit, Stefano Balbi, Carsten M. Buchmann, et al.. (2014). Standardised and transparent model descriptions for agent-based models: Current status and prospects. Environmental Modelling & Software. 55. 156–163. 62 indexed citations

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Mueller, Thomas, Gunnar Dreßler, C. Tucker, et al.. (2014). Human Land-Use Practices Lead to Global Long-Term Increases in Photosynthetic Capacity. Remote Sensing. 6(6). 5717–5731. 61 indexed citations

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Müller, Birgit, Friedrich J. Bohn, Gunnar Dreßler, et al.. (2013). Describing human decisions in agent-based models – ODD + D, an extension of the ODD protocol. Environmental Modelling & Software. 48. 37–48. 359 indexed citations breakdown →

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Groeneveld, Jürgen, Birgit Müller, Gunnar Dreßler, et al.. (2012). Good modelling practice: expanding the ODD model description protocol for socioenvironmental agent based models. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 2480–2484. 3 indexed citations

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Mueller, Thomas, Kirk A. Olson, Gunnar Dreßler, et al.. (2011). How landscape dynamics link individual- to population-level movement patterns: a multispecies comparison of ungulate relocation data. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 20(5). 683–694. 155 indexed citations

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