Heiko Faust

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
46 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Heiko Faust is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Heiko Faust has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Heiko Faust's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (13 papers) and Asian Studies and History (9 papers). Heiko Faust is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (16 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (13 papers) and Asian Studies and History (9 papers). Heiko Faust collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Indonesia and United States. Heiko Faust's co-authors include Yann Clough, Teja Tscharntke, Dirk Hölscher, Damayanti Buchori, Götz Schroth, Michael Kessler, Thomas Cherico Wanger, Shonil Bhagwat, Jana Juhrbandt and Edzo Veldkamp and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecological Economics and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Heiko Faust

43 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical agrofor... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 100 200 300 400 500
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. Multifunctional shade-tree management in tropical agroforestry landscapes - a review
    2011 554 citations Teja Tscharntke, Yann Clough et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Heiko Faust Germany 16 471 444 422 208 178 46 1.3k
James M. Roshetko Indonesia 26 732 1.6× 256 0.6× 314 0.7× 294 1.4× 270 1.5× 75 1.7k
Jeremy Haggar United Kingdom 26 491 1.0× 309 0.7× 257 0.6× 330 1.6× 532 3.0× 67 2.0k
Dénis Sonwa Cameroon 26 1.1k 2.3× 515 1.2× 407 1.0× 222 1.1× 158 0.9× 112 2.1k
Verina Ingram Netherlands 23 723 1.5× 104 0.2× 153 0.4× 244 1.2× 167 0.9× 114 1.5k
Luis García‐Barrios Mexico 16 474 1.0× 73 0.2× 145 0.3× 225 1.1× 167 0.9× 45 1.1k
A. Awono Cameroon 17 709 1.5× 76 0.2× 115 0.3× 164 0.8× 126 0.7× 48 1.2k
Grace B. Villamor Germany 25 826 1.8× 64 0.1× 249 0.6× 255 1.2× 120 0.7× 82 1.6k
Éric Penot France 16 217 0.5× 72 0.2× 208 0.5× 282 1.4× 135 0.8× 111 887
Stefan Schwarze Germany 16 467 1.0× 64 0.1× 460 1.1× 458 2.2× 198 1.1× 30 1.3k
Bolier Torres Ecuador 19 340 0.7× 64 0.1× 83 0.2× 190 0.9× 109 0.6× 66 824

Countries citing papers authored by Heiko Faust

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heiko Faust

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heiko Faust

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

All Works

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Mußhoff, Oliver, et al.. (2023). Replanting challenges among Indonesian oil palm smallholders: a narrative review. Environment Development and Sustainability. 26(8). 19351–19367. 13 indexed citations
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Zscheischler, Jana, et al.. (2021). Social-ecological transformation and COVID-19: the need to revisit working-class environmentalism. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 30(1). 18–22. 4 indexed citations
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Nielsen, Jonas Østergaard, et al.. (2020). From rising water to floods: Disentangling the production of flooding as a hazard in Sumatra, Indonesia. Geoforum. 118. 56–65. 17 indexed citations
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Otten, Fenna, et al.. (2019). Smallholder Telecoupling and Climate Governance in Jambi Province, Indonesia. Social Sciences. 8(4). 115–115. 10 indexed citations
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Hein, Jonas, et al.. (2018). The Transnationalisation of Competing State Projects: Carbon Offsetting and Development in Sumatra's Coastal Peat Swamps. Antipode. 50(4). 953–975. 16 indexed citations
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Helming, Katharina, et al.. (2017). Sustainability impact assessment of peatland-use scenarios: Confronting land use supply with demand. Ecosystem Services. 26. 365–376. 18 indexed citations
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Dislich, Claudia, Alexander C. Keyel, Jan Salecker, et al.. (2015). Ecosystem functions of oil palm plantations - a review. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 4 indexed citations
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Hein, Jonas, et al.. (2015). Rescaling of Access and Property Relations in a Frontier Landscape: Insights from Jambi, Indonesia. The Professional Geographer. 68(3). 380–389. 13 indexed citations
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Griffis, Larry C., Lorraine E. Twerdok, Sabine Francke‐Carroll, et al.. (2009). Comparative 90-day dietary study of paraffin wax in Fischer-344 and Sprague–Dawley rats. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 48(1). 363–372. 29 indexed citations
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Clough, Yann, Heiko Faust, & Teja Tscharntke. (2009). Cacao boom and bust: sustainability of agroforests and opportunities for biodiversity conservation. Conservation Letters. 2(5). 197–205. 159 indexed citations
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Faust, Heiko, et al.. (2009). Migrants as cash crop-"pioneers"? - Socio-cultural change and land use in Central Sulawesi. GoeScholar The Publication Server of the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen). 1 indexed citations
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Faust, Heiko, et al.. (2008). Bicycle Ambulances in Rural Uganda: Analysis of Factors Influencing Its Usage. World Transport Policy and Practice. 14(2). 38–46. 3 indexed citations
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Koch, Sebastian, Heiko Faust, & Jan Barkmann. (2008). Diff erences in Power Structures Regarding Access to Natural Resources at the Village Level in Central Sulawesi (Indonesia). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6 indexed citations
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Heimbach, J.T., et al.. (2002). Dietary exposures to mineral hydrocarbons from food-use applications in the United States. Food and Chemical Toxicology. 40(5). 555–571. 23 indexed citations
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Faust, Heiko. (1999). Das Ruhrgebiet: Erneuerung einer europäischen Industrieregion; Impulse für den Strukturwandel durch die Internationale Bauausstellung Emscher Park. Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences). 10–18. 4 indexed citations

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