J. Baird Callicott

7.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
108 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

J. Baird Callicott is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, J. Baird Callicott has authored 108 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 17 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in J. Baird Callicott's work include Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (37 papers), Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (32 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (11 papers). J. Baird Callicott is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (37 papers), Religion, Ecology, and Ethics (32 papers) and American Environmental and Regional History (11 papers). J. Baird Callicott collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and Venezuela. J. Baird Callicott's co-authors include Michael Nelson, Karen G. Mumford, Michael E. Zimmerman, Larry B. Crowder, Robert Frodeman, Aldo Leopold, Susan L. Flader, Ricardo Rozzi, Juan J. Armestó and Raymond F. Dasmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Conservation Biology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

J. Baird Callicott

102 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Current Normative Concept... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 50 100 150 200 250
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  1. Current Normative Concepts in Conservation
    1999 252 citations J. Baird Callicott 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
J. Baird Callicott United States 30 1.4k 1.3k 908 714 589 108 3.6k
Holmes Rolston United States 26 867 0.6× 1.0k 0.8× 598 0.7× 398 0.6× 208 0.4× 140 2.3k
Arne Næss Norway 19 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.1× 472 0.5× 773 1.1× 146 0.2× 102 3.4k
William Cronon United States 25 948 0.7× 2.1k 1.6× 1.4k 1.5× 1.5k 2.1× 605 1.0× 55 7.2k
Roderick Nash United States 21 569 0.4× 1.4k 1.1× 745 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 272 0.5× 69 4.2k
Donald Worster United States 25 504 0.4× 1.1k 0.8× 831 0.9× 1.1k 1.5× 345 0.6× 82 3.8k
Aldo Leopold United States 11 596 0.4× 599 0.5× 436 0.5× 507 0.7× 295 0.5× 19 1.9k
Madhav Gadgil India 39 2.0k 1.4× 919 0.7× 2.0k 2.2× 754 1.1× 2.3k 3.8× 133 7.3k
DNN 19 503 0.4× 567 0.4× 626 0.7× 348 0.5× 1.3k 2.2× 44 3.9k
Bryan G. Norton United States 32 1.2k 0.9× 1.4k 1.1× 3.1k 3.4× 1.6k 2.2× 760 1.3× 92 6.1k
Kyle Powys Whyte United States 30 298 0.2× 1.6k 1.2× 947 1.0× 463 0.6× 477 0.8× 102 4.2k

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All Works

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Callicott, J. Baird. (2018). Lisa H. Sideris, <i>Consecrating Science: Wonder, Knowledge, and the Natural World</i>. Journal for the Study of Religion Nature and Culture. 12(3). 327–342. 1 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (2013). A NeoPresocratic Manifesto. Environmental Humanities. 2(1). 169–186. 8 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird, et al.. (2013). Humor and Politics through the Animal in Cervantes and Leopold. Comparative Literature Studies. 50(1). 43–63. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Michael & J. Baird Callicott. (2008). The wilderness debate rages on : continuing the great new wilderness debate. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 56 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (2002). Choosing appropriate temporal and spatial scales for ecological restoration. Journal of Biosciences. 27(4). 409–420. 40 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (2002). The Pragmatic Power and Promise of Theoretical Environmental Ethics: Forging a New Discourse. Environmental Values. 11(1). 3–25. 17 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (2000). Contemporary criticisms of the received wilderness idea. 15. 24–31. 16 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1999). The arboretum and the university: the speech and the essay. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 87. 5 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird & Michael Nelson. (1998). The Great New Wilderness Debate. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 249 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1996). Do Deconstructive Ecology and Sociobiology Undermine Leopold’s Land Ethic?. Environmental Ethics. 18(4). 353–372. 38 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1994). A brief history of American conservation philosophy.. 10–14. 10 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1994). Moral Monism in Environmental Ethics Defended. Journal of Philosophical Research. 19. 51–60. 22 indexed citations
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Zimmerman, Michael E. & J. Baird Callicott. (1993). Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 207 indexed citations
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Leopold, Aldo, Susan L. Flader, & J. Baird Callicott. (1991). The river of the mother of God and other essays. University of Wisconsin Press eBooks. 25 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1990). The Case against Moral Pluralism. Environmental Ethics. 12(2). 99–124. 72 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1989). In defense of the land ethic: essays in environmental philosophy. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 318 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1984). Non-Anthropocentric Value Theory and Environmental Ethics. American Philosophical Quarterly. 21(4). 108 indexed citations
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Callicott, J. Baird. (1983). The Land Aesthetic. 7(4). 345–358. 20 indexed citations
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Vecsey, Christopher, Thomas W. Overholt, & J. Baird Callicott. (1983). Clothed-in-Fur and Other Tales: An Introduction to an Ojibwa World View. The American Indian Quarterly. 7(4). 72–72. 24 indexed citations
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Overholt, Thomas W., J. Baird Callicott, & William Jones. (1982). Clothed-in-Fur, and Other Tales an Introduction to an Ojibwa World View /Thomas W. Overholt and J. Baird Callicott ; with Ojibwa Texts by William Jones and Foreword by Mary B. Black-Rogers. --. --. 1 indexed citations

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