Jack Ahern

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
38 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Jack Ahern is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jack Ahern has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 10 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jack Ahern's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (16 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (11 papers) and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (7 papers). Jack Ahern is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (16 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (11 papers) and Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation (7 papers). Jack Ahern collaborates with scholars based in United States, Portugal and United Kingdom. Jack Ahern's co-authors include André Botequilha-Leitão, Jari Niemelä, Sarel S. Cilliers, Sadahisa Kato, Vladimír Novotný, Julius Gy. Fábos, Chia-Tsung Yeh, Cláudia Fernandes, Paul Brown and Jack C. Wileden and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Environmental Management and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Jack Ahern

35 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

From fail-safe to safe-to-fail: Sustainability and resilience in the new urban world

2011 805 citations Jack Ahern Landscape and Urban Planning profile →
Applying landscape ecological concepts and metrics in sustainable landscape planning

2002 696 citations Jack Ahern et al. Landscape and Urban Planning profile →
Urban landscape sustainability and resilience: the promise and challenges of integrating ecology with urban planning and design

2012 448 citations Jack Ahern Landscape Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jack Ahern United States	19	2.3k	1.1k	569	567	486	38	3.4k
Anna M. Hersperger Switzerland	34	2.9k 1.3×	653 0.6×	766 1.3×	314 0.6×	414 0.9×	95	4.2k
Christian Albert Germany	34	2.8k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	480 0.8×	355 0.6×	464 1.0×	106	3.8k
David Saurı́ Spain	37	2.2k 1.0×	477 0.4×	430 0.8×	795 1.4×	689 1.4×	157	5.4k
Kristen C. Nelson United States	34	1.7k 0.8×	892 0.8×	548 1.0×	313 0.6×	519 1.1×	88	3.2k
Timothy Beatley United States	28	1.2k 0.5×	788 0.7×	269 0.5×	313 0.6×	812 1.7×	74	2.9k
Jasper van Vliet Netherlands	37	3.6k 1.6×	637 0.6×	808 1.4×	797 1.4×	219 0.5×	84	4.9k
Martina Artmann Germany	23	2.0k 0.9×	1.5k 1.4×	262 0.5×	713 1.3×	222 0.5×	49	3.0k
Francesc Baró Spain	29	2.8k 1.2×	2.5k 2.3×	339 0.6×	817 1.4×	539 1.1×	53	4.1k
Mihai Răzvan Niţă Romania	24	1.7k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	215 0.4×	513 0.9×	230 0.5×	50	2.4k
Michail Fragkias United States	19	3.5k 1.5×	1.5k 1.4×	821 1.4×	1.3k 2.2×	350 0.7×	28	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jack Ahern

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Qiu, Jiangxiao, Joan Iverson Nassauer, Jack Ahern, et al.. (2025). Advancing landscape sustainability science: key challenges and strategies for integration with landscape design and planning. Landscape Ecology. 40(2). 10 indexed citations

Fernandes, Cláudia, et al.. (2022). Attitudes and preferences towards plants in urban green spaces: Implications for the design and management of Novel Urban Ecosystems. Journal of Environmental Management. 314. 115103–115103. 25 indexed citations

Fernandes, Cláudia, et al.. (2022). Adaptive planting design and management framework for urban climate change adaptation and mitigation. Urban forestry & urban greening. 70. 127548–127548. 31 indexed citations

Fernandes, Cláudia, et al.. (2022). Plant traits database for climate change adaptation and mitigation in Northwest Portugal. Data in Brief. 42. 108193–108193. 6 indexed citations

Fernandes, Cláudia, et al.. (2021). Urban ecological novelty assessment: Implications for urban green infrastructure planning and management. The Science of The Total Environment. 773. 145121–145121. 28 indexed citations

Fábos, Julius Gy., et al.. (2019). Adapting to Expanding and Contracting Cities, Book of Abstracts, 6th Fabos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning, March 28-30, 2019, Amherst, MA.. University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. 6(1). 62. 2 indexed citations

Ahern, Jack. (2016). Novel Urban Ecosystems: Concepts, Definitions and a Strategy to Support Urban Sustainability and Resilience. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 4(1). 10–21. 20 indexed citations

Ahern, Jack. (2012). Urban landscape sustainability and resilience: the promise and challenges of integrating ecology with urban planning and design. Landscape Ecology. 28(6). 1203–1212. 448 indexed citations breakdown →

Ahern, Jack. (2011). From fail-safe to safe-to-fail: Sustainability and resilience in the new urban world. Landscape and Urban Planning. 100(4). 341–343. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ahern, Jack. (2010). Sustainability and Cities: a landscape planning approach. ScholarWorks@UMassAmherst (University of Massachusetts Amherst). 3(1). 79. 2 indexed citations

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Novotný, Vladimír, Jack Ahern, & Paul Brown. (2010). Water Centric Sustainable Communities. 84 indexed citations

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Kato, Sadahisa & Jack Ahern. (2009). Multifunctional Landscapes as a Basis for Sustainable Landscape Development. Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture. 72(5). 799–804. 25 indexed citations

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Kato, Sadahisa & Jack Ahern. (2008). ‘Learning by doing’: adaptive planning as a strategy to address uncertainty in planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 51(4). 543–559. 116 indexed citations

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Ahern, Jack. (2000). Greenways. Journal of The Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture. 64(2). 113–120.

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Ahern, Jack. (1999). A guide to the landscape architecture of Boston. 3 indexed citations

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Fábos, Julius Gy. & Jack Ahern. (1996). Greenways : the beginning of an international movement. Elsevier eBooks. 84 indexed citations

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Ahern, Jack. (1996). Ecopolis: Strategies for ecologically sound urban development. Landscape and Urban Planning. 36(3). 232–233. 40 indexed citations

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Ahern, Jack. (1995). Plans across the watershed. Landscape architecture. 85(4). 1–20. 1 indexed citations

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Ahern, Jack. (1993). Land degradation: Development and breakdown of terrestrial environments. Landscape and Urban Planning. 23(2). 148–150. 5 indexed citations

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Ahern, Jack, et al.. (1992). ROADSIDE WILDFLOWER MEADOWS: SUMMARY OF BENEFITS AND GUIDELINES TO SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT AND MANAGEMENT. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 9 indexed citations

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