Jan Hanspach

6.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
90 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Jan Hanspach is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Jan Hanspach has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 27 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Jan Hanspach's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). Jan Hanspach is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (31 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (20 papers) and Plant and animal studies (18 papers). Jan Hanspach collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Sweden and Australia. Jan Hanspach's co-authors include Joern Fischer, David J. Abson, Andra‐Ioana Horcea‐Milcu, Henrik von Wehrden, Ine Dorresteijn, Jacqueline Loos, M. Jahi Chappell, Ingolf Kühn, Jannik Schultner and Tobias Kuemmerle and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Jan Hanspach

87 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Literature Review and Prospects for Future Research

2013 706 citations Andra‐Ioana Horcea‐Milcu, Jan Hanspach et al. Ecology and Society profile →
Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward

2013 413 citations Joern Fischer, David J. Abson et al. Conservation Letters profile →
Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability

2014 304 citations David J. Abson, Henrik von Wehrden et al. profile →
Putting meaning back into “sustainable intensification”

2014 244 citations Jacqueline Loos, David J. Abson et al. profile →

Peers

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jan Hanspach

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	More-than-human synchronizations expose the fractures of the agrarian commodity frontier in the Bolivian Chiquitanía 2025 ·Journal of Rural Studies ·(unknown), Alder Keleman Saxena, (unknown), Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Jan Hanspach	0
2	Exploring biocultural diversity: A systematic analysis and refined classification to inform decisions on conservation and sustainability 2025 ·AMBIO ·(unknown), Cristina Quintas‐Soriano, Jan Hanspach, Juan M. Requena‐Mullor, (unknown), Antonio Castro	1
3	Appraising biocultural approaches to sustainability in the scientific literature in Spanish 2024 ·AMBIO ·Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Jan Hanspach, Mario Torralba, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), María García‐Martín, Elisa Oteros‐Rozas	5
4	Exploring the “works with nature” pillar of food sovereignty: a review of empirical cases in academic literature 2023 ·Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems ·(unknown), (unknown), Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Elisa Oteros‐Rozas, (unknown), Jan Hanspach	2
5	Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis 2022 ·Ecosystems and People ·Megan Meacham, Albert V. Norström, Garry Peterson, Erik Andersson, Elena M. Bennett, Reinette Biggs, Émilie Crouzat, Anna F. Cord, Elin Enfors, María R. Felipe‐Lucia, Joern Fischer, Maike Hamann, Jan Hanspach, Christina C. Hicks, Sander Jacobs, Sandra Lavorel, Bruno Locatelli, Berta Martín‐López, Tobías Plieninger, Cibele Queiroz	42
6	Using a leverage points perspective to compare social-ecological systems: a case study on rural landscapes 2022 ·Ecosystems and People ·Joern Fischer, David J. Abson, Ine Dorresteijn, Jan Hanspach, Tibor Hartel, Jannik Schultner, Kate Sherren	10
7	Crisis-induced disruptions in place-based social-ecological research ‐ an opportunity for redirection 2021 ·GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society ·Kathleen Hermans, Elisabeth Berger, Lisa Biber‐Freudenberger, Lisa Bossenbroek, (unknown), (unknown), Jochen Hack, Jan Hanspach, (unknown), Jude Ndzifon Kimengsi, (unknown), Robert D. Oakes, (unknown), Tobías Plieninger, Harald Sterly, Kees van der Geest, Jasper van Vliet, (unknown)	9
8	A social-ecological assessment of food security and biodiversity conservation in Ethiopia 2021 ·Ecosystems and People ·Joern Fischer, Arvid Bergsten, Ine Dorresteijn, Jan Hanspach, Kristoffer Hylander, Tolera Senbeto Jiren, Aisa O. Manlosa, Patrícia Rodrigues, Jannik Schultner, Feyera Senbeta, Girma Shumi	13
9	Livelihood strategies, capital assets, and food security in rural Southwest Ethiopia 2019 ·Food Security ·Aisa O. Manlosa, Jan Hanspach, Jannik Schultner, Ine Dorresteijn, Joern Fischer	82
10	A new world for old landscapes: Land-use intensification and bird conservation in a traditional farming landscape 2018 ·Multilingual Matters (Channel View Publications) ·Ine Dorresteijn, Dale G. Nimmo, Jacqueline Loos, Jan Hanspach, Cosmin Ioan Moga, (unknown), (unknown), Joern Fischer	6
11	From disagreements to dialogue: unpacking the Golden Rice debate 2018 ·Sustainability Science ·(unknown), Jan Hanspach, David J. Abson, Joern Fischer	17
12	Land use legacy effects on woody vegetation in agricultural landscapes of south‐western Ethiopia 2018 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Girma Shumi, Jannik Schultner, Ine Dorresteijn, Patrícia Rodrigues, Jan Hanspach, Kristoffer Hylander, Feyera Senbeta, Joern Fischer	32
13	Abundance of large old trees in wood-pastures of Transylvania (Romania) 2017 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Tibor Hartel, Jan Hanspach, Cosmin Ioan Moga, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Csaba Horváth, (unknown)	36
14	Social factors mediating human–carnivore coexistence: Understanding thematic strands influencing coexistence in Central Romania 2016 ·AMBIO ·Ine Dorresteijn, Andra‐Ioana Horcea‐Milcu, Julia Leventon, Jan Hanspach, Joern Fischer	34
15	Characterizing social–ecological units to inform biodiversity conservation in cultural landscapes 2016 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Jan Hanspach, Jacqueline Loos, Ine Dorresteijn, David J. Abson, Joern Fischer	31
16	A social–ecological perspective on harmonizing food security and biodiversity conservation 2016 ·Regional Environmental Change ·Hannah Wittman, M. Jahi Chappell, David J. Abson, Rachel Bezner Kerr, Jennifer Blesh, Jan Hanspach, Ivette Perfecto, Joern Fischer	96
17	A holistic approach to studying social-ecological systems and its application to southern Transylvania 2014 ·Ecology and Society ·Jan Hanspach, Tibor Hartel, Andra‐Ioana Horcea‐Milcu, Friederike Mikulčak, Ine Dorresteijn, Jacqueline Loos, Henrik von Wehrden, Tobias Kuemmerle, David J. Abson, Anikó Kovács‐Hostyánszki, Andràs Báldí, Joern Fischer	110
18	Response to Turnhout et al .'s Rethinking Biodiversity: From Goods and Services to “Living With” 2013 ·Conservation Letters ·David J. Abson, Jan Hanspach	8
19	The Conservation Value of Traditional Rural Landscapes: The Case of Woodpeckers in Transylvania, Romania 2013 ·PLoS ONE ·Ine Dorresteijn, Tibor Hartel, Jan Hanspach, Henrik von Wehrden, Joern Fischer	46
20	Global assessment of the non‐equilibrium concept in rangelands 2011 ·Ecological Applications ·Henrik von Wehrden, Jan Hanspach, Petra Kaczensky, Joern Fischer, Karsten Wesche	124

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