Jessica Thorn

1.7k total citations
46 papers, 838 citations indexed

About

Jessica Thorn is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Jessica Thorn has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 838 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 7 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Jessica Thorn's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers). Jessica Thorn is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers). Jessica Thorn collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, South Africa and Namibia. Jessica Thorn's co-authors include Ariella Helfgott, Thomas F. Thornton, Rob Marchant, Rachel Friedman, Christopher D. Ives, Elizabeth A. Law, Nathan Bennett, Kerrie A. Wilson, Sheona Shackleton and Katherine J. Willis and has published in prestigious journals such as Biological Conservation, Global Environmental Change and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Jessica Thorn

42 papers receiving 805 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Jessica Thorn United Kingdom 17 372 149 136 103 94 46 838
Ines Grigorescu Romania 18 426 1.1× 104 0.7× 111 0.8× 127 1.2× 112 1.2× 71 869
Bianca Mitrică Romania 15 354 1.0× 73 0.5× 118 0.9× 85 0.8× 85 0.9× 63 737
Mark Hirons United Kingdom 19 446 1.2× 117 0.8× 214 1.6× 141 1.4× 118 1.3× 43 1.0k
Raymond Yu Wang China 14 394 1.1× 83 0.6× 146 1.1× 100 1.0× 145 1.5× 37 954
Franz Gatzweiler Germany 19 455 1.2× 127 0.9× 146 1.1× 74 0.7× 132 1.4× 61 1.2k
Divine Odame Appiah Ghana 16 246 0.7× 85 0.6× 78 0.6× 70 0.7× 69 0.7× 48 727
Justice O. Odoi Ghana 17 320 0.9× 72 0.5× 152 1.1× 103 1.0× 55 0.6× 20 1.0k
Genesis T. Yengoh Sweden 19 363 1.0× 94 0.6× 188 1.4× 144 1.4× 65 0.7× 36 1.1k
Byomkesh Talukder Canada 16 292 0.8× 132 0.9× 105 0.8× 170 1.7× 176 1.9× 39 992
Jacob Hochard United States 11 257 0.7× 164 1.1× 123 0.9× 183 1.8× 34 0.4× 28 831

Countries citing papers authored by Jessica Thorn

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Fields of papers citing papers by Jessica Thorn

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jessica Thorn

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Thorn, Jessica, et al.. (2025). Climate justice and informal trader's access to urban green spaces. Cities. 159. 105725–105725. 3 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, et al.. (2024). How to transform Africa’s food system. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1).
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Enns, Charis, Claudia Capitani, Jessica Thorn, et al.. (2024). ‘Kesho’ Scenario Development for Supporting Water-Energy Food Security under Future Conditions in Zanzibar. Land. 13(2). 195–195. 3 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, et al.. (2023). A people-centred framework for exploring water, energy and food security in a small developing island. Population and Environment. 45(3). 2 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, Philip J. Platts, Deo D. Shirima, et al.. (2022). Indirect impacts of commercial gold mining on adjacent ecosystems. Biological Conservation. 275. 109782–109782. 15 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, Sheona Shackleton, Rob Marchant, et al.. (2022). Exploring the benefits and dis-benefits of climate migration as an adaptive strategy along the rural-peri-urban continuum in Namibia. Regional Environmental Change. 23(1). 17 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, et al.. (2022). The African Development Corridors Database: a new tool to assess the impacts of infrastructure investments. Scientific Data. 9(1). 679–679. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Guan, Yuefei Zhuo, Zhongguo Xu, et al.. (2021). Trade-offs and synergies of ecosystem services in the Yangtze River Delta, China: response to urbanizing variation. Urban Ecosystems. 25(1). 313–328. 23 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, Julia A. Klein, Cara Steger, et al.. (2021). Scenario archetypes reveal risks and opportunities for global mountain futures. Global Environmental Change. 69. 102291–102291. 23 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, et al.. (2021). Mainstreaming nature-based solutions for climate resilient infrastructure in peri-urban sub-Saharan Africa. Landscape and Urban Planning. 216. 104235–104235. 50 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, Julia A. Klein, Cara Steger, et al.. (2020). A systematic review of participatory scenario planning to envision mountain social-ecological systems futures. Ecology and Society. 25(3). 45 indexed citations
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Badu, Kingsley, Jessica Thorn, Nowsheen Goonoo, et al.. (2020). Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic: A review of the nature of the virus, impacts and implications for preparedness. White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York). 3. 19–19. 28 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, et al.. (2020). Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas. Lecture notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering. 2 indexed citations
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Friedman, Rachel, Elizabeth A. Law, Nathan Bennett, et al.. (2018). How just and just how? A systematic review of social equity in conservation research. Environmental Research Letters. 13(5). 53001–53001. 145 indexed citations
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McIntosh, Emma, Sarah Chapman, Stephen Kearney, et al.. (2018). Absence of evidence for the conservation outcomes of systematic conservation planning around the globe: a systematic map. Environmental Evidence. 7(1). 49 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, Jake L. Snaddon, Anthony Waldron, et al.. (2015). How effective are on-farm conservation land management strategies for preserving ecosystem services in developing countries? A systematic map protocol. Environmental Evidence. 4(1). 9 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica, Thomas F. Thornton, & Ariella Helfgott. (2015). Autonomous adaptation to global environmental change in peri-urban settlements: Evidence of a growing culture of innovation and revitalisation in Mathare Valley Slums, Nairobi. Global Environmental Change. 31. 121–131. 96 indexed citations
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Thorn, Jessica & Sophie Oldfield. (2011). A Politics of Land Occupation: State Practice and Everyday Mobilization in Zille Raine Heights, Cape Town. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 46(5). 518–530. 9 indexed citations

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