Johanna Forster

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 747 citations indexed

About

Johanna Forster is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Johanna Forster has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 747 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Johanna Forster's work include Coastal and Marine Management (10 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 papers). Johanna Forster is often cited by papers focused on Coastal and Marine Management (10 papers), Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (8 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 papers). Johanna Forster collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Barbados and United States. Johanna Forster's co-authors include Tim Rayner, Jale Tosun, Dave Huitema, Andrew Jordan, Mikael Hildén, Harro van Asselt, Elin Lerum Boasson, Jonas J. Schoenefeld, Naomi E. Vaughan and Jennifer A. Gill and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Climate Change, Conservation Biology and Global Environmental Change.

In The Last Decade

Johanna Forster

21 papers receiving 720 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.

Emergence of polycentric climate governance and its future prospects

2015 338 citations Andrew Jordan, Dave Huitema et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Johanna Forster United Kingdom	12	380	272	229	141	107	23	747
Adeniyi Asiyanbi Canada	13	458 1.2×	253 0.9×	134 0.6×	75 0.5×	58 0.5×	23	734
Sonja Klinsky United States	14	330 0.9×	322 1.2×	243 1.1×	144 1.0×	29 0.3×	35	767
Jörg Balsiger Switzerland	15	252 0.7×	226 0.8×	103 0.4×	181 1.3×	60 0.6×	40	792
Forrest Fleischman United States	18	713 1.9×	146 0.5×	180 0.8×	194 1.4×	166 1.6×	39	1.0k
Radoslav S. Dimitrov Canada	13	367 1.0×	271 1.0×	263 1.1×	95 0.7×	30 0.3×	17	962
Martin Kowarsch Germany	14	302 0.8×	201 0.7×	175 0.8×	106 0.8×	23 0.2×	17	581
Eduardo Viola Brazil	14	274 0.7×	152 0.6×	180 0.8×	124 0.9×	41 0.4×	52	715
Jeffrey McGee Australia	16	302 0.8×	187 0.7×	161 0.7×	195 1.4×	159 1.5×	62	690
Jukka Similä Finland	15	238 0.6×	104 0.4×	102 0.4×	133 0.9×	55 0.5×	32	604
Hermann E. Ott Germany	10	341 0.9×	170 0.6×	455 2.0×	94 0.7×	29 0.3×	54	963

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Johanna Forster

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Clarke, Joanne, Anne Haour, Johanna Forster, et al.. (2025). Curating transformation can strengthen adaptation and minimize losses and damages. npj Climate Action. 4(1).

Rao, Nitya, Lee Hooper, Natasha Grist, et al.. (2024). A systematic review of the impact of post-harvest aquatic food processing technology on gender equality and social justice. Nature Food. 5(9). 731–741. 1 indexed citations

Forster, Johanna, et al.. (2024). Challenges to anticipatory coastal adaptation for transformative nature-based solutions. Global Environmental Change. 88. 102893–102893. 1 indexed citations

Vaughan, Naomi E., et al.. (2024). Residual emissions in long-term national climate strategies show limited climate ambition. One Earth. 7(5). 867–884. 15 indexed citations

Vaughan, Naomi E., et al.. (2022). Long-term national climate strategies bet on forests and soils to reach net-zero. Communications Earth & Environment. 3(1). 43 indexed citations

Forster, Johanna, et al.. (2022). Prioritising well‐being and resilience to ‘build back better’: insights from a Dominican small‐scale fishing community. Disasters. 46(S1). S51–S77. 10 indexed citations

Turner, Rachel A., Johanna Forster, Clare Fitzsimmons, & Robin Mahon. (2022). Expanding narratives of governance constraints to improve coral reef conservation. Conservation Biology. 36(5). e13933–e13933. 3 indexed citations

Forster, Johanna, et al.. (2022). Understanding perceived effectiveness of a novel coastal management project: The case of the Bacton-Walcott sandscaping scheme, UK. Frontiers in Marine Science. 9. 4 indexed citations

Vaughan, Naomi E., et al.. (2021). Bringing greenhouse gas removal down to earth: Stakeholder supply chain appraisals reveal complex challenges. Global Environmental Change. 71. 102369–102369. 22 indexed citations

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Johnson, Martin, Sophie A. Day, Johanna Forster, et al.. (2020). The Marine Knowledge Exchange Network: Insights from an Innovative Regional-to-National Scale Academic-Led Knowledge-to-Impact Network and Recommendations for Future Initiatives. Coastal Management. 48(4). 308–335. 3 indexed citations

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Forster, Johanna, Naomi E. Vaughan, Clair Gough, Irene Lorenzoni, & Jason Chilvers. (2020). Mapping feasibilities of greenhouse gas removal: Key issues, gaps and opening up assessments. Global Environmental Change. 63. 102073–102073. 60 indexed citations

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Turner, Rachel A., et al.. (2020). Information brokerage in Caribbean coral reef governance networks. Environmental Conservation. 47(4). 284–294. 4 indexed citations

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Barclay, Jenni, Emily Wilkinson, Carole White, et al.. (2019). Historical Trajectories of Disaster Risk in Dominica. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 10(2). 149–165. 32 indexed citations

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Turner, Rachel A., Johanna Forster, Clare Fitzsimmons, et al.. (2017). Social fit of coral reef governance varies among individuals. Conservation Letters. 11(3). 14 indexed citations

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Forster, Johanna, et al.. (2017). Evidence of a common understanding of proximate and distal drivers of reef health. Marine Policy. 84. 263–272. 15 indexed citations

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Jordan, Andrew, Dave Huitema, Mikael Hildén, et al.. (2015). Emergence of polycentric climate governance and its future prospects. Nature Climate Change. 5(11). 977–982. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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Turner, Rachel A., et al.. (2014). Measuring good governance for complex ecosystems: Perceptions of coral reef-dependent communities in the Caribbean. Global Environmental Change. 29. 105–117. 65 indexed citations

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Forster, Johanna, Iain Lake, Andrew R. Watkinson, & Jennifer A. Gill. (2013). Marine dependent livelihoods and resilience to environmental change: A case study of Anguilla. Marine Policy. 45. 204–212. 56 indexed citations

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Forster, Johanna. (2009). Coastal Management POSTnote 342. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 1 indexed citations

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Forster, Johanna. (2009). RAUMGRENZEN DER BILDUNG - KULTURETHOLOGISCHE ÜBERLEGUNGEN. Bildung und Erziehung. 62(2). 175–190. 1 indexed citations

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