John Sandlos

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

John Sandlos is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, John Sandlos has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 15 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 11 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in John Sandlos's work include American Environmental and Regional History (14 papers), Canadian Identity and History (12 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (11 papers). John Sandlos is often cited by papers focused on American Environmental and Regional History (14 papers), Canadian Identity and History (12 papers) and Indigenous Studies and Ecology (11 papers). John Sandlos collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. John Sandlos's co-authors include Arn Keeling, Kai M. A. Chan, Nathan Bennett, Douglas A. Clark, Michael Nelson, Tara L. Teel, Richard C. Stedman, Diogo Veríssimo, Graham Epstein and Rebecca Thomas and has published in prestigious journals such as Science Advances, Conservation Biology and Biological Conservation.

In The Last Decade

John Sandlos

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Conservation social science: Understanding and integratin... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2016 250 500 750
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.

  1. Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation
    2016 797 citations Nathan Bennett, Robin Roth et al. Biological Conservation profile →
  2. Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation
    2016 339 citations Nathan Bennett, Robin Roth et al. Conservation Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
John Sandlos Canada 15 571 567 432 430 240 37 1.8k
Pernilla Malmer Sweden 5 576 1.0× 1.2k 2.2× 453 1.0× 405 0.9× 114 0.5× 6 2.4k
Andrew Kliskey United States 24 600 1.1× 1.1k 1.9× 396 0.9× 683 1.6× 181 0.8× 98 2.7k
Deborah Curran Canada 10 458 0.8× 539 1.0× 318 0.7× 235 0.5× 226 0.9× 25 1.3k
Kate Sherren Canada 28 507 0.9× 880 1.6× 676 1.6× 462 1.1× 139 0.6× 112 2.4k
Camilla Sandström Sweden 31 1.0k 1.8× 1.6k 2.9× 520 1.2× 393 0.9× 237 1.0× 148 3.1k
Petina L. Pert Australia 26 636 1.1× 992 1.7× 465 1.1× 360 0.8× 73 0.3× 63 2.0k
Beau J. Austin Australia 13 405 0.7× 604 1.1× 213 0.5× 201 0.5× 90 0.4× 20 1.3k
Douglas A. Clark Canada 18 754 1.3× 627 1.1× 373 0.9× 338 0.8× 274 1.1× 51 1.8k
Micha V. Jackson Australia 17 857 1.5× 757 1.3× 280 0.6× 175 0.4× 80 0.3× 41 1.8k
Lilian Alessa United States 22 411 0.7× 865 1.5× 323 0.7× 572 1.3× 99 0.4× 83 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Sandlos

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Sandlos

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of John Sandlos. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of John Sandlos 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 John Sandlos. John Sandlos 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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Sandlos, John, et al.. (2021). Dust versus Dust: Aluminum Therapy and Silicosis in the Canadian and Global Mining Industries. Canadian Historical Review. 102(1). 1–26. 6 indexed citations
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Parlee, Brenda, John Sandlos, & David Natcher. (2018). Undermining subsistence: Barren-ground caribou in a “tragedy of open access”. Science Advances. 4(2). e1701611–e1701611. 58 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John. (2016). Diamonds in the Rough: Corporate Paternalism and African Professionalism on the Mines of Colonial Angola, 1917–1975. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 50(2). 332–333. 19 indexed citations
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Bennett, Nathan, Robin Roth, Sarah C. Klain, et al.. (2016). Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation. Biological Conservation. 205. 93–108. 797 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bennett, Nathan, Robin Roth, Sarah C. Klain, et al.. (2016). Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation. Conservation Biology. 31(1). 56–66. 339 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sandlos, John & Arn Keeling. (2015). Aboriginal communities, traditional knowledge, and the environmental legacies of extractive development in Canada. The Extractive Industries and Society. 3(2). 278–287. 57 indexed citations
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Keeling, Arn & John Sandlos. (2015). Introduction: Critical perspectives on extractive industries in Northern Canada. The Extractive Industries and Society. 3(2). 265–268. 13 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John & Arn Keeling. (2013). Zombie Mines and the (Over)burden of History. Memorial University Research Repository (Memorial University). 10 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John & Arn Keeling. (2012). Claiming the New North: Development and Colonialism at the Pine Point Mine, Northwest Territories, Canada. Environment and History. 18(1). 5–34. 36 indexed citations
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Alagona, Peter S., John Sandlos, & Yolanda F. Wiersma. (2012). Past Imperfect. Environmental Philosophy. 9(1). 49–70. 93 indexed citations
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Keeling, Arn & John Sandlos. (2012). Giant Mine: Historical Summary. Memorial University Research Repository (Memorial University). 16 indexed citations
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Wiersma, Yolanda F. & John Sandlos. (2011). Once There Were So Many: Animals as Ecological Baselines. Environmental History. 16(3). 400–407. 6 indexed citations
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Keeling, Arn & John Sandlos. (2011). Shooting the Archives: Document Digitization for Historical–Geographical Collaboration 1. History Compass. 9(5). 423–432. 7 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John. (2010). Tenants in Time: Family Strategies, Land, and Liberalism in Upper Canada, 1799–1871. Journal of Historical Geography. 36(3). 363–363. 3 indexed citations
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Keeling, Arn & John Sandlos. (2009). Environmental Justice Goes Underground? Historical Notes from Canada's Northern Mining Frontier. Environmental Justice. 2(3). 117–125. 60 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John. (2008). Rosemary Ommer and the Coasts Under Stress Research Project Team. Coasts Under Stress: Restructuring and Social-Ecological Health.. Newfoundland and Labrador Studies. 23(2). 261. 23 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John. (2007). Hunters at the Margin: Native People and Wildlife Conservation in the Northwest Territories. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 65 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John. (2007). Federal Spaces, Local Conflicts: National Parks and the Exclusionary Politics of the Conservation Movement in Ontario, 1900-1935. Journal of the Canadian Historical Association. 16(1). 293–318. 7 indexed citations
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Sandlos, John. (2000). From Within Fur and Feathers: Animals in Canadian Literature. TOPIA Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. 4. 73–91. 5 indexed citations

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