Joseph A. Tainter

5.1k citations
90 papers · 2.8k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 23
Topics
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers)Global Energy and Sustainability Research (10 papers)Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (7 papers)
Journals
NatureSHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaEnergy Policy

In The Last Decade

Joseph A. Tainter

83 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Collapse of Complex Societies.19892026200120131989250500750

Peers

Joseph A. Tainter
Comparison fields: 5 of 141
  • Paleontology 684
  • Sociology and Political Science 586
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 450
  • Global and Planetary Change 438
  • Anthropology 402
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph A. Tainter

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All Works

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1 1
2 40
3 11
4 1
5 5
6 128
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Energy, Resources, and the Semantics of Sustainability
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8 1
9 1
10 77
11 35
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The way the wind blows : climate, history, and human action
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Complexity, Problem Solving, and Sustainable Societies
34
14 22
15 15
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Woodland Social Change in West-Central Illinois
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Population Dynamics on the Santa Barbara Coast
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19 58
20 15

About Joseph A. Tainter

Joseph A. Tainter is a scholar working on Paleontology, Space and Planetary Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, having authored 90 papers that have together received 2.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (10 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Paleontology (684 citations), Archeology (98 citations) and Space and Planetary Science (61 citations). Joseph A. Tainter has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Frequent co-authors include Roderick J. McIntosh, Susan Keech McIntosh, T. F. H. Allen, Matthew Spriggs, Bruce G. Trigger, Thomas W. Hoekstra, Robert Rousselle, J. Chris Pires, Tadeusz W. Patzek and Ross H. Cordy. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Energy Policy.

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