Katharine R. E. Sims

4.3k citations

42 papers · 3.1k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 21

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
Economics and Econometrics top 0.5%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 1%
Ecology top 5%
Sociology and Political Science top 5%

Co-authors: Jennifer Alix‐Garcia B. Kelsey Jack Carolyn Kousky Paul J. Ferraro Merlin M. Hanauer Elizabeth N. Shapiro Andrew Healy Kwaw S. Andam
Topics: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (29 papers)Economic and Environmental Valuation (28 papers)Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Economics and Econometrics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Journals: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature CommunicationsSHILAP Revista de lepidopterología
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Brazil

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Katharine R. E. Sims

40 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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Designing payments for ecosystem services: Lessons from previous experience with incentive-based mechanisms

2008 565 citations Katharine R. E. Sims et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Payments for ecosystem services in Mexico: Two decades of progress and challenges between research and practice 2025 ·Ecosystem Services ·(unknown),(unknown),Elizabeth Shapiro‐Garza,Esteve Corbera,(unknown),Véronique Sophie Ávila-Foucat,Julia Carabias,Jérôme Dupras,Vijay Kolinjivadi,(unknown),María Perevochtchikova,Katharine R. E. Sims,Gert Van Hecken	0
2	Evidence on scaling forest restoration from the Atlantic Forest Restoration Pact in Brazil 2025 ·Nature Communications ·(unknown),Jennifer Alix‐Garcia,Katharine R. E. Sims,(unknown),(unknown),Ludmila Pugliese de Siqueira,(unknown)	3
3	Does land conservation raise property taxes? Evidence from New England cities and towns 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ·(unknown),Katharine R. E. Sims,Spencer R. Meyer,Jonathan R. Thompson	2
4	Towards equity in land protection 2023 ·Agricultural and Resource Economics Review ·Katharine R. E. Sims	3
5	Economic development and conservation impacts of China's nature reserves 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ·(unknown),Katharine R. E. Sims,Yuanyuan Yi	38
6	Using cultural heritage sites in Mexico to understand the poverty alleviation impacts of protected areas 2021 ·Conservation Science and Practice ·(unknown),Katharine R. E. Sims,Adam Millard‐Ball	8
7	Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal 2019 ·Nature Sustainability ·Johan A. Oldekop,Katharine R. E. Sims,Birendra Karna,Mark J. Whittingham,Arun Agrawal	148
8	Voluntary, permanent land protection reduces forest loss and development in a rural‐urban landscape 2019 ·Conservation Letters ·Christoph Nolte,Spencer R. Meyer,Katharine R. E. Sims,Jonathan R. Thompson	19
9	Can Environmental Cash Transfers Reduce Deforestation and Improve Social Outcomes? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Mexico's National Program (2011–2014) 2019 ·World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks ·Jennifer Alix‐Garcia,Katharine R. E. Sims,Víctor Orozco-Olvera,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Stefano Pagiola	14
10	Payments for ecosystem services in Mexico reduce forest fragmentation 2018 ·Ecological Applications ·Carlos Ramirez‐Reyes,Katharine R. E. Sims,Peter Potapov,Volker C. Radeloff	26
11	Payments for environmental services supported social capital while increasing land management 2018 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Jennifer Alix‐Garcia,Katharine R. E. Sims,Víctor Orozco-Olvera,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown)	83
12	Surveying managers to inform a regionally relevant invasive Phragmites australis control research program 2017 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown),Karin M. Kettenring,Katharine R. E. Sims,Eric L. G. Hazelton,Zhao Ma	31
13	Parks versus PES: Evaluating direct and incentive-based land conservation in Mexico 2016 ·Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ·Katharine R. E. Sims,Jennifer Alix‐Garcia	156
14	Improving Environmental and Social Targeting through Adaptive Management in Mexico's Payments for Hydrological Services Program 2014 ·Conservation Biology ·Katharine R. E. Sims,Jennifer Alix‐Garcia,Elizabeth Shapiro‐Garza,(unknown),Volker C. Radeloff,(unknown),(unknown),Carlos Ramirez‐Reyes,Patricia Yáñez-Pagans	75
15	Do Protected Areas Reduce Forest Fragmentation? A Microlandscapes Approach 2013 ·Environmental and Resource Economics ·Katharine R. E. Sims	38
16	More strictly protected areas are not necessarily more protective: evidence from Bolivia, Costa Rica, Indonesia, and Thailand 2013 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Paul J. Ferraro,Merlin M. Hanauer,Daniela A. Miteva,Gustavo Canavire‐Bacarreza,Subhrendu K. Pattanayak,Katharine R. E. Sims	139
17	Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction 2011 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Paul J. Ferraro,Merlin M. Hanauer,Katharine R. E. Sims	225
18	Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand 2010 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Kwaw S. Andam,Paul J. Ferraro,Katharine R. E. Sims,Andrew Healy,Margaret B. Holland	355
19	Disruption, Achievement and the Heterogeneous Benefits of Smaller Classes. NBER Working Paper No. 15812. 2010 ·National Bureau of Economic Research ·(unknown),Steven G. Rivkin,Katharine R. E. Sims	3
20	Local regulation and land-use change: The effects of wetlands bylaws in Massachusetts 2009 ·Regional Science and Urban Economics ·Katharine R. E. Sims,Jenny Schuetz	14

About Katharine R. E. Sims

Katharine R. E. Sims is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Safety Research, having authored 42 papers that have together received 3.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (29 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (28 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (2.4k citations), Economics and Econometrics (1.6k citations) and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (511 citations). Katharine R. E. Sims has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Jennifer Alix‐Garcia, B. Kelsey Jack, Carolyn Kousky, Paul J. Ferraro, Merlin M. Hanauer, Elizabeth N. Shapiro, Andrew Healy, Kwaw S. Andam, Margaret B. Holland and Patricia Yáñez-Pagans. Their work appears in journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

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