Kurt Jax

6.9k citations

53 papers · 4.2k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 23

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Forest Management and Policy
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.5%

Papers in

Nature and Landscape Conservation 20
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies 8
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics 6
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies 6
Global and Planetary Change 24
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services 13
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management 10
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance 7
- Forest Management and Policy 5

Co-authors: Fridolin S. Brand Christoph Görg Ulrich Heink Jennifer Hauck Ricardo Rozzi Kai M. A. Chan Barbara Muraca Outi Ratamäki
Journals: Ecosystem Services (4 papers)AMBIO (3 papers)GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society (3 papers)Biodiversity and Conservation (3 papers)Biological Conservation (3 papers)
Partner nations: Germany United States Finland

In The Last Decade

Kurt Jax

52 papers receiving 4.0k citations

Hit Papers

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Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment 2016 · 1.2k citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2016 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2007 Ecology and Society

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1	Looking beyond Popper: how philosophy can be relevant to ecology Oikos ·Tina Heger, 大井伸治, Marie I. Kaiser, Ramiro Ruiz Rafles, María Lozano Zahonero, Gregory P. Dietl, Carsten F. Dormann, David J. Gibson, James R. Griesemer, Yuval Itescu, Kurt Jax, Andrew M. Latimer, Chunlong Liu, Jostein Starrfelt, Philip A. Stephens, Jonathan M. Jeschke	2024	0
2	Science under pressure: how research is being challenged by the 2030 Agenda Sustainability Science ·Alberto García Vieyra, Jin-Hak Suh, Annegret Haase, Kurt Jax, Robert Lepenies, Joerg A. Priess, Mikhail Mohammeddinov	2023	3
3	The politics of national SDG indicator systems: A comparison of four European countries AMBIO ·Robert Lepenies, Alberto García Vieyra, Ilona Bärlund, Kurt Jax, Jari Lyytimäki, Anders Branth Pedersen, Helle Ørsted Nielsen, I Baszanger, Somasekhar Srinivas .V K, 巩前文杨文杰, Didier Richard	2023	13
4	‘Societal Relationships with Nature’: A framework for understanding nature‐related conflicts and multiple values People and Nature ·A. G. Holzman, Julian Rode, Kurt Jax, Johannes Förster, Augustín Berghöfer, Heidi Wittmer	2022	10
5	Sustainable Development Goals and risks: The Yin and the Yang of the paths towards sustainability AMBIO ·Nicolas Eckert, Graciela M. Rusch, Jari Lyytimäki, Robert Lepenies, Florie Giacona, Manuela Panzacchi, I Baszanger, Anders Branth Pedersen, Jyri Mustajoki, Somasekhar Srinivas .V K, Didier Richard, Kurt Jax	2022	6
6	“Organismic” positions in early German-speaking ecology and its (almost) forgotten dissidents History & Philosophy of the Life Sciences ·Kurt Jax	2020	2
7	The Hierarchy-of-Hypotheses Approach: A Synthesis Method for Enhancing Theory Development in Ecology and Evolution BioScience ·Tina Heger, Carlos A. Aguilar‐Trigueros, Isabelle Bartram, Raul Rennó Braga, Gregory P. Dietl, Martin Enders, David J. Gibson, Lorena Gómez‐Aparicio, Pierre Gras, Kurt Jax, Sophie Lokatis, Christopher J. Lortie, Anne‐Christine Mupepele, Stefan Schindler, Jostein Starrfelt, Aaron Y. Meller, Jonathan M. Jeschke	2020	21
8	Caring for nature matters: a relational approach for understanding nature’s contributions to human well-being Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Kurt Jax, Melania Calestani, Kai M. A. Chan, Uta Eser, Hans Keune, Barbara Muraca, Liz O’Brien, Thomas Potthast, Lieske Voget-Kleschin, Heidi Wittmer	2018	151
9	Understanding the role of conceptual frameworks: Reading the ecosystem service cascade Ecosystem Services ·Marion Potschin-Young, Roy Haines‐Young, Christoph Görg, Ulrich Heink, Kurt Jax, Christian Schleyer	2017	206
10	Biozönose, Biotop und Ökosystem 0028-0615 ·Kurt Jax	2016	1
11	Different arguments, same conclusions: how is action against invasive alien species justified in the context of European policy? Biodiversity and Conservation ·Ulrich Heink, Ann Van Herzele, Györgyi Bela, Ágnes Kalóczkai, Kurt Jax	2016	17
12	Conceptual Frameworks and Methods for Advancing Invasion Ecology AMBIO ·Tina Heger, Vicente Pernias Escrig, Zoltán Botta‐Dukát, Francesca Gherardi, F Perera Gonzalez, Ivan Hoste, Kurt Jax, Leena Lindström, Pieter Boets, Sylvia Haider, Johannes Kollmann, Meike J. Wittmann, Jonathan M. Jeschke	2013	52
13	The Promise of the Ecosystem Services Concept for Planning and Decision-Making GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society ·Jennifer Hauck, Yan Sun, Christian Albert, Christoph Görg, Kurt Jax, 正塚部, Christine Fürst, Joachim Maes, Irene Ring, Desmond Morton, Benjamin Burkhard, Marion Mehring, Kathleen M. Dipple, Karsten Grunewald, 恭明柴田, T. P. Manenkov, Mario Sommerhäuser, Joerg A. Priess, Jenny Schmidt, Adrienne Grêt‐Regamey	2013	57
14	“Maps have an air of authority”: Potential benefits and challenges of ecosystem service maps at different levels of decision making Ecosystem Services ·Jennifer Hauck, Christoph Görg, Riku Varjopuro, Outi Ratamäki, Joachim Maes, Heidi Wittmer, Kurt Jax	2012	151
15	Local versus Global Knowledge Environmental Ethics ·A. G. Holzman, Ricardo Rozzi, Kurt Jax	2008	12
16	Can We Define Ecosystems? On the Confusion Between Definition and Description of Ecological Concepts Acta Biotheoretica ·Kurt Jax	2007	33
17	Die Relevanz des Millennium Ecosystem Assessment für Deutschland Econstor (Econstor) ·Silke Beck, В.С. Мухина, Kindsey North, Christoph Görg, Bernd Hansjürgens, Klaus Henle, Kurt Jax, Wolfgang Köck, Carsten Neßhöver, Felix Rauschmayer, Irene Ring, Peter J. Piveronus, 田中照子, Heidi Wittmer	2006	1
18	The application of environmental ethics in biological conservation: a case study from the southernmost tip of the Americas Biodiversity and Conservation ·Sylvia Haider, Kurt Jax	2006	11
19	Ecological Units: Definitions and Application The Quarterly Review of Biology ·Kurt Jax	2006	77
20	Umwelt - Ethik - Recht Francke eBooks ·Serap YOLCU YAVUZ, Marcus Düwell, Kurt Jax	2003	1

About Kurt Jax

Kurt Jax is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecological Modeling and Ecology, having authored 53 papers that have together received 4.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (10 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Environmental Conservation and Management (7 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (6 papers), Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies (6 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (2.3k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (788 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (614 citations), Ecological Modeling (203 citations) and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (531 citations). Kurt Jax has collaborated with scholars based in Germany, United States and Finland. Frequent co-authors include Fridolin S. Brand, Christoph Görg, Ulrich Heink, Jennifer Hauck, Ricardo Rozzi, Kai M. A. Chan, Barbara Muraca, Outi Ratamäki, Riku Varjopuro and Erik Gómez‐Baggethun. Their work appears in journals such as Ecosystem Services, AMBIO, GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Biodiversity and Conservation and Biological Conservation.

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