Liz Ota

478 total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 297 citations indexed

About

Liz Ota is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Horticulture and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liz Ota has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 297 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 4 papers in Horticulture and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Liz Ota's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers), Forest Management and Policy (11 papers) and Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy (4 papers). Liz Ota is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (12 papers), Forest Management and Policy (11 papers) and Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy (4 papers). Liz Ota collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Brazil. Liz Ota's co-authors include John Herbohn, Nestor Gregorio, Robin L. Chazdon, Steve Harrison, Sharif A. Mukul, Sarah Jane Wilson, Carla L. Archibald, Pedro H. S. Brancalion, Angela J. Dean and Morena Mills and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Trends in Ecology & Evolution and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Liz Ota

16 papers receiving 290 citations

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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.

Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation

2023 88 citations Anazélia M. Tedesco, Sofía López‐Cubillos et al. Trends in Ecology & Evolution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liz Ota Australia	10	210	54	46	41	30	17	297
Jaramar Villarreal‐Rosas Australia	7	238 1.1×	50 0.9×	72 1.6×	28 0.7×	18 0.6×	16	319
Camilla Widmark Sweden	10	178 0.8×	80 1.5×	56 1.2×	20 0.5×	36 1.2×	18	304
Anda Ruskule Latvia	7	183 0.9×	79 1.5×	68 1.5×	45 1.1×	28 0.9×	11	276
Alfred Schultz Germany	4	210 1.0×	54 1.0×	54 1.2×	26 0.6×	53 1.8×	10	304
Nosiseko Mtati South Africa	5	255 1.2×	54 1.0×	54 1.2×	40 1.0×	49 1.6×	7	370
Prabhakar Rajagopal India	5	170 0.8×	43 0.8×	47 1.0×	38 0.9×	26 0.9×	9	290
Horst Weyerhaeuser Kyrgyzstan	8	220 1.0×	68 1.3×	40 0.9×	42 1.0×	32 1.1×	13	343
Pedro Castro Portugal	5	205 1.0×	44 0.8×	57 1.2×	84 2.0×	15 0.5×	10	297
Sofía López‐Cubillos Australia	7	227 1.1×	58 1.1×	66 1.4×	34 0.8×	12 0.4×	11	301
Jürgen Blaser Switzerland	10	165 0.8×	36 0.7×	28 0.6×	53 1.3×	12 0.4×	29	243

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liz Ota

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liz Ota

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

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17 of 17 papers shown

Chazdon, Robin L., et al.. (2025). Assisted natural regeneration for tropical forest and landscape restoration in the Philippines: Implementation, motivations, challenges and future directions. Trees Forests and People. 20. 100896–100896.

Gilmour, D. A., et al.. (2024). Carbon stocks and sequestration potential of community forests in Bhutan. Trees Forests and People. 16. 100530–100530. 5 indexed citations

Chazdon, Robin L., et al.. (2024). Bibliometric and literature synthesis on assisted natural regeneration: an evidence base for forest and landscape restoration in the tropics. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 7. 9 indexed citations

Ota, Liz, Gun Lidestav, Elias Andersson, et al.. (2024). Reviewing gender roles, relations, and perspectives in small-scale and community forestry – implications for policy and practice. Forest Policy and Economics. 161. 103167–103167. 7 indexed citations

Tedesco, Anazélia M., Sofía López‐Cubillos, Robin L. Chazdon, et al.. (2023). Beyond ecology: ecosystem restoration as a process for social-ecological transformation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 38(7). 643–653. 88 indexed citations breakdown →

Page, Tony, et al.. (2023). Challenges and opportunities for inclusive value chains of niche forest products in small island developing states: Canarium nuts, sandalwood, and whitewood in Vanuatu. Journal of Rural Studies. 100. 103036–103036. 5 indexed citations

Herbohn, John, Liz Ota, Nestor Gregorio, et al.. (2022). The community capacity curve applied to reforestation: a framework to support success. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 378(1867). 20210079–20210079. 12 indexed citations

Ota, Liz, et al.. (2022). How financially viable is smallholder forestry? A case study with a high-value tropical forestry species. Small-scale Forestry. 21(3). 505–525. 3 indexed citations

Gutierrez, Victoria, James G. Hallett, Liz Ota, et al.. (2021). Forest and landscape restoration monitoring frameworks: how principled are they?. Restoration Ecology. 30(4). 8 indexed citations

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Ota, Liz, Jennifer Firn, Robin L. Chazdon, et al.. (2021). Using leading and lagging indicators for forest restoration. Journal of Applied Ecology. 58(9). 1806–1812. 12 indexed citations

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Catterall, Carla P., et al.. (2021). Managing a World Heritage Site in the Face of Climate Change: A Case Study of the Wet Tropics in Northern Queensland. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(2). 248–271. 10 indexed citations

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Bristow, Mila, et al.. (2020). Developing Indigenous commercial forestry in northern Australia. Australian Forestry. 83(3). 136–151. 6 indexed citations

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Ota, Liz, John Herbohn, Nestor Gregorio, & Steve Harrison. (2020). Reforestation and smallholder livelihoods in the humid tropics. Land Use Policy. 92. 104455–104455. 43 indexed citations

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Chazdon, Robin L., John Herbohn, Sharif A. Mukul, et al.. (2020). Manila Declaration on Forest and Landscape Restoration: Making It Happen. Forests. 11(6). 685–685. 21 indexed citations

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Ota, Liz, Robin L. Chazdon, John Herbohn, et al.. (2020). Achieving Quality Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Tropics. Forests. 11(8). 820–820. 40 indexed citations

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Ota, Liz, et al.. (2019). Indigenous Peoples’ participation in sustainability standards for extractives. Land Use Policy. 88. 104118–104118. 18 indexed citations

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Ota, Liz, John Herbohn, Steve Harrison, Nestor Gregorio, & Vera Lex Engel. (2017). Smallholder reforestation and livelihoods in the humid tropics: a systematic mapping study. Agroforestry Systems. 92(6). 1597–1609. 10 indexed citations

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