Maria Tengö

10.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
55 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Maria Tengö is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Tengö has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Maria Tengö's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers). Maria Tengö is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (19 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (10 papers). Maria Tengö collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, South Africa and United States. Maria Tengö's co-authors include Thomas Elmqvist, Marja Spierenburg, Pernilla Malmer, Örjan Bodin, Eduardo S. Brondízio, Johan Enqvist, Vanessa A Masterson, Uno Svedin, Finn Danielsen and Beatrice Crona and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Conservation Biology and BioScience.

In The Last Decade

Maria Tengö

53 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Connecting Diverse Knowledge Systems for Enhanced Ecosystem Governance: The Multiple Evidence Base Approach

2014 846 citations Maria Tengö, Eduardo S. Brondízio et al. AMBIO profile →
Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability

2017 546 citations Maria Tengö, Rosemary Hill et al. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability profile →
The contribution of sense of place to social-ecological systems research: a review and research agenda

2017 326 citations Vanessa A Masterson, Richard C. Stedman et al. Ecology and Society profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Tengö

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Meaningful transdisciplinary collaborations for sustainability: local, artistic, and scientific knowledge 2025 ·Ecology and Society ·(unknown), Paula Novo, Rafael Calderón-Contreras, Laura C. J. Pereira, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ignacio Gianelli, (unknown), Henrik Österblom, Mia Strand, Maria Tengö, Joost Vervoort, Patricia Balvanera	0
2	Exploring links between local knowledge, values and livelihoods in land-sea interface: insights on emerging tradeoffs and change in Southern Chile 2024 ·Ecosystems and People ·(unknown), Maria Tengö, Javier A. Simonetti, Stefan Gelcich	3
3	Making place-based sustainability initiatives visible in the Brazilian Amazon 2021 ·Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Eduardo S. Brondízio, Krister Andersson, Fábio de Castro, Célia Futemma, Carl Salk, Maria Tengö, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Gabriela Russo Lopes, (unknown)	45
4	Solutions-oriented research for sustainability: Turning knowledge into action 2021 ·AMBIO ·Maria Tengö, Erik Andersson	11
5	Creating Synergies between Citizen Science and Indigenous and Local Knowledge 2021 ·BioScience ·Maria Tengö, Beau J. Austin, Finn Danielsen, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares	95
6	Revisiting the relationships between human well-being and ecosystems in dynamic social-ecological systems: Implications for stewardship and development 2019 ·Global Sustainability ·Vanessa A Masterson, Susanne Vetter, Tomas Chaigneau, Tim M. Daw, Odirilwe Selomane, Maike Hamann, Grace Wong, (unknown), Michelle Cocks, Maria Tengö	31
7	Are bottom-up approaches good for promoting social–ecological fit in urban landscapes? 2019 ·AMBIO ·Johan Enqvist, Maria Tengö, Örjan Bodin	30
8	Sense of place in social–ecological systems: from theory to empirics 2019 ·Sustainability Science ·Vanessa A Masterson, Johan Enqvist, Richard C. Stedman, Maria Tengö	79
9	On the other end of research: exploring community-level knowledge exchanges in small-scale fisheries in Zanzibar 2019 ·Sustainability Science ·(unknown), Tim M. Daw, Maria Tengö	25
10	Stewardship as a boundary object for sustainability research: Linking care, knowledge and agency 2018 ·Landscape and Urban Planning ·Johan Enqvist, Simon West, Vanessa A Masterson, L. Jamila Haider, Uno Svedin, Maria Tengö	140
11	Fostering incidental experiences of nature through green infrastructure planning 2017 ·AMBIO ·Thomas Beery, Christopher M. Raymond, Marketta Kyttä, Anton Stahl Olafsson, Tobías Plieninger, (unknown), Marie Stenseke, Maria Tengö, Kjell Jonsson	58
12	Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability breakdown → 2017 ·Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Maria Tengö, Rosemary Hill, Pernilla Malmer, Christopher M. Raymond, Marja Spierenburg, Finn Danielsen, Thomas Elmqvist, Carl Folke	546
13	Conservation Success as a Function of Good Alignment of Social and Ecological Structures and Processes 2014 ·Conservation Biology ·Örjan Bodin, Beatrice Crona, Matilda Thyresson, (unknown), Maria Tengö	128
14	Adapting Institutions 2011 ·Cambridge University Press eBooks ·Emily Boyd, Элинор Остром, Beatrice Crona, Maria Tengö, (unknown), Johan Colding, Andreas Duit, Sirkku Juhola, Emma L. Tompkins, Victor Galaz, (unknown)	34
15	Untangling the Environmentalist's Paradox: Why Is Human Well-being Increasing as Ecosystem Services Degrade? 2010 ·BioScience ·Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Garry Peterson, Maria Tengö, Elena M. Bennett, Tim G. Holland, Karina Benessaiah, Graham K. MacDonald, (unknown)	342
16	Spontaneous regeneration of tropical dry forest in Madagascar 2010 ·Thomas Elmqvist, Maria Tengö	1
17	Patterns of Loss and Regeneration of Tropical Dry Forest in Madagascar: The Social Institutional Context 2007 ·PLoS ONE ·Thomas Elmqvist, (unknown), Maria Tengö, (unknown), Elisabeth Rabakonandrianina, Chantal Radimilahy	76
18	Linking Futures across Scales: a Dialog on Multiscale Scenarios 2007 ·Ecology and Society ·Reinette Biggs, Ciara Raudsepp‐Hearne, Carol Atkinson‐Palombo, Erin Bohensky, Emily Boyd, Georgina Cundill, Helen Fox, Scott Ingram, Kasper Kok, Stephanie Spehar, Maria Tengö, (unknown), Monika Zurek	164
19	Taboos and Forest Governance: Informal Protection of Hot Spot Dry Forest in Southern Madagascar 2007 ·AMBIO ·Maria Tengö, (unknown), (unknown), Jakob Lundberg, (unknown), Jean-Aimé Rakotoarisoa, Thomas Elmqvist	80
20	The Value Of Small Size: Loss Of Forest Patches And Ecological Thresholds In Southern Madagascar 2006 ·Ecological Applications ·Örjan Bodin, Maria Tengö, (unknown), Jakob Lundberg, Thomas Elmqvist	189

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