Mariana Walter

2.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Mariana Walter is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Mariana Walter has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Building and Construction, 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Mariana Walter's work include Mining and Resource Management (19 papers), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (8 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (7 papers). Mariana Walter is often cited by papers focused on Mining and Resource Management (19 papers), Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (8 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (7 papers). Mariana Walter collaborates with scholars based in Spain, Canada and Chile. Mariana Walter's co-authors include Joan Martínez Alier, Leire Urkidi Azkarraga, Leah Temper, Carlos Larrea, Giorgos Kallis, Ashish Kothari, Ethemcan Turhan, Iokiñe Rodríguez, Roldán Muradian and Sara Latorre and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Science Advances.

In The Last Decade

Mariana Walter

33 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Environmental justice and the SDGs: from synergies to gaps and contradictions

2020 227 citations Mary Menton, Carlos Larrea et al. Sustainability Science profile →
A perspective on radical transformations to sustainability: resistances, movements and alternatives

2018 181 citations Leah Temper, Mariana Walter et al. Sustainability Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mariana Walter Spain	17	794	619	331	326	264	37	1.7k
Federico Demaria Spain	19	862 1.1×	370 0.6×	460 1.4×	418 1.3×	376 1.4×	38	2.3k
Daniela Del Bene Spain	12	722 0.9×	381 0.6×	328 1.0×	271 0.8×	162 0.6×	19	1.4k
Arnim Scheidel Spain	20	999 1.3×	461 0.7×	574 1.7×	363 1.1×	222 0.8×	37	2.2k
Murat Arsel Netherlands	18	354 0.4×	378 0.6×	237 0.7×	315 1.0×	89 0.3×	38	1.1k
Kuntala Lahiri‐Dutt Australia	23	869 1.1×	731 1.2×	104 0.3×	389 1.2×	96 0.4×	128	1.8k
Alexander Dunlap Norway	23	828 1.0×	486 0.8×	279 0.8×	433 1.3×	96 0.4×	62	1.7k
Stanislav Shmelev United States	21	475 0.6×	260 0.4×	550 1.7×	229 0.7×	333 1.3×	78	1.9k
Leah Temper Spain	21	1.4k 1.8×	817 1.3×	716 2.2×	548 1.7×	407 1.5×	39	3.0k
Tom Perreault United States	14	686 0.9×	452 0.7×	291 0.9×	664 2.0×	121 0.5×	25	1.7k
Christos Zografos Spain	24	715 0.9×	157 0.3×	571 1.7×	208 0.6×	323 1.2×	47	1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Mariana Walter

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mariana Walter

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Walter, Mariana, et al.. (2026). Social movements are transformative agents for biodiversity conservation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 123(4). e2513327123–e2513327123.

Walter, Mariana, et al.. (2025). Social revolution and mining projects: The potential role of cultural power in transforming mining conflict. The Extractive Industries and Society. 24. 101733–101733. 2 indexed citations

Maher, Rajiv, et al.. (2025). Moral management in the extractive industries during turbulent times: see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 13(1).

Hanaček, Ksenija, Grettel Navas, Daniela Del Bene, et al.. (2024). “We are protectors, not protestors”: global impacts of extractivism on human–nature bonds. Sustainability Science. 19(6). 1789–1808. 4 indexed citations

Walter, Mariana, et al.. (2024). The Politics of ‘Green’ Extraction Frontiers: Mapping Metals and Mineral Mining Conflicts Related to the Energy Transition in the Americas. Critical Sociology. 51(4-5). 907–934. 4 indexed citations

Scheidel, Arnim, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares, Daniela Del Bene, et al.. (2023). Global impacts of extractive and industrial development projects on Indigenous Peoples’ lifeways, lands, and rights. Science Advances. 9(23). eade9557–eade9557. 60 indexed citations

Conde, Marta, et al.. (2023). Slow justice and other unexpected consequences of litigation in environmental conflicts. Global Environmental Change. 83. 102762–102762. 8 indexed citations

Temper, Leah, Sofía Ávila, Daniela Del Bene, et al.. (2020). Movements shaping climate futures: A systematic mapping of protests against fossil fuel and low-carbon energy projects. Environmental Research Letters. 15(12). 123004–123004. 184 indexed citations

Menton, Mary, Carlos Larrea, Sara Latorre, et al.. (2020). Environmental justice and the SDGs: from synergies to gaps and contradictions. Sustainability Science. 15(6). 1621–1636. 227 indexed citations breakdown →

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Walter, Mariana, et al.. (2016). El turismo en la defensa del territorio: evaluación de escenarios territoriales extractivos y no extractivos en Íntag, Ecuador. Ecología política. 62–68. 1 indexed citations

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Walter, Mariana. (2014). Political ecology of mining conflicts in Latin America an analysis of environmental justice movements and struggles over scales. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 5 indexed citations

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Walter, Mariana & Leire Urkidi Azkarraga. (2014). Consultas comunitarias y vecinales contra la minería metalífera en América Latina (2002-2012). Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 48–53. 1 indexed citations

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Brun, Julien, et al.. (2013). The Biophysical Performance of Argentina (1970–2009). Journal of Industrial Ecology. 17(4). 590–604. 20 indexed citations

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Walter, Mariana, et al.. (2013). Análisis de flujo de materiales de la economía argentina (1970-2009): tendencias y conflictos extractivos. Ecología política. 91(45). 94–98. 1 indexed citations

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Alier, Joan Martínez, et al.. (2013). Ecological Economics from the Ground Up. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 50 indexed citations

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Walter, Mariana. (2011). Conflictos ambientales. Enfoques y clasificaciones. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 37–50. 1 indexed citations

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Alier, Joan Martínez, Leah Temper, Mariana Walter, et al.. (2011). Between science and activism: learning and teaching ecological economics with environmental justice organisations. Local Environment. 16(1). 17–36. 61 indexed citations

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Walter, Mariana & Rosa Binimelis. (2009). The Multiple Meanings of theCameraria ohridellaBiological Invasion in Paris's Green Areas. Landscape Research. 34(5). 527–544. 2 indexed citations

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Walter, Mariana. (2009). Conflictos ambientales, socioambientales, ecológico distributivos, de contenido ambiental¿ Reflexionando sobre enfoques y definiciones.. 6. 17 indexed citations

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Walter, Mariana. (2008). Nuevos conflictos ambientales mineros en Argentina: el caso Esquel (2002-2003). Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). 8(8). 15–28. 25 indexed citations

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