Matt Walpole

14.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
28 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Matt Walpole is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Matt Walpole has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 10 papers in Ecology and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Matt Walpole's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (18 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (10 papers). Matt Walpole is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (18 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (12 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (10 papers). Matt Walpole collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Matt Walpole's co-authors include Andrew Balmford, Andrea Manica, James Beresford, Jonathan Green, Robin Naidoo, Michael A. Anderson, Charles Huang, Coralie Beltrame, Nick C. Davidson and Claire Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, PLoS Biology and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matt Walpole

28 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Walk on the Wild Side: Estimating the Global Magnitude of Visits to Protected Areas

2015 474 citations Andrew Balmford, Jonathan Green et al. PLoS Biology profile →
A Global Perspective on Trends in Nature-Based Tourism

2009 460 citations Andrew Balmford, James Beresford et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Matt Walpole United Kingdom	22	1.3k	917	538	489	463	28	2.6k
Jonathan Green United Kingdom	16	873 0.7×	784 0.9×	507 0.9×	503 1.0×	290 0.6×	24	2.2k
Mark W. Brunson United States	31	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.3×	481 0.9×	464 0.9×	493 1.1×	157	2.8k
Andrew Kliskey United States	24	1.1k 0.8×	600 0.7×	683 1.3×	240 0.5×	396 0.9×	98	2.7k
Katrina Brandon United States	20	1.9k 1.4×	936 1.0×	429 0.8×	720 1.5×	554 1.2×	31	3.0k
Nigel Dudley	3	1.0k 0.7×	686 0.7×	289 0.5×	312 0.6×	486 1.0×	4	1.9k
Sue Stolton United Kingdom	28	2.3k 1.8×	1.4k 1.5×	393 0.7×	812 1.7×	915 2.0×	108	3.9k
Bruce Shindler United States	30	1.7k 1.2×	439 0.5×	984 1.8×	363 0.7×	454 1.0×	61	2.5k
Georgina Cullman United States	6	728 0.5×	600 0.7×	251 0.5×	180 0.4×	403 0.9×	8	1.6k
Len M. Hunt Canada	27	1.1k 0.8×	1.0k 1.1×	627 1.2×	738 1.5×	399 0.9×	77	2.7k
Kristen C. Nelson United States	34	1.7k 1.3×	548 0.6×	519 1.0×	409 0.8×	310 0.7×	88	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Matt Walpole

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matt Walpole

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matt Walpole

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bingham, Heather, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Edward Lewis, et al.. (2019). Sixty years of tracking conservation progress using the World Database on Protected Areas. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3(5). 737–743. 75 indexed citations

Walpole, Matt & Nick C. Davidson. (2018). Stop draining the swamp: it's time to tackle wetland loss. Oryx. 52(4). 595–596. 6 indexed citations

Shennan‐Farpón, Yara, Jonathan Loh, Nick C. Davidson, et al.. (2018). Improvements to the Wetland Extent Trends (WET) index as a tool for monitoring natural and human-made wetlands. Ecological Indicators. 99. 294–298. 100 indexed citations

Peh, Kelvin S.‐H., Andrew Balmford, Richard B. Bradbury, et al.. (2016). Synergies between biodiversity conservation and ecosystem service provision: Lessons on integrated ecosystem service valuation from a Himalayan protected area, Nepal. Ecosystem Services. 22. 359–369. 38 indexed citations

Barchiesi, Stefano, Coralie Beltrame, Marc Paganini, Christian Perennou, & Matt Walpole. (2015). Ramsar Briefing Note 7 State of the World's Wetlands and their Services to People: A compilation of recent analyses. SSRN Electronic Journal. 30 indexed citations

Balmford, Andrew, Jonathan Green, Michael A. Anderson, et al.. (2015). Walk on the Wild Side: Estimating the Global Magnitude of Visits to Protected Areas. PLoS Biology. 13(2). e1002074–e1002074. 474 indexed citations breakdown →

Loh, J., et al.. (2015). Tracking global change in ecosystem area: The Wetland Extent Trends index. Biological Conservation. 193. 27–35. 179 indexed citations

Gardner, Royal C., Stefano Barchiesi, Coralie Beltrame, et al.. (2015). State of the World's Wetlands and Their Services to People: A Compilation of Recent Analyses. SSRN Electronic Journal. 192 indexed citations

Leadley, Paul, Cornelia B. Krug, Rob Alkemade, et al.. (2014). Progress towards the Aichi biodiversity targets: An assessment of biodiversity trends, policy scenarios and key actions. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 18(6). 2903–14. 100 indexed citations

10.

Birch, Jennifer C., Andrew Balmford, Richard B. Bradbury, et al.. (2014). What benefits do community forests provide, and to whom? A rapid assessment of ecosystem services from a Himalayan forest, Nepal. Ecosystem Services. 8. 118–127. 102 indexed citations

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Peh, Kelvin S.‐H., Andrew Balmford, Jennifer C. Birch, et al.. (2014). Potential impact of invasive alien species on ecosystem services provided by a tropical forested ecosystem: a case study from Montserrat. Biological Invasions. 17(1). 461–475. 22 indexed citations

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Peh, Kelvin S.‐H., Andrew Balmford, Richard B. Bradbury, et al.. (2014). Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment (TESSA) Version 1.2. ePrints Soton (University of Southampton). 7 indexed citations

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Tierney, Megan, Rosamunde E. A. Almond, Damon Stanwell‐Smith, et al.. (2014). Use it or lose it: measuring trends in wild species subject to substantial use. Oryx. 48(3). 420–429. 14 indexed citations

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Roe, Dilys, et al.. (2010). (I) Linking biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction: What, Where and How?. Biodiversity. 11(1-2). 107–124. 4 indexed citations

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Balmford, Andrew, James Beresford, Jonathan Green, et al.. (2009). A Global Perspective on Trends in Nature-Based Tourism. PLoS Biology. 7(6). e1000144–e1000144. 460 indexed citations breakdown →

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Balmford, Andrew, Ana S. L. Rodrigues, & Matt Walpole. (2008). The economics of biodiversity loss: Scoping the science. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 22 indexed citations

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Kapos, Valerie, Andrew Balmford, Rosalind Aveling, et al.. (2008). Calibrating conservation: new tools for measuring success. Conservation Letters. 1(4). 155–164. 137 indexed citations

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Walpole, Matt, et al.. (2008). Disentangling the links between conservation and poverty reduction in practice. Oryx. 42(4). 539–547. 37 indexed citations

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Walpole, Matt, et al.. (2008). Measuring social impacts in conservation: experience of using the Most Significant Change method. Oryx. 42(4). 529–538. 38 indexed citations

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Balmford, Andrew, et al.. (2008). The ecomics of ecosystems and biodiversity: scoping the scale. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 19 indexed citations

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