Matthew Cohen

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 774 citations indexed

About

Matthew Cohen is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Education and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew Cohen has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 774 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 4 papers in Education and 3 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Matthew Cohen's work include Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (3 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 papers) and Sustainability in Higher Education (3 papers). Matthew Cohen is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (3 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 papers) and Sustainability in Higher Education (3 papers). Matthew Cohen collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Matthew Cohen's co-authors include Arnim Wiek, Braden Kay, Geoffrey Habron, Gisela Cebrián, Michaela Zint, Matthias Barth, Yoko Mochizuki, Meghann Jarchow, Roderic A. Parnell and Peter G. Walker and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Climatic Change and Sustainability.

In The Last Decade

Matthew Cohen

11 papers receiving 732 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.

Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework

2020 393 citations Katja Brundiers, Matthias Barth 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
Matthew Cohen United States	7	458	367	133	91	83	13	774
Gerd Michelsen Germany	12	461 1.0×	375 1.0×	67 0.5×	83 0.9×	152 1.8×	48	811
Gerhard de Haan Germany	10	522 1.1×	417 1.1×	36 0.3×	39 0.4×	106 1.3×	37	805
Fernanda Frankenberger Brazil	14	339 0.7×	224 0.6×	83 0.6×	35 0.4×	54 0.7×	20	633
Antje Disterheft Portugal	7	469 1.0×	359 1.0×	153 1.2×	41 0.5×	73 0.9×	9	839
Jana Dlouhá Czechia	15	619 1.4×	382 1.0×	80 0.6×	37 0.4×	51 0.6×	53	857
Lauren Withycombe Keeler United States	12	218 0.5×	161 0.4×	49 0.4×	130 1.4×	94 1.1×	25	553
Geoffrey Habron United States	11	399 0.9×	263 0.7×	41 0.3×	111 1.2×	94 1.1×	20	688
Braden Kay United States	9	223 0.5×	157 0.4×	52 0.4×	82 0.9×	88 1.1×	13	423
Valeria Ruiz Vargas United Kingdom	10	872 1.9×	493 1.3×	159 1.2×	37 0.4×	74 0.9×	21	1.2k
Elona Hoover United Kingdom	8	233 0.5×	167 0.5×	81 0.6×	38 0.4×	66 0.8×	12	472

Countries citing papers authored by Matthew Cohen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Matthew Cohen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthew Cohen

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

All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Cohen, Matthew, et al.. (2025). A review of U.S. city climate action plans. Climatic Change. 178(4).

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Quinn, Courtney, Matthew Cohen, & John E. Quinn. (2024). Bridging Theory and Practice: Sustainability Science Students’ Perspectives on Hurricane Helene. 17(6). 407–414. 1 indexed citations

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Brundiers, Katja, Matthias Barth, Gisela Cebrián, et al.. (2020). Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework. Sustainability Science. 16(1). 13–29. 393 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cohen, Matthew, et al.. (2019). Sustainability assessment of a community open space vision. Sustainability Science. 14(6). 1565–1580. 7 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew & Geoffrey Habron. (2018). How Does the New Urban Agenda Align with Comprehensive Planning in U.S. Cities? A Case Study of Asheville, North Carolina. Sustainability. 10(12). 4590–4590. 3 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew. (2017). A Systematic Review of Urban Sustainability Assessment Literature. Sustainability. 9(11). 2048–2048. 158 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew & Arnim Wiek. (2017). Identifying Misalignments between Public Participation Process and Context in Urban Development. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(2). 11–22. 18 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew, Daniel Schugurensky, & Arnim Wiek. (2015). Citizenship Education through Participatory Budgeting: The Case of Bioscience High School in Phoenix, Arizona. Curriculum and Teaching. 30(2). 5–26. 13 indexed citations

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Wiek, Arnim, Michael J. Bernstein, Rider W. Foley, et al.. (2015). Operationalising Competencies in Higher Education for Sustainable Development. 265–284. 147 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew. (2015). Aligning Public Participation Processes in Urban Development Projects to the Local Context. 1 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew, Arnim Wiek, Braden Kay, & John Harlow. (2015). Aligning Public Participation to Stakeholders’ Sustainability Literacy—A Case Study on Sustainable Urban Development in Phoenix, Arizona. Sustainability. 7(7). 8709–8728. 31 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew. (1997). Issues in School-Level Analysis of Education Expenditure Data.. Journal of education finance. 22(3). 1 indexed citations

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Cohen, Matthew. (1983). Tax Capacity, Tax Effort, and State Funding of Schools in Ohio.. Journal of education finance. 9(2). 1 indexed citations

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