Michael B. Mascia

8.4k citations

59 papers · 4.4k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 35

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
Ecology top 0.5%
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 0.2%
Economics and Econometrics top 1%
Nature and Landscape Conservation top 2%

Co-authors: Sharon Pailler C. Anne Claus Carly N. Cook Robin Naidoo Hugh P. Possingham Mark W. Schwartz Richard A. Fuller Bruce C. Forbes
Topics: Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (28 papers)Economic and Environmental Valuation (18 papers)Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (18 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Ecological Modeling
Journals: Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nature Communications
Partner nations: United States United Kingdom Australia

In The Last Decade

Michael B. Mascia

57 papers receiving 4.2k citations

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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.

Conservation and the Social Sciences

2003 505 citations Michael B. Mascia et al. Conservation Biology profile →
Achieving Conservation Science that Bridges the Knowledge–Action Boundary

2013 382 citations Carly N. Cook, Michael B. Mascia et al. Conservation Biology profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot 2025 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Thomas Pienkowski,(unknown),Michael B. Mascia,(unknown),Stefan Gelcich,Carly N. Cook,(unknown),Arundhati Jagadish,Morena Mills	0
2	A diverse portfolio of marine protected areas can better advance global conservation and equity 2024 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·David Gill,Sarah E. Lester,Christopher M. Free,Alexander Pfaff,Edwin S. Iversen,Brian J. Reich,Shu Yang,Gabby N. Ahmadia,Dominic A. Andradi‐Brown,Emily S. Darling,Graham J. Edgar,Helen Fox,Jonas Geldmann,(unknown),Michael B. Mascia,(unknown),Peter J. Mumby,(unknown),(unknown)	17
3	Assessing evidence on the impacts of nature-based interventions for climate change mitigation: a systematic map of primary and secondary research from subtropical and tropical terrestrial regions 2023 ·Environmental Evidence ·Samantha H. Cheng,Sébastien Costedoat,Amanda Sigouin,(unknown),C. J. Chamberlain,(unknown),Morena Mills,A. Justin Nowakowski,Eleanor J. Sterling,Jen Tinsman,(unknown),Pedro H. S. Brancalion,Steven W. J. Canty,(unknown),Arundhati Jagadish,Kelly W. Jones,Michael B. Mascia,Ana Luz Porzecanski,Chris Zganjar,(unknown)	3
4	What evidence exists on the links between natural climate solutions and climate change mitigation outcomes in subtropical and tropical terrestrial regions? A systematic map protocol 2022 ·Environmental Evidence ·Samantha H. Cheng,Sébastien Costedoat,Eleanor J. Sterling,Catherine Chamberlain,Arundhati Jagadish,(unknown),A. Justin Nowakowski,(unknown),Jen Tinsman,Steven W. J. Canty,Margaret B. Holland,Kelly W. Jones,Morena Mills,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Michael B. Mascia,(unknown)	14
5	Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) in marine protected areas 2021 ·Marine Policy ·(unknown),Carly N. Cook,(unknown),Kelsey E. Roberts,Martin Taylor,Michael B. Mascia,Rachel Golden Kroner	17
6	A theory‐based framework for understanding the establishment, persistence, and diffusion of community‐based conservation 2020 ·Conservation Science and Practice ·Shauna L. Mahajan,Arundhati Jagadish,Louise Glew,Gabby N. Ahmadia,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Morena Mills,Courtney Cox,(unknown),Alastair R. Harborne,Yuta J. Masuda,Madeleine McKinnon,Michael Painter,David Wilkie,Michael B. Mascia	38
7	Systems thinking for planning and evaluating conservation interventions 2019 ·Conservation Science and Practice ·Shauna L. Mahajan,Louise Glew,(unknown),Gabby N. Ahmadia,Emily S. Darling,Helen Fox,Michael B. Mascia,Madeleine McKinnon	27
8	Social Synergies, Tradeoffs, and Equity in Marine Conservation Impacts 2019 ·Annual Review of Environment and Resources ·David Gill,Samantha Cheng,Louise Glew,(unknown),Nathan Bennett,Michael B. Mascia	74
9	Impact evaluation to communicate and improve conservation non-governmental organization performance: the case of Conservation International 2015 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Madeleine McKinnon,Michael B. Mascia,Wu Yang,Will R. Turner,(unknown)	34
10	Achieving Conservation Science that Bridges the Knowledge–Action Boundarybreakdown → 2013 ·Conservation Biology ·Carly N. Cook,Michael B. Mascia,Mark W. Schwartz,Hugh P. Possingham,Richard A. Fuller	382
11	Reexamining the science of marine protected areas: linking knowledge to action 2011 ·Conservation Letters ·Helen Fox,Michael B. Mascia,Xavier Basurto,Alice Gabrielle de Sousa Costa,Louise Glew,Dennis Heinemann,Leah B. Karrer,Sarah E. Lester,(unknown),Robert S. Pomeroy,Cheri A. Recchia,Callum M. Roberts,James N. Sanchirico,Lida Pet‐Soede,Alan T. White	156
12	Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy 2011 ·Methods in Ecology and Evolution ·William J. Sutherland,Erica Fleishman,Michael B. Mascia,Jules Pretty,Murray A. Rudd	182
13	Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) and its conservation implications 2010 ·Conservation Letters ·Michael B. Mascia,Sharon Pailler	336
14	Impacts of Marine Protected Areas on Fishing Communities 2010 ·Conservation Biology ·Michael B. Mascia,C. Anne Claus,Robin Naidoo	223
15	Conservation science for impact: the first year of Conservation Letters 2009 ·Conservation Letters ·Richard M. Cowling,Michael B. Mascia,Hugh P. Possingham,William J. Sutherland	6
16	A Property Rights Approach to Understanding Human Displacement from Protected Areas: the Case of Marine Protected Areas 2008 ·Conservation Biology ·Michael B. Mascia,C. Anne Claus	102
17	Wildlife decline in Cambodia, 1953–2005: exploring the legacy of armed conflict 2008 ·Conservation Letters ·Colby Loucks,Michael B. Mascia,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Barney Long,(unknown),(unknown)	56
18	Response to Data on Wildlife Trade 2006 ·Conservation Biology ·Arthur G. Blundell,Michael B. Mascia	1
19	The Human Dimension of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas: Recent Social Science Research and Its Policy Implications 2003 ·Conservation Biology ·Michael B. Mascia	145
20	Institutional emergence, evolution, and performance in complex common pool resource systems : marine protected areas in the wider Caribbean 2000 ·Bell & Howell Information and Learning eBooks ·Michael B. Mascia	12

About Michael B. Mascia

Michael B. Mascia is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecological Modeling, having authored 59 papers that have together received 4.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (28 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (18 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (18 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (2.6k citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (1.4k citations) and Ecological Modeling (494 citations). Michael B. Mascia has collaborated with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. Frequent co-authors include Sharon Pailler, C. Anne Claus, Carly N. Cook, Robin Naidoo, Hugh P. Possingham, Mark W. Schwartz, Richard A. Fuller, Bruce C. Forbes, Nancy J. Turner and J. Peter Brosius. Their work appears in journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

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