Michael Curran

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Michael Curran is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Curran has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 9 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Michael Curran's work include Economic and Environmental Valuation (10 papers), Environmental Conservation and Management (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Michael Curran is often cited by papers focused on Economic and Environmental Valuation (10 papers), Environmental Conservation and Management (6 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (6 papers). Michael Curran collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Belgium. Michael Curran's co-authors include Stefanie Hellweg, Renato Crouzeilles, Jan Beck, Mariana Silva Ferreira, David B. Lindenmayer, Carlos Eduardo Viveiros Grelle, José María Rey Beñayas, Thomas Koellner, Laura de Baan and Arnaud Béchet and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Michael Curran

28 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.

A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success

2016 431 citations Renato Crouzeilles, Michael Curran et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Curran Switzerland	17	794	482	439	421	417	29	1.7k
Christina M. Kennedy United States	25	827 1.0×	892 1.9×	253 0.6×	508 1.2×	298 0.7×	43	2.1k
Lisa Mandle United States	22	1.6k 2.0×	692 1.4×	290 0.7×	477 1.1×	362 0.9×	37	2.3k
James Gibbons United Kingdom	27	750 0.9×	807 1.7×	432 1.0×	250 0.6×	289 0.7×	71	2.3k
Pénélope Lamarque France	13	1.7k 2.1×	417 0.9×	313 0.7×	537 1.3×	350 0.8×	13	2.5k
Veronique De Sy Netherlands	20	1.6k 2.0×	786 1.6×	390 0.9×	311 0.7×	222 0.5×	37	2.5k
Rodel D. Lasco Philippines	26	1.4k 1.8×	432 0.9×	232 0.5×	450 1.1×	200 0.5×	102	2.5k
Geoff Cockfield Australia	31	1.0k 1.3×	479 1.0×	314 0.7×	274 0.7×	251 0.6×	98	2.3k
Christy M. Slay United States	4	1.4k 1.8×	648 1.3×	233 0.5×	417 1.0×	126 0.3×	6	2.1k
David M. Lapola Brazil	25	1.3k 1.6×	501 1.0×	272 0.6×	278 0.7×	212 0.5×	52	2.4k
Paulo Barreto United States	16	1.4k 1.8×	486 1.0×	455 1.0×	438 1.0×	212 0.5×	19	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Curran

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20 of 20 papers shown

O’Keeffe, S., et al.. (2025). How to square the circle? A conceptual framework synergising strategies for circular agriculture to tackle climate change and enhance overall on-farm sustainability. AMBIO. 54(8). 1334–1352.

Curran, Michael, et al.. (2024). Differing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on farmers and intermediaries: insights into the Ecuadorian cocoa value chain. Agricultural and Food Economics. 12(1). 9–9. 2 indexed citations

Lamotte, Léa, et al.. (2024). Creating pathways to just and sustainable food systems with citizen assemblies. Innovation The European Journal of Social Science Research. 37(3). 832–850. 5 indexed citations

Lambin, Éric F., et al.. (2023). Implementation of sustainable farming practices by cocoa farmers in Ecuador and Uganda: the influence of value chain factors. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 7. 4 indexed citations

Curran, Michael, et al.. (2022). A New Species of Horseshoe Bat (Chiroptera: Rhinolophidae) from Mount Namuli, Mozambique. Acta Chiropterologica. 24(1). 3 indexed citations

Catarino, Rui, Olivier Thérond, Christian Bockstaller, et al.. (2021). A spatiotemporal dataset for integrated assessment and modelling of crop-livestock integration with the MAELIA simulation platform. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 36. 107022–107022. 1 indexed citations

Álvarez, Miguel, et al.. (2021). SWEA-Dataveg: A vegetation database for sub-Saharan Africa. ZooKeys. 2. 59–63. 5 indexed citations

Curran, Michael, et al.. (2020). Representative Farm-Based Sustainability Assessment of the Organic Sector in Switzerland Using the SMART-Farm Tool. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 4. 20 indexed citations

Curran, Michael, et al.. (2020). Evaluating the Sustainability Performance of Typical Conventional and Certified Coffee Production Systems in Brazil and Ethiopia Based on Expert Judgements. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 4. 34 indexed citations

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Verones, Francesca, et al.. (2018). Biodiversity Recovery and Transformation Impacts for Wetland Biodiversity. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(15). 8479–8487. 8 indexed citations

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Crouzeilles, Renato, Michael Curran, Mariana Silva Ferreira, et al.. (2016). A global meta-analysis on the ecological drivers of forest restoration success. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11666–11666. 431 indexed citations breakdown →

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Crouzeilles, Renato, Mariana Silva Ferreira, & Michael Curran. (2016). Forest restoration: a global dataset for biodiversity and vegetation structure. Ecology. 97(8). 2167–2167. 16 indexed citations

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Beck, Jan, et al.. (2016). Effects of habitat age and disturbance intensity on the biodiversity of three trophic levels in Central Kenya. African Journal of Ecology. 54(2). 225–234. 3 indexed citations

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Curran, Michael, Boniface Kiteme, Tobias Wünscher, Thomas Koellner, & Stefanie Hellweg. (2016). Pay the farmer, or buy the land?—Cost-effectiveness of payments for ecosystem services versus land purchases or easements in Central Kenya. Ecological Economics. 127. 59–67. 28 indexed citations

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Crouzeilles, Renato & Michael Curran. (2015). Which landscape size best predicts the influence of forest cover on restoration success? A global meta‐analysis on the scale of effect. Journal of Applied Ecology. 53(2). 440–448. 84 indexed citations

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Moreno‐Mateos, David, Virginie Maris, Arnaud Béchet, & Michael Curran. (2015). The true loss caused by biodiversity offsets. Biological Conservation. 192. 552–559. 116 indexed citations

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Curran, Michael, Stefanie Hellweg, & Jan Beck. (2013). Is there any empirical support for biodiversity offset policy?. Ecological Applications. 24(4). 617–632. 222 indexed citations

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Curran, Michael, Stefanie Hellweg, Joël Houdet, et al.. (2010). Measuring and reporting biodiversity and ecosystem impacts and dependence. ERef Bayreuth (University of Bayreuth). 1 indexed citations

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Monadjem, Ara, M. Corrie Schoeman, April E. Reside, et al.. (2010). A Recent Inventory of the Bats of Mozambique with Documentation of Seven New Species for the Country. Acta Chiropterologica. 12(2). 371–391. 31 indexed citations

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Curran, Michael, Laura de Baan, An M. De Schryver, et al.. (2010). Toward Meaningful End Points of Biodiversity in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 45(1). 70–79. 175 indexed citations

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