Michael Epprecht

2.7k total citations
48 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Michael Epprecht is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Epprecht has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 12 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Michael Epprecht's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (12 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers). Michael Epprecht is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers), Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (12 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (7 papers). Michael Epprecht collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, United States and Vietnam. Michael Epprecht's co-authors include Andreas Heinimann, Peter Messerli, Phan Quang Minh, Martin J. Otte, Vincent Martin, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, Daniel Müller, Cornelia Hett, Nicholas Minot and William D. Sunderlin and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael Epprecht

45 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Epprecht Switzerland 20 704 434 343 272 271 48 1.8k
Brent Swallow Canada 31 1.2k 1.7× 129 0.3× 352 1.0× 322 1.2× 473 1.7× 108 3.4k
Karl M. Rich United States 27 154 0.2× 945 2.2× 199 0.6× 225 0.8× 67 0.2× 116 2.6k
Stephen Aldrich United States 14 694 1.0× 186 0.4× 36 0.1× 220 0.8× 98 0.4× 34 1.5k
Richard D. Horan United States 22 374 0.5× 242 0.6× 84 0.2× 352 1.3× 198 0.7× 57 1.8k
R.L. Kruska Kenya 19 169 0.2× 370 0.9× 225 0.7× 358 1.3× 123 0.5× 34 2.0k
Christine Jost United States 16 186 0.3× 293 0.7× 126 0.4× 87 0.3× 147 0.5× 55 1.3k
Louise Jackson United Kingdom 18 579 0.8× 116 0.3× 76 0.2× 442 1.6× 70 0.3× 97 2.5k
Kevin A. Parton Australia 24 235 0.3× 47 0.1× 79 0.2× 133 0.5× 258 1.0× 107 2.0k
Mariana M. Vale Brazil 25 665 0.9× 190 0.4× 52 0.2× 929 3.4× 105 0.4× 76 2.4k
Jonah Busch United States 25 1.3k 1.9× 160 0.4× 24 0.1× 517 1.9× 134 0.5× 49 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Epprecht

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Epprecht

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Epprecht

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zabel, Astrid, et al.. (2025). Gaps between demand and supply of biodiversity impact finance in the Global South. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 76. 101568–101568.
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Epprecht, Michael, et al.. (2024). Interactions between sustainable development goals at the district level in Lao PDR. World Development. 178. 106564–106564. 3 indexed citations
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Pichler, Mélanie, et al.. (2022). Carbon emissions from land acquisitions in Laos. Ecology and Society. 27(3). 6 indexed citations
4.
Lakes, Tobia, Daniel Müller, M. M. H. Khan, et al.. (2018). Modeling and mapping the burden of disease in Kenya. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 9826–9826. 9 indexed citations
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Schmidt‐Vogt, Dietrich, et al.. (2018). Balancing cash and food: The impacts of agrarian change on rural land use and wellbeing in Northern Laos. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0209166–e0209166. 14 indexed citations
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Gruebner, Oliver, et al.. (2015). Place of Residence Moderates the Risk of Infant Death in Kenya: Evidence from the Most Recent Census 2009. PLoS ONE. 10(10). e0139545–e0139545. 16 indexed citations
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Messerli, Peter, Christoph Bader, Cornelia Hett, Michael Epprecht, & Andreas Heinimann. (2015). Towards a Spatial Understanding of Trade-Offs in Sustainable Development: A Meso-Scale Analysis of the Nexus between Land Use, Poverty, and Environment in the Lao PDR. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133418–e0133418. 22 indexed citations
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Saksena, Sumeet, Jefferson Fox, Michael Epprecht, et al.. (2015). Evidence for the Convergence Model: The Emergence of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1) in Viet Nam. PLoS ONE. 10(9). e0138138–e0138138. 19 indexed citations
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Epprecht, Michael, et al.. (2015). The Geography of Poverty and Inequality in the Lao PDR. Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern. 26 indexed citations
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Heinimann, Andreas, et al.. (2015). On the right path? Land concessions in Laos. Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern. 5 indexed citations
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Sy, Ibrahima, Jürg Utzinger, Michael Epprecht, et al.. (2013). Water quality and health in a Sahelian semi-arid urban context: an integrated geographical approach in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Geospatial health. 8(1). 53–53. 6 indexed citations
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Schmidt‐Vogt, Dietrich, et al.. (2013). Secondary Forests and Local Livelihoods along a Gradient of Accessibility: A Case Study in Northern Laos. Society & Natural Resources. 26(11). 1283–1299. 10 indexed citations
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Heinimann, Andreas, et al.. (2012). Concessions and leases in the Lao PDR: taking stock of land investments. Bern Open Repository and Information System (University of Bern). 61 indexed citations
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Robinson, Timothy P., Philip K. Thornton, Gianluca Franceschini, et al.. (2011). Global livestock production systems.. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 230 indexed citations
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Messerli, Peter, Andreas Heinimann, & Michael Epprecht. (2009). Finding Homogeneity in Heterogeneity—A New Approach to Quantifying Landscape Mosaics Developed for the Lao PDR. Human Ecology. 37(3). 291–304. 80 indexed citations
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Clément, Floriane, Didier Orange, Meredith Williams, Corinne Mulley, & Michael Epprecht. (2009). Drivers of afforestation in Northern Vietnam: Assessing local variations using geographically weighted regression. Applied Geography. 29(4). 561–576. 93 indexed citations
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Gilbert, Marius, Xiangming Xiao, Dirk U. Pfeiffer, et al.. (2008). Mapping H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza risk in Southeast Asia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(12). 4769–4774. 263 indexed citations
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Pfeiffer, Dirk U., Phan Quang Minh, Vincent Martin, Michael Epprecht, & Martin J. Otte. (2007). An analysis of the spatial and temporal patterns of highly pathogenic avian influenza occurrence in Vietnam using national surveillance data. The Veterinary Journal. 174(2). 302–309. 174 indexed citations
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Roland‐Holst, David, et al.. (2007). External shocks, producer risk, and adjustment in smallholder livestock production: the case of HPAI in Viet Nam. 15 indexed citations
20.
Epprecht, Michael, et al.. (2007). From Statistical Data to Spatial Knowledge — informing decision-making in Vietnam. Information Development. 23(2-3). 193–204. 2 indexed citations

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