Peter D. Howe

6.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
88 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Peter D. Howe is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter D. Howe has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 24 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 23 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Peter D. Howe's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (46 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (23 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (17 papers). Peter D. Howe is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (46 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (23 papers) and Risk Perception and Management (17 papers). Peter D. Howe collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Canada. Peter D. Howe's co-authors include Anthony Leiserowitz, Jennifer R. Marlon, Matto Mildenberger, Chia‐Ying Ko, Tien Ming Lee, Ezra M. Markowitz, Edward Maibach, Geoff Feinberg, Connie Roser‐Renouf and Xinran Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Peter D. Howe

86 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

Predictors of public climate change awareness and risk perception around the world

2015 894 citations Peter D. Howe, Anthony Leiserowitz et al. profile →
Geographic variation in opinions on climate change at state and local scales in the USA

2015 485 citations Peter D. Howe, Matto Mildenberger et al. profile →
How will climate change shape climate opinion?

2019 187 citations Peter D. Howe, Jennifer R. Marlon et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter D. Howe United States	31	2.8k	1.6k	1.1k	457	411	88	4.2k
Sammy Zahran United States	37	2.6k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.1k 2.4×	517 1.3×	75	5.0k
Arnold Vedlitz United States	36	3.7k 1.3×	1.7k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	202 0.4×	628 1.5×	133	5.8k
Stuart Capstick United Kingdom	31	2.4k 0.9×	1.8k 1.2×	750 0.7×	291 0.6×	297 0.7×	57	3.9k
Sophie Nicholson-Cole United Kingdom	10	2.2k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	763 0.7×	159 0.3×	157 0.4×	15	3.1k
Ezra M. Markowitz United States	29	2.5k 0.9×	1.9k 1.2×	643 0.6×	316 0.7×	306 0.7×	79	4.3k
Saffron O’Neill United Kingdom	30	4.1k 1.4×	2.8k 1.8×	1.2k 1.1×	338 0.7×	306 0.7×	52	6.2k
Connie Roser‐Renouf United States	26	3.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.2×	683 0.6×	409 0.9×	162 0.4×	48	4.1k
Irene Lorenzoni United Kingdom	40	5.2k 1.8×	2.9k 1.8×	2.7k 2.5×	749 1.6×	652 1.6×	91	8.5k
Ann Fisher United States	21	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	756 0.7×	153 0.3×	685 1.7×	58	3.4k
Rachael Shwom United States	22	1.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	548 0.5×	218 0.5×	373 0.9×	41	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Blomdahl, Erika M., et al.. (2024). Worldviews more than experience predict Californians’ support for wildfire risk mitigation policies. Environmental Research Letters. 19(5). 54025–54025. 4 indexed citations

Howe, Peter D., et al.. (2023). Universal or targeted approaches? an experiment about heat risk messaging. Natural Hazards. 117(1). 381–398. 1 indexed citations

Howe, Peter D., et al.. (2023). What factors are associated with public support for climate change adaptation policy in the U.S.?. Environmental Research Communications. 5(9). 91003–91003. 8 indexed citations

Brunson, Mark W., et al.. (2023). American Perceptions and Attitudes about Domestic Climate Migrants and Migration. Weather Climate and Society. 16(1). 67–86.

Lacroix, Karine, Matthew H. Goldberg, Seth A. Rosenthal, et al.. (2022). Measuring Americans’ Support for Adapting to ‘Climate Change’ or ‘Extreme Weather’. Environmental Communication. 16(5). 577–588. 11 indexed citations

Mildenberger, Matto, et al.. (2022). The effect of public safety power shut-offs on climate change attitudes and behavioural intentions. Nature Energy. 7(8). 736–743. 29 indexed citations

Marlon, Jennifer R., Xinran Wang, Parrish Bergquist, et al.. (2022). Change in US state-level public opinion about climate change: 2008–2020. Environmental Research Letters. 17(12). 124046–124046. 44 indexed citations

Howe, Peter D.. (2021). Extreme weather experience and climate change opinion. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 42. 127–131. 57 indexed citations

Howe, Peter D., et al.. (2021). It’s a dry heat: professional perspectives on extreme heat risk in Utah. Journal of Risk Research. 24(12). 1558–1575. 1 indexed citations

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Mildenberger, Matto, et al.. (2019). Households with solar installations are ideologically diverse and more politically active than their neighbours. Nature Energy. 4(12). 1033–1039. 56 indexed citations

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Cutler, Matthew, Jennifer R. Marlon, Peter D. Howe, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). ‘Is global warming affecting the weather?’ Evidence for increased attribution beliefs among coastal versus inland US residents. Environmental Sociology. 6(1). 6–18. 22 indexed citations

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Howe, Peter D., Jennifer R. Marlon, Xinran Wang, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2019). Public perceptions of the health risks of extreme heat across US states, counties, and neighborhoods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(14). 6743–6748. 123 indexed citations

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Howe, Peter D.. (2018). Perceptions of seasonal weather are linked to beliefs about global climate change: evidence from Norway. Climatic Change. 148(4). 467–480. 45 indexed citations

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Mildenberger, Matto, Jennifer R. Marlon, Peter D. Howe, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2017). The spatial distribution of Republican and Democratic climate opinions at state and local scales. Climatic Change. 145(3-4). 539–548. 59 indexed citations

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Howe, Peter D., et al.. (2017). State of the nation report’ of UK primary science education. Digital Education Resource Archive (University College London). 4 indexed citations

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Mildenberger, Matto, Peter D. Howe, Érick Lachapelle, et al.. (2016). The Distribution of Climate Change Public Opinion in Canada. PLoS ONE. 11(8). e0159774–e0159774. 83 indexed citations

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Howe, Peter D., Jagadish Thaker, & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2014). Public perceptions of rainfall change in India. Climatic Change. 127(2). 211–225. 28 indexed citations

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Howe, Peter D. & Anthony Leiserowitz. (2013). Who remembers a hot summer or a cold winter? The asymmetric effect of beliefs about global warming on perceptions of local climate conditions in the U.S.. Global Environmental Change. 23(6). 1488–1500. 173 indexed citations

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Leiserowitz, Anthony, Edward Maibach, Connie Roser‐Renouf, Geoff Feinberg, & Peter D. Howe. (2012). Americans’ global warming beliefs and attitudes in September 2012. 1 indexed citations

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Andersson, Per, K. Beaugelin-Seiller, D. Copplestone, et al.. (2008). Numerical benchmarks for protecting biota against radiation in the environment: proposed levels, underlying reasoning and recommendations. NERC Open Research Archive (Natural Environment Research Council). 8 indexed citations

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