Richard Louv

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Richard Louv is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Richard Louv has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Social Psychology, 4 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 3 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Richard Louv's work include Urban Green Space and Health (4 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (2 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (2 papers). Richard Louv is often cited by papers focused on Urban Green Space and Health (4 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (2 papers) and Environmental Education and Sustainability (2 papers). Richard Louv collaborates with scholars based in United States. Richard Louv's co-authors include John W. Fitzpatrick, Martha Farrell Erickson, Margaret R. Lamar, Catherine Jordan, Stephen J. Pont and Howard Frumkin and has published in prestigious journals such as PEDIATRICS, Family Process and Journal of Science Education and Technology.

In The Last Decade

Richard Louv

15 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Richard Louv United States	7	484	400	374	361	300	18	1.3k
Gary T. Green United States	21	622 1.3×	560 1.4×	468 1.3×	577 1.6×	128 0.4×	67	1.6k
Robert D. Bixler United States	18	826 1.7×	590 1.5×	419 1.1×	793 2.2×	166 0.6×	43	1.8k
Kristi S. Lekies United States	12	408 0.8×	424 1.1×	457 1.2×	318 0.9×	233 0.8×	33	1.0k
Kathryn T. Stevenson United States	26	564 1.2×	527 1.3×	1.3k 3.5×	1.2k 3.3×	391 1.3×	76	2.4k
Keith G. Tidball United States	21	212 0.4×	558 1.4×	403 1.1×	371 1.0×	184 0.6×	41	1.6k
Thomas Beery Sweden	25	454 0.9×	717 1.8×	648 1.7×	607 1.7×	178 0.6×	55	1.9k
Joe E. Heimlich United States	18	370 0.8×	107 0.3×	698 1.9×	478 1.3×	393 1.3×	76	1.5k
Laura Barraza Mexico	14	218 0.5×	77 0.2×	419 1.1×	187 0.5×	240 0.8×	37	932
Susanne Menzel Germany	18	325 0.7×	139 0.3×	365 1.0×	208 0.6×	80 0.3×	43	985
José Antonio Corraliza Spain	21	485 1.0×	643 1.6×	1.1k 3.0×	627 1.7×	197 0.7×	82	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Richard Louv

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Fields of papers citing papers by Richard Louv

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Richard Louv

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

All Works

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18 of 18 papers shown

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Pont, Stephen J., et al.. (2018). Green Schoolyards Support Healthy Bodies, Minds and Communities. PEDIATRICS. 142. 440–440. 1 indexed citations

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Pont, Stephen J., et al.. (2018). Green Schoolyards Support Healthy Bodies, Minds and Communities. PEDIATRICS. 142(1_MeetingAbstract). 440–440.

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Pont, Stephen J., et al.. (2018). Green Schoolyards Support Healthy Bodies, Minds and Communities. PEDIATRICS. 142(1_MeetingAbstract). 733–733. 1 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (2016). Vitamin N For the Soul. Tikkun. 31(4). 58–61. 1 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard & John W. Fitzpatrick. (2015). Citizen Science. Cornell University Press eBooks. 6 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard & John W. Fitzpatrick. (2012). Citizen Science. Cornell University Press eBooks. 155 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (2012). The Nature Principle: Reconnecting with Life in a Virtual Age. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 60 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (2010). Do Our Kids Have Nature-Deficit Disorder?. 23 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard, et al.. (2009). Children's Nature Deficit: What We Know - and Don't Know. 26 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (2008). National Conference on Outdoor Leadership. 2008 Keynote Address.. 20(1). 4–6.

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Louv, Richard. (2008). Paul F-Brandwein Lecture 2007: A Brief History of the Children & Nature Movement. Journal of Science Education and Technology. 17(3). 217–218. 4 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (2008). Last child in the woods : saving our children from nature-deficit disorder. 800 indexed citations breakdown →

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Louv, Richard. (2005). Last Child in the Woods. 206 indexed citations

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Erickson, Martha Farrell & Richard Louv. (2002). The Family Re‐Union Initiative: A Springboard for Family‐Centered Community Building, Locally and Nationally. Family Process. 41(4). 569–578. 4 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (1997). The culture of renewal, part 2: Characteristics of the community renewal movement. National Civic Review. 86(1). 97–105. 1 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (1993). Book review : Adding ecology to human ecology. Childhood. 1(3). 178–182. 3 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (1992). Should Corporations Care about Child Care. Business and Society Review. 3 indexed citations

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Louv, Richard. (1990). Childhood's future. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 27 indexed citations

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