Rika Preiser

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Rika Preiser is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Management Science and Operations Research and General Health Professions. According to data from OpenAlex, Rika Preiser has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 11 papers in Management Science and Operations Research and 4 papers in General Health Professions. Recurrent topics in Rika Preiser's work include Complex Systems and Decision Making (11 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (5 papers) and Community Health and Development (4 papers). Rika Preiser is often cited by papers focused on Complex Systems and Decision Making (11 papers), Information Systems Theories and Implementation (5 papers) and Community Health and Development (4 papers). Rika Preiser collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, Sweden and Australia. Rika Preiser's co-authors include Reinette Biggs, Alta De Vos, Carl Folke, Laura Pereira, Maike Hamann, Tanja Hichert, Reinette Biggs, Paul Cilliers, Maja Schlüter‬ and Tilman Hertz and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Ecology and Society and Futures.

In The Last Decade

Rika Preiser

26 papers receiving 957 citations

Hit Papers

Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: or... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 100 200 300
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.

  1. Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches
    2018 331 citations Rika Preiser, Reinette Biggs et al. Ecology and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rika Preiser South Africa 13 414 271 185 160 80 29 1.0k
Adele Laing United Kingdom 3 517 1.2× 274 1.0× 121 0.7× 224 1.4× 74 0.9× 5 1.1k
Ola Tjörnbo Canada 6 414 1.0× 237 0.9× 102 0.6× 179 1.1× 47 0.6× 7 898
Matt Hare United States 12 580 1.4× 309 1.1× 252 1.4× 163 1.0× 46 0.6× 24 1.3k
Chris Blackmore United Kingdom 14 415 1.0× 239 0.9× 201 1.1× 179 1.1× 77 1.0× 34 1.1k
Kevin Collins United Kingdom 19 763 1.8× 352 1.3× 176 1.0× 167 1.0× 60 0.8× 47 1.5k
Alison M. Meadow United States 16 637 1.5× 397 1.5× 93 0.5× 194 1.2× 90 1.1× 29 1.2k
Elena Louder United States 11 397 1.0× 258 1.0× 68 0.4× 143 0.9× 78 1.0× 12 875
Jennifer Hodbod United States 14 408 1.0× 230 0.8× 87 0.5× 172 1.1× 51 0.6× 35 1.0k
Ariella Helfgott United Kingdom 18 452 1.1× 272 1.0× 124 0.7× 137 0.9× 50 0.6× 29 1.2k
Romina Rodela Sweden 20 591 1.4× 296 1.1× 103 0.6× 273 1.7× 37 0.5× 53 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Rika Preiser

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rika Preiser

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Rika Preiser. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Rika Preiser. The network helps show where Rika Preiser may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rika Preiser

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ison, Ray, et al.. (2025). Reimagining Systems Thinking as Cybersystemic Researching: An Invitation to a Cyber‐Systemic Co‐Inquiry. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 42(5). 1391–1403.
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Biggs, Reinette, et al.. (2024). The evolution of social-ecological systems (SES) research: a co-authorship and co-citation network analysis. Ecology and Society. 29(1). 11 indexed citations
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Klein, Louis, et al.. (2024). Valuing who we are in relation to others: The ‘praxis of co’ in an Anthropocene‐world. The 2025 agenda for the cybersystems community. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 41(6). 946–951. 1 indexed citations
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Carstens, M E & Rika Preiser. (2024). Exploring relationality in African knowledge systems as a contribution to decoloniality in sustainability science. Ecosystems and People. 20(1). 6 indexed citations
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Preiser, Rika, Tanja Hichert, Reinette Biggs, et al.. (2024). Transformative foresight for diverse futures: the Seeds of Good Anthropocenes initiative. Development Policy Review. 42(S1). 1 indexed citations
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Klein, Louis, et al.. (2023). Navigating the polycrisis—governing for transformation: The 2024 agenda for the systems community. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 40(6). 973–977. 10 indexed citations
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Klein, Louis, et al.. (2022). Growing a community of conversation and understanding: The 2023 agenda for the systems community. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 39(6). 1103–1107. 4 indexed citations
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Klein, Louis, et al.. (2021). Rethinking agency—The 2022 agenda for the systems community. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. 38(6). 717–720. 5 indexed citations
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Preiser, Wolfgang & Rika Preiser. (2020). Academic publishing in pandemic times. South African Journal of Science. 116(9/10).
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García, María Mancilla, et al.. (2020). Adopting process-relational perspectives to tackle the challenges of social-ecological systems research. Ecology and Society. 25(1). 48 indexed citations
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Hamann, Maike, Reinette Biggs, Laura Pereira, et al.. (2020). Scenarios of Good Anthropocenes in southern Africa. Futures. 118. 102526–102526. 28 indexed citations
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Kruger, Hennie, et al.. (2019). The Epistemological Implications of Critical Complexity Thinking for Operational Research. Systems. 7(1). 5–5. 2 indexed citations
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Vos, Alta De, Reinette Biggs, & Rika Preiser. (2019). Methods for understanding social-ecological systems: a review of place-based studies. Ecology and Society. 24(4). 82 indexed citations
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Preiser, Rika, Reinette Biggs, Alta De Vos, & Carl Folke. (2018). Social-ecological systems as complex adaptive systems: organizing principles for advancing research methods and approaches. Ecology and Society. 23(4). 331 indexed citations breakdown →
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Biggs, Reinette, et al.. (2018). A framework for conceptualizing and assessing the resilience of essential services produced by socio-technical systems. Ecology and Society. 23(2). 50 indexed citations
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Preiser, Rika, et al.. (2014). External stakeholders and health promoting schools: complexity and practice in South Africa. Health Education. 114(4). 260–270. 8 indexed citations
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Preiser, Rika, et al.. (2013). Deconstruction and complexity: a critical economy. South African Journal of Philosophy. 32(3). 261–273. 17 indexed citations
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Preiser, Rika, et al.. (2013). Exploring the implications of critical complexity for the study of social-ecological systems.. Ecology and Society. 18(3). 54 indexed citations
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Preiser, Rika. (2010). Observing representational practices in art and anthropology - a transdisciplinary approach. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 6(1). 2 indexed citations

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