Robert Costanza

106.8k total citations · 21 hit papers
380 papers, 55.2k citations indexed

About

Robert Costanza is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Costanza has authored 380 papers receiving a total of 55.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 150 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 111 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 102 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Robert Costanza's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (106 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (75 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (62 papers). Robert Costanza is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (106 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (75 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (62 papers). Robert Costanza collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Robert Costanza's co-authors include Paul C. Sutton, Stephen Färber, R.S. de Groot, Monica Grasso, Ida Kubiszewski, Karin E. Limburg, Shahid Naeem, Robert V. O’Neill, Marjan van den Belt and Bruce Hannon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Robert Costanza

371 papers receiving 50.4k citations

Hit Papers

The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural c... 1984 2026 1998 2012 1997 2014 1998 2017 2012 4.0k 8.0k 12.0k

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Robert Costanza United States 93 29.8k 13.8k 13.2k 13.1k 5.6k 380 55.2k
R.S. de Groot Netherlands 56 28.5k 1.0× 10.6k 0.8× 9.2k 0.7× 10.9k 0.8× 3.1k 0.5× 154 43.2k
Gretchen C. Daily United States 91 26.9k 0.9× 7.2k 0.5× 7.5k 0.6× 14.8k 1.1× 3.1k 0.6× 232 52.4k
Carl Folke Sweden 117 44.7k 1.5× 16.0k 1.2× 9.2k 0.7× 25.9k 2.0× 5.5k 1.0× 300 93.8k
Paul C. Sutton United States 47 20.4k 0.7× 6.6k 0.5× 5.7k 0.4× 8.9k 0.7× 3.0k 0.5× 136 32.3k
Stephen Polasky United States 92 20.8k 0.7× 5.7k 0.4× 9.8k 0.7× 9.2k 0.7× 2.9k 0.5× 265 41.8k
Detlef P. van Vuuren Netherlands 108 23.9k 0.8× 2.9k 0.2× 13.4k 1.0× 5.8k 0.4× 11.9k 2.1× 485 59.4k
Stephen R. Carpenter United States 119 38.2k 1.3× 8.2k 0.6× 6.7k 0.5× 31.4k 2.4× 7.8k 1.4× 398 96.7k
C. S. Holling United States 55 19.3k 0.6× 6.2k 0.5× 5.6k 0.4× 11.6k 0.9× 3.0k 0.5× 107 51.7k
Brian Walker Australia 61 18.7k 0.6× 6.6k 0.5× 4.1k 0.3× 11.9k 0.9× 2.3k 0.4× 138 45.9k
Marten Scheffer Netherlands 106 25.9k 0.9× 3.5k 0.3× 3.6k 0.3× 18.7k 1.4× 4.9k 0.9× 308 58.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Robert Costanza

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Fields of papers citing papers by Robert Costanza

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Robert Costanza

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

All Works

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Liu, Junguo, Robert Costanza, Ida Kubiszewski, et al.. (2025). Zhengzhou 2024 Ecosummit declaration: Building eco-civilization for a sustainable and desirable future. Ecological Indicators. 171. 113249–113249. 1 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert, et al.. (2025). Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now. Nature. 647(8090). 589–591. 1 indexed citations
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Kubiszewski, Ida, Vanessa M. Adams, Robert Costanza, et al.. (2024). Cascading tipping points of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. AMBIO. 54(4). 642–659. 3 indexed citations
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Webb, Robert, Tayanah O’Donnell, Xuemei Bai, et al.. (2023). Enabling urban systems transformations: co-developing national and local strategies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(1). 5–5. 13 indexed citations
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Chen, Haojie, et al.. (2023). Integrating online deliberation into ecosystem service valuation. Journal of Environmental Management. 351. 119796–119796. 5 indexed citations
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Hernández‐Blanco, Marcello, Robert Costanza, Sharolyn Anderson, Ida Kubiszewski, & Paul C. Sutton. (2020). Future scenarios for the value of ecosystem services in Latin America and the Caribbean to 2050. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. 2. 100008–100008. 37 indexed citations
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Coscieme, Luca, Paul C. Sutton, Lars Fogh Mortensen, et al.. (2019). Overcoming the Myths of Mainstream Economics to Enable a New Wellbeing Economy. Sustainability. 11(16). 4374–4374. 57 indexed citations
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Sandhu, Harpinder, Beverley Clarke, Ryan Baring, et al.. (2018). Scenario planning including ecosystem services for a coastal region in South Australia. Ecosystem Services. 31. 194–207. 24 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert, R.S. de Groot, Leon Braat, et al.. (2017). Twenty years of ecosystem services: How far have we come and how far do we still need to go?. Ecosystem Services. 28. 1–16. 1909 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kubiszewski, Ida, Robert Costanza, Sharolyn Anderson, & Paul C. Sutton. (2017). The future value of ecosystem services: Global scenarios and national implications. Ecosystem Services. 26. 289–301. 219 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert. (2016). How do cultures evolve, and can we direct that change to create a better world?. 53(2). 46. 3 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert, John H. Cumberland, Herman E. Daly, et al.. (2014). An Introduction to Ecological Economics, Second Edition. 2 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert, Ida Kubiszewski, Joe Roman, & Paul C. Sutton. (2011). DR7a: Changes in ecosystem services and migration in low-lying coastal areas over the next 50 years. foresight. 5 indexed citations
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Naidoo, Robin, Andrew Balmford, Robert Costanza, et al.. (2008). Global mapping of ecosystem services and conservation priorities. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105(28). 9495–9500. 776 indexed citations breakdown →
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Costanza, Robert, Octavio Pérez-Maqueo, M. Luisa Martínez, et al.. (2008). The Value of Coastal Wetlands for Hurricane Protection. AMBIO. 37(4). 241–248. 499 indexed citations breakdown →
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Belt, Marjan van den, Robert Costanza, Serge Demers, et al.. (2006). Mediated Modeling of the Impacts of Enhanced UV‐B Radiation on Ecosystem Services. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 82(4). 865–877. 13 indexed citations
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Campbell, Bruce, Robert Costanza, & Marjan van den Belt. (2000). Land use options in dry tropical woodland ecosystems in Zimbabwe: Introduction, overview and synthesis. Ecological Economics. 33(3). 16 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert. (2000). The dynamics of the ecological footprint concept. 28(4). 850–855. 163 indexed citations
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Costanza, Robert. (1997). Frontiers in Ecological Economics. Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks. 9 indexed citations

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