Roy Brouwer

16.4k total citations · 6 hit papers
250 papers, 11.8k citations indexed

About

Roy Brouwer is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Roy Brouwer has authored 250 papers receiving a total of 11.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 154 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 69 papers in Ocean Engineering and 54 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Roy Brouwer's work include Economic and Environmental Valuation (132 papers), Water resources management and optimization (69 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (28 papers). Roy Brouwer is often cited by papers focused on Economic and Environmental Valuation (132 papers), Water resources management and optimization (69 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (28 papers). Roy Brouwer collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Canada and United Kingdom. Roy Brouwer's co-authors include P.J.H. van Beukering, Luke Brander, Bianca van der Kroon, Ian J. Bateman, Sonia Akter, Enamul Haque, Marije Schaafsma, Robert J. Johnston, Ivana Logar and Remco van Ek and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Roy Brouwer

236 papers receiving 10.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Contemporary Guidance for Stated Preference Studies

2017 1.0k citations Roy Brouwer et al. profile →
The energy ladder: Theoretical myth or empirical truth? Results from a meta-analysis

2013 480 citations Roy Brouwer, P.J.H. van Beukering et al. profile →
Functional equilibrium: sense or nonsense?

1983 379 citations Roy Brouwer profile →
Nutritive influences on the distribution of dry matter in the plant.

1962 343 citations Roy Brouwer profile →
From principles to practice in paying for nature’s services

2018 234 citations Sven Wunder, Roy Brouwer et al. Nature Sustainability profile →
Managing nitrogen legacies to accelerate water quality improvement

2022 231 citations Roy Brouwer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Roy Brouwer Netherlands	56	5.3k	4.1k	2.0k	1.5k	1.4k	250	11.8k
W. Michael Hanemann United States	42	11.3k 2.1×	3.2k 0.8×	2.4k 1.2×	2.0k 1.3×	810 0.6×	140	15.8k
Jikun Huang China	72	3.5k 0.7×	3.0k 0.7×	1.3k 0.6×	934 0.6×	3.8k 2.7×	390	17.1k
Robert Mendelsohn United States	65	6.4k 1.2×	4.3k 1.1×	1.5k 0.7×	625 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	248	14.8k
Ian J. Bateman United Kingdom	61	8.1k 1.5×	4.4k 1.1×	2.7k 1.3×	890 0.6×	721 0.5×	254	13.5k
Peter Havlík Austria	64	2.7k 0.5×	3.8k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	434 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	250	14.7k
Richard S.J. Tol Netherlands	87	12.2k 2.3×	7.2k 1.8×	3.1k 1.5×	1.6k 1.1×	356 0.3×	503	26.4k
Michael Obersteiner Austria	83	4.1k 0.8×	6.9k 1.7×	1.2k 0.6×	464 0.3×	2.4k 1.7×	336	20.9k
Thomas W. Hertel United States	54	4.6k 0.9×	2.3k 0.6×	650 0.3×	392 0.3×	766 0.5×	356	11.6k
Brett A. Bryan Australia	58	1.9k 0.4×	6.1k 1.5×	1.4k 0.7×	705 0.5×	682 0.5×	239	11.7k
Belinda Reyers South Africa	50	2.3k 0.4×	7.6k 1.9×	3.0k 1.5×	397 0.3×	863 0.6×	109	16.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roy Brouwer

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Grinsven, Hans J. M. van, Baojing Gu, Alfredo Rodríguez, et al.. (2025). Valuing damages and benefits of the altered global nitrogen cycle; lessons for national to global policy support. Environmental Research Letters. 20(9). 94014–94014.

Brouwer, Roy, et al.. (2025). Downstream Willingness to Pay for Upstream Nature‐Based Solutions to Improve Water Security in a Thirsty Brazilian Megacity. Water Resources Research. 61(10).

Brouwer, Roy, et al.. (2025). Testing the effect of ecosystem service and land classification on global values of forested watershed ecosystem services. Forest Policy and Economics. 181. 103667–103667.

Serrano, Ana, et al.. (2025). Balancing Efficiency and Inequality in a Non-Linear Multi-Regional Water Allocation Optimization Model. Environmental and Resource Economics. 88(3). 761–794. 2 indexed citations

Martín-Hernández, Edgar, et al.. (2023). Multi-sectorial assessment of phosphorus in Ontario, Canada: Mapping flows and analysis of the potential for recovery and reuse. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 197. 107108–107108. 8 indexed citations

Brouwer, Roy, Hanna Dijkstra, P.J.H. van Beukering, et al.. (2023). Assessing the performance of marine plastics cleanup technologies in Europe and North America. Ocean & Coastal Management. 238. 106555–106555. 9 indexed citations

Brouwer, Roy, Rute Pinto, Merrin L. Macrae, et al.. (2023). Spatial optimization of nutrient reduction measures on agricultural land to improve water quality: A coupled modeling approach. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d agroeconomie. 71(3-4). 329–353. 1 indexed citations

Lizin, Sebastien, et al.. (2020). Are biodiversity losses valued differently when they are caused by human activities? A meta-analysis of the non-use valuation literature. Environmental Research Letters. 15(7). 73003–73003. 16 indexed citations

Schaafsma, Marije & Roy Brouwer. (2019). Substitution Effects in Spatial Discrete Choice Experiments. Environmental and Resource Economics. 75(2). 323–349. 12 indexed citations

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Wunder, Sven, Roy Brouwer, Stefanie Engel, et al.. (2018). From principles to practice in paying for nature’s services. Nature Sustainability. 1(3). 145–150. 234 indexed citations breakdown →

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Botzen, W. J. Wouter, et al.. (2018). A global review of the impact of basis risk on the functioning of and demand for index insurance. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 28. 845–853. 83 indexed citations

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Dekker, Thijs, Stephane Hess, Roy Brouwer, & M.W. Hofkes. (2015). Decision uncertainty in multi-attribute stated preference studies. Resource and Energy Economics. 43. 57–73. 36 indexed citations

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Dekker, Thijs, Stephane Hess, Roy Brouwer, & M.W. Hofkes. (2013). Hybrid Choice Models for Decision Uncertainty: Implicitly or explicitly uncertain?. 3 indexed citations

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Barton, David N., Peter H. May, Irene Ring, et al.. (2009). Assessing the role of economic instruments in a policy mix for biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services provision: a review of some methodological challenges. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 14 indexed citations

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Schaafsma, Marije & Roy Brouwer. (2006). Overview of existing guidelines and manuals: For the economic valuation of environmental costs and benefits. VU Research Portal. 5 indexed citations

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Turner, R. Kerry, Stavros Georgiou, Rebecca Clark, Roy Brouwer, & Jacob J. Burke. (2004). Economic Valuation of Water Resources. UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia). 2 indexed citations

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Brouwer, Roy. (2004). Wat is schoon water de Nederlander waard. VU Research Portal. 12. 4–5.

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Turner, R. Kerry, Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh, & Roy Brouwer. (2003). Managing Wetlands: An Ecological Economics Approach. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 18 indexed citations

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Brouwer, Roy. (1995). Baldios and common property resource management in Portugal.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 46(180). 37–43. 15 indexed citations

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Brouwer, Roy & C.T. de Wit. (1968). A simulation model of plant growth with special attention to root growth and its consequences. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 94 indexed citations

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