Ryan Lumber

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 978 citations indexed

About

Ryan Lumber is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Social Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Lumber has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 978 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 9 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 6 papers in Social Psychology. Recurrent topics in Ryan Lumber's work include Urban Green Space and Health (14 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (9 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (6 papers). Ryan Lumber is often cited by papers focused on Urban Green Space and Health (14 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (9 papers) and Animal and Plant Science Education (6 papers). Ryan Lumber collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Canada and Jersey. Ryan Lumber's co-authors include Miles Richardson, David Sheffield, Alex Hunt, Holli‐Anne Passmore, Lea Barbett, Joelene Hughes, Richard P. Young, Jenny Hallam, Julian Dobson and David J. Abson and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Ergonomics.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Lumber

16 papers receiving 948 citations

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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.

Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection

2017 351 citations Ryan Lumber, Miles Richardson et al. PLoS ONE profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ryan Lumber United Kingdom	11	669	438	384	215	126	16	978
Joe Hinds United Kingdom	12	653 1.0×	398 0.9×	449 1.2×	305 1.4×	79 0.6×	13	1.2k
Anne Hunt United Kingdom	5	468 0.7×	269 0.6×	278 0.7×	186 0.9×	86 0.7×	7	735
Claudio D. Rosa Brazil	11	405 0.6×	276 0.6×	328 0.9×	194 0.9×	73 0.6×	31	736
Raelyne L. Dopko Canada	11	728 1.1×	532 1.2×	335 0.9×	276 1.3×	101 0.8×	25	1.3k
Anita Pryor Australia	5	636 1.0×	335 0.8×	115 0.3×	160 0.7×	138 1.1×	13	965
Leanne Martin United Kingdom	7	437 0.7×	217 0.5×	227 0.6×	165 0.8×	80 0.6×	8	671
Kristi S. Lekies United States	12	424 0.6×	408 0.9×	457 1.2×	318 1.5×	68 0.5×	33	1.0k
B. Derrick Taff United States	18	476 0.7×	461 1.1×	197 0.5×	354 1.6×	195 1.5×	87	1.2k
Agathe Colléony Israel	14	386 0.6×	437 1.0×	213 0.6×	185 0.9×	201 1.6×	20	912
Colin A. Capaldi Canada	14	1.1k 1.6×	711 1.6×	491 1.3×	416 1.9×	152 1.2×	36	1.8k

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16 of 16 papers shown

Passmore, Holli‐Anne, et al.. (2025). Creating Kinship with Nature and Boosting Well-Being: Testing Two Novel Character Strengths-Based Nature Connectedness Interventions. Journal of Happiness Studies. 26(5). 2 indexed citations

Lumber, Ryan, Holli‐Anne Passmore, & Ryan M. Niemiec. (2023). Trees are honest, bugs are creative, sunsets are hopeful - Identifying character strengths in nature: A structured tabular thematic analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100092–100092. 4 indexed citations

Price, Eluned C., et al.. (2022). Factors associated with nature connectedness in school-aged children. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100037–100037. 26 indexed citations

Lumber, Ryan, et al.. (2021). The importance of Forest School and the pathways to nature connection. Journal of Outdoor and Environmental Education. 24(1). 71–85. 31 indexed citations

Lumber, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Three good things in nature: a nature-based positive psychological intervention to improve mood and well-being for depression and anxiety. Journal of Public Mental Health. 20(4). 243–250. 32 indexed citations

Lumber, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Using the Five Pathways to Nature to Make a Spiritual Connection in Early Recovery from SUD: a Pilot Study. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. 20(5). 3061–3074. 1 indexed citations

Richardson, Miles, et al.. (2021). Supplementary analyses for: Moments, not minutes: The nature-wellbeing relationship. International Journal of Wellbeing. 11(1). S1–S5. 10 indexed citations

Richardson, Miles, et al.. (2021). Moments, not minutes: The nature-wellbeing relationship. International Journal of Wellbeing. 11(1). 8–33. 108 indexed citations

Richardson, Miles, Julian Dobson, David J. Abson, et al.. (2020). Applying the pathways to nature connectedness at a societal scale: a leverage points perspective. Ecosystems and People. 16(1). 387–401. 93 indexed citations

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Richardson, Miles, et al.. (2020). The green care code: How nature connectedness and simple activities help explain pro‐nature conservation behaviours. People and Nature. 2(3). 821–839. 151 indexed citations

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Lumber, Ryan, Miles Richardson, & David Sheffield. (2018). The Seven Pathways to Nature Connectedness: A Focus Group Exploration. DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University). 8 indexed citations

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Hughes, Joelene, Miles Richardson, & Ryan Lumber. (2018). Evaluating connection to nature and the relationship with conservation behaviour in children. Journal for Nature Conservation. 45. 11–19. 56 indexed citations

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Lumber, Ryan, Miles Richardson, & David Sheffield. (2017). Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection. PLoS ONE. 12(5). e0177186–e0177186. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lumber, Ryan, et al.. (2017). Nature Connections 2016 conference report: Implications for research and practice. University of Derby Online Research Archive. (University of Derby). 1 indexed citations

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Richardson, Miles, et al.. (2016). Nature: a new paradigm for well-being and ergonomics. Ergonomics. 60(2). 292–305. 52 indexed citations

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Richardson, Miles, Jenny Hallam, & Ryan Lumber. (2015). One Thousand Good Things in Nature: Aspects of Nearby Nature Associated with Improved Connection to Nature. Environmental Values. 24(5). 603–619. 52 indexed citations

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