Ryan Meyer

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 758 citations indexed

About

Ryan Meyer is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Ecology and Ecological Modeling. According to data from OpenAlex, Ryan Meyer has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 758 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 4 papers in Ecology and 4 papers in Ecological Modeling. Recurrent topics in Ryan Meyer's work include Climate Change Communication and Perception (6 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (2 papers). Ryan Meyer is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Communication and Perception (6 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (4 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (2 papers). Ryan Meyer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Japan. Ryan Meyer's co-authors include Amy Freitag, Heidi L. Ballard, John A. Cigliano, Tina Phillips, Angela Bednarek, Andrew Hamilton, Stephen Posner, Melanie Ryan, Rebecca Colvin and Prue Addison and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Climatic Change and Environmental Science & Policy.

In The Last Decade

Ryan Meyer

19 papers receiving 711 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives
    2018 218 citations Angela Bednarek, Carina Wyborn et al. Sustainability Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ryan Meyer United States 11 288 201 189 153 129 21 758
Amy Freitag United States 12 226 0.8× 126 0.6× 250 1.3× 178 1.2× 98 0.8× 31 788
Melanie Ryan United Kingdom 9 360 1.3× 325 1.6× 115 0.6× 71 0.5× 179 1.4× 13 875
Jensen Montambault United States 12 340 1.2× 117 0.6× 355 1.9× 137 0.9× 172 1.3× 19 851
Charles Breen South Africa 14 409 1.4× 141 0.7× 272 1.4× 47 0.3× 156 1.2× 25 867
Ulrich Heink Germany 12 605 2.1× 136 0.7× 215 1.1× 84 0.5× 221 1.7× 14 1.1k
Rachel Kelly Australia 19 305 1.1× 268 1.3× 372 2.0× 82 0.5× 443 3.4× 35 1.1k
Denise Lach United States 20 595 2.1× 471 2.3× 151 0.8× 80 0.5× 270 2.1× 47 1.4k
Thomas W. Hoekstra United States 12 236 0.8× 95 0.5× 199 1.1× 72 0.5× 102 0.8× 24 717
Franziska Keller Switzerland 13 431 1.5× 321 1.6× 124 0.7× 156 1.0× 48 0.4× 21 1.3k
Kirstin Dobbs Australia 12 391 1.4× 120 0.6× 393 2.1× 52 0.3× 281 2.2× 31 787

Countries citing papers authored by Ryan Meyer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ryan Meyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ryan Meyer. 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 Ryan Meyer. The network helps show where Ryan Meyer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ryan Meyer

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ryan Meyer. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ryan Meyer 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 Ryan Meyer. Ryan Meyer 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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Ballard, Heidi L., et al.. (2024). “Seeing power” between young people and conservation professionals in the design of a community-based watershed monitoring initiative. Journal of the Learning Sciences. 33(1). 1–40. 2 indexed citations
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Eitzel, M. V., Ryan Meyer, Sarah A. Morley, et al.. (2023). Lessons learned from community and citizen science monitoring on the Elwha River restoration project. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 11.
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Meyer, Ryan, et al.. (2021). Special issue: Community and citizen science. California Agriculture. 75(1). 5–7. 1 indexed citations
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Ballard, Heidi L., et al.. (2019). Community-Based Monitoring and Dam Removal: Stakeholder Collaboration and Learning for Social-Ecological Resilience. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations
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Bednarek, Angela, Carina Wyborn, Christopher Cvitanovic, et al.. (2018). Boundary spanning at the science–policy interface: the practitioners’ perspectives. Sustainability Science. 13(4). 1175–1183. 218 indexed citations breakdown →
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Freiwald, Jan, Ryan Meyer, Jennifer E. Caselle, et al.. (2018). Citizen science monitoring of marine protected areas: Case studies and recommendations for integration into monitoring programs. Marine Ecology. 39(S1). 37 indexed citations
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Freitag, Amy, et al.. (2016). Strategies Employed by Citizen Science Programs to Increase the Credibility of Their Data. Citizen Science Theory and Practice. 1(1). 2–2. 101 indexed citations
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Freitag, Amy, et al.. (2016). Correction: Strategies Employed by Citizen Science Programs to Increase the Credibility of Their Data. Citizen Science Theory and Practice. 1(2). 12–12. 15 indexed citations
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Cigliano, John A., et al.. (2015). Making marine and coastal citizen science matter. Ocean & Coastal Management. 115. 77–87. 150 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan, Skyli McAfee, & Elizabeth Whiteman. (2015). How California is mobilizing boundary chains to integrate science, policy and management for changing ocean chemistry. Climate Risk Management. 9. 50–61. 15 indexed citations
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Rickards, Lauren, et al.. (2013). Waters, seas and wine: science for successful climate adaptation. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 563060890. 151–169. 4 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan. (2012). Finding the true value of US climate science. Nature. 482(7384). 133–133. 7 indexed citations
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Fischer, Emily V., Katherine Mackey, Daniela Cusack, et al.. (2012). Is pretenure interdisciplinary research a career risk?. Eos. 93(32). 311–312. 14 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan. (2011). The Public Values Failures of Climate Science in the US. Minerva. 49(1). 47–70. 53 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan. (2011). Uncertainty as a science policy problem. Climatic Change. 110(1-2). 1–2. 16 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan & Paul G. Harris. (2011). Science policy: beyond budgets and breakthroughs. 1 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan. (2010). Public Values, Science Values, and Decision Making in Climate Science Policy. 2 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan, et al.. (2010). What does it mean when climate models agree? A case for assessing independence among general circulation models. Environmental Science & Policy. 13(5). 351–361. 57 indexed citations
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Meyer, Ryan. (1999). Activity involvement, equipment, and geographic connection to recreation area: The case of boaters in southeastern Norway. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography. 53(1). 17–27. 4 indexed citations

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