Sara Nelson

1.5k total citations
21 papers, 566 citations indexed

About

Sara Nelson is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Sara Nelson has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 566 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Sara Nelson's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (4 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (4 papers). Sara Nelson is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (7 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (4 papers) and Water Governance and Infrastructure (4 papers). Sara Nelson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Sara Nelson's co-authors include Patrick Bigger, Leah L. Bremer, Kate A. Brauman, Simon Dalby, Elizabeth Johnson, Kathryn Yusoff, Stephanie Wakefield, Ana Carolina Oliveira Fiorini, Gareth Bryant and Sophie Webber and has published in prestigious journals such as Progress in Human Geography, Environment and Planning A Economy and Space and Nature Ecology & Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Sara Nelson

21 papers receiving 519 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sara Nelson United States 15 189 182 123 91 89 21 566
Samantha Muller Australia 12 156 0.8× 104 0.6× 56 0.5× 51 0.6× 43 0.5× 16 490
Samuel Randalls United Kingdom 13 352 1.9× 309 1.7× 95 0.8× 83 0.9× 160 1.8× 35 844
Stefania Barca Portugal 13 340 1.8× 108 0.6× 73 0.6× 135 1.5× 47 0.5× 43 713
Jeremy J. Schmidt United Kingdom 15 203 1.1× 119 0.7× 108 0.9× 235 2.6× 27 0.3× 49 627
Geoff Mann Canada 11 278 1.5× 113 0.6× 68 0.6× 149 1.6× 61 0.7× 46 584
Jeff Popke United States 11 414 2.2× 134 0.7× 168 1.4× 78 0.9× 31 0.3× 22 880
Colin Filer Australia 20 336 1.8× 261 1.4× 95 0.8× 81 0.9× 40 0.4× 54 1.0k
Stewart Williams Australia 12 198 1.0× 105 0.6× 57 0.5× 46 0.5× 26 0.3× 38 452
Julian S. Yates Australia 10 187 1.0× 112 0.6× 62 0.5× 223 2.5× 32 0.4× 22 553
Connor Joseph Cavanagh Norway 17 299 1.6× 505 2.8× 112 0.9× 147 1.6× 128 1.4× 32 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Sara Nelson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sara Nelson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sara Nelson

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sara Nelson. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sara Nelson 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 Sara Nelson. Sara Nelson 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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Christiansen, Jens, Jessica Dempsey, Sara Nelson, et al.. (2025). Off the charts? Reasons to be skeptical of the growth in biodiversity finance. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 75. 101544–101544. 2 indexed citations
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Bremer, Leah L., Sara Nelson, Sue Jackson, et al.. (2023). Embedding local values in Payments for Ecosystem Services for transformative change. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 64. 101354–101354. 20 indexed citations
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Arias‐Arévalo, Paola, Ana Sofía Monroy‐Sais, Sara Nelson, et al.. (2023). The role of power in leveraging the diverse values of nature for transformative change. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 64. 101352–101352. 29 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara, et al.. (2023). Working sunset to sunrise: union strategies in three California climate transitions. Environmental Politics. 33(4). 657–677. 1 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara & M. V. Ramana. (2023). Managing decline: Devaluation and just transition at Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space. 55(8). 1951–1969. 4 indexed citations
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Dempsey, Jessica, et al.. (2021). Biodiversity targets will not be met without debt and tax justice. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 6(3). 237–239. 27 indexed citations
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Bremer, Leah L., et al.. (2021). “Putting Suppliers on the Map:” Centering Upstream Voices in Water Funds Outreach. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education. 174(1). 85–105. 3 indexed citations
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Cohen, Dan, Sara Nelson, & Emily Rosenman. (2021). Reparative accumulation? Financial risk and investment across socio-environmental crises. Environment and Planning E Nature and Space. 5(4). 2356–2382. 21 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara & Patrick Bigger. (2021). Infrastructural nature. Progress in Human Geography. 46(1). 86–107. 36 indexed citations
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Bigger, Patrick, et al.. (2021). Beyond The Gap: Placing Biodiversity Finance in the Global Economy. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 4 indexed citations
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Bremer, Leah L., et al.. (2018). Relational values in evaluations of upstream social outcomes of watershed Payment for Ecosystem Services: a review. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 35. 116–123. 53 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara, et al.. (2017). Introduction: In the machine room of the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene Review. 4(1). 2–8. 16 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara. (2017). Containing Environmentalism: Risk, Rationality, and Value in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez. Capitalism Nature Socialism. 28(1). 118–136. 3 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara & Bruce Braun. (2017). Autonomia in the Anthropocene: New Challenges to Radical Politics. South Atlantic Quarterly. 116(2). 223–235. 14 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara. (2014). Beyond The Limits to Growth: Ecology and the Neoliberal Counterrevolution. Antipode. 47(2). 461–480. 30 indexed citations
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Johnson, Elizabeth, et al.. (2014). After the Anthropocene. Progress in Human Geography. 38(3). 439–456. 95 indexed citations
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Manson, Steven M., et al.. (2013). Resource Needs and Pedagogical Value of Web Mapping for Spatial Thinking. Journal of Geography. 113(3). 107–117. 28 indexed citations
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Nelson, Sara. (1996). Constructing and Negotiating Gender in Women's Police Stations in Brazil. Latin American Perspectives. 23(1). 131–148. 52 indexed citations

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