Sharachchandra Lélé

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Sharachchandra Lélé is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ocean Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sharachchandra Lélé has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Ocean Engineering and 12 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Sharachchandra Lélé's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (18 papers), Water resources management and optimization (13 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (7 papers). Sharachchandra Lélé is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (18 papers), Water resources management and optimization (13 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (7 papers). Sharachchandra Lélé collaborates with scholars based in India, United States and United Kingdom. Sharachchandra Lélé's co-authors include Richard B. Norgaard, Pere Ariza-Montobbio, Oliver Springate‐Baginski, Veena Srinivasan, Debal Deb, Kamaljit S. Bawa, Reinmar Seidler, Peter R. Wilshusen, Dan Brockington and William M. Adams and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Hydrology and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Sharachchandra Lélé

62 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism
    2021 223 citations Unai Pascual, William M. Adams et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers

Sharachchandra Lélé
Zhao Ma United States
Brian E. Robinson Canada
Thomas P. Tomich United States
Shizuka Hashimoto Japan
Héléna Posthumus United Kingdom
Mette Termansen Denmark
Anne‐Sophie Crépin Sweden
Russell M. Wise Australia
Sergio Villamayor‐Tomás Spain
Jan Sendzimir Austria
Zhao Ma United States
Sharachchandra Lélé
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Countries citing papers authored by Sharachchandra Lélé

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sharachchandra Lélé

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sharachchandra Lélé

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sharachchandra Lélé. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sharachchandra Lélé 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 Sharachchandra Lélé. Sharachchandra Lélé 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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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2025). Marketing of NTFPs by forest-dependent communities in Maharashtra, India: Alternative models for state support. Forest Policy and Economics. 178. 103584–103584.
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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2024). Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India. Ecological Economics. 218. 108104–108104. 4 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra. (2023). Value articulation in environmental appraisal: which values, whose values, and how valued?. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 63. 101294–101294. 6 indexed citations
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Ryan, Casey M., Anamika Das, Mahesh Poudyal, et al.. (2023). Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being. One Earth. 7(2). 311–324. 9 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2023). Values and knowledges in decision-making on environmentally disruptive infrastructure projects: insights from large dams and mines. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 64. 101346–101346. 12 indexed citations
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Hiremath, Ankila J., et al.. (2023). Silvicultural Practices in the Management of Diospyros melanoxylon (Tendu) Leaf Production: Options and Trade-offs. Economic Botany. 77(2). 135–152. 5 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2022). Beyond income: correlates of conspicuous and luxury consumption in India. Sustainability Science Practice and Policy. 18(1). 142–157. 6 indexed citations
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Jamwal, Priyanka, et al.. (2022). A multi-pronged approach to source attribution and apportionment of heavy metals in urban rivers. AMBIO. 51(10). 2182–2200. 2 indexed citations
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Pascual, Unai, William M. Adams, Sandra Dı́az, et al.. (2021). Biodiversity and the challenge of pluralism. Nature Sustainability. 4(7). 567–572. 223 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lélé, Sharachchandra. (2020). From wildlife-ism to ecosystem-service-ism to a broader environmentalism. Environmental Conservation. 48(1). 5–7. 9 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2019). Farms or Forests? Understanding and Mapping Shifting Cultivation Using the Case Study of West Garo Hills, India. Land. 8(9). 133–133. 17 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra. (2019). Rethinking Environmentalism : Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity. MIT Press eBooks. 14 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2018). Adapting to climate change in rapidly urbanizing river basins: insights from a multiple-concerns, multiple-stressors, and multi-level approach. Water International. 43(2). 281–304. 24 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra. (2017). Forest Governance From Co-option and Conflict to Multilayered Governance?. 3 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2015). Co-operative procurement and marketing of tendu leaves in Madhya Pradesh: Image and reality.. 7 indexed citations
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Jamwal, Priyanka, et al.. (2015). Contribution of Sewage Treatment to Pollution Abatement of Urban Streams. Current Science. 108(4). 677–685. 20 indexed citations
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Srinivasan, Veena, et al.. (2014). WATER MANAGEMENT IN THE NOYYAL RIVER BASIN A SITUATION ANALYSIS. 5 indexed citations
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Lélé, Sharachchandra, et al.. (2013). WATER MANAGEMENT IN ARKAVATHY BASIN A SITUATION ANALYSIS. 8 indexed citations
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Shah, Amita, et al.. (2006). Issues in restructuring. Economic and political weekly. 41. 2994–2996. 2 indexed citations

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