Simon Willcock

6.6k total citations
56 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Simon Willcock is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Willcock has authored 56 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Simon Willcock's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (24 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (19 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (9 papers). Simon Willcock is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (24 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (19 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (9 papers). Simon Willcock collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Spain. Simon Willcock's co-authors include Elena Pérez-Miñana, Marcela Quintero, Wendy Francesconi, Raghavan Srinivasan, Neil D. Burgess, Ruth D. Swetnam, Simon L. Lewis, Andrew Balmford, James M. Bullock and Ioannis N. Athanasiadis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Simon Willcock

50 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Simon Willcock United Kingdom 23 1.2k 557 298 246 240 56 2.0k
Mauricio Aguayo Chile 23 970 0.8× 497 0.9× 258 0.9× 263 1.1× 147 0.6× 57 1.8k
Xutong Wu China 20 1.2k 1.0× 457 0.8× 267 0.9× 153 0.6× 251 1.0× 55 1.8k
Leah L. Bremer United States 26 1.5k 1.2× 514 0.9× 266 0.9× 452 1.8× 308 1.3× 56 2.3k
Emma H. van der Zanden Netherlands 19 1.3k 1.1× 448 0.8× 177 0.6× 217 0.9× 355 1.5× 23 2.0k
Jiangxiao Qiu United States 30 1.6k 1.3× 510 0.9× 333 1.1× 318 1.3× 237 1.0× 73 2.5k
Georg Leitinger Austria 26 1.2k 1.0× 431 0.8× 183 0.6× 354 1.4× 312 1.3× 65 1.9k
Manuel E. Mendoza Mexico 21 1.1k 0.9× 798 1.4× 238 0.8× 242 1.0× 310 1.3× 102 2.2k
Ana Paula Aguiar Brazil 26 1.4k 1.1× 589 1.1× 182 0.6× 240 1.0× 252 1.1× 59 2.1k
Neville Ash United Kingdom 10 1.2k 0.9× 653 1.2× 146 0.5× 401 1.6× 437 1.8× 10 2.3k
David M. Lapola Brazil 25 1.3k 1.0× 501 0.9× 185 0.6× 278 1.1× 212 0.9× 52 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Simon Willcock

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Fields of papers citing papers by Simon Willcock

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Simon Willcock

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Simon Willcock. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Simon Willcock 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 Simon Willcock. Simon Willcock 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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Casas, Ana, Amy R. Lewis, Simon Willcock, et al.. (2025). Assessing the role of servicing in enhancing sanitation-related quality of life among container-based sanitation users. Nature Water. 3(10). 1163–1173.
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Carswell, Alison, Simon Willcock, M. S. A. Blackwell, et al.. (2025). Agricultural practices can threaten soil resilience through changing feedback loops. PubMed. 3(1). 56–56.
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Bagstad, Kenneth J., Stefano Balbi, Ioannis N. Athanasiadis, et al.. (2025). Interoperability for ecosystem service assessments: Why, how, who, and for whom?. Ecosystem Services. 72. 101705–101705. 2 indexed citations
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Dearing, John A., et al.. (2025). Reconciling global tipping point theories: Insight from magnetic experiments. One Earth. 8(7). 101358–101358.
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Li, Ruidong, Simon Willcock, Robert R. Dunn, et al.. (2025). Straw mulching optimized the root and canopy structure of soybean by reducing the topsoil temperature before blooming period. Field Crops Research. 333. 110067–110067. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yini, Yanzhong Yao, Simon Willcock, et al.. (2025). Nature–based nutrient management through returning agricultural organic waste enhances soil aggregate organic carbon stability. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 381. 109467–109467. 3 indexed citations
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Willcock, Simon, et al.. (2024). Communications enhance sustainable intentions despite other ongoing crises. Sustainability Science. 19(6). 1997–2012.
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Lewis, Amy R., Andrew Reid Bell, Ana Casas, et al.. (2024). Comparative sanitation data from high-frequency phone surveys across 3 countries. Data in Brief. 55. 110635–110635. 2 indexed citations
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Mustaphi, Colin J. Courtney, Philip J. Platts, Simon Willcock, et al.. (2024). Tree demographics and soil charcoal evidence of fire disturbances in an inaccessible forest atop the Mount Lico inselberg, Mozambique. Plants People Planet. 7(1). 229–244. 1 indexed citations
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Willcock, Simon, et al.. (2024). No evidence of increased forest loss from a mining rush in Madagascar’s eastern rainforests. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 2 indexed citations
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Willcock, Simon, Danny A. P. Hooftman, Rachel Neugarten, et al.. (2023). Model ensembles of ecosystem services fill global certainty and capacity gaps. Science Advances. 9(14). eadf5492–eadf5492. 22 indexed citations
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Cole, Beth, Andrew V. Bradley, Simon Willcock, et al.. (2023). Using a multi‐lens framework for landscape decisions. People and Nature. 5(4). 1050–1071. 7 indexed citations
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Willcock, Simon, Gregory S. Cooper, John Addy, & John A. Dearing. (2023). Earlier collapse of Anthropocene ecosystems driven by multiple faster and noisier drivers. Nature Sustainability. 6(11). 1331–1342. 42 indexed citations
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Tenbrink, Thora & Simon Willcock. (2023). Place attachment and perception of climate change as a threat in rural and urban areas. PLoS ONE. 18(9). e0290354–e0290354. 8 indexed citations
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Willcock, Simon, Danny A. P. Hooftman, Ryan Blanchard, et al.. (2020). Ensembles of ecosystem service models can improve accuracy and indicate uncertainty. The Science of The Total Environment. 747. 141006–141006. 26 indexed citations
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Parker, Alison, Dolores Rey, Tim Brewer, et al.. (2020). Evaluating the circular economy for sanitation: Findings from a multi-case approach. The Science of The Total Environment. 744. 140871–140871. 31 indexed citations
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Cooper, Gregory S., Simon Willcock, & John A. Dearing. (2020). Regime shifts occur disproportionately faster in larger ecosystems. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1175–1175. 61 indexed citations
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Martínez‐López, Javier, Kenneth J. Bagstad, Stefano Balbi, et al.. (2018). Towards globally customizable ecosystem service models. The Science of The Total Environment. 650(Pt 2). 2325–2336. 110 indexed citations
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Pfeifer, Marion, Neil D. Burgess, Ruth D. Swetnam, et al.. (2012). Protected Areas: Mixed Success in Conserving East Africa’s Evergreen Forests. PLoS ONE. 7(6). e39337–e39337. 96 indexed citations
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Swetnam, Ruth D., Brendan Fisher, Boniface Mbilinyi, et al.. (2010). Mapping socio-economic scenarios of land cover change: A GIS method to enable ecosystem service modelling. Journal of Environmental Management. 92(3). 563–574. 210 indexed citations

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