Stefanie Engel

7.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
80 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Stefanie Engel is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Safety Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Stefanie Engel has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 44 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 16 papers in Safety Research. Recurrent topics in Stefanie Engel's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (38 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (35 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (16 papers). Stefanie Engel is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (38 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (35 papers) and Forest Management and Policy (16 papers). Stefanie Engel collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Switzerland and Spain. Stefanie Engel's co-authors include Sven Wunder, Stefano Pagiola, Tobias Wünscher, Charles Palmer, Michael Kosfeld, Ana María Ibáñez, Unai Pascual, Bhagirath Behera, Adrian Müller and Roldán Muradian and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stefanie Engel

75 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Designing payments for environmental services in theory a... 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2008 2010 2018 500 1000 1.5k
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. Designing payments for environmental services in theory and practice: An overview of the issues
    2008 1.6k citations Stefanie Engel, Stefano Pagiola et al. Ecological Economics profile →
  2. Taking stock: A comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries
    2008 864 citations Sven Wunder, Stefanie Engel et al. Ecological Economics profile →
  3. Conditional Cooperation and Costly Monitoring Explain Success in Forest Commons Management
    2010 385 citations Stefanie Engel et al. profile →
  4. From principles to practice in paying for nature’s services
    2018 234 citations Sven Wunder, Roy Brouwer et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Stefanie Engel Germany 26 3.4k 2.4k 1.1k 650 483 80 5.0k
Stefano Pagiola United States 24 3.9k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 399 0.6× 158 0.3× 69 5.1k
Roldán Muradian Netherlands 28 2.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 1.2k 1.1× 625 1.0× 114 0.2× 61 5.0k
Krister Andersson United States 33 2.0k 0.6× 830 0.4× 404 0.4× 856 1.3× 253 0.5× 105 3.6k
Arild Vatn Norway 30 1.8k 0.5× 1.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.9× 452 0.7× 97 0.2× 99 3.6k
Kenneth E. McConnell United States 38 1.3k 0.4× 4.7k 2.0× 932 0.9× 659 1.0× 258 0.5× 97 6.0k
Ashwini Chhatre United States 28 3.1k 0.9× 875 0.4× 583 0.5× 646 1.0× 102 0.2× 68 4.5k
Daniel W. Bromley United States 39 2.3k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.5× 1.3k 2.1× 282 0.6× 167 6.9k
James Acheson United States 26 1.9k 0.6× 503 0.2× 907 0.8× 998 1.5× 342 0.7× 91 4.1k
Kathy Baylis United States 34 1.2k 0.4× 1.4k 0.6× 346 0.3× 267 0.4× 128 0.3× 125 4.1k
Xavier Basurto United States 39 3.1k 0.9× 658 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 1.1k 1.8× 140 0.3× 99 5.8k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Engel, Stefanie, et al.. (2024). Threshold ambiguity and sustainable resource management: A lab experiment. Ecological Economics. 226. 108353–108353.
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Engel, Stefanie, et al.. (2023). False and missed alarms in seasonal forecasts affect individual adaptation choices. PUBLISSO (German National Library of Medicine). 4(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ferré, Marie, Stefanie Engel, & Elisabeth Gsottbauer. (2023). External validity of economic experiments on Agri‐environmental scheme design. Journal of Agricultural Economics. 74(3). 661–685. 1 indexed citations
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Laat, Joost de, et al.. (2022). Do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Forest Access and Social Preferences in the Long Run? Experimental Evidence from Uganda. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. 10(2). 389–412. 4 indexed citations
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Lliso, Bosco, et al.. (2021). Motivational crowding effects in payments for ecosystem services: Exploring the role of instrumental and relational values. People and Nature. 4(2). 312–329. 25 indexed citations
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Koessler, Ann‐Kathrin, et al.. (2021). Inducing perspective-taking for prosocial behaviour in natural resource management. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 110. 102513–102513. 14 indexed citations
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Koessler, Ann‐Kathrin, et al.. (2021). Structuring Communication Effectively—The Causal Effects of Communication Elements on Cooperation in Social Dilemmas. Environmental and Resource Economics. 79(4). 683–712. 10 indexed citations
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Wunder, Sven, Roy Brouwer, Stefanie Engel, et al.. (2020). Reply to: In defence of simplified PES designs. Nature Sustainability. 3(6). 428–429. 7 indexed citations
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Lliso, Bosco, Unai Pascual, Stefanie Engel, & Petr Mariel. (2019). Payments for ecosystem services or collective stewardship of Mother Earth? Applying deliberative valuation in an indigenous community in Colombia. Ecological Economics. 169. 106499–106499. 38 indexed citations
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Wunder, Sven, Roy Brouwer, Stefanie Engel, et al.. (2018). From principles to practice in paying for nature’s services. Nature Sustainability. 1(3). 145–150. 234 indexed citations breakdown →
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Engel, Stefanie, et al.. (2010). Ensuring REDD plays its part in any post-2012 agreement: which issues remain to be resolved?. Carbon Management. 1(2). 261–269. 2 indexed citations
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Engel, Stefanie, et al.. (2008). Globale Finanzinstrumente für Ökosystemdienstleistungen. 2008. 60–62. 1 indexed citations
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Wunder, Sven, Stefanie Engel, & Stefano Pagiola. (2008). Taking stock: A comparative analysis of payments for environmental services programs in developed and developing countries. Ecological Economics. 65(4). 834–852. 864 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wunder, Sven, Stefanie Engel, & Stefano Pagiola. (2008). Payments for environmental services in developing and developed countries. Ecological Economics. 65(4). 25 indexed citations
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Wünscher, Tobias, Stefanie Engel, & Sven Wunder. (2006). Payments for environmental services in Costa Rica: increasing efficiency through spatial differentiation. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 45(4). 28 indexed citations
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Engel, Stefanie & Ana María Ibáñez. (2006). Displacement Due to Violence in Colombia: A Household‐Level Analysis. Economic Development and Cultural Change. 55(2). 335–365. 156 indexed citations
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Engel, Stefanie. (1999). Overcompliance, Labeling, and Lobbying: The Case of Credence Goods. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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