Stephen Posner

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
32 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Stephen Posner is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Stephen Posner has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 17 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Stephen Posner's work include Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (9 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers). Stephen Posner is often cited by papers focused on Land Use and Ecosystem Services (11 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (9 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (8 papers). Stephen Posner collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Stephen Posner's co-authors include Taylor H. Ricketts, Emily McKenzie, Robert Costanza, Christopher Cvitanovic, Maureen Hart, John Talberth, Insu Koh, Amy Rosenthal, Patrícia Tillmann and Kirsten Howard and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Stephen Posner

31 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

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						Papers	Cites
Stephen Posner United States	18	839	465	460	222	202	32	1.6k
Eneko Garmendia Spain	15	923 1.1×	377 0.8×	367 0.8×	163 0.7×	233 1.2×	25	1.3k
Carsten Neßhöver Germany	11	949 1.1×	331 0.7×	311 0.7×	252 1.1×	159 0.8×	19	1.4k
Heli Saarikoski Finland	21	749 0.9×	342 0.7×	234 0.5×	191 0.9×	128 0.6×	49	1.3k
Stefan Baumgärtner Germany	20	621 0.7×	520 1.1×	588 1.3×	186 0.8×	167 0.8×	89	1.7k
Beatriz Rodríguez‐Labajos Spain	21	623 0.7×	303 0.7×	226 0.5×	286 1.3×	158 0.8×	52	1.5k
Bettina Matzdorf Germany	27	1.6k 2.0×	615 1.3×	820 1.8×	182 0.8×	232 1.1×	68	2.5k
Catherine M. Tucker United States	24	1.0k 1.2×	240 0.5×	275 0.6×	328 1.5×	285 1.4×	51	2.1k
David Ν. Βengston United States	20	1.0k 1.2×	395 0.8×	449 1.0×	379 1.7×	164 0.8×	80	1.9k
Małgorzata Grodzińska‐Jurczak Poland	27	882 1.1×	527 1.1×	334 0.7×	291 1.3×	284 1.4×	82	1.9k
Nikoleta Jones Greece	28	580 0.7×	604 1.3×	528 1.1×	585 2.6×	166 0.8×	69	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Stephen Posner

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Fields of papers citing papers by Stephen Posner

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Stephen Posner

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Stephen Posner. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Stephen Posner 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 Stephen Posner. Stephen Posner is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Posner, Stephen, et al.. (2025). Frogs, coalitions, and mining: Transformative insights for planetary health and earth system law from Ecuador's struggle to enforce Nature's rights. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24. 100253–100253.

Karcher, Denis B., et al.. (2024). Key attributes for effective knowledge brokering at the interface of environmental science and management. Sustainability Science. 20(1). 117–133. 3 indexed citations

Cvitanovic, Christopher, Denis B. Karcher, James Breen, et al.. (2024). Knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of knowledge and research needs. Environmental Science & Policy. 163. 103973–103973. 7 indexed citations

Russell, Marc, Charles Rhodes, Kenneth J. Bagstad, et al.. (2020). Testing ecosystem accounting in the United States: A case study for the Southeast. Ecosystem Services. 43. 101099–101099. 45 indexed citations

Posner, Stephen, et al.. (2020). Growing Specialty Coffee: Economic security and environmental sustainability in global coffee systems. ScholarWorks -A service of University of Vermont Libraries (University of Vermont). 1 indexed citations

Ruhl, J. B., Stephen Posner, & Taylor H. Ricketts. (2019). Engaging policy in science writing: Patterns and strategies. PLoS ONE. 14(8). e0220497–e0220497. 4 indexed citations

Wallen, Kenneth, Karen Filbee‐Dexter, Jeremy Pittman, et al.. (2019). Integrating team science into interdisciplinary graduate education: an exploration of the SESYNC Graduate Pursuit. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. 9(2). 218–233. 10 indexed citations

Posner, Stephen, Eli P. Fenichel, Douglas J. McCauley, et al.. (2019). Boundary spanning among research and policy communities to address the emerging industrial revolution in the ocean. Environmental Science & Policy. 104. 73–81. 17 indexed citations

Romulo, Chelsie, Stephen Posner, Jennifer H. Fair, et al.. (2018). Global state and potential scope of investments in watershed services for large cities. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4375–4375. 30 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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Posner, Stephen & Christopher Cvitanovic. (2018). Evaluating the impacts of boundary-spanning activities at the interface of environmental science and policy: A review of progress and future research needs. Environmental Science & Policy. 92. 141–151. 96 indexed citations

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Huber‐Stearns, Heidi, et al.. (2017). Social-ecological enabling conditions for payments for ecosystem services. Ecology and Society. 22(1). 43 indexed citations

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Posner, Stephen, Emily McKenzie, & Taylor H. Ricketts. (2016). Policy impacts of ecosystem services knowledge. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(7). 1760–1765. 189 indexed citations

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Ricketts, Taylor H., Keri B. Watson, Insu Koh, et al.. (2016). Disaggregating the evidence linking biodiversity and ecosystem services. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13106–13106. 101 indexed citations

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Posner, Stephen. (2015). The impact of ecosystem services knowledge on decisions. ScholarWorks -A service of University of Vermont Libraries (University of Vermont). 1 indexed citations

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Farley, Joshua, et al.. (2013). Monetary and Fiscal Policies for a Finite Planet. Sustainability. 5(6). 2802–2826. 46 indexed citations

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McGuire, Sean T., et al.. (2012). Measuring Prosperity: Maryland's Genuine Progress Indicator. Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University). 15 indexed citations

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Costanza, Robert, Maureen Hart, Stephen Posner, & John Talberth. (2009). Beyond GDP: The Need for New Measures of Progress. PDXScholar (Portland State University). 215 indexed citations

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Posner, Stephen. (1980). The use of self-confrontive video and audio tape feedback for supervisors. University Microfilms International eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Posner, Stephen, et al.. (1967). Italian Public Enterprise. 25 indexed citations

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