Steven Vella

750 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 467 citations indexed

About

Steven Vella is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, Steven Vella has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 467 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 2 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 2 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in Steven Vella's work include Children's Rights and Participation (1 paper), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (1 paper) and Public Policy and Administration Research (1 paper). Steven Vella is often cited by papers focused on Children's Rights and Participation (1 paper), Environmental Philosophy and Ethics (1 paper) and Public Policy and Administration Research (1 paper). Steven Vella collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Spain and Netherlands. Steven Vella's co-authors include Mark S. Reed, Elizabeth Oughton, Joris de Vente, Edward Challies, Julian Sidoli del Ceno, Hedwig van Delden, Tobias Huber, Lynn J. Frewer, Mchich Derak and Jordi Cortina and has published in prestigious journals such as Restoration Ecology, Land and Educational Action Research.

In The Last Decade

Steven Vella

5 papers receiving 445 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A theory of participation: what makes stakeholder and public engagement in environmental management work?

2017 411 citations Mark S. Reed, Steven Vella et al. Restoration Ecology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Steven Vella United Kingdom	4	216	113	101	49	37	6	467
Julian Sidoli del Ceno United Kingdom	4	196 0.9×	113 1.0×	93 0.9×	42 0.9×	37 1.0×	10	433
Samantha Stone-Jovicich Australia	11	206 1.0×	149 1.3×	91 0.9×	68 1.4×	23 0.6×	32	524
Simon Meisch Germany	10	219 1.0×	205 1.8×	63 0.6×	47 1.0×	40 1.1×	26	543
Bronwyn Horsey Australia	7	287 1.3×	141 1.2×	65 0.6×	41 0.8×	19 0.5×	8	477
Joanneke Kruijsen United Kingdom	4	150 0.7×	72 0.6×	80 0.8×	44 0.9×	17 0.5×	5	355
Gigi Owen United States	11	234 1.1×	197 1.7×	87 0.9×	69 1.4×	44 1.2×	19	550
Michelle Lim Australia	12	268 1.2×	139 1.2×	158 1.6×	92 1.9×	64 1.7×	31	648
V.C. Tassone Netherlands	11	183 0.8×	110 1.0×	119 1.2×	19 0.4×	56 1.5×	31	545
Jessica Cockburn South Africa	13	226 1.0×	74 0.7×	71 0.7×	49 1.0×	16 0.4×	29	428
Suneetha M. Subramanian Japan	11	256 1.2×	106 0.9×	103 1.0×	66 1.3×	56 1.5×	28	529

Countries citing papers authored by Steven Vella

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Fields of papers citing papers by Steven Vella

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Steven Vella

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Rust, Niki, Steven Vella, Elizabeth Oughton, et al.. (2022). Perceived Causes and Solutions to Soil Degradation in the UK and Norway. Land. 11(1). 131–131. 12 indexed citations

2.

Vella, Steven, Claudia Carter, & Mark S. Reed. (2021). What can we learn from anthropological practice to conduct socially just participatory action research?. Educational Action Research. 29(4). 526–552. 6 indexed citations

3.

Swart, Jac. A. A., Peter Ho, Jordi Cortina, et al.. (2018). Involving society in restoration and conservation. Restoration Ecology. 26(S1). 37 indexed citations

4.

Vella, Steven, et al.. (2017). A systematic narrative review of literature on Catholic schools in Australia to better understand the role of School Leadership deploying and integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in this environment. Charles Sturt University Research Output (CRO). 3(1). 4. 1 indexed citations

5.

Reed, Mark S., Steven Vella, Edward Challies, et al.. (2017). A theory of participation: what makes stakeholder and public engagement in environmental management work?. Restoration Ecology. 26(S1). 411 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Vella, Steven. (2015). External influencers of school leaders in rural Australia deploying and integrating ICT. 104–106.

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