Terefe Tolessa

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
21 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Terefe Tolessa is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Soil Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Terefe Tolessa has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 6 papers in Soil Science. Recurrent topics in Terefe Tolessa's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (11 papers). Terefe Tolessa is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (13 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (11 papers). Terefe Tolessa collaborates with scholars based in Ethiopia, China and Germany. Terefe Tolessa's co-authors include Moges Kidane, Feyera Senbeta, Temesgen Gashaw, Abeyou W. Worqlul, Taffa Tulu, Mengistie Kindu, Mekuria Argaw, Belay Simane, Motuma Tolera and Habitamu Taddese and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Sustainability and Environmental Monitoring and Assessment.

In The Last Decade

Terefe Tolessa

19 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

The impact of land use/land cover change on ecosystem services in the central highlands of Ethiopia

2016 492 citations Terefe Tolessa, Feyera Senbeta et al. Ecosystem Services profile →
Estimating the impacts of land use/land cover changes on Ecosystem Service Values: The case of the Andassa watershed in the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia

2018 281 citations Temesgen Gashaw, Taffa Tulu et al. Ecosystem Services profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Terefe Tolessa Ethiopia	12	1.1k	415	256	236	205	21	1.3k
Moges Kidane Ethiopia	10	860 0.8×	351 0.8×	231 0.9×	211 0.9×	123 0.6×	13	1.1k
Guangbin Yang China	7	1.2k 1.1×	202 0.5×	374 1.5×	151 0.6×	197 1.0×	18	1.4k
Mengistie Kindu Germany	20	1.7k 1.5×	634 1.5×	408 1.6×	144 0.6×	277 1.4×	41	2.0k
Changhong Su China	9	820 0.8×	173 0.4×	226 0.9×	149 0.6×	117 0.6×	10	991
Shuai Ma China	22	1.1k 1.0×	156 0.4×	346 1.4×	150 0.6×	103 0.5×	42	1.3k
Stacie Wolny United States	12	950 0.9×	176 0.4×	232 0.9×	95 0.4×	236 1.2×	23	1.2k
Gary W. Johnson United States	9	1.2k 1.1×	194 0.5×	252 1.0×	56 0.2×	295 1.4×	13	1.3k
Ling Yi China	17	730 0.7×	139 0.3×	327 1.3×	259 1.1×	81 0.4×	30	1.2k
Taffa Tulu Ethiopia	8	732 0.7×	282 0.7×	179 0.7×	358 1.5×	74 0.4×	12	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Terefe Tolessa

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal trends of climate change and variability: impacts on coffee production in Abaya and Gelana Woredas, Southern Ethiopia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 197(8). 951–951.

Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2024). Impact of land use/land cover (LU/LC) changes on ecosystem service values in Muger Sub-basin, Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia. Environmental Challenges. 17. 101041–101041. 3 indexed citations

Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2024). Impact of Livelihood Diversification on Rural Households’ Food and Nutrition Security: Evidence from West Shoa Zone of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Current Developments in Nutrition. 9(1). 104521–104521. 3 indexed citations

Kidane, Moges, et al.. (2024). Impacts of land Use/land cover dynamics on ecosystem services in Jimma Rare District, Western Ethiopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 3 indexed citations

Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of Decentralization of Disaster Risk Management in Borana and South-West Shawa Zones, Oromia Region, Ethiopia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. 15(6). 892–905.

Leta, Megersa Kebede, et al.. (2023). Watershed Hydrological Responses to Land Cover Changes at Muger Watershed, Upper Blue Nile River Basin, Ethiopia. Water. 15(14). 2533–2533. 7 indexed citations

Taddese, Habitamu, et al.. (2022). Drivers and Implications of Land Cover Dynamics in Muger Sub-Basin, Abay Basin, Ethiopia. Sustainability. 14(18). 11241–11241. 8 indexed citations

Kidane, Moges, et al.. (2021). Data on the dynamics of landscape structure and fragmentation in Ambo district, central highlands of Ethiopia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 35. 106782–106782. 5 indexed citations

Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2021). Assessment of the linkages between ecosystem service provision and land use/land cover change in Fincha watershed, North-Western Ethiopia. Heliyon. 7(7). e07673–e07673. 34 indexed citations

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Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2020). The effect of land use/land cover change on ecosystem services values of Jibat forest landscape, Ethiopia. GeoJournal. 86(5). 2209–2225. 25 indexed citations

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Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2019). Human modified landscape structure and its implication on ecosystem services at Guder watershed in Ethiopia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 191(5). 295–295. 19 indexed citations

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Tolessa, Terefe. (2019). The Socioeconomic Benefits of Fragmented Forests to Local Communities: A Case Study in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Small-scale Forestry. 18(4). 373–391. 3 indexed citations

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Kidane, Moges, et al.. (2019). The impact of land use and land cover (LULC) dynamics on soil erosion and sediment yield in Ethiopia. Heliyon. 5(12). e02981–e02981. 158 indexed citations

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Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2019). Land use/land cover dynamics in response to various driving forces in Didessa sub-basin, Ethiopia. GeoJournal. 85(3). 747–760. 54 indexed citations

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Kidane, Moges, et al.. (2018). Evaluating the impacts of climate and land use/land cover (LU/LC) dynamics on the Hydrological Responses of the Upper Blue Nile in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Spatial Information Research. 27(2). 151–167. 33 indexed citations

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Gashaw, Temesgen, Taffa Tulu, Mekuria Argaw, et al.. (2018). Estimating the impacts of land use/land cover changes on Ecosystem Service Values: The case of the Andassa watershed in the Upper Blue Nile basin of Ethiopia. Ecosystem Services. 31. 219–228. 281 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2018). Changes in Ecosystem Service Values in Response to Changes in Landscape Composition in the Central Highlands of Ethiopia. Environmental Processes. 5(3). 483–501. 36 indexed citations

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Tolessa, Terefe, Feyera Senbeta, & Moges Kidane. (2016). The impact of land use/land cover change on ecosystem services in the central highlands of Ethiopia. Ecosystem Services. 23. 47–54. 492 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tolessa, Terefe, et al.. (2016). Land use/land cover analysis and ecosystem services valuation in the central highlands of Ethiopia. Forests Trees and Livelihoods. 26(2). 111–123. 88 indexed citations

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Tolessa, Terefe, Feyera Senbeta, & Moges Kidane. (2016). Landscape composition and configuration in the central highlands of Ethiopia. Ecology and Evolution. 6(20). 7409–7421. 59 indexed citations

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