Thomas O. McShane

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Thomas O. McShane is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Thomas O. McShane has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 5 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Thomas O. McShane's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (10 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (4 papers). Thomas O. McShane is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (10 papers), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (5 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (4 papers). Thomas O. McShane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Tanzania and South Africa. Thomas O. McShane's co-authors include Michael P. Wells, Sheila O’Connor, Alexander N. Songorwa, Paul Hirsch, Ann P. Kinzig, Hoang Van Thang, Tran Chi Trung, Peter Coppolillo, Bruno Monteferri and J. Peter Brosius and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Biological Conservation and Landscape and Urban Planning.

In The Last Decade

Thomas O. McShane

17 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.

Hard choices: Making trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and human well-being

2010 634 citations Thomas O. McShane, Paul Hirsch et al. Biological Conservation profile →

Peers

Thomas O. McShane

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Alexander N. Songorwa Tanzania

Tom Clements United Kingdom

Barney Dickson United Kingdom

Fred Nelson United States

James Igoe United States

Neal Hockley United Kingdom

L. Emerton United Kingdom

Aaron Bruner United States

Guangming He United States

Alta De Vos South Africa

Alexander N. Songorwa Tanzania

Thomas O. McShane

822 ×0.8

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459 ×1.0

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256 ×0.7

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351 ×1.0

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219 ×0.9

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Citations per year, relative to Thomas O. McShane Thomas O. McShane (= 1×) peers Alexander N. Songorwa

Countries citing papers authored by Thomas O. McShane

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Thomas O. McShane

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Thomas O. McShane

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

All Works

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17 of 17 papers shown

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Zia, Asim, Paul Hirsch, Hoang Van Thang, et al.. (2015). Eliciting Inter-Temporal Value Trade-Offs: A Deliberative Multi-Criteria Analysis of Vietnam’s Bai Tu Long National Park Management Scenarios. 2(1). 2 indexed citations

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Kinzig, Ann P. & Thomas O. McShane. (2015). Conservation in Africa: exploring the impact of social, economic and political drivers on conservation outcomes. Environmental Research Letters. 10(9). 90201–90201. 11 indexed citations

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Zia, Asim, Paul Hirsch, Alexander N. Songorwa, et al.. (2011). Cross-Scale Value Trade-Offs in Managing Social-Ecological Systems: The Politics of Scale in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. Ecology and Society. 16(4). 49 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O., Paul Hirsch, Tran Chi Trung, et al.. (2010). Hard choices: Making trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and human well-being. Biological Conservation. 144(3). 966–972. 634 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wilkie, David, Kent H. Redford, & Thomas O. McShane. (2010). Taking of Rights for Natural Resource Conservation: A Discussion About Compensation. Journal of Sustainable Forestry. 29(2-4). 135–151. 10 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O., Alexander N. Songorwa, Ann P. Kinzig, et al.. (2008). HARD CHOICES: UNDERSTANDING THE TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND HUMAN WELL-BEING. 2 indexed citations

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Blockhus, Jill M., Phil Franks, Jeffrey A. McNeely, et al.. (2006). As áreas protegidas podem contribuir para a redução da pobreza ? Oportunidades e limitações. IUCN eBooks. 8 indexed citations

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Sayer, Jeffrey, Carole P. Elliott, Edmund Barrow, et al.. (2005). Implications for biodiversity conservation of decentralized forest resources management.. 121–137. 12 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O. & Michael P. Wells. (2004). Getting Biodiversity Projects to Work. Columbia University Press eBooks. 244 indexed citations

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Wells, Michael P. & Thomas O. McShane. (2004). Integrating Protected Area Management with Local Needs and Aspirations. AMBIO. 33(8). 513–519. 269 indexed citations

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Scherl, Lea M., Andrew Wilson, Jill M. Blockhus, et al.. (2004). Can protected areas contribute to poverty reduction? Opportunities and limitations.. 88 indexed citations

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Wells, Michael P. & Thomas O. McShane. (2004). Integrating Protected Area Management with Local Needs and Aspirations. AMBIO. 33(8). 513–513. 28 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O.. (2003). The Devil in the Detail of Biodiversity Conservation. Conservation Biology. 17(1). 1–3. 82 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O.. (1990). Conservation before the crisis – an opportunity in Gabon. Oryx. 24(1). 9–14. 9 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O.. (1990). Wildlands and human needs: Resource use in an African protected area. Landscape and Urban Planning. 19(2). 145–158. 12 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O.. (1987). Elephant‐fire relationships in Combretum/Terminalia woodland in south‐west Niger. African Journal of Ecology. 25(2). 79–94. 15 indexed citations

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McShane, Thomas O., et al.. (1984). Food of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) in central Niger. African Journal of Ecology. 22(1). 49–53. 15 indexed citations

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