Tim Forsyth

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Tim Forsyth is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim Forsyth has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 30 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 19 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Tim Forsyth's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (14 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (13 papers). Tim Forsyth is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (15 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (14 papers) and Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies (13 papers). Tim Forsyth collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Netherlands. Tim Forsyth's co-authors include Andrew Walker, Craig Johnson, Silke Beck, Simon Batterbury, Rolf Lidskog, Mike Hulme, Eleftheria Vasileiadou, Jason Chilvers, Eva Lövbrand and Johan Hedrén and has published in prestigious journals such as World Development, Global Environmental Change and Annals of Tourism Research.

In The Last Decade

Tim Forsyth

77 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement

2019 330 citations Andrea J. Nightingale, Siri Eriksen et al. Climate and Development profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim Forsyth United Kingdom	30	1.6k	1.4k	583	465	383	80	3.4k
Andrea J. Nightingale Sweden	29	2.6k 1.6×	2.1k 1.5×	628 1.1×	595 1.3×	919 2.4×	63	5.3k
Frances Cleaver United Kingdom	26	1.7k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.3k 2.2×	458 1.0×	493 1.3×	68	4.4k
Stephen Dovers Australia	33	1.4k 0.9×	1.7k 1.2×	286 0.5×	955 2.1×	267 0.7×	122	4.2k
Dianne Rocheleau United States	26	817 0.5×	885 0.6×	415 0.7×	349 0.8×	768 2.0×	38	2.5k
Raymond L. Bryant United Kingdom	24	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	829 1.4×	535 1.2×	545 1.4×	49	3.3k
Michael Cox United States	32	920 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	484 0.8×	704 1.5×	365 1.0×	120	4.0k
Thomas J. Bassett United States	27	854 0.5×	684 0.5×	244 0.4×	602 1.3×	565 1.5×	76	2.7k
Melissa Marschke Canada	26	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.1×	261 0.4×	771 1.7×	327 0.9×	58	3.5k
Peter Vandergeest Canada	30	1.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	990 1.7×	340 0.7×	760 2.0×	64	3.3k
Julian Clark United Kingdom	28	568 0.4×	1.4k 1.0×	371 0.6×	277 0.6×	250 0.7×	87	3.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim Forsyth

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tim Forsyth

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tim Forsyth. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Tim Forsyth. The network helps show where Tim Forsyth may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim Forsyth

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

All Works

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Allan, Jen Iris, Anwesha Borthakur, D. A. Barry, et al.. (2025). Rethinking the science-policy interface for chemicals, waste, and pollution: Challenging core assumptions. Global Environmental Change. 92. 102995–102995. 1 indexed citations

Forsyth, Tim. (2023). Political ecology and ontology: is literal critical realism the answer? A response to Knudsen. Journal of Political Ecology. 30(1). 2 indexed citations

Bulkeley, Harriet, et al.. (2020). Moving Towards Transformative Change for Biodiversity: Harnessing the Potential of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. An EKLIPSE Expert Working Group report. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 2 indexed citations

Nightingale, Andrea J., Siri Eriksen, Marcus Taylor, et al.. (2019). Beyond Technical Fixes: climate solutions and the great derangement. Climate and Development. 12(4). 343–352. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

Forsyth, Tim. (2019). Who Shapes the Politics of Expertise? Co‐Production and Authoritative Knowledge in Thailand's Political Forests. Antipode. 52(4). 1039–1059. 28 indexed citations

Gebara, Maria Fernanda, Erin O. Sills, Peter H. May, & Tim Forsyth. (2019). Deconstructing the policyscape for reducing deforestation in the Eastern Amazon: Practical insights for a landscape approach. Environmental Policy and Governance. 29(3). 185–197. 17 indexed citations

Forsyth, Tim. (2017). Book Review: Brown, Katrina. 2016: Resilience, Development and Global Change. Progress in Development Studies. 17(1). 90–92. 1 indexed citations

Zeitoun, Mark, Bruce Lankford, Tobias Krueger, et al.. (2016). Reductionist and integrative research approaches to complex water security policy challenges. Global Environmental Change. 39. 143–154. 122 indexed citations

Forsyth, Tim & Silke Beck. (2015). Scientific accountability and democracy in global environmental policy. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 1 indexed citations

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Lövbrand, Eva, Silke Beck, Jason Chilvers, et al.. (2015). Who speaks for the future of Earth? How critical social science can extend the conversation on the Anthropocene. Global Environmental Change. 32. 211–218. 290 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim. (2015). Book review: Tanner, Thomas and Horn-Phathanothai, Leo. 2014: Climate Change and Development. Progress in Development Studies. 15(2). 197–198. 1 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim. (2014). Sustainable Land Use and Rural Development in Southeast Asia: Innovations and Policies for Mountainous Areas. Mountain Research and Development. 34(1). 76–76. 28 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim & Thomas Sikor. (2013). Forests, development and the globalisation of justice. Geographical Journal. 179(2). 114–121. 55 indexed citations

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Michaud, Jean & Tim Forsyth. (2011). Moving Mountains: Ethnicity and Livelihoods in Highland China, Vietnam, and Laos. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 17 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim. (2010). Environmental Skepticism: Ecology, Power and Public Life. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences. 7(2). 145–147. 18 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim. (2007). Promoting the “Development Dividend” of Climate Technology Transfer: Can Cross-sector Partnerships Help?. World Development. 35(10). 1684–1698. 60 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim. (2002). Environmental Social Movements in Thailand: A Critical Assessment. London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science). 15(1). 106–127. 2 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim. (2001). Environmental Social Movements in Thailand: How Important is Class?. Asian journal of social science. 29(1). 35–51. 13 indexed citations

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Forsyth, Tim. (1999). Environmental activism and the construction of risk: implications for NGO alliances. Journal of International Development. 11(5). 687–700. 7 indexed citations

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Batterbury, Simon, Tim Forsyth, & Ken Thomson. (1997). Environmental transformations in developing countries : Hybrid research and democratic policy. Lancaster EPrints (Lancaster University). 50 indexed citations

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