Tracy Dobson

920 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 671 citations indexed

About

Tracy Dobson is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Tracy Dobson has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 671 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 6 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 4 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Tracy Dobson's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (3 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (3 papers). Tracy Dobson is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (4 papers), Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity (3 papers) and Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies (3 papers). Tracy Dobson collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Australia. Tracy Dobson's co-authors include Nancy J. Turner, J. Peter Brosius, Bruce C. Forbes, Leah S. Horowitz, Michael B. Mascia, Margaret A. McKean, A. Russell, David Drake, Nicholas E. Mandrak and Herman E. Daly and has published in prestigious journals such as Conservation Biology, Biological Invasions and Journal of Great Lakes Research.

In The Last Decade

Tracy Dobson

17 papers receiving 613 citations

Hit Papers

Conservation and the Social Sciences 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Conservation and the Social Sciences
    2003 505 citations Michael B. Mascia, J. Peter Brosius et al. Conservation Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tracy Dobson United States 8 302 253 195 108 105 18 671
Bruno Monteferri Peru 5 462 1.5× 232 0.9× 185 0.9× 77 0.7× 61 0.6× 7 777
Jensen Montambault United States 12 340 1.1× 355 1.4× 172 0.9× 74 0.7× 137 1.3× 19 851
Daniel Decker United States 6 182 0.6× 275 1.1× 141 0.7× 171 1.6× 77 0.7× 11 604
Marcia Brown United States 6 376 1.2× 261 1.0× 149 0.8× 46 0.4× 140 1.3× 7 701
Keith Marshall United Kingdom 12 260 0.9× 268 1.1× 103 0.5× 48 0.4× 75 0.7× 19 616
Henry Travers United Kingdom 13 277 0.9× 314 1.2× 122 0.6× 75 0.7× 60 0.6× 17 680
Diane Russell United States 11 443 1.5× 262 1.0× 161 0.8× 51 0.5× 48 0.5× 16 821
Judith Schleicher United Kingdom 11 506 1.7× 310 1.2× 178 0.9× 56 0.5× 67 0.6× 15 906
Alexander L. Metcalf United States 16 413 1.4× 267 1.1× 126 0.6× 59 0.5× 50 0.5× 43 807
Brian Child United States 17 448 1.5× 403 1.6× 249 1.3× 65 0.6× 51 0.5× 46 914

Countries citing papers authored by Tracy Dobson

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tracy Dobson

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Tracy Dobson. 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 Tracy Dobson. The network helps show where Tracy Dobson may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tracy Dobson

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Kelly, Jennifer, et al.. (2018). Gendered Considerations for Safety in Conservation Fieldwork. Society & Natural Resources. 31(12). 1419–1426. 10 indexed citations
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Dobson, Tracy, et al.. (2015). Collaboration as process: a case study of Michigan's watershed permit. Water Policy. 18(1). 182–196. 7 indexed citations
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Kramer, Daniel, et al.. (2015). Informing Community Engagement in Sea Turtle Conservation by Examining Non-Conservation-Related Participation in Northeast Brazil. Human Dimensions of Wildlife. 21(1). 47–64. 3 indexed citations
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Goralnik, Lissy, Tracy Dobson, & Michael Nelson. (2014). Place-Based Care Ethics: A Field Philosophy Pedagogy.. Canadian journal of environmental education. 19. 180–196. 12 indexed citations
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Drake, David, et al.. (2014). Can we predict risky human behaviour involving invasive species? A case study of the release of fishes to the wild. Biological Invasions. 17(1). 309–326. 28 indexed citations
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Russell, A. & Tracy Dobson. (2011). Chiefs as Critical Partners for Decentralized Governance of Fisheries: An Analysis of Co-Management Case Studies in Malawi. Society & Natural Resources. 24(7). 734–750. 25 indexed citations
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Russell, A. & Tracy Dobson. (2010). When free-riders become the agents for change—migrant fishers, institutional resilience, and adaptive fisheries management in Malawi. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 37. 114–118. 9 indexed citations
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Daly, Herman E., Brian Czech, David L. Trauger, et al.. (2007). Are We Consuming Too Much—for What?. Conservation Biology. 21(5). 1359–1362. 31 indexed citations
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Dobson, Tracy, Shawn J. Riley, & Marc Gaden. (2005). Human Dimensions of Great Lakes Fishery Management: New Research Thrust of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. Society & Natural Resources. 18(5). 487–491. 4 indexed citations
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Dobson, Tracy, et al.. (2004). Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Court-Ordered Fisheries Management Policies. Fisheries. 29(5). 10–18. 1 indexed citations
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Mascia, Michael B., J. Peter Brosius, Tracy Dobson, et al.. (2003). Conservation and the Social Sciences. Conservation Biology. 17(3). 649–650. 505 indexed citations breakdown →
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Dobson, Tracy, et al.. (2003). It s Not Just About Litter: A New Index Measures Polish Youth Participation and Leadership Involvement in Environmental and Social Actions. Applied Environmental Education & Communication. 2(2). 81–90. 1 indexed citations
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Dobson, Tracy, et al.. (2003). As Nearshore Stocks Drop, Malawi Begins a Return to Local Fisheries Management. Journal of Great Lakes Research. 29. 232–242. 7 indexed citations
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Dobson, Tracy, et al.. (1992). Criminal liability for substance abuse during pregnancy: the controversy of maternal v. fetal rights.. PubMed. 36(3). 655–94. 3 indexed citations
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Dobson, Tracy, et al.. (1991). Parental involvement in adolescent abortion decisions: a legal and psychological critique.. PubMed. 10(1). 53–79. 4 indexed citations
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Dobson, Tracy. (1986). Medical Malpractice in the Birthplace: Resolving the Physician-Patient Conflict through Informed Consent, Standard of Care, and Assumption of Risk. Nebraska law review. 65(4). 2. 2 indexed citations

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