Varsha Vijay

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 853 citations indexed

About

Varsha Vijay is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Varsha Vijay has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 853 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in Ecology and 2 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Varsha Vijay's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (3 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (3 papers). Varsha Vijay is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (5 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (3 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (3 papers). Varsha Vijay collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Varsha Vijay's co-authors include Clinton N. Jenkins, Stuart L. Pimm, Paul R. Armsworth, Matt Finer, Natalia Ocampo‐Peñuela, Binbin V. Li, Chantal D. Reid, James Knighton, Margaret A. Palmer and Florian Gollnow and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Varsha Vijay

13 papers receiving 813 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.

The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss

2016 485 citations Varsha Vijay, Stuart L. Pimm et al. PLoS ONE profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Varsha Vijay United States	9	481	373	110	88	80	15	853
Rhett Butler Australia	13	420 0.9×	465 1.2×	76 0.7×	66 0.8×	61 0.8×	22	866
John Garcia‐Ulloa Switzerland	12	571 1.2×	531 1.4×	160 1.5×	49 0.6×	70 0.9×	18	955
Jessie A. Wells Australia	17	425 0.9×	516 1.4×	203 1.8×	118 1.3×	72 0.9×	28	1.1k
Sugeng Budiharta Indonesia	17	619 1.3×	611 1.6×	110 1.0×	90 1.0×	57 0.7×	49	1.2k
Nicola K. Abram Malaysia	16	711 1.5×	598 1.6×	151 1.4×	97 1.1×	48 0.6×	28	1.2k
Truly Santika United Kingdom	18	684 1.4×	504 1.4×	137 1.2×	183 2.1×	54 0.7×	43	1.1k
Melinda M. J. de Jonge Netherlands	7	254 0.5×	161 0.4×	163 1.5×	137 1.6×	51 0.6×	10	696
Sara M. Kross United States	13	368 0.8×	122 0.3×	178 1.6×	102 1.2×	36 0.5×	36	980
Lisa Biber‐Freudenberger Germany	17	421 0.9×	349 0.9×	94 0.9×	109 1.2×	21 0.3×	47	1.1k
Lucy Rist Sweden	17	489 1.0×	736 2.0×	193 1.8×	52 0.6×	79 1.0×	21	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Varsha Vijay

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Varsha Vijay

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All Works

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15 of 15 papers shown

McKenzie, Emily, et al.. (2025). Science and technical priorities for private sector action to address biodiversity loss. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 380(1917). 20230208–20230208. 6 indexed citations

Jones, Kelly, Varsha Vijay, & Shannon N. Zenk. (2024). SchoolHEAT: Racial and Ethnic Inequity in School Temperature. Journal of Urban Health. 101(6). 1166–1177.

Kılkış, Şiir, Anders Bjørn, Xuemei Bai, et al.. (2024). City–company collaboration towards aligned science-based target setting. Nature Sustainability. 8(1). 54–65. 3 indexed citations

Armsworth, Paul R., et al.. (2024). Multi-hazard risk in socially vulnerable communities across the United States. Environmental Research Letters. 20(2). 24008–24008.

Vijay, Varsha, et al.. (2022). Accounting for spatial heterogeneity in the added conservation value of land protection when prioritizing protected areas. Conservation Biology. 36(5). e13960–e13960. 3 indexed citations

Vijay, Varsha, Jonathan R. B. Fisher, & Paul R. Armsworth. (2022). Co‐benefits for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services available from contrasting land protection policies in the contiguous United States. Conservation Letters. 15(5). 6 indexed citations

Vijay, Varsha, Christopher R. Field, Florian Gollnow, & Kelly Jones. (2021). Using internet search data to understand information seeking behavior for health and conservation topics during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biological Conservation. 257. 109078–109078. 12 indexed citations

Vijay, Varsha & Paul R. Armsworth. (2021). Pervasive cropland in protected areas highlight trade-offs between conservation and food security. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(4). 64 indexed citations

Knighton, James, Varsha Vijay, & Margaret A. Palmer. (2020). Alignment of tree phenology and climate seasonality influences the runoff response to forest cover loss. Environmental Research Letters. 15(10). 104051–104051. 17 indexed citations

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Vijay, Varsha, Chantal D. Reid, Matt Finer, Clinton N. Jenkins, & Stuart L. Pimm. (2018). Deforestation risks posed by oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon. Environmental Research Letters. 13(11). 114010–114010. 45 indexed citations

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Weise, Florian J., Varsha Vijay, Andrew P. Jacobson, et al.. (2017). The distribution and numbers of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in southern Africa. PeerJ. 5. e4096–e4096. 29 indexed citations

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Ocampo‐Peñuela, Natalia, Clinton N. Jenkins, Varsha Vijay, Binbin V. Li, & Stuart L. Pimm. (2016). Incorporating explicit geospatial data shows more species at risk of extinction than the current Red List. Science Advances. 2(11). e1601367–e1601367. 88 indexed citations

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Vijay, Varsha, et al.. (2016). The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation and Biodiversity Loss. PLoS ONE. 11(7). e0159668–e0159668. 485 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vijay, Varsha, et al.. (2015). Invasive alien flora of Jhabua district, Madhya Pradesh, India. International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation. 7(4). 227–237. 9 indexed citations

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Finer, Matt, et al.. (2009). Ecuador’s Yasuní Biosphere Reserve: a brief modern history and conservation challenges. Environmental Research Letters. 4(3). 34005–34005. 86 indexed citations

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