William B. Stapp

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 734 citations indexed

About

William B. Stapp is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Education. According to data from OpenAlex, William B. Stapp has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 734 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 3 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and 3 papers in Education. Recurrent topics in William B. Stapp's work include Environmental Education and Sustainability (9 papers), Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (3 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (1 paper). William B. Stapp is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Education and Sustainability (9 papers), Diverse Educational Innovations Studies (3 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (1 paper). William B. Stapp collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and Switzerland. William B. Stapp's co-authors include A.E.J. Wals, Almut Beringer and Nicholas Polunin and has published in prestigious journals such as Environment and Behavior, Environmental Conservation and The Journal of Environmental Education.

In The Last Decade

William B. Stapp

34 papers receiving 579 citations

Hit Papers

The Concept of Environmental Education 1969 2026 1988 2007 1969 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The Concept of Environmental Education
    1969 368 citations William B. Stapp profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William B. Stapp United States 11 509 240 209 116 96 38 734
Gaye Tuncer Türkiye 14 535 1.1× 365 1.5× 184 0.9× 219 1.9× 71 0.7× 19 943
David Yencken Australia 9 226 0.4× 111 0.5× 151 0.7× 64 0.6× 22 0.2× 20 414
Estelle Gaillard Australia 6 259 0.5× 117 0.5× 163 0.8× 80 0.7× 80 0.8× 7 640
Geoffrey Habron United States 11 263 0.5× 399 1.7× 94 0.4× 23 0.2× 33 0.3× 20 688
Daphne Goldman Israel 16 877 1.7× 549 2.3× 363 1.7× 133 1.1× 101 1.1× 32 1.2k
Adam C. Landon United States 13 151 0.3× 83 0.3× 171 0.8× 90 0.8× 7 0.1× 19 494
Kathleen Klaniecki Germany 6 317 0.6× 56 0.2× 176 0.8× 201 1.7× 42 0.4× 7 892
Elisabeth Conrad Malta 11 222 0.4× 27 0.1× 195 0.9× 101 0.9× 35 0.4× 20 689
Daniel A. DeCaro United States 13 152 0.3× 48 0.2× 155 0.7× 35 0.3× 23 0.2× 23 691
Drew E. Bennett United States 12 94 0.2× 49 0.2× 73 0.3× 52 0.4× 38 0.4× 31 596

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Fields of papers citing papers by William B. Stapp

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William B. Stapp

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Stapp, William B.. (1996). Environmental Education for Empowerment: Action Research and Community Problem Solving.. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 42 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1996). Field Manual for Water Quality Monitoring: An Environmental Education Program for Schools. 48 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1995). The global rivers environmental education network.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 177–197. 1 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B. & A.E.J. Wals. (1994). An action research approach to environmental problem solving.. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 51–65. 10 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1991). Status and Analysis of UNESCO's Effort after the 1972 Stockholm Conference; The "Tenth" Most Significant Event.. 44. 29–32. 1 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1985). Some Overall Imperatives of the Environmental Education Movement. Environmental Conservation. 12(2). 103–104. 2 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1984). A Response to Tom Tanner's Critique. The Journal of Environmental Education. 16(1). 41–44. 2 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1982). Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: Environmental Education Teaching Activities..
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1981). National Strategy for Environmental Education: A Planning and Management Process.. 1(1). 39–48. 1 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1980). An Analysis of Pre-Service Environmental Education of Teachers in Europe and an Instructional Model for Furthering this Education. The Journal of Environmental Education. 12(2). 3–10. 8 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1979). International Environmental Education. The Journal of Environmental Education. 11(1). 33–37. 8 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1979). Environmental Education Activities Manual. Revised Edition.. 1 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1978). An Instructional Program Approach to Environmental Education (K-12).. 3 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1977). Impressions on the First Intergovernmental Meeting on Environmental Education. The Journal of Environmental Education. 9(2). 2–4. 1 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1975). Environmental Education: Dynamics of the Unesco-UNEP Programme.. 2 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1975). UNESCO'S Environmental Education Program. The Journal of Environmental Education. 6(4). 6–8. 3 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1971). An Environmental Education Program (K-12), Based on Environmental Encounters. Environment and Behavior. 3(3). 263–283. 4 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1970). The Concept of Environmental Education. The American Biology Teacher. 32(1). 14–15. 34 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B.. (1965). Integrating conservation and outdoor education into the curriculum (K-12). Medical Entomology and Zoology. 3 indexed citations
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Stapp, William B., et al.. (1964). Mounting Birds Chemically. The American Biology Teacher. 26(6). 432–434.

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