Influential publications in ecological economics revisited

Robert Costanza, Steve Hatfield-Dodds, Richard B. Howarth, Ida Kubiszewski, Shuang Liu, Chunbo Ma, Gaël Plumecocq, David.I Stern

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# Influential Publications in Ecological Economics Revisited

**Robert Costanza** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Steve Hatfield-Dodds** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Richard Howarth** (Dartmouth College, USA); **Ida Kubiszewski** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Shuang Liu** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Chunbo Ma** (University of Western Australia, Australia); **Gaël Plumecocq** (INRA, France); **David I. Stern** (The Australian National University, Australia, david.stern@anu.edu.au)

## Introduction

<figure><img src="image_3.png" /></figure>

Available online at www.sciencedirect.com

SCIENCE @ DIRECT

Ecological Economics 50 (2004) 261–265

ECOLOGICAL
ECONOMICS

www.ecologicaleconomics.com

ANALYSIS

Influential publications in ecological economics: a citation analysis

Robert Costanza*, David Stern<sup>1,1</sup>, Brendan Fisher<sup>1,2</sup>, Liming He<sup>1,1</sup>, Chunbo Ma<sup>1,3</sup>

Follow up of Costanza et al., 2004:

## Results

* Broad range of influences on the field of ecological economics

* A field that was quite young

* Prediction: some articles published in the journal were receiving high numbers of citations per year

## Why focus on Ecological Economics?

* Comparability, feasibility, representativeness

The dynamic of citation reflects the evolution and the structuration of a field

<figure><img src="image_4.png" /></figure>

## Has the field matured, and how?

Ma and Stern, 2006:

* Citation analysis

* Ecological economics tends to cite (but not be cited by) general natural science journals

* Influential themes: green accounting, sustainability, and EKC

Castro e Silva and Texeira, 2011:

* Theme analysis

* Influential papers are applied papers

Hoepner et al., 2012:

* Citation analysis

* Influential articles, authors, journals and institutions

* But, problem of boundaries (Spash, 2013)

Plumecocq, 2014:

* Lexicometric analysis of the abstracts

* The themes of «ecosystem services» and «monetary valuation» are growing

<figure><img src="image_5.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_6.png" /></figure>

## Data, method... and results

Citation analysis: counting citations between 2004 and 2014

* ISI WoS (11,500 journals; but 8,000 in medicine and natural sciences and 3,500 in social sciences)

* Google Scholar (no control over what is in it)

Influential disciplines in Ecological Economics
2004-2014

<figure><img src="image_7.png" /></figure>

25% of the references most cited are books (16%, 57% before 2004), 27% of all influential references, and 100% of all publications in Ecological Economics.

On the remaining half:

Economics is the most influential discipline (20% vs. 16%), epidemiology (20% vs. 20%), Biology and other animal sciences (6% vs. 11%).

Distinction between:

<figure><img src="image_8.png" /></figure>

289 articles

390 references

<figure><img src="image_9.png" /></figure>

Inward influence

<figure><img src="image_10.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_11.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_12.png" /></figure>

Cluster method to characterize influential themes

* Weighting choices

* Clusterization of weighted titles according to the co-occurrence of words

<figure><img src="image_13.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_14.png" /></figure>

Δ - One of the titles "case" + "study" since 2000

<figure><img src="image_15.png" /></figure>

## Thank you

**Conclusion:** The theme of "ecosystem services" is dominant, but other influential themes are emerging (e.g. input-output analysis)

A field that is getting more applied (maybe look at the influence of reports)

Importance of economic references

Founding publications disappear while other keep being cited

Total publication in EE

<figure><img src="image_16.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_17.png" /></figure>
# Influential Publications in Ecological Economics Revisited

**Robert Costanza** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Steve Hatfield-Dodds** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Richard Howarth** (Dartmouth College, USA); **Ida Kubiszewski** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Shuang Liu** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Chunbo Ma** (University of Western Australia, Australia); **Gaël Plumecocq** (INRA, France); **David I. Stern** (The Australian National University, Australia, david.stern@anu.edu.au)

## Introduction

<figure><img src="image_18.png" /></figure>

Available online at www.sciencedirect.com

SCIENCE @ DIRECT

Ecological Economics 50 (2004) 261–265

ECOLOGICAL
ECONOMICS

www.ecologicaleconomics.com

ANALYSIS

Influential publications in ecological economics: a citation analysis

Robert Costanza*, David Stern<sup>1,1</sup>, Brendan Fisher<sup>1,2</sup>, Liming He<sup>1,1</sup>, Chunbo Ma<sup>1,3</sup>

Follow up of Costanza et al., 2004:

## Results

* Broad range of influences on the field of ecological economics

* A field that was quite young

* Prediction: some articles published in the journal were receiving high numbers of citations per year

## Why focus on Ecological Economics?

* Comparability, feasibility, representativeness

The dynamic of citation reflects the evolution and the structuration of a field

<figure><img src="image_19.png" /></figure>

## Has the field matured, and how?

Ma and Stern, 2006:

* Citation analysis

* Ecological economics tends to cite (but not be cited by) general natural science journals

* Influential themes: green accounting, sustainability, and EKC

Castro e Silva and Texeira, 2011:

* Theme analysis

* Influential papers are applied papers

Hoepner et al., 2012:

* Citation analysis

* Influential articles, authors, journals and institutions

* But, problem of boundaries (Spash, 2013)

Plumecocq, 2014:

* Lexicometric analysis of the abstracts

* The themes of «ecosystem services» and «monetary valuation» are growing

<figure><img src="image_20.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_21.png" /></figure>

## Data, method... and results

Citation analysis: counting citations between 2004 and 2014

* ISI WoS (11,500 journals; but 8,000 in medicine and natural sciences and 3,500 in social sciences)

* Google Scholar (no control over what is in it)

Influential disciplines in Ecological Economics
2004-2014

<figure><img src="image_22.png" /></figure>

25% of the references most cited are books (5% vs. 57% before 2004)
27% of the influential references, but published in Ecological Economics

On the remaining half:

Economics is the most influential
discipline (20% vs. 6%)
Influential disciplines (20% vs. 30%)
Biology and other animal
sciences (5% vs. 11%)

Distinction between:

Outward influence

289 articles

390 references

<figure><img src="image_23.png" /></figure>

Inward influence

<figure><img src="image_24.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_25.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_26.png" /></figure>

Cluster method to characterize influential themes

* Weighting choices

* Clusterization of weighted titles according to the co-occurrence of words

<figure><img src="image_27.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_28.png" /></figure>

Δ - One of the titles "case" + "study" since 2000

<figure><img src="image_29.png" /></figure>

## Thank you

**Conclusion:** The theme of "ecosystem services" is dominant, but other influential themes are emerging (e.g. input-output analysis)

A field that is getting more applied (maybe look at the influence of reports)

Importance of economic references

Founding publications disappear while other keep being cited

Total publication in EE

<figure><img src="image_30.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_31.png" /></figure>
# Has the field matured, and how?

## Ma and Stern, 2006:

* Citation analysis

* Ecological economics tends to cite (but not be cited by) general natural science journals

* Influential themes: green accounting, sustainability, and EKC

<figure><img src="image_32.png" /></figure>

ELSEVIER

Available online at www.sciencedirect.com

SCIENCE

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@DIRECT-

Ecological Economics 58 (2006) 491–506

ECOLOGICAL
ECONOMICS

www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolecon

ANALYSIS

Environmental and ecological economics: A citation analysis

Chunbo Ma¹, David I. Stern *

## Castro e Silva and Texeira, 2011:

* Theme analysis

* Influential papers are applied papers

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ELSEVIER

Surveys

A bibliometric account of the evolution of EE in the last two decades
Is ecological economics (becoming) a post-normal science?

Contents lists available at ScienceDirect

Ecological Economics

journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolecon

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ELSEVIER

Manuela Castro e Silva a,e, Aurora A.C. Teixeira a,b,c,d,*

Ecological Economics

journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolecon

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Analysis

Environmental and ecological economics in the 21st century: An age adjusted citation analysis of the influential articles, journals, authors and institutions

Andreas G. U. Boenner a, b, Benjamin Kant c, Bert Scholtens d,*, Pei-Shan Yu a

## Hoepner et al., 2012:

* Citation analysis

* Influential articles, authors, journals and institutions

* But, problem of boundaries (Spash, 2013)

<figure><img src="image_39.png" /></figure>

ELSEVIER

Methodological and Ideological Options

The second generation of ecological economics: How far has the apple fallen from the tree?

Gaël Plumecocq *

Contents lists available at ScienceDirect

Ecological Economics

journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolecon

<figure><img src="image_40.png" /></figure>

## Plumecocq, 2014:

* Lexicometric analysis of the abstracts

* The themes of « ecosystem services » and « monetary valuation » are growing
# Data, method... and results

## Citation analysis: counting citations between 2004 and 2014

* ISI WoS (11,500 journals; but 8,000 in medicine and natural sciences and 3,500 in social sciences)

* Google Scholar (no control over what is in it)

## Distinction between:

Outward influence → 289 articles

390 references ← Inward influence

<figure><img src="image_41.png" /></figure>

Sustainable development (valuation, concept, principles) remains an important topic

Ecosystem services is increasing both inward and outward

<figure><img src="image_42.png" /></figure>

Energy issues (input-output) and emissions are emerging

Method: produced in early period of EE (transdisciplinary), but used as reference in later period (stat)

In the latest period: core ref of EE (GR + Daly), and niche (Degrowth debate)

Influential disciplines in Ecological Economics 2004-2014

<figure><img src="image_43.png" /></figure>

25% of the references most cited are books (vs. 57% before 2004)

27% of influential references are published in Ecological Economics

On the remaining half:

* Economics is the most influential discipline (60% vs. 68%)

* Interdisciplinarity (21% vs. 20%)

* Biology and other social sciences: 6% (vs. 11 %)

<figure><img src="image_44.png" /></figure>

## Cluster method to characterize influential themes

* Weighting choices

* Clusterization of weighted titles according to the co-occurrence of words

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>1989-2003</th><th>2004-2014</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Sustainable development (13%)<br>Ecological economics (13%)<br>Resource economics (7%)</td><td>Ecosystem service (14.5%)<br>Payment service (9%)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Sustainable development (9%)<br>Ecological Economics (8%)<br>Resource economics (7%)</td><td>Ecosystem service (6%)<br>Ecological footprint (5.5%)<br>Environmental Kuznets curve (5%)</td></tr></tbody></table>

<figure><img src="image_45.png" /></figure>

5% of the titles: "case" + "study" since 2009

Thank you
Outward influence

<figure><img src="image_46.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_47.png" /></figure>

Pimentel et al. on
environmental and
economic costs of
specie invasion

Dinda on EKC

Influence is increasing with time

ISI WoS and GS citation seem to provide
convergent results

Fisher et al. and Boyd on
ecosystem services (+ Engel
on PES)
# Inward influence

References that are emerging

<figure><img src="image_48.png" /></figure>

Promising references

References with constant
progression

<figure><img src="image_49.png" /></figure>

Hard core references

References that disappeared

<figure><img src="image_50.png" /></figure>

Footboard references

<figure><img src="image_51.png" /></figure>

Persisting niches
Influential disciplines in Ecological Economics
2004-2014

<figure><img src="image_52.png" /></figure>

25% of the references most cited are
books (vs. 57% before 2004)

27% of influential references are
published in Ecological Economics

On the remaining half:

* Economics is the most influential discipline (60% vs. 68%)

* Interdisciplinarity (21% vs. 20%)

* Biology and other social sciences: 6% (vs. 11 %)

Inward influence

<figure><img src="image_53.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_54.png" /></figure>
# Data, method... and results

## Citation analysis: counting citations between 2004 and 2014

* ISI WoS (11,500 journals; but 8,000 in medicine and natural sciences and 3,500 in social sciences)

* Google Scholar (no control over what is in it)

## Distinction between:

Outward influence → 289 articles

390 references ← Inward influence

<figure><img src="image_55.png" /></figure>

Sustainable development (valuation, concept, principles) remains an important topic

Ecosystem services is increasing both inward and outward

<figure><img src="image_56.png" /></figure>

Energy issues (input-output) and emissions are emerging

Method: produced in early period of EE (transdisciplinary), but used as reference in later period (stat)

In the latest period: core ref of EE (GR + Daly), and niche (Degrowth debate)

Influential disciplines in Ecological Economics 2004-2014

<figure><img src="image_57.png" /></figure>

25% of the references most cited are books (vs. 57% before 2004)
27% of influential references are published in Ecological Economics

On the remaining half:

* Economics is the most influential discipline (60% vs. 68%)

* Interdisciplinarity (21% vs. 20%)

* Biology and other social sciences: 6% (vs. 11 %)

<figure><img src="image_58.png" /></figure>

## Cluster method to characterize influential themes

* Weighting choices

* Clusterization of weighted titles according to the co-occurrence of words

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>1989-2003</th><th>2004-2014</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Sustainable development (13%)<br>Ecological economics (13%)<br>Resource economics (7%)</td><td>Ecosystem service (14.5%)<br>Payment service (9%)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Sustainable development (9%)<br>Ecological Economics (8%)<br>Resource economics (7%)</td><td>Ecosystem service (6%)<br>Ecological footprint (5.5%)<br>Environmental Kuznets curve (5%)</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Outward</td><td>Inward</td></tr></tbody></table>

<figure><img src="image_59.png" /></figure>

5% of the titles: "case" + "study" since 2009

Thank you
co-occurrence of words

<figure><img src="image_60.png" /></figure>

1989-2003

Sustainable
development (13%)

Ecological economics
(13%)

Sustainable development
(9%)

Ecological Economics (8%)

Resource economics (7%)

<figure><img src="image_61.png" /></figure>

2004-2014

Ecosystem service
(14.5%)

Payment service (9%)

Ecosystem service (6%)

Ecological footprint
(5.5%)

Environmental Kuznets
curve (5%)

Outward

Inward

<figure><img src="image_62.png" /></figure>

5% of the titles: "case" + "study" since 2009
Sustainable development
(valuation, concept, principles)
remains an important topic

Ecosystem services is
increasing both inward and
outward

<figure><img src="image_63.png" /></figure>

Energy issues (input-
output) and emissions
are emerging

Method: produced in early
teriod of EE
(transdisciplinary), but
used as reference in later
period (stat)

In the latest period: core
ref of EE (GR + Daly), and
niche (Degrowth debate)

influential themes
# Influential Publications in Ecological Economics Revisited

**Robert Costanza** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Steve Hatfield-Dodds** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Richard Howarth** (Dartmouth College, USA); **Ida Kubiszewski** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Shuang Liu** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Chunbo Ma** (University of Western Australia, Australia); **Gaël Plumecocq** (INRA, France); **David I. Stern** (The Australian National University, Australia, david.stern@anu.edu.au)

## Introduction

<figure><img src="image_64.png" /></figure>

Available online at www.sciencedirect.com

SCIENCE @ DIRECT

Ecological Economics 50 (2004) 261–265

ECOLOGICAL
ECONOMICS

www.ecologicaleconomics.com

ANALYSIS

Influential publications in ecological economics: a citation analysis

Robert Costanza*, David Stern<sup>1,1</sup>, Brendan Fisher<sup>1,2</sup>, Liming He<sup>1,1</sup>, Chunbo Ma<sup>1,3</sup>

Follow up of Costanza et al., 2004:

## Results

* Broad range of influences on the field of ecological economics

* A field that was quite young

* Prediction: some articles published in the journal were receiving high numbers of citations per year

## Why focus on Ecological Economics?

* Comparability, feasibility, representativeness

The dynamic of citation reflects the evolution and the structuration of a field

<figure><img src="image_65.png" /></figure>

## Has the field matured, and how?

Ma and Stern, 2006:

* Citation analysis

* Ecological economics tends to cite (but not be cited by) general natural science journals

* Influential themes: green accounting, sustainability, and EKC

Castro e Silva and Texeira, 2011:

* Theme analysis

* Influential papers are applied papers

Hoeppner et al., 2012:

* Citation analysis

* Influential articles, authors, journals and institutions

* But, problem of boundaries (Spash, 2013)

Plumecocq, 2014:

* Lexicometric analysis of the abstracts

* The themes of «ecosystem services» and «monetary valuation» are growing

<figure><img src="image_66.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_67.png" /></figure>

## Data, method... and results

Citation analysis: counting citations between 2004 and 2014

* ISI WoS (11,500 journals; but 8,000 in medicine and natural sciences and 3,500 in social sciences)

* Google Scholar (no control over what is in it)

Influential disciplines in Ecological Economics
2004-2014

<figure><img src="image_68.png" /></figure>

On the remaining half:

Economics is the most influential
discipline (20% vs. 60%).
Influential disciplines (20% vs. 30%).
Biology and other animal
sciences (6% vs. 11%).

Distinction between:

Outward influence

289 articles

390 references

<figure><img src="image_69.png" /></figure>

Inward influence

<figure><img src="image_70.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_71.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_72.png" /></figure>

Cluster method to characterize influential themes

* Weighting choices

* Clusterization of weighted titles according to the co-occurrence of words

<figure><img src="image_73.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_74.png" /></figure>

## Thank you

**Conclusion:** The theme of "ecosystem services" is dominant, but other influential themes are emerging (e.g. input-output analysis)

A field that is getting more applied (maybe look at the influence of reports)

Importance of economic references

Founding publications disappear while other keep being cited

Total publication in EE

<figure><img src="image_75.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_76.png" /></figure>
Total publication in EE

<figure><img src="image_77.png" /></figure>
# Influential Publications in Ecological Economics Revisited

**Robert Costanza** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Steve Hatfield-Dodds** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Richard Howarth** (Dartmouth College, USA); **Ida Kubiszewski** (The Australian National University, Australia); **Shuang Liu** (Land and Water Flagship, CSIRO, Australia); **Chunbo Ma** (University of Western Australia, Australia); **Gaël Plumecocq** (INRA, France); **David I. Stern** (The Australian National University, Australia, david.stern@anu.edu.au)

## Introduction

<figure><img src="image_78.png" /></figure>

Available online at www.sciencedirect.com

SCIENCE @ DIRECT

Ecological Economics 50 (2004) 261–265

ECOLOGICAL
ECONOMICS

www.ecologicaleconomics.com

ANALYSIS

Influential publications in ecological economics: a citation analysis

Robert Costanza*, David Stern<sup>1,1</sup>, Brendan Fisher<sup>1,2</sup>, Liming He<sup>1,1</sup>, Chunbo Ma<sup>1,3</sup>

Follow up of Costanza et al., 2004:

## Results

* Broad range of influences on the field of ecological economics

* A field that was quite young

* Prediction: some articles published in the journal were receiving high numbers of citations per year

## Why focus on Ecological Economics?

* Comparability, feasibility, representativeness

The dynamic of citation reflects the evolution and the structuration of a field

<figure><img src="image_79.png" /></figure>

## Has the field matured, and how?

Ma and Stern, 2006:

* Citation analysis

* Ecological economics tends to cite (but not be cited by) general natural science journals

* Influential themes: green accounting, sustainability, and EKC

Castro e Silva and Texeira, 2011:

* Theme analysis

* Influential papers are applied papers

Hoepner et al., 2012:

* Citation analysis

* Influential articles, authors, journals and institutions

* But, problem of boundaries (Spash, 2013)

Plumecocq, 2014:

* Lexicometric analysis of the abstracts

* The themes of «ecosystem services» and «monetary valuation» are growing

<figure><img src="image_80.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_81.png" /></figure>

## Data, method... and results

Citation analysis: counting citations between 2004 and 2014

* ISI WoS (11,500 journals; but 8,000 in medicine and natural sciences and 3,500 in social sciences)

* Google Scholar (no control over what is in it)

Influential disciplines in Ecological Economics
2004-2014

<figure><img src="image_82.png" /></figure>

25% of the references most cited are books (5% vs. 57% before 2004)
27% of the influential references, but published in Ecological Economics

On the remaining half:

Economics is the most influential
discipline (20% vs. 6%)
Influential disciplines (20% vs. 20%)
Biology and other animal
sciences (5% vs. 11%)

Distinction between:

Outward influence

289 articles

390 references

<figure><img src="image_83.png" /></figure>

Inward influence

<figure><img src="image_84.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_85.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_86.png" /></figure>

Cluster method to characterize influential themes

* Weighting choices

* Clusterization of weighted titles according to the co-occurrence of words

<figure><img src="image_87.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_88.png" /></figure>

Δ Set of the titles «case» + «study» since 2000

<figure><img src="image_89.png" /></figure>

## Thank you

**Conclusion:** The theme of "ecosystem services" is dominant, but other influential themes are emerging (e.g. input-output analysis)

A field that is getting more applied (maybe look at the influence of reports)

Importance of economic references

Founding publications disappear while other keep being cited

Total publication in EE

<figure><img src="image_90.png" /></figure>

<figure><img src="image_91.png" /></figure>