2026 Albert V. Norström: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	44	6607	6345	121	118	85	11726

Overview

Albert V. Norström is affiliated with the Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sweden. Their work primarily spans environmental science, with a strong focus on sustainability, ecosystem management, and climate governance.

Norström's main fields of study include:

Environmental Science

Within this broad discipline, they have specialized in several subfields:

Global and Planetary Change
Sociology and Political Science
Ecology
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Economics and Econometrics

Their research covers diverse topics such as:

Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Forest Management and Policy
Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
Complex Systems and Decision Making

Albert V. Norström has contributed extensively to scientific literature, with notable recent papers including:

Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research, 2020, Nature Sustainability
The Blue Acceleration: The Trajectory of Human Expansion into the Ocean, 2020, One Earth
Use your power for good: plural valuation of nature - the Oaxaca statement, 2020, Global Sustainability
Co-production of knowledge and sustainability transformations: a strategic compass for global research networks, 2021, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Advancing a toolkit of diverse futures approaches for global environmental assessments, 2021, Ecosystems and People

Their frequent co-authors include:

Cibele Queiroz
Garry Peterson
Elena M. Bennett
Reinette Biggs
Berta Martín-López

Norström frequently publishes in these venues:

Ecosystems and People
Nature Sustainability
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
Ecology and Society
SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

Principles for knowledge co-production in sustainability research

Albert V. Norström;Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic;Marie F. Löf;Simon West;Simon West;Simon West

1435
Citations
Social-ecological resilience and biosphere-based sustainability science

Carl Folke;Reinette Biggs;Albert V. Norström;Belinda Reyers

1261
Citations
Alternative states on coral reefs: beyond coral–macroalgal phase shifts

Albert V. Norström;Magnus Nyström;Jerker Lokrantz;Carl Folke

773
Citations
Bright spots : seeds of a good Anthropocene

Elena M. Bennett;Martin Solan;Reinette Biggs;Reinette Biggs;Timon McPhearson

638
Citations
The Blue Acceleration: The Trajectory of Human Expansion into the Ocean

Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Robert Blasiak;Albert V. Norström;Henrik Österblom

628
Citations
Advancing sustainability through mainstreaming a social–ecological systems perspective

Joern Fischer;Toby A Gardner;Elena M Bennett;Patricia Balvanera

561
Citations
Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene

Anna Woodhead;Christina Hicks;Albert V. Norström;Gareth J. Williams

476
Citations
Studying the complexity of change: toward an analytical framework for understanding deliberate social-ecological transformations

Michele Lee Moore;Ola Tjornbo;Elin Enfors;Corrie Knapp

460
Citations
Capturing the cornerstones of coral reef resilience: linking theory to practice

Magnus Nyström;Magnus Nyström;N. A. J. Graham;N. A. J. Graham;Jerker Lokrantz;Jerker Lokrantz;Albert V. Norström;Albert V. Norström

396
Citations
Anatomy and resilience of the global production ecosystem

M. Nyström;J.-B. Jouffray;J.-B. Jouffray;A. V. Norström;B. Crona;B. Crona

338
Citations
Managing resilience to reverse phase shifts in coral reefs

Nicholas A. J. Graham;David R. Bellwood;Joshua E. Cinner;Terry P. Hughes

324
Citations
Mapping bundles of ecosystem services reveals distinct types of multifunctionality within a Swedish landscape

Cibele Queiroz;Megan Meacham;Kristina Richter;Albert V. Norström

300
Citations
Confronting Feedbacks of Degraded Marine Ecosystems

Magnus Nyström;Albert V. Norström;Thorsten Blenckner;Maricela de la Torre-Castro;Maricela de la Torre-Castro

280
Citations
Coral reefs as novel ecosystems: embracing new futures

Nicholas A. J. Graham;Joshua E. Cinner;Albert V. Norstrom;Magnus Nystrom

247
Citations
Identifying multiple coral reef regimes and their drivers across the Hawaiian archipelago

Jean Baptiste Jouffray;Jean Baptiste Jouffray;Magnus Nyström;Albert V. Norström;Ivor D. Williams

183
Citations
Masked, diluted and drowned out: how global seafood trade weakens signals from marine ecosystems

Beatrice I Crona;Beatrice I Crona;Tim M Daw;Tim M Daw;Wilf Swartz;Albert V Norström

162
Citations
Program on ecosystem change and society : an international research strategy for integrated social-ecological systems

Stephen R Carpenter;Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Albert Norström;Olof Olsson

155
Citations
From resilience thinking to Resilience Planning : Lessons from practice

My M. Sellberg;P. Ryan;S. T. Borgstrom;Albert V. Norström

147
Citations
Guiding coral reef futures in the Anthropocene

Albert V. Norström;Magnus Nyström;Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Jean-Baptiste Jouffray;Carl Folke;Carl Folke

136
Citations
Maximising the benefits of participatory climate adaptation research by understanding and managing the associated challenges and risks

Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic;Mark Howden;R.M. Colvin;Albert Norström

135
Citations
Key features for more successful place-based sustainability research on social-ecological systems: a Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society (PECS) perspective

Patricia Balvanera;Tim M. Daw;Toby A. Gardner;Berta Martín-López

126
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Magnus Nyström Stockholm Resilience Centre

Garry D. Peterson Stockholm Resilience Centre

Carl Folke Stockholm University

Reinette Biggs Stellenbosch University

Nicholas A. J. Graham Lancaster University

Elena M. Bennett McGill University

John N. Kittinger Arizona State University

Gareth J. Williams Bangor University

Berta Martín-López Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Patricia Balvanera National Autonomous University of Mexico

External Links

Personal website of Albert V. Norström

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