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Barbara A. Knuth publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara A. Knuth sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 140 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Barbara A. Knuth D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barbara A. Knuth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Barbara A. Knuth is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science, with a significant body of work concentrated in areas such as Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Fish Ecology and Management Studies, and Transboundary Water Resource Management. Other topics addressed include Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact, Health and Medical Research Impacts, Innovations in Medical Education, and Health Policy Implementation Science.

The scientist has published papers in several frequent venues, including:

  • Human Dimensions of Wildlife
  • Journal of Great Lakes Research
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Environmental Research

Barbara A. Knuth's recent publications highlight a range of environmental and social topics. Notable papers include:

  • "Shifting baselines and social license to operate: Challenges in communicating sea lamprey control" (2021, Journal of Great Lakes Research)
  • "Building a Networked Improvement Community: Lessons in Organizing to Promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics" (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • "Preferences for seafood consumption advice in pregnant American women" (2022, Environmental Research)
  • "Building human-dimensions/social science capacity to support wildlife agencies: lessons from New York's 50-year experience" (2024, Human Dimensions of Wildlife)
  • "Trends in human dimensions of wildlife at Cornell University: 50 years and counting" (2024, Human Dimensions of Wildlife)

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • T. Bruce Lauber
  • Nancy A. Connelly
  • Richard C. Stedman
  • Daniel J. Decker
  • William F. Siemer

The scientist's research spans several subfields within Environmental Science, such as Sociology and Political Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Best Publications

  • Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon

    Ronald A. Hites;Jeffery A. Foran;David O. Carpenter;M. Coreen Hamilton

  • Global assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in farmed and wild salmon.

    Ronald A Hites;Jeffery A Foran;Steven J Schwager;Barbara A Knuth

  • Economic impacts of zebra mussels on drinking water treatment and electric power generation facilities.

    Nancy A. Connelly;Charles R. O’Neill;Barbara A. Knuth;Tommy L. Brown

  • Risk-Based Consumption Advice for Farmed Atlantic and Wild Pacific Salmon Contaminated with Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds

    Jeffery A. Foran;David O. Carpenter;M. Coreen Hamilton;Barbara A. Knuth

  • From clients to stakeholders: A philosophical shift for fish and wildlife management

    Daniel J. Decker;Charles C. Krueger;Richard A. Baer;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Lipid composition and contaminants in farmed and wild salmon.

    M. Coreen Hamilton;Ronald A. Hites;Steven J. Schwager;Jeffery A. Foran

  • Social Networks and Community-Based Natural Resource Management

    T. Bruce Lauber;Daniel J. Decker;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Quantitative Analysis of the Benefits and Risks of Consuming Farmed and Wild Salmon

    Jeffery A. Foran;David H. Good;David O. Carpenter;M. Coreen Hamilton

  • Evaluating risk communication: examining target audience perceptions about four presentation formats for fish consumption health advisory information

    Nancy A. Connelly;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Education programs for reducing American black bear–human conflict: indicators of success?

    Meredith L. Gore;Barbara A. Knuth;Paul D. Curtis;James E. Shanahan

  • Participation Rhetoric or Community-Based Management Reality? Influences on Willingness to Participate in a Venezuelan Freshwater Fishery

    Brooke Ann Zanetell;Barbara A Knuth

  • Evaluating a conservation investment designed to reduce human-wildlife conflict

    Meredith L. Gore;Barbara A. Knuth;Clifford W. Scherer;Paul D. Curtis

  • PERCEPTIONS OF RISK FROM DEER-RELATED VEHICLE ACCIDENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC PREFERENCES FOR DEER HERD SIZE

    Rebecca J. Stout;Richard C. Stedman;Daniel J. Decker;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Stakeholder Perceptions of Risk Associated with Human–Black Bear Conflicts in New York's Adirondack Park Campgrounds: Implications for Theory and Practice

    Meredith L. Gore;Barbara A. Knuth;Paul D. Curtis;James E. Shanahan

  • Housing density as an indicator of spatial patterns of reported human-wildlife interactions in Northern New York

    Heidi E. Kretser;Patrick J. Sullivan;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Mass Media Effect on the Operating Environment of a Wildlife-Related Risk-Communication Campaign

    Meredith L. Gore;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Weighing Health Benefit and Health Risk Information when Consuming Sport‐Caught Fish

    Barbara A. Knuth;Nancy A. Connelly;Judy Sheeshka;Jacqueline Patterson

  • Success of citizen advisory committees in consensus‐based water resources planning in the great lakes basin

    Betsy K. Landre;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Linking knowledge to action in collaborative conservation.

    T. Bruce Lauber;Richard C. Stedman;Daniel J. Decker;Barbara A. Knuth

  • Factors Affecting Perceptions of Human–Wildlife Interactions in Residential Areas of Northern New York and Implications for Conservation

    Heidi E. Kretser;Paul D. Curtis;Joseph D. Francis;Rolf J. Pendall

  • Response to Comment on “Global Assessment of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Farmed and Wild Salmon”

    Ronald A. Hites;Jeffery A. Foran;Steven J. Schwager;Barbara A. Knuth

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Niederdeppe
Jeff Niederdeppe Cornell University
Daniel J. Decker
Daniel J. Decker Cornell University
Richard C. Stedman
Richard C. Stedman Cornell University
David O. Carpenter
David O. Carpenter University at Albany, State University of New York
Meredith L. Gore
Meredith L. Gore Michigan State University
Ronald A. Hites
Ronald A. Hites Indiana University
James Shanahan
James Shanahan Indiana University
Janis L. Dickinson
Janis L. Dickinson Cornell University
Carole A. Bisogni
Carole A. Bisogni Cornell University
Clifford E. Kraft
Clifford E. Kraft Cornell University

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