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Dan Brockington 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 Dan Brockington sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 193 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Dan Brockington 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 Dan Brockington sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Dan Brockington is affiliated with the University of Sheffield in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields including global and planetary change, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, and ecology.

Their work addresses main topics such as conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, economic and environmental valuation, forest management and policy, land use and ecosystem services, international development and aid, wildlife ecology and conservation, and agriculture, land use, and rural development.

Among their recent publications are:

  • "Global forest restoration and the importance of prioritizing local communities," 2020, published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "The strain on scientific publishing," 2024, published in Quantitative Science Studies
  • "Transformation beyond conservation: how critical social science can contribute to a radical new agenda in biodiversity conservation," 2021, published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • "Limits. Why Malthus was Wrong and Why Environmentalists Should Care," 2020, published in Conservation and Society
  • "Mischaracterizing wildlife trade and its impacts may mislead policy processes," 2021, published in Conservation Letters

They have collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors including Rose Pritchard, Johan A. Oldekop, James T. Erbaugh, Nabin Pradhan, and James L. Adams.

Dan Brockington's publications appear in a variety of venues, with notable quantities in Harvard Dataverse, Journal of Political Ecology, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Conservation and Society, and Conservation Letters.

The scholar has also contributed in the form of book publications, including the title Contested Sustainability, published by Boydell and Brewer eBooks in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Parks and Peoples: The Social Impact of Protected Areas

    Paige West;James Igoe;Dan Brockington

  • Biodiversity Conservation and the Eradication of Poverty

    William. M. Adams;Ros Aveling;Dan Brockington;Barney Dickson

  • Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania

    Dan Brockington

  • Nature Unbound: Conservation, Capitalism and the Future of Protected Areas

    Dan Brockington;Rosaleen Duffy;James Igoe

  • Neoliberal Conservation: A Brief Introduction

    Jim Igoe;Dan Brockington

  • Eviction for Conservation: A Global Overview

    Daniel Brockington;James Igoe

  • Towards a Synthesized Critique of Neoliberal Biodiversity Conservation

    Bram Büscher;Sian Sullivan;Katja Neves;Jim Igoe

  • From hope to crisis and back again? A critical history of the global CBNRM narrative

    Wolfram Dressler;Bram Büscher;Bram Büscher;Michael Schoon;Dan Brockington

  • Changing the intellectual climate

    Noel Castree;Noel Castree;William M. Adams;John Barry;Daniel Brockington

  • Capitalism and conservation

    Daniel Brockington;Rosaleen Duffy

  • Conservation, human rights, and poverty reduction.

    Dan Brockington;Jim Igoe;Kai Schmidt-Soltau

  • Managing Tragedies: Understanding Conflict over Common Pool Resources

    William M. Adams;Dan Brockington;Jane Dyson;Bhaskar Vira

  • Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve,

    Dan D. Brockington

  • A Spectacular Eco‐Tour around the Historic Bloc: Theorising the Convergence of Biodiversity Conservation and Capitalist Expansion

    Jim Igoe;Katja Neves;Dan Brockington

  • An Anthropological Perspective on Some Unexpected Consequences of Protected Areas

    Paige West;Dan Brockington

  • Community Conservation, Inequality and Injustice. Myths of Power in Protected Area Management

    Dan Brockington

  • Capitalism and Conservation: The Production and Reproduction of Biodiversity Conservation

    Dan Brockington;Rosaleen Duffy

  • Beyond exclusion: alternative approaches to biodiversity conservation in the developing tropics

    Sharachchandra Lele;Peter Wilshusen;Dan Brockington;Reinmar Seidler

  • Celebrity and the Environment: Fame, Wealth and Power in Conservation

    Dan Brockington

  • Half-Earth or Whole Earth? Radical ideas for conservation, and their implications

    Bram Büscher;Robert Fletcher;Dan Brockington;Chris Sandbrook

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosaleen Duffy
Rosaleen Duffy University of Sheffield
Bram Büscher
Bram Büscher Wageningen University & Research
William M. Adams
William M. Adams University of Cambridge
Ignacio Palomo
Ignacio Palomo Grenoble Alpes University
Kartik Shanker
Kartik Shanker Indian Institute of Science
Esteve Corbera
Esteve Corbera Autonomous University of Barcelona
Stefano Ponte
Stefano Ponte Copenhagen Business School
Arun Agrawal
Arun Agrawal University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Hulme
David Hulme University of Manchester
Lisa M. Campbell
Lisa M. Campbell Duke University

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