2026 Derek Armitage: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	56	1852	1669	102	95	136	17578

Overview

Derek Armitage is affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scholar's research covers a range of topics, with particular focus on Coastal and Marine Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Marine and fisheries research, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and International Maritime Law Issues.

Among recent publications, the following papers are noteworthy:

Governance principles for community-centered conservation in the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs, 2021, Nature
Sandy beach social-ecological systems at risk: regime shifts, collapses, and governance challenges, 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Environmental governance theories: a review and application to coastal systems, 2020, Ecology and Society
Community science: A typology and its implications for governance of social-ecological systems, 2020, Environmental Science & Policy

Derek Armitage frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

Ella-Kari Muhl (9 joint publications)
Jeremy Pittman (8 joint publications)
Jessica Blythe (5 joint publications)
Graham Epstein (5 joint publications)
Evan J. Andrews (4 joint publications)

Their work is often published in venues such as Frontiers in Marine Science, Ecology and Society, Sustainability Science, Environmental Science & Policy, and Fish and Fisheries.

Best Publications

Adaptive co-management for social–ecological complexity

Derek R Armitage;Ryan Plummer;Fikret Berkes;Robert I Arthur

1934
Citations
Adaptive co-management and the paradox of learning

Derek Armitage;Melissa Marschke;Ryan Plummer

1416
Citations
Adaptive Capacity and Community-Based Natural Resource Management

Derek Armitage

1053
Citations
Co-management and the co-production of knowledge: Learning to adapt in Canada's Arctic

Derek Armitage;Fikret Berkes;Aaron Dale;Erik Kocho-Schellenberg

1048
Citations
A resilience-based framework for evaluating adaptive co-management: Linking ecology, economics and society in a complex world

Ryan Plummer;Derek Armitage

802
Citations
Adaptive co-management: collaboration, learning and multi-level governance.

Derek R. Armitage;Fikret Berkes;Nancy Doubleday

738
Citations
Governance and the Commons in a Multi-Level World

Derek Armitage

665
Citations
The Dark Side of Transformation: Latent Risks in Contemporary Sustainability Discourse

Jessica Blythe;Jennifer Silver;Louisa Evans;Derek Armitage

596
Citations
Environmental governance and its implications for conservation practice

Derek Armitage;Rob de Loë;Ryan Plummer

462
Citations
The Interplay of Well-being and Resilience in Applying a Social-Ecological Perspective

Derek Armitage;Chris Béné;Anthony T. Charles;Derek Johnson

413
Citations
Institutional fit and the sustainability of social-ecological systems

Graham Epstein;Jeremy Pittman;Steven M Alexander;Samantha Berdej

390
Citations
Adaptive Comanagement: a Systematic Review and Analysis

Ryan Plummer;Beatrice Crona;Derek R. Armitage;Per Olsson

368
Citations
Place identity and climate change adaptation: a synthesis and framework for understanding

Jennifer A. Fresque-Baxter;Derek Armitage

295
Citations
Integrating Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

Ryan Plummer;Ryan Plummer;Derek Armitage

295
Citations
Adaptive Comanagement and Its Relationship to Environmental Governance

Ryan Plummer;Derek R. Armitage;Rob C. de Loë

248
Citations
Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

Derek Armitage;Ryan Plummer

213
Citations
Understanding social-ecological change and transformation through community perceptions of system identity

Mark Andrachuk;Derek Armitage

213
Citations
Socio-institutional dynamics and the political ecology of mangrove forest conservation in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Derek Armitage

188
Citations
Adaptive capacity: from assessment to action in coastal social-ecological systems

Charlotte K. Whitney;Nathan J. Bennett;Natalie C. Ban;Edward H. Allison

184
Citations
Biodiversity needs every tool in the box: use OECMs.

Georgina G. Gurney;Emily S. Darling;Gabby N. Ahmadia;Vera N. Agostini

182
Citations
Charting the New Territory of Adaptive Co-management: A Delphi Study

Ryan Plummer;Derek R. Armitage

167
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryan Plummer Brock University

Anthony Charles Saint Mary's University

Fikret Berkes University of Manitoba

Dave Huitema Wageningen University & Research

André E. Punt University of Washington

Nathan J. Bennett University of British Columbia

Edward H. Allison WorldFish

Roland I. Hall University of Waterloo

Brent B. Wolfe Wilfrid Laurier University

Thomas W. D. Edwards University of Waterloo

External Links

Personal website of Derek Armitage Google Scholar page

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