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46
Citations
9042
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6023
National Ranking
468

Overview

Diogo Veríssimo is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their work spans several subfields, including Social Psychology, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Sociology and Political Science, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of subjects such as Animal and Plant Science Education, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Insect Utilization and Effects.

Veríssimo's recent scholarly contributions include several notable papers:

  • The manifold costs of being a non-native English speaker in science (2023, PLoS Biology)
  • Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics (2021, Conservation Biology)
  • Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science (2021, Nature Human Behaviour)
  • The role of species charisma in biological invasions (2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment)
  • Ethical considerations when conservation research involves people (2020, Conservation Biology)

The venues where Veríssimo frequently publishes include Conservation Science and Practice, Conservation Biology, People and Nature, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and Conservation Letters.

Among frequent collaborators of Diogo Veríssimo are:

  • E.J. Milner-Gulland (with 13 joint publications)
  • Ivan Jarić (12 joint publications)
  • Ricardo A. Correia (11 joint publications)
  • Uri Roll (11 joint publications)
  • Laura Thomas-Walters (11 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Conservation social science: understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation

    Nathan J. Bennett;Nathan J. Bennett;Nathan J. Bennett;Robin Roth;Sarah C. Klain;Kai Chan

  • Mainstreaming the social sciences in conservation.

    Nathan J. Bennett;Nathan J. Bennett;Nathan J. Bennett;Robin Roth;Sarah C. Klain;Kai M. A. Chan

  • Scientific evidence supports a ban on microbeads

    Chelsea M. Rochman;Chelsea M. Rochman;Sara M. Kross;Sara M. Kross;Jonathan B. Armstrong;Jonathan B. Armstrong;Michael T. Bogan;Michael T. Bogan

  • Toward a systematic approach for identifying conservation flagships

    Diogo Verissimo;Douglas C. MacMillan;Robert J. Smith

  • Illegal wildlife trade: Scale, processes, and governance

    Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes;Daniel W.S. Challender;Amy Hinsley;Diogo Veríssimo

  • Identifying Cinderella species: uncovering mammals with conservation flagship appeal

    Robert J. Smith;Diogo Veríssimo;Nicholas J.B. Isaac;Kate E. Jones

  • Let the locals lead

    Robert J. Smith;Diogo Veríssimo;Nigel Leader-Williams;Richard M. Cowling

  • Competitive outreach in the 21st century: Why we need conservation marketing

    Andrew J. Wright;Andrew J. Wright;Diogo Veríssimo;Kathleen Pilfold;E.C.M. Parsons

  • Characterizing efforts to reduce consumer demand for wildlife products

    Diogo Veríssimo;Anita K. Y. Wan

  • Birds as tourism flagship species: a case study of tropical islands

    Diogo Veríssimo;Iain M Fraser;Jim J. Groombridge;Rachel M. Bristol

  • Increased conservation marketing effort has major fundraising benefits for even the least popular species

    Diogo Veríssimo;Diogo Veríssimo;Greg Vaughan;Martin S. Ridout;Carly Waterman

  • Digital data sources and methods for conservation culturomics

    Ricardo A. Correia;Richard Ladle;Richard Ladle;Ivan Jarić;Ivan Jarić;Ana C. M. Malhado

  • Understanding Urban Demand for Wild Meat in Vietnam: Implications for Conservation Actions

    Rachel Shairp;Diogo Verissimo;Iain Fraser;Daniel Challender

  • Anthropomorphized species as tools for conservation: utility beyond prosocial, intelligent and suffering species

    M. Root-Bernstein;M. Root-Bernstein;L. Douglas;A. Smith;D. Veríssimo

  • Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science.

    Kristian Steensen Nielsen;Theresa M. Marteau;Jan M. Bauer;Richard B. Bradbury;Richard B. Bradbury

  • The role of species charisma in biological invasions

    Ivan Jarić;Franck Courchamp;Ricardo A Correia;Sarah L Crowley

  • Heterogeneity in consumer preferences for orchids in international trade and the potential for the use of market research methods to study demand for wildlife

    Amy Hinsley;Diogo Verissimo;Diogo Verissimo;David L. Roberts

  • Influencing human behaviour: an underutilised tool for biodiversity management

    Diogo Veríssimo

  • Ethical considerations when conservation research involves people.

    Stephanie Brittain;Stephanie Brittain;Harriet Ibbett;Harriet Ibbett;Emiel de Lange;Leejiah Dorward;Leejiah Dorward

  • Making more Effective Use of Human Behavioural Science in Conservation Interventions

    Andrew Balmford;Richard B. Bradbury;Richard B. Bradbury;Jan M. Bauer;Steven Broad

  • Emerging illegal wildlife trade issues: A global horizon scan

    Nafeesa Esmail;Bonnie C. Wintle;Michael t Sas-Rolfes;Andrea Athanas

  • Using a systematic approach to select flagship species for bird conservation.

    Diogo Veríssimo;Tatiana Pongiluppi;Maria Cintia M. Santos;Pedro F. Develey

  • Flagships or Battleships: Deconstructing the Relationship between Social Conflict and Conservation Flagship Species

    Leo R. Douglas;Diogo Veríssimo

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Smith
Robert J. Smith University of Kent
Douglas C. MacMillan
Douglas C. MacMillan University of Kent
E. J. Milner-Gulland
E. J. Milner-Gulland University of Oxford
Iain Fraser
Iain Fraser University of Kent
Nathan J. Bennett
Nathan J. Bennett University of British Columbia
Chelsea M. Rochman
Chelsea M. Rochman University of Toronto
Emily S. Darling
Emily S. Darling Wildlife Conservation Society
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Enrico Di Minin
Enrico Di Minin University of Helsinki
David L. Roberts
David L. Roberts University of Kent

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