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James E. Wilen 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 James E. Wilen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 167 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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James E. Wilen 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 James E. Wilen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 52 D-Index — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

James E. Wilen is affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields within environmental science and social sciences, with a focus on addressing complex sustainability and climate-related challenges.

The main fields of study for Wilen include Environmental Science and Social Sciences. Within these domains, their work further branches into subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and General Health Professions.

The core topics of Wilen's research cover:

  • Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture

Key publications from Wilen include:

  • "Urbanization, Migration, and Adaptation to Climate Change," 2020, published in One Earth
  • "Earth stewardship: Shaping a sustainable future through interacting policy and norm shifts," 2022, published in AMBIO
  • "Social dimensions of fertility behavior and consumption patterns in the Anthropocene," 2020, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Governance in the Face of Extreme Events: Lessons from Evolutionary Processes for Structuring Interventions, and the Need to Go Beyond," 2021, published in Ecosystems
  • "Fisheries subsidies reform in China," 2023, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Wilen frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including W. Neil Adger, Anne-Sophie Crépin, Carl Folke, John M. Anderies, and Nils Kautsky. Each of these collaborators has contributed to multiple publications alongside Wilen.

Their research has appeared in several publication venues, with multiple works published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Other frequent publication venues include One Earth, AMBIO, Ecosystems, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Best Publications

  • Social norms as solutions

    Karine Nyborg;John M. Anderies;Astrid Dannenberg;Therese Lindahl

  • Bioeconomics of Spatial Exploitation in a Patchy Environment

    James N Sanchirico;James E Wilen

  • A model of regulated open access resource use

    Frances R. Homans;James E. Wilen

  • Economic impacts of marine reserves: the importance of spatial behavior

    Martin D. Smith;James E. Wilen

  • A Bioeconomic Model of Marine Reserve Creation

    James N. Sanchirico;James E. Wilen

  • Principles for the conservation of wild living resources

    Marc Mangel;Lee M. Talbot;Gary K. Meffe;M. Tundi Agardy

  • The cost of lice: quantifying the impacts of parasitic sea lice on farmed salmon.

    Jay Abolofia;James E. Wilen;Frank Asche

  • Transnational corporations and the challenge of biosphere stewardship

    Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Henrik Österblom;Jean Baptiste Jouffray;Jean Baptiste Jouffray;Eric F. Lambin;Eric F. Lambin

  • Policy design for the Anthropocene

    Thomas Sterner;Edward B. Barbier;Ian Bateman;Inge van den Bijgaart

  • The Effects of Individual Vessel Quotas in the British Columbia Halibut Fishery

    Keith E. Casey;Christopher M. Dewees;Bruce R. Turris;James E. Wilen

  • Avoiding surprises: Incorporating fisherman behavior into management models

    James E. Wilen;Martin D. Smith;Dale Lockwood;Louis W. Botsford

  • Optimal spatial management of renewable resources: matching policy scope to ecosystem scale

    James N. Sanchirico;James E. Wilen

  • An Examination of Fishing Location Choice in the Pink Shrimp Fishery

    James Eales;James E. Wilen

  • The economics of spatial-dynamic processes: Applications to renewable resources

    Martin D. Smith;James N. Sanchirico;James E. Wilen

  • Renewable Resource Economists and Policy: What Differences Have We Made?

    James E. Wilen

  • Markets and rent dissipation in regulated open access fisheries

    Frances R. Homans;James E. Wilen

  • Water Markets and Water Quality

    Marca Weinberg;Marca Weinberg;Catherine L. Kling;James E. Wilen

  • Fisherman Behavior and the Design of Efficient Fisheries Regulation Programs

    James E. Wilen

  • Optimal spatial control of biological invasions

    Rebecca S. Epanchin-Niell;James E. Wilen

  • WHEN ARE NO‐TAKE ZONES AN ECONOMICALLY OPTIMAL FISHERY MANAGEMENT STRATEGY?

    James N. Sanchirico;Urmila Malvadkar;Alan Hastings;James E. Wilen

Frequent Co-Authors

James N. Sanchirico
James N. Sanchirico University of California, Davis
Martin D. Smith
Martin D. Smith Duke University
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
John M. Anderies
John M. Anderies Arizona State University
Eric F. Lambin
Eric F. Lambin Stanford University
Nils Kautsky
Nils Kautsky Stockholm University
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research
Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett Columbia University
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota

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