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Ryan Plummer

Ryan Plummer

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
12187
World Ranking
5681
National Ranking
242

Ryan Plummer publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ryan Plummer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 145 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Ryan Plummer D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ryan Plummer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ryan Plummer is affiliated with Brock University in Canada and has contributed to research primarily in Environmental Science and Social Sciences. Their scholarly focus encompasses several subfields, notably Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Social Psychology, and Education.

The research topics Ryan Plummer has extensively covered include Environmental Education and Sustainability, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Disaster Management and Resilience, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Urban Green Space and Health, Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management, and Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Frequent co-authors in Ryan Plummer's research collaborations include Julia Baird, Gillian Dale, Samantha Witkowski, Garrett Hutson, and Angela Mallette.

Ryan Plummer has published in a range of academic journals, with frequent venues including Environmental Management, Sustainability Science, Journal of Environmental Management, Journal of Outdoor Recreation Education and Leadership, and People and Nature.

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Ryan Plummer are as follows:

  • Transdisciplinary partnerships for sustainability: an evaluation guide, 2022, Sustainability Science
  • Understanding Preferences for Coastal Climate Change Adaptation: A Systematic Literature Review, 2021, Sustainability
  • Website communications for campus sustainability: an analysis of Canadian universities, 2020, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
  • The impacts of trust, cost and risk on collaboration in environmental governance, 2020, People and Nature
  • The Inner-Workings of Collaboration in Environmental Management and Governance: A Systematic Mapping Review, 2020, Environmental Management

Best Publications

  • Adaptive co-management for social–ecological complexity

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

  • Adaptive co-management and the paradox of learning

    Derek Armitage;Melissa Marschke;Ryan Plummer

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

    Ryan Plummer;Derek Armitage

  • Environmental governance and its implications for conservation practice

    Derek Armitage;Rob de Loë;Ryan Plummer

  • Co-management of natural resources: a proposed framework.

    Ryan Plummer;John Fitzgibbon

  • Managing protected areas for sustainable tourism: prospects for adaptive co-management

    Ryan Plummer;David A. Fennell

  • Adaptive Comanagement: a Systematic Review and Analysis

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

  • Beer tourism in Canada along the Waterloo-Wellington Ale Trail.

    Ryan Plummer;David Telfer;Atsuko Hashimoto;Robert Summers

  • Integrating Perspectives on Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

    Ryan Plummer;Ryan Plummer;Derek Armitage

  • Advancing the State of Policy Delphi Practice: A Systematic Review Evaluating Methodological Evolution, Innovation, and Opportunities

    Rob C. de Loë;Natalya Melnychuk;Dan Murray;Ryan Plummer

  • The Adaptive Co-Management Process: an Initial Synthesis of Representative Models and Influential Variables

    Ryan Plummer

  • Adaptive Comanagement and Its Relationship to Environmental Governance

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

  • Learning effects of interactive decision-making processes for climate change adaptation

    Julia Baird;Ryan Plummer;Ryan Plummer;Constanze Haug;Dave Huitema;Dave Huitema

  • Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance

    Derek Armitage;Ryan Plummer

  • Some observations on the terminology in co-operative environmental management.

    Ryan Plummer;John FitzGibbon

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

    Ryan Plummer;Derek R. Armitage

  • Understanding stewardship behaviour: factors facilitating and constraining private water well stewardship.

    Reid Kreutzwiser;Rob de Loë;Krystian Imgrund;Mary Jane Conboy

  • A Systematic Review of Water Vulnerability Assessment Tools

    Ryan Plummer;Ryan Plummer;Rob de Loe;Derek Armitage

  • The governance of adaptation: choices, reasons, and effects. Introduction to the Special Feature

    Dave Huitema;William Neil Adger;Frans Berkhout;Eric Massey

  • Science-policy processes for transboundary water governance.

    Derek Armitage;Rob C de Loe;Michelle Morris;Tom W D Edwards

  • Is adaptive co-management ethical?

    David Fennell;Ryan Plummer;Melissa Marschke

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek Armitage
Derek Armitage University of Waterloo
Dave Huitema
Dave Huitema Wageningen University & Research
David A. Fennell
David A. Fennell Brock University
Örjan Bodin
Örjan Bodin Stockholm University
Marianne E. Krasny
Marianne E. Krasny Cornell University
Pier Paolo Roggero
Pier Paolo Roggero University of Sassari
Beatrice Crona
Beatrice Crona Stockholm University
Neil J. Holbrook
Neil J. Holbrook University of Tasmania
Fikret Berkes
Fikret Berkes University of Manitoba
Cheryl L. Waldner
Cheryl L. Waldner University of Saskatchewan

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