2026 Stephanie Pincetl: 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	46	3581	3298	1720	1557	162	10269
Environmental Sciences	46	5985	5741	2168	2007	165	10357

Overview

Stephanie Pincetl is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Engineering, Plant Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their work spans several topics, including:

Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Urban Green Space and Health
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Energy and Environment Impacts
Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies

Recent publications document a focus on urban ecological systems and environmental health:

"The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health," 2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
"Conceptualizing social-ecological drivers of change in urban forest patches," 2020, Urban Ecosystems
"An expanded framework for wildland-urban interfaces and their management," 2022, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
"On energy sufficiency and the need for new policies to combat growing inequities in the residential energy sector," 2020, Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
"Net Zero Urban Water from Concept to Applications: Integrating Natural, Built, and Social Systems for Responsive and Adaptive Solutions," 2020, ACS ES&T Water

Publication venues where Stephanie Pincetl has frequently contributed include:

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
ACS ES&T Water
Energy Policy
Urban Ecosystems
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Frequent co-authors in Stephanie Pincetl's research are:

Eric Daniel Fournier
Gregory Pierce
Courtney Crosson
Dominic L. Boccelli
Robert Cudd

Best Publications

The study of urban metabolism and its applications to urban planning and design.

C. Kennedy;S. Pincetl;P. Bunje

1098
Citations
Coupling biogeochemical cycles in urban environments: ecosystem services, green solutions, and misconceptions

Diane E. Pataki;Margaret M. Carreiro;Jennifer Cherrier;Nancy E. Grulke

1044
Citations
Linking ecology and economics for ecosystem management

Stephen Farber;Robert Costanza;Daniel L. Childers;Jon Erickson

696
Citations
Trees Grow on Money: Urban Tree Canopy Cover and Environmental Justice

Kirsten Schwarz;Michail Fragkias;Christopher Boone;Weiqi Zhou

548
Citations
Energy and material flows of megacities

Christopher A. Kennedy;Iain Stewart;Angelo Facchini;Igor Cersosimo

462
Citations
An expanded urban metabolism method: Toward a systems approach for assessing urban energy processes and causes

Stephanie Pincetl;Paul Bunje;Tisha Holmes

412
Citations
Transpiration of urban forests in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

Diane E. Pataki;Heather R. McCarthy;Elizaveta Litvak;Stephanie Pincetl

302
Citations
Urban tree planting programs, function or fashion? Los Angeles and urban tree planting campaigns

Stephanie Pincetl;Thomas Gillespie;Diane E. Pataki;Sassan Saatchi

231
Citations
The Benefits and Limits of Urban Tree Planting for Environmental and Human Health

Diane E. Pataki;Marina Alberti;Mary L. Cadenasso;Alexander J. Felson

230
Citations
Climate change: Track urban emissions on a human scale

Kevin Robert Gurney;Paty Romero-Lankao;Karen C. Seto;Lucy R. Hutyra

194
Citations
The Reinvention of Public Green Space

Stephanie Pincetl;Elizabeth Gearin

191
Citations
Transforming California: A Political History of Land Use and Development

Stephanie Sabine Pincetl

183
Citations
Implementing Municipal Tree Planting: Los Angeles Million-Tree Initiative

Stephanie Pincetl;Stephanie Pincetl

181
Citations
Rescaling regions in the state: The New Regionalism in California

Andrew E.G. Jonas;Stephanie Pincetl

157
Citations
Estimation of residential outdoor water use in Los Angeles, California

C. Mini;T.S. Hogue;T.S. Hogue;S. Pincetl

153
Citations
From the sanitary city to the sustainable city: challenges to institutionalising biogenic (nature's services) infrastructure

Stephanie Pincetl

150
Citations
Nonprofits and Park Provision in Los Angeles: An Exploration of the Rise of Governance Approaches to the Provision of Local Services*

Stephanie Pincetl

143
Citations
Household accessibility to heat refuges: Residential air conditioning, public cooled space, and walkability:

Andrew M Fraser;Mikhail V Chester;David Eisenman;David M Hondula

139
Citations
Infrastructure and automobile shifts: positioning transit to reduce life-cycle environmental impacts for urban sustainability goals

Mikhail Chester;Stephanie Pincetl;Zoe Elizabeth;William Eisenstein

139
Citations
Nature, urban development and sustainability – What new elements are needed for a more comprehensive understanding?

Stephanie Pincetl

136
Citations
Understanding preferences for tree attributes: the relative effects of socio-economic and local environmental factors

Meghan L. Avolio;Diane E. Pataki;Stephanie Pincetl;Thomas W. Gillespie

133
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Terri S. Hogue Colorado School of Mines

Diane E. Pataki Arizona State University

Mikhail Chester Arizona State University

Thomas W. Gillespie University of California, Los Angeles

G. Darrel Jenerette University of California, Riverside

Christopher Kennedy University of Victoria

Meghan L. Avolio Johns Hopkins University

Heather R. McCarthy University of Oklahoma

Lucy R. Hutyra Boston University

Mary L. Cadenasso University of California, Davis

External Links

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