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D-Index
46
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9155
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6016
National Ranking
212

Stephen Dovers 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 Stephen Dovers sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 196 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stephen Dovers 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 Stephen Dovers sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 39th percentile

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

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

Overview

Stephen Dovers is affiliated with the Australian National University in Australia. Their research encompasses a range of topics in the social sciences and environmental science, with a particular focus on sustainability, climate change governance, and disaster management and resilience.

The main fields of their work include:

  • Social Sciences
  • Environmental Science

The subfields of study they contribute to comprise:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Key topics that feature prominently in their research include:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Stephen Dovers has published in a variety of academic journals. Notable publication venues are:

  • Conservation Letters
  • Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Urban Policy and Research
  • Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen Dovers include:

  • "Consequences of information suppression in ecological and conservation sciences," 2020, Conservation Letters
  • "More bang for your buck: Managing the military training and environmental values of military training areas," 2020, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
  • "Public pathways to influencing pro-nature decision-making in government: A case study in southeastern Australia," 2025, Conservation Science and Practice
  • "Inequality in Australia: The Persistence of Policy Hopes and Failures," 2022, Urban Policy and Research
  • "April 2022," 2022, Australian Journal of Emergency Management

Stephen Dovers has collaborated with a number of frequent co-authors across their publications, including:

  • Don A. Driscoll
  • Georgia E. Garrard
  • Alexander M. Kusmanoff
  • Martine Maron
  • Noel Preece

Best Publications

  • Uncertainty, sustainability and change☆

    Stephen R. Dovers;John W. Handmer

  • Sustainability indicators, policy and governance: Issues for ecological economics

    Adnan A. Hezri;Adnan A. Hezri;Stephen R. Dovers

  • A Typology of Resilience: Rethinking Institutions for Sustainable Development:

    John W. Handmer;Stephen R. Dovers

  • Institutions and policy processes: the means to the ends of adaptation

    Stephen R. Dovers;Adnan A. Hezri

  • The nature and role of experiential knowledge for environmental conservation

    Ioan Raymond Albert Fazey;John A. Fazey;Janet G. Salisbury;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Adaptive capacity and learning to learn as leverage for social–ecological resilience

    Ioan Fazey;John A. Fazey;Joern Fischer;Kate Sherren

  • Societal Vulnerability to Climate Change and Variability

    J.W. Handmer;S. Dovers;T.E. Downing

  • Human behavior and sustainability

    Joern Fischer;Robert Dyball;Ioan Fazey;Catherine Gross

  • Institutional change for sustainable development

    Robin Connor;Stephen Dovers

  • Contradictions in Sustainability

    Stephen R. Dovers;John W. Handmer

  • Sustainability: Demands on Policy

    Stephen R. Dovers

  • The handbook of disaster and emergency policies and institutions

    John W. Handmer;Stephen Dovers

  • Environment and Sustainability Policy: Creation, Implementation, Evaluation

    Stephen Dovers

  • Realizing resilience for decision-making

    R. Quentin Grafton;Luc Doyen;Christophe Béné;Edoardo Borgomeo

  • A framework for scaling and framing policy problems in sustainability

    Stephen R. Dovers

  • Integrating resilience thinking and optimisation for conservation

    Joern Fischer;Garry D. Peterson;Garry D. Peterson;Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Line J. Gordon

  • Making the Harder Yards: Environmental Policy Integration in Australia

    Andrew Ross;Stephen Dovers

  • NRM Regions in Australia: the 'Haves' and the 'Have Nots'

    Lisa Robins;Stephen Dovers

  • Institutions for sustainability

    Stephen Dovers

  • Processes and institutions for resource and environmental management: why and how to learn?

    Stephen Dovers

  • Managing Australia's environment

    Stephen Dovers;Su Wild River

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Geoffrey J. Cary
Geoffrey J. Cary Australian National University
Holger R. Maier
Holger R. Maier University of Adelaide
Joern Fischer
Joern Fischer Leuphana University of Lüneburg
R. Quentin Grafton
R. Quentin Grafton Australian National University
J. Dale Roberts
J. Dale Roberts University of Western Australia
Ioan Fazey
Ioan Fazey University of York
Gabriele Bammer
Gabriele Bammer Australian National University
Jack E. Dixon
Jack E. Dixon University of California, San Diego
Claudia Ringler
Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute

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