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Social Sciences and Humanities
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.

Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Environmental Sciences D-index 68 Citations 49,803 163 World Ranking 818 National Ranking 381
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 80 Citations 55,765 200 World Ranking 184 National Ranking 97

Research.com Recognitions

Awards & Achievements

2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United States Leader Award

1996 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

1985 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Statistics

His primary areas of investigation include Social psychology, Environmental resource management, Sustainability, Value and Ecosystem. The concepts of his Social psychology study are interwoven with issues in Social value orientations, Risk perception, Function and Environmentalism. His Environmental resource management research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Natural resource economics, Climate change and Knowledge transfer.

Thomas Dietz combines subjects such as Urbanization, Gross domestic product, Ecological footprint and Greenhouse gas with his study of Natural resource economics. The various areas that Thomas Dietz examines in his Sustainability study include Framing, Commons and Data science. His Ecosystem study combines topics in areas such as Well-being and Working group.

His most cited work include:

  • The Struggle to Govern the Commons (2751 citations)
  • A Value-Belief-Norm Theory of Support for Social Movements: The Case of Environmentalism (2071 citations)
  • Complexity of coupled human and natural systems (2011 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Thomas Dietz spends much of his time researching Environmental resource management, Climate change, Sustainability, Social psychology and Greenhouse gas. Thomas Dietz works mostly in the field of Environmental resource management, limiting it down to concerns involving Commons and, occasionally, Corporate governance. Thomas Dietz has included themes like Politics and Action in his Climate change study.

To a larger extent, Thomas Dietz studies Ecology with the aim of understanding Sustainability. His Social psychology research integrates issues from Environmentalism and Value. His Greenhouse gas research focuses on Natural resource economics and how it relates to Ecological footprint.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Environmental resource management (19.51%)
  • Climate change (14.15%)
  • Sustainability (12.20%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Climate change (14.15%)
  • Sustainable development (5.37%)
  • Sustainability (12.20%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Thomas Dietz mostly deals with Climate change, Sustainable development, Sustainability, 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak and Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. His studies in Climate change integrate themes in fields like Constructivism, Environmental sociology, Greenhouse gas and Politics. His research investigates the connection between Greenhouse gas and topics such as Unit that intersect with problems in Poverty.

His Sustainable development study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Developed country, Developing country, International trade and Engineering management. His work deals with themes such as Natural disaster, Disaster research, Action, Psychological resilience and Vulnerability, which intersect with Sustainability. Earth is intertwined with Value and Environmentalism in his research.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Explaining interest in adopting residential solar photovoltaic systems in the United States: Toward an integration of behavioral theories (79 citations)
  • Explaining interest in adopting residential solar photovoltaic systems in the United States: Toward an integration of behavioral theories (79 citations)
  • Assessing progress towards sustainable development over space and time (64 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Law
  • Social science
  • Statistics

Thomas Dietz mostly deals with Intervention, Renewable energy, Globe, Environmentalism and Redress. The Intervention study combines topics in areas such as Diffusion of innovations, Actuarial science, Survey data collection and Market penetration. Thomas Dietz interconnects Fossil fuel, Marketing and Photovoltaic system in the investigation of issues within Renewable energy.

His Globe research incorporates a variety of disciplines, including Water heating, Environmental economics, Context, Energy consumption and Commons. His Environmentalism study combines topics in areas such as Social psychology, Criminology and Environmental justice. His research integrates issues of Identity and Poverty in his study of Redress.

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Best Publications

The Struggle to Govern the Commons

Thomas Dietz;Elinor Ostrom;Paul C. Stern.
(2003)

5287 Citations

A Value-Belief-Norm Theory of Support for Social Movements: The Case of Environmentalism

Paul C. Stern;Thomas Dietz;Troy D. Abel;Gregory A. Guagnano.
(1999)

4214 Citations

Complexity of coupled human and natural systems

Jianguo Liu;Thomas Dietz;Stephen R. Carpenter;Marina Alberti.
(2007)

3625 Citations

Value Orientations, Gender, and Environmental Concern:

Paul C. Stern;Thomas Dietz;Linda Kalof.
(1993)

2929 Citations

The Value Basis of Environmental Concern

Paul C. Stern;Thomas Dietz.
(1994)

2791 Citations

Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Stephen R. Carpenter;Harold A. Mooney;John Agard;Doris Capistrano.
(2009)

2361 Citations

STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts

Richard York;Eugene A Rosa;Thomas Dietz.
(2003)

1997 Citations

Effects of population and affluence on CO2 emissions

Thomas Dietz;Eugene A. Rosa.
(1997)

1634 Citations

The Drama of the Commons

Elinor Ostrom;Thomas Dietz;Nives Dolšak;Paul C. Stern.
(2013)

1603 Citations

Influences on Attitude-Behavior Relationships A Natural Experiment with Curbside Recycling

Gregory A. Guagnano;Paul C. Stern;Thomas Dietz.
Environment and Behavior (1995)

1565 Citations

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