OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Human Dimensions of Wildlife is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Measuring the economic value of deer hunting: comparing estimates from survey and harvest check-in data	28
What drives and inhibits wildlife consumption among adults in Southern China?	15
The leashing behavior of dog owners in different types of natural areas	14
Illegal harvest, use, and trade in Temminck’s pangolins by communities adjacent to Ruaha National Park, Tanzania	12
Practical application of a minimal important percent difference formulation of Cohen’s d	10
Stakeholder engagement for Colorado wolf reintroduction: stakeholder-derived metrics of success	9
Modeling cognitive antecedents of tolerance for black bears: The roles of direct experience, knowledge, and risk perceptions	9
Declining hunter and trapper mail survey response rates between 1976 and 2020 in illinois	8
The social landscape of wolves in Canada - preliminary findings	8
Comparing U.S. public attitudes regarding hunting and trophy hunting and exploring perceptions of trophy hunting using social license to operate	7
Perceptions of moose health and support for hunting as a management strategy against parasitism	7
Positive perceptions about the aardvark ( Orycteropus afer ) are inadequate to protect the species in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	7
Varied motivations for snake removals in a Desert City	7
The North American model of wildlife conservation is an inappropriate basis for formulating conservation policy	6
Using increasing hypothetical chronic wasting disease prevalence rates to explore hunter behavioral intention and hypothetical bias in surveys	6
Social preferences for vertebrates, invertebrates and plants: a multistakeholder approach for conservation management	6
A bird in the hand: connecting children and wildlife through hands-on experiences with birds	6
The effect of engagement in private lands research on landowner conservation knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and behavioral intentions	6
Feelings, conflicts, and use: wildlife-human interactions in El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Mexico	6
The pesky problem of defining a ‘pest’: testing the pest management attitudes scale in the United Kingdom	6
Mixed-mode surveys reveal shared regulatory preferences in an overfished recreational fishery	5
Predicting the intention to protect wolves and the intention to protect human interests in a Turkish and German university student sample: the role of wildlife value orientations, religiosity, and emo	5
The state and perceptions of human-crocodile interactions around Murchison falls conservation area, Uganda	5
Social considerations in reframing tourism and resource use in protected areas: a proposed framework for the Save Valley Conservancy in the Southeast Lowveld in Zimbabwe	5
Valuing ecosystem services of freshwater mussels and fish	5

Flexible local ecological knowledge surveillance indicators reveal long-term change in the Yangambi wildmeat system	5
Demographics and wildlife value orientations: insights for managing wildlife in the Alps	5
Evaluating the demand for and price elasticity of state hunting licenses in the United States using panel data	4
Differences between resident and nonresident hunters’ perceptions about CWD and associated implications: a case study from Colorado	4
Human dimensions of timber rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ) management to reduce human-wildlife conflict	4
Not only seeds: a cultural ecosystem service provided by the Apennine brown bear	4
Assessing marine wildlife interactions with the charter boat fishing industry on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, USA	4
Cultural beliefs and indigenous knowledge about the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) in the Hindu Kush ranges of north-western Pakistan	4
Reporting about brown bears in Romania. Professional approaches of Romanian journalists	4
Taking matters into their own hands: effects of effort and success on duck hunter satisfaction	4
Integrating moral norms and stewardship identity into the theory of planned behavior to understand altruistic conservation behavior among hunters in southwestern Utah (USA)	4
Trends and local perceptions of human-crocodile conflicts in Kariba town, northern Zimbabwe	4
Evaluation of the human-otter conflict in central Veracruz, Mexico: recommendations for mitigation	4
Taking stock: assessing Rhode Island recreational angler conservation ethic and coastal identity	3
Experiencing the wild: red fox encounters are related to stronger nature connectedness, not anxiety, in people	3
Human-giraffe coexistence: socio-economic factors influencing giraffe conservation in eastern Kenya	3
Fostering human-elephant co-existence: a classification tree analysis approach	3
Vulnerability and fascination with wildlife encounters and psychological restoration in local natural settings	3
Resident support for a community-based bird conservation initiative in Indonesia	3
Perception clouding reality? Interactions and opportunities for Andean bear conservation in Colombia	3
Characterizing behaviors of highly mobile anglers to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species	3
Effect of human–elephant conflict on local attitudes toward the conservation of wild Asian elephants in Myanmar	3
The disasterification of human–wildlife conflict: policy implications and ethical considerations	3
Assessing the willingness to accept assisted migration for a sky island lizard	3
Identifying factors associated with the use of non-lead ammunition: a survey of deer hunters in New York, USA	3
Natural resource enterprises – income diversification and land conservation on privately owned lands in the United States (U.S.)	3
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) knowledge, risk perception, and management acceptance are influenced by media engagement and trust among deer hunters in Massachusetts	3
Evaluating cognitive and behavioral measures of tolerance for wildlife in an invasive species context: a study of Alabama hunters’ tolerance for wild pigs	3
White-tailed deer hunters’ perceptions of harvest reporting systems: An importance-performance analysis	3
Editorial: Shaping the future: human dimensions of wildlife in 21st-century	3
How to talk about wolves? Investigating discursive strategies behind a major change of wildlife management policy	2
Professional multiparty mediation is a key ingredient in human–wildlife–conflict management for coexistence	2
Experience preferences and place attachment of Minnesota wildlife management area hunters	2
Wildlife resources governance and biodiversity conservation in Yangambi landscape in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): rules compliance and actors’ strategies	2
Social perceptions of wildlife management units in southern Morelos state	2
Predictors of carnivore tolerance among census-designated and self-identified rural and urban residents in Idaho, USA	2
Human-elephant conflict: attitudes of local people toward elephants and the conflict management authority in a shared landscape of India	2
Understanding factors that influence people’s perceptions of human disturbance to wildlife using little penguins as a case study	2
Beliefs of Forest Owners Toward Cooperative Capercaillie Lekking Site Management Operations: a Pilot Study	2
Residents’ concerns and attitudes regarding wildlife disease management: A case of chronic wasting disease in Tennessee	2
Segmenting beliefs, perceived risks and lethal management of wild pigs in Illinois	2
Sportsperson perceptions and involvement in reporting wildlife crimes	2
American big cats on the spotlight	2
Hunter risk sensitivity to ticks and tick-borne disease in Illinois	2
Political identity as a driver of hunter responses to chronic wasting disease in a post-COVID world	2
Self-determination theory as an alternate conceptual foundation for motivation in natural resource research	2
Attitudes of ranchers to the management of two mesopredators in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	2
Social perceptions of carnivores across the globe – a literature review	2
Wild game processors’ perceptions of chronic wasting disease risks in Michigan	2
Domestic ivory trade: the supply chain for raw ivory in Thailand is driven by the financial needs of elephant owners and market factors	2

Climate change through the eyes of recreational hunters: impacts on wildlife and adaptive responses	2
Integrating the human dimensions into fish and wildlife management depends on increasing managers’ social science fluency	2
Wildlife values can inform strategic conservation communication efforts	1
Potential spread of invasive crayfish used as life bait by Indonesian anglers	1
Determinants of frog meat consumption intention using the theory of planned behavior and wildlife value orientations: the case of Togo slippery frog ( Conraua derooi	1
Evaluating the false consensus effect in private landowner perceptions of hunting	1
The importance of non-economic reasons in the intention to kill small cats in Northeastern Bangladesh	1
Biological invasions and invasive species in freshwaters: perception of the general public	1
Factors influencing claimant satisfaction with the compensation for livestock predation in Panna tiger reserve	1
U.S. livestock producer interest in alternatives to compensation programs for wolf depredation	1
Unpacking social tensions in unexpected human-wildlife interactions: a spatial perspective on urban wild boar management challenges	1
Resident intentions to support organizations that aim to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species: the role of value orientations, efficacy, and risk perception	1
Lessons for becoming bison wise and bear aware in Elk Island National Park	1
Impacts of normative beliefs and trust in agency on likelihood of support for elk hoof disease management actions in Washington State	1
Motivations and barriers for the participation of family forest owners in conservation practices: an application of the transtheoretical model	1
Birdwatching vs. nature walks: a randomized trial to compare mental health outcomes in Iran	1
Resenting hunters but appreciating the prey? - Identifying moose meat consumer segments	1
Promoting coexistence with jaguars and pumas in the Caatinga: two approaches to reach school children	1
The influence of social norms on hunters’ decision to test deer for chronic wasting disease	1
Using communication networks to assess the level of sharing of wildlife health data and information among wildlife professionals in Ontario, Canada	1
Evolving perspectives: the changing attitude of Indian shepherds in Karnataka toward wolves and wildlife conservation	1
Influence of diet overlap and nest-site aggression on human–black caiman conflict in Guyana	1
University wildlife students’ intention to support predator killing contests	1
Is wildlife a public trust or commercial commodity? A reflection on big game permit allocation and the outfitting industry	1
Building human-dimensions/social science capacity to support wildlife agencies: lessons from New York’s 50-year experience	1
Gauging meat processors’ and taxidermists’ chronic wasting disease information needs in Georgia, USA using importance-information analysis	1
Recreational Anglers’ Specialization and Perception of Management Measures in Yucatan, Mexico	1
Identifying viable chronic wasting disease surveillance and management actions using support effectiveness analysis	1
Regional differences in deer hunter attitudes and opinions regarding quality deer management (QDM)	1
The wildlife attitude-acceptability framework’s potential to inform human dimensions of wildlife science and practice	1
Correction	1
“The birds we do not shoot”: Lebanon’s absent state and sport hunters’ code of practice	1
Removing the glass ceiling in Swedish wildlife management? A norm-critical study of the potential for more gender-equal moose management groups	1
Dreadful fun or environmental management? Agreements and disagreements around wild boar hunting in Uruguay	1
Understanding hunter support for early successional habitat management	1