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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

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

Flexible local ecological knowledge surveillance indicators reveal long-term change in the Yangambi wildmeat system	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
Evaluating the demand for and price elasticity of state hunting licenses in the United States using panel data	4
Human dimensions of timber rattlesnake ( Crotalus horridus ) management to reduce human-wildlife conflict	4
Perception clouding reality? Interactions and opportunities for Andean bear conservation in Colombia	4
Taking matters into their own hands: effects of effort and success on duck hunter satisfaction	4
Assessing marine wildlife interactions with the charter boat fishing industry on Alabama’s Gulf Coast, USA	4
Differences between resident and nonresident hunters’ perceptions about CWD and associated implications: a case study from Colorado	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
Not only seeds: a cultural ecosystem service provided by the Apennine brown bear	4
Polarizing discursive practices in conversations about wildlife comeback: a topical review	4
Reporting about brown bears in Romania. Professional approaches of Romanian journalists	4
Trends and local perceptions of human-crocodile conflicts in Kariba town, northern Zimbabwe	3
Effect of human–elephant conflict on local attitudes toward the conservation of wild Asian elephants in Myanmar	3
Taking stock: assessing Rhode Island recreational angler conservation ethic and coastal identity	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
Characterizing behaviors of highly mobile anglers to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species	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
Fostering human-elephant co-existence: a classification tree analysis approach	3
Resident support for a community-based bird conservation initiative in Indonesia	3
Cultural beliefs and indigenous knowledge about the red fox ( Vulpes vulpes ) in the Hindu Kush ranges of north-western Pakistan	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
Evaluating cognitive and behavioral measures of tolerance for wildlife in an invasive species context: a study of Alabama hunters’ tolerance for wild pigs	3
Editorial: Shaping the future: human dimensions of wildlife in 21st-century	3
American big cats on the spotlight	2
Predictors of carnivore tolerance among census-designated and self-identified rural and urban residents in Idaho, USA	2
The disasterification of human–wildlife conflict: policy implications and ethical considerations	2
Human dimensions influencing the use of electric fences for bear-proofing in suburban kitchen gardens, in Sapporo, Japan	2
Understanding factors that influence people’s perceptions of human disturbance to wildlife using little penguins as a case study	2
Sportsperson perceptions and involvement in reporting wildlife crimes	2
Wildlife resources governance and biodiversity conservation in Yangambi landscape in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): rules compliance and actors’ strategies	2
Hunter risk sensitivity to ticks and tick-borne disease in Illinois	2
White-tailed deer hunters’ perceptions of harvest reporting systems: An importance-performance analysis	2
Human-elephant conflict: attitudes of local people toward elephants and the conflict management authority in a shared landscape of India	2
Social perceptions of wildlife management units in southern Morelos state	2
Professional multiparty mediation is a key ingredient in human–wildlife–conflict management for coexistence	2
Wild game processors’ perceptions of chronic wasting disease risks in Michigan	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
Vulnerability and fascination with wildlife encounters and psychological restoration in local natural settings	2
Political identity as a driver of hunter responses to chronic wasting disease in a post-COVID world	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
Self-determination theory as an alternate conceptual foundation for motivation in natural resource research	2
Regional differences in deer hunter attitudes and opinions regarding quality deer management (QDM)	1
Recreational Anglers’ Specialization and Perception of Management Measures in Yucatan, Mexico	1
The influence of social norms on hunters’ decision to test deer for chronic wasting disease	1
Promoting coexistence with jaguars and pumas in the Caatinga: two approaches to reach school children	1

Evolving perspectives: the changing attitude of Indian shepherds in Karnataka toward wolves and wildlife conservation	1
Evaluating the false consensus effect in private landowner perceptions of hunting	1
Using communication networks to assess the level of sharing of wildlife health data and information among wildlife professionals in Ontario, Canada	1
Attitudes of ranchers to the management of two mesopredators in the Eastern Cape, South Africa	1
Is wildlife a public trust or commercial commodity? A reflection on big game permit allocation and the outfitting industry	1
Social perceptions of carnivores across the globe – a literature review	1
Potential spread of invasive crayfish used as life bait by Indonesian anglers	1
Impacts of normative beliefs and trust in agency on likelihood of support for elk hoof disease management actions in Washington State	1
Correction	1
Motivations and barriers for the participation of family forest owners in conservation practices: an application of the transtheoretical model	1
Removing the glass ceiling in Swedish wildlife management? A norm-critical study of the potential for more gender-equal moose management groups	1
Birdwatching vs. nature walks: a randomized trial to compare mental health outcomes in Iran	1
Dreadful fun or environmental management? Agreements and disagreements around wild boar hunting in Uruguay	1
Segmenting beliefs, perceived risks and lethal management of wild pigs in Illinois	1
U.S. livestock producer interest in alternatives to compensation programs for wolf depredation	1
Beliefs of Forest Owners Toward Cooperative Capercaillie Lekking Site Management Operations: a Pilot Study	1
University wildlife students’ intention to support predator killing contests	1
Building human-dimensions/social science capacity to support wildlife agencies: lessons from New York’s 50-year experience	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
Lessons for becoming bison wise and bear aware in Elk Island National Park	1
Gauging meat processors’ and taxidermists’ chronic wasting disease information needs in Georgia, USA using importance-information analysis	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
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
The wildlife attitude-acceptability framework’s potential to inform human dimensions of wildlife science and practice	1
Resenting hunters but appreciating the prey? - Identifying moose meat consumer segments	1
The importance of non-economic reasons in the intention to kill small cats in Northeastern Bangladesh	1
How to talk about wolves? Investigating discursive strategies behind a major change of wildlife management policy	1
Identifying viable chronic wasting disease surveillance and management actions using support effectiveness analysis	1
Wildlife values can inform strategic conservation communication efforts	1