Jacob Phelps

Jacob Phelps

Lancaster University

H-index: 28

Europe-United Kingdom

About Jacob Phelps

Jacob Phelps, With an exceptional h-index of 28 and a recent h-index of 26 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Lancaster University, specializes in the field of environmental governance, wildlife trade, environmental law, incentive-based conservation, orchids.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Last stand: application of a criteria-based framework to inform conservation of a critically threatened tropical lowland forest fragment

What is “wildlife”? Legal definitions that matter to conservation

Governance principles for the wildlife trade to reduce spillover and pandemic risk

Making sense of domestic wildlife and CITES legislation: The example of Nepal's orchids

Wild orchids: A framework for identifying and improving sustainable harvest

Unlocking “lock-in” and path dependency: A review across disciplines and socio-environmental contexts

Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A grand challenge of the Minamata Convention

Poacher pays? Judges' liability decisions in a mock trial about environmental harm caused by illegal wildlife trade

Jacob Phelps Information

University

Position

Lancaster Environment Centre

Citations(all)

5606

Citations(since 2020)

3252

Cited By

3562

hIndex(all)

28

hIndex(since 2020)

26

i10Index(all)

44

i10Index(since 2020)

41

Email

University Profile Page

Lancaster University

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Jacob Phelps Skills & Research Interests

environmental governance

wildlife trade

environmental law

incentive-based conservation

orchids

Top articles of Jacob Phelps

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Last stand: application of a criteria-based framework to inform conservation of a critically threatened tropical lowland forest fragment

Global Ecology and Conservation

Edward L Webb

Avele Iofi Lalogafu’afu’a

Opeta Mekuli

Eti Olo

Jacob Phelps

...

2024/2/29

What is “wildlife”? Legal definitions that matter to conservation

Biological Conservation

Miaomiao Tian

Gary R Potter

Jacob Phelps

2023/11/1

Governance principles for the wildlife trade to reduce spillover and pandemic risk

Duan Biggs

Alison J Peel

Christos Astaras

Alexander Braczkowski

Hubert Cheung

...

2023/5/31

Making sense of domestic wildlife and CITES legislation: The example of Nepal's orchids

Biological Conservation

Reshu Bashyal

Kumar Paudel

Amy Hinsley

Jacob Phelps

2023/4/1

Wild orchids: A framework for identifying and improving sustainable harvest

Tamara Ticktin

Martha Charitonidou

Julia Douglas

John M Halley

Mariana Hernández-Apolinar

...

2023/1/1

Unlocking “lock-in” and path dependency: A review across disciplines and socio-environmental contexts

Jenny E Goldstein

Benjamin Neimark

Brian Garvey

Jacob Phelps

2023/1/1

Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A grand challenge of the Minamata Convention

One earth

Graham W Prescott

Matthew Baird

Sara Geenen

Bossissi Nkuba

Jacob Phelps

...

2022/3/18

Poacher pays? Judges' liability decisions in a mock trial about environmental harm caused by illegal wildlife trade

Biological Conservation

Rika Fajrini

Rebecca M Nichols

Jacob Phelps

2022/2/1

The blue economy as a boundary object for hegemony across scales

Marine Policy

Marleen S Schutter

Christina C Hicks

Jacob Phelps

Claire Waterton

2021/10/1

Environmental liability litigation could remedy biodiversity loss

Conservation Letters

Jacob Phelps

Sakshi Aravind

Susan Cheyne

Isabella Dabrowski Pedrini

Rika Fajrini

...

2021/11

Experts and resource users split over solutions to peatland fires

World Development

Jacob Phelps

Aiora Zabala

Willy Daeli

Rachel Carmenta

2021/10/1

Building a global taxonomy of wildlife offenses

Maria Pascual

James Wingard

Naila Bhatri

Alyona Rydannykh

Jacob Phelps

2021/12

Motivations for the use and consumption of wildlife products

Conservation Biology

Laura Thomas‐Walters

Amy Hinsley

Daniel Bergin

Gayle Burgess

Hunter Doughty

...

2021

The importance of conserving Mexico's tomato agrodiversity to research plant biochemistry under different climates

Plants, People, Planet

María Guadalupe Sandoval‐Ceballos

Ng'Andwe Kalungwana

Jonathan Henry Charles Griffin

Geovanni Martínez‐Guerra

Iván Ramírez‐Ramírez

...

2021/11

Evaluating bundles of interventions to prevent peat-fires in Indonesia

Global Environmental Change

Rachel Carmenta

Aiora Zabala

Bambang Trihadmojo

David Gaveau

Mohammad Agus Salim

...

2021/3/1

Disentangling ecosystem services preferences and values

World Development

Marleen S Schutter

Christina C Hicks

Jacob Phelps

Clara Belmont

2021/10/1

Pioneering civil lawsuits for harm to threatened species: A guide to making claims with examples from Indonesia

Jacob Phelps

Rika Fajrini

Grahat Nagara

Roni Saputr

Taufiq Purna Nugraha

...

2021/4/22

Conservation enforcement: Insights from people incarcerated for wildlife crimes in Nepal

Conservation Science and Practice

Kumar Paudel

Gary R Potter

Jacob Phelps

2020/2

Characterising policy responses to complex socio-ecological problems: 60 fire management interventions in Indonesian peatlands

Global environmental change

Una Jefferson

Rachel Carmenta

Willy Daeli

Jacob Phelps

2020/1/1

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Co-Authors

H-index: 96
E.J. Milner-Gulland

E.J. Milner-Gulland

University of Oxford

H-index: 88
Arun Agrawal

Arun Agrawal

University of Michigan-Dearborn

H-index: 78
William M Adams

William M Adams

University of Cambridge

H-index: 77
Lian Pin Koh

Lian Pin Koh

National University of Singapore

H-index: 75
Erik Gómez-Baggethun

Erik Gómez-Baggethun

Norges miljø- og biovitenskapelige universitet

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