Leslie Acton

Leslie Acton

University of Southern Mississippi

H-index: 8

North America-United States

About Leslie Acton

Leslie Acton, With an exceptional h-index of 8 and a recent h-index of 8 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Southern Mississippi, specializes in the field of human-environment relations, oceans governance.

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

Politicizing the “unknown”: Territorial narratives, shared spatial imaginaries, and Bermuda’s oceans

(Un) claiming rights, resources, and ocean spaces: Marine genetic resources and area-based management tools in high seas governance negotiations

Architecture and agency for equity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

World-making through mapping: Large-scale marine protected areas and the transformation of global oceans

World-making through mapping

Does polycentricity fit? Linking social fit with polycentric governance in a large-scale marine protected area

Stakeholder perspectives on large-scale marine protected areas

Science, territory, and the geopolitics of high seas conservation

Leslie Acton Information

University

Position

Assistant Professor

Citations(all)

586

Citations(since 2020)

432

Cited By

315

hIndex(all)

8

hIndex(since 2020)

8

i10Index(all)

8

i10Index(since 2020)

8

Email

University Profile Page

University of Southern Mississippi

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Leslie Acton Skills & Research Interests

human-environment relations

oceans governance

Top articles of Leslie Acton

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Politicizing the “unknown”: Territorial narratives, shared spatial imaginaries, and Bermuda’s oceans

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

Leslie Acton

2023/9

(Un) claiming rights, resources, and ocean spaces: Marine genetic resources and area-based management tools in high seas governance negotiations

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

Emily C Melvin

Leslie Acton

Lisa M Campbell

2023/9

Architecture and agency for equity in areas beyond national jurisdiction

Lisa M Campbell

Robin Fail

Rebecca Horan

Leslie Acton

Jeffrey E Blackwatters

...

2022/8/1

World-making through mapping: Large-scale marine protected areas and the transformation of global oceans

Lisa M Campbell

Noella J Gray

Sarah Bess Jones Zigler

Leslie Acton

Rebecca Gruby

2021/7/12

World-making through mapping

Lisa M Campbell

Noella J Gray

Sarah Bess Jones Zigler

Leslie Acton

Rebecca Gruby

2021/5/21

Does polycentricity fit? Linking social fit with polycentric governance in a large-scale marine protected area

Journal of Environmental Management

Leslie Acton

Rebecca L Gruby

Alohi Nakachi

2021/7/15

Stakeholder perspectives on large-scale marine protected areas

Plos one

Evan Artis

Noella J Gray

Lisa M Campbell

Rebecca L Gruby

Leslie Acton

...

2020/9/2

Science, territory, and the geopolitics of high seas conservation

Noella J Gray

Leslie Acton

Lisa M Campbell

2020/2/3

Human Dimensions of Large Marine Protected Areas: Negotiations over a Proposed Large Scale Marine Protected Area in Bermuda, 2010-2015

DOI

Leslie Acton

Lisa M Campbell

2020

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Co-Authors

H-index: 50
Lisa M Campbell

Lisa M Campbell

Duke University

H-index: 38
Erika Weinthal

Erika Weinthal

Duke University

H-index: 34
Graham Epstein

Graham Epstein

University of Waterloo

H-index: 27
Noella Gray

Noella Gray

University of Guelph

H-index: 25
Rebecca L. Gruby

Rebecca L. Gruby

Colorado State University

H-index: 18
Mateja Nenadovic

Mateja Nenadovic

Duke University

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