Figure 1
Citation numbers for Governing the Commons (Ostrom) and Tragedy of the Commons (Hardin).
Table 1
(Co-) authors citing Governing the Commons (1996–2010).
| Name | # of GtC citations | Sub-affiliation | Affiliation | Country |
| Berkes, F | 16 | Natural Resources Institute | University of Manitoba | Canada |
| Folke, C | 16 | Stockholm Resilience Center, Dept of Systems Ecology | University of Stockholm | Sweden |
| Agrawal, A | 15 | School of Natural Resources and Environment | University of Michigan | USA |
| Dasgupta, P | 11 | Faculty of Economics and Politics | University of Cambridge | UK |
| Kant, S | 10 | Faculty of Forestry | University of Toronto | Canada |
| Platteau, JP | 10 | Dept of Economics | University of Namur | Belgium |
| Acheson, JM | 8 | School of Marine Sciences | University of Maine | USA |
| Andersson, K | 8 | Political Science Dept | University of Colorado | USA |
| Jentoft, S | 8 | Norwegian College of Fishery Science | University of Tromsø | Norway |
| Meinzen-Dick, RS | 8 | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | USA | |
| Pretty, J | 8 | Dept of Biological Sciences | University of Essex | UK |
| Baland, JM | 7 | Dept of Economics | University of Namur | Belgium |
| Bardhan, P | 7 | Dept of Economics | University of California at Berkeley | USA |
| Beard, VA | 7 | Dept of Planning, Policy and Design | University of California at Irvine | USA |
| Cardenas, JC | 7 | Dept of Economics | Universidad de los Andes | Colombia |
| Christie, P | 7 | School of Marine Affairs and Jackson School of International Studies | University of Washington | USA |
| Cinner, JE | 7 | Australian Research Council Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies | James Cook University | Australia |
| Dinar, S | 7 | Dept of Politics and International Relations | Florida International University | USA |
| Gintis, H | 7 | Dept of Economics | University of Massachusetts | USA |
| Paavola, J | 7 | School of Earth and Environment | University of Leeds | UK |
| Rydin, Y | 7 | Bartlett School of Planning | University College London | UK |
| Shivakoti, GP | 7 | School of Environment, Resources, and Development | Asian Institute of Technology | Thailand |
| Van Vugt, M | 7 | Dept of Psychology | University of Kent | UK |
| Weber, EP | 7 | Dept of Political Science | Washington State University | USA |
| Bowles, S | 6 | Behavioral Sciences Program | Santa Fe Institute | USA |
| Dayton-Johnson, J | 6 | Dept of Economics | Dalhousie University | Canada |
| Edwards-Jones, G | 6 | School of the Environment and Natural Resources | Bangor University | UK |
| Feitelson, E | 6 | Dept of Geography | The Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Israel |
| German, L | 6 | Forests and Governance Programme | Center for Internat. Forestry Research (CIFOR) | Indonesia |
| Gibson, CC | 6 | Dept of Political Science | University of California at San Diego | USA |
| Haller, T | 6 | Dept of Social and Cultural Anthropology | University of Zurich | Switzerland |
| Heikkila, T | 6 | School of Public Affairs | University of Colorado | USA |
| Hønneland, G | 6 | The Fridtj of Nansen Institute | Norway | |
| Hukkinen, J | 6 | Dept of Social Policy | University of Helsinki | Finland |
| Kaiser, MJ | 6 | School of Ocean Sciences | Bangor University | UK |
| McCarthy, N | 6 | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) | USA | |
| Scholz, JT | 6 | Dept of Political Science | Florida State University | USA |
| Sell, J | 6 | Dept of Sociology | Texas A&M University | USA |
| Sikor, T | 6 | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of East Anglia | UK |
| Steins, NA | 6 | Marine Stewardship Council | Netherlands | |
| Tanner, S | 6 | Dept of Anthropology | University of Georgia | USA |
| VanDenBergh, J | 6 | Climate Change Research Network | Vanderbilt University Law School | USA |
| Adger, W | 5 | School of Environmental Sciences and CSERGE | University of East Anglia | UK |
| Brinkerhoff, JM | 5 | Dept of Public Administration | George Washington University | USA |
| Cleaver, F | 5 | Development and Project Planning Centre | University of Bradford | UK |
| Crona, BI | 5 | Stockholm Resilience Center | University of Stockholm | Sweden |
| DeCremer, D | 5 | Dept of Experimental Psychology | University of Maastricht | Netherlands |
| Edwards, VM | 5 | Dept of Land and Construction Management | University of Portsmouth | UK |
| Eggertsson, T | 5 | School of Business | University of Iceland | Iceland |
| Fernandez-Gimenez, ME | 5 | Dept of Forest, Rangeland, and Watershed Stewardship | University of Colorado | USA |
| Gardner, RJ | 5 | Dept of Economics | Indiana University | USA |
| Gelcich, S | 5 | School of Agricultural and Forest Sciences | University of Wales | UK |
| Imperial, MT | 5 | Dept of Public Administration | University of North Carolina | USA |
| Janssen, MA | 5 | School of Human Evolution and Social Change | Arizona State University | USA |
| Klooster, D | 5 | Dept of Geography | University of California at Los Angeles | USA |
| Koppenjan, JFM | 5 | Dept of Public Administration | Erasmus University | Netherlands |
| Kreuter, UP | 5 | Dept of Ecosystem Science and Management | Texas A&M University | USA |
| Lam, WF | 5 | Dept of Politics and Public Administration | University of Hong Kong | China |
| Lubell, M | 5 | Dept of Political Science | Florida State University | USA |
| Mahoney, JT | 5 | Dept of Business Administration | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | USA |
| Mandondo, A | 5 | Institute of Environmental Studies | University of Zimbabwe | Zimbabwe |
| Matsuda, Y | 5 | Dept of Marine Social Sciences | Kagoshima University | Japan |
| Nagendra, H | 5 | The Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, and Environmental Change (CIPEC) | Indiana University | USA |
| Pender, J | 5 | Economic Research Service | Department of Agriculture (USA Government) | USA |
| Peterson, GD | 5 | Dept of Geography and McGill School of the Environment | McGill University | Canada |
| Pomeroy, RS | 5 | World Fish Center | Malaysia | |
| Poteete, A | 5 | Dept of Political Science | Concordia University | Canada |
| Ray, I | 5 | Energy and Resources Group | University of California at Berkeley | USA |
| Reuveny, R | 5 | School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) | Indiana University | USA |
| Ribot, JC | 5 | Dept of Geography | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | USA |
| Robbins, P | 5 | EcoHealth Consulting | UK | |
| Ruttan, LM | 5 | Dept of Environmental Studies | Emory University | USA |
| Satria, A | 5 | Faculty of Human Ecology | Bogor Agricultural University | Indonesia |
| Schweik, CM | 5 | Dept of Environmental Conservation | University of Massachusetts | USA |
| Shrestha, KK | 5 | Nepal Agricultural Research Council | Nepal | |
| Squires, D | 5 | Southwest Fisheries Science Center | USA | |
| Tang, CP | 5 | Dept of Political Science | National Chung Cheng University | Taiwan |
| Webb, EL | 5 | Dept of Biological Sciences | National University of Singapore | Singapore |
| Wilson, RK | 5 | Dept of Political Science | Rice University | USA |
| Young, OR | 5 | Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management | University of California at Santa Barbara | USA |
Table 2
Journals citing GtC 10 times or more (1996–2010).
| Journal title | # of GtC citations | Current editor’s disciplinary background |
| World Development | 79 | Geography |
| Ecological Economics | 74 | Economics |
| Human Ecology | 65 | Anthropology |
| Ecology and Society | 60 | Ecology |
| Society and Natural Resources | 52 | Forestry |
| Marine Policy | 45 | Geography |
| Environmental Management | 27 | Ecology |
| Human Organization | 27 | Anthropology |
| Development and Change | 25 | Economics |
| Environment and Development Economics | 25 | Economics |
| Forest Policy and Economics | 24 | Economics |
| Ocean and Coastal Management | 24 | Biology |
| Journal of Environmental Management | 23 | Geography |
| Public Administration Review | 23 | Public Adm. |
| Conservation Biology | 20 | Biology |
| Environmental Conservation | 20 | Ecology |
| Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization | 19 | Economics |
| Journal of Development Studies | 16 | Geography |
| Land Use Policy | 16 | Geography |
| Environmental and Resource Economics | 15 | Economics |
| Geoforum | 15 | Geography |
| Policy Sciences | 15 | Policy Studies |
| Public Choice | 15 | Economics |
| Ambio | 13 | Biology |
| Journal of International Development | 13 | Sociology |
| Local Environment | 13 | Geography |
| Policy Studies Journal | 13 | Public Adm. |
| Global Environmental Change | 12 | Economics |
| Journal of Environment and Development | 12 | Sociology |
| Journal of Environmental Planning and Management | 12 | Economics |
| Coastal Management | 11 | Biology |
| Conservation Ecology* | 11 | n.a. |
| Environment and Planning A | 11 | Geography |
| Land Economics | 11 | Economics |
| Public Administration and Management | 11 | Public Adm. |
| Administration and Society | 10 | Public Adm. |
| Agricultural Systems | 10 | Economics |
| Ecological Applications | 10 | Ecology |
| Journal of Development Economics | 10 | Economics |
| Journal of Economic Issues | 10 | Economics |
| Journal of Sustainable Forestry | 10 | Forestry |
[i] *Appears currently as ‘Ecology and Society’.