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Environmental Metaphor

Environmental Metaphor is a conceptual device that frames environmental phenomena, processes, or entities through figurative comparison to non-environmental domains, thereby shaping perception, interpretation, and discourse within environmental thought and communication.

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8.4K

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146

Authors

96

Institutions

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2017–2026

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Publications

103

Community assembly, coexistence and the environmental filtering metaphor

Nathan J. B. Kraft, Peter B. Adler, Óscar Godoy et al. · Functional Ecology · 2014 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Agency at the Time of the Anthropocene

Bruno Latour · New Literary History · 2014 · 927 citations

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Refiguring life: metaphors of twentieth-century biology

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 439 citations

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The Monster at Our Door: The Global Threat of Avian Flu

Geoff Watts · BMJ · 2005 · 239 citations · Full text

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Living on a lifeboat.

Garrett Hardin · PubMed · 1974 · 220 citations

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Authors

146

  1. BN
    Brigitte Nerlich

    University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 243 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. PH
    Paul H. Thibodeau

    Oberlin College, United States

    3 publications · 263 citations

    3

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  3. TW
    Tyler Wry

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    2 publications · 306 citations

    2

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  4. SJ
    Stephen J. Flusberg

    Purchase College, United States

    2 publications · 231 citations

    2

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  5. JM
    John M. Jermier

    University of South Florida, United States

    2 publications · 57 citations

    2

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Institutions

96

  1. University of Nottingham

    Nottingham, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    522 citations

  2. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    293 citations

  3. Oberlin College

    Oberlin, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    327 citations

  4. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    169 citations

  5. Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Spain

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  6. Purchase College

    Purchase, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    231 citations

  7. University of Leicester

    Leicester, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    35 citations

  8. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    918 citations

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Venues

  1. Environmental Education Research

    5 publications · 203 citations

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  2. Metaphor and Symbol

    5 publications · 360 citations

    5

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  3. Environmental Communication

    5 publications · 401 citations

    4

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  4. Public Understanding of Science

    2 publications · 124 citations

    2

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  5. Metaphor and Symbolic Activity

    2 publications · 71 citations

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