*Indicates publication with graduate student
| 53 | R. Patrick Bixler, Maureen Essen, Jennifer Thomsen, Shawn Johnson, Samer Atshan*, Auva Shariatmadari. 2025. “Social Influence in Social-Ecological Systems: Collaborative Capacity and Inter-Organizational Networks in the US Sagebrush.” Environmental Management, 75(2): 272-285. |
| 52 | Joycelyn Ovalle*, R. Patrick Bixler, Ji Ma. 2024. “How Do Nonprofits’ Organizational Characteristics Shape Environmental Philanthropy in Texas? A Network Science Approach.” Nonprofit Policy Forum. 15(4): 371-387. |
| 51 | Koorosh Azizi, R. Patrick Bixler, Paola Passalacqua. 2024. “Gaps and opportunities for collaborative flood governance: Network-analytic insights from the US gulf coast.” Authorea Preprints. |
| 50 | Hyunseok Hwang, R. Patrick Bixler, William A. Brown, Arnold Vedlitz. 2024. “How to activate nonprofit beneficiaries for community resilience? Examining the role of risk perception and evaluation of nonprofit services on prosocial behavior in the context of natural hazards.” Sociological Spectrum. 44(1): 16-37. |
| 49 | Jong Won Ma, Fernanda Leite, Katherine Lieberknecht, Keri K. Stephens, R. Patrick Bixler. 2024. “Using Q-methodology to discover disaster resilience perspectives from local residents.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 104: 104353. |
| 48 | Jessica Jones, Marc Coudert, Deidra Miniard, R. Patrick Bixler. 2024. “Resilience Hub Network in Austin, Texas.” |
| 47 | Jong Won Ma, Fernanda Leite, Katherine Lieberknecht, Keri K. Stephens, R. Patrick Bixler. 2023. “Using Q-Methodology to Discover Disaster Resilience Perspectives from Local Residents.” Available at SSRN 4326547. |
| 46 | Harsh G. Kamath, Alberto Martilli, Manmeet Singh, Trevor Brooks*, Kevin Lanza, R. Patrick Bixler, Marc Coudert, Zong-Liang Yang, Dev Niyogi. 2023. “Human heat health index (h3i) for holistic assessment of heat hazard and mitigation strategies beyond urban heat islands.” Urban Climate. 52: 101675. |
| 45 | Matthew Preisser*, Paola Passalacqua, R. Patrick Bixler, Stephen Boyles. 2023. “A network-based analysis of critical resource accessibility during floods.” Frontiers in Water. 5: 1278205. |
| 44 | Kevin Lanza, Jessica Jones, Frances Acuña, Marc Coudert, R. Patrick Bixler, Harsh Kamath, Dev Niyogi. 2023. “Heat vulnerability of Latino and Black residents in a low-income community and their recommended adaptation strategies: A qualitative study.” Urban Climate. 51: 101656. |
| 43 | Deidre Zoll, Katherine Lieberknecht, R. Patrick Bixler, J. Amy Belaire, Shalene Jha. 2023. “Integrating equity, climate risks, and population growth for targeting conservation planning.” Environmental Science & Policy. 147: 267-278. |
| 42 | Hyunseok Hwang, Arnold Vedlitz, R. Patrick Bixler. 2023. “Growing community resilience from the grassroots: Risk awareness, confidence in institutions, and civic participation in a natural hazards context.” Natural Hazards Review. 24(3): 04023020. |
| 41 | Deidre Zoll, R. Patrick Bixler, Katherine Lieberknecht, J. Amy Belaire, Auva Shariatmadari, Shalene Jha. 2023. “Intersectional climate perceptions: Understanding the impacts of race and gender on climate experiences, future concerns, and planning efforts.” Urban Climate. 50: 101576. |
| 40 | R. Patrick Bixler, Rebecca S. Epanchin-Niell, Mark W. Brunson, Ryan D. Tarver, Benjamin A. Sikes, Meredith McClure, Clare E. Aslan. 2023. “How social and ecological characteristics shape transaction costs in polycentric wildfire governance: insights from the Sequoia-Kings Canyon Ecosystem, California, USA.” Ecology and Society. 28(1). |
| 39 | R. Patrick Bixler, Sandeep Paul, Debasmita Bhakta, Tamar Farchy, Jessica Olson, Matthew Preisser, Paolo Passalacqua. 2023. “Adaptive governance for disaster risk reduction.” In Handbook on Adaptive Governance. 233-251. Edward Elgar Publishing. |
| 38 | R. Patrick Bixler, Marc Coudert, Steven M. Richter, Jessica M. Jones, Carmen Llanes Pulido, Nika Akhavan, Matt Bartos, Paola Passalacqua, Dev Niyogi. 2022. “Reflexive co-production for urban resilience: Guiding framework and experiences from Austin, Texas.” Frontiers in Sustainable Cities. 4: 1015630. |
| 37 | J. Amy Belaire, Caitlin Higgins, Deidre Zoll, Katherine Lieberknecht, R. Patrick Bixler, John L. Neff, Timothy H. Keitt, Shalene Jha. 2022. “Fine-scale monitoring and mapping of biodiversity and ecosystem services reveals multiple synergies and few tradeoffs in urban green space management.” Science of the Total Environment. 849: 157801. |
| 36 | Steven M. Richter, R. Patrick Bixler. 2022. “Complexifying urban expansion: an exploratory, gradient-based approach.” Buildings & Cities. 3(1). |
| 35 | R. Patrick Bixler, Jessica Jones. 2022. “Indicators for community resilience: social vulnerability, adaptive capacity, and multi-hazard exposure in Austin, Texas.” In Community quality-of-life indicators: Best cases IX. 11-25. Springer International Publishing. |
| 34 | R. Patrick Bixler, J. Amy Belaire, Kasey M. Faust, Mateo Scoggins, Ana González. 2022. “Exploring the connection between transdisciplinary co-production and urban sustainability solutions: A case study at an urban stream management symposium.” Urban Ecosystems. 25(4): 1207-1216. |
| 33 | Matthew Preisser, Paola Passalacqua, R. Patrick Bixler, Julian Hofmann. 2022. “Intersecting near-real time fluvial and pluvial inundation estimates with sociodemographic vulnerability to quantify a household flood impact index.” Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 26(15): 3941-3964. |
| 32 | R. Patrick Bixler, Euijin Yang, Steven M. Richter, Marc Coudert. 2021. “Boundary crossing for urban community resilience: A social vulnerability and multi-hazard approach in Austin, Texas, USA.” International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 66: 102613. |
| 31 | J. Kelly Hoffman, Gerard T. Kyle, Morgan L. Treadwell, R. Patrick Bixler, Urs P. Kreuter. 2021. “A process-oriented model of decision-making toward landscape-scale prescribed fire implementation in the southern great plains, USA.” Environmental Management. 68(6): 802-813. |
| 30 | R. Patrick Bixler, Sandeep Paul*, Jessica Jones*, Matthew Preisser*, Paola Passalaqua. 2021. “Unpacking adaptive capacity to flooding in urban environments: social capital, social vulnerability, and risk perception.” Frontiers in Water. 3: 728730. |
| 29 | J. Kelly Hoffman*, R. Patrick Bixler, Morgan Treadwell, Lars G. Coleman*, Thomas W. McDaniel*, Urs P. Kreuter. 2021. “The impact of affective heuristics in decision-making regarding the implementation of prescribed fire on private rangelands in the Southern Great Plains, USA”. Society and Natural Resources, 34(5): 621-638. |
| 28 | R. Patrick Bixler. 2020. “Fertile Soil for Organic Public Sociology: Community-Based Natural Resource Management.” The American Sociologist, 51: 558–565. |
| 27 | Samer Atshan*, R. Patrick Bixler, Varun Rai, David Springer. 2020. “Pathways to Urban Sustainability through Individual Behaviors: the Role of Social Capital.” Environmental Science and Policy, 112: 330-339. |
| 26 | R. Patrick Bixler, Katherine Lieberknecht, Samer Atshan*, Clare Zutz*, Steven Richter*, Amy Belaire. 2020. “Reframing urban governance for resilience implementation: A network paradigm and the role of network closure.” Cities, 103: 102726. |
| 25 | Stephanie Mansourian, John Parrotta, Poorna Balaji, Imogen Bellwood-Howard, Suhas Bhasme, R. Patrick Bixler, et al. 2020. “Putting the Pieces Together: Integration for Forest Landscape Restoration Implementation.” Land Degradation and Development, 31(4): 419-429. |
| 24 | R. Patrick Bixler, Samer Atshan*, Jay Banner, Robert Mace, Darrel Tremaine. 2019. “Assessing integrated sustainability research: Use of social network analysis to evaluate scientific integration and transdisciplinarity in research networks.” Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 39: 103-113. |
| 23 | R. Patrick Bixler, Katherine Lieberknecht, Fernanda Leite, Micheal Oden, Juliana Felkner, Steven Richter, Samer Atshan*, Alvaro Zilveti*, and Rachel Thomas*. 2019. “An observatory framework for metropolitan change: understanding urban social-ecological-technical systems in Texas and beyond.” Sustainability, 11, 3611; doi:10.3390/su11133611 |
| 22 | R. Patrick Bixler and David W. Springer. 2018. “Nonprofit Social Capital as an Indicator of a Healthy Nonprofit Sector.” Nonprofit Policy Forum, 9(3): 1. |
| 21 | Abrams, Jesse, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Marlene Luviano*, Chris Bone, R. Patrick Bixler Michael Nelson, and Cassandra Moseley. 2018. “Does Policy Respond to Environmental Change Events? An analysis of Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemics in the Western United States.” Environmental Science and Policy, 90: 102-109. |
| 20 | R. Patrick Bixler, Marisa Zappone, Lin Rui Li*, and Samer Atshan*. 2018. “Unpacking the role of data in philanthropy: Prospects for an integrated framework.” The Foundation Review, 10(2): 52-66. |
| 19 | Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Cody Evers*, Cassandra Moseley, Heidi Huber-Stearns, and R. Patrick Bixler. 2018. “Local capacity to engage in federal wildfire suppression efforts: An explanation of variability in local capture of suppression contracts.” Forest Science, 64 (5): 480-490. |
| 18 | R. Patrick Bixler, Melly Rueling, Shawn Johnson, and Gary Tabor. 2018. “The Crown of the Continent: A Case-study of Collaborative Climate Adaptation.” Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene, Volume 2: 307-315. |
| 17 | R. Patrick Bixler. 2017.“The World System of the Paris Agreement: Construction, Flow, and Implementation of Climate Knowledge Through REDD+”. Social Thought and Research (STAR),34: 33-58. |
| 16 | Keske, Catherine M.H., R. Patrick Bixler, Christopher T. Bastian, Jennifer E. Cross. 2016. “Are Population and Land Use Changes Perceived as Threats to Sense of Place in the New West? A Multilevel Approach.” Rural Sociology,82 (2): 263-290. |
| 15 | Romolini, Michele, R. Patrick Bixler, Morgan Grove. 2016. “A social-ecological framework for urban stewardship network research to promote sustainable and resilient cities.” Sustainability,8: 956. |
| 14 | R. Patrick Bixler, Matthew McKinney, Lynn Scarlett. 2016. “Forging New Models of Natural Resource Governance.” Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 14(3): 115. |
| 13 | R. Patrick Bixler, Dara M. Wald, Laura A. Ogden, Kirsten M. Leong, and Erik W. Johnston, Michele Romolini. 2016. “Network Governance for Large-Scale Natural Resource Conservation and the Challenge of Capture.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,14(3): 165-171. |
| 12 | R. Patrick Bixler, Shawn Johnson, Kirk Emerson, Tina Nabatchi, Melly Reuling, Charles Curtin, Michele Romolini, and J. Morgan Grove. 2016. “Networks and Landscapes: A Framework for Setting Goals and Evaluating Performance at the Large-landscape Scale.” Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, 14(3): 145-153. |
| 11 | Bone, Christopher, Cassandra Moseley, Kirsten Vinyeta, R. Patrick Bixler. 2016. “Employing Resilience in the United States Forest Service.” Land Use Policy, 52: 430-438. |
| 10 | Sample, Alaric, R. Patrick Bixler, Maureen McDonough, Steven Bullard, and Mary Snieckus. 2015. “The Promise and Performance of Forestry Education in the United States: Results of a Survey of Forestry Employers, Graduates, and Educators.” Journal of Forestry,113(6): 528-537. |
| 9 | Jedd, Theresa and R. Patrick Bixler. 2015.“Accountability in networked governance: Learning from a case of landscape-scale forest conservation.” Environmental Policy and Governance, 25: 172-187. |
| 8 | R. Patrick Bixler, Jampel Dell’Angelo, Orleans Mfune, Hassan Roba. 2015. “The Political Ecology of Participation: A Cross-Continent Assessment.” Journal of Political Ecology, 22: 164-182. |
| 7 | Pejchar, Liba, Sarah Reed, R. Patrick Bixler, Lindsay Ex, Miranda Mockrin. 2015. “Consequences of Residential Development for Biodiversity and Human Well-being.” Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment,13(3): 146–153. |
| 6 | Mattor, Katherine, Michele Betsill, Ch’aska Huayhuaca, Heidi Huber-Stearns, Theresa Jedd, Faith Sternlieb, R. Patrick Bixler, Matthew Luizza, Antony S. Cheng. 2014. “Transdisciplinary Research on Environmental Governance: A View from the Inside.” Environmental Science and Policy,42: 90-100. |
| 5 | Bixler, R. Patrick. 2014. “From Community Forest Management to Polycentric Governance: Assessing Evidence from the Bottom-up.” Society and Natural Resources,27 (2): 155-169. |
| 4 | Sternlieb, Faith, R. Patrick Bixler, Heidi Huber-Sterns, and Ch’aska Huaska. 2013. “A Question of Fit: Reflections on Boundaries, Organizations, and Social-Ecological Systems.” Journal of Environmental Management, 130: 117-125. |
| 3 | Bixler, R. Patrick.2013. “The Political Ecology of Local Environmental Narratives: Power, Knowledge, and Mountain Caribou Conservation.” Journal of Political Ecology,20: 273-285. |
| 2 | Wyborn, Carina and R. Patrick Bixler.2013. “Collaboration and Nested Environmental Governance: Scale Dependency, Scale Framing, and Cross-Scale Interactions in Collaborative Conservation.” Journal of Environmental Management,123: 58-67. |
| 1 | Bixler, R. Patrick and Peter Leigh Taylor.2012. “Toward a Community of Innovation in Community-Based Natural Resource Management: Insights from Open Source Software.” Human Organization,71 (3): 234-243. |