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Environmental and Sustainability Indicators
H-index 16

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 380 37 36 10
Environmental Sciences 634 21 19 6

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 115
Documents by Best Scientists*: 96
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 5
SCIMAGO H-index: 35
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.286
Impact Factor: 5.6

Top Publications

  • Characterizing spatio-temporal patterns of social vulnerability to droughts, degradation and desertification in the Brazilian northeast

    Rita Marcia da Silva Pinto Vieira;Marcelo Francisco Sestini;Javier Tomasella;Victor Marchezini

    (2020)
    46 Citations
  • Hybrid bioacoustic and ecoacoustic analyses provide new links between bird assemblages and habitat quality in a winter boreal forest

    Taylor Shaw;Raluca Hedes;Arvid Sandstrom;Alejandro Ruete

    (2021)
    34 Citations
  • Global life-cycle impacts of onshore wind-power plants on bird richness

    Roel May;Heleen Middel;Bård G. Stokke;Craig Jackson

    (2020)
    23 Citations
  • A SMAF assessment of U.S. tillage and crop management strategies

    Márcio R. Nunes;Douglas L. Karlen;Kristen S. Veum;Thomas B. Moorman

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Environmental and Spatial Factors Affecting Surface Water Quality in a Himalayan Watershed, Central Nepal

    Janardan Mainali;Janardan Mainali;Heejun Chang

    (2021)
    21 Citations
  • African climate change policy performance index

    Terence Epule Epule;Abdelghani Chehbouni;Driss Dhiba;Mirielle Wase Moto

    (2021)
    19 Citations
  • Biomass models for estimating carbon storage in Areca palm plantations

    Milon Das;Panna Chandra Nath;Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi;Gudeta Weldesemayat Sileshi;Rajiv Pandey

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Hybrid bioacoustic and ecoacoustic analyses provide new links between bird assemblages and habitat quality in a winter boreal forest

    (2021)
    18 Citations
  • Rapid appraisal using landscape sustainability indicators for Yaqui Valley, Mexico

    Sarah E. Eichler;Keith L. Kline;Keith L. Kline;Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio;Santiago Lopez-Ridaura

    (2020)
    17 Citations
  • Biocultural diversity in an urban context: An indicator-based decision support tool to guide the planning and management of green infrastructure

    Paula Gonçalves;Kati Vierikko;Birgit Elands;Dagmar Haase

    (2021)
    17 Citations

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