World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
People and Nature
H-index 39

People and Nature

2575-8314

Published by: British Ecological Society

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25758314

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Ecology and Evolution 48 383 337 38
Environmental Sciences 203 55 83 24
Social Sciences and Humanities 250 32 45 14

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 518
Documents by Best Scientists*: 424
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 25
SCIMAGO H-index: 46
SCIMAGO SJR: 1.621
Impact Factor: 4.9

Top Publications

  • Action needed for the EU Common Agricultural Policy to address sustainability challenges.

    Guy Pe'er;Guy Pe'er;Aletta Bonn;Aletta Bonn;Helge Bruelheide;Petra Dieker

    (2020)
    556 Citations
  • Developing multiscale and integrative nature–people scenarios using the Nature Futures Framework

    Laura M. Pereira;Laura M. Pereira;Laura M. Pereira;Kathryn K. Davies;Eefje den Belder;Simon Ferrier

    (2020)
    281 Citations
  • Mapping human pressures on biodiversity across the planet uncovers anthropogenic threat complexes

    Diana E. Bowler;Anne D. Bjorkman;Maria Dornelas;Isla H. Myers-Smith

    (2020)
    262 Citations
  • Urban green space use during a time of stress: A case study during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brisbane, Australia

    Violeta Berdejo-Espinola;Andrés F Suárez-Castro;Tatsuya Amano;Kelly S Fielding

    (2021)
    203 Citations
  • Well grounded: Indigenous Peoples' knowledge, ethnobiology and sustainability

    Unknown

    (2022)
    152 Citations
  • Extinction of experience: The need to be more specific

    Kevin J. Gaston;Masashi Soga

    (2020)
    149 Citations
  • Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications

    Masashi Soga;Maldwyn J. Evans;Maldwyn J. Evans;Daniel T. C. Cox;Kevin J. Gaston

    (2021)
    147 Citations
  • Tropical forest and peatland conservation in Indonesia: Challenges and directions

    Mark E. Harrison;Juliarta Bramansa Ottay;Laura J. D’Arcy;Susan M. Cheyne

    (2020)
    144 Citations
  • Disconnection from nature: Expanding our understanding of human–nature relations

    (2023)
    90 Citations

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