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2026

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D-Index
63
Citations
29879
World Ranking
1140
National Ranking
4

Arild Angelsen publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arild Angelsen sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 196 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Arild Angelsen D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arild Angelsen sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Arild Angelsen is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a significant body of work in subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Soil Science, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's research topics cover several areas related to agriculture and the environment. Key areas of focus include:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Arild Angelsen has contributed to a number of publications appearing in venues such as World Development, Ecological Economics, Climate Policy, Forest Policy and Economics, and SSRN Electronic Journal. These venues reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work bridging economics, policy, and environmental sciences.

Recent papers include:

  • "Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Crops in crises: Shocks shape smallholders' diversification in rural Ethiopia," 2022, World Development
  • "A dual-track transition to global carbon pricing," 2020, Climate Policy
  • "How do REDD+ projects contribute to the goals of the Paris Agreement?", 2022, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Understanding Adoption and Impacts of Conservation Agriculture in Eastern and Southern Africa: A Review," 2021, Frontiers in Agronomy

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Ola Tveitereid Westengen
  • Clifton Makate
  • Stein T. Holden
  • Julia Naime
  • Erin O. Sills

The combination of publication venues and recurrent coauthors demonstrate a strong engagement across multiple disciplines and geographical contexts, particularly focusing on agricultural sustainability, environmental policy, and climate economics.

Best Publications

  • The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

    Eric F. Lambin;B.L. Turner;Helmut J. Geist;Samuel B. Agbola

  • Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change

    Thomas K. Rudel;Oliver T. Coomes;Emilio Moran;Frederic Achard

  • An assessment of deforestation and forest degradation drivers in developing countries

    Noriko Hosonuma;Martin Herold;Veronique De Sy;Ruth S De Fries

  • Rethinking the Causes of Deforestation: Lessons from Economic Models

    Arild Angelsen;David Kaimowitz

  • Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview

    William D. Sunderlin;A. Angelsen;B. Belcher;P. Burgess

  • Economic models of tropical deforestation: a review.

    D. Kaimowitz;A. Angelsen

  • Environmental income and rural livelihoods: a global-comparative analysis.

    Arild Angelsen;Pamela Jagger;Ronnie Babigumira;Brian Belcher

  • Moving ahead with REDD: issues, options and implications

    Arild Angelsen

  • Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation

    Arild Angelsen;David Kaimowitz

  • Exploring the forest–poverty link: key concepts, issues and research implications

    A. Angelsen;Sven Wunder

  • Agricultural expansion and deforestation: modelling the impact of population, market forces and property rights

    Arild Angelsen;Arild Angelsen

  • Forest environmental incomes and the rural poor

    Paul Vedeld;Arild Angelsen;Arild Angelsen;Jan Bojö;Espen Sjaastad

  • Analysing REDD+: challenges and choices.

    A. Angelsen;M. Brockhaus;W.D. Sunderlin;L.V. Verchot

  • Realising Redd+: National strategy and policy options

    A. Angelsen;M. Brockhaus;M. Kanninen;E. Sills

  • Policies for reduced deforestation and their impact on agricultural production

    Arild Angelsen

  • Counting on the environment: forest incomes and the rural poor

    Paul Vedeld;Arild Angelsen;Espen Sjaastad;Gertrude Kobugabe Berg

  • Shifting cultivation and “deforestation”: A study from Indonesia

    Arild Angelsen

  • Do trees grow on money?: the implications of deforestation research for policies to promote REDD

    Markku Tapani Kanninen;Daniel Murdiyarso;Frances Seymour;Arild Angelsen

  • Forests, Livelihoods, and Conservation: Broadening the Empirical Base

    Sven Wunder;Arild Angelsen;Arild Angelsen;Brian Belcher;Brian Belcher

  • Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD): an options assessment report

    A. Angelsen;S. Brown;C. Loisel;L. Peskett

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Wunder
Sven Wunder European Forest Institute
William D. Sunderlin
William D. Sunderlin Center for International Forestry Research
Maria Brockhaus
Maria Brockhaus University of Helsinki
Christopher Martius
Christopher Martius Center for International Forestry Research, Germany
Martin Herold
Martin Herold Wageningen University & Research
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Anne M. Larson
Anne M. Larson Center for International Forestry Research, Peru
Markku Kanninen
Markku Kanninen University of Helsinki
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh
Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh Autonomous University of Barcelona

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