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Balázs Deák

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
6757
World Ranking
4695
National Ranking
11

Balázs Deák publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Balázs Deák sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 165 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Balázs Deák D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Balázs Deák sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Balázs Deák is affiliated with the University of Debrecen in Hungary and specializes in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Deák has contributed to several recent papers, some of which are:

  • Linking environmental heterogeneity and plant diversity: The ecological role of small natural features in homogeneous landscapes, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Benchmarking plant diversity of Palaearctic grasslands and other open habitats, 2021, Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe, 2020, Conservation Letters
  • Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands, 2022, Science

The frequent publication venues for Deák include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Global Ecology and Conservation

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Deák's research. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Orsolya Valkó
  • Réka Kiss
  • Laura Godó
  • Péter Török
  • András Kelemen

Best Publications

  • Grassland restoration on former croplands in Europe: an assessment of applicability of techniques and costs

    Péter Török;Enikő Vida;Balázs Deák;Szabolcs Lengyel

  • Grazing vs. mowing: A meta-analysis of biodiversity benefits for grassland management

    Malin Tälle;Balázs Deák;Peter Poschlod;Orsolya Valkó

  • Grazing and ecosystem service delivery in global drylands

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  • Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts.

    Nancy Shackelford;Nancy Shackelford;Gustavo B. Paterno;Gustavo B. Paterno;Daniel E. Winkler;Todd E. Erickson

  • Livestock Type is More Crucial Than Grazing Intensity: Traditional Cattle and Sheep Grazing in Short‐Grass Steppes

    Edina Tóth;Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;András Kelemen

  • Review: Prospects and limitations of prescribed burning as a management tool in European grasslands

    Orsolya Valkó;Péter Török;Balázs Deák;Béla Tóthmérész

  • Restoring grassland biodiversity: Sowing low-diversity seed mixtures can lead to rapid favourable changes

    Péter Török;Balázs Deák;Enikő Vida;Orsolya Valkó

  • Cultural monuments and nature conservation: a review of the role of kurgans in the conservation and restoration of steppe vegetation

    Balázs Deák;Béla Tóthmérész;Orsolya Valkó;Barbara Sudnik-Wójcikowska

  • Classification of Herbaceous Vegetation Using Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery

    Péter Burai;Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;Tamás Tomor

  • Traditional Cattle Grazing in a Mosaic Alkali Landscape: Effects on Grassland Biodiversity along a Moisture Gradient

    Péter Török;Orsolya Valkó;Balázs Deák;András Kelemen

  • Mapping an ecological network of green habitat patches and their role in maintaining urban biodiversity in and around Debrecen city (Eastern Hungary)

    Bernadett Hüse;Szilárd Szabó;Balázs Deák;Béla Tóthmérész

  • Public attitudes toward biodiversity-friendly greenspace management in Europe

    Leonie K. Fischer;Leonie K. Fischer;Lena Neuenkamp;Lena Neuenkamp;Jussi Lampinen;Maria Tuomi

  • Supporting biodiversity by prescribed burning in grasslands — A multi-taxa approach

    Orsolya Valkó;Balázs Deák;Tibor Magura;Péter Török

  • Secondary succession in sandy old-fields: a promising example of spontaneous grassland recovery

    Ágnes Júlia Albert;András Kelemen;Orsolya Valkó;Tamás Miglécz

  • Linking environmental heterogeneity and plant diversity: The ecological role of small natural features in homogeneous landscapes.

    Balázs Deák;Bence Kovács;Zoltán Rádai;Iva Apostolova

  • Categorizing Grassland Vegetation with Full-Waveform Airborne Laser Scanning: A Feasibility Study for Detecting Natura 2000 Habitat Types

    András Zlinszky;András Zlinszky;Anke Schroiff;Adam Kania;Balázs Deák

  • Micro-topographic heterogeneity increases plant diversity in old stages of restored grasslands

    Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;Péter Török;András Kelemen

  • Litter and graminoid biomass accumulation suppresses weedy forbs in grassland restoration

    B. Deák;O. Valkó;A. Kelemen;P. Török

  • Fine-scale vertical position as an indicator of vegetation in alkali grasslands – Case study based on remotely sensed data

    Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;Cici Alexander;Werner Mücke

  • Lucerne‐dominated fields recover native grass diversity without intensive management actions

    Péter Török;András Kelemen;Orsolya Valkó;Balázs Deák

  • Factors threatening grassland specialist plants - A multi-proxy study on the vegetation of isolated grasslands

    Balázs Deák;Orsolya Valkó;Péter Török;Béla Tóthmérész

  • Grassland seed bank and community resilience in a changing climate

    Réka Kiss;Balázs Deák;Péter Török;Béla Tóthmérész

  • Recovery of native grass biodiversity by sowing on former croplands: Is weed suppression a feasible goal for grassland restoration?

    Péter Török;Tamás Miglécz;Orsolya Valkó;András Kelemen

  • Managing for species composition or diversity? Pastoral and free grazing systems in alkali steppes

    Péter Török;Orsolya Valkó;Balázs Deák;András Kelemen

Frequent Co-Authors

Orsolya Valkó
Orsolya Valkó University of Debrecen
Béla Tóthmérész
Béla Tóthmérész University of Debrecen
Péter Török
Péter Török University of Debrecen
Norbert Pfeifer
Norbert Pfeifer TU Wien
Tibor Magura
Tibor Magura University of Debrecen
Steffen Boch
Steffen Boch Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Valentin H. Klaus
Valentin H. Klaus Ruhr University Bochum
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Per Milberg
Per Milberg Linköping University
Peter Poschlod
Peter Poschlod University of Regensburg

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