2026 Barry Gardiner: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	53	4200	4021	170	169	132	12242

Barry Gardiner publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barry Gardiner sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 132 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Barry Gardiner D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Barry Gardiner sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Barry Gardiner is affiliated with INRAE (Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement) in France. Their research primarily covers multiple domains within environmental science and engineering, with concentrated efforts in mechanical engineering and global and planetary change.

Their recent publications demonstrate a focus on forest ecology and wind-related disturbances. Notable papers include:

Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950, 2022, published in Global Change Biology
Wind damage to forests and trees: a review with an emphasis on planted and managed forests, 2021, published in Journal of Forest Research
Concerns about reported harvests in European forests, 2021, published in Nature
A spatially explicit database of wind disturbances in European forests over the period 2000-2018, 2020, published in Earth system science data
The motion of trees in the wind: a data synthesis, 2021, published in Biogeosciences

The topics most frequently explored in their work include:

Tree Root and Stability Studies
Forest ecology and management
Aeolian processes and effects
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
Forest Management and Policy
Fire effects on ecosystems
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies

Barry Gardiner has collaborated often with several co-authors, including:

K. Kamimura
Marc Hanewinkel
Amanda Bunce
Jean-Claude Ruel
Maximiliano Costa

Gardiner's publications have appeared in a range of scientific venues, with repeated contributions to the following:

Forest Ecology and Management
SSRN Electronic Journal
Natural hazards and earth system sciences
Forests
Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research

In addition to journal articles, Gardiner has published at least one book titled The forestry & wood sector and climate change mitigation (2020) through éditions Quae eBooks.

Their research spans core fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with particular focus on subfields such as Mechanical Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Earth-Surface Processes, and Plant Science. This multidisciplinary approach aligns with their broad interest in understanding forest dynamics, especially under environmental stressors like wind disturbances and climate change.

Best Publications

Forest biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and the provision of ecosystem services

Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Luc Barbaro;Bastien Castagneyrol;David I. Forrester

1141
Citations
The micrometeorology of the urban forest

T. R. Oke

885
Citations
Review: Wind impacts on plant growth, mechanics and damage.

Barry Gardiner;Peter Berry;Bruno Moulia

589
Citations
Tree Diversity Drives Forest Stand Resistance to Natural Disturbances

Hervé Jactel;Jürgen Bauhus;Johanna Boberg;Damien Bonal

563
Citations
Comparison of two models for predicting the critical wind speeds required to damage coniferous trees

Barry Gardiner;Heli Peltola;Seppo Kellomäki

502
Citations
Significant increase in natural disturbance impacts on European forests since 1950

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458
Citations
Field and wind tunnel assessments of the implications of respacing and thinning for tree stability

B. A. Gardiner;G. R. Stacey;R. E. Belcher;C. J. Wood

373
Citations
Biodiversity conservation and the millennium development goals.

Jeffrey D. Sachs;Jonathan E. M. Baillie;William J. Sutherland;Paul R. Armsworth

370
Citations
Anchorage of coniferous trees in relation to species, soil type, and rooting depth

Bruce C Nicoll;Barry A Gardiner;Bill Rayner;Andrew J Peace

329
Citations
A review of mechanistic modelling of wind damage risk to forests

Barry Gardiner;Ken Byrne;Sophie Hale;Kana Kamimura

327
Citations
Management of forests to reduce the risk of abiotic damage — a review with particular reference to the effects of strong winds

Barry A Gardiner;Christopher P Quine

309
Citations
Destructive storms in European forests: past and forthcoming impacts.

B. Gardiner;K. Blennow;J. M. Carnus;P. Fleischer

237
Citations
Are forest disturbances amplifying or canceling out climate change-induced productivity changes in European forests?

Christopher P.O. Reyer;Stephen Bathgate;Kristina Blennow;Jose G. Borges

226
Citations
Ecological stability of mixed-species forests

Jürgen Bauhus;David I. Forrester;Barry Gardiner;Hervé Jactel

183
Citations
THE EVOLUTION OF TURBULENCE ACROSS A FOREST EDGE

M. R. Irvine;B. A. Gardiner;M. K. Hill

183
Citations
WIND AND WIND FORCES IN A PLANTATION SPRUCE FOREST

B. A. Gardiner

179
Citations
Wind loading of trees: influence of tree size and competition

Sophie E. Hale;Barry A. Gardiner;Axel Wellpott;Bruce C. Nicoll

165
Citations
The effect of wind exposure on the tree aerial architecture and biomechanics of Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis, Pinaceae)

Franka Brüchert;Barry Gardiner

165
Citations
Modelling the vulnerability of balsam fir forests to wind damage

A. Achim;J.-C. Ruel;B.A. Gardiner;G. Laflamme

163
Citations
A mathematical model to describe the dynamic response of a spruce tree to the wind

Tobias Kerzenmacher;Barry Gardiner

158
Citations
WIND FLOWS AND FORCES IN A MODEL SPRUCE FOREST

G. R. Stacey;R. E. Belcher;C. J. Wood;B. A. Gardiner

154
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexis Achim Université Laval

Jean-Claude Ruel Université Laval

Hervé Jactel University of Bordeaux

Mart-Jan Schelhaas Wageningen University & Research

Heli Peltola University of Eastern Finland

Seppo Kellomäki University of Eastern Finland

Sebastiaan Luyssaert Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Marcus Lindner European Forest Institute

Manuela Branco University of Lisbon

Jürgen Bauhus University of Freiburg

External Links

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