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Beverly E. Law publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Beverly E. Law between 1982 and 2021, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Beverly E. Law published across 40 years, from 1982 to 2021, averaging 8.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2011. 18 of the 331 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1982 to 2021. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2011. 1982: 1 publication 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 9 publications 2001: 14 publications 2002: 16 publications 2003: 8 publications 2004: 15 publications 2005: 16 publications 2006: 11 publications 2007: 21 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 20 publications 2011: 28 publications 2012: 24 publications 2013: 14 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 9 publications
1982 2021

331 publications in total across all disciplines

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Beverly E. Law: publications per year, 1982 to 2021
Year Publications
1982 1
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 0
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 3
1993 0
1994 2
1995 2
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 4
2000 9
2001 14
2002 16
2003 8
2004 15
2005 16
2006 11
2007 21
2008 13
2009 20
2010 20
2011 28
2012 24
2013 14
2014 13
2015 11
2016 7
2017 17
2018 13
2019 11
2020 9
2021 9
Total 331
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Beverly E. Law 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 Beverly E. Law sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 331–340 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 339 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80 339
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Beverly E. Law 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 Beverly E. Law sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 116 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 116 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7 116
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Statistics

Her primary areas of investigation include Eddy covariance, Ecosystem, Atmospheric sciences, Primary production and Carbon cycle. Her Eddy covariance research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Climatology, Photosynthetically active radiation, Latent heat, Biome and Data assimilation. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Soil water and Forestry.

Her Atmospheric sciences research incorporates elements of Atmosphere, Meteorology, Convection, Climate model and FluxNet. Her studies in FluxNet integrate themes in fields like Hydrology, Evapotranspiration, Climate change and Terrestrial ecosystem. Her work deals with themes such as Carbon sequestration, Soil organic matter and Forest ecology, which intersect with Carbon cycle.

Her most cited work include:

  • FLUXNET: A New Tool to Study the Temporal and Spatial Variability of Ecosystem-Scale Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, and Energy Flux Densities (2698 citations)
  • Energy balance closure at FLUXNET sites (1621 citations)
  • Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange (1352 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Beverly E. Law spends much of her time researching Ecosystem, Atmospheric sciences, Eddy covariance, Ecology and Carbon cycle. Her studies deal with areas such as Soil water and Climatology as well as Ecosystem. The various areas that Beverly E. Law examines in her Atmospheric sciences study include Latent heat, Canopy, Biosphere and Vegetation.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Hydrology, Meteorology and Terrestrial ecosystem in addition to Eddy covariance. Her Carbon cycle study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Carbon sequestration and Soil organic matter. Her FluxNet research includes themes of Deciduous and Biome.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Ecosystem (32.88%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (30.85%)
  • Eddy covariance (28.14%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Ecosystem (32.88%)
  • Atmospheric sciences (30.85%)
  • Climate change (10.17%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Beverly E. Law mostly deals with Ecosystem, Atmospheric sciences, Climate change, Eddy covariance and Ecology. Her Ecosystem study incorporates themes from Biodiversity and Greenhouse gas. Her Atmospheric sciences research includes elements of Primary production, Ecosystem respiration, Canopy, Land cover and Vegetation.

The concepts of her Ecosystem respiration study are interwoven with issues in FluxNet and Deciduous. As a part of the same scientific study, she usually deals with the Eddy covariance, concentrating on Biosphere and frequently concerns with Data assimilation. Her research in the fields of Evapotranspiration and Biomass overlaps with other disciplines such as Trait and Extensive data.

Between 2014 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Warm spring reduced carbon cycle impact of the 2012 US summer drought (198 citations)
  • Within-species patterns challenge our understanding of the leaf economics spectrum. (80 citations)
  • Land use strategies to mitigate climate change in carbon dense temperate forests (71 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Ecosystem
  • Statistics

Her primary areas of investigation include Ecosystem, Primary production, Ecology, Spatial variability and Eddy covariance. Her studies in Ecosystem integrate themes in fields like Carbon sequestration, Climate change and Greenhouse gas. Primary production is closely attributed to Atmospheric sciences in her work.

Her Atmospheric sciences research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Mediterranean climate and Evergreen. Her research integrates issues of Hydrology, Evapotranspiration and Remote sensing, Remote sensing in her study of Spatial variability. Eddy covariance is closely attributed to Biosphere in her study.

Best Publications

  • FLUXNET: A New Tool to Study the Temporal and Spatial Variability of Ecosystem-Scale Carbon Dioxide, Water Vapor, and Energy Flux Densities

    Dennis Baldocchi;Eva Falge;Lianhong Gu;Richard Olson

  • Energy balance closure at FLUXNET sites

    Kell Wilson;Allen Goldstein;Eva Falge;Marc Aubinet

  • Recent decline in the global land evapotranspiration trend due to limited moisture supply

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Philippe Ciais;Sonia I. Seneviratne

  • Gap filling strategies for defensible annual sums of net ecosystem exchange

    E. Falge;D. Baldocchi;R. Olson;P. Anthoni

  • Old-growth forests as global carbon sinks.

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Ernst Detlef Schulze;Annett Börner;Alexander Knohl

  • Reduction of forest soil respiration in response to nitrogen deposition

    I.A. Janssens;W. Dieleman;S. Luyssaert;J.-A. Subke

  • The FLUXNET2015 dataset and the ONEFlux processing pipeline for eddy covariance data

    Gilberto Pastorello;Carlo Trotta;Eleonora Canfora;Housen Chu

  • Environmental controls over carbon dioxide and water vapor exchange of terrestrial vegetation

    B.E Law;E Falge;L Gu;D.D Baldocchi

  • Global patterns of land-atmosphere fluxes of carbon dioxide, latent heat, and sensible heat derived from eddy covariance, satellite, and meteorological observations

    Martin Jung;Markus Reichstein;Hank A. Margolis;Alessandro Cescatti

  • The human footprint in the carbon cycle of temperate and boreal forests

    Federico Magnani;Maurizio Mencuccini;Marco Borghetti;Paul Berbigier

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Modeling and measuring the effects of disturbance history and climate on carbon and water budgets in evergreen needleleaf forests

    Peter E Thornton;Beverley E Law;Henry L Gholz;Kenneth L Clark

  • World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency

    William J Ripple;Christopher Wolf;Thomas M Newsome;Jillian W Gregg

  • Interpreting, measuring, and modeling soil respiration

    Michael G. Ryan;Beverly E. Law

  • Handbook of micrometeorology : a guide for surface flux measurement and analysis

    Xuhui Lee;William Massman;Beverly Law

  • Seasonality of ecosystem respiration and gross primary production as derived from FLUXNET measurements

    Eva Falge;Dennis Baldocchi;John Tenhunen;Marc Aubinet

  • Evaluation of remote sensing based terrestrial productivity from MODIS using regional tower eddy flux network observations

    F.A. Heinsch;Maosheng Zhao;S.W. Running;J.S. Kimball

  • Deriving a light use efficiency model from eddy covariance flux data for predicting daily gross primary production across biomes

    Wenping Yuan;Shuguang Liu;Guangsheng Zhou;Guoyi Zhou

  • Ecosystem carbon dioxide fluxes after disturbance in forests of North America

    B. D. Amiro;A. G. Barr;J. G. Barr;T. A. Black

  • Gap filling strategies for long term energy flux data sets

    Eva Falge;Dennis D. Baldocchi;Richard Olson;Peter Anthoni

  • Modeling temporal and large‐scale spatial variability of soil respiration from soil water availability, temperature and vegetation productivity indices

    Markus Reichstein;Ana Rey;Annette Freibauer;John Tenhunen

Frequent Co-Authors

Dennis D. Baldocchi
Dennis D. Baldocchi University of California, Berkeley
Eddy Moors
Eddy Moors Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andrew D. Richardson
Andrew D. Richardson Northern Arizona University
David Y. Hollinger
David Y. Hollinger US Forest Service
Leonardo Montagnani
Leonardo Montagnani Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Markus Reichstein
Markus Reichstein Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry
Walter C. Oechel
Walter C. Oechel San Diego State University
Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Sebastiaan Luyssaert
Sebastiaan Luyssaert Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Lianhong Gu
Lianhong Gu Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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