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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
12748
World Ranking
2700
National Ranking
961

Brian D. Fath 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 Brian D. Fath sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 232 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Brian D. Fath 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 Brian D. Fath sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Brian D. Fath is affiliated with Towson University in the United States and conducts research primarily within the field of Environmental Science, contributing to over 115 publications. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, and Ecology.

Their research emphasizes topics related to Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Industrial Ecology, Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Economic and Technological Innovation, and Regional resilience and development.

Brian D. Fath has coauthored frequently with several researchers, including Ali Kharrazi, Bruno Meirelles de Oliveira, Yadong Yu, Elvira Buonocore, and Pier Paolo Franzese.

Publications by Brian D. Fath appear in key journals and venues such as Ecological Modelling, Journal of Cleaner Production, Current Research in Environmental Sustainability, Cleaner Production Letters, and SSRN Electronic Journal. The scientist's recent papers include:

  • Call for transparency of COVID-19 models, 2020, Science
  • On the emergence of ecological and economic niches, 2020, Journal of Bioeconomics
  • The spatio-temporal dynamics of urban resilience in China's capital cities, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Redundancy, Diversity, and Modularity in Network Resilience: Applications for International Trade and Implications for Public Policy, 2020, Current Research in Environmental Sustainability
  • Transforming innovation for decarbonisation? Insights from combining complex systems and social practice perspectives, 2020, Energy Research & Social Science

In addition to journal articles, Brian D. Fath has contributed to book publications, including a title with Cambridge University Press called Explaining Technology published in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Position paper: Characterising performance of environmental models

    Neil D. Bennett;Barry F. W. Croke;Giorgio Guariso;Joseph H. A. Guillaume

  • Review of the Foundations of Network Environ Analysis

    Brian D. Fath;Bernard C. Patten

  • Ecological network analysis : network construction

    Brian D. Fath;Ursula M. Scharler;Ursula M. Scharler;Robert E. Ulanowicz;Bruce Hannon

  • Review and evaluation of estuarine biotic indices to assess benthic condition

    Rute Pinto;Joana Patrício;Alexandra Baeta;Brian D. Fath

  • Encyclopedia of Ecology

    Sven Erik Jørgensen;Brian D. Fath

  • Complementarity of ecological goal functions.

    Brian D. Fath;Bernard C. Patten;Jae S. Choi

  • Navigating the adaptive cycle: an approach to managing the resilience of social systems

    Brian D. Fath;Carly A. Dean;Harald Katzmair

  • Network synergism: Emergence of positive relations in ecological systems

    Brian D. Fath;Bernard C. Patten

  • Form follows function? Proposing a blueprint for ecosystem service assessments based on reviews and case studies

    R. Seppelt;R. Seppelt;B. Fath;B. Fath;B. Burkhard;Judith Fisher

  • Ecosystem growth and development

    Brian D. Fath;Sven E. Jørgensen;Bernard C. Patten;Milan Straškraba

  • Assessing, valuing, and mapping ecosystem services in Alpine forests

    Tiina Häyhä;Tiina Häyhä;Pier Paolo Franzese;Alessandro Paletto;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath

  • A MATLAB® function for Network Environ Analysis

    Brian D. Fath;Stuart R. Borrett

  • Ecological network analysis of an urban water metabolic system: Model development, and a case study for Beijing

    Yan Zhang;Zhifeng Yang;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath

  • Urban ecosystem health assessment: A review

    Meirong Su;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Zhifeng Yang

  • Ecological risk assessment on the system scale: A review of state-of-the-art models and future perspectives

    Shaoqing Chen;Bin Chen;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath

  • Network mutualism: Positive community-level relations in ecosystems

    Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath

  • Network Structure of Inter-Industry Flows

    James McNerney;James McNerney;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Gerald Silverberg;Gerald Silverberg

  • Ecological network analysis metrics: The need for an entire ecosystem approach in management and policy

    Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Harald Asmus;Ragnhild Asmus;Dan Baird

  • Quantifying economic and ecological sustainability

    Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath

  • Application of thermodynamic principles in ecology

    Sven E. Jørgensen;Brian D. Fath

  • Ecological network analysis of an urban energy metabolic system: Model development, and a case study of four Chinese cities

    Yan Zhang;Zhifeng Yang;Brian D. Fath;Brian D. Fath;Shengsheng Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Erik Jørgensen
Sven Erik Jørgensen University of Copenhagen
Robert E. Ulanowicz
Robert E. Ulanowicz University of Florida
Bernard C. Patten
Bernard C. Patten University of Georgia
Yan Zhang
Yan Zhang Beijing Normal University
Felix Müller
Felix Müller Kiel University
João Carlos Marques
João Carlos Marques University of Coimbra
Simone Bastianoni
Simone Bastianoni University of Siena
Zhifeng Yang
Zhifeng Yang Guangdong University of Technology
Gengyuan Liu
Gengyuan Liu Beijing Normal University
William E. Grant
William E. Grant Texas A&M University

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