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Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer

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Earth Science
Brazil
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Earth Science

D-Index
54
Citations
12002
World Ranking
2669
National Ranking
10

Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 306 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Carlos Ernesto Gonçalves Reynaud Schaefer is affiliated with Universidade Federal de Viçosa in Brazil. Their primary research contributions lie within the fields of Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a substantial number of publications in each area.

Their research spans various subfields including Ecology, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science, and Global and Planetary Change. This breadth highlights engagement with diverse scientific topics.

Key topics addressed in their work include Polar Research and Ecology, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Climate Change and Permafrost, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Soil Geostatistics and Mapping, and Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping.

The scientist has contributed to a number of published papers, notable recent works are:

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Campo Rupestre: A road map for the sustainability of the hottest Brazilian biodiversity hotspot (2020), published in Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Dynamic of the structural alteration of biochar in ancient Anthrosol over a long timescale by Raman spectroscopy (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • Microclimate and soil and water loss in shaded and unshaded agroforestry coffee systems (2020), published in Agroforestry Systems
  • Applied gamma-ray spectrometry for evaluating tropical soil processes and attributes (2020), published in Geoderma
  • Analysis of terrain attributes in different spatial resolutions for digital soil mapping application in southeastern Brazil (2020), published in Geoderma Regional

Frequent collaborators include Márcio Rocha Francelino, Elpídio Inácio Fernandes Filho, Fábio Soares de Oliveira, Gustavo Vieira Veloso, and Rafael Gomes Siqueira. This network suggests ongoing cooperative research efforts.

Publication venues regularly featuring their work include Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, CATENA, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Geoderma Regional, and Geoderma. These journals indicate a concentration on geological and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Ecology and evolution of plant diversity in the endangered campo rupestre: a neglected conservation priority

    Fernando A. O. Silveira;Daniel Negreiros;Newton P. U. Barbosa;Elise Buisson

  • Heavy metal contamination in coastal sediments and soils near the Brazilian Antarctic Station, King George Island

    Isaac R. Santos;Emmanoel V. Silva-Filho;Carlos E.G.R. Schaefer;Manoel R. Albuquerque-Filho

  • Modelling and mapping soil organic carbon stocks in Brazil

    Lucas Carvalho Gomes;Lucas Carvalho Gomes;Raiza Moniz Faria;Eliana de Souza;Gustavo Vieira Veloso

  • Pedogenesis and pre-Colombian land use of “Terra Preta Anthrosols” (“Indian black earth”) of Western Amazonia

    Hedinaldo N Lima;Carlos E.R Schaefer;Jaime W.V Mello;Robert J Gilkes

  • Thermal state of permafrost and active-layer monitoring in the Antarctic: advances during the International Polar Year 2007-2009

    Gonçalo Vieira;James Bockheim;Mauro Guglielmin;Megan Balks

  • Minerals in the clay fraction of Brazilian Latosols (Oxisols): a review

    C. E. G. R. Schaefer;J. D. Fabris;J. C. Ker

  • Ornithogenic cryosols from Maritime Antarctica: Phosphatization as a soil forming process

    Felipe N.B. Simas;Carlos Ernesto G.R. Schaefer;Vander F. Melo;Manoel R. Albuquerque-Filho

  • Soils associated with rock outcrops in the Brazilian mountain ranges Mantiqueira and Espinhaço

    Vinicius M. Benites;Carlos Ernesto G. R. Schaefer;Felipe N. B. Simas;Humberto G. Santos

  • Brazilian latosols and their B horizon microstructure as long-term biotic constructs

    Carlos E. R. Schaefer

  • Chemical and Mineralogical Properties of Kaolinite-Rich Brazilian Soils

    V.F. Melo;B. Singh;C.E.G.R. Schaefer;R.F. Novais

  • SOLOS E VEGETAÇÃO NOS COMPLEXOS RUPESTRES DE ALTITUDE DA MANTIQUEIRA E DO ESPINHAÇO

    Vinicius de Melo Benites;Alessandra Nasser Caiafa;Eduardo de Sá Mendonça;Carlos Ernesto Schaefer

  • Ornithogenic Gelisols (Cryosols) from Maritime Antarctica

    Roberto Ferreira Machado Michel;Carlos Ernesto G. Reynaud Schaefer;Luis Eduardo Dias;Felipe Nogueira Bello Simas

  • Genesis, properties and classification of Cryosols from Admiralty Bay, maritime Antarctica

    Felipe N.B. Simas;Carlos Ernesto G.R. Schaefer;Manoel R. Albuquerque Filho;Marcio Rocha Francelino

  • Secondary forest fragments offer important carbon and biodiversity cobenefits.

    Fabio A. R. Matos;Luiz Fernando S. Magnago;Carlos Aquila Chan Miranda;Luis Fernando Tavares de Menezes

  • The Brazilian Soil Spectral Library (BSSL): A general view, application and challenges

    José A.M. Demattê;André Carnieletto Dotto;Ariane F.S. Paiva;Marcus V. Sato

  • CLAY-SIZED MINERALS IN PERMAFROST-AFFECTED SOILS (CRYOSOLS) FROM KING GEORGE ISLAND, ANTARCTICA

    Felipe N. B. Simas;Carlos Ernesto G. R. Schaefer;Vander F. Melo;Marcelo B. B. Guerra

  • Properties of black soil humic acids from high altitude rocky complexes in Brazil

    Vinicius de Melo Benites;Eduardo de Sá Mendonça;Carlos Ernesto G.R. Schaefer;Etelvino Henrique Novotny

  • Micromorphology and microchemistry of selected Cryosols from maritime Antarctica

    Carlos Ernesto G.R. Schaefer;Felipe N.B. Simas;Robert J. Gilkes;Charter Mathison

  • Chemical, physical and micromorphological properties of termite mounds and adjacent soils along a toposequence in Zona da Mata, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

    Tathiane Santi Sarcinelli;Carlos Ernesto G.R. Schaefer;Leila de Souza Lynch;Helga Dias Arato

  • Baseline mercury and zinc concentrations in terrestrial and coastal organisms of Admiralty Bay, Antarctica.

    Isaac Rodrigues dos Santos;Emmanoel Vieira Silva-Filho;Carlos Schaefer;Silvia Maria Sella

Frequent Co-Authors

James G. Bockheim
James G. Bockheim University of Wisconsin–Madison
R. J. Gilkes
R. J. Gilkes University of Western Australia
Carlos A. Rosa
Carlos A. Rosa Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Sebastião Venâncio Martins
Sebastião Venâncio Martins Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Peter Kühn
Peter Kühn University of Tübingen
Márcia Caruso Bícego
Márcia Caruso Bícego Universidade de São Paulo
Isaac R. Santos
Isaac R. Santos University of Gothenburg
Alexandre Soares Rosado
Alexandre Soares Rosado King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Nilton Curi
Nilton Curi Federal University of Lavras
Rafael S. Oliveira
Rafael S. Oliveira State University of Campinas

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