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Cristina Branquinho

Cristina Branquinho

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
8587
World Ranking
3685
National Ranking
22

Cristina Branquinho 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 Cristina Branquinho sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 215 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Cristina Branquinho 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 Cristina Branquinho sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Cristina Branquinho is affiliated with the University of Lisbon in Portugal. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in agricultural and biological sciences. The subfields covered by their work include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, plant science, and ecology.

Their work addresses several main topics such as ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, lichen and fungal ecology, land use and ecosystem services, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, urban green space and health, and botany and plant ecology studies.

Recent publications by Cristina Branquinho include:

  • Global urban environmental change drives adaptation in white clover (2022, Science)
  • Using green to cool the grey: Modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Functional Traits in Lichen Ecology: A Review of Challenge and Opportunity (2021, Microorganisms)
  • Transformative or piecemeal? Changes in green space planning and governance in eleven European cities (2022, European Planning Studies)
  • Strategic roadmap to assess forest vulnerability under air pollution and climate change (2022, Global Change Biology)

Frequent co-authors working alongside Cristina Branquinho include:

  • Alice Nunes
  • Pedro Pinho
  • Helena Cristina Serrano
  • Adriana Príncipe
  • Paula Matos

Their research has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Indicators
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Urban forestry & urban greening

Cristina Branquinho has also contributed to book publications, including a work from 2020 titled Land Restoration for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals - An International Resource Panel Think Piece published by the Open Access CRIS of the University of Bern.

Best Publications

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Ecosystem services: Urban parks under a magnifying glass.

    Teresa Mexia;Joana Vieira;Adriana Príncipe;Andreia Anjos

  • Green spaces are not all the same for the provision of air purification and climate regulation services: The case of urban parks

    Joana Vieira;Paula Matos;Teresa Mexia;Teresa Mexia;Patrícia Silva

  • Microbial extracellular polymeric substances improve water retention in dryland biological soil crusts

    Alessandra Adessi;Alessandra Adessi;Ricardo Cruz de Carvalho;Roberto De Philippis;Roberto De Philippis;Cristina Branquinho

  • The cellular location of Cu in lichens and its effects on membrane integrity and chlorophyll fluorescence

    Cristina Branquinho;Dennis H. Brown;Fernando Catarino

  • Nitrogen deposition effects on Mediterranean-type ecosystems : an ecological assessment

    Raul Ochoa-Hueso;Edith B Allen;Cristina Branquinho;Cristina Cruz

  • Lichens as an integrating tool for monitoring PAH atmospheric deposition: a comparison with soil, air and pine needles.

    Sofia Augusto;Cristina Máguas;João Matos;Maria João Pereira

  • Revisiting the plant hyperaccumulation criteria to rare plants and earth abundant elements.

    Cristina Branquinho;Helena Cristina Serrano;Manuel João Pinto;Maria Amélia Martins-Loução

  • Soil indicators to assess the effectiveness of restoration strategies in dryland ecosystems

    Edoardo A. C. Costantini;Cristina Branquinho;Alice Nunes;Gudrun Schwilch

  • Lichen traits responding to aridity

    Paula Matos;Paula Matos;Pedro Pinho;Pedro Pinho;Gregorio Aragón;Isabel Martínez

  • Improving the use of lichens as biomonitors of atmospheric metal pollution

    Cristina Branquinho;Fernando Catarino;Dennis Hunther Brown;Maria João Pereira

  • Towards an integrative approach to evaluate the environmental ecosystem services provided by urban forest

    Samson Roeland;Marco Moretti;Jorge Humberto Amorim;Cristina Branquinho

  • Ecological impacts of atmospheric pollution and interactions with climate change in terrestrial ecosystems of the Mediterranean Basin: Current research and future directions

    Raúl Ochoa-Hueso;Silvana Munzi;Rocio Alonso;Maria Arroniz-Crespo

  • Using green to cool the grey: Modelling the cooling effect of green spaces with a high spatial resolution

    Filipa Grilo;Pedro Pinho;Cristiana Aleixo;Cristina Catita

  • Guidelines for biomonitoring persistent organic pollutants (POPs), using lichens and aquatic mosses--a review.

    Sofia Augusto;Cristina Máguas;Cristina Branquinho

  • Biomonitoring spatial and temporal impact of atmospheric dust from a cement industry

    Cristina Branquinho;Gisela Gaio-Oliveira;Sofia Augusto;Pedro Pinho

  • The use of lichen functional groups as indicators of air quality in a Mediterranean urban environment

    Esteve Llop;Esteve Llop;Pedro Pinho;Paula Matos;Maria João Pereira

  • Modeling the provision of air-quality regulation ecosystem service provided by urban green spaces using lichens as ecological indicators.

    Paula Matos;Joana Vieira;Bernardo Rocha;Cristina Branquinho

  • Using lichen functional diversity to assess the effects of atmospheric ammonia in Mediterranean woodlands

    Pedro Pinho;Teresa Dias;Cristina Cruz;Y. Sim Tang

  • A new framework for selecting environmental surrogates

    David Lindenmayer;Jennifer Pierson;Philip Barton;Maria Beger

  • Two roles for ecological surrogacy: Indicator surrogates and management surrogates

    Malcolm Hunter;Martin Westgate;Philip Barton;Aram Calhoun

  • Mapping Lichen Diversity as a First Step for Air Quality Assessment

    P. Pinho;S. Augusto;C. Branquinho;A. Bio

Frequent Co-Authors

Pedro Pinho
Pedro Pinho University of Lisbon
Cristina Máguas
Cristina Máguas University of Lisbon
Otília Correia
Otília Correia University of Lisbon
Margarida Santos-Reis
Margarida Santos-Reis University of Lisbon
Lucy J. Sheppard
Lucy J. Sheppard UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Mark A. Sutton
Mark A. Sutton Natural Environment Research Council
Ian D. Leith
Ian D. Leith UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Giampiero Cai
Giampiero Cai University of Siena
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares
Amadeu M.V.M. Soares University of Aveiro

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