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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Ecology and Evolution 98 298 279 49 45 315 45316

David A. Coomes publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by David A. Coomes between 1996 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. David A. Coomes published across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026, averaging 13.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 35 publications in 2023. 36 of the 421 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 35. Peak 35 publications in 2023. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 3 publications 1998: 3 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 6 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 12 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 20 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 29 publications 2020: 26 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 34 publications 2023: 35 publications 2024: 29 publications 2025: 35 publications 2026: 1 publication
1996 2026

421 publications in total across all disciplines

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David A. Coomes: publications per year, 1996 to 2026
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 3
1998 3
1999 1
2000 2
2001 1
2002 6
2003 5
2004 3
2005 4
2006 4
2007 8
2008 8
2009 11
2010 12
2011 17
2012 14
2013 16
2014 20
2015 15
2016 18
2017 20
2018 13
2019 29
2020 26
2021 27
2022 34
2023 35
2024 29
2025 35
2026 1
Total 421
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David A. Coomes publications per year - data summary

  • David A. Coomes, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from University of Cambridge, has 421 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1996 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1996 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive years are 2023 and 2025, with 35 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1996, 1999, 2001 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 13.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.6 per year counting only the 31 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 134 publications, 32% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1996-2006: 33 publications (3.0 per year); 2007-2017: 159 publications (14.5 per year); 2018-2026: 229 publications (25.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

David A. Coomes 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 David A. Coomes sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 531+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 333. Most scientists, 333, have 97–101 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 312–316 publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 531+

This scientist: 315 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 2
42–46 9
47–51 10
52–56 31
57–61 56
62–66 91
67–71 92
72–76 127
77–81 173
82–86 236
87–91 227
92–96 240
97–101 333
102–106 280
107–111 300
112–116 285
117–121 305
122–126 287
127–131 278
132–136 289
137–141 273
142–146 262
147–151 246
152–156 235
157–161 205
162–166 199
167–171 174
172–176 164
177–181 173
182–186 189
187–191 170
192–196 139
197–201 128
202–206 117
207–211 115
212–216 107
217–221 124
222–226 81
227–231 82
232–236 85
237–241 75
242–246 66
247–251 81
252–256 69
257–261 70
262–266 55
267–271 64
272–276 49
277–281 48
282–286 44
287–291 45
292–296 36
297–301 39
302–306 38
307–311 30
312–316 34 315
317–321 25
322–326 22
327–331 28
332–336 30
337–341 22
342–346 30
347–351 26
352–356 22
357–361 29
362–366 21
367–371 12
372–376 18
377–381 17
382–386 13
387–391 21
392–396 13
397–401 10
402–406 15
407–411 8
412–416 9
417–421 8
422–426 4
427–431 10
432–436 10
437–441 5
442–446 4
447–451 10
452–456 2
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 7
472–476 6
477–481 6
482–486 3
487–491 3
492–496 4
497–501 4
502–506 8
507–511 5
512–516 4
517–521 5
522–526 4
527–530 5
531+ 100
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David A. Coomes publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 100 ranges running from 37–41 to 531+ publications.
  • David A. Coomes, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from University of Cambridge, records 315 publications - the 93rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 93% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than David A. Coomes, and about 7% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 147–151 publications range, and David A. Coomes ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 97–101 publications, holding 333 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 157–161 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 531 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

David A. Coomes 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 David A. Coomes sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 92 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 121+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 280. Most scientists, 280, have 40 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 98 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 95
31 123
32 191
33 245
34 252
35 244
36 249
37 244
38 254
39 254
40 280
41 274
42 266
43 233
44 248
45 208
46 201
47 213
48 207
49 172
50 209
51 199
52 153
53 169
54 163
55 148
56 120
57 146
58 137
59 140
60 104
61 119
62 118
63 99
64 77
65 100
66 86
67 83
68 75
69 94
70 57
71 68
72 59
73 63
74 66
75 60
76 42
77 49
78 39
79 37
80 43
81 41
82 45
83 34
84 40
85 35
86 55
87 24
88 24
89 30
90 23
91 25
92 27
93 27
94 13
95 23
96 12
97 14
98 19 98
99 16
100 14
101 5
102 21
103 16
104 10
105 7
106 7
107 7
108 6
109 9
110 11
111 12
112 9
113 7
114 3
115 8
116 5
117 11
118 4
119 2
120 5
121+ 100
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David A. Coomes D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 92 ranges running from 30 to 121+ D-Index.
  • David A. Coomes, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from University of Cambridge, records 98 D-Index - the 96th percentile of the discipline.
  • 96% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than David A. Coomes, and about 4% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48 D-Index range, and David A. Coomes ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 40 D-Index, holding 280 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 52 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

David A. Coomes is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a substantial focus on subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's work encompasses several key research topics, notably:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

David A. Coomes has contributed to numerous scientific publications. Representative recent papers include:

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests (2020, Nature)
  • Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming (2020, Science)
  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential (2023, Nature)
  • The number of tree species on Earth (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)

Their frequent co-authors include Tommaso Jucker, Toby Jackson, Tom Swinfield, Ted R. Feldpausch, and Frans Bongers.

David A. Coomes commonly publishes in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Remote Sensing of Environment, and Global Change Biology.

In addition to articles, they have a book publication with Ghent University titled Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol (2021).

Best Publications

  • Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum

    Jerome Chave;David Coomes;Steven Jansen;Simon L. Lewis

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Biodiversity conservation: challenges beyond 2010.

    Michael R. W. Rands;William M. Adams;Leon Bennun;Stuart H. M. Butchart

  • Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests

    Jingjing Liang;Thomas W. Crowther;Nicolas Picard;Susan Wiser

  • Rate of tree carbon accumulation increases continuously with tree size.

    N. L. Stephenson;A. J. Das;Richard S. Condit;S. E. Russo

  • Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

    Georges Kunstler;Georges Kunstler;Daniel Falster;David A. Coomes;Francis Hui

  • Identification of 100 fundamental ecological questions

    William J. Sutherland;Robert P. Freckleton;H. Charles J. Godfray;Steven R. Beissinger

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Rapid deforestation and fragmentation of Chilean Temperate Forests

    Cristian Echeverria;Cristian Echeverria;David Coomes;Javier Salas;José María Rey-Benayas

  • IMPACTS OF ROOT COMPETITION IN FORESTS AND WOODLANDS: A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND REVIEW OF EXPERIMENTS

    David A. Coomes;Peter J. Grubb

  • Microclimate moderates plant responses to macroclimate warming

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;David Anthony Coomes;Lander Baeten

  • The Effects of Sampling Bias and Model Complexity on the Predictive Performance of MaxEnt Species Distribution Models

    Mindy M. Syfert;Mindy M. Syfert;Matthew J. Smith;David A. Coomes

  • Forest microclimate dynamics drive plant responses to warming

    Florian Zellweger;Florian Zellweger;Pieter De Frenne;Jonathan Lenoir;Pieter Vangansbeke

  • Global wood density database

    AE Zanne;G Lopez-Gonzalez;DA Coomes;J Ilic

  • Effects of size, competition and altitude on tree growth

    David A. Coomes;David A. Coomes;Robert B. Allen

  • Global meta‐analysis of wood decomposition rates: a role for trait variation among tree species?

    James T. Weedon;William K. Cornwell;Johannes H.C. Cornelissen;Amy E. Zanne;Amy E. Zanne

  • Angiosperm wood structure: Global patterns in vessel anatomy and their relation to wood density and potential conductivity.

    Amy E. Zanne;Mark Westoby;Daniel S. Falster;David D. Ackerly

  • Latitudinal gradients as natural laboratories to infer species' responses to temperature

    Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Bente J. Graae;Francisco Rodríguez‐Sánchez;Annette Kolb

  • Colonization, tolerance, competition and seed-size variation within functional groups

    David A. Coomes;Peter J. Grubb

Frequent Co-Authors

Tommaso Jucker
Tommaso Jucker University of Bristol
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Robert B. Allen
Robert B. Allen Landcare Research
Andrew J. Tanentzap
Andrew J. Tanentzap University of Cambridge
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Paloma Ruiz-Benito
Paloma Ruiz-Benito University of Alcalá
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Olivier Bouriaud
Olivier Bouriaud Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava
William G. Lee
William G. Lee Landcare Research

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