2026 David A. Neill: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	59	2361	2261	840	792	141	22504

David A. Neill 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. Neill sits on this spectrum.

37 publications 531+

This scientist: 141 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

David A. Neill 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. Neill sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Dominance and distribution of tree species in upper Amazonian terra firme forests. Ecology 82:2101–2117.

Overview

David A. Neill is affiliated with the Missouri Botanical Garden in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science, with a strong emphasis on ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics related to tropical forests, biodiversity, and ecological dynamics. Notable papers include:

"Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests," 2020, Nature Communications
"Competition influences tree growth, but not mortality, across environmental gradients in Amazonia and tropical Africa," 2020, Ecology
"Biased-corrected richness estimates for the Amazonian tree flora," 2020, Scientific Reports
"Water table depth modulates productivity and biomass across Amazonian forests," 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
"Long-term ecological legacies in western Amazonia," 2020, Journal of Ecology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with David A. Neill include Beatriz Schwantes Marimon, Ben Hur Marimon, Nigel C. A. Pitman, Ted R. Feldpausch, and Ana Andrade.

The scientist commonly publishes in venues such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Communications Biology, Science, and Global Ecology and Biogeography.

Their work encompasses several subfields of study, including:

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Ecological Modeling

The main topics addressed in their research involve:

Plant and animal studies
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Plant Diversity and Evolution
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Tree-ring climate responses
Forest ecology and management
Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

David A. Neill received the William S. Cooper Award from The Ecological Society of America in 2002 for work on the dominance and distribution of tree species in upper Amazonian terra firme forests.

Best Publications

Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

2086
Citations
Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

Hans Ter Steege;Hans Ter Steege;Nigel C.A. Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Christopher Baraloto

1579
Citations
Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

1268
Citations
Variation in wood density determines spatial patterns in Amazonian forest biomass

Timothy R. Baker;Timothy R. Baker;Oliver L. Phillips;Yadvinder Malhi;Samuel Almeida

1065
Citations
DOMINANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TREE SPECIES IN UPPER AMAZONIAN TERRA FIRME FORESTS

Nigel C. A. Pitman;John W. Terborgh;Miles R. Silman;V Percy Nunez

804
Citations
The regional variation of aboveground live biomass in old‐growth Amazonian forests

Yadvinder Malhi;Yadvinder Malhi;Daniel Wood;Timothy R. Baker;James Wright

803
Citations
Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;O. L. Phillips;M. Schwarz;C. I. Czimczik

729
Citations
Increasing dominance of large lianas in Amazonian forests

O. L. Phillips;R. V. Martínez;L. Arroyo;T. R. Baker

706
Citations
Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

C. Levis;F. R. C. Costa;F. Bongers;M. Peña-Claros

696
Citations
The above-ground coarse wood productivity of 104 Neotropical forest plots

Yadvinder Malhi;Timothy R. Baker;Timothy R. Baker;Oliver L. Phillips;Samuel Almeida

690
Citations
Increasing biomass in Amazonian forest plots.

Timothy R. Baker;Timothy R. Baker;Oliver L. Phillips;Yadvinder Malhi;Samuel Almeida

675
Citations
Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

667
Citations
Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

624
Citations
Pattern and process in Amazon tree turnover, 1976-2001.

O. L. Phillips;T. R. Baker;T. R. Baker;L. Arroyo;N. Higuchi

576
Citations
An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas.

Carmen Ulloa Ulloa;Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez;Stephan Beck;Manuel J. Belgrano

553
Citations
Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

504
Citations
Concerted changes in tropical forest structure and dynamics: evidence from 50 South American long-term plots

S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;O. L. Phillips;T. R. Baker;J. Lloyd

421
Citations
Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate.

N. M. Fyllas;S. Patiño;S. Patiño;T. R. Baker;G. Bielefeld Nardoto

410
Citations
An international network to monitor the structure, composition and dynamics of Amazonian forests (RAINFOR)

Y. Malhi;O.L. Phillips;J. Lloyd;T. Baker

397
Citations
Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

Unknown

379
Citations
Plot Data from: "Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink."

Roel J. W. Brienen;Oliver L. Phillips;Ted R. Feldpausch;Emanuel Gloor

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds

Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds

Nigel C. A. Pitman Field Museum of Natural History

Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford

William F. Laurance James Cook University

Simon L. Lewis University College London

John Terborgh Duke University

Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter

Luzmila Arroyo Gabriel René Moreno Autonomous University

Marcos Silveira Universidade Federal do Acre

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