2026 Edward B. Barbier: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	105	72	62	58	49	476	67066

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award

Overview

Edward B. Barbier is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Environmental Science and Economics, Econometrics and Finance. Within these broad domains, their work addresses subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their scholarly output covers a range of topics, including Climate Change Policy and Economics, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Economic Growth and Productivity, as well as Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Edward B. Barbier's recent publications demonstrate active engagement in contemporary environmental and economic challenges. Notable papers include:

"Sustainability and development after COVID-19" (2020, World Development)
"Greening the Post-pandemic Recovery in the G20" (2020, Environmental and Resource Economics)
"Is green rural transformation possible in developing countries?" (2020, World Development)

Other frequently cited papers related to their research interests but authored by other lead authors co-published with them or in similar venues include "Rebuilding marine life" (2020, Nature) and "WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies" (2021, Science).

Their collaborations include repeated coauthorship with researchers such as Joanne C. Burgess, Brian R. Copeland, Angela Cindy Emefa Mensah, Carlos M. Duarte, and Jakob B. Madsen.

Edward B. Barbier publishes frequently in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, Nature, Sustainability, World Development, and Environmental and Resource Economics, indicating a strong interdisciplinary approach.

Regarding book publications, two works have been published with Cambridge University Press: "Economics for a Fragile Planet" (2022) and "Economics for a Sustainable World" (2025), reflecting ongoing contributions to economic perspectives on sustainability topics.

Best Publications

Impacts of biodiversity loss on ocean ecosystem services.

Boris Worm;Edward B. Barbier;Nicola Beaumont;J. Emmett Duffy

6179
Citations
The value of estuarine and coastal ecosystem services

Edward B. Barbier;Sally D. Hacker;Chris Kennedy;Evamaria W. Koch

6153
Citations
Blueprint 1 : For a Green Economy

David Pearce;Anil Markandya;Edward Barbier

5148
Citations
Blueprint for a green economy

David W. Pearce;Anil Markandya;Edward Barbier

3588
Citations
The value of wetlands in protecting southeast louisiana from hurricane storm surges.

Edward B. Barbier;Ioannis Y. Georgiou;Brian Enchelmeyer;Denise J. Reed

3020
Citations
Economic growth and environmental degradation: The environmental Kuznets curve and sustainable development

David I. Stern;Michael S. Common;Edward B. Barbier

2309
Citations
The Concept of Sustainable Economic Development

Edward B. Barbier

2165
Citations
Sustainable Development: Economics and Environment in the Third World

David W. Pearce;Edward Barbier;Anil Markandya

1662
Citations
Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values

Edward B. Barbier;Evamaria W. Koch;Brian R. Silliman;Sally D. Hacker

1298
Citations
Economic valuation of wetlands: A guide for policy makers and planners

Michael C. Acreman;Edward B. Barbier;Duncan Knowler

1277
Citations
The present and future role of coastal wetland vegetation in protecting shorelines: answering recent challenges to the paradigm

Keryn B. Gedan;Matthew L. Kirwan;Eric Wolanski;Eric Wolanski;Edward B. Barbier

1237
Citations
Ethnobiology, socio-economics and management of mangrove forests: A review

Bradley B. Walters;Patrik Rönnbäck;John M. Kovacs;Beatrice Crona

1022
Citations
Non‐linearity in ecosystem services: temporal and spatial variability in coastal protection

Evamaria W. Koch;Edward B. Barbier;Brian R. Silliman;Denise J. Reed

975
Citations
Valuing ecosystem services as productive inputs

Edward B. Barbier

892
Citations
Pricing Nature: Cost-Benefit Analysis and Environmental Policy

Nick D. Hanley;Edward Barbier

762
Citations
Valuing Environmental Functions: Tropical Wetlands

Edward B. Barbier

705
Citations
Valuing ecosystem services: toward better environmental decision-making

Geoffrey M. Heal;Edward B. Barbier;Kevin J. Boyle;Alan P. Covich

630
Citations
Paradise Lost: The ecological economics of biodiversity

Edward B. Barbier;Joanne C. Burgess;Carl Folke

625
Citations
Biological invasion risks and the public good: an economic perspective

Charles Perrings;Mark Williamson;Edward B. Barbier;Doriana Delfino

594
Citations
Seagrass Ecosystem Services and Their Variability across Genera and Geographical Regions

Lina Mtwana Nordlund;Evamaria W. Koch;Edward B. Barbier;Joel C. Creed

557
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

David Pearce University College London

Anil Markandya Basque Centre for Climate Change

Eric Wolanski James Cook University

Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota

Erwin H. Bulte Wageningen University & Research

Nick Hanley University of Glasgow

Denise J. Reed University of New Orleans

Jean-Pierre Gattuso Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

Gerardo M. E. Perillo Universidad Nacional del Sur

Jason F. Shogren University of Wyoming

External Links

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