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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
122
Citations
104542
World Ranking
115
National Ranking
50

Biology and Biochemistry

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114
Citations
94546
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Eric F. Lambin publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric F. Lambin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 347 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Eric F. Lambin D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric F. Lambin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2010 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Eric F. Lambin is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with notable contributions to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Strategy and Management, Economics and Econometrics, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work encompasses several main research topics, including:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Eric F. Lambin has a strong record of publications in respected scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • One Earth
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Global Environmental Change
  • Nature Communications
  • Ecology and Society

Selected recent papers by Eric F. Lambin include:

  • Ten facts about land systems for sustainability, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Impacts of Chilean forest subsidies on forest cover, carbon and biodiversity, 2020, Nature Sustainability
  • Sustainability of the global sand system in the Anthropocene, 2021, One Earth
  • Habitat fragmentation, livelihood behaviors, and contact between people and nonhuman primates in Africa, 2020, Landscape Ecology
  • Sustainability strategies by companies in the global coffee sector, 2020, Business Strategy and the Environment

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Paul R. Furumo
  • Gretchen C. Daily
  • Tobias Kuemmerle
  • B. L. Turner
  • Marius von Essen

Eric F. Lambin has been recognized through memberships in prestigious scientific bodies, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009
  • Member of Academia Europaea, 2010

Best Publications

  • A safe operating space for humanity

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Kevin Noone;Åsa Persson;Åsa Persson

  • Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Kevin Noone;Åsa Persson;Åsa Persson

  • The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

    Eric F. Lambin;B.L. Turner;Helmut J. Geist;Samuel B. Agbola

  • Proximate causes and underlying driving forces of tropical deforestation.

    Helmut Josef Geist;E. F. Lambin

  • Dynamics of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Tropical Regions

    Eric F. Lambin;Helmut J. Geist;Erika Lepers

  • Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

    Eric F. Lambin;Patrick Meyfroidt

  • Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

    James F. Reynolds;D. Mark Stafford Smith;Eric F. Lambin;B. L. Turner

  • Digital change detection methods in ecosystem monitoring: a review

    P Coppin;I Jonckheere;Kristiaan Nackaerts;Bart Muys

  • The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability

    B. L. Turner;Eric F. Lambin;Anette Reenberg

  • DYNAMICS OFLAND-USE ANDLAND-COVERCHANGE INTROPICALREGIONS

    Eric F Lambin;Helmut J. Geist;Erika Lepers

  • Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change

    Thomas K. Rudel;Oliver T. Coomes;Emilio Moran;Frederic Achard

  • Predicting land-use change

    A. Veldkamp;E.F. Lambin

  • Land-use and land-cover change : local processes and global impacts

    Eric F. Lambin;Helmut Geist

  • Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change

    Eric F. Lambin;Patrick Meyfroidt

  • Framing Sustainability in a Telecoupled World

    Jianguo Liu;Vanessa Hull;Mateus Batistella;Ruth DeFries

  • Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation

    Frances Westley;Per Olsson;Carl Folke;Carl Folke;Thomas Homer-Dixon;Thomas Homer-Dixon

  • Modelling and monitoring land-cover change processes in tropical regions

    Eric F. Lambin

  • Are agricultural land-use models able to predict changes in land-use intensity?

    E.F Lambin;M.D.A Rounsevell;H.J Geist

  • Dynamic Causal Patterns of Desertification

    Helmut Josef Geist;E. F. Lambin

  • What drives tropical deforestation?: a meta-analysis of proximate and underlying causes of deforestation based on subnational case study evidence

    H. J. Geist;E. F. Lambin

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Meyfroidt
Patrick Meyfroidt Université Catholique de Louvain
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Rosamond L. Naylor
Rosamond L. Naylor Stanford University
Billie Turner
Billie Turner Arizona State University
Ruth S. DeFries
Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University
Veerle Vanacker
Veerle Vanacker Université Catholique de Louvain
Brian Walker
Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research
Will Steffen
Will Steffen Australian National University
Peter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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