2026 Eric F. Lambin: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	122	115	108	50	45	347	104542
Biology and Biochemistry	114	809	717	509	442	298	94546

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

16024
Citations
Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity

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

8391
Citations
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

5057
Citations
Proximate causes and underlying driving forces of tropical deforestation.

Helmut Josef Geist;E. F. Lambin

4269
Citations
Dynamics of Land-Use and Land-Cover Change in Tropical Regions

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

3938
Citations
Global land use change, economic globalization, and the looming land scarcity

Eric F. Lambin;Patrick Meyfroidt

3680
Citations
Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

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

3123
Citations
Digital change detection methods in ecosystem monitoring: a review

P Coppin;I Jonckheere;Kristiaan Nackaerts;Bart Muys

2927
Citations
The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability

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

2712
Citations
DYNAMICS OFLAND-USE ANDLAND-COVERCHANGE INTROPICALREGIONS

Eric F Lambin;Helmut J. Geist;Erika Lepers

2163
Citations
Forest transitions: towards a global understanding of land use change

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

1783
Citations
Predicting land-use change

A. Veldkamp;E.F. Lambin

1526
Citations
Land-use and land-cover change : local processes and global impacts

Eric F. Lambin;Helmut Geist

1481
Citations
Land use transitions: Socio-ecological feedback versus socio-economic change

Eric F. Lambin;Patrick Meyfroidt

1447
Citations
Framing Sustainability in a Telecoupled World

Jianguo Liu;Vanessa Hull;Mateus Batistella;Ruth DeFries

1142
Citations
Tipping Toward Sustainability: Emerging Pathways of Transformation

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

1071
Citations
Modelling and monitoring land-cover change processes in tropical regions

Eric F. Lambin

1061
Citations
Are agricultural land-use models able to predict changes in land-use intensity?

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

1033
Citations
Dynamic Causal Patterns of Desertification

Helmut Josef Geist;E. F. Lambin

845
Citations
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

785
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Meyfroidt Université Catholique de Louvain

Carl Folke Stockholm University

Rosamond L. Naylor Stanford University

Billie Turner Arizona State University

Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University

Veerle Vanacker Université Catholique de Louvain

Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research

Will Steffen Australian National University

Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

External Links

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