2026 Eric W. Sanderson: 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	36	9010	8642	3223	2994	85	15126

Overview

Eric W. Sanderson is affiliated with the Wildlife Conservation Society in the United States. Their work spans multiple topics primarily within environmental science, with a focus on ecology and conservation.

Their research areas include:

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
Species Distribution and Climate Change
Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
Flood Risk Assessment and Management
Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Within environmental science, their subfields of study cover:

Ecology
Ecological Modeling
Global and Planetary Change
Atmospheric Science
Nature and Landscape Conservation

Eric W. Sanderson has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications. Some recent works include:

"Range-wide trends in tiger conservation landscapes, 2001 - 2020" (2023), published in Frontiers in Conservation Science
"The case for reintroduction: The jaguar ( Panthera onca ) in the United States as a model" (2021), published in Conservation Science and Practice

Other recent papers in the broader dataset from different authors, reflecting related fields, include:

"Storm tide amplification and habitat changes due to urbanization of a lagoonal estuary" (2020), Natural hazards and earth system sciences
"NPCC4: Climate change and New York City's flood risk" (2024), Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
"Examining the distribution of green roofs in New York City through a lens of social, ecological, and technological filters" (2022), Ecology and Society

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues, demonstrating a broad engagement with conservation science, ecology, and environmental research:

Frontiers in Conservation Science
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Ecology and Society
Natural hazards and earth system sciences
Conservation Science and Practice

Among frequently collaborating colleagues are:

Kim Fisher
Urs Breitenmoser
Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten
Dale G. Miquelle
Abishek Harihar

Best Publications

The Human Footprint and the Last of the Wild

Eric W. Sanderson;Malanding Jaiteh;Marc A. Levy;Kent H. Redford

3237
Citations
Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order

Richard J. Hobbs;Salvatore Arico;James Aronson;Jill S. Baron

2576
Citations
Sixteen years of change in the global terrestrial human footprint and implications for biodiversity conservation

Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Eric W. Sanderson;Ainhoa Magrach;Ainhoa Magrach;James R. Allan

1797
Citations
Global terrestrial Human Footprint maps for 1993 and 2009.

Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Oscar Venter;Eric W. Sanderson;Ainhoa Magrach;Ainhoa Magrach;James R. Allan

773
Citations
Planning to Save a Species: the Jaguar as a Model

Eric W. Sanderson;Kent H. Redford;Cheryl-Lesley B. Chetkiewicz;Rodrigo A. Medellin

632
Citations
Catastrophic Declines in Wilderness Areas Undermine Global Environment Targets

James E.M. Watson;James E.M. Watson;Danielle F. Shanahan;Moreno Di Marco;James Allan

531
Citations
A conceptual model for conservation planning based on landscape species requirements

Eric W Sanderson;Kent H Redford;Amy Vedder;Peter B Coppolillo

503
Citations
Deforestation Trends in a Tropical Landscape and Implications for Endangered Large Mammals

Margaret F. Kinnaird;Eric W. Sanderson;T. Timothy G. O'brien;Hariyo T. Wibisono

466
Citations
The Fate of Wild Tigers

Eric Dinerstein;Colby Loucks;Eric Wikramanayake;Joshua Ginsberg

422
Citations
Critique of stepwise multiple linear regression for the extraction of leaf biochemistry information from leaf reflectance data

Y.L. Grossman;S.L. Ustin;S. Jacquemoud;E.W. Sanderson

346
Citations
Mapping the conservation landscape

Kent H. Redford;Peter Coppolillo;Eric W. Sanderson;Gustavo A. B. Da Fonseca

344
Citations
The theory behind, and the challenges of, conserving nature's stage in a time of rapid change

Joshua J. Lawler;David D. Ackerly;Christine M. Albano;Mark G. Anderson

295
Citations
The ecological future of the North American bison: conceiving long-term, large-scale conservation of wildlife.

Eric W. Sanderson;Kent H. Redford;Bill Weber;Keith Aune

225
Citations
Mannahatta : a natural history of New York City

Eric W. Sanderson;Markley Boyer

221
Citations
What Does It Mean to Successfully Conserve a (Vertebrate) Species

Kent H. Redford;George Amato;Jonathan Baillie;Pablo Martín Beldomenico

213
Citations
MONITORING PACIFIC COAST SALT MARSHES USING REMOTE SENSING

M. Zhang;S. L. Ustin;E. Rejmankova;E. W. Sanderson

193
Citations
Correlations among species distributions, human density and human infrastructure across the high biodiversity tropical mountains of Africa

Neil D. Burgess;Andrew Balmford;Norbert J. Cordeiro;Norbert J. Cordeiro;Jon Fjeldså

190
Citations
Rescaling the Human Footprint: A tool for conservation planning at an ecoregional scale

Gillian Woolmer;Stephen C. Trombulak;Justina C. Ray;Patrick J. Doran

186
Citations
Regional habitat conservation priorities for the American crocodile

John Thorbjarnarson;Frank Mazzotti;Eric Sanderson;Fabio Buitrago

159
Citations
Range-wide declines of a key Neotropical ecosystem architect, the Near Threatened white-lipped peccary Tayassu pecari

Mariana Altrichter;Andrew Taber;Harald Beck;Rafael Reyna-Hurtado

157
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. M. Watson University of Queensland

Susan L. Ustin University of California, Davis

Kent H. Redford University of New England

Oscar Venter University of Northern British Columbia

Timothy G. O'Brien Wildlife Conservation Society

Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland

Eric Dinerstein RESOLVE

John G. Robinson Wildlife Conservation Society

Peter Leimgruber Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

William Solecki City University of New York

External Links

Personal website of Eric W. Sanderson

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