2026 Erik Gómez-Baggethun: 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	72	1465	1390	17	16	136	31597

Overview

Erik Gómez-Baggethun is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway. Their research work spans multiple fields and subfields within environmental science, focusing on the interactions between humans and nature, sustainability, and environmental valuation.

The main fields of study include:

Environmental Science

Within this broader field, their work concentrates on subfields such as:

Global and Planetary Change
Economics and Econometrics
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Sociology and Political Science

The primary topics they explore in their publications are:

Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Urban Green Space and Health
Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
Economic and Environmental Valuation
Forest Management and Policy
Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

Recent papers authored by Erik Gómez-Baggethun include:

"Contact with blue-green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown beneficial for mental health" (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
"Diverse values of nature for sustainability" (2023), published in Nature
"Biodiversity policy beyond economic growth" (2020), published in Conservation Letters
"Assessing nature-based solutions for transformative change" (2021), published in One Earth
"Beyond ecosystem services and nature's contributions: Is it time to leave utilitarian environmentalism behind?" (2021), published in Ecological Economics

Frequent collaborators include:

Patrick O'Farrell
Ritesh Kumar
Juliana Merçon
Uta Eser
Daniel P. Faith

Erik Gómez-Baggethun's work has been published in multiple venues with notable frequency, including:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ecological Economics
Ecosystem Services
The Science of The Total Environment
One Earth

Best Publications

The history of ecosystem services in economic theory and practice: From early notions to markets and payment schemes

Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Rudolf de Groot;Pedro L. Lomas;Carlos Montes

2315
Citations
Classifying and valuing ecosystem services for urban planning

Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Erik Gómez-Baggethun;David N. Barton

2115
Citations
Opinion: Why protect nature? Rethinking values and the environment

Kai M. A. Chan;Patricia Balvanera;Karina Benessaiah;Mollie Chapman

1853
Citations
Valuing nature's contributions to people: the IPBES approach

Unai Pascual;Unai Pascual;Patricia Balvanera;Sandra Díaz;György Pataki

1781
Citations
A Quantitative Review of Urban Ecosystem Service Assessments: Concepts, Models, and Implementation

Dagmar Haase;Neele Larondelle;Erik Andersson;Martina Artmann

1217
Citations
Uncovering ecosystem service bundles through social preferences.

Berta Martín-López;Irene Iniesta-Arandia;Irene Iniesta-Arandia;Marina García-Llorente;Ignacio Palomo

1192
Citations
Benefits of restoring ecosystem services in urban areas

Thomas Elmqvist;Heikki Martti Setälä;SN Handel;S van der Ploeg

955
Citations
Economic valuation and the commodification of ecosystem services

Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Manuel Ruiz-Pérez

853
Citations
Urban Ecosystem Services

Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Åsa Gren;David N. Barton;Johannes Langemeyer

704
Citations
Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions

R. Muradian;M. Arsel;L. Pellegrini;F. Adaman

669
Citations
Trade-offs across value-domains in ecosystem services assessment.

Berta Martín-López;Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Marina García-Llorente;Carlos Montes

668
Citations
Motivation crowding by economic incentives in conservation policy: A review of the empirical evidence

Julian Rode;Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Torsten Krause

658
Citations
Social Equity Matters in Payments for Ecosystem Services

Unai Pascual;Jacob Wesley Phelps;Eneko Garmendia;Katrina Brown

657
Citations
Diverse values of nature for sustainability

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595
Citations
The economics of valuing ecosystem services and biodiversity

Unai Pascual;Roldan Muradian;Luke Brander;Erik Gómez-Baggethun

588
Citations
Contact with blue-green spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown beneficial for mental health.

Sarai Pouso;Ángel Borja;Lora E. Fleming;Erik Gómez-Baggethun

564
Citations
Ecosystem services and ethics

Kurt Jax;Kurt Jax;David N. Barton;Kai M.A. Chan;Rudolf de Groot

518
Citations
Contribution of Ecosystem Services to Air Quality and Climate Change Mitigation Policies: The Case of Urban Forests in Barcelona, Spain

Francesc Baró;Lydia Chaparro;Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Johannes Langemeyer

518
Citations
Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Global Environmental Change: Research findings and policy implications.

Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Esteve Corbera;Victoria Reyes-García

485
Citations
Mapping ecosystem service capacity, flow and demand for landscape and urban planning: a case study in the Barcelona metropolitan region

Francesc Baró;Ignacio Palomo;Grazia Zulian;Pilar Vizcaino

454
Citations
To value or not to value? That is not the question

Giorgos Kallis;Erik Gómez-Baggethun;Christos Zografos

441
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Berta Martín-López Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Ignacio Palomo Grenoble Alpes University

Victoria Reyes-García Autonomous University of Barcelona

David N. Barton Norwegian Institute for Nature Research

Carlos Montes Autonomous University of Madrid

Dagmar Haase Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Marina García-Llorente Autonomous University of Madrid

Pam Berry University of Oxford

Paula A. Harrison Lancaster University

Antonio Castro Spanish National Research Council

External Links

Personal website of Erik Gómez-Baggethun Google Scholar page

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