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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
82
Citations
21091
World Ranking
757
National Ranking
65

Erik Meijaard publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 296 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Erik Meijaard D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik Meijaard sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 82 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Erik Meijaard is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in environmental science, with a research focus primarily on ecology and sustainability. Their body of work spans several subfields, including ecology, global and planetary change, social psychology, ecological modeling, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas within environmental science, notably:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Amphibian and Reptile Biology
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Erik Meijaard has contributed to several frequently published venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Preprints.org
  • Conservation Biology
  • Current Biology
  • Conservation Letters

Among recent significant works are:

  • The environmental impacts of palm oil in context, 2020, Nature Plants
  • How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented?, 2020, Conservation Letters
  • High-resolution global map of smallholder and industrial closed-canopy oil palm plantations, 2021, Earth System Science Data
  • Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities, 2022, Journal of Biogeography

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Serge A. Wich
  • Douglas Sheil
  • Marc Ancrenaz
  • Truly Santika
  • Matthew J. Struebig

Best Publications

  • Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses

    Jeffrey Sayer;Terry Sunderland;Jaboury Ghazoul;Jean-Laurent Pfund

  • Four decades of forest persistence, clearance and logging on Borneo.

    David L. A. Gaveau;Sean Sloan;Elis Molidena;Husna Yaen

  • Rapid conversions and avoided deforestation: examining four decades of industrial plantation expansion in Borneo

    David L. A. Gaveau;Douglas Sheil;Husnayaen;Mohammad A. Salim

  • The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know?

    Douglas Sheil;Anne Casson;Erik Meijaard;Meline van Noordwijk

  • A revised taxonomy of the Felidae. The final report of the Cat Classification Task Force of the IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group

    A.C. Kitchener;C. Breitenmoser-Würsten;E. Eizirik;A. Gentry

  • Maintaining ecosystem function and services in logged tropical forests

    David P. Edwards;David P. Edwards;Joseph A. Tobias;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard

  • Borneo and Indochina are Major Evolutionary Hotspots for Southeast Asian Biodiversity

    Mark de Bruyn;Bjorn Stelbrink;Robert J Morley;Robert Hall

  • Evolution and phylogeny of old world deer

    Christian Pitra;Joerns Fickel;Erik Meijaard;P Colin Groves

  • Our vanishing relative : the status of wild orang-utans at the close of the twentieth century

    H. D. Rijksen;Erik Meijaard

  • Life after logging: reconciling wildlife conservation and production forestry in Indonesian Borneo

    E. Meijaard;Douglas Sheil;Robert Nasi;D. Augeri

  • The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

    Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Kimberly M. Carlson;Eleanor M. Slade

  • Morphometric, Behavioral, and Genomic Evidence for a New Orangutan Species

    Alexander Nater;Alexander Nater;Maja Patricia Mattle-Greminger;Anton Nurcahyo;Matthew G Nowak

  • Distribution and conservation status of the orang-utan (Pongo spp.) on Borneo and Sumatra: how many remain?

    Serge A. Wich;Erik Meijaard;Andrew J. Marshall;Simon Husson

  • Our vanishing relative

    H. D. Rijksen;E. Meijaard

  • Conservation in a Wicked Complex World; Challenges and Solutions

    Edward T. Game;Edward T. Game;Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Eve McDonald-Madden;Eve McDonald-Madden

  • Quantifying species recovery and conservation success to develop an IUCN Green List of Species

    H. Resit Akçakaya;H. Resit Akçakaya;Elizabeth L. Bennett;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Molly K. Grace

  • How many bird and mammal extinctions has recent conservation action prevented

    Friederike C. Bolam;Louise Mair;Marco Angelico;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks

  • Conservation Research Is Not Happening Where It Is Most Needed.

    Kerrie A. Wilson;Nancy A. Auerbach;Katerina Sam;Ariana G. Magini

  • Mammals of south‐east Asian islands and their Late Pleistocene environments

    Erik Meijaard

  • Quantifying killing of orangutans and human-orangutan conflict in Kalimantan, Indonesia

    Erik Meijaard;Erik Meijaard;Damayanti Buchori;Damayanti Buchori;Yokyok Hadiprakarsa;Sri Suci Utami-Atmoko

  • Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals

    Oscar Venter;Erik Meijaard;Hugh P. Possingham;Rona Dennis

  • Distribution and conservation status of the orang-utan (Pongo spp.) on Borneo and Sumatra: how many remain? Serge A. Wich ,E rikMeijaard ,A ndrew J. Marshall ,S imonHusson MarcAncrenaz ,R obert C. Lacy ,C arel P. vanSchaik ,J itoSugardjito ToguSimorangkir ,K athyTraylor-Holzer ,M attDoughty JatnaSupriatna ,R onaDennis ,M elvinGumal ,C heryl D. Knott and IanSingleton

    Serge A. Wich;Erik Meijaard;J Andrew;Simon Husson

Frequent Co-Authors

Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Marc Ancrenaz
Marc Ancrenaz Sabah Wildlife Department
Kerrie A. Wilson
Kerrie A. Wilson Queensland University of Technology
Matthew J. Struebig
Matthew J. Struebig University of Kent
Andrew J. Marshall
Andrew J. Marshall University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David L. A. Gaveau
David L. A. Gaveau TheTreeMap
Andreas Wilting
Andreas Wilting Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland

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