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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Ecology and Evolution 169 8 8 4 4 534 185500
Best Scientists 169 890 803 515 453 660 185699

F. Stuart Chapin publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by F. Stuart Chapin between 1950 and 2024, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. F. Stuart Chapin published across 75 years, from 1950 to 2024, averaging 7.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 30 publications in 2011. 8 of the 573 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1950 to 2024. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 30. Peak 30 publications in 2011. 1950: 10 publications 1951: 5 publications 1952: 2 publications 1953: 0 publications 1954: 1 publication 1955: 3 publications 1956: 2 publications 1957: 3 publications 1958: 1 publication 1959: 0 publications 1960: 0 publications 1961: 0 publications 1962: 1 publication 1963: 1 publication 1964: 1 publication 1965: 2 publications 1966: 1 publication 1967: 1 publication 1968: 2 publications 1969: 1 publication 1970: 0 publications 1971: 1 publication 1972: 0 publications 1973: 1 publication 1974: 4 publications 1975: 1 publication 1976: 3 publications 1977: 1 publication 1978: 4 publications 1979: 4 publications 1980: 5 publications 1981: 4 publications 1982: 4 publications 1983: 12 publications 1984: 1 publication 1985: 8 publications 1986: 13 publications 1987: 6 publications 1988: 6 publications 1989: 8 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 12 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 9 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 14 publications 1996: 16 publications 1997: 17 publications 1998: 13 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 15 publications 2001: 23 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 17 publications 2004: 15 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 20 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 28 publications 2009: 25 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 30 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 21 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 5 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 3 publications 2020: 21 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 2 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 3 publications
1950 2024

573 publications in total across all disciplines

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F. Stuart Chapin: publications per year, 1950 to 2024
Year Publications
1950 10
1951 5
1952 2
1953 0
1954 1
1955 3
1956 2
1957 3
1958 1
1959 0
1960 0
1961 0
1962 1
1963 1
1964 1
1965 2
1966 1
1967 1
1968 2
1969 1
1970 0
1971 1
1972 0
1973 1
1974 4
1975 1
1976 3
1977 1
1978 4
1979 4
1980 5
1981 4
1982 4
1983 12
1984 1
1985 8
1986 13
1987 6
1988 6
1989 8
1990 2
1991 12
1992 2
1993 9
1994 5
1995 14
1996 16
1997 17
1998 13
1999 6
2000 15
2001 23
2002 5
2003 17
2004 15
2005 17
2006 20
2007 14
2008 28
2009 25
2010 13
2011 30
2012 13
2013 21
2014 18
2015 11
2016 15
2017 5
2018 8
2019 3
2020 21
2021 7
2022 2
2023 5
2024 3
Total 573
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F. Stuart Chapin publications per year - data summary

  • F. Stuart Chapin, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from University of Alaska Fairbanks, has 573 publications recorded across 75 years, from 1950 to 2024.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1950 and the most recent to 2024.
  • The most productive year is 2011, with 30 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1954, 1958, 1962, 1963 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 6 of the 75 years in the span carry no publications at all (1953, 1959, 1960, 1961 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.3 per year counting only the 69 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2020-2024) hold 38 publications, 7% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1950-1974: 43 publications (1.7 per year); 1975-1999: 176 publications (7.0 per year); 2000-2024: 354 publications (14.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

F. Stuart Chapin publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where F. Stuart Chapin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 100 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 37–41 to 531+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 333. Most scientists, 333, have 97–101 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 531+ publications, is where this scientist sits. 37–41 publications: 2 scientists 42–46 publications: 9 scientists 47–51 publications: 10 scientists 52–56 publications: 31 scientists 57–61 publications: 56 scientists 62–66 publications: 91 scientists 67–71 publications: 92 scientists 72–76 publications: 127 scientists 77–81 publications: 173 scientists 82–86 publications: 236 scientists 87–91 publications: 227 scientists 92–96 publications: 240 scientists 97–101 publications: 333 scientists 102–106 publications: 280 scientists 107–111 publications: 300 scientists 112–116 publications: 285 scientists 117–121 publications: 305 scientists 122–126 publications: 287 scientists 127–131 publications: 278 scientists 132–136 publications: 289 scientists 137–141 publications: 273 scientists 142–146 publications: 262 scientists 147–151 publications: 246 scientists 152–156 publications: 235 scientists 157–161 publications: 205 scientists 162–166 publications: 199 scientists 167–171 publications: 174 scientists 172–176 publications: 164 scientists 177–181 publications: 173 scientists 182–186 publications: 189 scientists 187–191 publications: 170 scientists 192–196 publications: 139 scientists 197–201 publications: 128 scientists 202–206 publications: 117 scientists 207–211 publications: 115 scientists 212–216 publications: 107 scientists 217–221 publications: 124 scientists 222–226 publications: 81 scientists 227–231 publications: 82 scientists 232–236 publications: 85 scientists 237–241 publications: 75 scientists 242–246 publications: 66 scientists 247–251 publications: 81 scientists 252–256 publications: 69 scientists 257–261 publications: 70 scientists 262–266 publications: 55 scientists 267–271 publications: 64 scientists 272–276 publications: 49 scientists 277–281 publications: 48 scientists 282–286 publications: 44 scientists 287–291 publications: 45 scientists 292–296 publications: 36 scientists 297–301 publications: 39 scientists 302–306 publications: 38 scientists 307–311 publications: 30 scientists 312–316 publications: 34 scientists 317–321 publications: 25 scientists 322–326 publications: 22 scientists 327–331 publications: 28 scientists 332–336 publications: 30 scientists 337–341 publications: 22 scientists 342–346 publications: 30 scientists 347–351 publications: 26 scientists 352–356 publications: 22 scientists 357–361 publications: 29 scientists 362–366 publications: 21 scientists 367–371 publications: 12 scientists 372–376 publications: 18 scientists 377–381 publications: 17 scientists 382–386 publications: 13 scientists 387–391 publications: 21 scientists 392–396 publications: 13 scientists 397–401 publications: 10 scientists 402–406 publications: 15 scientists 407–411 publications: 8 scientists 412–416 publications: 9 scientists 417–421 publications: 8 scientists 422–426 publications: 4 scientists 427–431 publications: 10 scientists 432–436 publications: 10 scientists 437–441 publications: 5 scientists 442–446 publications: 4 scientists 447–451 publications: 10 scientists 452–456 publications: 2 scientists 457–461 publications: 4 scientists 462–466 publications: 7 scientists 467–471 publications: 7 scientists 472–476 publications: 6 scientists 477–481 publications: 6 scientists 482–486 publications: 3 scientists 487–491 publications: 3 scientists 492–496 publications: 4 scientists 497–501 publications: 4 scientists 502–506 publications: 8 scientists 507–511 publications: 5 scientists 512–516 publications: 4 scientists 517–521 publications: 5 scientists 522–526 publications: 4 scientists 527–530 publications: 5 scientists 531+ publications: 100 scientists
37–41 publications 531+

This scientist: 534 publications — 99th percentile

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

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

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Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
37–41 2
42–46 9
47–51 10
52–56 31
57–61 56
62–66 91
67–71 92
72–76 127
77–81 173
82–86 236
87–91 227
92–96 240
97–101 333
102–106 280
107–111 300
112–116 285
117–121 305
122–126 287
127–131 278
132–136 289
137–141 273
142–146 262
147–151 246
152–156 235
157–161 205
162–166 199
167–171 174
172–176 164
177–181 173
182–186 189
187–191 170
192–196 139
197–201 128
202–206 117
207–211 115
212–216 107
217–221 124
222–226 81
227–231 82
232–236 85
237–241 75
242–246 66
247–251 81
252–256 69
257–261 70
262–266 55
267–271 64
272–276 49
277–281 48
282–286 44
287–291 45
292–296 36
297–301 39
302–306 38
307–311 30
312–316 34
317–321 25
322–326 22
327–331 28
332–336 30
337–341 22
342–346 30
347–351 26
352–356 22
357–361 29
362–366 21
367–371 12
372–376 18
377–381 17
382–386 13
387–391 21
392–396 13
397–401 10
402–406 15
407–411 8
412–416 9
417–421 8
422–426 4
427–431 10
432–436 10
437–441 5
442–446 4
447–451 10
452–456 2
457–461 4
462–466 7
467–471 7
472–476 6
477–481 6
482–486 3
487–491 3
492–496 4
497–501 4
502–506 8
507–511 5
512–516 4
517–521 5
522–526 4
527–530 5
531+ 100 534
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F. Stuart Chapin publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 100 ranges running from 37–41 to 531+ publications.
  • F. Stuart Chapin, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from University of Alaska Fairbanks, records 534 publications - the 99th percentile of the discipline.
  • 99% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than F. Stuart Chapin, and about 1% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 147–151 publications range, and F. Stuart Chapin ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 97–101 publications, holding 333 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 58% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 157–161 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 531 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

F. Stuart Chapin 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 F. Stuart Chapin sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 92 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 121+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 280. Most scientists, 280, have 40 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 121+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 153 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 119 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 7 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 169 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Ecology and Evolution scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 8,381 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 95
31 123
32 191
33 245
34 252
35 244
36 249
37 244
38 254
39 254
40 280
41 274
42 266
43 233
44 248
45 208
46 201
47 213
48 207
49 172
50 209
51 199
52 153
53 169
54 163
55 148
56 120
57 146
58 137
59 140
60 104
61 119
62 118
63 99
64 77
65 100
66 86
67 83
68 75
69 94
70 57
71 68
72 59
73 63
74 66
75 60
76 42
77 49
78 39
79 37
80 43
81 41
82 45
83 34
84 40
85 35
86 55
87 24
88 24
89 30
90 23
91 25
92 27
93 27
94 13
95 23
96 12
97 14
98 19
99 16
100 14
101 5
102 21
103 16
104 10
105 7
106 7
107 7
108 6
109 9
110 11
111 12
112 9
113 7
114 3
115 8
116 5
117 11
118 4
119 2
120 5
121+ 100 169
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F. Stuart Chapin D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 8,381 Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 92 ranges running from 30 to 121+ D-Index.
  • F. Stuart Chapin, a Ecology and Evolution scholar from University of Alaska Fairbanks, records 169 D-Index - the 100th percentile of the discipline.
  • 100% of ranked Ecology and Evolution scientists score the same or lower than F. Stuart Chapin, and about 0% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 48 D-Index range, and F. Stuart Chapin ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 40 D-Index, holding 280 scientists (3% of the field).
  • 60% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 52 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2002 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2000 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

F. Stuart Chapin is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within Environmental Science, with a particular focus on the subfields of Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Atmospheric Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's work covers several main research topics including Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Disaster Management and Resilience, and Climate change and permafrost.

F. Stuart Chapin has published extensively, with notable frequent publication venues including Ecosphere, AMBIO, Nature Sustainability, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and Ecology and Society.

Recent papers authored by or associated with them include:

  • Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere, 2021, AMBIO
  • Reconciling well-being and resilience for sustainable development, 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • Global plant trait relationships extend to the climatic extremes of the tundra biome, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The global spectrum of plant form and function: enhanced species-level trait dataset, 2022, Scientific Data
  • Urbanization, Migration, and Adaptation to Climate Change, 2020, One Earth

The scientist collaborates frequently with a number of co-authors, including Debra P. C. Peters, David D. Breshears, Laurel Hartley, Lucas Joppa, and Shannon L. LaDeau.

Awards received by F. Stuart Chapin include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2002 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2000.

Best Publications

  • A safe operating space for humanity

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

  • Global Consequences of Land Use

    Jonathan A. Foley;Ruth DeFries;Gregory P. Asner;Carol Barford

  • Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.

    O E Sala;F S Chapin;J J Armesto;E Berlow

  • Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity

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

  • Plant Physiological Ecology

    Hans Lambers;F. Stuart Chapin;Thijs L. Pons

  • Consequences of changing biodiversity

    F. Stuart Chapin Iii;Erika S. Zavaleta;Valerie T. Eviner;Rosamond L. Naylor

  • Resource Availability and Plant Antiherbivore Defense

    Phyllis D. Coley;John P. Bryant;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Principles of Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology

    F. Stuart Chapin;Pamela A. Matson;Peter M. Vitousek

  • The Mineral Nutrition of Wild Plants Revisited: A Re-evaluation of Processes and Patterns

    R. Aerts;F.S. Chapin

  • Carbon/nutrient balance of boreal plants in relation to vertebrate herbivory

    John P. Bryant;F. Stuart Chapin;David R. Klein

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • The Ecology and Economics of Storage in Plants

    F. Stuart Chapin;Ernst-Detlef Schulze;Harold A. Mooney

  • Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being.

    Sandra Díaz;Joseph E Fargione;F. Stuart Chapin;David Tilman

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Plant Responses to Multiple Environmental FactorsPhysiological ecology provides tools for studying how interacting environmental resources control plant growth

    F. Stuart Chapin;Arnold J. Bloom;Christopher B. Field;Richard H. Waring

  • Responses of Arctic Tundra to Experimental and Observed Changes in Climate

    F. Stuart Chapin;Gaius R. Shaver;Anne E. Giblin;Knute J. Nadelhoffer

  • On the Economy of Plant Form and Function.

    F. Stuart Chapin;T. J. Givinish

  • Evidence and implications of recent climate change in northern Alaska and other arctic regions.

    Larry D. Hinzman;Neil D. Bettez;W. Robert Bolton;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Role of Land-Surface Changes in Arctic Summer Warming

    F. S. Chapin;M. Sturm;Mark C. Serreze;J.P. McFadden

  • Biotic Control over the Functioning of Ecosystems

    F. Stuart Chapin;Brian H. Walker;Richard J. Hobbs;David U. Hooper

  • Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge: Ecological Monog

    David Hooper;F. Stuart Chapin;John J. Ewel;Andy Hector

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans Lambers
Hans Lambers University of Western Australia
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Thijs L. Pons
Thijs L. Pons Utrecht University
Gaius R. Shaver
Gaius R. Shaver Marine Biological Laboratory
Jill F. Johnstone
Jill F. Johnstone University of Saskatchewan
Peter M. Vitousek
Peter M. Vitousek Stanford University
Pamela A. Matson
Pamela A. Matson Stanford University
Henry P. Huntington
Henry P. Huntington Ocean Conservancy
A. David McGuire
A. David McGuire University of Alaska Fairbanks
Michelle C. Mack
Michelle C. Mack Northern Arizona University

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