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Fergus L. Sinclair

Fergus L. Sinclair

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
53
Citations
10055
World Ranking
1801
National Ranking
153

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
10959
World Ranking
2734
National Ranking
317

Fergus L. Sinclair publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fergus L. Sinclair sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 253 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Fergus L. Sinclair D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fergus L. Sinclair sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Fergus L. Sinclair is affiliated with Bangor University in the United Kingdom, with a research focus spanning multiple areas within agricultural and environmental sciences. Their work is primarily situated in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a notable emphasis on subfields such as Forestry, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Agriculture and Rural Development Research
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Fergus L. Sinclair's recent published papers demonstrate an active engagement in sustainability, agroforestry, and ecosystem restoration themes. Selected papers include:

  • "Agroecological principles and elements and their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems. A review," 2020, Agronomy for Sustainable Development
  • "Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley," 2021, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
  • "Ten people-centered rules for socially sustainable ecosystem restoration," 2021, Restoration Ecology
  • "Drivers of farmer-managed natural regeneration in the Sahel. Lessons for restoration," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Opportunities and Constraints for Using Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration for Land Restoration in Sub-Saharan Africa," 2020, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sinclair have included Christine Magaju, Leigh Winowiecki, Richard Coe, Catherine Muthuri, and Tim Pagella, each contributing to multiple publications.

The scholar has contributed to several publication venues, with multiple works featured in:

  • Agroforestry Systems
  • Agronomy for Sustainable Development
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Land
  • The Science of The Total Environment

In addition to journal articles, Sinclair has published book content, notably within the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks, including "Book of Abstracts: FTA 2020 Science Conference" in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Agroecological principles and elements and their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems. A review

    Alexander Wezel;Barbara Gemmill Herren;Rachel Bezner Kerr;Edmundo Barrios

  • Diversity enhances carbon storage in tropical forests

    L. Poorter;M. T. van der Sande;J. Thompson;E. J. M. M. Arets

  • PATTERNS OF ANIMAL DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT FORMS OF TREE COVER IN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES

    Celia A. Harvey;Arnulfo Medina;Dalia Merlo Sánchez;Sergio Vílchez

  • Contribution of live fences to the ecological integrity of agricultural landscapes

    C.A. Harvey;C. Villanueva;J. Villacís;M. Chacón

  • Scaling up agroforestry requires research ‘in’ rather than ‘for’ development

    Richard Coe;Fergus Sinclair;Edmundo Barrios

  • Trees, Crops and Soil Fertility: Concepts and Research Methods

    G. Schroth;Fergus L. Sinclair

  • Environmental assessment of small-scale vegetable farming systems in peri-urban areas of the Yangtze River Delta Region, China

    Biao Huang;Xuezheng Shi;Dongsheng Yu;Ingrid Öborn

  • A general classification of agroforestry practice

    Fergus L. Sinclair

  • Local knowledge of impacts of tree cover on ecosystem services in smallholder coffee production systems

    C.R. Cerdán;M.C. Rebolledo;G. Soto;B. Rapidel

  • Polyscape: A GIS mapping framework providing efficient and spatially explicit landscape-scale valuation of multiple ecosystem services

    Bethanna Jackson;Timothy Pagella;Fergus Sinclair;Barbara Orellana

  • Productivity and profitability of multistrata organic versus conventional coffee farms in Costa Rica

    A. E. Lyngbæk;R.G. Muschler;F. L. sinclair

  • Cereal yield response to conservation agriculture practices in drylands of West Africa: A quantitative synthesis

    J. Bayala;G.W. Sileshi;R. Coe;A. Kalinganire

  • Ecological interactions in agroforestry systems

    L.S. Anderson;F.L. Sinclair

  • Roots of inequity: How the implementation of REDD+ reinforces past injustices

    Susan Chomba;Juliet Kariuki;Jens Friis Lund;Fergus Sinclair

  • Soil organic nitrogen mineralization across a global latitudinal gradient

    D.L. Jones;K. Kielland;F.L. Sinclair;R.A. Dahlgren

  • Field-scale modeling of tree-crop interactions: Challenges and development needs

    Eike Luedeling;Eike Luedeling;Philip J. Smethurst;Frédéric Baudron;Jules Bayala

  • Farmers in Côte d’Ivoire value integrating tree diversity in cocoa for the provision of ecosystem services

    E. Smith Dumont;E. Smith Dumont;Guy-Modeste Gnahoua;L. Ohouo;Fergus L. Sinclair;Fergus L. Sinclair

  • A Utilitarian Approach to the Incorporation of Local Knowledge in Agroforestry Research and Extension

    F. L. Sinclair;D. H. Walker;L. E. Buck;J. P. Lassoie

  • Agroforestry and soil health: linking trees, soil biota and ecosystem services

    E. Barrios;Gudeta W. Sileshi;Keith D. Shepherd;Fergus L. Sinclair

  • The effect of land use systems on tree diversity: farmer preference and species composition of cocoa-based agroecosystems in Ghana

    Luke C. N. Anglaaere;Joseph Cobbina;Fergus L. Sinclair;Morag A. McDonald

  • Trees in agricultural landscapes enhance provision of ecosystem services in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Shem Kuyah;Ingrid Öborn;Mattias Jonsson;A Sigrun Dahlin

  • The role of local knowledge in determining shade composition of multistrata coffee systems in Chiapas, Mexico

    Lorena Soto-Pinto;Víctor Villalvazo-López;Guillermo Jiménez-Ferrer;Neptalí Ramírez-Marcial

  • Characterization of multistrata silvopastoral systems on seasonally dry pastures in the Caribbean Region of Colombia

    Y. S. Cajas-Giron;F. L. Sinclair

Frequent Co-Authors

Celia A. Harvey
Celia A. Harvey Monteverde Institute
Götz Schroth
Götz Schroth Rainforest Alliance
Ingrid Öborn
Ingrid Öborn Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Brian Reynolds
Brian Reynolds Bangor University
Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University
Howard Wheater
Howard Wheater Imperial College London
Deborah A. Bossio
Deborah A. Bossio The Nature Conservancy
Gudeta W. Sileshi
Gudeta W. Sileshi University of KwaZulu-Natal
John R. Healey
John R. Healey Bangor University
Neil McIntyre
Neil McIntyre University of Queensland

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