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Francisco J. Escobedo

Francisco J. Escobedo

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
44
Citations
9076
World Ranking
6662
National Ranking
2379

Francisco J. Escobedo publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francisco J. Escobedo sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 153 publications — 43rd percentile

43% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Francisco J. Escobedo D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francisco J. Escobedo sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Francisco J. Escobedo is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science. Their research emphasizes a range of subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Economics and Econometrics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Their work covers several key topics, such as:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Urban Green Space and Health
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Urban Heat Island Mitigation

Escobedo has published extensively in various scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Urban Forestry & Urban Greening
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • PLoS ONE
  • Landscape and Urban Planning
  • Land

Their recent papers demonstrate engagement with urban ecosystems, climate risk, and socio-demographic environmental justice issues. Selected publications include:

  • A global horizon scan of the future impacts of robotics and autonomous systems on urban ecosystems, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Total urban tree carbon storage and waste management emissions estimated using a combination of LiDAR, field measurements and an end-of-life wood approach, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Assessing climate risk to support urban forests in a changing climate, 2022, Plants People Planet
  • A burning issue: Reviewing the socio-demographic and environmental justice aspects of the wildfire literature, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • Exploring the dynamics of migration, armed conflict, urbanization, and anthropogenic change in Colombia, 2020, PLoS ONE

Frequent collaborators in Escobedo's research include:

  • Nicola Clerici
  • Matthew R. Sloggy
  • José R. Soto
  • Cynnamon Dobbs
  • Alyssa S. Thomas

Best Publications

  • Urban forests and pollution mitigation: analyzing ecosystem services and disservices.

    Francisco J. Escobedo;Timm Kroeger;John E. Wagner

  • Spatial heterogeneity and air pollution removal by an urban forest

    Francisco J. Escobedo;David J. Nowak

  • A framework for developing urban forest ecosystem services and goods indicators

    Cynnamon Dobbs;Francisco J. Escobedo;Wayne C. Zipperer

  • Analyzing the cost effectiveness of Santiago, Chile's policy of using urban forests to improve air quality

    Francisco J. Escobedo;John E. Wagner;David J. Nowak;Carmen Luz De la Maza

  • Urban forests, ecosystem services, green infrastructure and nature-based solutions: Nexus or evolving metaphors?

    Francisco J. Escobedo;Vincenzo Giannico;Chi Yung Jim;Giovanni Sanesi

  • Impacts of urban forests on offsetting carbon emissions from industrial energy use in Hangzhou, China.

    Min Zhao;Zheng-hong Kong;Francisco J. Escobedo;Jun Gao

  • Edible green infrastructure: An approach and review of provisioning ecosystem services and disservices in urban environments

    Alessio Russo;Francisco J. Escobedo;Giuseppe T. Cirella;Stefan Zerbe

  • Analyzing the efficacy of subtropical urban forests in offsetting carbon emissions from cities

    Francisco Escobedo;Sebastian Varela;Min Zhao;John E. Wagner

  • Urbanization as a land use change driver of forest ecosystem services

    S. Delphin;F.J. Escobedo;A. Abd-Elrahman;W.P. Cropper

  • Spatio-temporal and cumulative effects of land use-land cover and climate change on two ecosystem services in the Colombian Andes.

    Nicola Clerici;Fabian Cote-Navarro;Francisco J. Escobedo;Kristian Rubiano

  • The socioeconomics and management of Santiago de Chile's public urban forests

    Francisco J. Escobedo;David J. Nowak;John E. Wagner;Carmen Luz De la Maza

  • Urban ecosystem Services in Latin America: mismatch between global concepts and regional realities?

    Cynnamon Dobbs;Francisco J. Escobedo;Nicola Clerici;Francisco de la Barrera

  • "Socio-ecological dynamics and inequality in Bogotá, Colombia's public urban forests and their ecosystem services"

    Francisco J. Escobedo;Nicola Clerici;Christina L. Staudhammer;Germán Tovar Corzo

  • The role of a peri-urban forest on air quality improvement in the Mexico City megalopolis.

    Darrel Baumgardner;Sebastian Varela;Francisco J. Escobedo;Alicia Chacalo

  • Reforestation as a novel abatement and compliance measure for ground-level ozone.

    Timm Kroeger;Francisco J. Escobedo;José L. Hernandez;Sebastián Varela

  • Analyzing fine-scale wetland composition using high resolution imagery and texture features

    Zoltan Szantoi;Francisco Escobedo;Amr H. Abd-Elrahman;Scot Smith

  • Environmental Justice Implications of Urban Tree Cover in Miami-Dade County, Florida

    Joan Flocks;Francisco Escobedo;Jeff Wade;Sebastian Varela

  • Assessing urban tree carbon storage and sequestration in Bolzano, Italy.

    Alessio Russo;Francisco J. Escobedo;Nilesh Timilsina;Armin Otto Schmitt

  • Analyzing Trade-Offs, Synergies, and Drivers among Timber Production, Carbon Sequestration, and Water Yield in Pinus elliotii Forests in Southeastern USA

    Ronald Cademus;Francisco J. Escobedo;Daniel McLaughlin;Amr Abd-Elrahman

  • Urban forest structure effects on property value

    Francisco J. Escobedo;Damian C. Adams;Nilesh Timilsina

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendell P. Cropper
Wendell P. Cropper University of Florida
David J. Nowak
David J. Nowak US Forest Service
Gurpal S. Toor
Gurpal S. Toor University of Maryland, College Park
James E. Richardson
James E. Richardson University College Cork
Gregory Starr
Gregory Starr University of Alabama
Raffaele Lafortezza
Raffaele Lafortezza University of Bari Aldo Moro
Stephen J. Livesley
Stephen J. Livesley University of Melbourne
Ian MacGregor-Fors
Ian MacGregor-Fors University of Helsinki
Arthur H. Chappelka
Arthur H. Chappelka Auburn University
Colleen T. Downs
Colleen T. Downs University of KwaZulu-Natal

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