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D-Index
50
Citations
10692
World Ranking
3812
National Ranking
65

George G. Brown 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 George G. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 178 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George G. Brown 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 George G. Brown sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

George G. Brown is affiliated with the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation in Brazil. Their research primarily covers the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong emphasis on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work spans various subfields of study including Ecology, Oceanography, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Their main topics of research encompass:

  • Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Study of Mite Species
  • Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
  • Marine and environmental studies
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory

Recent publications by George G. Brown include:

  • Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world-wide assessment, 2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • 12,500+ and counting: biodiversity of the Brazilian Pampa, 2023, Frontiers of Biogeography
  • Global data on earthworm abundance, biomass, diversity and corresponding environmental properties, 2021, Scientific Data
  • The second wave of earthworm invasions in North America: biology, environmental impacts, management and control of invasive jumping worms, 2021, Biological Invasions
  • Earthworms (Clitellata, Megadrili) of the world: an updated checklist of valid species and families, with notes on their distribution, 2023, Zootaxa

Frequent co-authors collaborating with George G. Brown include:

  • Marie Luise Carolina Bartz
  • Luis Manuel Hernandez Garcia
  • Marcelo Marcelino de Oliveira
  • Márcio Uehara-Prado
  • Samuel Wooster James

George G. Brown's research has been published multiple times in notable venues, such as:

  • Datasets - Sistema SALVE - ICMBio
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Zootaxa
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • Soil biodiversity for agricultural sustainability

    Lijbert Brussaard;Peter C. de Ruiter;George G. Brown

  • Regulation of soil organic matter dynamics and microbial activityin the drilosphere and the role of interactionswith other edaphic functional domains

    George G Brown;Isabelle Barois;Patrick Lavelle

  • Earthworms increase plant production: a meta- analysis

    Jan Willem van Groenigen;Ingrid M. Lubbers;Hannah M. J. Vos;George G. Brown

  • How do earthworms affect microfloral and faunal community diversity

    George G. Brown

  • Global distribution of earthworm diversity

    Helen R P Phillips;Carlos A Guerra;Marie L C Bartz;Maria J I Briones

  • Agricultural intensification, soil biodiversity and agroecosystem function in the tropics: the role of earthworms

    C. Fragoso;G.G. Brown;J.C. Patron;Eric Blanchart

  • How Earthworms Affect Plant Growth: Burrowing into the Mechanisms

    George G. Brown;Clive A. Edwards;Lijbert Brussaard

  • Ecosystem engineers in a self-organized soil: A review of concepts and future research questions

    Patrick Lavelle;Alister Spain;Manuel Blouin;George Brown

  • Effects of earthworms on plant production in the tropics

    George Brown;B. Pashanasi;Cécile Villenave;J.C. Patron

  • Functional Interactions between Earthworms, Microorganisms, Organic Matter, and Plants

    Bernard Doube;George Brown

  • Effects of tropical endogeic earthworms on soil erosion

    Eric Blanchart;A. Albrecht;G. Brown;T. Decaens

  • SOM management in the tropics: Why feeding the soil macrofauna?

    Patrick Lavelle;Eleusa Barros;Eric Blanchart;George Brown

  • Diversidad y rol funcional de la macrofauna edáfica en los ecosistemas tropicales mexicanos

    George G. Brown;Carlos Fragoso;Isabeíle Barois;Patricia Rojas

  • Life in a complex community: functional interactions between earthworms, organic matter, microorganisms, and plants

    B.M. Doube;G.G. Brown

  • Towards an integrative understanding of soil biodiversity

    Madhav P. Thakur;Helen R. P. Phillips;Ulrich Brose;Franciska T. De Vries

  • Social-ecological and regional adaptation of agrobiodiversity management across a global set of research regions

    L.E. Jackson;M.M. Pulleman;L. Brussaard;K.S. Bawa

  • Climate change effects on earthworms - a review

    Jaswinder Singh;Martin Schädler;Wilian Demetrio;George G Brown;George G Brown

  • Charles Darwin, earthworms and the natural sciences: various lessons from past to future

    Christian Feller;George G Brown;Eric Blanchart;Pierre Deleporte

  • Soil macroinvertebrate communities: A world‐wide assessment

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  • Exotic, peregrine, and invasive earthworms in Brazil: diversity, distribution, and effects on soils and plants.

    G. G. Brown;S. W. James;A. Pasini;D. H. Nunes

  • Ecology of earthworm species with large environmental tolerance and/or extended distributions

    I. Barois;P. Lavelle;Michel Brossard;Jérôme Tondoh

  • No-tillage greatly increases earthworm populations in Paraná state, BrazilThe 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology · Cardiff · Wales · 2002

    G Brown;N Benito;A Pasini;K Sautter

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Lavelle
Patrick Lavelle Sorbonne University
Samuel W. James
Samuel W. James Maharishi International University
Thibaud Decaëns
Thibaud Decaëns University of Montpellier
Eric Blanchart
Eric Blanchart University of Montpellier
Peter Kille
Peter Kille Cardiff University
Lijbert Brussaard
Lijbert Brussaard Wageningen University & Research
Diana H. Wall
Diana H. Wall Colorado State University
Nico Eisenhauer
Nico Eisenhauer Leipzig University
David A. Wardle
David A. Wardle Umeå University
Matthias C. Rillig
Matthias C. Rillig Freie Universität Berlin

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