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D-Index
60
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World Ranking
2844
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1127

George Sugihara 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 George Sugihara sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 124 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

George Sugihara 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 George Sugihara sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

George Sugihara is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Artificial Intelligence, Oceanography, and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Their scientific contributions cover a broad range of main topics such as Ecosystem dynamics and resilience, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Marine and coastal ecosystems, Plant and animal studies, Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics, Marine and fisheries research, and Neural Networks and Applications.

Recent publications by George Sugihara include:

  • "Causal inference from cross-sectional earth system data with geographical convergent cross mapping" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Disruption of ecological networks in lakes by climate change and nutrient fluctuations" (2023, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Recent developments in empirical dynamic modelling" (2022, Methods in Ecology and Evolution)
  • "Relationships of temperature and biodiversity with stability of natural aquatic food webs" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Long-term warming destabilizes aquatic ecosystems through weakening biodiversity-mediated causal networks" (2020, Global Change Biology)

Frequent publication venues featuring Sugihara's work include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), arXiv (Cornell University), PLoS ONE, Nature Communications, and Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Collaborations are a notable aspect of Sugihara's research, with frequent coauthors including Erik Saberski, Ethan R. Deyle, Joseph Park, Gerald M. Pao, and Tom Lorimer. These partnerships have been documented through multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Early-warning signals for critical transitions

    Marten Scheffer;Jordi Bascompte;William A. Brock;Victor Brovkin

  • Detecting Causality in Complex Ecosystems

    George Sugihara;Robert M. May;Hao Ye;Chih-hao Hsieh

  • Indices of landscape pattern

    R. V. O'Neill;J. R. Krummel;R. H. Gardner;G. Sugihara

  • Landscape patterns in a disturbed environment

    J. R. Krummel;R. H. Gardner;G. Sugihara;R. V. O'neill

  • Complex systems: Ecology for bankers

    Robert M. May;Simon A. Levin;George Sugihara

  • Why fishing magnifies fluctuations in fish abundance

    Christian N. K. Anderson;Chih-hao Hsieh;Stuart A. Sandin;Roger Hewitt

  • Inferring causation from time series in Earth system sciences

    Jakob Runge;Jakob Runge;Sebastian Bathiany;Erik Bollt;Gustau Camps-Valls

  • Fishing elevates variability in the abundance of exploited species

    Chih-hao Hsieh;Christian S. Reiss;John R. Hunter;John R. Beddington

  • Minimal Community Structure: An Explanation of Species Abundance Patterns.

    George Sugihara

  • Applications of fractals in ecology

    George Sugihara;Robert M. May

  • Cats protecting birds: modelling the mesopredator release effect

    Franck Courchamp;Michel Langlais;George Sugihara

  • Distinguishing random environmental fluctuations from ecological catastrophes for the North Pacific Ocean

    Chih-hao Hsieh;Sarah M. Glaser;Andrew J. Lucas;George Sugihara

  • Generalized theorems for nonlinear state space reconstruction.

    Ethan R. Deyle;George Sugihara

  • Equation-free mechanistic ecosystem forecasting using empirical dynamic modeling

    Hao Ye;Richard J. Beamish;Sarah M. Glaser;Sue C. H. Grant

  • Global environmental drivers of influenza

    Ethan R. Deyle;M. Cyrus Maher;Ryan D. Hernandez;Sanjay Basu

  • Rabbits killing birds: modelling the hyperpredation process

    Franck Courchamp;Michel Langlais;George Sugihara

  • Fluctuating interaction network and time-varying stability of a natural fish community

    Masayuki Ushio;Chih Hao Hsieh;Chih Hao Hsieh;Reiji Masuda;Ethan R. Deyle

  • Tracking and forecasting ecosystem interactions in real time.

    Ethan R. Deyle;Robert M. May;Stephan B. Munch;George Sugihara

  • Order in Spontaneous Behavior

    Alexander Maye;Chih-hao Hsieh;George Sugihara;Björn Brembs

  • Episodic fluctuations in larval supply

    Paul A. Dixon;Maria J. Milicich;George Sugihara

  • Distinguishing error from chaos in ecological time series

    George Sugihara;Bryan Thomas Grenfell;Robert Mccredie May

  • Spatial convergent cross mapping to detect causal relationships from short time series

    Adam Thomas Clark;Hao Ye;Forest Isbell;Forest Isbell;Ethan R. Deyle

Frequent Co-Authors

Chih-hao Hsieh
Chih-hao Hsieh National Taiwan University
Stephan B. Munch
Stephan B. Munch University of California, Santa Cruz
Robert M. May
Robert M. May University of Oxford
Anastasios A. Tsonis
Anastasios A. Tsonis University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Louis-Félix Bersier
Louis-Félix Bersier University of Fribourg
Marten Scheffer
Marten Scheffer Wageningen University & Research
Egbert H. van Nes
Egbert H. van Nes Wageningen University & Research
Franck Courchamp
Franck Courchamp University of Paris-Saclay
Fuh-Kwo Shiah
Fuh-Kwo Shiah Academia Sinica
Jakob Zscheischler
Jakob Zscheischler Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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