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Harald Vacik

Harald Vacik

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
34
Citations
4333
World Ranking
7639
National Ranking
62

Harald Vacik 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 Harald Vacik sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 141 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Harald Vacik 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 Harald Vacik sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Harald Vacik is affiliated with BOKU University in Austria and specializes in Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Insect Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, and Environmental Engineering.

Vacik's research primarily addresses topics related to Forest Management and Policy, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Forest Ecology and Management, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Recent publications by Vacik include several works published between 2020 and 2022 that appear in various academic journals:

  • Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives (2021, Air Soil and Water Research)
  • Governing Europe's forests for multiple ecosystem services: Opportunities, challenges, and policy options (2022, Forest Policy and Economics)
  • Diversity for Restoration (D4R): Guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate-resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes (2021, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Handling a complex agenda: A review and assessment of methods to analyse SDG entity interactions (2022, Environmental Science & Policy)
  • Towards an integrated forest fire danger assessment system for the European Alps (2020, Ecological Informatics)

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Vacik across multiple publications include Mortimer M. Müller, Bart Muys, Helga Pülzl, Sony Baral, and Mathias Neumann.

The venues where Vacik regularly publishes reflect diverse interests in forestry and environmental science fields, including Forests, International Journal of Wildland Fire, Fire, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, and Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research).

Best Publications

  • Application of the analytic network process in multi-criteria analysis of sustainable forest management

    Bernhard Wolfslehner;Harald Vacik;Manfred J. Lexer

  • Evaluating sustainable forest management strategies with the Analytic Network Process in a Pressure-State-Response framework.

    Bernhard Wolfslehner;Harald Vacik

  • Governing Europe's forests for multiple ecosystem services: Opportunities, challenges, and policy options

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  • Current Wildland Fire Patterns and Challenges in Europe: A Synthesis of National Perspectives

    Nieves Fernandez-Anez;Andrey Krasovskiy;Mortimer Müller;Harald Vacik

  • Using multi variate data mining techniques for estimating fire susceptibility of Tyrolean forests

    Alexander Arpaci;Bodo Malowerschnig;Oliver Sass;Harald Vacik

  • Application of a spatial decision support system in managing the protection forests of Vienna for sustained yield of water resources.

    Harald Vacik;Manfred J. Lexer

  • Developing criteria and indicators for evaluating sustainable forest management: A case study in Kyrgyzstan

    Gulnaz Jalilova;Chiranjeewee Khadka;Harald Vacik

  • Decision Support Systems in Forest Management

    Keith M. Reynolds;Mark Twery;Manfred J. Lexer;Harald Vacik

  • Structural diversity of English yew (Taxus baccata L.) populations

    Herwig Ruprecht;Amalesh Dhar;Bernhard Aigner;Gerald Oitzinger

  • Past, current and future drivers for the development of decision support systems in forest management

    Harald Vacik;Manfred J. Lexer

  • Diversity for Restoration (D4R): guiding the selection of tree species and seed sources for climate-resilient restoration of tropical forest landscapes

    Tobias Fremout;Tobias Fremout;Evert Thomas;Hermann Taedoumg;Hermann Taedoumg;Siebe Briers

  • Evaluating collaborative planning methods supporting programme-based planning in natural resource management.

    Harald Vacik;Mikko Kurttila;Teppo Hujala;Chiranjeewee Khadka

  • Anthropogenic disturbances and plant diversity of the Madhupur Sal forests (Shorea robusta C.F. Gaertn) of Bangladesh

    Md. Mizanur Rahman;Ainun Nishat;Harald Vacik

  • A decision support tool to improve forestry extension services for small private landowners in southern Austria

    M. J. Lexer;H. Vacik;D. Palmetzhofer;G. Oitzinger

  • Modeling human-caused forest fire ignition for assessing forest fire danger in Austria

    N. Arndt;H. Vacik;V. Koch;A. Arpaci

  • Towards an integrated forest fire danger assessment system for the European Alps

    Mortimer M. Müller;Lena Vilà-Vilardell;Harald Vacik

  • Systematic review for a set of indicators supporting the Common International Classification of Ecosystem Services

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  • Population viability risk management (PVRM) for in situ management of endangered tree species—A case study on a Taxus baccata L. population

    Amalesh Dhar;Herwig Ruprecht;Harald Vacik

  • Structure of coarse woody debris in Lange-Leitn Natural Forest Reserve, Austria

    M. M. Rahman;G. Frank;H. Ruprecht;H. Vacik

  • Application of multi criteria analysis methods for a participatory assessment of non-wood forest products in two European case studies

    P. Huber;P. Huber;T. Hujala;M. Kurttila;B. Wolfslehner;B. Wolfslehner

  • Integrating the DPSIR approach and the analytic network process for the assessment of forest management strategies.

    H. Vacik;B. Wolfslehner;R. Seidl;M. J. Lexer

  • A web-based ToolBox approach to support adaptive forest management under climate change

    Werner Rammer;Christian Schauflinger;Harald Vacik;João H.N. Palma

  • Editorial: Decision-support systems for forest management

    H. M. Rauscher;Keith Reynolds;Harald Vacik

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred J. Lexer
Manfred J. Lexer BOKU University
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo
Jordi Garcia-Gonzalo Centre Tecnològic Forestal de Catalunya
Tzvetan Zlatanov
Tzvetan Zlatanov Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Marco Heurich
Marco Heurich University of Freiburg
Marco Conedera
Marco Conedera Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Juli G. Pausas
Juli G. Pausas University of Valencia
Jukka Pumpanen
Jukka Pumpanen University of Eastern Finland
Patrick Schleppi
Patrick Schleppi Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Cornelia Rumpel
Cornelia Rumpel Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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