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D-Index
43
Citations
6610
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7148
National Ranking
262

Heather Keith 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 Heather Keith sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 87 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Heather Keith 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 Heather Keith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Heather Keith is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and has contributed extensively to environmental science, with a focus on global and planetary change. Their research covers several intertwined subfields including economics and econometrics, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The scientist has published significantly on topics related to forest management and policy, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, as well as land use and ecosystem services. Other key topics in their work include economic and environmental valuation, forest ecology and management, environmental conservation and management, and climate change policy and economics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • One Ecosystem
  • Nature
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Environmental Science & Policy

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Heather Keith are:

  • "Evaluating nature-based solutions for climate mitigation and conservation requires comprehensive carbon accounting," published in 2021 in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Selection criteria for ecosystem condition indicators," published in 2021 in Ecological Indicators
  • "A common typology for ecosystem characteristics and ecosystem condition variables," published in 2021 in One Ecosystem
  • "Understanding the importance of primary tropical forest protection as a mitigation strategy," published in 2020 in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
  • "The enduring world forest carbon sink," published in 2024 in Nature

Heather Keith has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Brendan Mackey, David B. Lindenmayer, R. A. Houghton, Michael Vardon, and Dominick A. DellaSala. Brendan Mackey is noted as a co-author on 14 publications, indicating a strong and ongoing research partnership.

The scientist holds one noted award: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), awarded in 1981.

Best Publications

  • Re-evaluation of forest biomass carbon stocks and lessons from the world's most carbon-dense forests

    Heather Keith;Brendan G. Mackey;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Global scope and economics of illegal fishing

    U.R. Sumaila;J. Alder;H. Keith

  • Input of carbon to soil from wheat plants

    H. Keith;J.M. Oades;J.K. Martin

  • Effects of soil phosphorus availability, temperature and moisture on soil respiration in Eucalyptus pauciflora forest

    H. Keith;K.L. Jacobsen;R.J. Raison

  • Protocol for sampling tree and stand biomass.

    P. Snowdon;J. Raison;H. Keith;K. Montagu

  • Untangling the confusion around land carbon science and climate change mitigation policy

    Brendan Mackey;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Will Steffen;Joanna Isobel House

  • Green Carbon Part 1: The role of natural forests in carbon storage

    Brendan Mackey;Heather Keith;Sandra L. Berry;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Estimating carbon carrying capacity in natural forest ecosystems across heterogeneous landscapes: addressing sources of error

    Heather Keith;Brendan Mackey;Sandra Lee Berry;David Lindenmayer

  • Understanding the importance of primary tropical forest protection as a mitigation strategy

    Brendan Mackey;Cyril F. Kormos;Heather Keith;Heather Keith;William R. Moomaw

  • Measurement of soil CO2 efflux using soda lime absorption: both quantitative and reliable

    Heather Keith;Suan Chin Wong

  • Managing temperate forests for carbon storage: impacts of logging versus forest protection on carbon stocks

    Heather Keith;David Lindenmayer;Brendan Mackey;David Blair

  • Nocturnal carbon efflux: reconciliation of eddy covariance and chamber measurements using an alternative to the u * -threshold filtering technique

    Eva Van Gorsel;Ray Leuning;Helen A. Cleugh;Heather Keith

  • Trends in wheat yields and soil organic carbon in the Permanent Rotation Trial at the Waite Agricultural Research Institute, South Australia

    P.R. Grace;J.M. Oades;H. Keith;T.W. Hancock

  • Ecosystem accounts define explicit and spatial trade-offs for managing natural resources.

    Heather Keith;Michael Vardon;John A. Stein;Janet L. Stein

  • δ13C of organic matter transported from the leaves to the roots in Eucalyptus delegatensis: short-term variations and relation to respired CO2

    Arthur Gessler;Claudia Keitel;Naomi Kodama;Christopher Weston

  • Air and biomass heat storage fluxes in a forest canopy: Calculation within a soil vegetation atmosphere transfer model

    Vanessa Haverd;Vanessa Haverd;Matthias Oskar Cuntz;Ray Leuning;Heather Keith

  • Evaluating nature-based solutions for climate mitigation and conservation requires comprehensive carbon accounting.

    Heather Keith;Michael Vardon;Carl Obst;Virginia Young

  • Modelling forest response to increasing CO2 concentration under nutrient-limited conditions

    M. U. F. Kirschbaum;D. A. King;H. N. Comins;R. E. Mcmurtrie

  • Allocation of carbon in a mature eucalypt forest and some effects of soil phosphorus availability

    H. Keith;R.J. Raison;K.L. Jacobsen

  • Dynamics of carbon exchange in a Eucalyptus forest in response to interacting disturbance factors

    H. Keith;E. van Gorsel;K.L. Jacobsen;H.A. Cleugh

  • Green Carbon : The role of natural forests in carbon storage

    Brendan Mackey;Heather Keith;Sandra L. Berry;David B. Lindenmayer

  • Measurement of horizontal and vertical advection of CO2 within a forest canopy

    Ray Leuning;Steven J. Zegelin;Kevin Jones;Heather Keith

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Lindenmayer
David B. Lindenmayer Australian National University
Brendan Mackey
Brendan Mackey Griffith University
Ray Leuning
Ray Leuning CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Belinda E. Medlyn
Belinda E. Medlyn Western Sydney University
Emily Nicholson
Emily Nicholson Deakin University
Joachim Maes
Joachim Maes KU Leuven
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum Landcare Research
Bálint Czúcz
Bálint Czúcz Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Eva van Gorsel
Eva van Gorsel Australian National University
Derek Eamus
Derek Eamus University of Technology Sydney

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