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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities 42 4653 4303 325 313 207 9977

Helen Ross publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Helen Ross between 1983 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Helen Ross published across 43 years, from 1983 to 2025, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 19 publications in 2016. 11 of the 263 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1983 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 19. Peak 19 publications in 2016. 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 3 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 10 publications 2007: 9 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 19 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 6 publications 2025: 5 publications
1983 2025

263 publications in total across all disciplines

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Helen Ross: publications per year, 1983 to 2025
Year Publications
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 1
1991 2
1992 1
1993 0
1994 2
1995 1
1996 0
1997 2
1998 1
1999 2
2000 2
2001 2
2002 3
2003 4
2004 2
2005 8
2006 10
2007 9
2008 13
2009 10
2010 8
2011 11
2012 13
2013 7
2014 9
2015 8
2016 19
2017 11
2018 11
2019 16
2020 13
2021 19
2022 16
2023 14
2024 6
2025 5
Total 263
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Helen Ross publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helen Ross sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 44–53 to 570+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 474. Most scientists, 474, have 114–123 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 204–213 publications, is where this scientist sits. 44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44–53 publications 570+

This scientist: 207 publications — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
44–53 28
54–63 61
64–73 161
74–83 225
84–93 301
94–103 390
104–113 406
114–123 474
124–133 453
134–143 434
144–153 407
154–163 411
164–173 391
174–183 313
184–193 319
194–203 304
204–213 285 207
214–223 246
224–233 213
234–243 170
244–253 167
254–263 162
264–273 138
274–283 138
284–293 113
294–303 106
304–313 95
314–323 101
324–333 81
334–343 69
344–353 56
354–363 36
364–373 42
374–383 41
384–393 44
394–403 27
404–413 30
414–423 20
424–433 29
434–443 29
444–453 25
454–463 19
464–473 21
474–483 11
484–493 17
494–503 7
504–513 6
514–523 12
524–533 10
534–543 7
544–553 6
554–563 12
564–569 8
570+ 100
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Helen Ross D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Helen Ross sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 71 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 100+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 313. Most scientists, 313, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

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Number of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 7,777 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 177
31 210
32 222
33 188
34 181
35 243
36 261
37 272
38 278
39 300
40 297
41 308
42 313 42
43 300
44 269
45 260
46 228
47 251
48 203
49 186
50 187
51 166
52 138
53 141
54 131
55 137
56 109
57 129
58 95
59 105
60 106
61 86
62 94
63 77
64 79
65 59
66 68
67 51
68 49
69 40
70 43
71 40
72 50
73 46
74 43
75 45
76 45
77 30
78 25
79 31
80 29
81 18
82 21
83 26
84 15
85 15
86 19
87 19
88 12
89 7
90 19
91 20
92 13
93 9
94 13
95 8
96 7
97 6
98 6
99 6
100+ 97
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Overview

Helen Ross is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and has concentrated their research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work encompasses a variety of subfields including Sociology and Political Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of issues related to environment and sustainability, with specific attention to:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Helen Ross has contributed numerous articles to several publication venues, with the most frequent being the Australasian Journal of Environmental Management, in which they have 16 publications. Other notable journals include Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, AMBIO, the Journal of Cleaner Production, and PLoS ONE.

Their recent published papers include the following:

  • Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital, 2022, AMBIO
  • Plastic pollution and packaging: Corporate commitments and actions from the food and beverage sector, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Ocean plastic crisis-Mental models of plastic pollution from remote Indonesian coastal communities, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Health in" and "Health of" Social-Ecological Systems: A Practical Framework for the Management of Healthy and Resilient Agricultural and Natural Ecosystems, 2021, Frontiers in Public Health
  • Building rural resilience through agri-food value chains and community interactions: A vegetable case study in Wuhan, China, 2023, Journal of Rural Studies

Frequent collaborators in their research include Claudia Baldwin, Anna Phelan, Kelly S. Fielding, Natalie A. Jones, and Duan Biggs, with multiple joint publications observed.

Best Publications

  • Community Resilience: Toward an Integrated Approach

    Fikret Berkes;Helen Ross

  • Mental models: an interdisciplinary synthesis of theory and methods

    Natalie A. Jones;Helen Ross;Timothy Lynam;Pascal Perez

  • The components of resilience—Perceptions of an Australian rural community

    Elizabeth Buikstra;Helen Ross;Christine A. King;Peter G. Baker

  • Six attributes of social resilience

    Kirsten Maclean;Michael Cuthill;Helen Ross

  • Building community resilience in a context of climate change: The role of social capital

    Esther Carmen;Ioan Fazey;Helen Ross;Melissa Bedinger

  • Panarchy and community resilience: Sustainability science and policy implications

    Fikret Berkes;Helen Ross

  • The study of human values in understanding and managing social-ecological systems

    Natalie A. Jones;Sylvie Shaw;Helen Ross;Katherine Witt

  • The great experiment with devolved NRM governance: lessons from community engagement in Australia and New Zealand since the 1980s

    A Curtis;H Ross;G R Marshall;C Baldwin

  • Feminist Political Ecology: Global Issues and Local Experiences. Dianne Rocheleau, Barbara Thomas Slayter and Esther Wangari (eds) London and New York: Routledge, 1996. Reviewed by Helen Ross

    Helen Ross

  • Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: visions of future systems and how to get there

    Ioan Fazey;Niko Schäpke;Guido Caniglia;Anthony Hodgson

  • Co-management and Indigenous protected areas in Australia: achievements and ways forward

    Helen Ross;Chrissy Grant;Cathy Robinson;Arturo Izurieta

  • Laying Down the Ladder: A Typology of Public Participation in Australian Natural Resource Management

    Helen Ross;Marlene Buchy;Wendy Proctor

  • Individual resilience in rural people: a Queensland study, Australia.

    Desley Hegney;Elizabeth Buikstra;Peter Baker;Cath Rogers-Clark

  • Plastic pollution and packaging: Corporate commitments and actions from the food and beverage sector

    Anna (Anya) Phelan;Katie Meissner;Jacquelyn Humphrey;Helen Ross

  • Research approaches for understanding, enhancing, and monitoring community resilience

    Helen Ross;Fikret Berkes

  • Mental Models in Rangeland Research, Communication and Management.

    Nick Abel;Helen Ross;Paul Walker

  • Ocean plastic crisis-Mental models of plastic pollution from remote Indonesian coastal communities.

    Anna Anya Phelan;Helen Ross;Novie Andri Setianto;Kelly Fielding

  • Building Co-Management as a Process: Problem Solving Through Partnerships in Aboriginal Country, Australia

    Melanie Zurba;Helen Ross;Arturo Izurieta;Philip Rist

  • Eliciting Mental Models: a Comparison of Interview Procedures in the Context of Natural Resource Management

    Natalie A. Jones;Helen Ross;Timothy Lynam;Pascal Perez

  • Mental models for conservation research and practice

    Katie Moon;Angela M. Guerrero;Vanessa. M. Adams;Duan Biggs;Duan Biggs;Duan Biggs

  • A common-pool resource approach for water quality management: An Australian case study

    Ashutosh Sarker;Helen Ross;Krishna K. Shrestha

Frequent Co-Authors

Kelly S. Fielding
Kelly S. Fielding University of Queensland
Brian Head
Brian Head University of Queensland
Fikret Berkes
Fikret Berkes University of Manitoba
Ioan Fazey
Ioan Fazey University of York
James Udy
James Udy Queensland University of Technology
Ashutosh Sarker
Ashutosh Sarker International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria
Catherine J. Robinson
Catherine J. Robinson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Allan Curtis
Allan Curtis Charles Sturt University
Véronique Chevalier
Véronique Chevalier Institut Pasteur
Saleem H. Ali
Saleem H. Ali University of Delaware

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