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Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira

Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
25036
World Ranking
1650
National Ranking
21

Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira 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 Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 145 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira 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 Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira is affiliated with the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi in Brazil. Their research mainly concentrates on environmental science, with a strong focus on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and forestry. Their work integrates multiple subfields and explores topics related to conservation, biodiversity, resource management, ecosystem services, and the interactions between human activity and natural landscapes.

The scientist has contributed to a significant number of recent scholarly papers. Some notable publications include:

  • Designing optimal human-modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation (2020) published in Ecology Letters
  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery (2021) published in Science
  • Understanding Brazil's catastrophic fires: Causes, consequences and policy needed to prevent future tragedies (2021) published in Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • How Social Considerations Improve the Equity and Effectiveness of Ecosystem Restoration (2022) published in BioScience
  • Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests (2020) published in Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include Jos Barlow, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Joice Ferreira, Marcelo Tabarelli, and Érika Berenguer, with multiple collaborations ranging from 15 to 19 joint publications each.

The scientist's work is regularly published in venues such as:

  • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Biological Conservation
  • Global Change Biology

In addition to journal publications, they have contributed to book literature, including the title Interfaces socioambientais no antropoceno "Pandemia da COVID-19 e suas interfaces socioambientais" published by UFOPA eBooks in 2023.

Their research topics predominantly include:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Rural Development and Agriculture

This diverse set of research areas reflects a multidisciplinary approach to understanding environmental challenges, with a focus on the Amazon region and broader tropical forest ecosystems.

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

    Hans Ter Steege;Hans Ter Steege;Nigel C.A. Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Christopher Baraloto

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

    Lourens Poorter;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Angélica M. Almeyda Zambrano

  • Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

    Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Gareth D. Lennox;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • Basin-wide variations in Amazon forest structure and function are mediated by both soils and climate

    C. A. Quesada;C. A. Quesada;O. L. Phillips;M. Schwarz;C. I. Czimczik

  • Carbon sequestration potential of second-growth forest regeneration in the Latin American tropics

    Robin L. Chazdon;Robin L. Chazdon;Eben N. Broadbent;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers

  • Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

    C. Levis;F. R. C. Costa;F. Bongers;M. Peña-Claros

  • When is a forest a forest? Forest concepts and definitions in the era of forest and landscape restoration

    Robin L Chazdon;Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion;Lars Laestadius;Aoife Bennett-Curry;Aoife Bennett-Curry

  • Pervasive transition of the Brazilian land-use system

    David M. Lapola;Luiz A. Martinelli;Carlos A. Peres;Jean P. H. B. Ometto

  • Recuperation of nitrogen cycling in Amazonian forests following agricultural abandonment

    Eric A. Davidson;Cláudio J. Reis de Carvalho;Adelaine Michela Figueira;Françoise Yoko Ishida

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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  • Designing optimal human-modified landscapes for forest biodiversity conservation.

    Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Lenore Fahrig;Marcelo Tabarelli;James I. Watling

  • Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

    Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

    Danaë Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;T. Mitchell Aide;Esteban Álvarez-Dávila

  • A large-scale field assessment of carbon stocks in human-modified tropical forests

    Erika Berenguer;Joice Ferreira;Toby Alan Gardner;Luiz Eduardo Oliveira Cruz Aragão

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Basin-wide variations in foliar properties of Amazonian forest: phylogeny, soils and climate.

    N. M. Fyllas;S. Patiño;S. Patiño;T. R. Baker;G. Bielefeld Nardoto

  • NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS LIMITATION OF BIOMASS GROWTH IN A TROPICAL SECONDARY FOREST

    Eric A. Davidson;Cláudio J. Reis de Carvalho;Ima C. G. Vieira;Ricardo de O. Figueiredo

  • An international network to monitor the structure, composition and dynamics of Amazonian forests (RAINFOR)

    Y. Malhi;O.L. Phillips;J. Lloyd;T. Baker

  • Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites

    Edward T.A. Mitchard;Ted R. Feldpausch;Ted R. Feldpausch;Roel J.W. Brienen;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez

Frequent Co-Authors

Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Rafael P. Salomão
Rafael P. Salomão Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão
Luiz E. O. C. Aragão National Institute for Space Research
Hans ter Steege
Hans ter Steege Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Marcos Silveira
Marcos Silveira Universidade Federal do Acre
Joice Ferreira
Joice Ferreira Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

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