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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 48 5470 5244 366 358 122 10420

Jan Börner publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jan Börner between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jan Börner published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 7.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 22 publications in 2023. 30 of the 178 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 22. Peak 22 publications in 2023. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 0 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 12 publications 2023: 22 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 16 publications
2003 2025

178 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jan Börner: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 1
2005 1
2006 0
2007 5
2008 3
2009 4
2010 5
2011 3
2012 5
2013 8
2014 10
2015 9
2016 4
2017 3
2018 10
2019 15
2020 14
2021 13
2022 12
2023 22
2024 14
2025 16
Total 178
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Jan Börner publications per year - data summary

  • Jan Börner, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Bonn, has 178 publications recorded across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2003 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 22 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2003, 2004 and 2005, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 23 years in the span carries no publications at all (2006).
  • The rate of publication averages 7.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 8.1 per year counting only the 22 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 77 publications, 43% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2003-2010: 20 publications (2.5 per year); 2011-2018: 52 publications (6.5 per year); 2019-2025: 106 publications (15.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Jan Börner 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 Jan Börner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–130 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617 122
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Jan Börner publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Jan Börner, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Bonn, records 122 publications - the 25th percentile of the discipline.
  • 25% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Jan Börner, and about 75% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Jan Börner ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Jan Börner 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 Jan Börner sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272 48
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Jan Börner D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Jan Börner, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of Bonn, records 48 D-Index - the 44th percentile of the discipline.
  • 44% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Jan Börner, and about 56% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Jan Börner ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Jan Börner is affiliated with the University of Bonn in Germany and has produced significant research primarily in environmental science and economics. Their work extensively covers topics such as conservation, biodiversity, resource management, and economic and environmental valuation.

Börner's main fields of study include Environmental Science with 72 publications and Economics, Econometrics and Finance with 43 publications. The subfields of research span Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Strategy and Management, and Plant Science. They focus on core topics including Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management; Economic and Environmental Valuation; Forest Management and Policy; Agricultural Innovations and Practices; Climate Change Policy and Economics; Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development; and Global trade, sustainability, and social impact.

Their recent papers include:

  • The rotten apples of Brazil's agribusiness, 2020, Science
  • Overstated carbon emission reductions from voluntary REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation, 2023, Science
  • Adoption and diffusion of digital farming technologies - integrating farm-level evidence and system interaction, 2021, Agricultural Systems

Börner frequently collaborates with several researchers, with notable co-authors including Gabriel Frey, James M. Henderson, Javier Miranda, Johannes Schielein, and Sven Wunder. These professional relationships underscore Börner's engagement in collaborative and interdisciplinary research projects.

The scientist has published across a variety of platforms, with the majority of their work appearing in Harvard Dataverse, SSRN Electronic Journal, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Biological Conservation, and Ecological Economics.

Best Publications

  • Environmental income and rural livelihoods: a global-comparative analysis.

    Arild Angelsen;Pamela Jagger;Ronnie Babigumira;Brian Belcher

  • The effectiveness of payments for environmental services

    Jan Börner;Kathy Baylis;Esteve Corbera;Driss Ezzine-de-Blas

  • Transparency and sustainability in global commodity supply chains

    T. A. Gardner;M. Benzie;Jan Börner;E. Dawkins

  • Effectiveness and synergies of policy instruments for land use governance in tropical regions

    Eric F. Lambin;Eric F. Lambin;Patrick Meyfroidt;Ximena Rueda;Ximena Rueda;Allen Blackman

  • Mainstreaming Impact Evaluation in Nature Conservation

    Kathy Baylis;Jordi Honey-Rosés;Jan Börner;Esteve Corbera

  • The rotten apples of Brazil's agribusiness

    Raoni Rajão;Britaldo Soares-Filho;Felipe Nunes;Jan Börner

  • Direct conservation payments in the Brazilian Amazon: Scope and equity implications

    Jan Börner;Sven Wunder;Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff;Marcos Rügnitz Tito

  • Action needed to make carbon offsets from forest conservation work for climate change mitigation

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  • Governance of the bioeconomy: A global comparative study of national bioeconomy strategies

    Thomas Dietz;Jan Börner;Jan Janosch Förster;Joachim von Braun

  • Overstated carbon emission reductions from voluntary REDD+ projects in the Brazilian Amazon.

    Thales A. P. West;Thales A. P. West;Thales A. P. West;Jan Börner;Erin O. Sills;Andreas Kontoleon

  • Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon.

    Argemiro Teixeira Leite-Filho;Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho;Juliana Leroy Davis;Gabriel Medeiros Abrahão

  • Safety Nets, Gap Filling and Forests: A Global-Comparative Perspective

    Sven Wunder;Jan Borner;Gerald E Shively;Gerald E Shively;Miriam Wyman

  • Adoption and diffusion of digital farming technologies - integrating farm-level evidence and system interaction

    Linmei Shang;Thomas Heckelei;Maria K. Gerullis;Jan Börner

  • Linking forest tenure reform, environmental compliance, and incentives: lessons from REDD+ initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon

    Amy E. Duchelle;Marina Cromberg;Maria Fernanda Gebara;Raissa Guerra

  • The Effectiveness of Forest Conservation Policies and Programs

    Jan Börner;Dario Schulz;Sven Wunder;Sven Wunder;Alexander Pfaff

  • Paying for avoided deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: from cost assessment to scheme design

    J. Borner;J. Borner;Sven Wunder;Sven Wunder

  • Payments for Environmental Services: Past Performance and Pending Potentials

    Sven Wunder;Sven Wunder;Jan Börner;Driss Ezzine-de-Blas;Sarah Feder

  • Ecosystem services, agriculture, and rural poverty in the Eastern Brazilian Amazon: Interrelationships and policy prescriptions

    Jan Börner;Arisbe Mendoza;Stephen A. Vosti

  • Spatially-explicit footprints of agricultural commodities: Mapping carbon emissions embodied in Brazil’s soy exports

    Neus Escobar;E. Jorge Tizado;Erasmus K.H.J. zu Ermgassen;Pernilla Löfgren

  • Naming and Shaming for Conservation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon.

    Elías Cisneros;Sophie Lian Zhou;Jan Börner

  • Landscape Transformation in Tropical Latin America: Assessing Trends and Policy Implications for REDD+

    Pablo Pacheco;Mariel Aguilar-Støen;Jan Börner;Andres Etter

  • Forest law enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon: costs and income effects

    J. Börner;J. Börner;Sven Wunder;S. Wertz-Kanounnikoff;Glenn Hyman

  • Post-Crackdown Effectiveness of Field-Based Forest Law Enforcement in the Brazilian Amazon

    Jan Börner;Krisztina Kis-Katos;Jorge Hargrave;Konstantin König

  • Recent transformations of land-use and land-cover dynamics across different deforestation frontiers in the Brazilian Amazon

    Johannes Schielein;Jan Börner

  • Emerging Evidence on the Effectiveness of Tropical Forest Conservation.

    Jan Börner;Kathy Baylis;Esteve Corbera;Driss Ezzine-de-Blas

  • Mixing carrots and sticks to conserve forests in the Brazilian Amazon: a spatial probabilistic modeling approach.

    Jan Börner;Eduardo Marinho;Sven Wunder

  • FABIO - The Construction of the Food and Agriculture Biomass Input-Output Model

    Martin Bruckner;Richard Wood;Daniel Moran;Nikolas Kuschnig

  • Focus on leakage and spillovers: Informing land-use governance in a tele-coupled world

    P Meyfroidt;J Börner;R Garrett;T Gardner

Frequent Co-Authors

Sven Wunder
Sven Wunder European Forest Institute
Joachim von Braun
Joachim von Braun University of Bonn
Britaldo Soares-Filho
Britaldo Soares-Filho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Wolfgang Britz
Wolfgang Britz University of Bonn
Steven I. Higgins
Steven I. Higgins University of Bayreuth
Manfred Denich
Manfred Denich University of Bonn
Gerald Shively
Gerald Shively Purdue University West Lafayette
Pablo Pacheco
Pablo Pacheco World Wildlife Fund
Günther Fischer
Günther Fischer International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Patrick Meyfroidt
Patrick Meyfroidt Université Catholique de Louvain

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