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D-Index
41
Citations
8238
World Ranking
5751
National Ranking
302

Jan Hanspach 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 Jan Hanspach sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 100 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jan Hanspach 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 Jan Hanspach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jan Hanspach is affiliated with Leuphana University of Lüneburg in Germany. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

Their work covers a range of topics related to environment and culture, land use, and biodiversity. Main topics include:

  • Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond
  • Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Hanspach's recent publications illustrate their focus areas. Key papers include:

  • Biocultural approaches to sustainability: A systematic review of the scientific literature, 2020, People and Nature
  • Reconciling food security and biodiversity conservation: participatory scenario planning in southwestern Ethiopia, 2020, Ecology and Society
  • Advancing research on ecosystem service bundles for comparative assessments and synthesis, 2022, Ecosystems and People
  • Woody plant species diversity as a predictor of ecosystem services in a social-ecological system of southwestern Ethiopia, 2020, Landscape Ecology
  • Indigenous and local knowledge in biocultural approaches to sustainability: a review of the literature in Spanish, 2022, Ecosystems and People

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hanspach include:

  • Isabel Díaz-Reviriego
  • Joern Fischer
  • Jannik Schultner
  • Feyera Senbeta
  • Ine Dorresteijn

The scientist's work has been published repeatedly in several journals, with multiple publications in:

  • Ecosystems and People
  • Ecological Economics
  • Sustainability Science
  • AMBIO
  • People and Nature

Best Publications

  • Cultural Ecosystem Services: A Literature Review and Prospects for Future Research

    Andra Ioana Milcu;Jan Hanspach;David Abson;Joern Fischer

  • Land Sparing Versus Land Sharing: Moving Forward

    Jörn Fischer;David James Abson;Van Butsic;Van Butsic;M Jahi Chappell;M Jahi Chappell

  • Ecosystem services as a boundary object for sustainability

    D.J. Abson;H. von Wehrden;S. Baumgärtner;J. Fischer

  • Climatic risk atlas of European butterflies

    Josef Settele;Otakar Kudrna;Alexander Harpke;Ingolf Kühn

  • Putting meaning back into “sustainable intensification”

    Jacqueline Loos;David J Abson;M Jahi Chappell;M Jahi Chappell;Jan Hanspach

  • Participatory scenario planning in place-based social-ecological research: insights and experiences from 23 case studies

    Elisa Oteros-Rozas;Elisa Oteros-Rozas;Elisa Oteros-Rozas;Berta Martín-López;Tim M. Daw;Erin L. Bohensky

  • Response to Turnhout et al.'s Rethinking Biodiversity: From Goods and Services to “Living With”

    David James Abson;Jan Hanspach

  • Climate and land use change impacts on plant distributions in Germany.

    Sven Pompe;Jan Hanspach;Franz Badeck;Stefan Klotz

  • Incorporating anthropogenic effects into trophic ecology: predator-prey interactions in a human-dominated landscape.

    Ine Dorresteijn;Jannik Schultner;Dale G. Nimmo;Joern Fischer

  • Reframing the Food–Biodiversity Challenge

    Jörn Fischer;David James Abson;Arvid Olof Daniel Bergsten;Neil French Collier

  • Global assessment of the non-equilibrium concept in rangelands.

    Henrik von Wehrden;Jan Hanspach;Jan Hanspach;Petra Kaczensky;Joern Fischer

  • The importance of ecosystem services for rural inhabitants in a changing cultural landscape in Romania.

    Tibor Hartel;Joern Fischer;Claudia Câmpeanu;Andra Ioana Milcu

  • A holistic approach to studying social-ecological systems and its application to southern Transylvania

    Jan Hanspach;Tibor Hartel;Andra Ioana Milcu;Friederike Mikulcak

  • A social–ecological perspective on harmonizing food security and biodiversity conservation

    Hannah Wittman;Michael Jahi Chappell;Michael Jahi Chappell;David James Abson;Rachel Bezner Kerr

  • Academia's obsession with quantity.

    Joern Fischer;Euan G. Ritchie;Jan Hanspach

  • Biocultural approaches to sustainability : a systematic review of the scientific literature

    Jan Hanspach;Lisbeth Jamila Haider;Elisa Oteros-Rozas;Anton Stahl Olafsson

  • Correlates of naturalization and occupancy of introduced ornamentals in Germany.

    Jan Hanspach;Ingolf Kühn;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Evelin Boos

  • Navigating conflicting landscape aspirations: Application of a photo-based Q-method in Transylvania (Central Romania)

    Andra Ioana Milcu;Kate Sherren;Jan Hanspach;David Abson

  • Plant communities of central Tibetan pastures in the Alpine Steppe / Kobresia pygmaea ecotone

    Georg Miehe;Sabine Miehe;Kerstin Bach;J. Nölling

  • Livelihood strategies, capital assets, and food security in rural Southwest Ethiopia

    Aisa O. Manlosa;Jan Hanspach;Jannik Schultner;Ine Dorresteijn

  • The intersection of food security and biodiversity conservation: a review

    Josefine Glamann;Jan Hanspach;David J. Abson;Neil Collier

  • Land sparing versus land sharing: moving forward.

    J. Fischer;D. J. Abson;V. Butsic;M. J. Chappell

Frequent Co-Authors

Joern Fischer
Joern Fischer Leuphana University of Lüneburg
David J. Abson
David J. Abson Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Henrik von Wehrden
Henrik von Wehrden Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Kristoffer Hylander
Kristoffer Hylander Stockholm University
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Tobias Plieninger
Tobias Plieninger University of Göttingen
Tobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Karsten Wesche
Karsten Wesche Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz

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