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D-Index
54
Citations
14717
World Ranking
3077
National Ranking
14

Jefferson S. Hall 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 Jefferson S. Hall sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile

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

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

Jefferson S. Hall 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 Jefferson S. Hall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jefferson S. Hall is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research spans a broad range of topics within environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences.

The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of environmental science, with 121 publications, and agricultural and biological sciences, comprising 37 publications. Subfields of focus include nature and landscape conservation, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, and forestry.

Their main research interests cover several key topics, listed as follows:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Forest management and policy

Jefferson S. Hall's recent scholarly contributions include the following publications:

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests (2020), Nature
  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery (2021), Science
  • For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests! (2021), Conservation Letters
  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests (2020), Science
  • High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests (2021), Nature

The researcher has frequently published in venues such as:

  • HydroShare Resources
  • Global Change Biology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Collaborative efforts are notable in their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Michiel van Breugel
  • Frans Bongers
  • Lourens Poorter
  • Dylan Craven
  • José Luis Hernández-Stefanoni

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Biomass resilience of Neotropical secondary forests

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

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • 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

  • Multidimensional tropical forest recovery

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  • A universal airborne LiDAR approach for tropical forest carbon mapping

    Gregory P. Asner;Joseph Mascaro;Joseph Mascaro;Helene C. Muller-Landau;Ghislain Vieilledent

  • Biodiversity recovery of Neotropical secondary forests

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

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

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

  • Key role of symbiotic dinitrogen fixation in tropical forest secondary succession

    Sarah A. Batterman;Lars O. Hedin;Michiel van Breugel;Johannes Ransijn;Johannes Ransijn

  • For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let's diversify planted forests!

    Christian Messier;Christian Messier;Jürgen Bauhus;Rita Sousa-Silva;Harald Auge

  • Estimating carbon stock in secondary forests: Decisions and uncertainties associated with allometric biomass models

    Michiel van Breugel;Johannes Ransijn;Johannes Ransijn;Johannes Ransijn;Dylan Craven;Dylan Craven;Frans Bongers

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • Ecosystem services research in Latin America: The state of the art

    Patricia Balvanera;María Uriarte;Lucía Almeida-Leñero;Alice Altesor

  • The effects of selective logging on forest structure and tree species composition in a Central African forest: implications for management of conservation areas

    Jefferson S Hall;David J Harris;Vincent Medjibe;Vincent Medjibe;P.Mark S Ashton

  • Effect of land cover and use on dry season river runoff, runoff efficiency, and peak storm runoff in the seasonal tropics of Central Panama

    Fred L. Ogden;Trey D. Crouch;Robert F. Stallard;Jefferson S. Hall

  • Wet and dry tropical forests show opposite successional pathways in wood density but converge over time

    Lourens Poorter;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Frans Bongers;Jarcilene S. de Almeida-Cortez

  • High-fidelity national carbon mapping for resource management and REDD+.

    Gregory P. Asner;Joseph Mascaro;Christopher Anderson;David E. Knapp

  • BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants

    Daniel S. Falster;Remko A. Duursma;Masae I. Ishihara;Diego R. Barneche

  • Legume abundance along successional and rainfall gradients in Neotropical forests.

    Maga Gei;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal;Lourens Poorter;Frans Bongers

  • Controls over aboveground forest carbon density on Barro Colorado Island, Panama

    J. Mascaro;J. Mascaro;G. P. Asner;H. C. Muller-Landau;M. van Breugel

  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Recovery of saturated hydraulic conductivity under secondary succession on former pasture in the humid tropics

    Sibylle K. Hassler;Beate Zimmermann;Beate Zimmermann;Michiel van Breugel;Jefferson S. Hall

  • Early growth and survival of 49 tropical tree species across sites differing in soil fertility and rainfall in Panama

    Michiel van Breugel;Jefferson S. Hall;Dylan J. Craven;Dylan J. Craven;Timothy G. Gregoire

Frequent Co-Authors

Michiel van Breugel
Michiel van Breugel National University of Singapore
Dylan Craven
Dylan Craven Universidad Mayor
Mark S. Ashton
Mark S. Ashton Yale University
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Lee J. T. White
Lee J. T. White University of Stirling
Robert F. Stallard
Robert F. Stallard Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Patricia Balvanera
Patricia Balvanera National Autonomous University of Mexico
Robert Muscarella
Robert Muscarella Uppsala University

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