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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
57
Citations
17471
World Ranking
2646
National Ranking
168

Jeffrey Sayer 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 Jeffrey Sayer sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 228 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jeffrey Sayer 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 Jeffrey Sayer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jeffrey Sayer is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and works primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research encompasses several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, as well as Sociology and Political Science.

Key research topics addressed by Jeffrey Sayer include:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Mining and Resource Management

Their recent scholarly contributions include the following papers:

  • Challenges faced by Chinese firms implementing the 'Belt and Road Initiative': Evidence from three railway projects, 2021, Research in Globalization
  • Transdisciplinary science for improved conservation outcomes, 2020, Environmental Conservation
  • Governing the landscape: potential and challenges of integrated approaches to landscape sustainability in Indonesia, 2021, Landscape Ecology
  • Factors Influencing the Adoption of Agricultural Practices in Ghana's Forest-Fringe Communities, 2021, Land
  • Governance challenges to landscape restoration in Indonesia, 2020, Land Use Policy

Frequent collaborators with whom Jeffrey Sayer has co-authored multiple works include:

  • Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono
  • James Douglas Langston
  • Rebecca Anne Riggs
  • Colin J. Macgregor
  • Chris Margules

Publication venues where Jeffrey Sayer frequently publishes are:

  • Land
  • Sustainability
  • Landscape Ecology
  • Land Use Policy
  • Research in Globalization

Jeffrey Sayer has also contributed to book publications, notably with the World Conservation and Monitoring Centre (WCMC), including the book Cloud Forest Agenda published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Agricultural expansion and its impacts on tropical nature

    William F. Laurance;Jeffrey Sayer;Kenneth G. Cassman

  • Plantation forests and biodiversity: oxymoron or opportunity

    Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Hervé Jactel;John A. Parrotta;Christopher P. Quine

  • Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses

    Jeffrey Sayer;Terry Sunderland;Jaboury Ghazoul;Jean-Laurent Pfund

  • Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries

    Bruce M. Campbell;Douglas J. Beare;Elena M. Bennett;Jason M. Hall-Spencer

  • The Science of Sustainable Development: Local Livelihoods and the Global Environment

    Jeffrey Sayer;Bruce Campbell

  • The Conservation Atlas of Tropical Forests: Africa

    N. Mark Collins;Caroline S. Harcourt;Jeffrey Sayer;T. C. Whitmore

  • Mining and the African Environment

    David P. Edwards;Sean Sloan;Lingfei Weng;Paul Dirks

  • Tropical deforestation and species extinction

    T. C. Whitmore;Jeffrey Sayer

  • Cloud forest agenda

    Philip Bubb;Ian May;Lera Miles;Jeffrey Sayer

  • Oil palm expansion transforms tropical landscapes and livelihoods

    Jeffrey Sayer;Jaboury Ghazoul;Paul Nelson;Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono

  • Forest Resources Assessment of 2015 shows positive global trends but forest loss and degradation persist in poor tropical countries

    Sean Sloan;Jeffrey A. Sayer

  • The Conservation atlas of tropical forests : Asia and the Pacific

    N. Mark Collins;Jeffrey A. Sayer;Timothy C. Whitmore

  • Improved tropical forest management for carbon retention

    Francis E Putz;Pieter A Zuidema;Michelle A Pinard;Rene G. A Boot

  • Assessing the Performance of Natural Resource Systems

    Bruce M. Campbell;Jeffrey A. Sayer;P. Frost;Sonja J. Vermeulen

  • Improving the effectiveness of interventions to balance conservation and development: a conceptual framework

    Stephen T. Garnett;Jeffrey A. Sayer;Johan du Toit

  • The Conservation atlas of tropical forests

    N. Mark Collins;Jeffrey Sayer;T. C. Whitmore

  • Forest fragmentation and biodiversity: the case for intermediate-sized conservation areas

    Pieter A. Zuidema;Jeffrey A. Sayer;Wim Dijkman

  • Estimating the Environmental Costs of Africa's Massive "Development Corridors".

    William F. Laurance;Sean Sloan;Lingfei Weng;Jeffrey A. Sayer

  • The restoration of forest biodiversity and ecological values

    Jeffrey Sayer;Unna Chokkalingam;John Poulsen

  • Agricultural innovation to protect the environment

    Jeffrey Sayer;Kenneth G. Cassman

  • Rainforest Buffer Zones: Guidelines for Protected Area Managers

    Jeffrey Sayer

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Margules
Chris Margules James Cook University
Bruce M. Campbell
Bruce M. Campbell Wageningen University & Research
Bruce C.V. Campbell
Bruce C.V. Campbell Royal Melbourne Hospital
Terry Sunderland
Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
Sean Sloan
Sean Sloan James Cook University
John A. Parrotta
John A. Parrotta US Forest Service
Robert Nasi
Robert Nasi Center for International Forestry Research
Benjamin Cashore
Benjamin Cashore National University of Singapore

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