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D-Index
49
Citations
10841
World Ranking
3994
National Ranking
67

Joice Ferreira 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 Joice Ferreira sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 98 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joice Ferreira 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 Joice Ferreira sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joice Ferreira is affiliated with the Federal University of Para in Brazil and has contributed extensively to environmental science, with a particular focus on global and planetary change. Their research spans several interconnected subfields such as nature and landscape conservation, ecology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, and ecological modeling.

Ferreira's work addresses topics including conservation, biodiversity, and resource management; ecology and vegetation dynamics studies; fire effects on ecosystems; forest ecology and management; plant water relations and carbon dynamics; species distribution and climate change; and plant and animal studies.

Significant recent publications include:

  • The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation, 2023, Science
  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests, 2020, Science
  • Drivers of decoupling and recoupling of crop and livestock systems at farm and territorial scales, 2020, Ecology and Society
  • Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species, 2020, Science
  • Climatic and local stressor interactions threaten tropical forests and coral reefs, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Frequent co-authors working alongside Ferreira include Jos Barlow, Érika Berenguer, Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Fernando Elias, and Beatriz Schwantes Marimon.

Their research articles have appeared predominantly in the following venues:

  • Science
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Forest Ecology and Management

Ferreira has also contributed to book publications, including a report published by the Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement titled: "Final report of Refloramaz project: Forest restoration by smallholders in the Eastern Amazon: how to improve the balance between environmental and socioeconomic benefits?" (2020).

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

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

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

  • The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

    Jos Barlow;Filipe França;Filipe França;Toby A. Gardner;Christina C. Hicks

  • 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

  • How pervasive is biotic homogenization in human‐modified tropical forest landscapes?

    Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • 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

  • Toward an integrated monitoring framework to assess the effects of tropical forest degradation and recovery on carbon stocks and biodiversity

    Mercedes M. C. Bustamante;Iris Roitman;T. Mitchell Aide;Ane Alencar

  • A framework for integrating biodiversity concerns into national REDD+ programmes

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess;Naikoa Aguilar-Amuchastegui;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow

  • A social and ecological assessment of tropical land uses at multiple scales: the Sustainable Amazon Network

    Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira;Jos Barlow;Alexander C. Lees

  • Biodiversity consequences of land-use change and forest disturbance in the Amazon:a multi-scale assessment using ant communities

    Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Ricardo Ribeiro de Castro Solar;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Alan N. Andersen;José H. Schoereder

  • Why Brazil needs its Legal Reserves

    Jean Paul Metzger;Mercedes M. C Bustamante;Joice Ferreira;Geraldo Wilson Fernandes

  • Perceptions of integrated crop-livestock systems for sustainable intensification in the Brazilian Amazon

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  • Multi-scale assessment of human-induced changes to Amazonian instream habitats

    Cecília G Leal;Cecília G Leal;Paulo S Pompeu;Toby A Gardner;Rafael P Leitão

  • Towards environmentally sustainable agriculture in Brazil: challenges and opportunities for applied ecological research

    Joice Ferreira;Renata Pardini;Jean Paul Metzger;Carlos Roberto Fonseca

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

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Second rate or a second chance? Assessing biomass and biodiversity recovery in regenerating Amazonian forests.

    Gareth D. Lennox;Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;James R. Thomson;James R. Thomson;Joice Ferreira

  • Carbon-focused conservation may fail to protect the most biodiverse tropical forests

    Joice Ferreira;Gareth D Lennox;Toby A Gardner;Toby A Gardner;James R Thomson;James R Thomson

  • The critical importance of considering fire in REDD+ programs

    Jos Barlow;Luke Parry;Toby A. Gardner;Toby A. Gardner;Joice Ferreira

  • Rapid tree carbon stock recovery in managed Amazonian forests

    Ervan Rutishauser;Bruno Hérault;Christopher Baraloto;Christopher Baraloto;Lilian Blanc

  • Integrated terrestrial-freshwater planning doubles conservation of tropical aquatic species

    Cecília G. Leal;Cecília G. Leal;Gareth D. Lennox;Silvio F. B. Ferraz;Joice Ferreira

  • Drought-induced Amazonian wildfires instigate a decadal-scale disruption of forest carbon dynamics

    Camila V. J. Silva;Camila V. J. Silva;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Jos Barlow;Fernando Espirito-Santo

  • Avian biodiversity in multiple-use landscapes of the Brazilian Amazon

    Nárgila G. Moura;Alexander C. Lees;Christian B. Andretti;Bradley J.W. Davis

Frequent Co-Authors

Luke Parry
Luke Parry Lancaster University
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford
Toby A. Gardner
Toby A. Gardner Stockholm Environment Institute
Alexander C. Lees
Alexander C. Lees Manchester Metropolitan University
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Julio Louzada
Julio Louzada Federal University of Lavras
Ralph Charles Mac Nally
Ralph Charles Mac Nally University of Canberra
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira
Ima Célia Guimarães Vieira Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Norma Salinas
Norma Salinas Pontifical Catholic University of Peru

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