2026 Jon C. Lovett: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	67	1579	1510	199	192	255	19823

Overview

Jon C. Lovett is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a portfolio of 35 publications in this area. Within this field, they have contributed notably to subfields including Sociology and Political Science, Pollution, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

Their research spans several key topics, prominently featuring Energy and Environment Impacts, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration, Oil Palm Production and Sustainability, and Global Energy Security and Policy.

Jon C. Lovett has authored several recent scientific papers across different journals and years. These include:

"Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests" (2020, Nature)
"30% land conservation and climate action reduces tropical extinction risk by more than 50%" (2020, Ecography)
"High aboveground carbon stock of African tropical montane forests" (2021, Nature)
"Understanding the influence of user-generated content on tourist loyalty behavior in a cultural World Heritage Site" (2021, Tourism Recreation Research)
"A review of the heterogeneous landscape of biodiversity databases: Opportunities and challenges for a synthesized biodiversity knowledge base" (2022, Global Ecology and Biogeography)

Their frequent co-authors reflect collaborative work across environmental and social research topics. They often collaborate with:

Aida Cuní-Sanchez
Han Xu
Douglas Sheil
James M. Hammerton
Andrew B. Ross

Jon C. Lovett regularly publishes in various scientific venues. The most frequent venues for their work include:

Nature
Global Ecology and Biogeography
Energies
World Development Sustainability
International Journal of Global Warming

Best Publications

Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

1396
Citations
Increasing carbon storage in intact African tropical forests

Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez;Bonaventure Sonké;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

1179
Citations
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

885
Citations
Household characteristics and forest dependency: evidence from common property forest management in Nepal

Bhim Adhikari;Salvatore Di Falco;Jon C. Lovett

832
Citations
The biological importance of the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya

N.D. Burgess;T.M. Butynski;N.J. Cordeiro;N.J. Cordeiro;N.H. Doggart

779
Citations
Conservation of Biodiversity in a Changing Climate

L. Hannah;G. F. Midgley;T. Lovejoy;W. J. Bond

685
Citations
Height-diameter allometry of tropical forest trees

T.R. Feldpausch;L. Banin;O.L. Phillips;T.R. Baker

662
Citations
Drought–mortality relationships for tropical forests

Oliver L. Phillips;Geertje van der Heijden;Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela López-González

632
Citations
Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

624
Citations
Geographical patterns of old and young species in African forest biota: the significance of specific montane areas as evolutionary centres

Jon Fjeldsaå;Jon C. Lovett

603
Citations
Above-ground biomass and structure of 260 African tropical forests.

Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Bonaventure Sonké;Terry Sunderland;Serge K. Begne;Serge K. Begne

436
Citations
Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

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

414
Citations
Biogeography and ecology of the rain forests of eastern Africa.

Jon C. Lovett;Samuel K. Wasser

406
Citations
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

330
Citations
The commonness of rarity: Global and future distribution of rarity across land plants.

Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist;Xiao Feng;Brad Boyle;Brian Maitner

316
Citations
Global warming, elevational ranges and the vulnerability of tropical biota

William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Luke P. Shoo;Sebastian K. Herzog

302
Citations
Biodiesel as feasible petrol fuel replacement: a multidisciplinary overview

R. Luque;B. Datta;Jonathan Cranidge Lovett;Jonathan Cranidge Lovett;Joy S. Clancy

296
Citations
At the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests?

Finn Danielsen;Margaret Skutsch;Margaret Skutsch;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess;Per Moestrup Jensen

256
Citations
Mapping More of Terrestrial Biodiversity for Global Conservation Assessment

Simon Ferrier;George G.V.N. Powell;Karen K.S. Richardson;Glenn Manion

242
Citations
Design principles and common pool resource management: an institutional approach to evaluating community management in semi-arid Tanzania.

C.H. Quinn;M. Huby;H. Kiwasila;Jonathan Cranidge Lovett

235
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew R. Marshall University of the Sunshine Coast

Simon L. Lewis University College London

Simon Willcock Rothamsted Research

Margaret Skutsch National Autonomous University of Mexico

Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds

Rob Marchant University of York

Terry Sunderland University of British Columbia

Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research

Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter

Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds

External Links

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