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José A. Vega

José A. Vega

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
43
Citations
5735
World Ranking
7214
National Ranking
212

José A. Vega publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José A. Vega sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 127 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

José A. Vega D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where José A. Vega sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

José A. Vega is affiliated with the Xunta de Galicia in Spain and has a research focus primarily in Environmental Science. Their scholarly work spans several interconnected subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The main topics addressed in José A. Vega's research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Aeolian processes and effects
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

The researcher has collaborated frequently with others, with many co-authorships reflecting ongoing partnerships. Notable frequent co-authors include Cristina Fernández, Teresa Fontúrbel, José María Fernández-Alonso, Juan Gabriél Álvarez-González, and Ana Daría Ruiz-González.

José A. Vega's publications appear repeatedly in several scientific journals, marking them as preferred venues for disseminating their research. These journals include:

  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Fire
  • Forests
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Geoderma

Selected recent papers by José A. Vega and colleagues are as follows:

  • A methodology to estimate forest fires burned areas and burn severity degrees using Sentinel-2 data. Application to the October 2017 fires in the Iberian Peninsula (2020), published in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
  • The Effect of Repeated Prescribed Burning on Soil Properties: A Review (2021), published in Forests
  • Exploring the effect of hydrological connectivity and soil burn severity on sediment yield after wildfire and mulching (2020), published in Land Degradation and Development
  • Modelling aboveground biomass and fuel load components at stand level in shrub communities in NW Spain (2021), published in Forest Ecology and Management
  • Exploring the use of spectral indices to assess alterations in soil properties in pine stands affected by crown fire in Spain (2021), published in Fire Ecology

Best Publications

  • Prescribed burning in southern Europe: developing fire management in a dynamic landscape

    Paulo M Fernandes;Paulo M Fernandes;G Matt Davies;Davide Ascoli;Cristina Fernández

  • Fire resistance of European pines

    Paulo M. Fernandes;José A. Vega;Enrique Jiménez;Eric Rigolot

  • Testing the ability of visual indicators of soil burn severity to reflect changes in soil chemical and microbial properties in pine forests and shrubland

    José A. Vega;Teresa Fontúrbel;Agustín Merino;Cristina Fernández

  • Does soil burn severity affect the post-fire runoff and interrill erosion response? A review based on meta-analysis of field rainfall simulation data

    D. C. S. Vieira;C. Fernández;J. A. Vega;J. J. Keizer

  • A generic, empirical-based model for predicting rate of fire spread in shrublands

    Wendy R. Anderson;Miguel G. Cruz;Paulo M. Fernandes;Lachlan McCaw

  • Throughfall, runoff and soil erosion after prescribed burning in gorse shrubland in Galicia (NW Spain)

    J. A. Vega;C. Fernández;T. Fonturbel

  • Effects of an experimental fire and post-fire stabilization treatments on soil microbial communities

    M.T. Fontúrbel;A. Barreiro;J.A. Vega;A. Martín

  • Spot fires: fuel bed flammability and capability of firebrands to ignite fuel beds.

    Anne Ganteaume;Corinne Lampin-Maillet;Mercedes Guijarro;Carmen Hernando

  • Effectiveness of three post-fire treatments at reducing soil erosion in Galicia (NW Spain)

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega;Enrique Jiménez;Teresa Fonturbel

  • A methodology to estimate forest fires burned areas and burn severity degrees using Sentinel-2 data. Application to the October 2017 fires in the Iberian Peninsula

    Rafael Llorens;José Antonio Sobrino;Cristina Fernández;José María Fernández-Alonso

  • Evaluation of RUSLE and PESERA models for predicting soil erosion losses in the first year after wildfire in NW Spain

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Assessing soil erosion after fire and rehabilitation treatments in NW Spain: performance of RUSLE and revised Morgan-Morgan-Finney models.

    C. Fernández;J. A. Vega;D.C.S. Vieira

  • Efficacy of bark strands and straw mulching after wildfire in NW Spain: Effects on erosion control and vegetation recovery

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Effects of mulching and post-fire salvage logging on soil erosion and vegetative regrowth in NW Spain.

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Effects of wildfire, salvage logging and slash treatments on soil degradation

    C. Fernández;J. A. Vega;T. Fonturbel;P. Pérez-Gorostiaga

  • Seeding and mulching + seeding effects on post‐fire runoff, soil erosion and species diversity in Galicia (NW Spain)

    C. Fernández;J.A. Vega;E. Jiménez;D.C.S. Vieira

  • The influence of fire severity, serotiny, and post-fire management on Pinus pinaster Ait. recruitment in three burnt areas in Galicia (NW Spain)

    José A. Vega;Cristina Fernández;Pedro Pérez-Gorostiaga;Teresa Fonturbel

  • Modelling the effect of soil burn severity on soil erosion at hillslope scale in the first year following wildfire in NW Spain

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega

  • Streamflow drought time series forecasting: a case study in a small watershed in North West Spain

    Cristina Fernández;José A. Vega;Teresa Fonturbel;Enrique Jiménez

  • Post-Fire Management of Serotinous Pine Forests

    Jorge de las Heras;Daniel Moya;José Antonio Vega;Evangelia Daskalakou

  • Soil erosion after Eucalyptus globulus clearcutting: differences between logging slash disposal treatments

    Cristina Fernández;José A Vega;José M Gras;Teresa Fonturbel

Frequent Co-Authors

Agustín Merino
Agustín Merino University of Santiago de Compostela
Paulo M. Fernandes
Paulo M. Fernandes University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro
Tarsy Carballas
Tarsy Carballas Spanish National Research Council
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña
Montserrat Díaz-Raviña Spanish National Research Council
Francisco Rego
Francisco Rego University of Lisbon
Etienne Dambrine
Etienne Dambrine INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
José A. Sobrino
José A. Sobrino University of Valencia
Jorge de las Heras
Jorge de las Heras University of Castilla-La Mancha
Miguel G. Cruz
Miguel G. Cruz Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Felipe Macías
Felipe Macías University of Santiago de Compostela

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