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José Sarukhán 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 Sarukhán sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 74 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

José Sarukhán 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 Sarukhán sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1993 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1991 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

José Sarukhán is affiliated with the National Commission for the Knowledge and Use of Biodiversity in Mexico. Their research spans multiple fields including Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with focused subfields such as Plant Science, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology.

Their scholarly output covers topics related to Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Genetic diversity and population structure, Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies, Organic Food and Agriculture, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Environmental and biological studies.

José Sarukhán has published several recent papers, including:

  • Incorporating evolutionary and threat processes into crop wild relatives conservation (2022) in Nature Communications
  • Beyond subsistence: the aggregate contribution of campesinos to the supply and conservation of native maize across Mexico (2021) in Food Security
  • Incorporating evolutionary and threat processes into crop wild relatives conservation (2021) in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Divergent litterfall nutrient responses to rainfall seasonality revealed through long-term observations in a tropical dry forest (2023) in Journal of Tropical Ecology
  • ¿Pueden los bosques tropicales resistir o recuperarse del impacto de los huracanes? (2020) in Revista Digital Universitaria

Frequent collaborators include Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Oswaldo Oliveros-Galindo, Wolke Tobón, Tania Urquiza-Haas, and Bárbara Goettsch.

Their work has been published in venues such as Nature Communications, Food Security, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Tropical Ecology, and Revista Digital Universitaria.

José Sarukhán has been recognized by multiple scientific bodies, receiving distinctions including Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2003), Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1998), Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1993), and Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (1991).

Best Publications

  • Science for managing ecosystem services: Beyond the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

    Stephen R. Carpenter;Harold A. Mooney;John Agard;Doris Capistrano

  • Studies on plant demography Ranunculus repens L., R. bulbosus L. and R. acris L. I. Population flux and survivorship

    Jose Sarukhan;John L. Harper

  • Ecosystem Services of Tropical Dry Forests: Insights from Long-term Ecological and Social Research on the Pacific Coast of Mexico

    J. Manuel Maass;Patricia Balvanera;Alicia Castillo;Gretchen C. Daily

  • Studies of plant demography : Ranunculus repens L., R. bulbosus L. and R. acris L. II. Reproductive strategies and seed population dynamics

    Jose Sarukhan

  • A population model of Astrocaryum mexicanum and a sensitivity analysis of its finite rate of increase.

    D. Pinero;M. Martinez-Ramos;J. Sarukhan

  • Perspectives on plant population ecology

    C. C. Gibson;R. Dirzo;J. Sarukhan

  • Treefall age determination and gap dynamics in a tropical forest

    Miguel Martinez-Ramos;Elena Alvarez-Buylla;Jose Sarukhan;Daniel Pinero

  • Diversity without representation

    Michel Loreau;Alfred Oteng-Yeboah;M.T.K. Arroyo;Didier Babin

  • INTERNATIONAL ECOSYSTEM ASSESSMENT

    Edward Ayensu;Daniel R. van Claasen;Mark Collins;Andrew Dearing

  • Litterfall patterns in a tropical deciduous forest in Mexico over a five-year period

    Angelina Martínez-Yrízar;Jose Sarukhán

  • Tree Demography and Gap Dynamics in a Tropical Rain Forest

    Miguel Martinez-Ramos;Elena Alvarez-Buylla;Jose Sarukhan

  • Millenium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and human well-being

    J. Sarukhan;A. Whyte;R. Hassan;R. Scholes

  • Studies on Plant Demography: Ranunculus Repens L., R. Bulbosus L. and R. Acris L.: III. A Mathematical Model Incorporating Multiple Modes of Reproduction

    Jose Sarukhan;Madhav Gadgil

  • Above-ground phytomass of a tropical deciduous forest on the coast of Jalisco, México

    Angelina Martinez-Yrizar;Jose Sarukhan;Alfredo Perez-Jimenez;Emmanuel Rincon

  • Anthropogenic disturbances jeopardize biodiversity conservation within tropical rainforest reserves

    Miguel Martínez-Ramos;Iván A. Ortiz-Rodríguez;Daniel Piñero;Rodolfo Dirzo

  • Within- and among-year variation in the levels of herbivory on the foliage of trees from a Mexican tropical deciduous forest.

    Virginia Filip;Rodolfo Dirzo;Jose Manuel Maass;Jose Sarukhan

  • Phosphorus cycling in a Mexican tropical dry forest ecosystem

    Julio Campo;Manuel Maass;Víctor J. Jaramillo;Angelina Martínez-Yrízar

  • Effects of experimental defoliation on growth, reproduction and survival of Astrocaryum mexicanum.

    A. Mendoza;D. Pinero;J. Sarukhan

  • The Importance of Opuntia in Mexico and Routes of Invasion and Impact of Cactoblastis cactorum (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

    Jorge Soberón;J. Golubov;José Sarukhán

  • Perspectives on Plant Population Ecology.

    Richard G. Olmstead;Rodolfo Dirzo;Jose Sarukhan

  • Perspectives on Plant Population Ecology.

    R. A. Ennos;R. Dirzo;J. Sarukhan

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Miguel Martínez-Ramos
Miguel Martínez-Ramos National Autonomous University of Mexico
Harold A. Mooney
Harold A. Mooney Stanford University
Jorge Soberón
Jorge Soberón University of Kansas
Patricia Balvanera
Patricia Balvanera National Autonomous University of Mexico
Peter H. Raven
Peter H. Raven Missouri Botanical Garden
Jeffrey E. Herrick
Jeffrey E. Herrick New Mexico State University
Gerardo Ceballos
Gerardo Ceballos National Autonomous University of Mexico
Gonzalo Halffter
Gonzalo Halffter National Autonomous University of Mexico
Mauricio R. Bellon
Mauricio R. Bellon Arizona State University

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