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Joseph Fargione

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
51
Citations
28995
World Ranking
3524
National Ranking
1233

Joseph Fargione publications per year

2001: 1 publications 2002: 1 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 3 publications
2001 2025

122 publications in total across all disciplines

Joseph Fargione publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 99 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Joseph Fargione 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 Joseph Fargione sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Joseph Fargione is affiliated with The Nature Conservancy in the United States and has contributed significantly to the field of environmental science, particularly focusing on climate solutions and ecosystem conservation. Their research spans 64 publications primarily dedicated to environmental science and intersects with multiple subfields and topics.

Their recent publications include studies such as The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions (2020, Nature Sustainability), Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth's ecosystems (2020, Nature Climate Change), Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture (2024, Science), Natural climate solutions for Canada (2021, Science Advances), and Challenges to the Reforestation Pipeline in the United States (2021, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change).

Joseph Fargione's work prominently features in publication venues including:

  • One Earth
  • Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological Conservation

Their research areas cover a range of interrelated fields and subfields, including:

  • Environmental Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science

Key topics within their body of work include:

  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology

Frequent collaborators in their research projects include:

  • Susan C. Cook-Patton
  • Bronson W. Griscom
  • Timm Kroeger
  • Grace C. Wu
  • Christina M. Kennedy

Best Publications

  • Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt

    Joseph Fargione;Jason Hill;David Tilman;Stephen Polasky

  • Forecasting agriculturally driven global environmental change

    David Tilman;Joseph Fargione;Brian Wolff;Carla D'Antonio

  • Natural climate solutions

    Bronson W. Griscom;Bronson W. Griscom;Justin Adams;Peter W. Ellis;Richard A. Houghton

  • Biodiversity loss threatens human well-being.

    Sandra Díaz;Joseph E Fargione;F. Stuart Chapin;David Tilman

  • The role of soil carbon in natural climate solutions

    D. A. Bossio;S. C. Cook-Patton;P. W. Ellis;J. Fargione

  • Community assembly and invasion: An experimental test of neutral versus niche processes

    Joseph Fargione;Cynthia S. Brown;David Tilman

  • Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: an assessment.

    Felix Creutzig;Nijavalli H. Ravindranath;Göran Berndes;Simon Bolwig

  • Diversity decreases invasion via both sampling and complementarity effects

    Joseph E. Fargione;Joseph E. Fargione;David Tilman

  • Natural climate solutions for the United States.

    Joseph E. Fargione;Steven Bassett;Timothy Boucher;Scott D. Bridgham

  • From selection to complementarity: shifts in the causes of biodiversity–productivity relationships in a long-term biodiversity experiment

    Joseph Fargione;David Tilman;Ray Dybzinski;Janneke Hille Ris Lambers

  • Estimates of present and future flood risk in the conterminous United States

    Oliver E J Wing;Paul D Bates;Andrew M Smith;Christopher C Sampson

  • Energy Sprawl or Energy Efficiency: Climate Policy Impacts on Natural Habitat for the United States of America

    Robert I. McDonald;Joseph Fargione;Joe Kiesecker;William M. Miller

  • Global diversity of drought tolerance and grassland climate-change resilience

    Joseph M. Craine;Troy W. Ocheltree;Jesse B. Nippert;E. Gene Towne

  • Sustainable Floodplains Through Large-Scale Reconnection to Rivers

    Jeffrey J. Opperman;Jeffrey J. Opperman;Gerald E. Galloway;Joseph Fargione;Jeffrey F. Mount

  • Environmental and plant community determinants of species loss following nitrogen enrichment.

    Chris M. Clark;Elsa E. Cleland;Scott L. Collins;Joseph E. Fargione

  • Circuit-theory applications to connectivity science and conservation.

    Brett G. Dickson;Christine M. Albano;Ranjan Anantharaman;Paul Beier

  • The Ecological Impact of Biofuels

    Joseph E. Fargione;Richard J. Plevin;Jason D. Hill

  • Bioenergy and Wildlife: Threats and Opportunities for Grassland Conservation

    Joseph E. Fargione;Thomas R. Cooper;David J. Flaspohler;Jason Hill

  • Niche differences in phenology and rooting depth promote coexistence with a dominant C4 bunchgrass

    Joseph Fargione;David Tilman

  • Protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems

    Allie Goldstein;Will R. Turner;Seth A. Spawn;Kristina J. Anderson-Teixeira

  • Energy Sprawl Is the Largest Driver of Land Use Change in United States.

    Anne M. Trainor;Robert I. McDonald;Joseph Fargione

Frequent Co-Authors

David Tilman
David Tilman University of Minnesota
Joseph M. Kiesecker
Joseph M. Kiesecker The Nature Conservancy
Scott L. Collins
Scott L. Collins University of New Mexico
Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Bronson W. Griscom
Bronson W. Griscom Conservation International
Robert I. McDonald
Robert I. McDonald The Nature Conservancy
Steven C. Pennings
Steven C. Pennings University of Houston
Jonathan Sanderman
Jonathan Sanderman Woods Hole Research Center
Elsa E. Cleland
Elsa E. Cleland University of California, San Diego

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