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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 86 707 671 308 284 317 34750

Joshua B. Fisher publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joshua B. Fisher between 2001 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joshua B. Fisher published across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025, averaging 16 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2019. 49 of the 400 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2001 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2019. 2001: 2 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 18 publications 2014: 31 publications 2015: 21 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 31 publications 2018: 26 publications 2019: 32 publications 2020: 32 publications 2021: 28 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 32 publications 2024: 25 publications 2025: 24 publications
2001 2025

400 publications in total across all disciplines

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Joshua B. Fisher: publications per year, 2001 to 2025
Year Publications
2001 2
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 1
2006 2
2007 3
2008 3
2009 7
2010 5
2011 16
2012 14
2013 18
2014 31
2015 21
2016 25
2017 31
2018 26
2019 32
2020 32
2021 28
2022 22
2023 32
2024 25
2025 24
Total 400
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Joshua B. Fisher publications per year - data summary

  • Joshua B. Fisher, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Chapman University, has 400 publications recorded across 25 years, from 2001 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2001 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2019, 2020 and 2023, with 32 publications each.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2005, with 1 publication.
  • 3 of the 25 years in the span carry no publications at all (2002, 2003 and 2004).
  • The rate of publication averages 16.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 18.2 per year counting only the 22 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 131 publications, 33% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2001-2009: 18 publications (2.0 per year); 2010-2018: 187 publications (20.8 per year); 2019-2025: 195 publications (27.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Joshua B. Fisher 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 Joshua B. Fisher sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 311–320 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 317 publications — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85 317
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Joshua B. Fisher publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Joshua B. Fisher, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Chapman University, records 317 publications - the 88th percentile of the discipline.
  • 88% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Joshua B. Fisher, and about 12% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Joshua B. Fisher ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Joshua B. Fisher 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 Joshua B. Fisher sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 86 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 86 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29 86
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Joshua B. Fisher D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Joshua B. Fisher, a Environmental Sciences scholar from Chapman University, records 86 D-Index - the 93rd percentile of the discipline.
  • 93% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Joshua B. Fisher, and about 7% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Joshua B. Fisher ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Joshua B. Fisher is affiliated with Chapman University in the United States and focuses primarily on environmental science with an emphasis on global and planetary change. Their research spans several subfields, including atmospheric science, environmental engineering, water science and technology, and ecology.

The scientist's work addresses multiple main topics such as plant water relations and carbon dynamics, climate variability and models, hydrology and watershed management studies, remote sensing in agriculture, urban heat island mitigation, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

The recent publications of Joshua B. Fisher illustrate a focus on carbon dynamics, water management, and the application of remote sensing technologies. Selected recent papers include:

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2, 2020, New Phytologist
  • A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2, 2021, Nature
  • Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms, 2021, Remote Sensing of Environment
  • OpenET: Filling a Critical Data Gap in Water Management for the Western United States, 2021, JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Joshua B. Fisher has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Yunjun Yao
  • Martha C. Anderson
  • Trevor F. Keenan
  • Xiaotong Zhang
  • Zijing Xie

The primary publication venues for Fisher's research are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Water Resources Research
  • Journal of Hydrology
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

The breadth of Joshua B. Fisher's work situates them at the intersection of environmental science disciplines, focusing on understanding key processes affecting carbon and water cycles under changing climate conditions. Their contributions include advancing knowledge of plant and soil carbon dynamics, improving water resource management through novel data applications, and developing remote sensing methods to monitor environmental phenomena.

Best Publications

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • The Community Land Model version 5 : description of new features, benchmarking, and impact of forcing uncertainty

    David M. Lawrence;Rosie A. Fisher;Charles D. Koven;Keith W. Oleson

  • Mapping forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar

    Marc Simard;Naiara Pinto;Joshua B. Fisher;Alessandro Baccini

  • Global estimates of the land–atmosphere water flux based on monthly AVHRR and ISLSCP-II data, validated at 16 FLUXNET sites

    Joshua B. Fisher;Kevin P. Tu;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • New global observations of the terrestrial carbon cycle from GOSAT: Patterns of plant fluorescence with gross primary productivity

    Christian Frankenberg;Joshua B. Fisher;John Worden;Grayson Badgley

  • The future of evapotranspiration: global requirements for ecosystem functioning, carbon and climate feedbacks, agricultural management, and water resources.

    Joshua B. Fisher;Forrest S. Melton;Elizabeth M. Middleton;Christopher Hain;Christopher Hain

  • Global patterns of drought recovery

    Christopher R. Schwalm;Christopher R. Schwalm;William R. L. Anderegg;Anna M. Michalak;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Effect of increasing CO2 on the terrestrial carbon cycle

    David Schimel;Britton B. Stephens;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Drought–mortality relationships for tropical forests

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

  • A trade-off between plant and soil carbon storage under elevated CO2.

    C. Terrer;C. Terrer;R. P. Phillips;B. A. Hungate;J. Rosende

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

    Anthony P. Walker;Martin G. De Kauwe;Ana Bastos;Soumaya Belmecheri

  • Observing terrestrial ecosystems and the carbon cycle from space

    David Schimel;Ryan Pavlick;Joshua B. Fisher;Gregory P. Asner

  • Global estimates of evapotranspiration for climate studies using multi-sensor remote sensing data: Evaluation of three process-based approaches

    Raghuveer K. Vinukollu;Eric F. Wood;Craig R. Ferguson;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Nighttime transpiration in woody plants from contrasting ecosystems.

    Todd E. Dawson;Stephen S. O. Burgess;Kevin P. Tu;Rafael S. Oliveira

  • Nitrogen and phosphorus constrain the CO2 fertilization of global plant biomass

    César Terrer;César Terrer;César Terrer;Robert B. Jackson;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;I. Colin Prentice;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan

  • Warm spring reduced carbon cycle impact of the 2012 US summer drought

    Sebastian Wolf;Sebastian Wolf;Trevor F. Keenan;Trevor F. Keenan;Joshua B. Fisher;Dennis D. Baldocchi

  • Forest productivity and water stress in Amazonia: observations from GOSAT chlorophyll fluorescence

    Jung-Eun Lee;Christian Frankenberg;Christiaan van der Tol;Joseph A. Berry

  • Evapotranspiration on a greening Earth

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  • Global intercomparison of 12 land surface heat flux estimates

    C. Jiménez;C. Prigent;B. Mueller;S. I. Seneviratne

  • Benchmark products for land evapotranspiration: LandFlux-EVAL multi-data set synthesis

    Brigitte Mueller;Martin Hirschi;Carlos Jimenez;Philippe Ciais

  • Evaluation of global observations-based evapotranspiration datasets and IPCC AR4 simulations

    Brigitte Mueller;S. I. Seneviratne;C. Jimenez;T. Corti

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R. Schwalm
Christopher R. Schwalm Woodwell Climate Research Center
Deborah N. Huntzinger
Deborah N. Huntzinger Northern Arizona University
Kevin Schaefer
Kevin Schaefer Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
Anna M. Michalak
Anna M. Michalak Stanford University
Atul K. Jain
Atul K. Jain University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Daniel J. Hayes
Daniel J. Hayes University of Maine
Benjamin Poulter
Benjamin Poulter Goddard Space Flight Center
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Trevor F. Keenan
Trevor F. Keenan Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ning Zeng
Ning Zeng University of Maryland, College Park

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