2026 K. Bruce Jones: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	37	8770	8412	3133	2911	70	8758

Overview

K. Bruce Jones is affiliated with the Desert Research Institute in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and spans several related subfields, including Global and Planetary Change as well as Ecology.

The scientist's work covers various topics with an emphasis on Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, and Ecosystem Dynamics and Resilience.

Jones has contributed to academic literature in notable venues, including the journal Land, where they have one recorded publication.

Recent scholarly output includes the paper titled The Resilient Recurrent Behavior of Mediterranean Semi-Arid Complex Adaptive Landscapes, published in 2021 in the journal Land. This paper has attracted citations and contributes to the understanding of adaptive landscape dynamics in semi-arid regions.

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

Irene Petrosillo
Donatella Valente
Christian Mulder
Bai-Lian Li
Giovanni Zurlini

Their contributions to Environmental Science reflect interdisciplinary approaches, integrating themes related to ecosystem services and landscape resilience. Their research output highlights engagement with complex adaptive systems in Mediterranean semi-arid environments.

Best Publications

A factor analysis of landscape pattern and structure metrics

Kurt H. Riitters;R.V. O'Neill;C.T. Hunsaker;James D. Wickham

1881
Citations
Predicting nutrient and sediment loadings to streams from landscape metrics: A multiple watershed study from the United States Mid-Atlantic Region

K. Bruce Jones;Anne C. Neale;Malisha S. Nash;Rick D. van Remortel

555
Citations
Scale problems in reporting landscape pattern at the regional scale

R.V. O''Neill;C.T. Hunsaker;S.P. Timmins;B.L. Jackson

553
Citations
Fragmentation of Continental United States Forests

Kurt H. Riitters;James D. Wickham;Robert V. O'Neill;K. Bruce Jones

526
Citations
Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation

Timothy G. Wade;Kurt H. Riitters;James D. Wickham;K. Bruce Jones

414
Citations
Scaling and uncertainty analysis in ecology : methods and applications

Jianguo Wu;K. Bruce Jones;Harbin Li;Orie L. Loucks

383
Citations
Indicators of biodiversity and ecosystem services: a synthesis across ecosystems and spatial scales

Christian K. Feld;Pedro Martins da Silva;José Paulo Sousa;Francesco De Bello

370
Citations
Monitoring environmental quality at the landscape scale

Robert V. O'Neill;Carolyn T. Hunsaker;K. Bruce Jones;Kurt H. Riitters

366
Citations
Modeling runoff response to land cover and rainfall spatial variability in semi-arid watersheds.

Mariano Hernandez;Scott N. Miller;David C. Goodrich;Bruce F. Goff

277
Citations
Landscape pattern metrics and regional assessment

Robert V. O'Neill;Kurt H. Riitters;James D. Wickham;K. Bruce Jones

265
Citations
Assessing habitat suitability at multiple scales: A landscape-level approach

Kurt H. Riitters;R.V. O'Neill;K.B. Jones

201
Citations
Sensitivity of selected landscape pattern metrics to land-cover misclassification and differences in land-cover composition

James D. Wickham;Robert V. O'Neill;Kurt H. Riitters;Timothy G. Wade

193
Citations
An Ecological Assessment of the United States Mid-Atlantic Region: A Landscape Atlas

K. Bruce Jones;Kurt H. Riitters;James D. Wickham;Roger D. Tankersley

191
Citations
A note on contagion indices for landscape analysis

Kurt H. Riitters;Robert V. O'Neill;James D. Wickham;K. Bruce Jones

183
Citations
Linking Land Cover and Water Quality in New York City’S Water Supply Watersheds

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172
Citations
Effects of Grazing on Lizard Abundance and Diversity in Western Arizona

K. Bruce Jones

171
Citations
Informing landscape planning and design for sustaining ecosystem services from existing spatial patterns and knowledge

K. Bruce Jones;Giovanni Zurlini;Felix Kienast;Irene Petrosillo

153
Citations
Riparian habitat changes across the continental United States (1972–2003) and potential implications for sustaining ecosystem services

K. Bruce Jones;E. Terrence Slonecker;Maliha S. Nash;Anne C. Neale

128
Citations
Molecular systematics of short-horned lizards: biogeography and taxonomy of a widespread species complex.

Kelly R. Zamudio;K. Bruce Jones;Ryk H. Ward

111
Citations
Forest fragmentation as an economic indicator

James D. Wickham;Robert V. O'Neill;K. Bruce Jones

87
Citations
NATIONAL LAND‐COVER PATTERN DATA

Kurt H. Riitters;James D. Wickham;James E. Vogelmann;K. Bruce Jones

85
Citations
Changing landscapes to accommodate for climate change impacts: a call for landscape ecology

Paul Opdam;Sandra Luque;K. Bruce Jones

84
Citations
GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING OF INCREASES IN NUTRIENT EXPORT DUE TO FUTURE URBANIZATION

James D. Wickham;Robert V. O'Neill;Kurt H. Riitters;Elizabeth R. Smith

81
Citations
Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security

Irene Petrosillo;Felix Müller;K. Bruce Jones;Giovanni Zurlini

52
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Wickham Environmental Protection Agency

Kurt H. Riitters United States Department of Agriculture

Robert V. O'Neill Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Giovanni Zurlini University of Salento

Irene Petrosillo University of Salento

Bai-Lian Li University of California, Riverside

Felix Müller Kiel University

Jörg Römbke ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH

Christian K. Feld University of Duisburg-Essen

Thomas R. Loveland United States Geological Survey

External Links

Personal website of K. Bruce Jones

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