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37
Citations
8758
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8770
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3133

K. Bruce Jones 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 K. Bruce Jones sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 70 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

K. Bruce Jones 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 K. Bruce Jones sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • 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

  • Scale problems in reporting landscape pattern at the regional scale

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

  • Fragmentation of Continental United States Forests

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

  • Distribution and Causes of Global Forest Fragmentation

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

  • Scaling and uncertainty analysis in ecology : methods and applications

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

  • 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

  • Monitoring environmental quality at the landscape scale

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

  • 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

  • Landscape pattern metrics and regional assessment

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • A note on contagion indices for landscape analysis

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

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

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  • Effects of Grazing on Lizard Abundance and Diversity in Western Arizona

    K. Bruce Jones

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Forest fragmentation as an economic indicator

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

  • NATIONAL LAND‐COVER PATTERN DATA

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

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

    Paul Opdam;Sandra Luque;K. Bruce Jones

  • GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING OF INCREASES IN NUTRIENT EXPORT DUE TO FUTURE URBANIZATION

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

  • Use of Landscape Sciences for the Assessment of Environmental Security

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

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Wickham
James D. Wickham Environmental Protection Agency
Kurt H. Riitters
Kurt H. Riitters United States Department of Agriculture
Robert V. O'Neill
Robert V. O'Neill Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Giovanni Zurlini
Giovanni Zurlini University of Salento
Irene Petrosillo
Irene Petrosillo University of Salento
Bai-Lian Li
Bai-Lian Li University of California, Riverside
Felix Müller
Felix Müller Kiel University
Jörg Römbke
Jörg Römbke ECT Oekotoxikologie GmbH
Christian K. Feld
Christian K. Feld University of Duisburg-Essen
Thomas R. Loveland
Thomas R. Loveland United States Geological Survey

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