The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keith Kirby sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile
42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.
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 Keith Kirby sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 43 D-Index — 38th percentile
38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.
Keith Kirby is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to environmental science, particularly within the subfields of global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, ecological modeling, and plant science. Their research activities span several interconnected topics including ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, species distribution and climate change, land use and ecosystem services, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, rangeland and wildlife management, and forest management and policy.
The scientist's publication record highlights significant work in notable scientific journals. Among the recent papers are:
Keith Kirby has collaborated with several frequent co-authors including Simon M. Smart, Dries Landuyt, Michael P. Perring, Haben Blondeel, and Leen Depauw. Their research contributions have been published primarily in venues such as Forest Ecology and Management, Global Change Biology, Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.
The scientist's focus on environmental science is evident through the breadth of their contributions, with 24 publications under the main field and additional work covering agricultural and biological sciences. Subfields of particular emphasis include global and planetary change with 9 papers, nature and landscape conservation with 6, and ecology with 5. This distribution underlines a multidisciplinary approach that intersects ecological modeling and plant science alongside more applied areas like forest management and policy.
Pieter De Frenne;Pieter De Frenne;Francisco Rodríguez-Sánchez;David Anthony Coomes;Lander Baeten
Jamie Lorimer;Chris Sandom;Paul Jepson;Chris Doughty
Tobias Plieninger;Tibor Hartel;Berta Martín-López;Berta Martín-López;Guy Beaufoy
Kris Verheyen;Lander Baeten;Pieter De Frenne;Markus Bernhardt-Römermann
K.J. Kirby;C.M. Reid;R.C. Thomas;F.B. Goldsmith
J.W. Spencer;K.J. Kirby
Florian Zellweger;Florian Zellweger;David Coomes;Jonathan Lenoir;Leen Depauw
K.J. Kirby
Keith J. Kirby;Charles Watkins
F. J. G. Mitchell;K. J. Kirby
Tobias Plieninger;Tibor Hartel;Berta Martin-Lopez;Guy Beaufoy
Markus Bernhardt-Römermann;Lander Baeten;Dylan Craven;Pieter De Frenne
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R.K.A. Morris;I. Alonso;R.G. Jefferson;K.J. Kirby
Michael P. Perring;Michael P. Perring;Markus Bernhardt‐Römermann;Lander Baeten;Gabriele Midolo;Gabriele Midolo
Andrew J. Tanentzap;Keith J. Kirby;Emma Goldberg
K. J. Kirby;C. Watkins
K. J. Kirby
K. J. Kirby;T. Bines;A. Burn;J. Mackintosh
Kinga Öllerer;Anna Varga;Keith Kirby;László Demeter
Kris Verheyen;Pieter De Frenne;Lander Baeten;Donald M Waller
K.J. Kirby;R.C. Thomas
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