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Kerstin K. Zander 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 Kerstin K. Zander sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 151 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kerstin K. Zander 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 Kerstin K. Zander sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kerstin K. Zander is affiliated with Charles Darwin University in Australia and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science and social sciences. Their work spans multiple interdisciplinary fields and addresses various global challenges.

The primary fields of study for Kerstin K. Zander include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

Within these fields, their research covers several subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The main topics explored in their work are diverse and interlinked, focusing on:

  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy

Their recent papers illustrate this broad focus, including:

  • Importance of Indigenous Peoples' lands for the conservation of Intact Forest Landscapes, 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  • Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications, 2020, DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC))
  • The importance of Indigenous Peoples' lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals, 2020, Conservation Biology
  • Occupational heat stress and economic burden: A review of global evidence, 2021, Environmental Research
  • Unrealised opportunities for residential solar panels in Australia, 2020, Energy Policy

Kerstin K. Zander has frequently collaborated with a number of researchers, notably:

  • Stephen T. Garnett
  • Jonatan Lassa
  • Matthew Abunyewah
  • Michael Odei Erdiaw-Kwasie
  • Supriya Mathew

Their publications appear regularly in several venues, with multiple papers published in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Sustainable Cities and Society

Best Publications

  • A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

    Stephen T. Garnett;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess;Julia E. Fa;Julia E. Fa;Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares

  • Heat stress causes substantial labour productivity loss in Australia

    Kerstin K. Zander;Wouter J. W. Botzen;Elspeth Oppermann;Tord Kjellstrom

  • Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

    C. Packer;A. Loveridge;S. Canney;Timothy Caro

  • Importance of Indigenous peoples' lands for the conservation of intact forest landscapes

    Julia E Fa;Julia E Fa;James Em Watson;James Em Watson;Ian Leiper;Peter Potapov

  • 'Strange changes': Indigenous perspectives of climate change and adaptation in NE Arnhem Land (Australia)

    Lisa Petheram;Kerstin K. Zander;Bruce M. Campbell;C. High

  • Livestock under climate change: a systematic review of impacts and adaptation.

    Jacquelyn F. Escarcha;Jonatan A. Lassa;Kerstin K. Zander

  • Using assisted colonisation to conserve biodiversity and restore ecosystem function under climate change

    Ian D. Lunt;Margaret Byrne;Jessica J. Hellmann;Nicola J. Mitchell

  • Alien species pathways to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

    M. Verónica Toral-Granda;Charlotte E. Causton;Heinke Jäger;Mandy Trueman

  • The importance of indigenous peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals

    Christopher J. O'Bryan;Stephen T. Garnett;John E. Fa;John E. Fa;Ian Leiper

  • Preferences for and potential impacts of financial incentives to install residential rooftop solar photovoltaic systems in Australia

    Kerstin K. Zander;Genevieve Simpson;Supriya Mathew;Rabindra Nepal

  • Occupational heat stress and economic burden: A review of global evidence

    Matthew A. Borg;Jianjun Xiang;Olga Anikeeva;Dino Pisaniello

  • An economic assessment of the value of tropical river ecosystem services: Heterogeneous preferences among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians

    Kerstin K. Zander;Anna Straton

  • Socioeconomic aspects of rice-fish farming in Bangladesh: opportunities, challenges and production efficiency

    Nesar Ahmed;Kerstin K. Zander;Stephen T. Garnett

  • Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications

    Anthony Waldron;Vanessa Adams;James Allan;Andy Arnell

  • Trade-offs between development, culture and conservation – Willingness to pay for tropical river management among urban Australians

    Kerstin K. Zander;Stephen T. Garnett;Anna Straton

  • Relative efforts of countries to conserve world's megafauna

    Peter Andrew Lindsey;Peter Andrew Lindsey;Guillaume Chapron;Lisanne S. Petracca;Lisanne S. Petracca;Dawn Burnham

  • The economic value of environmental services on indigenous-held lands in Australia.

    Kerstin K. Zander;Stephen T. Garnett

  • Conserving what's important: Using choice model scenarios to value local cattle breeds in East Africa

    Kerstin K. Zander;Adam G. Drucker

  • Human mobility intentions in response to heat in urban South East Asia

    Kerstin K. Zander;Kerstin K. Zander;Carmen Richerzhagen;Stephen T. Garnett

  • Farmers’ interest and willingness-to-pay for index-based crop insurance in the lowlands of Nepal

    Nanda Kaji Budhathoki;Jonatan A. Lassa;Sirish Pun;Kerstin K. Zander

  • Assessing the total economic value of threatened livestock breeds in Italy: Implications for conservation policy

    Kerstin K. Zander;Giovanni Signorello;Maria De Salvo;Gustavo Gandini

  • Potential for using indigenous pigs in subsistence-oriented and market-oriented small-scale farming systems of Southern Africa

    James Madzimure;Michael Chimonyo;Kerstin K. Zander;Kennedy Dzama

  • Perceptions of climate variability and livelihood adaptations relating to gender and wealth among the Adi community of the Eastern Indian Himalayas.

    Ranjay K. Singh;Kerstin K. Zander;Satyendra Kumar;Anshuman Singh

  • Heat, health, and humidity in Australia's monsoon tropics: a critical review of the problematization of ‘heat’ in a changing climate

    Elspeth Oppermann;Matt Brearley;Lisa Law;James A. Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen T. Garnett
Stephen T. Garnett Charles Darwin University
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Catherine J. Robinson
Catherine J. Robinson Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Peter A. Lindsey
Peter A. Lindsey Griffith University
Julia E. Fa
Julia E. Fa Manchester Metropolitan University
Eduardo S. Brondizio
Eduardo S. Brondizio Indiana University
Michael Chimonyo
Michael Chimonyo University of Venda
Kennedy Dzama
Kennedy Dzama Stellenbosch University
David J. Pannell
David J. Pannell University of Western Australia
Mathieu Ngouajio
Mathieu Ngouajio Michigan State University

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