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D-Index
38
Citations
6662
World Ranking
6577
National Ranking
519

Keryn I. Paul publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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 Keryn I. Paul sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 100 publications — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Keryn I. Paul D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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 Keryn I. Paul sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Keryn I. Paul is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia and specializes in environmental science with a focus on forest ecology and management. Their research spans several subfields including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, mechanics of materials, and ecology.

The primary topics in their work cover forest ecology and management, forest management and policy, fire effects on ecosystems, forest biomass utilization and management, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, rangeland and wildlife management, and remote sensing and LiDAR applications.

Keryn I. Paul has contributed to recent scientific papers such as:

  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth (2020, Nature)
  • Predicting carbon sequestration of woody biomass following land restoration (2020, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • Future climate impacts on forest growth and implications for carbon sequestration through reforestation in southeast Australia (2021, Journal of Environmental Management)
  • Can crown variables increase the generality of individual tree biomass equations? (2020, Trees)
  • Tree mortality and carbon emission as a function of wildfire severity in south-eastern Australian temperate forests (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)

They have collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Stephen H. Roxburgh, Jacqueline R. England, David I. Forrester, Liubov Volkova, and Christopher J. Weston.

Keryn I. Paul's publications appear regularly in journals such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, Forest Ecology and Management, The Rangeland Journal, Ecological Modelling, and the International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research.

In addition to journal articles, Keryn I. Paul has contributed to book publications, including work published by Ghent University, notably a book titled Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol (2021).

Best Publications

  • Change in soil carbon following afforestation

    K.I. Paul;P.J. Polglase;J.G. Nyakuengama;P.K. Khanna

  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth

    Susan C. Cook-Patton;Susan C. Cook-Patton;Sara M. Leavitt;David Gibbs;Nancy L. Harris

  • Defining the relation between soil water content and net nitrogen mineralization

    K. I. Paul;P. J. Polglase;A. M. O'Connell;J. C. Carlyle

  • Direct soil moisture controls of future global soil carbon changes: An important source of uncertainty

    Pete Falloon;Chris D. Jones;Melanie Ades;Melanie Ades;Keryn Paul

  • Soil temperature under forests: a simple model for predicting soil temperature under a range of forest types

    Keryn I Paul;Philip J Polglase;Philip J Smethurst;Philip J Smethurst;Anthony M O’Connell

  • Predicted change in soil carbon following afforestation or reforestation, and analysis of controlling factors by linking a C accounting model (CAMFor) to models of forest growth (3PG), litter decomposition (GENDEC) and soil C turnover (RothC)

    Keryn Paul;Phil Polglase;Gary Richards

  • Testing the generality of above-ground biomass allometry across plant functional types at the continent scale

    Keryn I. Paul;Stephen H. Roxburgh;Jerome Chave;Jacqueline R. England

  • The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation

    L. Duncanson;J. Armston;M. Disney;V. Avitabile

  • Modelling C and N dynamics in forest soils with a modified version of the CENTURY model

    Miko U.F. Kirschbaum;Miko U.F. Kirschbaum;Keryn I. Paul

  • Tree size and climatic water deficit control root to shoot ratio in individual trees globally.

    Alicia Ledo;Keryn I. Paul;David F. R. P. Burslem;John J. Ewel

  • Development and testing of allometric equations for estimating above-ground biomass of mixed-species environmental plantings

    Keryn I. Paul;Stephen H. Roxburgh;Jacqueline R. England;Peter Ritson

  • A comment on the quantitative significance of aerobic methane release by plants.

    Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Miko U. F. Kirschbaum;Dan Bruhn;Dan Bruhn;David M. Etheridge;John R. Evans;John R. Evans

  • Guidelines for constructing allometric models for the prediction of woody biomass: How many individuals to harvest?

    S. H. Roxburgh;K. I. Paul;D. Clifford;J. R. England

  • Potential for forest carbon plantings to offset greenhouse emissions in Australia: economics and constraints to implementation

    Phil Polglase;Andrew Reeson;Charlie Hawkins;Keryn Paul

  • Sensitivity analysis of predicted change in soil carbon following afforestation

    Keryn I. Paul;Phil J. Polglase;Gary P. Richards

  • Economic and employment implications of a carbon market for integrated farm forestry and biodiverse environmental plantings

    Keryn Paul;Andrew Reeson;Phil Polglase;N. Crossman

  • Reforestation with native mixed-species plantings in a temperate continental climate effectively sequesters and stabilizes carbon within decades

    Shaun C. Cunningham;Shaun C. Cunningham;Timothy R. Cavagnaro;Ralph Mac Nally;Keryn I. Paul

  • Effect of plant residue return on the development of surface soil pH gradients

    Keryn Paul;Archibald Black;Mark Conyers

  • Predicting growth and sequestration of carbon by plantations growing in regions of low-rainfall in southern Australia

    K.I. Paul;K. Jacobsen;V. Koul;P. Leppert

  • Variance-based sensitivity analysis of a forest growth model

    Xiaodong Song;Xiaodong Song;Brett A. Bryan;Keryn I. Paul;Gang Zhao;Gang Zhao

  • Regional opportunities for agroforestry systems in Australia

    P. Polglase;K. Paul;C. Hawkins;A. Siggins

  • Change in soil carbon following afforestation or reforestation: review of experimental evidnece and development of a conceptual framework

    P.J. Polglase;K.I. Paul;P.K. Khanna;J.G. Nyakuengama

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen H. Roxburgh
Stephen H. Roxburgh Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Shaun C. Cunningham
Shaun C. Cunningham Deakin University
Partap Khanna
Partap Khanna University of Göttingen
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum
Miko U. F. Kirschbaum Landcare Research
Michael Battaglia
Michael Battaglia Agriculture and Food
Elizabeth A. Pinkard
Elizabeth A. Pinkard Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Timothy R. Cavagnaro
Timothy R. Cavagnaro University of Adelaide
Craig V. M. Barton
Craig V. M. Barton Western Sydney University
Richard Lucas
Richard Lucas Aberystwyth University
Jérôme Chave
Jérôme Chave Paul Sabatier University

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