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Krithi K. Karanth

Krithi K. Karanth

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
33
Citations
4509
World Ranking
7853
National Ranking
2626

Krithi K. Karanth 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 Krithi K. Karanth sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 89 publications — 11th percentile

11% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Krithi K. Karanth 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 Krithi K. Karanth sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Krithi K. Karanth is affiliated with Duke University in the United States and specializes in environmental science with a focus on ecology. Their research covers a range of subfields including ecology, global and planetary change, management and policy, social psychology, and public health related to environmental and occupational health.

The main topics they work on include wildlife ecology and conservation, conservation, biodiversity, and resource management. Their research also extends to rangeland management and livestock ecology, wildlife-road interactions and conservation, zoonotic diseases and public health, animal and plant science education, and economic and environmental valuation.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Biological Conservation (4 publications)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (2 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (2 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1 publication)
  • Land Use Policy (1 publication)

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Mahi Puri (7 joint publications)
  • Dincy Mariyam (5 joint publications)
  • N. Samba Kumar (4 joint publications)
  • Srinivas Vaidyanathan (3 joint publications)
  • Arjun Srivathsa (3 joint publications)

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Krithi K. Karanth include:

  • "Human casualties are the dominant cost of human-wildlife conflict in India," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Bits and pieces: Forest fragmentation by linear intrusions in India," 2020, Land Use Policy
  • "Tigers against the odds: Applying macro-ecology to species recovery in India," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Navigating paved paradise: Evaluating landscape permeability to movement for large mammals in two conservation priority landscapes in India," 2020, Biological Conservation
  • "Wild Seve: A Novel Conservation Intervention to Monitor and Address Human-Wildlife Conflict," 2020, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Best Publications

  • Interactions between protected areas and their surroundings in human-dominated tropical landscapes

    Ruth DeFries;Krithi K. Karanth;Sajid Pareeth

  • Local Residents Perception of Benefits and Losses From Protected Areas in India and Nepal

    Krithi K. Karanth;Sanjay K. Nepal

  • The shrinking ark: patterns of large mammal extinctions in India.

    Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth;James D. Nichols;K. Ullas Karanth;James E. Hines

  • Patterns of human-wildlife conflicts and compensation: Insights from Western Ghats protected areas

    Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth;Arjun M. Gopalaswamy;Arjun M. Gopalaswamy;Parvathi K. Prasad;Shreya Dasgupta

  • Assessing patterns of human-wildlife conflicts and compensation around a Central Indian protected area.

    Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth;Arjun M. Gopalaswamy;Arjun M. Gopalaswamy;Ruth DeFries;Natasha Ballal

  • Network environmentalism: Citizen scientists as agents for environmental advocacy

    McKenzie Frances Johnson;Corrie Hannah;Leslie Acton;Ruxandra Popovici

  • Patterns and determinants of mammal species occurrence in India

    Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth;James D. Nichols;James E. Hines;K. Ullas Karanth

  • Village size and forest disturbance in Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary, Western Ghats, India

    Krithi K. Karanth;Lisa M. Curran;Jonathan D. Reuning-Scherer

  • Nature-based tourism in Indian protected areas: New challenges for park management

    Krithi K. Karanth;Ruth DeFries

  • The production of human-wildlife conflict: A political animal geography of encounter

    Jared D. Margulies;Jared D. Margulies;Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth

  • Living with Wildlife and Mitigating Conflicts Around Three Indian Protected Areas

    Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth;Lisa Naughton-Treves;Ruth DeFries;Arjun M. Gopalaswamy

  • Making resettlement work : The case of India's Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary

    Krithi K. Karanth

  • Protected areas and biodiversity conservation in India

    Mousumi Ghosh-Harihar;Ruby An;Ramana Athreya;Udayan Borthakur

  • Compensation payments, procedures and policies towards human-wildlife conflict management: Insights from India

    Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth;Shriyam Gupta;Anubhav Vanamamalai

  • Examining conservation attitudes, perspectives, and challenges in India

    Krithi K. Karanth;Randall A. Kramer;Song S. Qian;Norman L. Christensen

  • Conservation and management in human-dominated landscapes: Case studies from India

    Krithi K. Karanth;Ruth DeFries

  • Hunting: A serious and understudied threat in India, a globally significant conservation region

    Nandini Velho;Nandini Velho;Krithi K. Karanth;William F. Laurance

  • History, Location, and Species Matter: Insights for Human–Wildlife Conflict Mitigation From India

    Krithi K. Karanth;Sahila Kudalkar

  • On a Dhole Trail: Examining Ecological and Anthropogenic Correlates of Dhole Habitat Occupancy in the Western Ghats of India

    Arjun Srivathsa;Krithi K. Karanth;Devcharan Jathanna;N. Samba Kumar

  • Human casualties are the dominant cost of human–wildlife conflict in India

    Sumeet Gulati;Krithi K Karanth;Nguyet Anh Le;Frederik Noack

  • Spotted in the News: Using Media Reports to Examine Leopard Distribution, Depredation, and Management Practices outside Protected Areas in Southern India

    Vidya Athreya;Arjun Srivathsa;Mahi Puri;Krithi K. Karanth;Krithi K. Karanth

Frequent Co-Authors

K. Ullas Karanth
K. Ullas Karanth Wildlife Conservation Society
Ruth S. DeFries
Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University
Jagdish Krishnaswamy
Jagdish Krishnaswamy Indian Institute for Human Settlements
James E. Hines
James E. Hines United States Geological Survey
James D. Nichols
James D. Nichols United States Geological Survey
Paul Robbins
Paul Robbins University of Wisconsin–Madison
Mahesh Sankaran
Mahesh Sankaran University of Leeds
Norman L. Christensen
Norman L. Christensen Duke University
Lisa Naughton-Treves
Lisa Naughton-Treves University of Wisconsin–Madison
Nicholas Clinton
Nicholas Clinton Google (United States)

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