2026 Lea Berrang-Ford: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	60	2956	2824	235	226	147	12047

Lea Berrang-Ford 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 Lea Berrang-Ford sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 690+

This scientist: 147 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Lea Berrang-Ford 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 Lea Berrang-Ford sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 60 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lea Berrang-Ford is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and health professions with a significant emphasis on the intersections of climate change, health impacts, and global health issues.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

Environmental Science
Health Professions

Within these fields, their work explores several specialized subfields, such as:

General Health Professions
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Nutrition and Dietetics
Sociology and Political Science
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Lea Berrang-Ford's research covers key topics including:

Climate Change and Health Impacts
Child Nutrition and Water Access
Global Maternal and Child Health
Indigenous Studies and Ecology
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Global Health Care Issues
Air Quality and Health Impacts

The scientist has contributed to multiple peer-reviewed publications with notable papers such as:

"A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change" (2021, Nature Climate Change)
"Systematic mapping of global research on climate and health: a machine learning review" (2021, The Lancet Planetary Health)
"Climate change adaptation to extreme heat: a global systematic review of implemented action" (2021, Oxford Open Climate Change)

Although not first author, Lea is also associated with prominent papers published in The Lancet including "The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels" (2022) and "The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms" (2023).

Lea collaborates frequently with other researchers. Some of their most frequent coauthors include:

Shuaib Lwasa
Sherilee L. Harper
Didacus B. Namanya
James D. Ford
Carol Zavaleta-Cortijo

The scientist's frequent venues of publication reflect themes in environmental and health sciences and include:

Nature Climate Change
The Lancet Planetary Health
Environmental Research Letters
SSRN Electronic Journal
The Lancet

Best Publications

Are we adapting to climate change

Lea Berrang-Ford;James D. Ford;Jaclyn Paterson

1166
Citations
A systematic review of observed climate change adaptation in developed nations

James D. Ford;Lea Berrang-Ford;Jaclyn Paterson

591
Citations
A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

Lea Berrang-Ford;A. R. Siders;Alexandra Lesnikowski;Alexandra Paige Fischer

562
Citations
Systematic review approaches for climate change adaptation research

Lea Berrang-Ford;Tristan Pearce;Tristan Pearce;James D. Ford

486
Citations
Case study and analogue methodologies in climate change vulnerability research.

James D. Ford;E. C. H. Keskitalo;Tanya Smith;Tristan Pearce

424
Citations
Climate change adaptation planning in large cities: A systematic global assessment

Malcolm Araos;Lea Berrang-Ford;James D. Ford;Stephanie E. Austin

391
Citations
Vulnerability of Aboriginal health systems in Canada to climate change.

James D. Ford;Lea Berrang-Ford;Malcolm King;Chris Furgal

262
Citations
Tracking global climate change adaptation among governments

Lea Berrang-Ford;Lea Berrang-Ford;Robbert Biesbroek;James D. Ford;James D. Ford;Alexandra Lesnikowski

252
Citations
How to Track Adaptation to Climate Change: A Typology of Approaches for National-Level Application

James D. Ford;Lea Berrang-Ford;Alex Lesnikowski;Magda Barrera

251
Citations
The status of climate change adaptation in Africa and Asia

James D. Ford;Lea Berrang-Ford;Anna Bunce;Courtney McKay

232
Citations
Climate Change and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Literature Review

Heather E. Thompson;Lea Berrang-Ford;James D. Ford

221
Citations
Systematic mapping of global research on climate and health: a machine learning review

Lea Berrang-Ford;Anne J Sietsma;Max Callaghan;Jan C Minx

203
Citations
National-level progress on adaptation

Alexandra Lesnikowski;James Ford;Robbert Biesbroek;Lea Berrang-Ford

199
Citations
What does the Paris Agreement mean for adaptation

Alexandra Lesnikowski;James Ford;Robbert Biesbroek;Lea Berrang-Ford

180
Citations
Vulnerability and its discontents: the past, present, and future of climate change vulnerability research

James D. Ford;James D. Ford;Tristan Pearce;Tristan Pearce;Graham McDowell;Lea Berrang-Ford;Lea Berrang-Ford

176
Citations
How are we adapting to climate change? A global assessment

Alexandra C. Lesnikowski;Alexandra C. Lesnikowski;James D. Ford;Lea Berrang-Ford;Magda Barrera

171
Citations
Climate change and mining in Canada

Tristan D. Pearce;James David Ford;Jason Prno;Frank Duerden

167
Citations
Vulnerability of indigenous health to climate change: A case study of Uganda's Batwa Pygmies

Lea Berrang-Ford;Kathryn Dingle;James D. Ford;Celine Lee

153
Citations
The risk of Rift Valley fever virus introduction and establishment in the United States and European Union

Alicia I Rolin;Lea Berrang-Ford;Manisha A Kulkarni

150
Citations
Adaptation tracking for a post-2015 climate agreement

J. D. Ford;L. Berrang-Ford;R. Biesbroek;M. Araos

147
Citations
Internet-based partner selection and risk for unprotected anal intercourse in sexual encounters among men who have sex with men: a meta-analysis of observational studies

Joseph A Lewnard;Lea Berrang-Ford

145
Citations
Authorship in IPCC AR5 and its implications for content: climate change and Indigenous populations in WGII

James D. Ford;Will Vanderbilt;Lea Berrang-Ford

141
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Ford University of Leeds

Nancy A. Ross Queen's University

Jan Minx University of Leeds

Jody Heymann University of California, Los Angeles

Barry Smit University of Guelph

Jessica J. Hellmann University of Minnesota

Nicholas H. Ogden Public Health Agency of Canada

Mark New University of Cape Town

Katharine J. Mach University of Miami

Lindsay C. Stringer University of York

External Links

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