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18825
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3536
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1241

Lucas Joppa 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 Lucas Joppa sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 125 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Lucas Joppa 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 Lucas Joppa sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Lucas Joppa is a researcher affiliated with Microsoft in the United States, focusing primarily on environmental science. Their work spans several subfields including global and planetary change, economics and econometrics, epidemiology, ecological modeling, and social psychology. The research portfolio centers on topics such as conservation, biodiversity, and resource management; land use and ecosystem services; climate change policy and economics; data-driven disease surveillance; sustainability and climate change governance; species distribution and climate change; and animal and plant science education.

Joppa's recent publications reflect contributions across various high-impact venues. Notable works include:

  • The IPBES Global Assessment: Pathways to Action (2020) published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • A metric for spatially explicit contributions to science-based species targets (2021) published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Protecting 30% of the planet for nature: costs, benefits and economic implications (2020) published by the Spanish National Research Council (DIGITAL.CSIC)
  • Microsoft's million-tonne CO2-removal purchase - lessons for net zero (2021) published in Nature
  • Make greenhouse-gas accounting reliable - build interoperable systems (2022) published in Nature

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Lucas Joppa include Debra P. C. Peters, David D. Breshears, Laurel Hartley, Shannon L. LaDeau, and Robert Parmenter Board. Each of these researchers has contributed extensively to joint publications.

The primary journals and publication venues where Joppa's research appears repeatedly include:

  • Ecosphere
  • Nature
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence

Best Publications

  • The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

    S. L. Pimm;C. N. Jenkins;R. Abell;T. M. Brooks

  • Global patterns of terrestrial vertebrate diversity and conservation.

    Clinton N. Jenkins;Stuart L. Pimm;Lucas N. Joppa

  • High and far: biases in the location of protected areas.

    Lucas N. Joppa;Alexander Pfaff

  • Estimating the normal background rate of species extinction.

    Jurriaan M. De Vos;Jurriaan M. De Vos;Lucas N. Joppa;John L. Gittleman;Patrick R. Stephens

  • A Global Deal For Nature: Guiding principles, milestones, and targets

    E. Dinerstein;C. Vynne;E. Sala;A. R. Joshi

  • Expansion of the global terrestrial protected area system.

    Clinton N. Jenkins;Lucas Joppa

  • On the protection of "protected areas".

    Lucas N. Joppa;Scott R. Loarie;Stuart L. Pimm

  • Global protected area impacts

    Lucas N. Joppa;Alexander Pfaff

  • Shortfalls and Solutions for Meeting National and Global Conservation Area Targets

    Stuart H.M. Butchart;Martin Clarke;Robert J. Smith;Rachel E. Sykes

  • What we know and don't know about Earth's missing biodiversity.

    Brett R. Scheffers;Lucas N. Joppa;Stuart L. Pimm;William F. Laurance

  • Understanding movement data and movement processes: current and emerging directions

    Robert S. Schick;Scott R. Loarie;Fernando Colchero;Benjamin D. Best

  • More than a meal… integrating non-feeding interactions into food webs.

    Sonia Kéfi;Sonia Kéfi;Eric L. Berlow;Eric L. Berlow;Evie A. Wieters;Evie A. Wieters;Sergio A. Navarrete

  • Emerging Technologies to Conserve Biodiversity.

    Stuart L. Pimm;Sky Alibhai;Richard Bergl;Alex Dehgan

  • How many species of flowering plants are there

    Lucas N. Joppa;David L. Roberts;David L. Roberts;Stuart L. Pimm

  • Measuring Terrestrial Area of Habitat (AOH) and Its Utility for the IUCN Red List.

    Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Thomas M. Brooks;Stuart L. Pimm;H. Resit Akçakaya;Graeme M. Buchanan

  • Biodiversity hotspots house most undiscovered plant species

    Lucas N. Joppa;Lucas N. Joppa;Lucas N. Joppa;David L. Roberts;David L. Roberts;Norman Myers;Stuart L. Pimm

  • Reassessing the forest impacts of protection: the challenge of nonrandom location and a corrective method.

    Lucas Joppa;Alexander Pfaff

  • Projecting Global Biodiversity Indicators under Future Development Scenarios

    Piero Visconti;Piero Visconti;Michel Bakkenes;Daniele Baisero;Thomas Brooks;Thomas Brooks;Thomas Brooks

  • Filling in biodiversity threat gaps

    L. N. Joppa;B. O'Connor;P. Visconti;C. Smith

  • Mapping change in human pressure globally on land and within protected areas.

    Jonas Geldmann;Jonas Geldmann;Lucas N. Joppa;Lucas N. Joppa;Neil David Burgess;Neil David Burgess;Neil David Burgess

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart L. Pimm
Stuart L. Pimm Duke University
Thomas M. Brooks
Thomas M. Brooks International Union for Conservation of Nature
James E. M. Watson
James E. M. Watson University of Queensland
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Piero Visconti
Piero Visconti International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Michael R. Hoffmann
Michael R. Hoffmann California Institute of Technology
Clinton N. Jenkins
Clinton N. Jenkins Florida International University
David L. Roberts
David L. Roberts University of Kent
Alexander Pfaff
Alexander Pfaff Duke University
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland

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