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Luiz E. O. C. Aragão 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 Luiz E. O. C. Aragão sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 385 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Luiz E. O. C. Aragão 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 Luiz E. O. C. Aragão sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 91 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Luiz E. O. C. Aragão is affiliated with the National Institute for Space Research in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in subfields such as global and planetary change, ecology, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, and atmospheric science.

Their recent publications include several widely cited papers, notably:

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020 (2020, Earth System Science Data)
  • Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change (2021, Nature)
  • Long-term (1990-2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics (2021, Science Advances)
  • The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade (2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation (2023, Science)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Liana O. Anderson
  • Celso H. L. Silva
  • Ricardo Dalagnol
  • Jos Barlow
  • Érika Berenguer

Luiz E. O. C. Aragão's published work appears predominantly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Remote Sensing, Global Change Biology, Nature Communications, and Environmental Research Letters.

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Conservation, biodiversity, and resource management
  • Remote sensing in agriculture
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Remote sensing and LiDAR applications
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Land use and ecosystem services

Best Publications

  • Global Carbon Budget 2020

    Pierre Friedlingstein;Pierre Friedlingstein;Michael O'Sullivan;Matthew W. Jones;Robbie M. Andrew

  • Drought sensitivity of the Amazon rainforest.

    Oliver L. Phillips;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Simon L. Lewis;Joshua B. Fisher

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • CO2 balance of boreal, temperate, and tropical forests derived from a global database

    Sebastiaan Luyssaert;Sebastiaan Luyssaert;I. Inglima;M. Jung;A. D. Richardson

  • Anthropogenic disturbance in tropical forests can double biodiversity loss from deforestation

    Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Jos Barlow;Gareth D. Lennox;Joice Ferreira;Erika Berenguer

  • Exploring the likelihood and mechanism of a climate-change-induced dieback of the Amazon rainforest.

    Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz E O C Aragão;David Galbraith;Chris Huntingford

  • Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change

    Luciana V Gatti;Luana S Basso;John B Miller;Manuel Gloor

  • 21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions

    Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Liana O. Anderson;Marisa G. Fonseca;Thais M. Rosan

  • Spatial patterns and fire response of recent Amazonian droughts

    Luiz Eduardo O. C. Aragão;Yadvinder Malhi;Rosa Maria Roman‐Cuesta;Sassan Saatchi

  • Drought–mortality relationships for tropical forests

    Oliver L. Phillips;Geertje van der Heijden;Simon L. Lewis;Gabriela López-González

  • Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

    T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

  • The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation

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  • Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

    Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Interactions between rainfall, deforestation and fires during recent years in the Brazilian Amazonia

    Luiz Eduardo O.C Aragão;Yadvinder Malhi;Nicolas Barbier;Nicolas Barbier;Andre Lima

  • Long-term (1990–2019) monitoring of forest cover changes in the humid tropics

    Christelle Vancutsem;Frédéric Achard;J.F. Pekel;Ghislain Vieilledent

  • A large-scale field assessment of carbon stocks in human-modified tropical forests

    Erika Berenguer;Joice Ferreira;Toby Alan Gardner;Luiz Eduardo Oliveira Cruz Aragão

  • Persistent effects of a severe drought on Amazonian forest canopy

    Sassan Saatchi;Salvi Asefi-Najafabady;Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão

  • Net primary productivity allocation and cycling of carbon along a tropical forest elevational transect in the Peruvian Andes.

    C. A. J. Girardin;Y. Malhi;L. E. O. C. Aragão;M. Mamani

  • The Brazilian Amazon deforestation rate in 2020 is the greatest of the decade.

    Celso H L Silva Junior;Ana C M Pessôa;Nathália S Carvalho;João B C Reis

  • Comprehensive assessment of carbon productivity, allocation and storage in three Amazonian forests

    Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz Eduardo O. C. Aragão;Daniel B. Metcalfe;Daniel B. Metcalfe;Romilda Paiva

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • The Incidence of Fire in Amazonian Forests with Implications for REDD

    Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Yosio E. Shimabukuro

  • Plot Data from: "Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink."

    Roel J. W. Brienen;Oliver L. Phillips;Ted R. Feldpausch;Emanuel Gloor

Frequent Co-Authors

Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Liana O. Anderson
Liana O. Anderson National Institute for Space Research
Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro
Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro National Institute for Space Research
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Jos Barlow
Jos Barlow Lancaster University
Erika Berenguer
Erika Berenguer University of Oxford
Daniel B. Metcalfe
Daniel B. Metcalfe Umeå University
Patrick Meir
Patrick Meir University of Edinburgh
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Carlos A. Quesada
Carlos A. Quesada National Institute of Amazonian Research

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