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D-Index
42
Citations
5633
World Ranking
5649
National Ranking
22

Margaret Skutsch 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 Margaret Skutsch sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 162 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Margaret Skutsch 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 Margaret Skutsch sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Margaret Skutsch is affiliated with the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses on several specialized subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Environmental Engineering, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics addressed in Margaret Skutsch's research include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Forest Management and Policy, Forest Ecology and Management, Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Economic and Environmental Valuation, and Climate Change and Health Impacts.

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Margaret Skutsch are:

  • REDD+: If communities are the solution, what is the problem? (2020, World Development)
  • Remote sensing of forest degradation: a review (2020, Environmental Research Letters)
  • Surveillance in the COVID-19 Normal (2020, International Journal of E-Planning Research)
  • Mapping Forest Degradation and Contributing Factors in a Tropical Dry Forest (2022, Frontiers in Environmental Science)
  • Relational values and management of plant resources in two communities in a highly biodiverse area in western Mexico (2022, Agriculture and Human Values)

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Margaret Skutsch include Yan Gao, Jonathan V. Solórzano, Ana Sofía Monroy-Sais, Eduardo García-Frapolli, and Alejandro Casas. These collaborations have contributed to research published across various scientific journals.

Margaret Skutsch's work appears frequently in the following publication venues:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • World Development
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Agriculture and Human Values
  • International Journal of E-Planning Research

Best Publications

  • Monitoring, reporting and verification for national REDD + programmes: two proposals

    Martin Herold;Margaret Skutsch

  • At the heart of REDD+: a role for local people in monitoring forests?

    Finn Danielsen;Margaret Skutsch;Margaret Skutsch;Neil D. Burgess;Neil D. Burgess;Per Moestrup Jensen

  • A synopsis of land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) under the Kyoto Protocol and Marrakech Accords

    B. Schlamadinger;N. Bird;T. Johns;T. Johns;S. Brown

  • Remote sensing of forest degradation: a review

    Yan Gao;Margaret Skutsch;Jaime Paneque-Gálvez;Adrian Ghilardi

  • Options for monitoring and estimating historical carbon emissions from forest degradation in the context of REDD

    Martin Herold;Rosa María Román-Cuesta;Danilo Mollicone;Yasumasa Hirata

  • Clearing the way for reducing emissions from tropical deforestation

    Margaret Skutsch;N. Bird;E. Trines;M. Dutschke

  • The gender - Energy- Poverty NEXUS : finding the energy to address gender concerns in development

    Joy S. Clancy;Margaret Skutsch;Simon Batchelor

  • The cost of carbon abatement through community forest management in Nepal Himalaya

    Bhaskar Singh Karky;Margaret Skutsch;Margaret Skutsch

  • A sourcebook of methods and procedures for monitoring and reporting anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and removals associated with deforestation, gains and losses of carbon stocks in forests remaining forests, and forestation.: GOFC-GOLD Report version COP18-1

    Frederic Achard;Sandra Brown;Michael Brady;Ruth DeFries

  • Rapid warming in the Himalayas: Ecosystem responses and development options

    Surendra P. Singh;Vishal Singh;Margaret Skutsch

  • How countries link REDD+ interventions to drivers in their readiness plans: implications for monitoring systems

    G Salvini;M Herold;V De Sy;G Kissinger

  • Payments for ecosystem services and rural development: Landowners' preferences and potential participation in western Mexico

    Arturo Balderas Torres;Arturo Balderas Torres;D.C. MacMillan;Margaret Skutsch;Margaret Skutsch;Jonathan Cranidge Lovett;Jonathan Cranidge Lovett

  • The role of community carbon monitoring for REDD+: a review of experiences

    Alejandra Larrazábal;Alejandra Larrazábal;Michael K McCall;Michael K McCall;Tuyeni H Mwampamba;Margaret Skutsch;Margaret Skutsch

  • The potential for sustainable biomass pellets in Mexico: An analysis of energy potential, logistic costs and market demand

    Raúl Tauro;Carlos A. García;Margaret Skutsch;Omar Masera

  • Jatropha in Mexico: Environmental and social impacts of an incipient biofuel program

    Margaret Skutsch;Emilio de los Rios;Silvia Solis;Enrique Riegelhaupt

  • Reducing carbon emissions through community-managed forests in the Himalaya

    K. Banskota;B.S. Karky;Margaret Skutsch

  • Community forest monitoring for the carbon market : opportunities under REDD

    Margaret McCall Skutsch

  • Gender analysis for energy projects and programmes

    Margaret M. Skutsch

  • Protocols, treaties, and action: the 'climate change process' viewed through gender spectacles

    Margaret M. Skutsch

  • Assessing deforestation from biofuels: Methodological challenges

    Yan Gao;Margaret Skutsch;Rudi Drigo;Pablo Pacheco

  • Alternative models for carbon payments to communities under REDD+: A comparison using the Polis model of actor inducements

    Margaret Skutsch;Margaret Skutsch;Ben Vickers;Yola Georgiadou;Michael McCall;Michael McCall

  • The cost of carbon abatement through community forest management in

    Bhaskar Singh Karky;Margaret Skutsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon C. Lovett
Jon C. Lovett University of Leeds
Martin Herold
Martin Herold Wageningen University & Research
Omar Masera
Omar Masera National Autonomous University of Mexico
Douglas C. MacMillan
Douglas C. MacMillan University of Kent
Daniel Murdiyarso
Daniel Murdiyarso IPB University
Esther Turnhout
Esther Turnhout University of Twente
Pablo Pacheco
Pablo Pacheco World Wildlife Fund
Manuel R. Guariguata
Manuel R. Guariguata Center for International Forestry Research, Peru
Markku Kanninen
Markku Kanninen University of Helsinki
David J. Midmore
David J. Midmore Central Queensland University

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