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Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez

Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez

Colorado State University
United States

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
8742
World Ranking
4420
National Ranking
1545

Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 149 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez 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 Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant focus on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work covers a wide range of topics that include:

  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Rural development and sustainability

Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez has published several papers in multiple venues. Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • Six modes of co-production for sustainability, 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations, 2021, Global Environmental Change
  • Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism, 2021, One Earth
  • Adaptive, Multipaddock Rotational Grazing Management: A Ranch-Scale Assessment of Effects on Vegetation and Livestock Performance in Semiarid Rangeland, 2020, Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Spanish women pastoralists' pathways into livestock management: Motivations, challenges and learning, 2021, Journal of Rural Studies

The regular publication venues where the scientist's work frequently appears are:

  • Rangeland Ecology & Management
  • Journal of Rural Studies
  • Ecology and Society
  • Agriculture and Human Values
  • Frontiers of Earth Science

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Robin S. Reid
  • Hailey Wilmer
  • David J. Augustine
  • Justin Derner
  • Lauren M. Porensky

Best Publications

  • The role of Mongolian nomadic pastoralists' ecological knowledge in rangeland management.

    Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez

  • Adaptive Management and Social Learning in Collaborative and Community-Based Monitoring: a Study of Five Community-Based Forestry Organizations in the western USA

    Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez;Heidi L. Ballard;Victoria E. Sturtevant

  • Six modes of co-production for sustainability

    Josephine M. Chambers;Josephine M. Chambers;Josephine M. Chambers;Carina Wyborn;Carina Wyborn;Melanie E. Ryan;Robin S. Reid

  • Testing a non-equilibrium model of rangeland vegetation dynamics in Mongolia

    Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez;Barbara Allen-Diaz

  • Dynamics and Resilience of Rangelands and Pastoral Peoples Around the Globe

    Robin S. Reid;María E. Fernández-Giménez;Kathleen A. Galvin

  • Origin, Persistence, and Resolution of the Rotational Grazing Debate: Integrating Human Dimensions Into Rangeland Research

    D.D. Briske;Nathan F. Sayre;L. Huntsinger;M. Fernandez-Gimenez

  • Mobility in pastoral systems: Dynamic flux or downward trend?

    Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez;Sonya Le Febre

  • Vegetation change along gradients from water sources in three grazed Mongolian ecosystems

    Maria Fernandez-Gimenez;Barbara Allen-Diaz

  • Pyrenean pastoralists' ecological knowledge: Documentation and application to natural resource management and adaptation

    María E. Fernández-Giménez;Federico Fillat Estaque

  • Integration of local ecological knowledge and conventional science: A study of seven community-based forestry organizations in the USA

    Heidi L. Ballard;Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez;Victoria E. Sturtevant

  • Knowledge in Practice: Documenting Rancher Local Knowledge in Northwest Colorado

    Corrine Noel Knapp;Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez

  • Integration or co-optation? Traditional knowledge and science in the Alaska Beluga Whale Committee

    Maria E. Fernandez-Gimenez;Henry P. Huntington;Kathryn J. Frost

  • State and Transition Models: Theory, Applications, and Challenges

    Brandon T. Bestelmeyer;Andrew Ash;Joel R. Brown;Bulgamaa Densambuu

  • Placing Transdisciplinarity in Context: A Review of Approaches to Connect Scholars, Society and Action

    Corrine Nöel Knapp;Robin S. Reid;María E. Fernández-Giménez;Julia A. Klein

  • Exploring linked ecological and cultural tipping points in Mongolia

    María E. Fernández-Giménez;Niah H. Venable;Jay Angerer;Steven R. Fassnacht

  • Observations on the workshop as a means of improving communication between holders of traditional and scientific knowledge.

    Henry P Huntington;Patricia K Brown-Schwalenberg;Kathryn J Frost;Maria E Fernandez-Gimenez

  • Using Participatory Workshops to Integrate State-and-Transition Models Created With Local Knowledge and Ecological Data

    Corrine Noel Knapp;Corrine Noel Knapp;Maria Fernandez-Gimenez;Emily Kachergis;Aleta Rudeen

  • Toward a holistic understanding of pastoralism

    Pablo Manzano;Daniel Burgas;Luis Cadahía;Jussi T. Eronen

  • Prospects for the sustainability of social-ecological systems (SES) on the Mongolian plateau: five critical issues

    Jiquan Chen;Ranjeet John;Ranjeet John;Ge Sun;Peilei Fan

  • Complexity fosters learning in collaborative adaptive management

    María E. Fernández-Giménez;David J. Augustine;Lauren M. Porensky;Hailey Wilmer

  • Collaborative Adaptive Rangeland Management Fosters Management-Science Partnerships

    Hailey Wilmer;Justin D. Derner;María E. Fernández-Giménez;David D. Briske

  • Mongolian rangelands at a tipping point? Biomass and cover are stable but composition shifts and richness declines after 20 years of grazing and increasing temperatures.

    J. Khishigbayar;María E. Fernández-Giménez;Jay P. Angerer;R.S. Reid

Frequent Co-Authors

Robin S. Reid
Robin S. Reid Colorado State University
David D. Briske
David D. Briske Texas A&M University
Justin D. Derner
Justin D. Derner Agricultural Research Service
David J. Augustine
David J. Augustine Agricultural Research Service
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer
Brandon T. Bestelmeyer Agricultural Research Service
Kathleen A. Galvin
Kathleen A. Galvin Colorado State University
Ranjeet John
Ranjeet John University of South Dakota
Jiquan Chen
Jiquan Chen Michigan State University
Henry P. Huntington
Henry P. Huntington Ocean Conservancy
Lynn Huntsinger
Lynn Huntsinger University of California, Berkeley

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