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Ecology and Evolution
Netherlands
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
138
Citations
133309
World Ranking
50
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2016 - BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
  • 2012 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - Spinoza Prize, Dutch Research Council

Overview

Marten Scheffer is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their primary field of study is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The research topics that Scheffer frequently addresses include:

  • Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
  • Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research

Scheffer has coauthored numerous papers alongside a group of frequent collaborators. These coauthors include Egbert H. van Nes, Timothy M. Lenton, Chi Xu, Stephen R. Carpenter, and Carl Folke.

The scientist's work has been published extensively in several key venues, such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Some of the recent papers associated with Scheffer include:

  • Safe and just Earth system boundaries, 2023, Nature
  • Future of the human climate niche, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Climate Endgame: Exploring catastrophic climate change scenarios, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere, 2021, AMBIO
  • Quantifying the human cost of global warming, 2023, Nature Sustainability

Throughout their career, Scheffer has received several awards recognizing their contributions to science. These include the Spinoza Prize from the Dutch Research Council in 2009, membership in the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2012, the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in 2016, and membership in the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.

Best Publications

  • A safe operating space for humanity

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Kevin Noone;Åsa Persson;Åsa Persson

  • Catastrophic shifts in ecosystems.

    Marten Scheffer;Steve Carpenter;Jonathan A. Foley;Carl Folke

  • Planetary boundaries: Exploring the safe operating space for humanity

    Johan Rockström;Johan Rockström;Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Kevin Noone;Åsa Persson;Åsa Persson

  • Resilience thinking: integrating resilience, adaptability and transformability

    Carl Folke;Stephen R. Carpenter;Brian Walker;Marten Scheffer

  • Early-warning signals for critical transitions

    Marten Scheffer;Jordi Bascompte;William A. Brock;Victor Brovkin

  • Regime Shifts, Resilience, and Biodiversity in Ecosystem Management

    Carl Folke;Steve Carpenter;Brian Walker;Marten Scheffer

  • Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

    James A. Estes;John Terborgh;Justin S. Brashares;Mary E. Power

  • Ecology of Shallow Lakes

    Marten Scheffer

  • Alternative equilibria in shallow lakes

    M Scheffer;S H Hosper;M L Meijer;B Moss

  • Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene.

    Will Steffen;Johan Rockström;Katherine Richardson;Timothy M. Lenton

  • Catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems: linking theory to observation

    Marten Scheffer;Stephen R. Carpenter

  • Anticipating Critical Transitions

    Marten Scheffer;Marten Scheffer;Stephen R. Carpenter;Timothy M. Lenton;Jordi Bascompte

  • The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship

    Will Steffen;Will Steffen;Asa Persson;Asa Persson;Lisa Deutsch;J Zalasiewicz

  • Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Terry P. Hughes;Michele L. Barnes;David R. Bellwood;Joshua E. Cinner

  • Global Resilience of Tropical Forest and Savanna to Critical Transitions

    Marina Hirota;Milena Holmgren;Egbert H. Van Nes;Marten Scheffer

  • The interplay of facilitation and competition in plant communities

    Milena Holmgren;Marten Scheffer;Michael A. Huston

  • Slowing down as an early warning signal for abrupt climate change

    Vasilis Dakos;Marten Scheffer;Egbert H. van Nes;Victor Brovkin

  • Methods for detecting early warnings of critical transitions in time series illustrated using simulated ecological data

    Vasilis Dakos;Vasilis Dakos;Stephen R. Carpenter;William A. Brock;Aaron M. Ellison

  • Warmer climates boost cyanobacterial dominance in shallow lakes

    Sarian Kosten;Sarian Kosten;Vera L. M. Huszar;Eloy Bécares;Luciana S. Costa

  • Globalization, Roving Bandits, and Marine Resources

    F. Berkes;T. P. Hughes;R. S. Steneck;J. A. Wilson

Frequent Co-Authors

Egbert H. van Nes
Egbert H. van Nes Wageningen University & Research
Carl Folke
Carl Folke Stockholm University
Vasilis Dakos
Vasilis Dakos University of Montpellier
Milena Holmgren
Milena Holmgren Wageningen University & Research
Stephen R. Carpenter
Stephen R. Carpenter University of Wisconsin–Madison
Edwin T. H. M. Peeters
Edwin T. H. M. Peeters Wageningen University & Research
Brian Walker
Brian Walker Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Terry P. Hughes
Terry P. Hughes James Cook University
Timothy M. Lenton
Timothy M. Lenton University of Exeter
Sarian Kosten
Sarian Kosten Radboud University

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