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N. H. Ravindranath

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Environmental Sciences
India
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
61
Citations
18245
World Ranking
2715
National Ranking
20

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
61
Citations
18069
World Ranking
11164
National Ranking
50

N. H. Ravindranath publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where N. H. Ravindranath sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 217 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

N. H. Ravindranath D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where N. H. Ravindranath sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in India Leader Award

Overview

N. H. Ravindranath is a researcher affiliated with the Indian Institute of Science in India, focusing on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work primarily addresses issues related to climate change impacts, sustainable agricultural systems, and landscape conservation within the context of India and its surrounding regions.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these fields, Ravindranath's subfields of study incorporate:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecology

The scientist's major research topics cover:

  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Climate variability and models
  • Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
  • Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
  • Land Use and Management
  • Transboundary Water Resource Management
  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration

Recent publications by Ravindranath span a range of environmental topics, with notable examples including:

  • "Mitigation co-benefits of carbon sequestration from MGNREGS in India," 2021, PLoS ONE
  • "Indicator-based vulnerability assessment of forest ecosystem in the Indian Western Himalayas: An analytical hierarchy process integrated approach," 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • "Assessing climate-relevant vulnerability of the Indian Himalayan Region (IHR): a district-level analysis," 2022, Natural Hazards
  • "Assessing the Response of Forests to Environmental Variables using a Dynamic Global Vegetation Model: An Indian Perspective," 2020, Current Science
  • "The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification Report on Rising Aridity Trends Globally and Associated Biological and Agricultural Implications," 2024, Global Change Biology

Ravindranath often collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Manoj Kumar
  • Naveen Kalra
  • Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano
  • Narcisa G. Pricope
  • Andrea Toreti

The primary scientific venues where their work is published comprise:

  • Ecological Indicators
  • Global Change Biology
  • Natural Hazards
  • Current Science
  • PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry: A Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Robert T. Watson;Ian R. Noble;Bert Bolin;N.H. Ravindranath

  • Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

    Pete Smith;Mercedes Bustamante;Helal Ahammad;Harry Clark

  • Bioenergy and climate change mitigation: an assessment.

    Felix Creutzig;Nijavalli H. Ravindranath;Göran Berndes;Simon Bolwig

  • Grid-connected versus stand-alone energy systems for decentralized power—A review of literature

    Deepak Paramashivan Kaundinya;P Balachandra;NH Ravindranath

  • How much land based greenhouse gas mitigation can be achieved without compromising food security and environmental goals

    Pete Smith;Helmut Haberl;Alexander Popp;Karl Heinz Erb

  • The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture

    Jules N Pretty;William J Sutherland;Jacqueline Ashby;Jill Auburn

  • Carbon Inventory Methods: Handbook for Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Carbon Mitigation and Roundwood Production Projects

    NH Ravindranath;Madelene Ostwald

  • Decentralized energy planning; modeling and application—a review

    R.B. Hiremath;S. Shikha;N.H. Ravindranath

  • Biomass, Energy, and Environment: A Developing Country Perspective from India

    N.H. Ravindranath;D.O. Hall

  • CARBON FLOW IN INDIAN FORESTS

    N. H. Ravindranath;B. S. Somashekhar;Madhav Gadgil

  • Multi-model climate change projections for India under representative concentration pathways

    Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi;Jaideep Joshi;Mathangi Jayaraman;G Bala

  • The carbon sequestration potential of terrestrial ecosystems

    Rattan Lal;Pete Smith;Hermann F. Jungkunst;William J. Mitsch

  • Jatropha cultivation in southern India: assessing farmers experiences

    Lisa Axelsson;Maria A M Franzén;Madelene Ostwald;Göran Berndes

  • Climate change, sustainable development and India: Global and national concerns

    J Sathaye;PR Shukla;NH Ravindranath

  • Climate Change 2007 : Synthesis Report : An Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    L. Bernstein;P. Bosch;O. Canziani;Z. Chen

  • Carbon Sequestration Potential of Agroforestry Systems in India

    Indu K Murthy;Mohini Gupta;Sonam Tomar;Madhushree Munsi

  • Impact of climate change on forests in India

    NH Ravindranath;NV Joshi;R Sukumar;A Saxena

  • Assessment of sustainable non-plantation biomass resources potential for energy in India.

    N.H. Ravindranath;H.I. Somashekar;M.S. Nagaraja;P. Sudha

  • Decentralised renewable energy: Scope, relevance and applications in the Indian context

    R.B. Hiremath;Bimlesh Kumar;P. Balachandra;N.H. Ravindranath

  • Biofuel production and implications for land use, food production and environment in India

    N.H. Ravindranath;C. Sita Lakshmi;Ritumbra Manuvie;P. Balachandra

  • Applying IPCC 2014 framework for hazard-specific vulnerability assessment under climate change

    Jagmohan Sharma;Nijavalli H Ravindranath

Frequent Co-Authors

Jayant Sathaye
Jayant Sathaye Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Govindasamy Bala
Govindasamy Bala Indian Institute of Science
Raman Sukumar
Raman Sukumar Indian Institute of Science
Göran Berndes
Göran Berndes Chalmers University of Technology
Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Omar Masera
Omar Masera National Autonomous University of Mexico
Helmut Haberl
Helmut Haberl BOKU University
Francesco N. Tubiello
Francesco N. Tubiello Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Jules Pretty
Jules Pretty University of Essex
S. Dasappa
S. Dasappa Indian Institute of Science

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