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210

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126
Citations
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World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Overview

Nancy Lee Harris is affiliated with the World Resources Institute in the United States. Their research primarily covers the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Molecular Biology.

Their recent publications address various aspects of forest carbon dynamics, land cover, and biomass changes. Notable papers include:

  • Global maps of twenty-first century forest carbon fluxes, 2021, published in Nature Climate Change
  • Mapping carbon accumulation potential from global natural forest regrowth, 2020, published in Nature
  • The Global 2000-2020 Land Cover and Land Use Change Dataset Derived From the Landsat Archive: First Results, 2022, published in Frontiers in Remote Sensing
  • Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century, 2021, published in Science Advances
  • Global Trends of Forest Loss Due to Fire From 2001 to 2019, 2022, published in Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Frequent coauthors with whom Harris has collaborated include:

  • David A. Gibbs
  • Martin Herold
  • Matthew C. Hansen
  • Peter Potapov
  • Svetlana Turubanova

Harris's work has appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Blood
  • Scientific Data
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Climate Change

Their research encompasses various topics in environmental and ecological science including:

  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture

Best Publications

  • A revised European-American classification of lymphoid neoplasms : a proposal from the international lymphoma study group

    NL Harris;ES Jaffe;H Stein;PM Banks

  • The 2016 revision of the World Health Organization classification of lymphoid neoplasms

    Steven H. Swerdlow;Elias Campo;Stefano A. Pileri;Nancy Lee Harris

  • The 2008 revision of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of myeloid neoplasms and acute leukemia: rationale and important changes

    James W. Vardiman;Jüergen Thiele;Daniel A. Arber;Richard D. Brunning

  • World Health Organization classification of neoplastic diseases of the hematopoietic and lymphoid tissues: report of the Clinical Advisory Committee meeting-Airlie House, Virginia, November 1997.

    Nancy Lee Harris;Elaine S. Jaffe;Jacques Diebold;Georges Flandrin

  • WHO-EORTC classification for cutaneous lymphomas.

    Rein Willemze;Elaine S. Jaffe;Günter Burg;Lorenzo Cerroni

  • Report of an International Workshop to Standardize Response Criteria for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas

    B D Cheson;S J Horning;B Coiffier;M A Shipp

  • A clinical evaluation of the International Lymphoma Study Group classification of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

    James O. Armitage

  • The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of the myeloid neoplasms.

    James W. Vardiman;Nancy Lee Harris;Richard D. Brunning

  • The 2008 WHO classification of lymphoid neoplasms and beyond: evolving concepts and practical applications.

    Elias Campo;Steven H. Swerdlow;Nancy L. Harris;Stefano Pileri

  • MYD88 L265P Somatic Mutation in Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia

    Steven P. Treon;Lian Xu;Guang Yang;Yangsheng Zhou

  • The World Health Organization Classification of Neoplastic Diseases of the Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues Report of the Clinical Advisory Committee Meeting, Airlie House, Virginia, November, 1997

    N. L. Harris;E. S. Jaffe;J. Diebold;G. Flandrin

  • ALK - anaplastic large-cell lymphoma is clinically and immunophenotypically different from both ALK + ALCL and peripheral T-cell lymphoma, not otherwise specified: Report from the International Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma Project

    Kerry J. Savage;Nancy Lee Harris;Julie Marie Vose;Fred Ullrich

  • The molecular signature of mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma differs from that of other diffuse large B-cell lymphomas and shares features with classical Hodgkin lymphoma

    Kerry J. Savage;Stefano Monti;Jeffery L. Kutok;Giorgio Cattoretti

  • Ibrutinib in Previously Treated Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia

    Steven P. Treon;Christina K. Tripsas;Kirsten Meid;Diane Warren

  • Molecular profiling of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma identifies robust subtypes including one characterized by host inflammatory response

    Stefano Monti;Kerry J. Savage;Jeffery L. Kutok;Friedrich Feuerhake

  • Tumours of histiocytes and accessory dendritic cells: an immunohistochemical approach to classification from the International Lymphoma Study Group based on 61 cases

    S. A. Pileri;T. M. Grogan;N. L. Harris;P Banks

  • Mantle cell lymphoma. A proposal for unification of morphologic, immunologic, and molecular data.

    Banks Pm;Chan J;Cleary Ml;Delsol G

  • Hodgkin's disease and Epstein-Barr virus. Altered antibody pattern before diagnosis.

    Nancy Mueller;Alfred Evans;Nancy L. Harris;George W. Comstock

  • The World Health Organization classification of neoplastic diseases of the haematopoietic and lymphoid tissues: report of the Clinical Advisory Committee Meeting, Airlie House, Virginia, November 1997

    N L Harris;E S Jaffe;J Diebold;G Flandrin

  • The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Thymus: Continuity and Changes

    Alexander Marx;John K.C. Chan;Jean-Michel Coindre;Frank Detterbeck

Frequent Co-Authors

Judith A. Ferry
Judith A. Ferry Harvard University
Elaine S. Jaffe
Elaine S. Jaffe National Institutes of Health
Julie M. Vose
Julie M. Vose University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ranjana H. Advani
Ranjana H. Advani Stanford University
Andrew D. Zelenetz
Andrew D. Zelenetz Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
James W. Vardiman
James W. Vardiman University of Chicago
Leo I. Gordon
Leo I. Gordon Northwestern University
Luis Fayad
Luis Fayad The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stefano Pileri
Stefano Pileri European Institute of Oncology
Elias Campo
Elias Campo University of Barcelona

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