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Environmental Sciences
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2023

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 92 529 499 22 19 212 98023

Navin Ramankutty publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Navin Ramankutty between 1992 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Navin Ramankutty published across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026, averaging 6.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 15 publications in 2010. 7 of the 230 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 15. Peak 15 publications in 2010. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 10 publications 2010: 15 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 9 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 5 publications 2026: 2 publications
1992 2026

230 publications in total across all disciplines

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Navin Ramankutty: publications per year, 1992 to 2026
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 0
1994 3
1995 1
1996 2
1997 1
1998 1
1999 3
2000 4
2001 4
2002 7
2003 6
2004 6
2005 8
2006 8
2007 14
2008 9
2009 10
2010 15
2011 8
2012 8
2013 5
2014 9
2015 9
2016 9
2017 9
2018 10
2019 14
2020 6
2021 9
2022 8
2023 12
2024 4
2025 5
2026 2
Total 230
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Navin Ramankutty publications per year - data summary

  • Navin Ramankutty, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of British Columbia, has 230 publications recorded across 35 years, from 1992 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1992 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2010, with 15 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1992, 1995, 1997 and 1998, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 35 years in the span carries no publications at all (1993).
  • The rate of publication averages 6.6 papers per year over the whole span, or 6.8 per year counting only the 34 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 31 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1992-2003: 33 publications (2.8 per year); 2004-2015: 109 publications (9.1 per year); 2016-2026: 88 publications (8.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Navin Ramankutty 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 Navin Ramankutty sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 211–220 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 212 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282 212
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Navin Ramankutty publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 66 ranges running from 41–50 to 690+ publications.
  • Navin Ramankutty, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of British Columbia, records 212 publications - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Navin Ramankutty, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 161–170 publications range, and Navin Ramankutty ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 121–130 publications, holding 617 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 67% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 201–210 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 690 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Navin Ramankutty 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 Navin Ramankutty sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 92 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22 92
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Navin Ramankutty D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,676 Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 97 ranges running from 30 to 126+ D-Index.
  • Navin Ramankutty, a Environmental Sciences scholar from University of British Columbia, records 92 D-Index - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Environmental Sciences scientists score the same or lower than Navin Ramankutty, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 51 D-Index range, and Navin Ramankutty ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 45 D-Index, holding 348 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 59% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 54 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more, 92 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Canada Leader Award

Overview

Navin Ramankutty is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada, focusing primarily on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their research encompasses multiple areas within these fields, with significant contributions to understanding sustainability and ecosystem management.

Ramankutty's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

The subfields they have contributed to include:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The key topics covered in Ramankutty's work are:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices

Frequent publication venues for Ramankutty's research include:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Nature Sustainability
  • Nature Food
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Ramankutty include:

  • "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability," 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Higher yields and more biodiversity on smaller farms," 2021, Nature Sustainability
  • "Functional connectivity of the world's protected areas," 2022, Science
  • "Livestock policy for sustainable development," 2020, Nature Food
  • "The global divide in data-driven farming," 2020, Nature Sustainability

Ramankutty collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Zia Mehrabi
  • Hannah Wittman
  • Claire Kremen
  • Angela Brennan
  • Robin Naidoo

Best Publications

  • Global Consequences of Land Use

    Jonathan A. Foley;Ruth DeFries;Gregory P. Asner;Carol Barford

  • Solutions for a cultivated planet

    Jonathan A. Foley;Navin Ramankutty;Kate A. Brauman;Emily S. Cassidy

  • Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing

    Piers Forster;Venkatachalam Ramaswamy;Paulo Artaxo;Terje Berntsen

  • MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets

    Mark A. Friedl;Damien Sulla-Menashe;Bin Tan;Annemarie Schneider

  • Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production

    Corey Lesk;Pedram Rowhani;Navin Ramankutty;Navin Ramankutty

  • Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management

    Nathaniel D. Mueller;James S. Gerber;Matt Johnston;Deepak K. Ray

  • Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture

    Verena Seufert;Navin Ramankutty;Jonathan A. Foley

  • Estimating historical changes in global land cover: Croplands from 1700 to 1992

    Navin Ramankutty;Jonathan A. Foley

  • Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models

    Wolfgang Cramer;Alberte Bondeau;F. Ian Woodward;I. Colin Prentice

  • Farming the planet: 2. Geographic distribution of crop areas, yields, physiological types, and net primary production in the year 2000

    Chad Monfreda;Navin Ramankutty;Jonathan A. Foley

  • Tropical forests were the primary sources of new agricultural land in the 1980s and 1990s

    Holly Gibbs;A. S. Ruesch;F. Achard;M. K. Clayton

  • Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world

    Erle C Ellis;Navin Ramankutty

  • Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000

    Navin Ramankutty;Amato T. Evan;Chad Monfreda;Jonathan A. Foley

  • An oscillation in the global climate system of period 65–70 years

    Michael E. Schlesinger;Navin Ramankutty

  • Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation

    Deepak K. Ray;Navin Ramankutty;Nathaniel D. Mueller;Paul C. West

  • Anthropogenic transformation of the biomes, 1700 to 2000

    Erle C. Ellis;Kees Klein Goldewijk;Stefan Siebert;Deborah Lightman

  • An integrated biosphere model of land surface processes, terrestrial carbon balance, and vegetation dynamics

    Jonathan A. Foley;I. Colin Prentice;Navin Ramankutty;Samuel Levis

  • Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change

    Richard A. Houghton;J.I. House;J. Pongratz;J. Pongratz;G. R. van der Werf

  • Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries

    Bruce M. Campbell;Douglas J. Beare;Elena M. Bennett;Jason M. Hall-Spencer

  • Crop planting dates: an analysis of global patterns.

    William J. Sacks;Delphine Deryng;Jonathan A. Foley;Navin Ramankutty

  • Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models

    A.D. McGuire;S. Sitch;Joy S. Clein;R. Dargaville

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan A. Foley
Jonathan A. Foley University of Minnesota
Thomas W. Hertel
Thomas W. Hertel Purdue University West Lafayette
Christopher J. Kucharik
Christopher J. Kucharik University of Wisconsin–Madison
Ruth S. DeFries
Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University
Michael E. Schlesinger
Michael E. Schlesinger University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Richard A. Houghton
Richard A. Houghton Woods Hole Research Center
Delphine Deryng
Delphine Deryng Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Michael T. Coe
Michael T. Coe Woods Hole Research Center
Mark A. Friedl
Mark A. Friedl Boston University
Stefan Siebert
Stefan Siebert University of Göttingen

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