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D-Index
38
Citations
7211
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8551
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386

Nicolas Barbier 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 Nicolas Barbier sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 114 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Nicolas Barbier 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 Nicolas Barbier sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 38 D-Index — 12th percentile

12% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Nicolas Barbier is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the field of Environmental Science. Their scholarly work focuses on topics such as Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications, Forest Ecology and Management, and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies.

Within the main field of Environmental Science, Barbier has contributed to several subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecological Modeling. Their research encompasses studies on species distribution and climate change, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, as well as land use and ecosystem services.

The scientist's research has been published across a variety of venues with frequent publications in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature
  • Frontiers in Remote Sensing

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Nicolas Barbier include:

  • "Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Aboveground biomass density models for NASA's Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission" (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • "Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change" (2021, Nature)
  • "Non-destructive estimation of individual tree biomass: Allometric models, terrestrial and UAV laser scanning" (2022, Remote Sensing of Environment)
  • "Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database" (2022, Global Change Biology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their notable co-authors include Pierre Ploton, Bonaventure Sonké, Raphaël Pélissier, Maxime Réjou-Méchain, and Pierre Couteron.

In addition to journal articles, Nicolas Barbier has contributed to book publications. One such publication is the "Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol," published by Ghent University in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Spatial validation reveals poor predictive performance of large-scale ecological mapping models.

    Pierre Ploton;Frédéric Mortier;Maxime Rejou-Mechain;Nicolas Barbier

  • Interactions between rainfall, deforestation and fires during recent years in the Brazilian Amazonia

    Luiz Eduardo O.C Aragão;Yadvinder Malhi;Nicolas Barbier;Nicolas Barbier;Andre Lima

  • Aboveground biomass density models for NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) lidar mission

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  • Allometric equations for integrating remote sensing imagery into forest monitoring programmes.

    Tommaso Jucker;John Caspersen;Jérôme Chave;Cécile Antin;Cécile Antin

  • The global biogeography of semi‐arid periodic vegetation patterns

    Vincent Deblauwe;Nicolas Serge Barbier;Pierre Couteron;Olivier Lejeune

  • Self-organized vegetation patterning as a fingerprint of climate and human impact on semi-arid ecosystems

    Nicolas Serge Barbier;Pierre Couteron;Jean Lejoly;Vincent Deblauwe

  • Remote sensing detection of droughts in Amazonian forest canopies.

    Liana O. Anderson;Yadvinder Malhi;Luiz E. O. C. Aragão;Richard Ladle;Richard Ladle

  • Unveiling African rainforest composition and vulnerability to global change

    Maxime Rejou-Mechain;Frédéric Mortier;Jean-François Bastin;Guillaume Cornu

  • The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation

    L. Duncanson;J. Armston;M. Disney;V. Avitabile

  • SPATIAL DECOUPLING OF FACILITATION AND COMPETITION AT THE ORIGIN OF GAPPED VEGETATION PATTERNS

    Nicolas Serge Barbier;Nicolas Serge Barbier;Pierre Couteron;René Lefever;Vincent Deblauwe

  • Seeing Central African forests through their largest trees

    J. F. Bastin;Nicolas Barbier;Maxime Réjou-Méchain;A. Fayolle

  • Non-destructive estimation of individual tree biomass: Allometric models, terrestrial and UAV laser scanning

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  • Environmental modulation of self‐organized periodic vegetation patterns in Sudan

    Vincent Deblauwe;Pierre Couteron;Olivier Lejeune;Jan Bogaert

  • Using terrestrial laser scanning data to estimate large tropical trees biomass and calibrate allometric models: A comparison with traditional destructive approach

    Stephane Momo Takoudjou;Stephane Momo Takoudjou;Pierre Ploton;Bonaventure Sonké;Jan Hackenberg;Jan Hackenberg

  • Determinants and dynamics of banded vegetation pattern migration in arid climates

    Vincent Deblauwe;Pierre Couteron;Jan Bogaert;Nicolas Serge Barbier

  • Assessing aboveground tropical forest biomass using Google Earth canopy images

    Pierre Ploton;Pierre Ploton;Raphaël Pélissier;Christophe Proisy;Théo Flavenot

  • Relationships between phenology, radiation and precipitation in the Amazon region

    Andrew V. Bradley;Nicolas Barbier;Graham P. Weedon

  • The variation of apparent crown size and canopy heterogeneity across lowland Amazonian forests

    Nicolas Serge Barbier;Pierre Couteron;Christophe C. Proisy;Yadvinder Malhi

  • Upscaling Forest Biomass from Field to Satellite Measurements: Sources of Errors and Ways to Reduce Them

    Maxime Réjou-Méchain;Nicolas Barbier;Pierre Couteron;Pierre Ploton

  • Tallo: A global tree allometry and crown architecture database

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  • Deeply gapped vegetation patterns: on crown/root allometry, criticality and desertification.

    René Lefever;Nicolas Serge Barbier;Pierre Couteron;Olivier Lejeune

  • Aboveground biomass mapping of African forest mosaics using canopy texture analysis: toward a regional approach.

    Jean-François Bastin;Jean-François Bastin;Jean-François Bastin;Nicolas Serge Barbier;Pierre Couteron;Benoît Adams

  • Closing a gap in tropical forest biomass estimation: taking crown mass variation into account in pantropical allometries

    Pierre Ploton;Nicolas Barbier;Stéphane Takoudjou Momo;Stéphane Takoudjou Momo;Maxime Réjou-Méchain

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre Couteron
Pierre Couteron Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Raphaël Pélissier
Raphaël Pélissier University of Montpellier
Bonaventure Sonké
Bonaventure Sonké Université de Yaoundé I
Maxime Réjou-Méchain
Maxime Réjou-Méchain Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Jan Bogaert
Jan Bogaert KU Leuven
Jérôme Chave
Jérôme Chave Paul Sabatier University
David Kenfack
David Kenfack Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Sassan Saatchi
Sassan Saatchi California Institute of Technology
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury
Sylvie Gourlet-Fleury Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement

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