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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
65
Citations
15313
World Ranking
1800
National Ranking
35

Ole Mertz publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ole Mertz sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 162 publications — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Ole Mertz D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ole Mertz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ole Mertz is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work focuses on a range of topics within environmental and agricultural sciences. These include:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Cambodian History and Society
  • African Botany and Ecology Studies
  • Forest Management and Policy

Ole Mertz has contributed to multiple scientific publications with notable recent papers, such as:

  • "Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period 850-2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6", 2020, published in Geoscientific Model Development
  • "An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel", 2020, published in Nature
  • "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability", 2022, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "More than one quarter of Africa's tree cover is found outside areas previously classified as forest", 2023, published in Nature Communications
  • "Nation-wide mapping of tree-level aboveground carbon stocks in Rwanda", 2022, published in Nature Climate Change

The scientist has frequently collaborated with other researchers, including Martin Brandt, Ankit Kariryaa, Jérôme Chave, Pierre Hiernaux, and Christian Igel. Each of these collaborators has co-authored at least ten publications with Ole Mertz.

Their research has been published repeatedly in various venues, with several publications appearing in:

  • Human Ecology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
  • Regional Environmental Change

Among book publications, Ole Mertz has contributed to a work published by CABI eBooks titled "Farmer Innovations and Best Practices by Shifting Cultivators in Asia-Pacific" in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Farmers' perceptions of climate change and agricultural adaptation strategies in rural Sahel

    Ole Mertz;Cheikh Mbow;Anette Reenberg;Awa Diouf

  • Harmonization of global land use change and management for the period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6

    George C. Hurtt;Louise Chini;Ritvik Sahajpal;Steve Frolking

  • Trends, drivers and impacts of changes in swidden cultivation in tropical forest-agriculture frontiers: A global assessment

    Nathalie van Vliet;Ole Mertz;Andreas Heinimann;Tobias Langanke

  • Adaptation to Climate Change in Developing Countries

    Ole Mertz;Kirsten Halsnæs;Jørgen E. Olesen;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Land system science and sustainable development of the earth system: A global land project perspective

    Peter H. Verburg;Neville Crossman;Erle C. Ellis;Andreas Heinimann

  • Ten facts about land systems for sustainability

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  • Harmonization of Global Land-Use Change and Management for the Period 850–2100 (LUH2) for CMIP6

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  • An unexpectedly large count of trees in the West African Sahara and Sahel

    Martin Brandt;Compton J. Tucker;Ankit Kariryaa;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Swidden Change in Southeast Asia: Understanding Causes and Consequences

    Ole Mertz;Christine Padoch;Jefferson Fox;R. A. Cramb

  • Land System Science: between global challenges and local realities.

    Peter H. Verburg;Karl Heinz Erb;Ole Mertz;Giovana Espindola

  • Social-ecological outcomes of agricultural intensification

    Laura Vang Rasmussen;Laura Vang Rasmussen;Brendan Coolsaet;Brendan Coolsaet;Adrian Martin;Ole Mertz

  • A global view of shifting cultivation: Recent, current, and future extent

    Andrew Heinimann;Ole Mertz;Stephen E. Frolking;Andreas Egelund Christensen

  • Carbon outcomes of major land-cover transitions in SE Asia: great uncertainties and REDD+ policy implications

    Alan D. Ziegler;Jacob Phelps;Jia Qi Yuen;Edward L. Webb

  • Human population growth offsets climate-driven increase in woody vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa

    Martin Brandt;Kjeld Rasmussen;Josep Peñuelas;Feng Tian

  • The Demise of Swidden in Southeast Asia? Local Realities and Regional Ambiguities

    Christine Padoch;Kevin Coffey;Ole Mertz;Stephen J. Leisz

  • An Assessment of Trends in the Extent of Swidden in Southeast Asia

    Dietrich Schmidt-Vogt;Stephen J. Leisz;Ole Mertz;Andreas Heinimann

  • Ecosystem services and nature’s contribution to people: negotiating diverse values and trade-offs in land systems

    Erle C Ellis;Unai Pascual;Unai Pascual;Unai Pascual;Ole Mertz

  • Ecosystem services and biodiversity in developing countries

    Ole Mertz;Helle Munk Ravnborg;Gabor L. Lövei;Ivan Nielsen

  • The relationship between length of fallow and crop yields in shifting cultivation: a rethinking

    O. Mertz

  • The impact of swidden decline on livelihoods and ecosystem services in Southeast Asia: a review of the evidence from 1990 to 2015

    Wolfram H Dressler;David Wilson;Jessica Clendenning;Rob Cramb

  • The history of environmental change and adaptation in eastern Saloum–Senegal—Driving forces and perceptions

    Cheikh Mbow;Ole Mertz;Awa Diouf;Kjeld Rasmussen

  • Regime shifts limit the predictability of land-system change

    Daniel Müller;Daniel Müller;Zhanli Sun;Thoumthone Vongvisouk;Thoumthone Vongvisouk;Dirk Pflugmacher

  • Trends in shifting cultivation and the REDD mechanism

    Ole Mertz

Frequent Co-Authors

Kjeld Rasmussen
Kjeld Rasmussen University of Copenhagen
Rasmus Fensholt
Rasmus Fensholt University of Copenhagen
Christine Padoch
Christine Padoch New York Botanical Garden
Jean-Christophe Castella
Jean-Christophe Castella Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Anette Reenberg
Anette Reenberg University of Copenhagen
Daniel Müller
Daniel Müller Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Cheikh Mbow
Cheikh Mbow Centre de Suivi Ecologique
Kees Klein Goldewijk
Kees Klein Goldewijk Utrecht University
Peter H. Verburg
Peter H. Verburg Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
George C. Hurtt
George C. Hurtt University of Maryland, College Park

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