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Paloma Ruiz-Benito

Paloma Ruiz-Benito

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
37
Citations
6503
World Ranking
6812
National Ranking
238

Paloma Ruiz-Benito 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 Paloma Ruiz-Benito sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 141 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Paloma Ruiz-Benito 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 Paloma Ruiz-Benito sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Paloma Ruiz-Benito is affiliated with the University of Alcalá in Spain and has a significant publication record focused on environmental science, with particular attention to ecological and climate-related topics.

Their main field of study is Environmental Science, encompassing 175 publications. Within this broad field, Ruiz-Benito's work is especially concentrated on subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecological Modeling, and Ecology.

Research topics covered include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Forest Ecology and Management, Tree-ring Climate Responses, Forest Management and Policy, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Fire Effects on Ecosystems.

Notable recent papers by Ruiz-Benito include:

  • "Above- and below-ground biodiversity jointly regulate temperate forest multifunctionality along a local-scale environmental gradient" (2020, Journal of Ecology)
  • "Evidence of non-stationary relationships between climate and forest responses: Increased sensitivity to climate change in Iberian forests" (2020, Global Change Biology)
  • "Structural diversity underpins carbon storage in Australian temperate forests" (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • "Few large trees, rather than plant diversity and composition, drive the above-ground biomass stock and dynamics of temperate forests in northeast China" (2020, Forest Ecology and Management)
  • "Demographic performance of European tree species at their hot and cold climatic edges" (2020, Journal of Ecology)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ruiz-Benito include Miguel Á. Zavala, Julen Astigarraga, Georges Künstler, Enrique Andivia, and Jonas Dahlgren. These collaborations indicate a networked approach to studying ecological and environmental systems.

The researcher has published extensively in several venues, with the highest number of contributions found in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Global Change Biology
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Plant functional traits have globally consistent effects on competition

    Georges Kunstler;Georges Kunstler;Daniel Falster;David A. Coomes;Francis Hui

  • Tree mortality across biomes is promoted by drought intensity, lower wood density and higher specific leaf area

    Sarah Greenwood;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Jordi Martínez-Vilalta;Francisco Lloret

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning relations in European forests depend on environmental context

    Sophia Ratcliffe;Christian Wirth;Christian Wirth;Tommaso Jucker;Tommaso Jucker;Fons van der Plas

  • Structural overshoot of tree growth with climate variability and the global spectrum of drought-induced forest dieback

    Alistair S. Jump;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Sarah Greenwood;Craig D. Allen

  • Diversity increases carbon storage and tree productivity in Spanish forests

    Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Alain Paquette;Christian Messier

  • Disentangling the relative importance of climate, size and competition on tree growth in Iberian forests: Implications for forest management under global change

    Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Raúl García-Valdés;Paloma Ruíz-Benito;Paloma Ruíz-Benito;Miguel A. Zavala;Miguel A. Zavala

  • Patterns and Drivers of Tree Mortality in Iberian Forests: Climatic Effects Are Modified by Competition

    Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Emily R. Lines;Emily R. Lines;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Miguel A. Zavala

  • Above- and below-ground biodiversity jointly regulate temperate forest multifunctionality along a local-scale environmental gradient

    Zuoqiang Yuan;Arshad Ali;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Tommaso Jucker

  • Aboveground carbon storage is driven by functional trait composition and stand structural attributes rather than biodiversity in temperate mixed forests recovering from disturbances

    Zuoqiang Yuan;Shaopeng Wang;Arshad Ali;Antonio Gazol

  • Continental mapping of forest ecosystem functions reveals a high but unrealised potential for forest multifunctionality.

    Fons van der Plas;Fons van der Plas;Sophia Ratcliffe;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Michael Scherer-Lorenzen

  • Modes of functional biodiversity control on tree productivity across the European continent

    Sophia Ratcliffe;Mario Liebergesell;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Jaime Madrigal González

  • Interspecific differences in tree growth and mortality responses to environmental drivers determine potential species distributional limits in Iberian forests

    Marta Benito-Garzón;Marta Benito-Garzón;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Miguel A. Zavala;Miguel A. Zavala

  • Large‐scale assessment of regeneration and diversity in Mediterranean planted pine forests along ecological gradients

    Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Lorena Gómez-Aparicio;Miguel A. Zavala;Miguel A. Zavala

  • Multiple abiotic and biotic pathways shape biomass demographic processes in temperate forests

    Zuoqiang Yuan;Arshad Ali;Tommaso Jucker;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito

  • Identifying the tree species compositions that maximize ecosystem functioning in European forests

    Lander Baeten;Helge Bruelheide;Fons van der Plas;Stephan Kambach

  • Structural diversity underpins carbon storage in Australian temperate forests

    Cristina Aponte;Sabine Kasel;Craig R. Nitschke;Mihai A. Tanase;Mihai A. Tanase

  • Evidence of non‐stationary relationships between climate and forest responses: Increased sensitivity to climate change in Iberian forests

    Julen Astigarraga;Enrique Andivia;Miguel A. Zavala;Antonio Gazol

  • Recent land cover changes in Spain across biogeographical regions and protection levels: Implications for conservation policies

    Jesús Martínez-Fernández;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Miguel A. Zavala;Miguel A. Zavala

  • Climate- and successional-related changes in functional composition of European forests are strongly driven by tree mortality.

    Paloma Ruiz‐Benito;Paloma Ruiz‐Benito;Sophia Ratcliffe;Miguel A. Zavala;Jordi Martínez‐Vilalta

  • Available and missing data to model impact of climate change on European forests

    Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Giorgio Vacchiano;Emily R. Lines;Christopher P.O. Reyer

  • Functional diversity underlies demographic responses to environmental variation in European forests

    Paloma Ruiz-Benito;Sophia Ratcliffe;Alistair S. Jump;Lorena Gomez-Aparicio

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel A. Zavala
Miguel A. Zavala University of Alcalá
Aleksi Lehtonen
Aleksi Lehtonen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Christian Wirth
Christian Wirth Leipzig University
Lorena Gómez-Aparicio
Lorena Gómez-Aparicio Spanish National Research Council
Tommaso Jucker
Tommaso Jucker University of Bristol
Jens Kattge
Jens Kattge Max Planck Society
David A. Coomes
David A. Coomes University of Cambridge
Alistair S. Jump
Alistair S. Jump University of Stirling
Fernando Valladares
Fernando Valladares Spanish National Research Council
Fons van der Plas
Fons van der Plas Wageningen University & Research

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