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D-Index
63
Citations
22956
World Ranking
687
National Ranking
435

Paul J. Ferraro publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul J. Ferraro sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 140 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Paul J. Ferraro D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul J. Ferraro sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 63 D-Index — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Paul J. Ferraro is affiliated with Johns Hopkins University in the United States. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, primarily focused on Environmental Science and Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. Their extensive publication record reflects contributions to environmental and economic valuation, sustainability, and conservation topics.

The main fields of study in Paul J. Ferraro's research include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Within these fields, they have specialized in several subfields such as:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Sociology and Political Science

The primary topics covered in their work are:

  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Environmental Sustainability in Business

Paul J. Ferraro has published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • PLoS ONE
  • Science Advances
  • Nature Communications

Some of their recent papers are:

  • "Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science," 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • "Causal Effect of Impervious Cover on Annual Flood Magnitude for the United States," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Conditional cash transfers to alleviate poverty also reduced deforestation in Indonesia," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Causal assumptions and causal inference in ecological experiments," 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a range of co-authors, including:

  • Kent D. Messer
  • Collin Weigel
  • Kaitlin Kimmel
  • Francisco Alpízar
  • María Bernedo Del Carpio

Best Publications

  • Money for nothing? A call for empirical evaluation of biodiversity conservation investments.

    Paul J Ferraro;Subhrendu K Pattanayak

  • Direct payments to conserve biodiversity

    Paul J. Ferraro;Agnes Kiss

  • Integrating economic costs into conservation planning.

    Robin Naidoo;Andrew Balmford;Paul J. Ferraro;Stephen Polasky

  • Measuring the effectiveness of protected area networks in reducing deforestation

    Kwaw S. Andam;Paul J. Ferraro;Alexander Pfaff;G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa

  • Show Me the Money: Do Payments Supply Environmental Services in Developing Countries?

    Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Sven Wunder;Paul J. Ferraro

  • Using Non-Pecuniary Strategies to Influence Behavior: Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment

    Paul J. Ferraro;Michael K. Price

  • Ecosystem services and economic theory: integration for policy-relevant research.

    Brendan Fisher;Kerry Turner;Matthew Zylstra;Roy Brouwer

  • Asymmetric information and contract design for payments for environmental services

    Paul J. Ferraro

  • One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity

    W.J. Sutherland;W.M. Adams;R.B. Aronson;R. Aveling

  • Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand

    Kwaw S. Andam;Paul J. Ferraro;Katharine R. E. Sims;Andrew Healy

  • Counterfactual Thinking and Impact Evaluation in Environmental Policy

    Paul J. Ferraro

  • The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Payments

    Paul J. Ferraro;R. David Simpson

  • Global Habitat Protection: Limitations of Development Interventions and a Role for Conservation Performance Payments

    Paul J. Ferraro

  • The Persistence of Treatment Effects with Norm-Based Policy Instruments: Evidence from a Randomized Environmental Policy Experiment

    Paul J. Ferraro;Juan Jose Miranda;Michael K. Price

  • Mainstreaming Impact Evaluation in Nature Conservation

    Kathy Baylis;Jordi Honey-Rosés;Jan Börner;Esteve Corbera

  • Evaluation of biodiversity policy instruments: what works and what doesn't?

    Daniela A. Miteva;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Paul J. Ferraro

  • Do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Forest Cover?: A Farm-Level Evaluation from Costa Rica

    Rodrigo A. Arriagada;Paul J. Ferraro;Erin O. Sills;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

  • Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction

    Paul J. Ferraro;Merlin M. Hanauer;Katharine R. E. Sims

  • Nudging pro-environmental behavior: evidence and opportunities

    Hilary Byerly;Andrew Balmford;Paul J Ferraro;Courtney Hammond Wagner

  • Quantifying causal mechanisms to determine how protected areas affect poverty through changes in ecosystem services and infrastructure

    Paul J. Ferraro;Merlin M. Hanauer

Frequent Co-Authors

Kent D. Messer
Kent D. Messer University of Delaware
Erin O. Sills
Erin O. Sills North Carolina State University
Sven Wunder
Sven Wunder European Forest Institute
Brendan Fisher
Brendan Fisher University of Vermont
Andrew Balmford
Andrew Balmford University of Cambridge
Taylor H. Ricketts
Taylor H. Ricketts University of Vermont
John A. List
John A. List University of Chicago
Stephen Polasky
Stephen Polasky University of Minnesota
Alexander Pfaff
Alexander Pfaff Duke University

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