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Peter H. Raven

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
78
Citations
40720
World Ranking
889
National Ranking
332

Peter H. Raven publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 372 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter H. Raven 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 Peter H. Raven sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 78 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • 2002 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 2000 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his contributions to the dynamics of plant systematics and evolution, the introduction of the concept of coevolution, and his major contribution to the international efforts to preserve biodiversity.", Presented by Dr. Neal Lane, Assistant to the President for Science & Technology, at a black-tie dinner awards ceremony at the National Building Museum, Washington, DC, Friday, December 1, 2000.
  • 1993 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 1985 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation
  • 1980 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1977 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1977 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1969 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Peter H. Raven is affiliated with the Missouri Botanical Garden in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a noteworthy focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Sociology and Political Science, and Genetics.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal and Plant Science Education
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • Biological Control of Invasive Species
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research

Recent publications by Peter H. Raven include:

  • "Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The distribution of biodiversity richness in the tropics," 2020, Science Advances

Some other notable papers co-authored with frequent collaborators include:

  • "Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future," 2021, Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • "The importance of resource security for poverty eradication," 2021, Nature Sustainability

Peter H. Raven frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Mathis Wackernagel
  • Paul R. Ehrlich
  • Gerardo Ceballos
  • Corey J. A. Bradshaw
  • Andrew J. Beattie

Their research is often published in prominent venues such as:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Conservation Science
  • National Science Review
  • Novon A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature
  • The Quarterly Review of Biology

Throughout their career, Peter H. Raven has been recognized with several awards and honors including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 2008
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom, 2002
  • US President's National Medal of Science, 2000, awarded for contributions to plant systematics, coevolution concepts, and biodiversity preservation efforts
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences, 1993
  • Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation, 1985
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1980
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 1977
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1977
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1969

Best Publications

  • BUTTERFLIES AND PLANTS: A STUDY IN COEVOLUTION

    Paul R. Ehrlich;Peter H. Raven

  • The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

    S. L. Pimm;C. N. Jenkins;R. Abell;T. M. Brooks

  • Angiosperm Biogeography and Past Continental Movements

    Peter H. Raven;Daniel I. Axelrod

  • Global State of Biodiversity and Loss

    Rodolfo Dirzo;Peter H. Raven

  • ORIGIN OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS

    Peter H. Raven;Lynn Margulis

  • Biology of Plants

    Peter H. Raven;Ray Franklin Evert;Susan E. Eichhorn

  • Biodiversity. Extinction by numbers

    Stuart L. Pimm;Peter Raven

  • Differentiation of Populations: Gene flow seems to be less important in speciation than the neo-Darwinians thought.

    Paul R. Ehrlich;Peter H. Raven

  • General Principles of Classification and Nomenclature in Folk Biology

    Dennis E. Breedlove;Peter H. Raven

  • Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction.

    Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich;Peter H. Raven

  • Energetics and Pollination Ecology

    Bernd Heinrich;Peter H. Raven

  • Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity.

    Peter H. Raven;David L. Wagner

  • Coevolution of Animals and Plants.

    Peter Bernhardt;Lawrence E. Gilbert;Peter H. Raven

  • An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas.

    Carmen Ulloa Ulloa;Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez;Stephan Beck;Manuel J. Belgrano

  • Origin and Relationships of the California Flora

    Peter H. Raven;Daniel I. Axelrod

  • Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

    Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Corey J. A. Bradshaw;Paul R. Ehrlich;Andrew Beattie;Gerardo Ceballos

  • Human impacts on the rates of recent, present, and future bird extinctions.

    Stuart Pimm;Peter Raven;Alan Peterson;Çağan H. Şekercioğlu

  • Ecological and evolutionary significance of mycorrhizal symbioses in vascular plants (A Review).

    D. W. Malloch;K. A. Pirozynski;P. H. Raven

  • The Bases of Angiosperm Phylogeny: Cytology

    Peter H. Raven

  • Taxonomy: impediment or expedient?

    Quentin D. Wheeler;Peter H. Raven;Edward O. Wilson

  • Biology of Plants.

    Peter H. Lovell;P. H. Raven;H. Curtis

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Ehrlich
Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University
Stuart L. Pimm
Stuart L. Pimm Duke University
Harold A. Mooney
Harold A. Mooney Stanford University
Ray F. Evert
Ray F. Evert University of Wisconsin–Madison
Warren L. Wagner
Warren L. Wagner Smithsonian Institution
Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis University of Massachusetts Amherst
Edward O. Wilson
Edward O. Wilson Harvard University
Peter R. Crane
Peter R. Crane Yale University
Sandra Knapp
Sandra Knapp American Museum of Natural History
Mathis Wackernagel
Mathis Wackernagel Technical University of Munich

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