2026 Peter H. Raven: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	78	893	851	332	311	372	40720

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

5574
Citations
The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

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

3959
Citations
Angiosperm Biogeography and Past Continental Movements

Peter H. Raven;Daniel I. Axelrod

1867
Citations
Global State of Biodiversity and Loss

Rodolfo Dirzo;Peter H. Raven

1641
Citations
ORIGIN OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS

Peter H. Raven;Lynn Margulis

1634
Citations
Biology of Plants

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

1498
Citations
Biodiversity. Extinction by numbers

Stuart L. Pimm;Peter Raven

1384
Citations
Differentiation of Populations: Gene flow seems to be less important in speciation than the neo-Darwinians thought.

Paul R. Ehrlich;Peter H. Raven

1070
Citations
General Principles of Classification and Nomenclature in Folk Biology

Dennis E. Breedlove;Peter H. Raven

983
Citations
Vertebrates on the brink as indicators of biological annihilation and the sixth mass extinction.

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

868
Citations
Energetics and Pollination Ecology

Bernd Heinrich;Peter H. Raven

783
Citations
Agricultural intensification and climate change are rapidly decreasing insect biodiversity.

Peter H. Raven;David L. Wagner

698
Citations
Coevolution of Animals and Plants.

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

560
Citations
An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas.

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

553
Citations
Origin and Relationships of the California Flora

Peter H. Raven;Daniel I. Axelrod

547
Citations
Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future

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

516
Citations
Human impacts on the rates of recent, present, and future bird extinctions.

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

438
Citations
Ecological and evolutionary significance of mycorrhizal symbioses in vascular plants (A Review).

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

437
Citations
The Bases of Angiosperm Phylogeny: Cytology

Peter H. Raven

428
Citations
Taxonomy: impediment or expedient?

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

406
Citations
Biology of Plants.

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

9
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul R. Ehrlich Stanford University

Stuart L. Pimm Duke University

Harold A. Mooney Stanford University

Ray F. Evert University of Wisconsin–Madison

Warren L. Wagner Smithsonian Institution

Lynn Margulis University of Massachusetts Amherst

Edward O. Wilson Harvard University

Peter R. Crane Yale University

Sandra Knapp American Museum of Natural History

Mathis Wackernagel Technical University of Munich

External Links

Personal website of Peter H. Raven

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