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146
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38
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Peter H. Verburg publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter H. Verburg sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 567 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Peter H. Verburg D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Peter H. Verburg sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 146 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Peter H. Verburg is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in the Netherlands. Their research focuses predominantly on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, contributing extensively to advancing knowledge in these fields. Verburg's work spans multiple subfields, including global and planetary change, general agricultural and biological sciences, ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as economics and econometrics.

They have made significant contributions to topics such as land use and ecosystem services, conservation, biodiversity and resource management, forest management and policy, economic and environmental valuation, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, organic food and agriculture, and agriculture, land use, and rural development.

Verburg's recent papers reflect a broad engagement with sustainability, biodiversity, and land systems. Notable publications include:

  • "Safe and just Earth system boundaries" (2023) in Nature
  • "Ten facts about land systems for sustainability" (2022) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability" (2020) in Science
  • "Monitoring biodiversity in the Anthropocene using remote sensing in species distribution models" (2020) in Remote Sensing of Environment
  • "The peri-urbanization of Europe: A systematic review of a multifaceted process" (2020) in Landscape and Urban Planning

Frequent coauthors include Žiga Malek, David Obura, Jasper van Vliet, Niels Debonne, and Christian Levers. These collaborative relationships suggest interdisciplinary work combining expertise across environmental and biological sciences.

Verburg publishes regularly in several academic venues including SSRN Electronic Journal, Global Environmental Change, One Earth, Environmental Science & Policy, and Landscape and Urban Planning. The range of these journals highlights a broad research agenda focused on environmental and sustainability challenges.

Their involvement in book publications includes an editorial or authorial role for a work published by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam concerning the scientific evidence synthesis supporting the development of the post-2020 Global Framework on Biodiversity. The book is titled "Synthesizing the scientific evidence to inform the development of the post-2020 Global Framework on Biodiversity: Earth Commission Meeting Report to the Convention on Biological Diversity. Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice, Convention on Biological Diversity, 24th meeting Montreal, Canada 17-22 August 2020."

Best Publications

  • Modeling the Spatial Dynamics of Regional Land Use: The CLUE-S Model

    Peter H. Verburg;Welmoed Soepboer;A. Veldkamp;Ramil Limpiada

  • Land use change modelling: current practice and research priorities

    Peter H. Verburg;Paul P. Schot;Martin J. Dijst;A. Veldkamp

  • Safe and just Earth system boundaries

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  • Framing Sustainability in a Telecoupled World

    Jianguo Liu;Vanessa Hull;Mateus Batistella;Ruth DeFries

  • Comparing the input, output, and validation maps for several models of land change

    Robert Gilmore Pontius;Wideke Boersma;Jean-Christophe Castella;Keith Clarke

  • Combining top-down and bottom-up dynamics in land use modeling: exploring the future of abandoned farmlands in Europe with the Dyna-CLUE model

    Peter H. Verburg;Koen P. Overmars

  • Used planet: a global history.

    Erle C. Ellis;Jed O. Kaplan;Dorian Q. Fuller;Steve Vavrus

  • Linking biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being: three challenges for designing research for sustainability

    Elena M. Bennett;Wolfgang Cramer;Alpina Begossi;Georgina Cundill

  • From land cover change to land function dynamics: a major challenge to improve land characterization

    Peter H. Verburg;Jeannette van de Steeg;A. Veldkamp;Louise Willemen

  • Challenges in using land use and land cover data for global change studies

    Peter H. Verburg;Kathleen Neumann;Linda Nol

  • The yield gap of global grain production: A spatial analysis

    Kathleen Neumann;Peter H. Verburg;Elke Stehfest;Christoph Müller;Christoph Müller

  • Mapping ecosystem services demand: A review of current research and future perspectives

    S. Wolff;C.J.E. Schulp;P.H. Verburg

  • Manifestations and underlying drivers of agricultural land use change in Europe

    Jasper van Vliet;Henri L.F. de Groot;Piet Rietveld;Peter H. Verburg

  • Integrating socio-cultural perspectives into ecosystem service valuation: A review of concepts and methods

    Samantha S.K. Scholte;Astrid J.A. van Teeffelen;Peter H. Verburg

  • A spatial explicit allocation procedure for modelling the pattern of land use change based upon actual land use

    P.H. Verburg;G.H.J. de Koning;K. Kok;A. Veldkamp

  • 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

  • Spatial agent-based models for socio-ecological systems

    Tatiana Filatova;Peter H. Verburg;Dawn Cassandra Parker;Carol Ann Stannard

  • Middle-range theories of land system change

    P. Meyfroidt;R. Roy Chowdhury;A. de Bremond;A. de Bremond;E.C. Ellis

  • The driving forces of landscape change in Europe: a systematic review of the evidence

    Tobias Plieninger;Hélène Draux;Nora Fagerholm;Nora Fagerholm;Claudia Bieling

  • Determinants of Land-Use Change Patterns in the Netherlands:

    Peter H Verburg;Jan R Ritsema van Eck;Ton C M de Nijs;Martin J Dijst

  • Downscaling of land use change scenarios to assess the dynamics of European landscapes

    Peter H. Verburg;C.J.E. Schulp;N. Witte;A. Veldkamp

  • A multi-scale, multi-model approach for analyzing the future dynamics of European land use

    Peter H. Verburg;Bas Eickhout;Hans van Meijl

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Veldkamp
A. Veldkamp University of Twente
Catharina J.E. Schulp
Catharina J.E. Schulp Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jasper van Vliet
Jasper van Vliet Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tobias Kuemmerle
Tobias Kuemmerle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Daniel Müller
Daniel Müller Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kasper Kok
Kasper Kok Wageningen University & Research
Karl-Heinz Erb
Karl-Heinz Erb BOKU University
Ralf Seppelt
Ralf Seppelt Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Helmut Haberl
Helmut Haberl BOKU University
Mark Rounsevell
Mark Rounsevell University of Edinburgh

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