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D-Index
46
Citations
9691
World Ranking
4602
National Ranking
85

Peter Läderach 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 Peter Läderach sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 224 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Peter Läderach 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 Läderach sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Peter Läderach is affiliated with Bioversity International in Italy and has an extensive publication record in fields related to social sciences, agricultural and biological sciences, and environmental science. Their research spans several subfields, including sociology and political science, global and planetary change, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, soil science, and general health professions.

The primary topics of Läderach's research include climate change, adaptation, and migration; transboundary water resource management; agricultural risk and resilience; climate change impacts on agriculture; cocoa and sweet potato agronomy; agricultural innovations and practices; and disaster management and resilience.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Läderach reflect this thematic focus:

  • Transforming Food Systems in Africa under Climate Change Pressure: Role of Climate-Smart Agriculture (2021) - Sustainability
  • Variations in yield gaps of smallholder cocoa systems and the main determining factors along a climate gradient in Ghana (2020) - Agricultural Systems
  • UAV-based canopy textures assess changes in forest structure from long-term degradation (2020) - Ecological Indicators
  • Unravelling drivers of high variability of on-farm cocoa yields across environmental gradients in Ghana (2021) - Agricultural Systems
  • The cocoa yield gap in Ghana: A quantification and an analysis of factors that could narrow the gap (2022) - Agricultural Systems

Frequent publication venues for Läderach's work include:

  • CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (7 publications)
  • International Development Planning Review (5 publications)
  • Agricultural Systems (3 publications)
  • Frontiers in Climate (3 publications)
  • Sustainability (2 publications)

Läderach has also contributed to book publications, notably:

  • Transforming Food Systems Under Climate Change through Innovation (2023), published by Cambridge University Press

Co-authorship is a significant aspect of Läderach's work, with frequent collaborators including Grazia Pacillo, Robert B. Zougmoré, Mathieu Ouédraogo, Osana Bonilla-Findji, and Anton Eitzinger. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary efforts across the fields and topics they study.

Best Publications

  • The coffee rust crises in Colombia and Central America (2008–2013): impacts, plausible causes and proposed solutions

    Jacques Avelino;Marco Cristancho;Selena Georgiou;Pablo A. Imbach

  • A bitter cup: climate change profile of global production of Arabica and Robusta coffee

    Christian Bunn;Christian Bunn;Peter Läderach;Oriana Ovalle Rivera;Dieter Kirschke

  • Shade Coffee: Update on a Disappearing Refuge for Biodiversity

    Shalene Jha;Christopher M. Bacon;Stacy M. Philpott;V. Ernesto Méndez

  • Projected Shifts in Coffea arabica Suitability among Major Global Producing Regions Due to Climate Change

    Oriana Ovalle-Rivera;Peter Läderach;Christian Bunn;Michael Obersteiner

  • Vulnerability to climate change of cocoa in West Africa: Patterns, opportunities and limits to adaptation.

    Götz Schroth;Peter Läderach;Armando Isaac Martinez-Valle;Christian Bunn

  • Addressing uncertainty in adaptation planning for agriculture

    Sonja J. Vermeulen;Andrew J. Challinor;Philip K. Thornton;Bruce M. Campbell

  • Towards a climate change adaptation strategy for coffee communities and ecosystems in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico

    Götz Schroth;Peter Laderach;Jan Dempewolf;Stacy Philpott

  • Predicting the future climatic suitability for cocoa farming of the world’s leading producer countries, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire

    P. Läderach;A. Martinez-Valle;G. Schroth;N. Castro

  • Climate change adaptation of coffee production in space and time

    Peter Läderach;Peter Läderach;Julián Ramírez Villegas;Julián Ramírez Villegas;Julián Ramírez Villegas;Carlos E. Navarro-Racines;Carlos E. Navarro-Racines;Carlos Zelaya

  • Coffea arabica yields decline in Tanzania due to climate change: Global implications

    A.C.W. Craparo;P.J.A. Van Asten;P. Läderach;L.T.P. Jassogne

  • An integrated framework for assessing vulnerability to climate change and developing adaptation strategies for coffee growing families in Mesoamerica

    María Baca;Peter Läderach;Jeremy Haggar;Götz Schroth

  • Empirical approaches for assessing impacts of climate change on agriculture: The EcoCrop model and a case study with grain sorghum

    Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Julian Ramirez-Villegas;Andy Jarvis;Andy Jarvis;Peter Läderach

  • Smallholder farmers’ attitudes and determinants of adaptation to climate risks in East Africa

    Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku;Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku;Leigh A. Winowiecki;Jennifer Twyman;Anton Eitzinger

  • Climate smart agriculture rapid appraisal (CSA-RA): A tool for prioritizing context-specific climate smart agriculture technologies

    Caroline Mwongera;Kelvin Mashisia Shikuku;Jennifer Twyman;Peter Läderach

  • Why could the coffee crop endure climate change and global warming to a greater extent than previously estimated

    Fábio M. DaMatta;Eric Rahn;Eric Rahn;Peter Läderach;Raquel Ghini

  • Vulnerability of the agricultural sector to climate change: The development of a pan-tropical Climate Risk Vulnerability Assessment to inform sub-national decision making

    Louis Parker;Clement Bourgoin;Clement Bourgoin;Armando Martinez-Valle;Peter Läderach

  • Climate change adaptation, mitigation and livelihood benefits in coffee production: where are the synergies?

    Eric Rahn;Eric Rahn;Peter Läderach;María Baca;Charlotte Cressy

  • A Review of Ecosystem Services, Farmer Livelihoods, and Value Chains in Shade Coffee Agroecosystems

    Shalene Jha;Christopher M. Bacon;Stacy M. Philpott;Robert A. Rice

  • Exploring adaptation strategies of coffee production to climate change using a process-based model

    Eric Rahn;Eric Rahn;Eric Rahn;Philippe Vaast;Philippe Vaast;Peter Läderach;Piet J.A. van Asten

  • Multiclass classification of agro-ecological zones for arabica Coffee: an improved understanding of the impacts of climate change

    Christian Bunn;Peter Läderach;Juan Guillermo Pérez Jimenez;Christophe Montagnon

  • Predicted Impact of Climate Change on Coffee Supply Chains

    Peter Laderach;Mark Lundy;Andy Jarvis;Julian Ramirez

  • Towards a climate change adaptation strategy for coffee communities and ecosystems in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico [Approved article]

    Gotz Schroth;Peter Laderach;Jan Dempewolf;Stacy Philpott

Frequent Co-Authors

Götz Schroth
Götz Schroth Rainforest Alliance
Andy Jarvis
Andy Jarvis Bezos Earth Fund
Julian Ramirez-Villegas
Julian Ramirez-Villegas Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Philip K. Thornton
Philip K. Thornton Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
Stacy M. Philpott
Stacy M. Philpott University of California, Santa Cruz
Lee Hannah
Lee Hannah Conservation International
Bruce M. Campbell
Bruce M. Campbell Wageningen University & Research
Robert B. Zougmoré
Robert B. Zougmoré International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
David B. Lobell
David B. Lobell Stanford University
Idupulapati M. Rao
Idupulapati M. Rao Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical

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