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33

Rafael Loyola 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 Rafael Loyola sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 196 publications — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rafael Loyola 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 Rafael Loyola sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 59 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rafael Loyola is affiliated with Universidade Federal de Goiás in Brazil and has an extensive publication record in environmental science, with a particular focus on ecology and conservation. Their research spans numerous aspects of biodiversity, ecosystem dynamics, and environmental management.

Loyola's main field of study is Environmental Science, supported by 86 publications. Their subfields of expertise include:

  • Ecology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

The scientist covers a range of main topics in their research, including:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation

Among their recent publications are:

  • Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration (2020, Restoration Ecology)
  • A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to land-use changes (2020, Biological Conservation)
  • Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions (2022, One Earth)
  • Large-scale Degradation of the Tocantins-Araguaia River Basin (2021, Environmental Management)

Loyola frequently collaborates with fellow researchers such as Javier Nori, José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho, Javier Maximiliano Cordier, Bruno R. Ribeiro, and Fábio de Oliveira Roque.

The leading venues for their work, where they have multiple publications, include:

  • Biological Conservation
  • Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Journal of Biogeography

Best Publications

  • A consistent metric for nestedness analysis in ecological systems: reconciling concept and measurement

    Mário Almeida-Neto;Paulo Guimarães;Paulo R. Guimarães;Rafael D. Loyola

  • Moment of truth for the Cerrado hotspot.

    Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Thomas Brooks;Rafael Feltran-Barbieri;Rafael Feltran-Barbieri;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem

  • Partitioning and mapping uncertainties in ensembles of forecasts of species turnover under climate change

    JoseAlexandre F. Diniz-Filho;J. A. F. Diniz-Filho;L. M. Bini;R. D. Loyola

  • Understanding global patterns of mammalian functional and phylogenetic diversity

    Kamran Safi;Marcus V. Cianciaruso;Rafael D. Loyola;Daniel Brito

  • Impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on biodiversity conservation.

    Richard T. Corlett;Richard B. Primack;Vincent Devictor;Bea Maas

  • A critical analysis of the Native Vegetation Protection Law of Brazil (2012): updates and ongoing initiatives

    Pedro H.S. Brancalion;Letícia C. Garcia;Rafael Loyola;Ricardo R. Rodrigues

  • Conservation in Brazil needs to include non‐forest ecosystems

    Gerhard E. Overbeck;Eduardo Vélez‐Martin;Fabio R. Scarano;Thomas M. Lewinsohn

  • Global priorities for conservation across multiple dimensions of mammalian diversity.

    Fernanda T. Brum;Fernanda T. Brum;Catherine H. Graham;Gabriel C. Costa;S. Blair Hedges

  • Strategic approaches to restoring ecosystems can triple conservation gains and halve costs

    Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Bernardo B. N. Strassburg;Hawthorne L. Beyer;Renato Crouzeilles;Renato Crouzeilles;Renato Crouzeilles;Alvaro Iribarrem;Alvaro Iribarrem

  • Darwinian shortfalls in biodiversity conservation.

    José Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Rafael D. Loyola;Pasquale Raia;Arne O. Mooers

  • Defining spatial conservation priorities in the face of land-use and climate change

    Frederico V. Faleiro;Ricardo B. Machado;Rafael D. Loyola

  • Functional traits and ecosystem services in ecological restoration

    Marcos B. Carlucci;Pedro H. S. Brancalion;Ricardo R. Rodrigues;Rafael Loyola

  • A global assessment of amphibian and reptile responses to land-use changes

    Javier Maximiliano Cordier;Javier Maximiliano Cordier;Ramiro Aguilar;Ramiro Aguilar;Julián Norberto Lescano;Julián Norberto Lescano;Gerardo Cristhian Leynaud;Gerardo Cristhian Leynaud

  • Amphibian conservation, land-use changes and protected areas: A global overview

    Javier Nori;Priscila Lemes;Nicolás Urbina-Cardona;Diego Baldo

  • Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions

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  • Labeling Ecological Niche Models

    Thiago Fernando Rangel;Rafael Dias Loyola

  • Multifaceted diversity-area relationships reveal global hotspots of mammalian species, trait and lineage diversity.

    Florent Mazel;François Guilhaumon;Nicolas Mouquet;Vincent Devictor

  • Climate change threatens protected areas of the Atlantic Forest

    Priscila Lemes;Adriano Sanches Melo;Rafael Dias Loyola

  • Planning for conservation and restoration under climate and land use change in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

    Victor P. Zwiener;André A. Padial;Márcia C. M. Marques;Frederico V. Faleiro

  • Clade-specific consequences of climate change to amphibians in Atlantic Forest protected areas

    Rafael D. Loyola;Priscila Lemes;Fernanda T. Brum;Diogo B. Provete

  • The residual nature of protected areas in Brazil

    Raísa R.S. Vieira;Robert L. Pressey;Rafael Loyola

  • Accommodating species climate-forced dispersal and uncertainties in spatial conservation planning.

    Priscila Lemes;Rafael Dias Loyola

Frequent Co-Authors

José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho Universidade Federal de Goiás
Thomas M. Lewinsohn
Thomas M. Lewinsohn State University of Campinas
Luis Mauricio Bini
Luis Mauricio Bini Universidade Federal de Goiás
Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso
Marcus Vinicius Cianciaruso Universidade Federal de Goiás
Fabio Rubio Scarano
Fabio Rubio Scarano Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Thiago F. Rangel
Thiago F. Rangel Universidade Federal de Goiás
Vincent Devictor
Vincent Devictor University of Montpellier
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues
Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues Universidade de São Paulo
Miguel B. Araújo
Miguel B. Araújo University of Évora
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg
Bernardo B. N. Strassburg International Institute for Sustainability (IIS)

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