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D-Index
41
Citations
14242
World Ranking
5685
National Ranking
607

Richard Field 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 Richard Field sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 140 publications — 46th percentile

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

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

Richard Field 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 Richard Field sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard Field is affiliated with the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on various subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, as well as Global and Planetary Change.

Their work encompasses multiple topics, notably Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Plant Diversity and Evolution, Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

Key recent publications by Richard Field include:

  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity, 2022, Nature Communications
  • sPlotOpen - An environmentally balanced, open-access, global dataset of vegetation plots, 2021, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Snapshot isolation and isolation history challenge the analogy between mountains and islands used to understand endemism, 2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Understanding trait diversity: the role of geodiversity, 2023, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Diversification in evolutionary arenas-Assessment and synthesis, 2020, Ecology and Evolution

Richard Field frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Franziska Schrodt
  • Carl Beierkuhnlein
  • Severin D. H. Irl
  • Anke Jentsch
  • Ole R. Vetaas

Their research has appeared regularly in a number of publication venues, the most frequent of which include:

  • Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biodiversity and Conservation

Best Publications

  • ENERGY, WATER, AND BROAD-SCALE GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS OF SPECIES RICHNESS

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Richard Field;Howard V. Cornell;David J. Currie

  • Scale and species richness: towards a general, hierarchical theory of species diversity

    Robert J. Whittaker;Katherine J. Willis;Richard Field

  • Predictions and tests of climate‐based hypotheses of broad‐scale variation in taxonomic richness

    David J. Currie;Gary G. Mittelbach;Howard V. Cornell;Richard Field

  • Spatial species-richness gradients across scales: a meta-analysis

    Richard Field;Bradford A. Hawkins;Howard V. Cornell;David J. Currie

  • Global trait–environment relationships of plant communities

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Oliver Purschke;Jonathan Lenoir

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • Topography-driven isolation, speciation and a global increase of endemism with elevation

    Manuel J. Steinbauer;Richard Field;John-Arvid Grytnes;Panayiotis Trigas

  • Climatic gradients in woody plant (tree and shrub) diversity: water-energy dynamics, residual variation, and topography

    Eileen M. O'Brien;Richard Field;Robert J. Whittaker

  • Coefficient shifts in geographical ecology: an empirical evaluation of spatial and non-spatial regression

    L. Mauricio Bini;J. Alexandre F. Diniz-Filho;Thiago F.L.V.B. Rangel;Thomas S.B. Akre

  • Global estimates of the extent and production of macroalgal forests

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  • sPlot – A new tool for global vegetation analyses

    Helge Bruelheide;Jürgen Dengler;Jürgen Dengler;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Borja Jiménez-Alfaro;Oliver Purschke

  • Spatial patterns of woody plant and bird diversity: functional relationships or environmental effects?

    W. Daniel Kissling;Richard Field;Katrin Böhning-Gaese

  • Global patterns of vascular plant alpha diversity

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  • GLOBAL MODELS FOR PREDICTING WOODY PLANT RICHNESS FROM CLIMATE: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION

    Richard Field;Eileen M. O'Brien;Robert J. Whittaker

  • A GLOBAL EVALUATION OF METABOLIC THEORY AS AN EXPLANATION FOR TERRESTRIAL SPECIES RICHNESS GRADIENTS

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Fabio S. Albuquerque;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Jan Beck

  • Climatic control of dispersal–ecological specialization trade‐offs: a metacommunity process at the heart of the latitudinal diversity gradient?

    Merlijn Jocque;Richard Field;Luc Brendonck;Luc De Meester

  • Community phylogenetics at the biogeographical scale: cold tolerance, niche conservatism and the structure of North American forests

    Bradford A. Hawkins;Marta Rueda;Thiago F. Rangel;Richard Field

  • Progress, challenges and opportunities for Red Listing

    Steven P. Bachman;Steven P. Bachman;Richard Field;Tom Reader;Domitilla Raimondo

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • Oceanic island biogeography through the lens of the general dynamic model: assessment and prospect.

    Michael K. Borregaard;Michael K. Borregaard;Isabel R. Amorim;Paulo A. V. Borges;Juliano S. Cabral

  • Climate and woody plant diversity in southern Africa: Relationships at species, genus and family levels

    E. M. O'Brien;R. J. Whittaker;R. Field

  • Opinion: To advance sustainable stewardship, we must document not only biodiversity but geodiversity

    Franziska Schrodt;Joseph J. Bailey;W. Daniel Kissling;Kenneth F. Rijsdijk

Frequent Co-Authors

Carl Beierkuhnlein
Carl Beierkuhnlein University of Bayreuth
Joaquín Hortal
Joaquín Hortal Spanish National Research Council
Manuel J. Steinbauer
Manuel J. Steinbauer University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Anke Jentsch
Anke Jentsch University of Bayreuth
Jürgen Dengler
Jürgen Dengler Zurich University of Applied Sciences
Bradford A. Hawkins
Bradford A. Hawkins University of California, Irvine
Robert J. Whittaker
Robert J. Whittaker University of Oxford
Jeremy T. Kerr
Jeremy T. Kerr University of Ottawa
Ole R. Vetaas
Ole R. Vetaas University of Bergen
Alessandro Chiarucci
Alessandro Chiarucci University of Bologna

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