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D-Index
84
Citations
62441
World Ranking
647
National Ranking
24

Rik Leemans 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 Rik Leemans sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 334 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rik Leemans 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 Rik Leemans sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 84 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rik Leemans is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands, where their research focuses on Environmental Science, with significant contributions to Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Their work also extends to Ecology and Demography as subfields of study.

Their research topics span several key areas, including:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

Leemans has published in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Regional Environmental Change
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • BioScience
  • Nature Geoscience
  • Sustainability

Several recent papers showcase Leemans' research contributions:

  • "IPBES-IPCC co-sponsored workshop report on biodiversity and climate change," 2021, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • "Governing for Transformative Change across the Biodiversity-Climate-Society Nexus," 2022, BioScience
  • "Tropical tree growth driven by dry-season climate variability," 2022, Nature Geoscience
  • "Transitioning to Low-Carbon Economies under the 2030 Agenda: Minimizing Trade-Offs and Enhancing Co-Benefits of Climate-Change Action for the SDGs," 2021, Sustainability
  • "How greenhouse horticulture in arid regions can contribute to climate-resilient and sustainable food security," 2023, Global Food Security

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leemans include:

  • Sarahi Nunez
  • Rob Alkemade
  • Hans-Otto Pörtner
  • Robert J. Scholes
  • John Agard

Best Publications

  • Global biodiversity scenarios for the year 2100.

    O E Sala;F S Chapin;J J Armesto;E Berlow

  • The causes of land-use and land-cover change: moving beyond the myths

    Eric F. Lambin;B.L. Turner;Helmut J. Geist;Samuel B. Agbola

  • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: Ecosystems and human well-being: a framework for assessment

    R. Leemans;R.S. de Groot

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Global Desertification: Building a Science for Dryland Development

    James F. Reynolds;D. Mark Stafford Smith;Eric F. Lambin;B. L. Turner

  • A global biome model based on plant physiology and dominance, soil properties and climate

    I. Colin Prentice;Wolfgang Cramer;Sandy P. Harrison;Rik Leemans

  • Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe

    Dagmar Schröter;Wolfgang Cramer;Rik Leemans;I. Colin Prentice

  • Comparing global vegetation maps with the Kappa statistic

    Robert A. Monserud;Rik Leemans

  • Land-use and land-cover change. Science/research plan

    B.L. Turner;D.L. Skole;S. Sanderson;G. Fischer

  • Transdisciplinary global change research: The co-creation of knowledge for sustainability

    Wolfram Mauser;Gernot Klepper;Martin Rice;Bettina Susanne Schmalzbauer

  • The vulnerability of ecosystem services to land use change

    M.J. Metzger;M.D.A. Rounsevell;L. Acosta-Michlik;R. Leemans

  • Assessing effects of forecasted climate change on the diversity and distribution of European higher plants for 2050

    M. Bakkenes;J. R. M. Alkemade;F. Ihle;R. Leemans

  • The IIASA Database for Mean Monthly Values of Temperature, Precipitation, and Cloudiness on a Global Terrestrial Grid

    R. Leemans;W.P. Cramer

  • Future scenarios of European agricultural land use: I. Estimating changes in crop productivity

    F. Ewert;M.D.A. Rounsevell;I. Reginster;M.J. Metzger

  • Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report

    W.V. Reid;H.A. Mooney;A. Cropper;D. Capistrano

  • A coherent set of future land use change scenarios for Europe

    M.D.A. Rounsevell;I. Reginster;M.B. Araújo;T.R. Carter

  • Adaptation to climate change and climate variability in European agriculture: The importance of farm level responses

    Pytrik Reidsma;Frank Ewert;Frank Ewert;Alfons Oude Lansink;Rik Leemans

  • Ecosystems and human well-being - Synthesis: A Report of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

    W.V. Reid;H.A. Mooney;A. Cropper;D. Capistrano

  • Sustainability or Collapse: What Can We Learn from Integrating the History of Humans and the Rest of Nature?

    Robert Costanza;Lisa J. Graumlich;Will Steffen;Carole L Crumley

  • A systems analysis of the global boreal forest

    Herman H. Shugart;Rik Leemans;Gordon B. Bonan

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc J. Metzger
Marc J. Metzger University of Edinburgh
Pavel Kabat
Pavel Kabat Wageningen University & Research
Wolfgang Cramer
Wolfgang Cramer Aix-Marseille University
Joseph Alcamo
Joseph Alcamo University of Sussex
Eddy Moors
Eddy Moors Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Frank Ewert
Frank Ewert University of Bonn
Kees Klein Goldewijk
Kees Klein Goldewijk Utrecht University
Mark Rounsevell
Mark Rounsevell University of Edinburgh
Iwan Supit
Iwan Supit Wageningen University & Research
Fulco Ludwig
Fulco Ludwig Wageningen University & Research

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