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35
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5881
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9266
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Robin Matthews 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 Robin Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 105 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Robin Matthews 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 Robin Matthews sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Robin Matthews is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Environmental Science and Business, Management and Accounting. The interdisciplinary nature of their work integrates ecological and business strategy perspectives.

The main fields of study Matthews focuses on include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Within these broader domains, Matthews has contributed to various subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Strategy and Management
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Accounting

The scientist's research topics are concentrated around:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Business Strategy and Innovation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution
  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Forest Management and Policy

Notable recent papers by Robin Matthews include:

  • "Planetary Boundaries and the Doughnut frameworks: A review of their local operability," 2022, Anthropocene
  • "Not seeing the carbon for the trees? Why area-based targets for establishing new woodlands can limit or underplay their climate change mitigation benefits," 2020, Land Use Policy
  • "Climate change and drinking water from Scottish peatlands: Where increasing DOC is an issue?", 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • "The impact of IFRS adoption on Saudi Arabia," 2023, Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research
  • "Woronichinia naegeliana: A common nontoxigenic component of temperate freshwater cyanobacterial blooms with 30% of its genome in transposons," 2023, Harmful Algae

Matthews frequently collaborates with a range of coauthors, most notably:

  • Pete Smith
  • Anna Ferretto
  • Rob W. Brooker
  • Issam Tlemsani
  • Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim

The scientist's work has been published across diverse academic venues, reflecting the multidisciplinary character of their research. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Anthropocene
  • Land Use Policy
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research
  • Harmful Algae

Best Publications

  • Agent-based land-use models: a review of applications

    Robin B. Matthews;Nigel G. Gilbert;Alan Roach;J. Gary Polhill

  • Simulating the impact of climate change on rice production in Asia and evaluating options for adaptation

    R.B. Matthews;M.J. Kropff;T. Horie;D. Bachelet

  • Conversion of lowland tropical forests to tree cash crop plantations loses up to one-half of stored soil organic carbon

    Oliver van Straaten;Marife D. Corre;Katrin Wolf;Martin Tchienkoua

  • The impact of population growth and climate change on food security in Africa: looking ahead to 2050

    C. Hall;Terry Dawson;J. I. Macdiarmid;R. B. Matthews

  • Landscape as a Focus for Integrating Human and Environmental Processes

    Robin Matthews;Paul Selman

  • Developing greenhouse gas marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural emissions from crops and soils in the UK

    Michael MacLeod;Dominic Moran;Vera Eory;R.M. Rees

  • Modeling the impact of climate change on rice production in Asia.

    R.B. Matthews;M.J. Kropff;D. Bachelet;T. Horie

  • Modelling China’s potential maize production at regional scale under climate change

    Wei Xiong;Robin Matthews;Ian Holman;Erda Lin

  • The People and Landscape Model (PALM): Towards full integration of human decision-making and biophysical simulation models

    Robin Matthews

  • Perceptions and assessment of soil fertility by farmers in the mid hills of Nepal.

    Arnaud Desbiez;Robin Matthews;Bhaba Tripathi;Jim Ellis-Jones

  • GUMCAS: a model describing the growth of cassava (Manihot esculenta L. Crantz)

    R.B. Matthews;L.A. Hunt

  • A modelling analysis of the potential for soil carbon sequestration under short rotation coppice willow bioenergy plantations

    P. Grogan;R. Matthews

  • Adapting crops and cropping systems to future climates to ensure food security: The role of crop modelling

    Robin B. Matthews;Mike Rivington;Shibu Muhammed;Adrian C. Newton

  • Using a crop/soil simulation model and GIS techniques to assess methane emissions from rice fields in Asia. I. Model development

    R.B. Matthews;R. Wassmann;J.R.M Arah

  • Modelling the impacts of climate change and methane emission reductions on rice production: a review

    Robin Matthews;Reiner Wassmann

  • Applications of crop/soil simulation models in tropical agricultural systems

    Robin Matthews;William Stephens;Tim Hess;Tabitha Middleton

  • Using a crop/soil simulation model and GIS techniques to assess methane emissions from rice fields in Asia. IV. Upscaling to national levels

    R. B. Matthews;R. Wassmann;J. W. Knox;L. V. Buendia

  • Crop-Soil Simulation Models: Applications in Developing Countries

    Robin Matthews;William Stephens

  • Total global agricultural land footprint associated with UK food supply 1986–2011

    Heine Richard De Ruiter;Heine Richard De Ruiter;Jennie I Macdiarmid;Robin B Matthews;Thomas Kastner

  • Using agent-based modelling to simulate social-ecological systems across scales

    Melvin Lippe;Mike Bithell;Nick Gotts;Davide Natalini

  • UK marginal abatement cost curves for the agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry sectors out to 2022, with qualitative analysis of options to 2050: Final Report to the Committee on Climate Change

    D Moran;M MacLeod;E Wall;V Eory

  • Can biogas digesters help to reduce deforestation in Africa

    Madhu Subedi;Robin B. Matthews;Mark Pogson;Assefa Abegaz

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Smith
Peter Smith University of Aberdeen
Reiner Wassmann
Reiner Wassmann International Atomic Energy Agency
Jo Smith
Jo Smith University of Aberdeen
Andrew Barnes
Andrew Barnes Scotland's Rural College
Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam
Dominic Moran
Dominic Moran University of Edinburgh
Eileen Wall
Eileen Wall Scotland's Rural College
Tim Hess
Tim Hess Cranfield University
Meine van Noordwijk
Meine van Noordwijk World Agroforestry Centre
Martin J. Kropff
Martin J. Kropff International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

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