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Roel J. W. Brienen

Roel J. W. Brienen

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
66
Citations
18746
World Ranking
1667
National Ranking
208

Roel J. W. Brienen 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 Roel J. W. Brienen 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.

Roel J. W. Brienen 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 Roel J. W. Brienen sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 66 D-Index — 80th percentile

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

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Overview

Roel J. W. Brienen is affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a specific emphasis on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

Their work covers several main topics including Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest ecology and management, Tree-ring climate responses, Plant and animal studies, Species Distribution and Climate Change, and Geology and Paleoclimatology Research.

Brienen has published extensively, with notable recent papers such as:

  • Forest carbon sink neutralized by pervasive growth-lifespan trade-offs, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests, 2020, Nature
  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO 2, 2020, New Phytologist
  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests, 2020, Science
  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential, 2023, Nature

The frequent co-authors of Brienen include Ted R. Feldpausch, Timothy R. Baker, Eurídice N. Honorio Coronado, Oliver L. Phillips, and Beatriz Schwantes Marimon. These collaborations have contributed to a sustained output within high-impact journals.

Regarding publication venues, Brienen's work appears most often in Nature Communications, Nature, Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Communications Biology.

Best Publications

  • Hyperdominance in the Amazonian Tree Flora

    Hans Ter Steege;Hans Ter Steege;Nigel C.A. Pitman;Daniel Sabatier;Christopher Baraloto

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

    R J W Brienen;O L Phillips;T R Feldpausch;T R Feldpausch;E Gloor

  • Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests

    Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Wannes Hubau;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips;Kofi Affum-Baffoe

  • Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition

    C. Levis;F. R. C. Costa;F. Bongers;M. Peña-Claros

  • Tree height integrated into pantropical forest biomass estimates

    T. R. Feldpausch;J. Lloyd;J. Lloyd;S. L. Lewis;S. L. Lewis;R. J. W. Brienen

  • Integrating the evidence for a terrestrial carbon sink caused by increasing atmospheric CO2

    Anthony P. Walker;Martin G. De Kauwe;Ana Bastos;Soumaya Belmecheri

  • Drivers and Mechanisms of Tree Mortality in Moist Tropical Forests

    Nate G. McDowell;Craig D. Allen;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Kristina Anderson‐Teixeira;Paulo M. Brando

  • Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

    Adriane Esquivel‐Muelbert;Timothy R. Baker;Kyle G. Dexter;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

  • Intensification of the Amazon hydrological cycle over the last two decades

    M. Gloor;R. J. W. Brienen;D. Galbraith;T. R. Feldpausch

  • Relating tree growth to rainfall in Bolivian rain forests: a test for six species using tree ring analysis

    Roel J. W. Brienen;Pieter A. Zuidema

  • Diversity and carbon storage across the tropical forest biome

    Martin J. P. Sullivan;Joey Talbot;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

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  • Markedly divergent estimates of Amazon forest carbon density from ground plots and satellites

    Edward T.A. Mitchard;Ted R. Feldpausch;Ted R. Feldpausch;Roel J.W. Brienen;Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez

  • Recent intensification of Amazon flooding extremes driven by strengthened Walker circulation

    Jonathan Barichivich;Emanuel Gloor;Philippe Peylin;Roel J. W. Brienen

  • Detecting trends in tree growth: not so simple

    David M.J.S. Bowman;Roel J.W. Brienen;Emanuel Gloor;Oliver L. Phillips

  • Hyperdominance in Amazonian forest carbon cycling

    Sophie Fauset;Michelle O Johnson;Manuel Gloor;Timothy R Baker

  • Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth’s tropical forests

    Martin J.P. Sullivan;Martin J.P. Sullivan;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis;Kofi Affum-Baffoe;Carolina Castilho

  • Amazon forest response to repeated droughts

    T. R. Feldpausch;O. L. Phillips;R. J. W. Brienen;E. Gloor

  • Lifetime growth patterns and ages of Bolivian rain forest trees obtained by tree ring analysis

    Roel J.W. Brienen;Pieter A. Zuidema

  • Size and frequency of natural forest disturbances and the Amazon forest carbon balance

    Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Fernando D.B. Espírito-Santo;Manuel Gloor;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Michael Keller;Yadvinder Malhi

  • Plot Data from: "Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink."

    Roel J. W. Brienen;Oliver L. Phillips;Ted R. Feldpausch;Emanuel Gloor

Frequent Co-Authors

Ted R. Feldpausch
Ted R. Feldpausch University of Exeter
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
Yadvinder Malhi
Yadvinder Malhi University of Oxford
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Hans ter Steege
Hans ter Steege Naturalis Biodiversity Center
John Terborgh
John Terborgh Duke University
Beatriz Schwantes Marimon
Beatriz Schwantes Marimon Mato Grosso State University
Marcos Silveira
Marcos Silveira Universidade Federal do Acre
Christopher Baraloto
Christopher Baraloto Florida International University

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