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D-Index
49
Citations
25987
World Ranking
3931
National Ranking
1371

Ronald P. Neilson publications per year

1975: 1 publications 1976: 0 publications 1977: 0 publications 1978: 0 publications 1979: 0 publications 1980: 2 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 1 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 2 publications 1986: 1 publications 1987: 1 publications 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publications 1991: 1 publications 1992: 5 publications 1993: 6 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 1 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 1 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 6 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 1 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 2 publications
1975 2016

96 publications in total across all disciplines

Ronald P. Neilson 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 Ronald P. Neilson sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 94 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ronald P. Neilson 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 Ronald P. Neilson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 1987 - William S. Cooper Award, The Ecological Society of America Biogeography of two southwest American oaks in relation to atmospheric dynamics. Journal of Biogeography 10:275–297.

Overview

Ronald P. Neilson is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research career encompasses ecological and biogeographical studies, with a focus on the interaction between species distribution and environmental factors.

Among the recognitions received, Neilson was awarded the William S. Cooper Award by The Ecological Society of America in 1987 for the work titled Biogeography of two southwest American oaks in relation to atmospheric dynamics, published in the Journal of Biogeography, volume 10, pages 275-297.

Best Publications

  • A Statistical-Topographic Model for Mapping Climatological Precipitation over Mountainous Terrain

    Christopher Daly;Ronald P. Neilson;Donald L. Phillips

  • 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

  • Climate Change and Forest Disturbances

    Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve Mcnulty;Ronald P. Neilson

  • Emissions pathways, climate change, and impacts on California

    Katharine Hayhoe;Daniel Cayan;Christopher B. Field;Peter C. Frumhoff

  • Global Warming and Extinctions of Endemic Species from Biodiversity Hotspots

    Jay R. Malcolm;Canran Liu;Canran Liu;Ronald P. Neilson;Lara Hansen

  • Contribution of increasing CO2 and climate to carbon storage by ecosystems in the United States

    David S. Schimel;Jerry M. Melillo;Hanqin Tian;A. D. McGuire

  • A Model for Predicting Continental‐Scale Vegetation Distribution and Water Balance

    Ronald P. Neilson

  • Global patterns in the vulnerability of ecosystems to vegetation shifts due to climate change.

    Patrick Gonzalez;Ronald P. Neilson;James M. Lenihan;Raymond J. Drapek

  • Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes

    Andrew J. Hansen;Ronald P. Neilson;Virginia H. Dale;Curtis H. Flather

  • Climate Change Effects on Vegetation Distribution and Carbon Budget in the United States

    Dominique Bachelet;Ronald P. Neilson;James M. Lenihan;Raymond J. Drapek

  • BELOWGROUND CONSEQUENCES OF VEGETATION CHANGE AND THEIR TREATMENT IN MODELS

    R. B. Jackson;H. J. Schenk;H. J. Schenk;E. G. Jobbágy;J. Canadell

  • Predicting climate‐induced range shifts: model differences and model reliability

    Joshua J. Lawler;Denis White;Ronald P. Neilson;Andrew R. Blaustein

  • Estimated migration rates under scenarios of global climate change

    Jay R. Malcolm;Adam Markham;Ronald P. Neilson;Michael Garaci

  • High-Resolution Climatic Analysis and Southwest Biogeography

    Ronald P. Neilson

  • Forecasting Regional to Global Plant Migration in Response to Climate Change

    Ronald P. Neilson;Louis F. Pitelka;Allen M. Solomon;Ran Nathan

  • Climate change effects on vegetation distribution, carbon, and fire in California

    James M. Lenihan;Raymond Drapek;Dominique Bachelet;Ronald P. Neilson

  • Forest Processes and Global Environmental Change: Predicting the Effects of Individual and Multiple Stressors

    John Aber;Ronald P. Neilson;Steve McNULTY;James M. Lenihan

  • Forest service large fire area burned and suppression expenditure trends, 1970-2002

    David E. Calkin;Krista M. Gebert;J. Greg Jones;Ronald P. Neilson

  • Transient Ecotone Response to Climatic Change: Some Conceptual and Modelling Approaches

    Ronald P. Neilson

  • The interplay between climate change, forests, and disturbances

    Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve McNulty;Ronald P. Neilson

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