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Ruth D. Yanai

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
49
Citations
10647
World Ranking
3998
National Ranking
1401

Ruth D. Yanai 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 Ruth D. Yanai sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 142 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ruth D. Yanai 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 Ruth D. Yanai 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.

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Overview

Ruth D. Yanai is affiliated with SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in the United States. Their research contributions span several core topics within environmental science, with a focus on forest ecology, nutrient dynamics, and carbon accounting.

Their work covers significant areas such as:

  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics
  • Seedling growth and survival studies
  • Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics
  • Forest ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Forest management and policy
  • Soil and water nutrient dynamics

Yanai's main fields of study include Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, complemented by subfields such as Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Plant Science, and Atmospheric Science.

They have published extensively in various scientific venues, with a frequency of publications distributed mainly among:

  • Ecosystems
  • PeerJ
  • Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Tree Physiology

Selected recent papers by Ruth D. Yanai demonstrate a focus on carbon cycling, nutrient constraints, and trace element behavior in forest ecosystems. These include:

  • Improving uncertainty in forest carbon accounting for REDD+ mitigation efforts, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • New Approaches to Understand Mercury in Trees: Radial and Longitudinal Patterns of Mercury in Tree Rings and Genetic Control of Mercury in Maple Sap, 2020, Water Air & Soil Pollution

Other recent related research publications, although authored by co-authors with Yanai involved in some capacity, include:

  • Foliar nutrient concentrations of six northern hardwood species responded to nitrogen and phosphorus fertilization but did not predict tree growth, 2022, PeerJ
  • Fine Root Growth Increases in Response to Nitrogen Addition in Phosphorus-limited Northern Hardwood Forests, 2022, Ecosystems
  • N and P constrain C in ecosystems under climate change: Role of nutrient redistribution, accumulation, and stoichiometry, 2022, Ecological Applications

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Timothy J. Fahey
  • John L. Campbell
  • Jenna M. Zukswert
  • Melany C. Fisk
  • Mark B. Green

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • The Ecology of Root Lifespan

    D.M. Eissenstat;R.D. Yanai

  • Building roots in a changing environment: implications for root longevity

    D. M. Eissenstat;C. E. Wells;R. D. Yanai;J. L. Whitbeck

  • Soil Carbon Dynamics after Forest Harvest: An Ecosystem Paradigm Reconsidered

    Ruth D. Yanai;William S. Currie;Christine L. Goodale

  • The biogeochemistry of carbon at Hubbard Brook

    T. J. Fahey;T. G. Siccama;C. T. Driscoll;G. E. Likens

  • Challenges of measuring forest floor organic matter dynamics:: Repeated measures from a chronosequence

    Ruth D Yanai;Mary A Arthur;Thomas G Siccama;C.Anthony Federer

  • Estimating age-dependent costs and benefits of roots with contrasting life span: Comparing apples and oranges

    Tjeerd J. Bouma;Ruth D. Yanai;Adrienne D. Elkin;Ulrich Hartmond

  • BAAD: a Biomass And Allometry Database for woody plants

    Daniel S. Falster;Remko A. Duursma;Masae I. Ishihara;Diego R. Barneche

  • Modeling changes in red spruce carbon balance and allocation in response to interacting ozone and nutrient stresses.

    David A. Weinstein;Ronald M. Beloin;Ruth D. Yanai

  • Phosphorus budget of a 70-year-old northern hardwood forest

    Ruth D. Yanai

  • Wood ash effects on plant and soil in a willow bioenergy plantation

    Byung Bae Park;Ruth D. Yanai;James M. Sahm;Don K. Lee

  • Root Life Span, Efficiency, and Turnover

    Ruth Yanai;David Eissenstat

  • Detecting Change in Forest Floor Carbon

    Ruth D. Yanai;Stephen V. Stehman;Mary A. Arthur;Cindy E. Prescott

  • Soil nitrogen affects phosphorus recycling: foliar resorption and plant-soil feedbacks in a northern hardwood forest.

    Craig R. See;Ruth D. Yanai;Melany C. Fisk;Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur

  • ACCUMULATION AND DEPLETION OF BASE CATIONS IN FOREST FLOORS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

    R. D. Yanai;T. G. Siccama;M. A. Arthur;C. A. Federer

  • The effect of whole-tree harvest on phosphorus cycling in a northern hardwood forest

    Ruth D Yanai

  • The vertical and horizontal distribution of roots in northern hardwood stands of varying age

    Ruth D Yanai;Byung B Park;Steven P Hamburg

  • Efficiency of Nutrient Acquisition by Fine Roots and Mycorrhizae

    R.D. Yanai;T.J. Fahey;S.L. Miller

  • A Steady-State Model of Nutrient Uptake Accounting for Newly Grown Roots

    Ruth D. Yanai

  • Rates of sustainable forest harvest depend on rotation length and weathering of soil minerals

    Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur;Steven P. Hamburg;Ruth D. Yanai;Joel D. Blum

  • Estimating Uncertainty in Ecosystem Budget Calculations

    Ruth D. Yanai;John J. Battles;Andrew D. Richardson;Corrie A. Blodgett

Frequent Co-Authors

Mary A. Arthur
Mary A. Arthur University of Kentucky
Steven P. Hamburg
Steven P. Hamburg Environmental Defense Fund
Thomas G. Siccama
Thomas G. Siccama Yale University
Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur
Matthew A. Vadeboncoeur University of New Hampshire
Timothy J. Fahey
Timothy J. Fahey Cornell University
Charles T. Driscoll
Charles T. Driscoll Syracuse University
Melany C. Fisk
Melany C. Fisk Miami University
Joel D. Blum
Joel D. Blum University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David M. Eissenstat
David M. Eissenstat Pennsylvania State University
Douglas A. Burns
Douglas A. Burns United States Geological Survey

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Christoph Leuschner

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M. Luke McCormack

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