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D-Index
44
Citations
8644
World Ranking
5025
National Ranking
407

Sean Sloan 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 Sean Sloan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 86 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sean Sloan 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 Sean Sloan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sean Sloan is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and has a primary focus on Environmental Science, with 38 publications in this field. Their research extensively covers subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, Forestry, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their main research topics include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Fire effects on ecosystems, Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact, Fire Detection and Safety Systems, and Agricultural Innovations and Practices.

Sean Sloan has contributed to multiple papers, including:

  • The scale of biodiversity impacts of the Belt and Road Initiative in Southeast Asia, 2020, Biological Conservation
  • Patterns of Historical and Future Urban Expansion in Nepal, 2020, Remote Sensing
  • Refined burned-area mapping protocol using Sentinel-2 data increases estimate of 2019 Indonesian burning, 2021, Earth system science data
  • Emerging challenges for sustainable development and forest conservation in Sarawak, Borneo, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Ghost roads and the destruction of Asia-Pacific tropical forests, 2024, Nature

The venues where Sean Sloan has frequently published include:

  • Nature
  • Remote Sensing
  • Land
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Key frequent co-authors collaborating with Sean Sloan are:

  • William F. Laurance
  • David Gaveau
  • Jayden E. Engert
  • Jeffrey Sayer
  • Mohammad Salim

Best Publications

  • Averting biodiversity collapse in tropical forest protected areas

    William F. Laurance;William F. Laurance;D. Carolina Useche;Julio Rendeiro;Margareta Kalka

  • A global strategy for road building

    William F. Laurance;Gopalasamy Reuben Clements;Sean Sloan;Christine S. O’Connell

  • Four decades of forest persistence, clearance and logging on Borneo.

    David L. A. Gaveau;Sean Sloan;Elis Molidena;Husna Yaen

  • Mining and the African Environment

    David P. Edwards;Sean Sloan;Lingfei Weng;Paul Dirks

  • Major atmospheric emissions from peat fires in Southeast Asia during non-drought years: evidence from the 2013 Sumatran fires.

    David L. A. Gaveau;Mohammad A. Salim;Kristell Hergoualc'h;Bruno Locatelli

  • Forest Resources Assessment of 2015 shows positive global trends but forest loss and degradation persist in poor tropical countries

    Sean Sloan;Jeffrey A. Sayer

  • Remaining natural vegetation in the global biodiversity hotspots

    Sean Sloan;Clinton N. Jenkins;Lucas N. Joppa;David L.A. Gaveau

  • Economic, Socio-Political and Environmental Risks of Road Development in the Tropics.

    Mohammed Alamgir;Mason J. Campbell;Sean Sloan;Miriam Goosem

  • Estimating the Environmental Costs of Africa's Massive "Development Corridors".

    William F. Laurance;Sean Sloan;Lingfei Weng;Jeffrey A. Sayer

  • Reconciling forest conservation and logging in Indonesian Borneo

    David L. A. Gaveau;Mrigesh Kshatriya;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Douglas Sheil;Sean Sloan

  • Deforestation is driven by agricultural expansion in Ghana's forest reserves

    Emmanuel Opoku Acheampong;Colin J. Macgregor;Sean Sloan;Jeffrey Sayer

  • Characteristic trajectories of ecosystem services in mountains

    Bruno Locatelli;Sandra Lavorel;Sean Sloan;Ulrike Tappeiner

  • Vulnerability and Resilience of Tropical Forest Species to Land‐Use Change

    Nigel E. Stork;Jonathan A. Coddington;Robert K. Colwell;Robin L. Chazdon

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

  • Avoiding deforestation in Panamanian protected areas: An analysis of protection effectiveness and implications for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation

    Jordan S. Oestreicher;Karina Benessaiah;Maria C. Ruiz-Jaen;Maria C. Ruiz-Jaen;Sean Sloan

  • High-risk infrastructure projects pose imminent threats to forests in Indonesian Borneo

    Mohammed Alamgir;Mason J. Campbell;Sean Sloan;Ali Suhardiman

  • Reforestation amidst deforestation: Simultaneity and succession

    Sean Sloan

  • Whither the forest transition? Climate change, policy responses, and redistributed forests in the twenty-first century

    Thomas K. Rudel;Patrick Meyfroidt;Robin Chazdon;Frans Bongers

  • How accurately may we project tropical forest-cover change? A validation of a forward-looking baseline for REDD

    Sean Sloan;Sean Sloan;Johanne Pelletier

  • The neotropical reforestation hotspots: A biophysical and socioeconomic typology of contemporary forest expansion

    A. Sofía Nanni;Sean Sloan;T. Mitchell Aide;Jordan Graesser

  • Indonesia's land reform: Implications for local livelihoods and climate change

    Ida Aju Pradnja Resosudarmo;Luca Tacconi;Sean Sloan;Faridh Almuhayat Uhib Hamdani

  • Urban Expansion Occurred at the Expense of Agricultural Lands in the Tarai Region of Nepal from 1989 to 2016

    Bhagawat Rimal;Lifu Zhang;Nigel Stork;Sean Sloan

  • Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences

    Lahiru S. Wijedasa;Jyrki Jauhiainen;Mari Könönen;Maija Lampela

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
Jeffrey Sayer
Jeffrey Sayer University of British Columbia
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements
Gopalasamy Reuben Clements Zoological Society of London
Erik Meijaard
Erik Meijaard University of Queensland
Serge A. Wich
Serge A. Wich Liverpool John Moores University
Robin L. Chazdon
Robin L. Chazdon University of Connecticut
Bruno Locatelli
Bruno Locatelli Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Thomas Rudel
Thomas Rudel Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research

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