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World Ranking
1077
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403

Shahid Naeem 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 Shahid Naeem sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 221 publications — 80th percentile

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

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

Shahid Naeem 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 Shahid Naeem sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% 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

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 2001 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1995 - George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America

Overview

Shahid Naeem is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and specializes in Environmental Science, with significant contributions focused on global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, and ecology. Their research encompasses multiple subfields including atmospheric science and ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

Their recent publications reflect a focus on ecological impacts and conservation challenges. Notable papers include:

  • "Groundwater depletion will reduce cropping intensity in India" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Declining diversity of wild-caught species puts dietary nutrient supplies at risk" (2021, Science Advances)
  • "Diversity and extinction risk are inversely related at a global scale" (2022, Ecology Letters)
  • "Substitution of inland fisheries with aquaculture and chicken undermines human nutrition in the Peruvian Amazon" (2021, Nature Food)
  • "Tree diversity and carbon storage cobenefits in tropical human-dominated landscapes" (2020, Conservation Letters)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Naeem include Ruth DeFries, Brian C. Weeks, Sebastián Heilpern, Caroline Ash, and Gemma Alderton. This network of collaborators suggests a multi-disciplinary approach and sustained partnerships in ecological and environmental research.

Publication venues that frequently feature Naeem's work are:

  • Science
  • Science Advances
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Ecology and Evolution

The primary areas of research can be summarized under the following topics:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Cryospheric studies and observations

Over the course of their career, Naeem has been recognized with several awards including:

  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2001
  • George Mercer Award, The Ecological Society of America, 1995
  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2020

Best Publications

  • The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital

    Robert Costanza;Rudolf de Groot;Stephen Farberk;Monica Grasso

  • EFFECTS OF BIODIVERSITY ON ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING: A CONSENSUS OF CURRENT KNOWLEDGE

    D. U. Hooper;F. S. Chapin;J. J. Ewel;A. Hector

  • Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity

    Bradley J. Cardinale;J. Emmett Duffy;Andrew Gonzalez;David U. Hooper

  • Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Current Knowledge and Future Challenges

    M. Loreau;S. Naeem;P. Inchausti;J. Bengtsson

  • Microbial biogeography : putting microorganisms on the map

    Jennifer B.Hughes Martiny;Brendan J.M. Bohannan;James H. Brown;Robert K. Colwell

  • TRY - a global database of plant traits

    J. Kattge;S. Díaz;S. Lavorel;I. C. Prentice

  • Declining biodiversity can alter the performance of ecosystems

    Shahid Naeem;Lindsey J. Thompson;Sharon P. Lawler;John H. Lawton

  • Economic Reasons for Conserving Wild Nature

    Andrew Balmford;Aaron Bruner;Philip Cooper;Robert Costanza

  • The value of the world's ecosystem services and natural capital

    Robert Costanza;Robert Costanza;Ralph d'Arge;Rudolf de Groot;Stephen Farber

  • Biodiversity enhances ecosystem reliability

    Shahid Naeem;Shibin Li

  • Biodiversity increases the resistance of ecosystem productivity to climate extremes

    Forest Isbell;Dylan Craven;John Connolly;Michael Loreau

  • Biodiversity as a barrier to ecological invasion

    Theodore A Kennedy;Shahid Naeem;Katherine M Howe;Johannes M H Knops

  • Species Redundancy and Ecosystem Reliability

    Shahid Naeem

  • Nitrogen limitation constrains sustainability of ecosystem response to CO2

    Peter B. Reich;Sarah E. Hobbie;Tali Lee;David S. Ellsworth

  • The invasion paradox: reconciling pattern and process in species invasions.

    J. D. Fridley;J. J. Stachowicz;S. Naeem;D. F. Sax

  • Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning : synthesis and perspectives

    Michel Loreau;Shahid Naeem;Pablo Inchausti

  • Tradeoffs and thresholds in the effects of nitrogen addition on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: evidence from inner Mongolia Grasslands

    Yongfei Bai;Jianguo Wu;Jianguo Wu;Christopher M. Clark;Shahid Naeem

  • Effects of plant species richness on invasion dynamics, disease outbreaks, insect abundances and diversity

    Johannes M.H. Knops;David Tilman;Nick M. Haddad;Shahid Naeem

  • The Functions of Biological Diversity in an Age of Extinction

    Shahid Naeem;J. Emmett Duffy;Erika Zavaleta

  • Functional and phylogenetic diversity as predictors of biodiversity–ecosystem‐function relationships

    Dan F. B. Flynn;Nicholas Mirotchnick;Meha Jain;Matthew I. Palmer

  • Effects of biodiversity on ecosystem functioning: a consensus of current knowledge: Ecological Monog

    David Hooper;F. Stuart Chapin;John J. Ewel;Andy Hector

Frequent Co-Authors

David Tilman
David Tilman University of Minnesota
Peter B. Reich
Peter B. Reich University of Minnesota
Michel Loreau
Michel Loreau Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Ruth S. DeFries
Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University
Johannes M. H. Knops
Johannes M. H. Knops Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
Harold A. Mooney
Harold A. Mooney Stanford University
John H. Lawton
John H. Lawton Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Kevin L. Griffin
Kevin L. Griffin Columbia University
Andy Hector
Andy Hector University of Oxford
Robert Costanza
Robert Costanza University College London

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