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D-Index
44
Citations
10268
World Ranking
4988
National Ranking
89

Simone A. Vieira 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 Simone A. Vieira sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 95 publications — 15th percentile

15% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Simone A. Vieira 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 Simone A. Vieira sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

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 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Simone A. Vieira is affiliated with the State University of Campinas in Brazil and conducts research primarily in Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several key subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Soil Science, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research covers various main topics, such as:

  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest ecology and management
  • Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Simone A. Vieira's recent publications include:

  • "Long-term thermal sensitivity of Earth's tropical forests," 2020, Science
  • "Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots," 2021, Biological Conservation
  • "Basin-wide variation in tree hydraulic safety margins predicts the carbon balance of Amazon forests," 2023, Nature
  • "Sensitivity of South American tropical forests to an extreme climate anomaly," 2023, Nature Climate Change
  • "The effect of ecological restoration methods on carbon stocks in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest," 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Simone A. Vieira include:

  • Plínio Barbosa de Camargo
  • Wendeson Castro
  • Carlos Alfredo Joly
  • Timothy R. Baker
  • Ted R. Feldpausch

The scientist has published multiple research articles in the following venues:

  • Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
  • Science
  • Nature
  • Forest Ecology and Management
  • Biogeochemistry

Best Publications

  • The role of deep roots in the hydrological and carbon cycles of Amazonian forests and pastures

    Daniel C. Nepstad;Claudio R. de Carvalho;Eric A. Davidson;Peter H. Jipp;Peter H. Jipp

  • Long-term decline of the Amazon carbon sink

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

  • Compositional response of Amazon forests to climate change

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

  • Forest structure and live aboveground biomass variation along an elevational gradient of tropical Atlantic moist forest (Brazil)

    Luciana Ferreira Alves;Simone Aparecida Vieira;Marcos Scaranello;Plinio Barbosa de Camargo

  • An estimate of the number of tropical tree species

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Patricia Alvarez-Loayza

  • 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

  • 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

  • Forest structure and carbon dynamics in Amazonian tropical rain forests.

    Simone Vieira;Plinio Barbosa de Camargo;Diogo Selhorst;Roseana da Silva

  • Slow growth rates of Amazonian trees: Consequences for carbon cycling

    Simone Vieira;Susan Trumbore;Plinio B. Camargo;Diogo Selhorst

  • Climatic variability and vegetation vulnerability in Amazônia

    L. R. Hutyra;J. W. Munger;C. A. Nobre;S. R. Saleska

  • Estimation of biomass and carbon stocks: the case of the Atlantic Forest

    Simone Aparecida Vieira;Luciana Ferreira Alves;Marcos Aidar;Luciana Spinelli Araújo

  • Taking the pulse of Earth's tropical forests using networks of highly distributed plots

    Cecilia Blundo;Julieta Carilla;Ricardo Grau

  • Phylogenetic classification of the world's tropical forests

    J. W.Ferry Slik;Janet Franklin;Víctor Arroyo-Rodríguez;Richard Field

  • Climate seasonality limits leaf carbon assimilation and wood productivity in tropical forests

    Fabien H. Wagner;Bruno Hérault;Damien Bonal;Clément Stahl;Clément Stahl

  • Tree mode of death and mortality risk factors across Amazon forests

    Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert;Adriane Esquivel-Muelbert;Oliver L. Phillips;Roel J.W. Brienen;Sophie Fauset

  • Florística e fitossociologia em parcelas permanentes da Mata Atlântica do sudeste do Brasil ao longo de um gradiente altitudinal

    Carlos Alfredo Joly;Marco Antonio Assis;Luis Carlos Bernacci;Jorge Yoshio Tamashiro

  • Disturbances, elevation, topography and spatial proximity drive vegetation patterns along an altitudinal gradient of a top biodiversity hotspot

    Pedro V. Eisenlohr;Pedro V. Eisenlohr;Luciana F. Alves;Luciana F. Alves;Luís Carlos Bernacci;Maíra C. G. Padgurschi

  • Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients

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  • Comment on “Drought-Induced Reduction in Global Terrestrial Net Primary Production from 2000 Through 2009”

    Arindam Samanta;Marcos H. Costa;Edson L. Nunes;Simone A. Vieira

  • Differences in leaf thermoregulation and water use strategies between three co-occurring Atlantic forest tree species

    Sophie Fauset;Helber C. Freitas;David R. Galbraith;Martin J.P. Sullivan

  • Dynamics of carbon, biomass, and structure in two Amazonian forests

    Elizabeth Hammond Pyle;Gregory Winn Santoni;Henrique E. M. Nascimento;Lucy R. Hutyra;Lucy R. Hutyra

  • Soil-atmosphere exchange of nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide in a gradient of elevation in the coastal Brazilian Atlantic forest

    E. Sousa Neto;J.B. Carmo;Michael Keller;S.C. Martins

Frequent Co-Authors

Plínio Barbosa de Camargo
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Universidade de São Paulo
Carlos Alfredo Joly
Carlos Alfredo Joly State University of Campinas
Luiz Antonio Martinelli
Luiz Antonio Martinelli Universidade de São Paulo
Simon L. Lewis
Simon L. Lewis University College London
Timothy R. Baker
Timothy R. Baker University of Leeds
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
Hans ter Steege
Hans ter Steege Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Oliver L. Phillips
Oliver L. Phillips University of Leeds
Marcos Silveira
Marcos Silveira Universidade Federal do Acre
Nigel C. A. Pitman
Nigel C. A. Pitman Field Museum of Natural History

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