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Stefan C. Dekker

Stefan C. Dekker

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
50
Citations
10212
World Ranking
3827
National Ranking
107

Stefan C. Dekker 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 Stefan C. Dekker sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 208 publications — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Stefan C. Dekker 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 Stefan C. Dekker sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Stefan C. Dekker is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on global and planetary change, ecology, pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and water science and technology. Their research contributions span a range of topics including land use and ecosystem services, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, climate variability and models, hydrology and watershed management studies, and microplastics and plastic pollution.

Several notable papers highlight their work, including:

  • A systems approach to understand microplastic occurrence and variability in Dutch riverine surface waters, 2020, Water Research
  • Hysteresis of tropical forests in the 21st century, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world, 2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • The role of land use and land cover change in climate change vulnerability assessments of biodiversity: a systematic review, 2021, Landscape Ecology
  • Forests buffer against variations in precipitation, 2021, Global Change Biology

Frequent co-authors of Stefan C. Dekker include:

  • Annemarie P. van Wezel
  • Arie Staal
  • Maria J. Santos
  • Obbe A. Tuinenburg
  • Joanke Van Dijk

Dekker's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, such as:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Water Research
  • Global Change Biology
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their research integrates environmental processes with practical implications for ecosystem management, climate change vulnerability assessments, and pollution monitoring. This multidisciplinary approach contributes toward better understanding and managing environmental challenges at local and global scales.

Best Publications

  • Self-Organized Patchiness and Catastrophic Shifts in Ecosystems

    Max Rietkerk;Stefan C. Dekker;Peter C. de Ruiter;Johan van de Koppel

  • Drought and ecosystem carbon cycling

    M.K. van der Molen;A.J. Dolman;P. Ciais;T. Eglin

  • Forest-rainfall cascades buffer against drought across the Amazon

    Arie Staal;Obbe A. Tuinenburg;Joyce H. C. Bosmans;Milena Holmgren

  • Closing the gap between small and smaller: towards a framework to analyse nano- and microplastics in aqueous environmental samples

    S. M. Mintenig;P. S. Bäuerlein;A. A. Koelmans;S. C. Dekker;S. C. Dekker

  • Accumulation of local pathogens: a new hypothesis to explain exotic plant invasions

    Maarten B. Eppinga;Max Rietkerk;Stefan C. Dekker;Peter C. De Ruiter

  • Global CO2 rise leads to reduced maximum stomatal conductance in Florida vegetation

    Emmy I. Lammertsma;Hugo Jan de Boer;Stefan C. Dekker;David L. Dilcher

  • Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: plant species and community effects

    T. M. Bezemer;M. T. Fountain;J. M. Barea;S. Christensen

  • Optimal allocation of leaf epidermal area for gas exchange

    Hugo J. de Boer;Hugo J. de Boer;Charles A. Price;Charles A. Price;Friederike Wagner-Cremer;Stefan C. Dekker

  • Soil food web structure during ecosystem development after land abandonment

    Remko Holtkamp;Paul Kardol;Annemieke van der Wal;Stefan C. Dekker

  • Climate forcing due to optimization of maximal leaf conductance in subtropical vegetation under rising CO2.

    Hugo Jan de Boer;Emmy I. Lammertsma;Friederike Wagner-Cremer;David L. Dilcher

  • A putative mechanism for bog patterning.

    M. Rietkerk;S. C. Dekker;M. J. Wassen;A. W. M. Verkroost

  • Hysteresis of tropical forests in the 21st century.

    Arie Staal;Arie Staal;Ingo Fetzer;Lan Wang-Erlandsson;Joyce H. C. Bosmans

  • A critical transition in leaf evolution facilitated the Cretaceous angiosperm revolution.

    Hugo Jan de Boer;Maarten B. Eppinga;Martin J. Wassen;Stefan C. Dekker

  • Forests, savannas, and grasslands: bridging the knowledge gap between ecology and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models

    M. Baudena;S. C. Dekker;P. M. van Bodegom;P. M. van Bodegom;B. Cuesta

  • Coupling microscale vegetation–soil water and macroscale vegetation–precipitation feedbacks in semiarid ecosystems

    Stefan C. Dekker;Max Rietkerk;Marc F. P. Bierkens

  • Dryland mechanisms could widely control ecosystem functioning in a drier and warmer world

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  • Integrated scenarios to support analysis of the food–energy–water nexus

    Detlef P. Van Vuuren;Detlef P. Van Vuuren;David L. Bijl;Patrick Bogaart;Patrick Bogaart;Elke Stehfest

  • 5th generation district heating and cooling systems as a solution for renewable urban thermal energy supply

    Stef Boesten;Wilfried Ivens;Stefan C. Dekker;Stefan C. Dekker;Herman Eijdems

  • Modelling C and N mineralisation in soil food webs during secondary succession on ex-arable land

    R. Holtkamp;A. van der Wal;P. Kardol;W.H. van der Putten

  • Modeling daily gas exchange of a Douglas-fir forest: comparison of three stomatal conductance models with and without a soil water stress function.

    M. T. Van Wijk;S. C. Dekker;W. Bouten;F. C. Bosveld

  • Per-capita estimations of long-term historical land use and the consequences for global change research

    Kees Klein Goldewijk;Stefan C. Dekker;Jan Luiten van Zanden

  • Tropical Forests, Savannas and Grasslands: Bridging the Knowledge Gap Between Ecology and Dynamic Global Vegetation Models

    M. Baudena;S. C. Dekker;P. M. van Bodegom;B. Cuesta

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin J. Wassen
Martin J. Wassen Utrecht University
Max Rietkerk
Max Rietkerk Utrecht University
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Jasper Griffioen
Jasper Griffioen Utrecht University
Marc F. P. Bierkens
Marc F. P. Bierkens Utrecht University
Willem Bouten
Willem Bouten University of Amsterdam
Henk A. Dijkstra
Henk A. Dijkstra Utrecht University
Jasper A. Vrugt
Jasper A. Vrugt University of California, Irvine
Klaas G.J. Nierop
Klaas G.J. Nierop Utrecht University
Kees Klein Goldewijk
Kees Klein Goldewijk Utrecht University

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