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2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
79
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21677
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1016
National Ranking
10

Steffen Fritz publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steffen Fritz sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 366 publications — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Steffen Fritz D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Steffen Fritz sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Austria Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Austria Leader Award

Overview

Steffen Fritz is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science, with significant contributions in various subfields and topics related to ecological and planetary studies.

The main fields of study for Steffen Fritz include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, their work spans multiple subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Geography, Planning and Development

The scientist's research topics broadly cover:

  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Remote Sensing in Agriculture
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Geographic Information Systems Studies
  • Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications
  • Forest ecology and management

Steffen Fritz has co-authored extensively with several colleagues, frequently collaborating with:

  • Myroslava Lesiv
  • Linda See
  • Juan Carlos Laso Bayas
  • Ian McCallum
  • Martin Herold

Their recent papers include:

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy, 2020, Nature
  • ESA WorldCover 10 m 2020 v100, 2021, Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • Mapping citizen science contributions to the UN sustainable development goals, 2020, Sustainability Science
  • Pandemic, War, and Global Energy Transitions, 2022, Energies
  • Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water, 2021, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Their publication venues reflect the diversity of their research output, with frequent contributions to:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)
  • Scientific Data
  • Earth system science data

Best Publications

  • Global land-use implications of first and second generation biofuel targets

    Petr Havlík;Uwe A. Schneider;Erwin Schmid;Hannes Böttcher

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

    David Leclère;Michael Obersteiner;Michael Obersteiner;Mike Barrett;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions

    Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin;Mario T. Herrero;Mario T. Herrero;Michael Obersteiner

  • A new land-cover map of Africa for the year 2000

    Philippe Mayaux;Etienne Bartholomé;Steffen Fritz;Alan Belward

  • Mapping global cropland and field size

    Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Ian McCallum;Liangzhi You

  • Citizen science and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

    Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Tyler Carlson;Mordechai (Muki) Haklay

  • Farming and the geography of nutrient production for human use: a transdisciplinary analysis

    Mario Herrero;Philip K Thornton;Philip K Thornton;Brendan Power;Jessica R Bogard;Jessica R Bogard

  • ESA WorldCover 10 m 2020 v100

    Daniele Zanaga;Ruben Van De Kerchove;Wanda De Keersmaecker;Niels Souverijns

  • A Global Forest Growing Stock, Biomass and Carbon Map Based on FAO Statistics

    Georg E. Kindermann;Ian McCallum;Steffen Fritz;Michael Obersteiner

  • Impacts of population growth, economic development, and technical change on global food production and consumption

    Uwe A. Schneider;Petr Havlik;Erwin Schmid;Hugo Valin

  • Global livestock production systems.

    T. Robinson;P. Thornton;G. Franceschini;R. Kruska

  • A land cover map of South America

    Hugh D. Eva;Alan S. Belward;Evaristo E. De Miranda;Carlos Marcelo Di Bella

  • Geo-Wiki.Org: The Use of Crowdsourcing to Improve Global Land Cover

    Steffen Fritz;Ian McCallum;Christian Schill;Christoph Perger

  • Geo-Wiki: An online platform for improving global land cover

    Steffen Fritz;Ian McCallum;Christian Schill;Christoph Perger

  • Mapping citizen science contributions to the UN sustainable development goals

    Dilek Fraisl;Dilek Fraisl;Jillian Campbell;Linda See;Uta Wehn

  • Crowdsourcing, citizen science or volunteered geographic information? The current state of crowdsourced geographic information

    Linda See;Peter Mooney;Giles Foody;Lucy Bastin

  • Shifting patterns of oil palm driven deforestation in Indonesia and implications for zero-deforestation commitments

    K.G. Austin;A. Mosnier;J. Pirker;I. McCallum

  • Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

    Martin Jung;Andy Arnell;Xavier de Lamo;Shaenandhoa García-Rangel

  • A comparison of global agricultural monitoring systems and current gaps

    Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Juan Carlos Laso Bayas;François Waldner;François Waldner

  • A spatially explicit assessment of current and future hotspots of hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa in the context of global change

    Junguo Liu;Steffen Fritz;C.F.A. van Wesenbeeck;Michael Fuchs

  • A cultivated planet in 2010 – Part 2: The global gridded agricultural-production maps

    Qiangyi Yu;Liangzhi You;Ulrike Wood-Sichra;Yating Ru

  • Assessing the land resource-food price nexus of the Sustainable Development Goals.

    Michael Obersteiner;Brian Walsh;Stefan Frank;Petr Havlík

Frequent Co-Authors

Linda See
Linda See International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Ian McCallum
Ian McCallum International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Michael Obersteiner
Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford
Florian Kraxner
Florian Kraxner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Dmitry Schepaschenko
Dmitry Schepaschenko International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Anatoly Shvidenko
Anatoly Shvidenko International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Petr Havlik
Petr Havlik International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Marijn van der Velde
Marijn van der Velde European Commission Joint Research Centre
Liangzhi You
Liangzhi You International Food Policy Research Institute
Martin Herold
Martin Herold Wageningen University & Research

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