World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
37
Citations
6439
World Ranking
6211
National Ranking
2971

Stephen G. Perz publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen G. Perz sits on this spectrum.

44–53 publications: 28 scientists 54–63 publications: 61 scientists 64–73 publications: 161 scientists 74–83 publications: 225 scientists 84–93 publications: 301 scientists 94–103 publications: 390 scientists 104–113 publications: 406 scientists 114–123 publications: 474 scientists 124–133 publications: 453 scientists 134–143 publications: 434 scientists 144–153 publications: 407 scientists 154–163 publications: 411 scientists 164–173 publications: 391 scientists 174–183 publications: 313 scientists 184–193 publications: 319 scientists 194–203 publications: 304 scientists 204–213 publications: 285 scientists 214–223 publications: 246 scientists 224–233 publications: 213 scientists 234–243 publications: 170 scientists 244–253 publications: 167 scientists 254–263 publications: 162 scientists 264–273 publications: 138 scientists 274–283 publications: 138 scientists 284–293 publications: 113 scientists 294–303 publications: 106 scientists 304–313 publications: 95 scientists 314–323 publications: 101 scientists 324–333 publications: 81 scientists 334–343 publications: 69 scientists 344–353 publications: 56 scientists 354–363 publications: 36 scientists 364–373 publications: 42 scientists 374–383 publications: 41 scientists 384–393 publications: 44 scientists 394–403 publications: 27 scientists 404–413 publications: 30 scientists 414–423 publications: 20 scientists 424–433 publications: 29 scientists 434–443 publications: 29 scientists 444–453 publications: 25 scientists 454–463 publications: 19 scientists 464–473 publications: 21 scientists 474–483 publications: 11 scientists 484–493 publications: 17 scientists 494–503 publications: 7 scientists 504–513 publications: 6 scientists 514–523 publications: 12 scientists 524–533 publications: 10 scientists 534–543 publications: 7 scientists 544–553 publications: 6 scientists 554–563 publications: 12 scientists 564–569 publications: 8 scientists 570+ publications: 100 scientists
44 publications 570+

This scientist: 108 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Stephen G. Perz D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Stephen G. Perz sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Stephen G. Perz is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Social Sciences, with a notable focus on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Building and Construction, and Ecology. Their work addresses topics including Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Mining and Resource Management, Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Water Governance and Infrastructure, Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses, Agricultural Innovations and Practices, and Economic and Environmental Valuation.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Stephen G. Perz include:

  • Participatory Action Research for Conservation and Development: Experiences from the Amazon, 2021, published in Sustainability
  • Environmental crimes in extractive activities: Explanations for low enforcement effectiveness in the case of illegal gold mining in Madre de Dios, Peru, 2020, published in The Extractive Industries and Society
  • Roads, deforestation and the mitigating effect of the Chico Mendes extractive reserve in the southwestern Amazon, 2020, published in Trees Forests and People
  • The effects of climate change variability on rural livelihoods in Madre de Dios, Peru, 2020, published in Regional Environmental Change
  • Aligning conservation and development goals with rural community priorities: capacity building for forest health monitoring in an extractive reserve in Brazil, 2020, published in Ecology and Society

The venues where Perz frequently publishes include:

  • Sustainability
  • Trees Forests and People
  • Ecology and Society
  • Journal of Latin American Geography
  • The Extractive Industries and Society

Stephen G. Perz collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including Foster Brown, Marliz Arteaga, Martha Cecilia Rosero-Peña, Sinomar Ferreira da Fonseca, and Andrea Baudoin Farah. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of studies primarily focusing on environmental and social issues related to resource management and conservation efforts.

Their research involves empirical and participatory methodologies aimed at integrating conservation and development goals with local community priorities. The focus on the Amazon region and areas such as Madre de Dios, Peru, highlight concerns over environmental crimes, deforestation, and climate change impacts on rural livelihoods.

Best Publications

  • An Exploratory Framework for the Empirical Measurement of Resilience

    G. S. Cumming;G. Barnes;S. Perz;M. Schmink

  • Land Use and Land Cover Change in Forest Frontiers: The Role of Household Life Cycles

    Robert Walker;Stephen Perz;Marcellus Marcellus Caldas;Luiz Guilherme Teixeira Silva

  • Road investments, spatial spillovers, and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

    Alexander Pfaff;Juan Robalino;Robert Walker;Steven Aldrich

  • Grand Theory and Context‐Specificity in the Study of Forest Dynamics: Forest Transition Theory and Other Directions

    Stephen G. Perz

  • Secondary forest expansion in the Brazilian Amazon and the refinement of forest transition theory

    Stephen G. Perz;David L. Skole

  • Theorizing Land Cover and Land Use Change: The Peasant Economy of Amazonian Deforestation

    Marcellus Caldas;Robert Walker;Eugenio Yatsuda Arima;Stephen Perz

  • Household demographic factors as life cycle determinants of land use in the Amazon.

    Stephen G. Perz

  • Household Life Cycles and Secondary Forest Cover Among Small Farm Colonists in the Amazon

    Stephen G Perz;Robert T Walker

  • Roads as drivers of change: Trajectories across the Tri-National Frontier in MAP, the Southwestern Amazon

    Jane Southworth;Matt Marsik;Youliang Qiu;Stephen Perz

  • Loggers and Forest Fragmentation: Behavioral Models of Road Building in the Amazon Basin

    Eugenio Y. Arima;Robert T. Walker;Stephen G. Perz;Marcellus Caldas

  • Contentious Land Change in the Amazon's Arc of Deforestation

    Stephen Aldrich;Robert Walker;Cynthia Simmons;Marcellus Caldas

  • Land-Cover and Land-Use Change in the Brazilian Amazon: Smallholders, Ranchers and Frontier Stratification

    Stephen P. Aldrich;Robert T. Walker;Eugenio Y. Arima;Marcellus M. Caldas

  • Protecting the Amazon with protected areas

    Robert Walker;Nathan J. Moore;Eugenio Yatsuda Arima;Stephen Perz

  • Population, Land Use and Deforestation in the Pan Amazon Basin: a Comparison of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú and Venezuela

    Stephen G. Perz;Carlos Aramburú;Jason Bremner

  • Social determinants of secondary forests in the Brazilian Amazon

    Stephen G Perz;David L Skole

  • Social Determinants and Land Use Correlates of Agricultural Technology Adoption in a Forest Frontier: A Case Study in the Brazilian Amazon

    Stephen G. Perz

  • The Fragmentation of Space in the Amazon Basin: Emergent Road Networks

    Eugenio Yatsuda Arima;Robert T. Walker;Marcio Sales;Carlos Souza

  • Beyond Population and Environment: Household Demographic Life Cycles and Land Use Allocation Among Small Farms in the Amazon

    Stephen G. Perz;Robert T. Walker;Marcellus M. Caldas

  • Doing it for Themselves: Direct Action Land Reform in the Brazilian Amazon

    Cynthia Simmons;Robert Walker;Stephen Perz;Stephen Aldrich

  • The Changing Social Contexts of Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

    Stephen G. Perz

  • Are Agricultural Production and Forest Conservation Compatible? Agricultural Diversity, Agricultural Incomes and Primary Forest Cover Among Small Farm Colonists in the Amazon

    Stephen G. Perz

  • Trans-boundary infrastructure and land cover change: Highway paving and community-level deforestation in a tri-national frontier in the Amazon

    Stephen G. Perz;Youliang Qiu;Yibin Xia;Jane Southworth

  • CONTRIBUTIONS OF RACIAL-ETHNIC RECLASSIFICATION AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROCESSES TO INDIGENOUS POPULATION RESURGENCE : The Case of Brazil

    Stephen G. Perz;Jonathan Warren;David P. Kennedy

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Walker
Robert Walker University of Florida
Jane Southworth
Jane Southworth University of Florida
Christopher Baraloto
Christopher Baraloto Florida International University
Alexander Shenkin
Alexander Shenkin Northern Arizona University
Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
Rafael Muñoz-Carpena University of Florida
Carlos M. Souza
Carlos M. Souza Amazon Institute of People and the Environment
Marcos Silveira
Marcos Silveira Universidade Federal do Acre
Alexander Pfaff
Alexander Pfaff Duke University
William F. Laurance
William F. Laurance James Cook University
David L. Skole
David L. Skole Michigan State University

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Considering an online degree in Social Sciences and Humanities opens up an array of flexible learning and career options. Whether you're interested in education, research, social work, or applied behavioral analysis, there are specialized online programs to help you achieve your goals.

Many students opt for masters programs online to deepen their expertise quickly and efficiently. These programs are ideal for those seeking advancement without pausing their careers. For a faster route to a bachelor’s degree, accelerated online degrees offer an expedited path, saving both time and money.

For those passionate about community impact, accredited online msw programs are widely available and lead to rewarding roles in social work. Additionally, aspiring behavior analysts can benefit from an accelerated bcba program online, making it possible to prepare for certification on a flexible schedule.

With these diverse online options, you can tailor your education to fit your career ambitions in the social sciences and humanities while balancing personal and professional commitments.

Best Scientists Citing Stephen G. Perz

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles