2026 Virginia H. Dale: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	71	1279	1221	470	440	254	28153

Overview

Virginia H. Dale is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research activity is centered primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Water Science and Technology, Pollution, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

Forest Management and Policy
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Energy and Environment Impacts
Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
Bioenergy crop production and management
Biofuel production and bioconversion

Virginia H. Dale has contributed to multiple publication venues, frequently publishing in:

Sustainability
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment
Landscape Ecology
Environmental Science & Technology
Nature Sustainability

Among their recent papers are:

"Thinking Big and Thinking Small: A Conceptual Framework for Best Practices in Community and Stakeholder Engagement in Food, Energy, and Water Systems" (2021, Sustainability)
"Multifunctional perennial production systems for bioenergy: performance and progress" (2020, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment)
"Effects of Production of Woody Pellets in the Southeastern United States on the Sustainable Development Goals" (2021, Sustainability)
"Food-Energy-Water Crises in the United States and China: Commonalities and Asynchronous Experiences Support Integration of Global Efforts" (2021, Environmental Science & Technology)
"Rapid appraisal using landscape sustainability indicators for Yaqui Valley, Mexico" (2020, Environmental and Sustainability Indicators)

Their frequent co-authors include Keith L. Kline, Esther S. Parish, Andrew Kliskey, Santiago López-Ridaura, and Rebecca A. Efroymson.

Best Publications

Road Ecology: Science and Solutions

Richard T T Forman;Daniel Sperling;John A Bissonette;Anthony P Clevenger

3058
Citations
Climate Change and Forest Disturbances

Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve Mcnulty;Ronald P. Neilson

2890
Citations
Indices of landscape pattern

R. V. O'Neill;J. R. Krummel;R. H. Gardner;G. Sugihara

2404
Citations
Challenges in the development and use of ecological indicators

Virginia H. Dale;Suzanne C. Beyeler

1942
Citations
The global carbon cycle.

Wilfred M. Post;Tsung-Hung Peng;William R. Emanuel;Anthony W. King

1041
Citations
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND-USE CHANGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Virginia H. Dale

856
Citations
Ecological Principles and Guidelines for Managing the Use of Land

Virginia H Dale;Sandra Brown;R A Haeuber;N T Hobbs

802
Citations
Measures of the effects of agricultural practices on ecosystem services

Virginia H. Dale;Stephen Polasky

730
Citations
Global change in forests: responses of species, communities, and biomes

Andrew J. Hansen;Ronald P. Neilson;Virginia H. Dale;Curtis H. Flather

715
Citations
Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

Nancy N. Rabalais;R.Eugene Turner;William J. Wiseman

594
Citations
Predicting across scales: Theory development and testing

Monica G. Turner;Virginia H. Dale;Robert H. Gardner

567
Citations
Sustainable Biofuels Redux

G. Philip Robertson;Virginia H. Dale;Otto C. Doering;Steven P. Hamburg

494
Citations
Predicting the spread of disturbance across heterogeneous landscapes

Monica G. Turner;Robert H. Gardner;Virginia H. Dale;Robert V. O'Neill

491
Citations
Comparing Large, Infrequent Disturbances: What Have We Learned?

Monica G. Turner;Virginia H. Dale

380
Citations
Evaluating agricultural trade-offs in the age of sustainable development

David R. Kanter;David R. Kanter;Mark Musumba;Sylvia L.R. Wood;Sylvia L.R. Wood;Cheryl Palm;Cheryl Palm

369
Citations
The interplay between climate change, forests, and disturbances

Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve McNulty;Ronald P. Neilson

311
Citations
Relating patterns of land-use change to faunal biodiversity in the Central Amazon

V. H. Dale;S. M. Pearson;H. L. Offerman;R. V. O'Neill

310
Citations
The land use–climate change–energy nexus

Virginia H Dale;Rebecca Ann Efroymson;Keith L Kline

301
Citations
Indicators to support environmental sustainability of bioenergy systems

Allen C. McBride;Virginia H. Dale;Latha M. Baskaran;Mark E. Downing

291
Citations
CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF LAND-USE CHANGE IN CENTRAL RONDONIA, BRAZIL

Dale Vh;O'Neill Rv;Pedlowski M;Southworth F

267
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert V. O'Neill Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Robert H. Gardner University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences

Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison

Frederick J. Swanson US Forest Service

Richard Lowrance Agricultural Research Service

Charles T. Garten Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Andrew N. Sharpley University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

James G. Sanders University of Georgia

Michael W. Berry University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Patrick J. Mulholland Oak Ridge National Laboratory

External Links

Personal website of Virginia H. Dale Google Scholar page

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