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D-Index
71
Citations
28153
World Ranking
1275
National Ranking
470

Virginia H. Dale 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 Virginia H. Dale sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 254 publications — 86th percentile

86% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Virginia H. Dale 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 Virginia H. Dale sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Climate Change and Forest Disturbances

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

  • Indices of landscape pattern

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

  • Challenges in the development and use of ecological indicators

    Virginia H. Dale;Suzanne C. Beyeler

  • The global carbon cycle.

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

  • THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAND-USE CHANGE AND CLIMATE CHANGE

    Virginia H. Dale

  • Ecological Principles and Guidelines for Managing the Use of Land

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

  • Measures of the effects of agricultural practices on ecosystem services

    Virginia H. Dale;Stephen Polasky

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

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

  • Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

  • Predicting across scales: Theory development and testing

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

  • Sustainable Biofuels Redux

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

  • Predicting the spread of disturbance across heterogeneous landscapes

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

  • Comparing Large, Infrequent Disturbances: What Have We Learned?

    Monica G. Turner;Virginia H. Dale

  • 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

  • The interplay between climate change, forests, and disturbances

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

  • 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

  • The land use–climate change–energy nexus

    Virginia H Dale;Rebecca Ann Efroymson;Keith L Kline

  • Indicators to support environmental sustainability of bioenergy systems

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

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

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

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert V. O'Neill
Robert V. O'Neill Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Robert H. Gardner
Robert H. Gardner University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Frederick J. Swanson
Frederick J. Swanson US Forest Service
Richard Lowrance
Richard Lowrance Agricultural Research Service
Charles T. Garten
Charles T. Garten Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Andrew N. Sharpley
Andrew N. Sharpley University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
James G. Sanders
James G. Sanders University of Georgia
Michael W. Berry
Michael W. Berry University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Patrick J. Mulholland
Patrick J. Mulholland Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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