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D-Index
44
Citations
9305
World Ranking
6649
National Ranking
2

William D. Sunderlin 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 William D. Sunderlin sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 91 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

William D. Sunderlin 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 William D. Sunderlin sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Best Publications

  • Livelihoods, forests, and conservation in developing countries: an overview

    William D. Sunderlin;A. Angelsen;B. Belcher;P. Burgess

  • Analysing REDD+: challenges and choices.

    A. Angelsen;M. Brockhaus;W.D. Sunderlin;L.V. Verchot

  • Realising Redd+: National strategy and policy options

    A. Angelsen;M. Brockhaus;M. Kanninen;E. Sills

  • From Exclusion to Ownership?: Challenges and Opportunities in Advancing Forest Tenure Reform

    W.D. Sunderlin;J. Hatcher;M. Liddle

  • Impact of macroeconomic change on deforestation in south Cameroon: integration of household survey and remotely-sensed data

    Benoı̂t Mertens;William D Sunderlin;Ousseynou Ndoye;Eric F Lambin

  • Land tenure and REDD+: The good, the bad and the ugly

    Anne M. Larson;Maria Brockhaus;William D. Sunderlin;Amy Duchelle

  • How are REDD+ Proponents Addressing Tenure Problems? Evidence from Brazil, Cameroon, Tanzania, Indonesia, and Vietnam

    W.D. Sunderlin;A.M. Larson;A.E. Duchelle;I. A. P. Resosudarmo

  • Why Forests Are Important for Global Poverty Alleviation: a Spatial Explanation

    William D. Sunderlin;Sonya Dewi;Atie Puntodewo;Daniel Müller

  • Rates and causes of deforestation in Indonesia: towards a resolution of the ambiguities

    W.D. Sunderlin;Resosudarmo. I.A.P.

  • Who should benefit from REDD+? Rationales and realities

    Cecilia Luttrell;Lasse Loft;Maria Fernanda Gebara;Demetrius Kweka

  • REDD-plus, forest people's rights and nested climate governance

    Thomas Sikor;Johannes Stahl;Thomas Enters;Jesse C. Ribot

  • Linking forest tenure reform, environmental compliance, and incentives: lessons from REDD+ initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon

    Amy E. Duchelle;Marina Cromberg;Maria Fernanda Gebara;Raissa Guerra

  • Poverty alleviation through community forestry in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam: An assessment of the potential

    William D. Sunderlin

  • Poverty alleviation and forests in Vietnam

    W.D. Sunderlin;Huynh Thu Ba

  • Incorporating land tenure security into conservation.

    Brian E. Robinson;Yuta J. Masuda;Allison Kelly;Margaret B. Holland

  • REDD+ on the ground: A case book of subnational initiatives across the globe

    Erin O. Sills;Stibniati S. Atmadja;Claudio de Sassi;Amy E. Duchelle

  • What is REDD+ achieving on the ground?

    Amy E Duchelle;Gabriela Simonet;William D Sunderlin;Sven Wunder;Sven Wunder

  • Economic crisis, small-scale agriculture, and forest cover change in Southern Cameroon

    William D. Sunderlin;O. Ndoye;H. Bikie;N. Laporte

  • Forests and poverty alleviation

    W.D. Sunderlin;A. Angelsen;S. Wunder

  • Influence of land tenure interventions on human well-being and environmental outcomes

    Tzu Wei Joy Tseng;Brian E. Robinson;Marc F. Bellemare;Ariel BenYishay

  • The challenge of establishing REDD+ on the ground: Insights from 23 subnational initiatives in six countries

    W.D. Sunderlin;A.D. Ekaputri;E.O. Sills;A.E. Duchelle

  • Learning from REDD+: a response to Fletcher et al.

    Arild Angelsen;Maria Brockhaus;Amy E. Duchelle;Anne M. Larson

  • Some lessons learned from the first generation of REDD+ activities

    Daniel Murdiyarso;Daniel Murdiyarso;Maria Brockhaus;William D Sunderlin;Lou Verchot

  • Tenure and Forest Income: Observations from a Global Study on Forests and Poverty

    Pamela Jagger;Pamela Jagger;Martin Marty K. Luckert;Amy E. Duchelle;Jens Friis Lund

  • A guide to learning about livelihood impacts of REDD plus projects

    Pamela Jagger;Erin O. Sills;Kathleen Lawlor;William D. Sunderlin

  • Is REDD+ an idea whose time has come, or gone?

    W.D. Sunderlin;S. Atmadja

  • Building the evidence base for REDD+: Study design and methods for evaluating the impacts of conservation interventions on local well-being.

    Erin O. Sills;Erin O. Sills;Claudio de Sassi;Pamela Jagger;Pamela Jagger;Kathleen Lawlor

  • Laju dan penyebab deforestasi di Indonesia: penelaahan kerancuan dan penyelesaiannya

    William D. Sunderlin;I.A.P. Resosudarmo

Frequent Co-Authors

Erin O. Sills
Erin O. Sills North Carolina State University
Arild Angelsen
Arild Angelsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Sven Wunder
Sven Wunder European Forest Institute
Maria Brockhaus
Maria Brockhaus University of Helsinki
Anne M. Larson
Anne M. Larson Center for International Forestry Research, Peru
Pamela Jagger
Pamela Jagger University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Louis V. Verchot
Louis V. Verchot Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
Martin Herold
Martin Herold Wageningen University & Research
Christopher Martius
Christopher Martius Center for International Forestry Research, Germany

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