Leaderboards/Forest ecology and management

Forest ecology and management

Last updated July 15, 2026

Rising Stars

Fresh ink, massive impact

Researchers

1
Alice Di Sacco
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
2
Jamie Tolan
Unknown
3
Kyriaki Psistaki
Democritus University of Thrace
4
Hellen F. V. Cunha
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia
5
Mi Luo
Beijing Forestry University
6
Hantao Li
The University of Tokyo
7
Mengyang Ma
China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research
8
Coline C. F. Boonman
Wageningen University & Research
9
Christoph Gollob
BOKU University
10
Maximilian Freudenberg
University of Göttingen

Papers

1
An Overview of the Role of Forests in Climate Change Mitigation
Sustainability|2024
118 cit.
2
Publication in Nature Communications (2024) [85 citations, W4390511178]
Nature Communications|2024
85 cit.
3
Publication in Remote Sensing of Environment (2024) [39 citations, W4401011720]
Remote Sensing of Environment|2024
39 cit.
4
Publication in Science of Remote Sensing (2024) [21 citations, W4399710167]
Science of Remote Sensing|2024
21 cit.
5
Temporal trends in temperature-related mortality and evidence for maladaptation to heat and cold in the Eastern Mediterranean region
The Science of The Total Environment|2024
15 cit.
6
Publication in Earth system science data (2025) [15 citations, W4407091551]
Earth system science data|2025
15 cit.
7
Assessing the Impact of Climatic Factors and Air Pollutants on Cardiovascular Mortality in the Eastern Mediterranean Using Machine Learning Models
Atmosphere|2025
9 cit.
8
Publication in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025) [6 citations, W4411542581]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2025
6 cit.
9
Publication in Forest Ecology and Management (2025) [5 citations, W4408706672]
Forest Ecology and Management|2025
5 cit.
10
Heatwave characteristics and health impacts: a review of epidemiological evidence and implications for heatwave response plans
Environmental Research Health|2025
1 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Drafting the new consensus

Researchers

1
Noam Ross
EcoHealth Alliance
2
Dominik Seidel
Universitätsmedizin Göttingen
3
Edith Orihuela-Belmonte
Instituto Nacional de Ecología y Cambio Climático
4
Kate Hardwick
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
5
Nadine K. Ruehr
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
6
Lucy Rowland
University of Exeter
7
Steven E. Prince
University of Maryland, College Park
8
Zhenzhen Liu
Shanxi Agricultural University
9
J. Diego Galván
Texas Instruments (Switzerland)
10
Catarina Moura
Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

Papers

1
Exploring the Potential of Mobile Laser Scanning to Quantify Forest Structural Complexity
Frontiers in Remote Sensing|2022
38 cit.
2
Towards a causal understanding of the relationship between structural complexity, productivity, and adaptability of forests based on principles of thermodynamics
Forest Ecology and Management|2023
38 cit.
3
Mapping native and non-native vegetation in the Brazilian Cerrado using freely available satellite products
Scientific Reports|2022
33 cit.
4
Forest Aboveground Biomass Estimation and Response to Climate Change Based on Remote Sensing Data
Sustainability|2022
30 cit.
5
Capturing drought stress signals: the potential of dendrometers for monitoring tree water status
Tree Physiology|2024
27 cit.
6
Assessing Forest Vitality and Forest Structure Using 3D Data: A Case Study From the Hainich National Park, Germany
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change|2022
26 cit.
7
Differential nutrient limitation and tree height control leaf physiology, supporting niche partitioning in tropical dipterocarp forests
Functional Ecology|2022
25 cit.
8
Divergence of hydraulic traits among tropical forest trees across topographic and vertical environment gradients in Borneo
New Phytologist|2022
23 cit.
9
Identifying hotspots for ecosystem restoration across heterogeneous tropical savannah-dominated regions
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences|2022
22 cit.
10
Forest canopy mortality during the 2018-2020 summer drought years in Central Europe: The application of a deep learning approach on aerial images across Luxembourg
Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research|2023
22 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Wrote the book, still writing it

Researchers

1
Rafael Villar
University of Córdoba
2
Chris S. Elphick
University of Connecticut
3
Peter S. Curtis
The Ohio State University
4
Hans Pretzsch
Technical University of Munich
5
Michael G. Ryan
Unknown
6
Peter B. Reich
Health Sciences North
7
Oliver L. Phillips
University of Leeds
8
David A. Coomes
University of Cambridge
9
Jürgen Bauhus
University of Freiburg
10
Lourens Poorter
Wageningen University & Research

Papers

1
The worldwide leaf economics spectrum
Nature|2004
8.8k cit.
2
A protocol for data exploration to avoid common statistical problems
Methods in Ecology and Evolution|2009
8.1k cit.
3
THE META-ANALYSIS OF RESPONSE RATIOS IN EXPERIMENTAL ECOLOGY
Ecology|1999
4.5k cit.
4
The world‐wide ‘fast–slow’ plant economics spectrum: a traits manifesto
Journal of Ecology|2014
3.9k cit.
5
From tropics to tundra: Global convergence in plant functioning
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|1997
2.4k cit.
6
Global patterns of plant leaf N and P in relation to temperature and latitude
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|2004
2.1k cit.
7
Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest
Science|2009
1.9k cit.
8
Leaf Life‐Span in Relation to Leaf, Plant, and Stand Characteristics among Diverse Ecosystems
Ecological Monographs|1992
1.7k cit.
9
Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests
Science|2016
1.5k cit.
10
The Evolution of Plant Functional Variation: Traits, Spectra, and Strategies
International Journal of Plant Sciences|2003
1.5k cit.

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