Ruth DeFries
Ruth DeFries publishes mostly in Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Atmospheric Science, on topics such as Remote Sensing in Agriculture, Fire effects on ecosystems and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.
- World rank
- #5,247 of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
- Rank in United States
- #2,500 of 358,040
- Works
- 70
- Citations
- 1.6k
- Citations per work
- 23.0
What does Ruth DeFries research?
Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.
- 1Global and Planetary Change26% of their works
- 2Ecology19% of their works
- 3Atmospheric Science7% of their works
- 4Ecological Modeling5% of their works
- 5Media Technology5% of their works
- 6Environmental Engineering5% of their works
Research topics
Which keywords describe Ruth DeFries's research?
The keywords of their largest research topics: Remote Sensing, Climate Change, Biomass Estimation, Biodiversity Conservation, Land Use Change, Phenology, Vegetation Monitoring and Ecosystem Services.
- Atmospheric Aerosols
- Species Distribution Modeling
- Image Analysis
- Forest Carbon Stocks
- Ecological Niche
- Urbanization
- Ecosystem Services
- Phenology
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Biomass Estimation
- Land Use Change
- Vegetation Monitoring
- Forest Fires
- Wildfire Activity
- Environmental Services
- Hyperspectral
- Lidar Remote Sensing
- Tropical Deforestation
- Black Carbon
Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 21 words, with their numbers
- Remote Sensing183 topics
- Climate Change143 topics
- Biomass Estimation122 topics
- Biodiversity Conservation102 topics
- Land Use Change102 topics
- Phenology81 topic
- Vegetation Monitoring81 topic
- Ecosystem Services61 topic
- Forest Fires61 topic
- Urbanization61 topic
- Wildfire Activity61 topic
- Ecological Niche41 topic
- Environmental Services41 topic
- Forest Carbon Stocks41 topic
- Hyperspectral41 topic
- Image Analysis41 topic
- Lidar Remote Sensing41 topic
- Species Distribution Modeling41 topic
- Tropical Deforestation41 topic
- Atmospheric Aerosols31 topic
- Black Carbon31 topic
Where does Ruth DeFries work?
Ruth DeFries's main affiliation in the publication record is Columbia University, United States.
How many publications and citations does Ruth DeFries have?
Science Explorer counts 70 works and 1,612 citations for Ruth DeFries, ranking #5,247 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.
Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.
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