Standout Papers

Global Consequences of Land Use 2001 2026 2009 2017 9.0k
  1. Global Consequences of Land Use (2005)
    Jonathan A. Foley, Ruth DeFries et al. Science
  2. MODIS Collection 5 global land cover: Algorithm refinements and characterization of new datasets (2009)
    M. A. Friedl, Damien Sulla‐Menashe et al. Remote Sensing of Environment
  3. Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production (2016)
    Corey Lesk, Pedram Rowhani et al. Nature
  4. Closing yield gaps through nutrient and water management (2012)
    Nathaniel D. Mueller, James Gerber et al. Nature
  5. Global response of terrestrial ecosystem structure and function to CO2 and climate change: results from six dynamic global vegetation models (2001)
    Wolfgang Crämer, Alberte Bondeau et al. Global Change Biology
  6. Estimating historical changes in global land cover: Croplands from 1700 to 1992 (1999)
    Navin Ramankutty, Jonathan A. Foley Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  7. Comparing the yields of organic and conventional agriculture (2012)
    Verena Seufert, Navin Ramankutty et al. Nature
  8. Farming the planet: 1. Geographic distribution of global agricultural lands in the year 2000 (2008)
    Navin Ramankutty, Amato T. Evan et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  9. Farming the planet: 2. Geographic distribution of crop areas, yields, physiological types, and net primary production in the year 2000 (2008)
    Chad Monfreda, Navin Ramankutty et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  10. Tropical forests were the primary sources of new agricultural land in the 1980s and 1990s (2010)
    Holly K. Gibbs, Frédéric Achard et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  11. An oscillation in the global climate system of period 65–70 years (1994)
    Michael E. Schlesinger, Navin Ramankutty Nature
  12. Putting people in the map: anthropogenic biomes of the world (2007)
    Erle C. Ellis, Navin Ramankutty Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
  13. Recent patterns of crop yield growth and stagnation (2012)
    D. K. Ray, Navin Ramankutty et al. Nature Communications
  14. An integrated biosphere model of land surface processes, terrestrial carbon balance, and vegetation dynamics (1996)
    Jonathan A. Foley, I. Colin Prentice et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  15. Anthropogenic transformation of the biomes, 1700 to 2000 (2010)
    Erle C. Ellis, Kees Klein Goldewijk et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  16. Carbon emissions from land use and land-cover change (2012)
    Joanna I. House, Julia Pongratz et al. Biogeosciences
  17. Agriculture production as a major driver of the Earth system exceeding planetary boundaries (2017)
    Bruce Campbell, Douglas Beare et al. Ecology and Society
  18. Crop planting dates: an analysis of global patterns (2010)
    William J. Sacks, Delphine Deryng et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  19. Agronomic phosphorus imbalances across the world's croplands (2011)
    Graham K. MacDonald, Elena M. Bennett et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  20. Carbon balance of the terrestrial biosphere in the Twentieth Century: Analyses of CO2, climate and land use effects with four process‐based ecosystem models (2001)
    A. D. McGuire, Stephen Sitch et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  21. Trends in Global Agricultural Land Use: Implications for Environmental Health and Food Security (2018)
    Navin Ramankutty, Zia Mehrabi et al. Annual Review of Plant Biology
  22. Testing the performance of a dynamic global ecosystem model: Water balance, carbon balance, and vegetation structure (2000)
    Christopher J. Kucharik, Jonathan A. Foley et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  23. Geographic distribution of major crops across the world (2004)
    Navin Ramankutty, Jonathan A. Foley et al. Global Biogeochemical Cycles
  24. Global crop yield response to extreme heat stress under multiple climate change futures (2014)
    Delphine Deryng, Declan Conway et al. Environmental Research Letters
  25. The role of pasture and soybean in deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon (2010)
    Elizabeth Barona, Navin Ramankutty et al. Environmental Research Letters
  26. Mind the gap: how do climate and agricultural management explain the ‘yield gap’ of croplands around the world? (2010)
    Rachel Licker, Matt Johnston et al. Global Ecology and Biogeography
  27. A global data set of the extent of irrigated land from 1900 to 2005 (2015)
    Stefan Siebert, Matti Kummu et al. Hydrology and earth system sciences
  28. Many shades of gray—The context-dependent performance of organic agriculture (2017)
    Verena Seufert, Navin Ramankutty Science Advances
  29. Hidden linkages between urbanization and food systems (2016)
    Karen C. Seto, Navin Ramankutty Science
  30. How do weather and climate influence cropping area and intensity? (2014)
    Toshichika Iizumi, Navin Ramankutty Global Food Security
  31. Subnational distribution of average farm size and smallholder contributions to global food production (2016)
    Leah Samberg, James Gerber et al. Environmental Research Letters
  32. How much of the world's food do smallholders produce? (2018)
    Vincent Ricciardi, Navin Ramankutty et al. Global Food Security
  33. Higher yields and more biodiversity on smaller farms (2021)
    Vincent Ricciardi, Zia Mehrabi et al. Nature Sustainability
  34. Functional connectivity of the world’s protected areas (2022)
    Angela Brennan, Robin Naidoo et al. Science

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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Navin Ramankutty 23412 13507 9454 153 47.3k
Jonathan A. Foley 23386 12939 7881 130 47.5k
Pamela A. Matson 12028 11182 7755 209 37.9k
Christopher B. Field 37581 21370 16436 334 74.2k
Ruth DeFries 28779 15944 2788 233 44.9k
Carl Folke 42158 24650 4086 261 86.7k
Harold A. Mooney 28714 20517 16601 329 64.0k
Gretchen C. Daily 25387 13966 3982 218 48.9k
Gordon B. Bonan 26713 9265 4291 176 39.3k
William H. Schlesinger 15046 14733 8356 246 42.2k
Stephen R. Carpenter 36617 30077 4066 391 91.6k

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