David Pimentel

36.1k citations
233 papers · 22.8k indexed · 13 hit papers · h-index 61

Impact in

  • Soil Science top 0.2%
    • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Ecology top 0.05%
    • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
    • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Papers in

    • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control 29
    • Insect and Pesticide Research 16
    • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics 12

David Pimentel

225 papers receiving 20.2k citations

Hit Papers

Soil Erosion Threatens Food Production 2013 · 459 citations
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Peers

David Pimentel
Comparison fields: 5 of 195
  • Soil Science 2.8k
  • Ecology 7.3k
  • Insect Science 3.4k
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation 3.2k
  • Ecological Modeling 800
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20231
2 2011204
3 20105
4 201058
5 200797
6 2007132
7
Bioweapon Impacts on Public Health and the Environment
20061
8 20048
9 200429
10
Sustainability of meat-based and plant-based diets and the environment
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2003688
11
Overview of the Use of Genetically Modified Organisms and Pesticides in Agriculture
20014
12
Ethanol fuels: energy, economics and environmental impact.
200110
13
Recursos hídricos: agricultura, medio ambiente y sociedad: el agua es un recurso renovable, pero su disponibilidad es variable y limitada.
19991
14
Population growth, environmental resources, and the global availability of food
19997
15
Energy use in agriculture: An overview
199920
16 19949
17 1993249
18 198436
19
Ecological aspects of agricultural policy
19807
20 196115

About David Pimentel

David Pimentel is a scholar working on Insect Science, Soil Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology and Plant Science, having authored 233 papers that have together received 22.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (29 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (18 papers), Bioenergy crop production and management (17 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (17 papers), Insect and Pesticide Research (16 papers), Insect Pest Control Strategies (15 papers), Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics (12 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Soil Science (2.8k citations), Ecology (7.3k citations), Insect Science (3.4k citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (3.2k citations) and Ecological Modeling (800 citations). David Pimentel has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Italy and Brazil. Frequent co-authors include Marcia Pimentel, Tadeusz W. Patzek, Lori Lach, Maurizio G. Paoletti, Tiziano Gomiero, Michael Burgess, Rita Seidel, Paul R. Hepperly, James Hanson and David D. Douds. Their work appears in journals such as BioScience, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal of Economic Entomology, Science and Environment Development and Sustainability.

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