G.J. Nabuurs

20.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
176 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

G.J. Nabuurs is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, G.J. Nabuurs has authored 176 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 124 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 78 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 31 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in G.J. Nabuurs's work include Forest Management and Policy (107 papers), Forest ecology and management (68 papers) and Forest Biomass Utilization and Management (31 papers). G.J. Nabuurs is often cited by papers focused on Forest Management and Policy (107 papers), Forest ecology and management (68 papers) and Forest Biomass Utilization and Management (31 papers). G.J. Nabuurs collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Finland and Germany. G.J. Nabuurs's co-authors include Mart‐Jan Schelhaas, Andreas Schuck, G.M.J. Mohren, Marc Hanewinkel, Niklaus E. Zimmermann, A. Pussinen, Geerten Hengeveld, Christopher B. Field, Timo Karjalainen and Jari Liski and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

G.J. Nabuurs

169 papers receiving 8.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Natural disturbances in the European forests in the 19th and 20th centuries

2003 783 citations Mart‐Jan Schelhaas, G.J. Nabuurs et al. profile →
Climate change may cause severe loss in the economic value of European forest land

2012 759 citations Marc Hanewinkel, Mart‐Jan Schelhaas et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
FOREST CARBON SINKS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

2002 679 citations R. A. Houghton, G.J. Nabuurs et al. profile →
Adaptive forest management in central Europe: Climate change impacts, strategies and integrative concept

2009 408 citations G.J. Nabuurs et al. profile →
Climatic controls of decomposition drive the global biogeography of forest-tree symbioses

2019 404 citations G.J. Nabuurs, Sergio de‐Miguel et al. profile →
Contribution of the land sector to a 1.5 °C world

2019 403 citations Nancy L. Harris, G.J. Nabuurs et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
The enduring world forest carbon sink

2024 202 citations R. A. Houghton, G.J. Nabuurs et al. profile →
Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century

2021 200 citations Liang Xu, Sassan Saatchi et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
G.J. Nabuurs Netherlands	40	6.1k	3.9k	1.9k	1.5k	1.3k	176	9.1k
Marcus Lindner Finland	43	6.1k 1.0×	3.5k 0.9×	1.8k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	128	9.0k
Werner A. Kurz Canada	51	8.2k 1.4×	3.8k 1.0×	3.3k 1.7×	2.0k 1.4×	1.3k 1.0×	189	11.1k
Richard A. Birdsey United States	45	6.8k 1.1×	4.3k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	2.4k 1.7×	824 0.6×	141	9.7k
Jari Liski Finland	50	4.6k 0.8×	2.8k 0.7×	2.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.2×	893 0.7×	132	8.4k
Mart‐Jan Schelhaas Netherlands	35	4.8k 0.8×	3.6k 0.9×	1.8k 0.9×	681 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	112	7.1k
Manfred J. Lexer Austria	39	5.8k 1.0×	4.2k 1.1×	1.9k 1.0×	678 0.5×	1.6k 1.2×	100	8.1k
Piermaria Corona Italy	45	5.4k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	2.7k 1.4×	2.6k 1.8×	1.4k 1.1×	287	8.8k
Jeffrey Q. Chambers United States	43	6.6k 1.1×	5.9k 1.5×	2.7k 1.4×	2.0k 1.4×	867 0.7×	141	10.8k
Raisa Mäkipää Finland	44	2.9k 0.5×	2.6k 0.7×	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.9×	1.4k 1.1×	141	5.9k
Seppo Kellomäki Finland	56	7.3k 1.2×	5.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.8×	846 0.6×	1.0k 0.8×	333	11.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of G.J. Nabuurs

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Woodall, Christopher W., Jeff W. Atkins, Bronson P. Bullock, et al.. (2025). Prioritizing Opportunities to Empower Forest Carbon Decisions Through Strategic Investment in Forest Modeling Capacity. Journal of Forestry. 123(2). 241–262. 1 indexed citations

König, Louis A., G.M.J. Mohren, Mart‐Jan Schelhaas, et al.. (2025). Combining national forest inventories reveals distinct role of climate on tree recruitment in European forests. Ecological Modelling. 505. 111112–111112.

Zulian, Grazia, et al.. (2024). Assessing pollinator habitat suitability considering ecosystem condition in the Hannover Region, Germany. Landscape Ecology. 39(3). 4 indexed citations

Reiche, Johannes, et al.. (2024). Sensitivity of Sentinel-1 Backscatter to Management-Related Disturbances in Temperate Forests. Remote Sensing. 16(9). 1553–1553. 2 indexed citations

Nabuurs, G.J., Philippe Ciais, Giacomo Grassi, R. A. Houghton, & Brent Sohngen. (2023). Reporting carbon fluxes from unmanaged forest. Communications Earth & Environment. 4(1). 14 indexed citations

Nabuurs, G.J., Nancy L. Harris, Douglas Sheil, et al.. (2022). Glasgow forest declaration needs new modes of data ownership. Nature Climate Change. 12(5). 415–417. 16 indexed citations

Xu, Liang, Sassan Saatchi, Yan Yang, et al.. (2021). Changes in global terrestrial live biomass over the 21st century. Science Advances. 7(27). eabe9829–eabe9829. 200 indexed citations breakdown →

Ciais, Philippe, Yilong Wang, Robbie M. Andrew, et al.. (2020). Biofuel burning and human respiration bias on satellite estimates of fossil fuel CO₂ emissions. Environmental Research Letters. 15(7). 74036–74036. 29 indexed citations

Nabuurs, G.J., Peter Verweij, M. van Eupen, et al.. (2019). Next-generation information to support a sustainable course for European forests. Nature Sustainability. 2(9). 815–818. 33 indexed citations

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Fingerman, Kevin, B.S. Elbersen, G.J. Nabuurs, et al.. (2018). Sourcing overseas biomass for EU ambitions: assessing net sustainable export potential from various sourcing countries. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 13(2). 293–324. 24 indexed citations

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Nabuurs, G.J., E.J.M.M. Arets, & Mart‐Jan Schelhaas. (2018). Understanding the implications of the EU-LULUCF regulation for the wood supply from EU forests to the EU. Carbon Balance and Management. 13(1). 18–18. 29 indexed citations

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Nabuurs, G.J., Philippe Delacote, David Ellison, et al.. (2017). By 2050 the Mitigation Effects of EU Forests Could Nearly Double through Climate Smart Forestry. Forests. 8(12). 484–484. 124 indexed citations

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Nabuurs, G.J., E.J.M.M. Arets, & Mart‐Jan Schelhaas. (2016). European forests show no carbon debt, only a long parity effect. Forest Policy and Economics. 75. 120–125. 29 indexed citations

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Hoogwijk, Monique, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Stefan Boeters, et al.. (2008). Sectoral emission reduction potentials: comparing bottom-up and top-down approaches. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations

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Ciais, P., Shilong Piao, Nicolas Viovy, et al.. (2006). Top-down and bottom-up carbon budgets of North America, Europe and Asia. AGUFM. 2006. 1 indexed citations

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Janssens, Ivan A., Annette Freibauer, Bernhard Schlamadinger, et al.. (2005). The carbon budget of terrestrial ecosystems at country-scale – a European case study. Biogeosciences. 2(1). 15–26. 171 indexed citations

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Nabuurs, G.J., R. Päivinen, A. Pussinen, & Mart‐Jan Schelhaas. (2003). Development of European forests until 2050; a projection of forest resources and forest management in thirty countries. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 9 indexed citations

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Nabuurs, G.J., et al.. (2001). Nature-Oriented Forest Management in Europe. Journal of Forestry. 99(7). 28–33. 8 indexed citations

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Nabuurs, G.J., G.M.J. Mohren, & A. J. Dolman. (2000). Monitoring and reporting carbon stocks and fluxes in Dutch forests. BASE. 4(4). 308–310. 12 indexed citations

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Nabuurs, G.J., et al.. (1998). How much forest do you have under the Kyoto Protocol. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 44. 12–15.

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