Lian Pin Koh

24.8k total citations · 9 hit papers
170 papers, 16.1k citations indexed

About

Lian Pin Koh is a scholar working on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Lian Pin Koh has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 16.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 96 papers in Ecology, 94 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 40 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Lian Pin Koh's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (79 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (45 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (37 papers). Lian Pin Koh is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (79 papers), Oil Palm Production and Sustainability (45 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (37 papers). Lian Pin Koh collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Australia and United States. Lian Pin Koh's co-authors include Navjot S. Sodhi, David S. Wilcove, Barry W. Brook, Jaboury Ghazoul, Tien Ming Lee, Serge A. Wich, Peter K. L. Ng, Zuzana Buřivalová, Corey J. A. Bradshaw and Janice Ser Huay Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lian Pin Koh

164 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Hit Papers

Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2011 2004 2008 2012 2011 500 1000 1.5k
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. Primary forests are irreplaceable for sustaining tropical biodiversity
    2011 1.5k citations Lian Pin Koh, Barry W. Brook et al. profile →
  2. Southeast Asian biodiversity: an impending disaster
    2004 1.1k citations Navjot S. Sodhi, Lian Pin Koh et al. profile →
  3. Is oil palm agriculture really destroying tropical biodiversity?
    2008 787 citations Lian Pin Koh, David S. Wilcove profile →
  4. Dawn of Drone Ecology: Low-Cost Autonomous Aerial Vehicles for Conservation
    2012 477 citations Lian Pin Koh et al. profile →
  5. Remotely sensed evidence of tropical peatland conversion to oil palm
    2011 396 citations Lian Pin Koh, Jaboury Ghazoul et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  6. Navjot's nightmare revisited: logging, agriculture, and biodiversity in Southeast Asia
    2013 348 citations David S. Wilcove, Lian Pin Koh et al. profile →
  7. Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans
    2018 324 citations Jarrod C. Hodgson, Rowan Mott et al. Methods in Ecology and Evolution profile →
  8. Impact of Forest Management on Species Richness: Global Meta-Analysis and Economic Trade-Offs
    2016 282 citations Lian Pin Koh et al. profile →
  9. The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation
    2023 100 citations Qiming Zheng, Alexander V. Prishchepov et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lian Pin Koh Singapore 63 8.1k 6.8k 4.0k 2.5k 2.4k 170 16.1k
Joshua J. Lawler United States 53 6.7k 0.8× 5.4k 0.8× 4.8k 1.2× 2.1k 0.8× 4.8k 2.0× 134 15.0k
Joern Fischer Germany 73 8.2k 1.0× 9.4k 1.4× 6.6k 1.7× 3.0k 1.2× 2.7k 1.1× 253 21.3k
Arturo Sánchez‐Azofeifa Canada 57 5.3k 0.7× 5.6k 0.8× 3.2k 0.8× 2.1k 0.8× 2.3k 1.0× 233 11.9k
Andrew S. Pullin United Kingdom 50 4.4k 0.5× 5.0k 0.7× 3.1k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 165 14.0k
Jos Barlow United Kingdom 66 6.0k 0.7× 7.5k 1.1× 6.7k 1.7× 2.7k 1.1× 2.3k 0.9× 231 14.6k
Marie‐Josée Fortin Canada 65 8.6k 1.1× 6.2k 0.9× 7.0k 1.8× 2.9k 1.2× 3.6k 1.5× 274 17.2k
Volker Grimm Germany 61 7.1k 0.9× 6.0k 0.9× 6.2k 1.5× 3.9k 1.6× 2.8k 1.2× 260 20.3k
David P. Edwards United Kingdom 57 5.5k 0.7× 5.4k 0.8× 4.3k 1.1× 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 226 12.0k
Boris Schröder Germany 44 7.5k 0.9× 4.4k 0.6× 5.7k 1.4× 2.9k 1.2× 5.6k 2.3× 139 17.0k
William J. Ripple United States 67 13.8k 1.7× 4.5k 0.7× 4.6k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 2.9k 1.2× 227 19.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lian Pin Koh

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhao, Ruiying, et al.. (2025). Vegetation biogeography is a main source of uncertainty in modelling the land carbon cycle. Nature Communications. 17(1). 912–912. 1 indexed citations
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Teo, Hoong Chen, Serina Ng, Tuan-Anh Nguyen, et al.. (2025). Reduction of deforestation by agroforestry in high carbon stock forests of Southeast Asia. Nature Sustainability. 8(4). 358–362. 4 indexed citations
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Sreekar, Rachakonda, et al.. (2024). Conservation opportunities through improved management of recently established protected areas in Southeast Asia. Current Biology. 34(16). 3830–3835.e3. 4 indexed citations
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Teo, Hoong Chen, et al.. (2024). Charting the future of high forest low deforestation jurisdictions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(37). e2306496121–e2306496121. 1 indexed citations
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Balmford, Andrew, Lian Pin Koh, David Tilman, et al.. (2024). Reflections on the Global Biodiversity Framework: Achievements, gaps, and future priorities. One Earth. 7(12). 2092–2094.
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Zheng, Qiming, et al.. (2023). The neglected role of abandoned cropland in supporting both food security and climate change mitigation. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6083–6083. 100 indexed citations breakdown →
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Teo, Hoong Chen, et al.. (2023). Climate co-benefits of tiger conservation. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 7(7). 1104–1113. 12 indexed citations
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Teo, Hoong Chen, Qiming Zheng, Rachakonda Sreekar, et al.. (2023). Uncertainties in deforestation emission baseline methodologies and implications for carbon markets. Nature Communications. 14(1). 12 indexed citations
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Zeng, Yiwen, Lian Pin Koh, & David S. Wilcove. (2022). Gains in biodiversity conservation and ecosystem services from the expansion of the planet’s protected areas. Science Advances. 8(22). eabl9885–eabl9885. 63 indexed citations
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Teo, Hoong Chen, Srivatsan V. Raghavan, Xiaogang He, et al.. (2022). Large‐scale reforestation can increase water yield and reduce drought risk for water‐insecure regions in the Asia‐Pacific. Global Change Biology. 28(21). 6385–6403. 37 indexed citations
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Zheng, Qiming, Kelly Siman, Yiwen Zeng, et al.. (2022). Future land-use competition constrains natural climate solutions. The Science of The Total Environment. 838(Pt 3). 156409–156409. 21 indexed citations
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Sarira, Tasya Vadya, Yiwen Zeng, Rachel Neugarten, Rebecca Chaplin‐Kramer, & Lian Pin Koh. (2022). Co-benefits of forest carbon projects in Southeast Asia. Nature Sustainability. 5(5). 393–396. 21 indexed citations
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Zeng, Yiwen, Daniel A. Friess, Tasya Vadya Sarira, Kelly Siman, & Lian Pin Koh. (2021). Global potential and limits of mangrove blue carbon for climate change mitigation. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Teo, Hoong Chen, Yiwen Zeng, Tasya Vadya Sarira, et al.. (2021). Global urban reforestation can be an important natural climate solution. Environmental Research Letters. 16(3). 34059–34059. 45 indexed citations
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Zheng, Qiming, Hoong Chen Teo, & Lian Pin Koh. (2021). Artificial Light at Night Advances Spring Phenology in the United States. Remote Sensing. 13(3). 399–399. 31 indexed citations
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Koh, Lian Pin, Yiwen Zeng, Tasya Vadya Sarira, & Kelly Siman. (2021). Carbon prospecting in tropical forests for climate change mitigation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1271–1271. 76 indexed citations
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Hodgson, Jarrod C., Rowan Mott, Shane M. Baylis, et al.. (2018). Drones count wildlife more accurately and precisely than humans. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9(5). 1160–1167. 324 indexed citations breakdown →
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Koh, Lian Pin, Barry W. Brook, Toby Gardner, et al.. (2011). Primary Forests Are Vital For Sustaining Tropical Biodiversity. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Koh, Lian Pin & Jaboury Ghazoul. (2010). Spatially explicit scenario analysis for reconciling agricultural expansion, forest protection, and carbon conservation in Indonesia. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(24). 11140–11144. 150 indexed citations
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Koh, Lian Pin, Robert R. Dunn, Navjot S. Sodhi, et al.. (2004). Species Coextinctions and the Biodiversity Crisis. Science. 305(5690). 1632–1634. 413 indexed citations

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