Matthias Baumann

7.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Matthias Baumann is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthias Baumann has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 31 papers in Ecology and 18 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Matthias Baumann's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (39 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (32 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (17 papers). Matthias Baumann is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (39 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (32 papers) and Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology (17 papers). Matthias Baumann collaborates with scholars based in Germany, United States and Argentina. Matthias Baumann's co-authors include Tobias Kuemmerle, Volker C. Radeloff, Patrick Hostert, Alexander V. Prishchepov, Daniel Müller, Ignácio Gasparri, Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro, María Piquer‐Rodríguez, Mutlu Özdoğan and Patrick Griffiths and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Statistical Association and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Matthias Baumann

83 papers receiving 5.1k 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.

A Review of the Application of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing Data Fusion to Land Use Mapping and Monitoring

2016 501 citations Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle et al. profile →
Determinants of agricultural land abandonment in post-Soviet European Russia

2012 372 citations Alexander V. Prishchepov, Daniel Müller et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Matthias Baumann

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Matthias Baumann. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Matthias Baumann based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Matthias Baumann. Matthias Baumann is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Consensus land-cover mapping improves grassland classification in European mountain landscapes 2026 ·Scientific Reports ·(unknown), Matthias Baumann, (unknown), (unknown), Tobias Kuemmerle, (unknown)	0
2	Uncovering patterns of cattle intensification across South America’s dry diagonal 2025 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Tobias Kuemmerle, (unknown), Matthias Baumann, (unknown)	1
3	Attributing deforestation-driven biodiversity decline in the Gran Chaco to agricultural commodity supply chains 2025 ·Global Environmental Change ·(unknown), (unknown), Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Sebastián Aguiar, Ignácio Gasparri, Michael J. Lathuillière, (unknown), Vivian Ribeiro, Matthias Baumann	1
4	Revealing land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers 2025 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·(unknown), Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle, Yann le Polain de Waroux	1
5	Improving the estimation of grazing pressure in tropical rangelands 2025 ·Environmental Research Letters ·(unknown), Matthias Baumann, Lisandro J. Blanco, (unknown), (unknown), Johannes Piipponen, (unknown), Tobias Kuemmerle	2
6	Considering land use complexity and overlap is critical for sustainability planning 2025 ·One Earth ·(unknown), (unknown), Germán Baldi, Matthias Baumann, (unknown), Pedro González Fernández, Christian Levers, Patrick Meyfroidt, (unknown), María Vallejos, Tobias Kuemmerle	3
7	Troubled waters at the frontier: Mapping forest-dependent people's access to surface water in the Dry Chaco 2024 ·Applied Geography ·(unknown), Matthias Baumann, Christian Levers, Tobias Kuemmerle, Yann le Polain de Waroux	2
8	Links between deforestation, conservation areas and conservation funding in major deforestation regions of South America 2024 ·People and Nature ·Siyu Qin, (unknown), Patrick Meyfroidt, (unknown), Arash Ghoddousi, Florian Pötzschner, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle	1
9	What is still at stake in the Gran Chaco? Social-ecological impacts of alternative land-system futures in a global deforestation hotspot 2024 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Christian Levers, María Piquer‐Rodríguez, Florian Gollnow, Matthias Baumann, Micaela Camino, Ignácio Gasparri, Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro, Yann le Polain de Waroux, Daniel Müller, Javier Nori, Florian Pötzschner, Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Tobias Kuemmerle	5
10	A novel, post‐Soviet fire disturbance regime drives bird diversity and abundance on the Eurasian steppe 2023 ·Global Change Biology ·(unknown), Tobias Kuemmerle, Mahmood Soofi, Paul F. Donald, Norbert Hölzel, (unknown), Ingrid Stirnemann, (unknown), Matthias Baumann, Johannes Kamp	2
11	Little evidence of management change in California’s forest offset program 2023 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·(unknown), Christoph Nolte, Matthew D. Potts, Matthias Baumann, Barbara Haya, Van Butsic	20
12	Frontier metrics for a process-based understanding of deforestation dynamics 2022 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Matthias Baumann, Ignácio Gasparri, (unknown), (unknown), Patrick Meyfroidt, Christian Levers, Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Yann le Polain de Waroux, Daniel Müller, Tobias Kuemmerle	39
13	Uncovering major types of deforestation frontiers across the world’s tropical dry woodlands 2022 ·Nature Sustainability ·(unknown), Matthias Baumann, Patrick Meyfroidt, Tobias Kuemmerle	53
14	Toward Causal Inference for Spatio-Temporal Data: Conflict and Forest Loss in Colombia 2021 ·Journal of the American Statistical Association ·Rune Christiansen, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle, Miguel D. Mahecha, Jonas Peters	13
15	Agricultural expansion and the ecological marginalization of forest-dependent people 2021 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Christian Levers, Alfredo Romero‐Muñoz, Matthias Baumann, (unknown), (unknown), Ignácio Gasparri, Gregorio Gavier-Pizarro, Yann le Polain de Waroux, María Piquer‐Rodríguez, Asunción Semper‐Pascual, Tobias Kuemmerle	52
16	Shocks to food systems in times of conflict 2021 ·Nature Food ·Tobias Kuemmerle, Matthias Baumann	4
17	Widespread and major losses in multiple ecosystem services as a result of agricultural expansion in the Argentine Chaco 2020 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·María Paula Barral, Sebastián Horacio Villarino, Christian Levers, Matthias Baumann, Tobias Kuemmerle, Matías E. Mastrángelo	46
18	Declining human pressure and opportunities for rewilding in the steppes of Eurasia 2020 ·Diversity and Distributions ·Matthias Baumann, Johannes Kamp, Florian Pötzschner, Benjamin Bleyhl, Andrey Dara, (unknown), Alexander V. Prishchepov, Florian Schierhorn, Daniel Müller, Norbert Hölzel, (unknown), (unknown), Tobias Kuemmerle	30
19	Thresholds in forest bird communities along woody vegetation gradients in the South American Dry Chaco 2019 ·Journal of Applied Ecology ·Leandro Macchi, Matthias Baumann, (unknown), Matthew E. Baker, Christian Levers, H. Ricardo Grau, Tobias Kuemmerle	34
20	A social-ecological approach to identify and quantify biodiversitytipping points in South America's seasonal dry ecosystems 2019 ·Kirsten Thonicke, Fanny Langerwisch, Matthias Baumann, Pedro J. Leitão, Tomáš Václavík, Ane Alencar, Margareth Simões, Simon Scheiter, Liam Langan, Mercedes Bustamante, Ignácio Gasparri, Marina Hirota, Jan Börner, Raoni Rajão, Britaldo Soares‐Filho, Alberto Yanosky, (unknown), Lucas Seghezzo, Georgina Conti, Anne Cristina de la Vega-Leinert	3

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