Níro Higuchi

24.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
217 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Níro Higuchi is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, Níro Higuchi has authored 217 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 97 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 54 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in Níro Higuchi's work include Forest ecology and management (103 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (56 papers) and Agricultural and Food Sciences (42 papers). Níro Higuchi is often cited by papers focused on Forest ecology and management (103 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (56 papers) and Agricultural and Food Sciences (42 papers). Níro Higuchi collaborates with scholars based in Brazil, United States and Germany. Níro Higuchi's co-authors include Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Joaquim dos Santos, Sandra Brown, Susan Trumbore, Bruce Nelson, Jérôme Chave, Henri Puig, Husato Ogawa, Bernard Riéra and François Fromard and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Níro Higuchi

201 papers receiving 10.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests

2005 2.6k citations Jeffrey Q. Chambers, Níro Higuchi et al. profile →
Changes in the Carbon Balance of Tropical Forests: Evidence from Long-Term Plots

1998 622 citations Oliver L. Phillips, Níro Higuchi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Níro Higuchi Brazil	44	6.3k	6.1k	2.3k	1.8k	1.1k	217	10.5k
Jeffrey Q. Chambers United States	43	5.9k 0.9×	6.6k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	2.0k 1.1×	1.2k 1.1×	141	10.8k
Deborah A. Clark United States	51	6.0k 1.0×	4.3k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	827 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	126	10.4k
Christian Wirth Germany	51	4.5k 0.7×	5.0k 0.8×	2.2k 1.0×	666 0.4×	1.6k 1.5×	178	9.4k
J. J. Landsberg Australia	42	4.7k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	2.5k 1.1×	640 0.4×	978 0.9×	88	8.7k
Derek Eamus Australia	66	5.0k 0.8×	11.0k 1.8×	3.7k 1.6×	2.1k 1.1×	3.4k 3.1×	253	15.8k
Ingrid C. Burke United States	61	4.8k 0.8×	4.9k 0.8×	6.0k 2.6×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	154	13.5k
Paulo Brando United States	39	2.8k 0.5×	6.3k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	632 0.3×	1.1k 1.0×	95	8.5k
Jennifer S. Powers United States	45	3.4k 0.5×	3.4k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	428 0.2×	863 0.8×	136	7.2k
Plínio Barbosa de Camargo Brazil	50	2.3k 0.4×	3.8k 0.6×	2.8k 1.2×	953 0.5×	1.3k 1.1×	234	8.7k
Zhiyao Tang China	50	4.4k 0.7×	3.5k 0.6×	2.6k 1.1×	750 0.4×	968 0.9×	237	9.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Níro Higuchi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Níro Higuchi

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Martinelli, Luiz Antônio, Clément P. Bataille, Maria Carmozina de Araújo, et al.. (2025). Bioavailable strontium isoscape for the Amazon region using tree wood. Forest Ecology and Management. 594. 122963–122963.

Gimenez, Bruno, Níro Higuchi, Robinson Negrón‐Juárez, et al.. (2024). Hysteresis area at the canopy level during and after a drought event in the Central Amazon. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 353. 110052–110052. 2 indexed citations

Higuchi, Níro, et al.. (2024). Application of Infrared Spectroscopy in the Identification of Fallen Trees from the Amazon Rainforest (Myristicaceae). Forest Science. 70(2). 102–112.

Ferraz, João Baptista Silva, et al.. (2023). Surface soil recovery occurs within 25 years for skid trails in the Brazilian Amazon. CATENA. 234. 107568–107568. 5 indexed citations

Santos, Joaquim dos, et al.. (2023). Volumetric yield coefficient: the key to regulating virtual credits for Amazon wood. Acta Amazonica. 53(1). 1–8. 3 indexed citations

Durgante, Flávia Machado, Níro Higuchi, Shinta Ohashi, et al.. (2023). Soil fertility and drought interact to determine large variations in wood production for a hyperdominant Amazonian tree species. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 5. 7 indexed citations

Higuchi, Níro, et al.. (2023). Spectral Patterns of Pixels and Objects of the Forest Phytophysiognomies in the Anauá National Forest, Roraima State, Brazil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 686–703.

Lima, Adriano José Nogueira, et al.. (2023). A Systematic Review of Logging Impacts in the Amazon Biome. Forests. 14(1). 81–81. 13 indexed citations

Görgens, Eric Bastos, Danilo Roberti Alves de Almeida, J. Rosette, et al.. (2021). Qualifying the Information Detected from Airborne Laser Scanning to Support Tropical Forest Management Operational Planning. Forests. 12(12). 1724–1724. 3 indexed citations

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Görgens, Eric Bastos, Matheus Henrique Nunes, Toby Jackson, et al.. (2020). Resource availability and disturbance shape maximum tree height across the Amazon. Global Change Biology. 27(1). 177–189. 42 indexed citations

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Fontes, Clarissa G., Paul V. A. Fine, Florian Wittmann, et al.. (2020). Convergent evolution of tree hydraulic traits in Amazonian habitats: implications for community assemblage and vulnerability to drought. New Phytologist. 228(1). 106–120. 36 indexed citations

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Holm, Jennifer A., Ryan Knox, Qing Zhu, et al.. (2020). The Central Amazon Biomass Sink Under Current and Future Atmospheric CO₂: Predictions From Big‐Leaf and Demographic Vegetation Models. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 125(3). 29 indexed citations

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Ferraz, João Baptista Silva, et al.. (2019). An Assessment of Soil Compaction after Logging Operations in Central Amazonia. Forest Science. 66(2). 230–241. 15 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Níro, et al.. (2009). Estimativa de sequestro de carbono em mata ciliar: projeto POMAR, São Paulo (SP) / Estimate of carbon sequestration in riparian forests: the POMAR project case, São Paulo (SP). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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Phillips, Oliver L., Simon L. Lewis, Timothy R. Baker, Kuo‐Jung Chao, & Níro Higuchi. (2008). The changing Amazon forest. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 363(1498). 1819–1827. 164 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Níro. (2007). Perspectivas do manejo florestal sustentável para a Amazônia brasileira. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 1 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Níro. (2006). O desmatamento insustentável na Amazônia. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 3 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Níro, et al.. (2006). AVALIAÇÃO DAS ÁREAS VERDES PÚBLICAS DA CIDADE DE MANAUS: SITUAÇÃO EM 1991. Caminhos de Geografia. 7(19). 1–10. 1 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Níro, Joaquim dos Santos, Liliane Martins Teixeira, & Adriano José Nogueira Lima. (2006). O Mercado Internacional de Madeira Tropical está à Beira do Colapso. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 6 indexed citations

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Higuchi, Níro, et al.. (1999). Arborização de Ruas de Manaus: Avaliação Qualitativa e Quantitativa. LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas). 9 indexed citations

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