Roeland Kindt

31.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
80 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Roeland Kindt is a scholar working on Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Roeland Kindt has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Forestry, 29 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Roeland Kindt's work include African Botany and Ecology Studies (31 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers). Roeland Kindt is often cited by papers focused on African Botany and Ecology Studies (31 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers) and Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (17 papers). Roeland Kindt collaborates with scholars based in Kenya, Denmark and United Kingdom. Roeland Kindt's co-authors include R. L. Coe, Anthony J. H. Simons, Ramni Jamnadass, Patrick Van Damme, Eike Luedeling, Ian K. Dawson, Sailesh Ranjitkar, Jianchu Xu, Neil Huth and Jens‐Peter Barnekow Lillesø and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Roeland Kindt

80 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

  1. Agroforestree Database: a tree reference and selection guide. Version 4.
    2009 1.2k citations Roeland Kindt, Ramni Jamnadass et al. profile →
  2. Tree diversity analysis: a manual and software for common statistical methods for ecological and biodiversity studies
    2006 838 citations Roeland Kindt et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Roeland Kindt Kenya 27 1.1k 880 874 845 823 80 3.9k
Romain Glèlè Kakaï Benin 35 1.4k 1.3× 1.8k 2.0× 846 1.0× 1.2k 1.4× 714 0.9× 279 3.9k
Brice Sinsin Benin 36 1.6k 1.5× 2.4k 2.8× 782 0.9× 1.9k 2.2× 772 0.9× 273 4.5k
Ramni Jamnadass Kenya 32 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.5× 663 0.8× 765 0.9× 875 1.1× 123 4.2k
Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo Benin 32 1.3k 1.2× 1.7k 2.0× 588 0.7× 1.1k 1.3× 502 0.6× 161 3.0k
Sebsebe Demissew Ethiopia 31 2.0k 1.9× 1.1k 1.2× 739 0.8× 674 0.8× 660 0.8× 228 4.0k
Ian K. Dawson Kenya 31 1.3k 1.2× 775 0.9× 322 0.4× 804 1.0× 512 0.6× 83 3.1k
Adjima Thiombiano Burkina Faso 31 893 0.8× 1.8k 2.1× 858 1.0× 1.3k 1.5× 561 0.7× 148 2.8k
Anne Mette Lykke Denmark 27 907 0.8× 1.2k 1.3× 437 0.5× 774 0.9× 441 0.5× 110 2.3k
Luigi Guarino Colombia 31 3.2k 2.9× 242 0.3× 377 0.4× 1.1k 1.3× 345 0.4× 85 5.1k
Shibu Jose United States 38 1.4k 1.3× 1.5k 1.7× 1.7k 1.9× 659 0.8× 1.6k 1.9× 152 5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Roeland Kindt

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Fields of papers citing papers by Roeland Kindt

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Roeland Kindt

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All Works

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Zhang, Wanjie, Qing Wang, Li Yang, et al.. (2023). Agroforestry Species Selection for Forest Rehabilitation in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Meta-Analysis on High-Level Taxonomy. Forests. 14(10). 2045–2045. 1 indexed citations
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Kindt, Roeland & Lars Graudal. (2023). Operationalizing Climate Appropriate Portfolios of Tree Diversity. Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Kindt, Roeland, Sammy Carsan, Lars Graudal, et al.. (2023). Supporting better forest landscape restoration by making investor funding for tree planting conditional on an adequate explanation of how tree seeds and seedlings will be sourced. Environmental Conservation. 50(4). 192–195. 1 indexed citations
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Zonneveld, Maarten van, Roeland Kindt, Stepha McMullin, et al.. (2023). Forgotten food crops in sub-Saharan Africa for healthy diets in a changing climate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(14). e2205794120–e2205794120. 25 indexed citations
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Fremout, Tobias, Evert Thomas, Hannes Gaisberger, et al.. (2020). Mapping tree species vulnerability to multiple threats as a guide to restoration and conservation of tropical dry forests. Global Change Biology. 26(6). 3552–3568. 65 indexed citations
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Dawson, Ian K., W. Powell, Prasad S. Hendre, et al.. (2019). The role of genetics in mainstreaming the production of new and orphan crops to diversify food systems and support human nutrition. New Phytologist. 224(1). 37–54. 67 indexed citations
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Ranjitkar, Sailesh, Nani Maiya Sujakhu, Roeland Kindt, et al.. (2016). Suitability Analysis and Projected Climate Change Impact on Banana and Coffee Production Zones in Nepal. PLoS ONE. 11(9). e0163916–e0163916. 64 indexed citations
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Ranjitkar, Sailesh, Nani Maiya Sujakhu, Yang Lu, et al.. (2015). Climate modelling for agroforestry species selection in Yunnan Province, China. Environmental Modelling & Software. 75. 263–272. 67 indexed citations
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Thomas, Elizabeth K., et al.. (2014). The distribution of the Brazil nut (Bertholletia excelsa) through time: from range contraction in glacial refugia to anthropogenic climate change. CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research). 3 indexed citations
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Thomas, Evert, et al.. (2014). Distribuição da castanha-do-brasil (Bertholletia excelsa) através do tempo: desde a contração no refúgio glacial, sua expansão mediada pelos humanos, até a mudança climática antropogênica. Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais. 9(2). 267–291. 13 indexed citations
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Russell, Joanne, Pete E. Hedley, Linda Cardle, et al.. (2014). tropiTree: An NGS-Based EST-SSR Resource for 24 Tropical Tree Species. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102502–e102502. 14 indexed citations
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Kehlenbeck, Katja, Roeland Kindt, Fergus Sinclair, Anthony J. H. Simons, & Ramni Jamnadass. (2011). Exotic tree species displace indigenous ones on farms at intermediate altitudes around Mount Kenya. Agroforestry Systems. 83(2). 133–147. 30 indexed citations
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Kindt, Roeland, Alice Muchugi, Ole Kim Hansen, et al.. (2011). Molecular Markers for Tropical Trees: Statistical Analysis of Dominant Data: ICRAF Technical Manual No. 13.. 1 indexed citations
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Dawson, Ian K., Barbara Vinceti, John C. Weber, et al.. (2010). Climate change and tree genetic resource management: maintaining and enhancing the productivity and value of smallholder tropical agroforestry landscapes. A review. Agroforestry Systems. 81(1). 67–78. 53 indexed citations
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Kindt, Roeland, et al.. (2007). Use of vegetation maps to infer on the ecological suitability of species using central and western Kenya as an example. Part II: Tree species lists for potential natural vegetation types.. 2 indexed citations
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Kindt, Roeland, Patrick Van Damme, & Anthony J. H. Simons. (2006). Patterns of Species Richness at Varying Scales in Western Kenya: Planning for Agroecosystem Diversification. Biodiversity and Conservation. 15(10). 3235–3249. 28 indexed citations
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Boffa, Jean-Marc, et al.. (2005). Enhancing Farm Tree Diversity as a Means of Conserving Landscape-based Biodiversity. Mountain Research and Development. 25(3). 212–217. 24 indexed citations

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