Ruth DeFries

1.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
7 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Ruth DeFries is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ruth DeFries has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 3 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 3 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Ruth DeFries's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers). Ruth DeFries is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (4 papers), Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (2 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (2 papers). Ruth DeFries collaborates with scholars based in United States, Colombia and United Kingdom. Ruth DeFries's co-authors include Matthew C. Hansen, Andrew J. Hansen, Adrian C. Newton, Gregory P. Asner, William F. Laurance, Thomas K. Rudel, Michael T. Coe, Andréa Aguiar Azevedo, Paulo Brando and J. R. Townshend and has published in prestigious journals such as Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Conservation Biology and Ecological Applications.

In The Last Decade

Ruth DeFries

7 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

INCREASING ISOLATION OF PROTECTED AREAS IN TROPICAL FORES... 2005 2026 2012 2019 2005 2009 100 200 300 400 500
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. INCREASING ISOLATION OF PROTECTED AREAS IN TROPICAL FORESTS OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS
    2005 570 citations Ruth DeFries, Andrew J. Hansen et al. Ecological Applications profile →
  2. Changing Drivers of Deforestation and New Opportunities for Conservation
    2009 450 citations Thomas K. Rudel, Ruth DeFries et al. Conservation Biology profile →

Peers

Ruth DeFries
Scott Bergen United States
Daniel Redo Puerto Rico
Philip G. Curtis United States
Nelly Rodríguez Colombia
Dirk Wascher United States
Malvika Onial United Kingdom
Patricia H. Gude United States
Sarah Jane Wilson United States
Eirivelthon Lima United States
Alicia Castillo Mexico
Scott Bergen United States
Ruth DeFries
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Countries citing papers authored by Ruth DeFries

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ruth DeFries

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ruth DeFries. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ruth DeFries. The network helps show where Ruth DeFries may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ruth DeFries

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ruth DeFries. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ruth DeFries 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 Ruth DeFries. Ruth DeFries is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Schwartz, Naomi B., María Uriarte, Ruth DeFries, et al.. (2017). Fragmentation increases wind disturbance impacts on forest structure and carbon stocks in a western Amazonian landscape. Ecological Applications. 27(6). 1901–1915. 41 indexed citations
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Brando, Paulo, Michael T. Coe, Ruth DeFries, & Andréa Aguiar Azevedo. (2013). Ecology, economy and management of an agroindustrial frontier landscape in the southeast Amazon. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 368(1619). 20120152–20120152. 78 indexed citations
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Rudel, Thomas K., Ruth DeFries, Gregory P. Asner, & William F. Laurance. (2009). Changing Drivers of Deforestation and New Opportunities for Conservation. Conservation Biology. 23(6). 1396–1405. 450 indexed citations breakdown →
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Songer, Melissa, et al.. (2008). Spatial and temporal deforestation dynamics in protected and unprotected dry forests: a case study from Myanmar (Burma). Biodiversity and Conservation. 18(4). 1001–1018. 52 indexed citations
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DeFries, Ruth, Andrew J. Hansen, Adrian C. Newton, & Matthew C. Hansen. (2005). INCREASING ISOLATION OF PROTECTED AREAS IN TROPICAL FORESTS OVER THE PAST TWENTY YEARS. Ecological Applications. 15(1). 19–26. 570 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zhan, Xiwu, Ruth DeFries, J. R. Townshend, et al.. (2000). The 250 m global land cover change product from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer of NASA's Earth Observing System. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 21(6-7). 1433–1460. 74 indexed citations

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