# Ruth DeFries

**Type:** Researchers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/researchers/ruth-defries/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 75,061 |
| Field | Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management |
| h-index | 114 |
| i10-index | 242 |
| Last Known Institution | Climate Central |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/A5079129520 |
| ORCID iD | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3332-4621 |
| Works | 453 |

## Researcher topics

- [Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management](https://scholariq.org/topics/conservation-biodiversity-and-resource-management/)
- [Remote Sensing in Agriculture](https://scholariq.org/topics/remote-sensing-in-agriculture/)
- [Fire effects on ecosystems](https://scholariq.org/topics/fire-effects-on-ecosystems/)
- [Land Use and Ecosystem Services](https://scholariq.org/topics/land-use-and-ecosystem-services/)
- [Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics](https://scholariq.org/topics/atmospheric-and-environmental-gas-dynamics/)

## Researcher university

- [Climate Central](https://scholariq.org/institutions/climate-central/)

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Source: ScholarIQ — public research metadata, principally OpenAlex. See https://scholariq.org/sources/ for provenance and https://scholariq.org/methodology/ for what these figures mean.