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D-Index
47
Citations
12714
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5679
National Ranking
2065

Brendan M. Rogers publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brendan M. Rogers sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 157 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Brendan M. Rogers D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Brendan M. Rogers sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Brendan M. Rogers is affiliated with the Woodwell Climate Research Center in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with significant contributions to atmospheric science and global and planetary change. Their work also spans ecology, management, monitoring, policy and law, and environmental engineering.

The main topics in Rogers's research include:

  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Fire effects on ecosystems
  • Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • Tree-ring climate responses
  • Plant water relations and carbon dynamics

Rogers has published in several notable venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Global Change Biology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Rogers include:

  • "Focus on changing fire regimes: interactions with climate, ecosystems, and society," 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • "Fire as a fundamental ecological process: Research advances and frontiers," 2020, Journal of Ecology (author: Kendra K. McLauchlan)
  • "Increasing fire and the decline of fire adapted black spruce in the boreal forest," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (author: Jennifer L. Baltzer)
  • "Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (author: Susan M. Natali)
  • "Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties," 2021, Global Change Biology (author: Anna-Maria Virkkala)

Rogers regularly collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including Susan M. Natali, Stefano Potter, Jennifer D. Watts, Sander Veraverbeke, and Anna-Maria Virkkala. These collaborators have contributed extensively alongside Rogers in related fields and topics.

Best Publications

  • Global fire emissions estimates during 1997–2016

    Guido R. van der Werf;James T. Randerson;Louis Giglio;Thijs T. van Leeuwen

  • Global burned area and biomass burning emissions from small fires

    J. T. Randerson;Y. Chen;G. R. van der Werf;B. M. Rogers

  • Fire as a fundamental ecological process: research advances and frontiers

    Kendra K. McLauchlan;Philip E. Higuera;Jessica Miesel;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Lightning as a major driver of recent large fire years in North American boreal forests

    Sander Veraverbeke;Sander Veraverbeke;Brendan M. Rogers;Mike L. Goulden;Randi R. Jandt

  • Increasing wildfires threaten historic carbon sink of boreal forest soils

    Xanthe J. Walker;Jennifer L. Baltzer;Steven G. Cumming;Nicola J. Day

  • Influence of tree species on continental differences in boreal fires and climate feedbacks

    Brendan M. Rogers;Brendan M. Rogers;Amber J. Soja;Michael L. Goulden;James T. Randerson

  • Large loss of CO2 in winter observed across the northern permafrost region

    Susan M. Natali;Jennifer D. Watts;Brendan M. Rogers;Stefano Potter

  • Biological and geophysical feedbacks with fire in the Earth system

    Sally Archibald;Sally Archibald;C. E. R. Lehmann;C. E. R. Lehmann;Claire M. Belcher;William J. Bond

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • The changing radiative forcing of fires: global model estimates for past, present and future

    D. S. Ward;S. Kloster;N. M. Mahowald;B. M. Rogers

  • Taking off the training wheels: the properties of a dynamic vegetation model without climate envelopes, CLM4.5(ED)

    R. A. Fisher;S. Muszala;M. Verteinstein;P. Lawrence

  • Increasing fire and the decline of fire adapted black spruce in the boreal forest.

    Jennifer L. Baltzer;Nicola J. Day;Xanthe J. Walker;David Greene

  • Permafrost carbon feedbacks threaten global climate goals.

    Susan M. Natali;John P. Holdren;Brendan M. Rogers;Rachael Treharne

  • Future reversal of warming-enhanced vegetation productivity in the Northern Hemisphere

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  • Impacts of climate change on fire regimes and carbon stocks of the U.S. Pacific Northwest

    Brendan M. Rogers;Brendan M. Rogers;Ronald P. Neilson;Ray Drapek;James M. Lenihan

  • Focus on changing fire regimes: interactions with climate, ecosystems, and society

    Brendan M Rogers;Jennifer K Balch;Scott J Goetz;Caroline E R Lehmann;Caroline E R Lehmann

  • Statistical upscaling of ecosystem CO2 fluxes across the terrestrial tundra and boreal domain: Regional patterns and uncertainties

    Anna Maria Virkkala;Juha Aalto;Juha Aalto;Brendan M. Rogers;Torbern Tagesson;Torbern Tagesson

  • Expansion of high-latitude deciduous forests driven by interactions between climate warming and fire

    Zelalem A Mekonnen;William J Riley;James T Randerson;Robert F Grant

  • Fire severity influences the response of soil microbes to a boreal forest fire

    Sandra R Holden;Brendan M Rogers;Kathleen K Treseder;James T Randerson

  • Fuel availability not fire weather controls boreal wildfire severity and carbon emissions

    X. J. Walker;B. M. Rogers;S. Veraverbeke;J. F. Johnstone;J. F. Johnstone

  • Model comparisons for estimating carbon emissions from North American wildland fire

    Nancy H.F. French;William J. De Groot;Liza K. Jenkins;Brendan M. Rogers

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michelle C. Mack
Michelle C. Mack Northern Arizona University
Scott J. Goetz
Scott J. Goetz Northern Arizona University
Sander Veraverbeke
Sander Veraverbeke Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
James T. Randerson
James T. Randerson University of California, Irvine
Jill F. Johnstone
Jill F. Johnstone University of Saskatchewan
Edward A. G. Schuur
Edward A. G. Schuur Northern Arizona University
Merritt R. Turetsky
Merritt R. Turetsky University of Colorado Boulder
Jennifer L. Baltzer
Jennifer L. Baltzer Wilfrid Laurier University
Susan M. Natali
Susan M. Natali Woods Hole Research Center
Donatella Zona
Donatella Zona San Diego State University

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