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D-Index
46
Citations
8913
World Ranking
4618
National Ranking
1604

David N. Wear publications per year

1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 1 publications 1993: 5 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 4 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 1 publications 2008: 1 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 6 publications 2021: 0 publications 2022: 1 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 6 publications
1989 2025

149 publications in total across all disciplines

David N. Wear publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David N. Wear sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

David N. Wear D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David N. Wear sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

David N. Wear is affiliated with Resources For The Future in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular emphasis on global and planetary change, as well as nature and landscape conservation.

Their publication record includes papers addressing various aspects of forest management, ecosystem dynamics, and land use. Recent papers by David N. Wear include:

  • Enhancing the economic feasibility of fuel treatments: Market and policy pathways for US Federal Lands, 2024, Forest Policy and Economics
  • Land-use change, no-net-loss policies, and effects on carbon dioxide removals, 2024, Carbon Balance and Management

David N. Wear has contributed extensively to the fields of forest management and policy, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, forest ecology and management, as well as fire effects on ecosystems. Other significant topics of their work include conservation, biodiversity, and resource management, forest biomass utilization and management, and land use and ecosystem services.

Their collaborations involve frequent coauthors including John W. Coulston, Matthew Wibbenmeyer, Emily Joiner, Evan B. Brooks, and Kurt H. Riitters.

David N. Wear's research has been published mainly in the following venues: Forest Policy and Economics, SSRN Electronic Journal, UNC Libraries, PLoS ONE, and Carbon Balance and Management.

Below is a summary of notable recent publications coauthored by or involving David N. Wear and related research collaborators:

  • Using a hybrid demand-allocation algorithm to enable distributional analysis of land use change patterns, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • Distribution and dynamics of private forests across the United States, 2023, Forest Policy and Economics
  • Spatial realizations of county-level land use projections for the conterminous United States, 2020-2070, used in the 2020 RPA Assessment, 2023, Forest Service Research Data Archive

Their multidisciplinary work integrates environmental science with economics and forest management, addressing complex issues surrounding land use change, policy pathways for federal lands, and carbon dioxide removal strategies.

Best Publications

  • Ecological forecasts: an emerging imperative.

    James S. Clark;Steven R. Carpenter;Mary Barber;Scott Collins

  • Land Ownership and Land‐Cover Change in the Southern Appalachian Highlands and the Olympic Peninsula

    Monica G. Turner;David N. Wear;Richard O. Flamm

  • Southern Forest Resource Assessment

    David N. Wear;John G. Greis

  • Land-Use Changes in Southern Appalachian Landscapes: Spatial Analysis and Forecast Evaluation

    David N. Wear;Paul Bolstad

  • Southern Forest Resource Assessment - Technical Report

    David N. Wear;John G. Greis

  • Production Economics of Private Forestry: A Comparison of Industrial and Nonindustrial Forest Owners

    David H. Newman;David N. Wear

  • LAND COVER ALONG AN URBAN-RURAL GRADIENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY

    David N. Wear;Monica G. Turner;Robert J. Naiman

  • The effects of population growth on timber management and inventories in Virginia

    David N. Wear;Rei Liu;J. Michael Foreman;Raymond M. Sheffield

  • Ecosystem Management with Multiple Owners: Landscape Dynamics in a Southern Appalachian Watershed

    David N. Wear;Monica G. Turner;Richard O. Flamm

  • Effects of land-cover change on spatial pattern of forest communities in the Southern Appalachian Mountains (USA)

    Monica G. Turner;Scott M. Pearson;Paul Bolstad;David N. Wear

  • Complex forest dynamics indicate potential for slowing carbon accumulation in the southeastern United States.

    John W. Coulston;David N. Wear;James M. Vose

  • Decisions Nonindustrial Forest Landowners Make: An Empirical Examination

    M. Christine Conway;Gregory S. Amacher;Jay Sullivan;David Wear

  • Southern Forest Resource Assessment - Summary Report

    David N. Wear;John G. Greis

  • Southern Forest Resource Assessment - Summary of Findings

    David N. Wear;John G. Greis

  • Challenges to interdisciplinary discourse

    David N. Wear

  • The Southern Forest Futures Project: technical report

    David N. Wear;John G. Greis

  • Policy-Relevant Nonconvexities in the Production of Multiple Forest Benefits?

    Stephen K. Swallow;Peter J. Parks;David N. Wear

  • The Southern Forest Futures Project: Summary Report

    David N. Wear;John G. Greis

  • Spatial Interactions in Multiple-Use Forestry and Substitution and Wealth Effects for the Single Stand

    Stephen K. Swallow;David N. Wear

  • Federal timber restrictions, interregional spillovers, and the impact on US softwood markets

    David N. Wear;Brian C. Murray

  • Meeting global policy commitments: carbon sequestration and southern pine forests

    Kurt H. Johnsen;David N. Wear;R. Oren;R.O. Teskey

Frequent Co-Authors

John W. Coulston
John W. Coulston US Forest Service
James M. Vose
James M. Vose North Carolina State University
Lawrence E. Band
Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia
Kurt H. Riitters
Kurt H. Riitters United States Department of Agriculture
Monica G. Turner
Monica G. Turner University of Wisconsin–Madison
Charles H. Luce
Charles H. Luce US Forest Service
David J. Nowak
David J. Nowak US Forest Service
Paul J. Hanson
Paul J. Hanson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Michael G. Ryan
Michael G. Ryan Colorado State University

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