2026 Dmitry Schepaschenko: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	51	4718	4515	41	41	252	10221

Overview

Dmitry Schepaschenko is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with particular attention to global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, atmospheric science, and environmental engineering as major subfields of study.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics related to forests and ecosystems. Key research themes include forest management and policy, remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest ecology and management, fire effects on ecosystems, remote sensing in agriculture, forest ecology and biodiversity studies, as well as conservation, biodiversity, and resource management.

Dmitry Schepaschenko has participated in publishing recent papers in respected journals. Notable publications include:

The enduring world forest carbon sink (2024) published in Nature
The global forest above-ground biomass pool for 2010 estimated from high-resolution satellite observations (2021) in Earth system science data
Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water (2021) in Nature Ecology & Evolution
Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances (2022) in Nature Geoscience
Russian forest sequesters substantially more carbon than previously reported (2021) in Scientific Reports

The scientist has co-authored frequently with several researchers including А. Shvidenko, Liudmila Mukhortova, Myroslava Lesiv, Linda See, and Florian Kraxner.

Dmitry Schepaschenko has published works in a range of venues, with the most frequent being Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Forests, SSRN Electronic Journal, Earth system science data, and Environmental Research Letters.

In addition to journal articles, Dmitry Schepaschenko authored a book titled Aboveground Woody Biomass Product Validation Good Practices Protocol published by Ghent University in 2021.

Best Publications

Boreal forest health and global change

S. Gauthier;P. Bernier;T. Kuuluvainen;A. Z. Shvidenko

1260
Citations
Mapping global cropland and field size

Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Ian McCallum;Liangzhi You

602
Citations
The enduring world forest carbon sink

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444
Citations
Geo-Wiki: An online platform for improving global land cover

Steffen Fritz;Ian McCallum;Christian Schill;Christoph Perger

395
Citations
Integrated global assessment of the natural forest carbon potential

Unknown

379
Citations
The global forest above-ground biomass pool for 2010 estimated from high-resolution satellite observations

Maurizio Santoro;Oliver Cartus;Nuno Carvalhais;Nuno Carvalhais;Danaë M. A. Rozendaal

331
Citations
Carbon stock and density of northern boreal and temperate forests

Martin Thurner;Christian Beer;Maurizio Santoro;Nuno Carvalhais

331
Citations
The number of tree species on Earth

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298
Citations
An estimate of the terrestrial carbon budget of Russia using inventory based, eddy covariance and inversion methods

A. J. Dolman;A. Shvidenko;D. Schepaschenko;P. Ciais

223
Citations
Climate Change and Wildfires in Russia

A. Z. Shvidenko;A. Z. Shvidenko;D. G. Schepaschenko;D. G. Schepaschenko

200
Citations
The Importance of Consistent Global Forest Aboveground Biomass Product Validation

L. Duncanson;J. Armston;M. Disney;V. Avitabile

198
Citations
Estimating the global distribution of field size using crowdsourcing.

Myroslava Lesiv;Juan Carlos Laso Bayas;Linda See;Martina Duerauer

195
Citations
Forest growing stock volume of the northern hemisphere: Spatially explicit estimates for 2010 derived from Envisat ASAR

Maurizio Santoro;André Beaudoin;Christian Beer;Oliver Cartus

188
Citations
A global dataset of crowdsourced land cover and land use reference data

Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Christoph Perger;Ian McCallum

182
Citations
Tamm Review: Observed and projected climate change impacts on Russia’s forests and its carbon balance

Sibyll Schaphoff;Christopher P.O. Reyer;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Dieter Gerten

165
Citations
A comprehensive framework for assessing the accuracy and uncertainty of global above-ground biomass maps

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160
Citations
Ground Data are Essential for Biomass Remote Sensing Missions

Jérôme Chave;Stuart J. Davies;Oliver L. Phillips;Simon L. Lewis;Simon L. Lewis

156
Citations
Development of a global hybrid forest mask through the synergy of remote sensing, crowdsourcing and FAO statistics

Dmitry Schepaschenko;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Linda See;Myroslava Lesiv;Myroslava Lesiv;Myroslava Lesiv;Ian McCallum

153
Citations
Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances

Unknown

153
Citations
A new hybrid land cover dataset for Russia: a methodology for integrating statistics, remote sensing and in situ information

Dmitry Schepaschenko;Ian McCallum;Anatoly Shvidenko;Steffen Fritz

139
Citations
Building a hybrid land cover map with crowdsourcing and geographically weighted regression

Linda See;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Myroslava Lesiv;Myroslava Lesiv;Ian McCallum

135
Citations
Spatial distribution of arable and abandoned land across former Soviet Union countries

Myroslava Lesiv;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Elena Moltchanova;Rostyslav Bun

129
Citations
Semi-empirical models for assessing biological productivity of Northern Eurasian forests

Anatoly Shvidenko;Dmitry Schepaschenko;Sten Nilsson;Yuri Bouloui

129
Citations
Impact of wildfire in Russia between 1998-2010 on ecosystems and the global carbon budget

A. Z. Shvidenko;A. Z. Shvidenko;D. G. Shchepashchenko;D. G. Shchepashchenko;E. A. Vaganov;E. A. Vaganov;A. I. Sukhinin

123
Citations
A global dataset of crowdsourced land cover and land use reference data (2011-2012)

Steffen Fritz;Linda See;Christoph Perger;Ian McCallum

1
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Anatoly Shvidenko International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Florian Kraxner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Steffen Fritz International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Ian McCallum International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Linda See International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford

Maurizio Santoro Gamma Remote Sensing (Switzerland)

Sten Nilsson International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Martin Herold Wageningen University & Research

Sabine Fuss International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

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