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John W. Coulston

John W. Coulston

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
35
Citations
7875
World Ranking
7262
National Ranking
2446

John W. Coulston 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 John W. Coulston sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 158 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

John W. Coulston 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 John W. Coulston sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 35 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

John W. Coulston is affiliated with the US Forest Service in the United States, focusing on environmental science with a strong emphasis on forest ecology and management. Their research spans multiple disciplines, including global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, environmental engineering, ecology, and water science and technology.

The scientist's work frequently addresses topics related to remote sensing and LiDAR applications, forest management and policy, and the impacts of fire on ecosystems. Other notable areas include remote sensing in agriculture, land use and ecosystem services, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

The publication record of John W. Coulston includes contributions to several peer-reviewed journals, with repeated appearances in prominent venues such as Forest Ecology and Management, Forest Service Research Data Archive, UNC Libraries, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, and Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research.

Recent publications highlight topics addressing forest biomass mapping, land cover change impacts on productivity, and small area estimation methods for forest inventory. Significant works include:

  • Mapping Forest Aboveground Biomass Using Multisource Remotely Sensed Data, 2022, Remote Sensing
  • Land cover change-induced decline in terrestrial gross primary production over the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2016, 2021, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
  • Review and Synthesis of Estimation Strategies to Meet Small Area Needs in Forest Inventory, 2022, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
  • Updating annual state- and county-level forest inventory estimates with data assimilation and FIA data, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management
  • Enhancing the precision of broad-scale forestland removals estimates with small area estimation techniques, 2020, Forestry An International Journal of Forest Research

Collaboration is a notable aspect of their career, with frequent coauthors including Philip J. Radtke, Valerie A. Thomas, James A. Westfall, David N. Wear, and Randolph H. Wynne.

Best Publications

  • Completion of the 2011 National Land Cover Database for the Conterminous United States – Representing a Decade of Land Cover Change Information

    Collin G. Homer;Jon Dewitz;Limin Yang;Suming Jin

  • Fragmentation of Continental United States Forests

    Kurt H. Riitters;James D. Wickham;Robert V. O'Neill;K. Bruce Jones

  • Modeling Percent Tree Canopy Cover: A Pilot Study

    John W. Coulston;Gretchen G. Moisen;Barry T. Wilson;Mark V. Finco

  • Random forests and stochastic gradient boosting for predicting tree canopy cover: Comparing tuning processes and model performance

    Elizabeth A. Freeman;Gretchen G. Moisen;John W. Coulston;Barry T. Wilson

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

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

  • The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics (MRLC) Consortium — 20 Years of Development and Integration of USA National Land Cover Data

    James D. Wickham;Collin Homer;James E. Vogelmann;Alexa McKerrow

  • On-the-Fly Massively Multitemporal Change Detection Using Statistical Quality Control Charts and Landsat Data

    Evan B. Brooks;Randolph H. Wynne;Valerie A. Thomas;Christine E. Blinn

  • Fitting the Multitemporal Curve: A Fourier Series Approach to the Missing Data Problem in Remote Sensing Analysis

    Evan B. Brooks;V. A. Thomas;R. H. Wynne;J. W. Coulston

  • A Call to Improve Methods for Estimating Tree Biomass for Regional and National Assessments

    Aaron R. Weiskittel;David W. MacFarlane;Philip J. Radtke;David L.R. Affleck

  • From sink to source: Regional variation in U.S. forest carbon futures

    David N. Wear;John W. Coulston

  • Status and future of the forest health indicators program of the USA.

    Christopher William Woodall;Michael C. Amacher;William A. Bechtold;John W. Coulston

  • Geographic Analysis of Forest Health Indicators Using Spatial Scan Statistics

    John W. Coulston;Kurt H. Riitters

  • Fragmentation of forest communities in the eastern United States.

    Kurt H. Riitters;John W. Coulston;James D. Wickham

  • A national ozone biomonitoring program--results from field surveys of ozone sensitive plants in northeastern forests (1994-2000).

    Gretchen Smith;John Coulston;Edward Jepsen;Teague Prichard

  • Regional assessment of ozone sensitive tree species using bioindicator plants.

    John W. Coulston;Gretchen C. Smith;William D. Smith

  • Temporal change in forest fragmentation at multiple scales

    J. D. Wickham;K. H. Riitters;T. G. Wade;J. W. Coulston

  • Watershed impacts of climate and land use changes depend on magnitude and land use context

    Katherine L. Martin;Katherine L. Martin;Katherine L. Martin;Taehee Hwang;James M. Vose;John W. Coulston

  • Estimating and circumventing the effects of perturbing and swapping inventory plot locations

    Ronald E. McRoberts;Geoffrey R. Holden;Mark D. Nelson;Greg C. Liknes

  • Mapping Forest Aboveground Biomass Using Multisource Remotely Sensed Data

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  • A preliminary assessment of Montreal process indicators of forest fragmentation for the United States

    Kurt H. Riitters;James D. Wickham;John W. Coulston

  • Hot Spots of Perforated Forest in the Eastern United States

    Kurt H. Riitters;John W. Coulston

Frequent Co-Authors

David N. Wear
David N. Wear Resources For The Future
Kurt H. Riitters
Kurt H. Riitters United States Department of Agriculture
Grant M. Domke
Grant M. Domke US Forest Service
Randolph H. Wynne
Randolph H. Wynne Virginia Tech
Christopher W. Woodall
Christopher W. Woodall US Forest Service
James M. Vose
James M. Vose North Carolina State University
James D. Wickham
James D. Wickham Environmental Protection Agency
David J. Nowak
David J. Nowak US Forest Service
Lawrence E. Band
Lawrence E. Band University of Virginia
Aaron R. Weiskittel
Aaron R. Weiskittel University of Maine

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