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59
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34952
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3003
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1173

Katharine J. Mach 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 Katharine J. Mach sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 137 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Katharine J. Mach 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 Katharine J. Mach sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 59 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Katharine J. Mach is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions in social sciences, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to climate change and its societal impacts.

Their recent published work includes the following papers:

  • A framework for complex climate change risk assessment (2021, One Earth)
  • A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change (2021, Nature Climate Change)
  • Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement (2020, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability)
  • Determinants of emissions pathways in the coupled climate-social system (2022, Nature)
  • Reframing strategic, managed retreat for transformative climate adaptation (2021, Science)

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • A.R. Siders
  • Kripa Jagannathan
  • Miyuki Hino
  • Elphin Tom Joe
  • Maarten van Aalst

The scientist publishes regularly in several venues, with the highest number of publications appearing in:

  • Environmental Research Climate
  • One Earth
  • Earth's Future
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Climate Change

Main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Social Sciences

Their work also spans multiple subfields such as:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

The core topics researched cover:

  • Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
  • Disaster Management and Resilience
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Climate change impacts on agriculture
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Best Publications

  • Managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation. Special report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente Barros;Thomas F. Stocker;Qin Dahe

  • Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation. A Special Report of Working Groups I and II of IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente Barros;Thomas F. Stocker;Qin Dahe

  • Climate Change 2014: Impacts,Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente R. Barros;Michael D. Mastrandrea;Katharine J. Mach

  • Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

    Steven J Davis;Nathan S. Lewis;Matthew Shaner;Sonia Aggarwal

  • Guidance Note for Lead Authors of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report on Consistent Treatment of Uncertainties

    Michael D. Mastrandrea;Christopher B. Field;Thomas F. Stocker;Ottmar Edenhofer

  • Climate change 2014: impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability - Part B: regional aspects - Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    V. R. Barros;C. B. Field;D. J. Dokke;M. D. Mastrandrea

  • A framework for complex climate change risk assessment

    Nicholas P. Simpson;Katharine J. Mach;Andrew Constable;Jeremy Hess

  • Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict

    Katharine J. Mach;Caroline M. Kraan;W. Neil Adger;Halvard Buhaug;Halvard Buhaug

  • A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

    Lea Berrang-Ford;A. R. Siders;Alexandra Lesnikowski;Alexandra Paige Fischer

  • Adaptation needs and options

    Ian R. Noble;Saleemul Huq;Yuri A. Anokhin;Jo Ann Carmin

  • Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk

    Miyuki Hino;Christopher B. Field;Katharine J. Mach

  • IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks

    Brian C. O'Neill;Michael Oppenheimer;Rachel Warren;Stephane Hallegatte

  • The IPCC AR5 guidance note on consistent treatment of uncertainties: a common approach across the working groups

    Michael D. Mastrandrea;Katharine J. Mach;Gian-Kasper Plattner;Ottmar Edenhofer;Ottmar Edenhofer

  • To co-produce or not to co-produce

    Maria Carmen Lemos;James C. Arnott;Nicole M. Ardoin;Kristin Baja

  • Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and ecosystems

    John Handmer;Yasushi Honda;Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz;Nigel Arnell

  • Determinants of emissions pathways in the coupled climate–social system

    Unknown

  • Climate Change 2014

    C. B. Field;V. R. Barros;M. D. Mastrandrea;K. J. Mach

  • Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement

    Katharine J Mach;Maria Carmen Lemos;Alison M Meadow;Carina Wyborn

  • Climate-Resilient Pathways: Adaptation, Mitigation, and Sustainable Development

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente R. Barros;David Jon Dokken;Katharine J. Mach

  • Organismal climatology: analyzing environmental variability at scales relevant to physiological stress.

    Brian Helmuth;Bernardo R. Broitman;Bernardo R. Broitman;Lauren Yamane;Sarah E. Gilman

  • Coastal Systems and Low-Lying Areas

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente R. Barros;David Jon Dokken;Katharine J. Mach

  • Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-Benefits

    Christopher B. Field;Vicente R. Barros;David Jon Dokken;Katharine J. Mach

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Field
Christopher B. Field Stanford University
Michael D. Mastrandrea
Michael D. Mastrandrea Stanford University
Mark W. Denny
Mark W. Denny Stanford University
Sally M. Benson
Sally M. Benson Stanford University
Gary W. Yohe
Gary W. Yohe Wesleyan University
Jan Minx
Jan Minx University of Leeds
Thomas F. Stocker
Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern
Kristie L. Ebi
Kristie L. Ebi University of Washington
James D. Ford
James D. Ford University of Leeds
Gian-Kasper Plattner
Gian-Kasper Plattner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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