2026 Katharine J. Mach: 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	59	3003	2871	1173	1089	137	34952

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

5169
Citations
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

5106
Citations
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

3445
Citations
Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

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

2214
Citations
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

1020
Citations
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

919
Citations
A framework for complex climate change risk assessment

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

614
Citations
Climate as a risk factor for armed conflict

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

583
Citations
A systematic global stocktake of evidence on human adaptation to climate change

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

562
Citations
Adaptation needs and options

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

557
Citations
Managed retreat as a response to natural hazard risk

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

544
Citations
IPCC reasons for concern regarding climate change risks

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

472
Citations
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

423
Citations
To co-produce or not to co-produce

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

371
Citations
Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and ecosystems

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

362
Citations
Determinants of emissions pathways in the coupled climate–social system

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327
Citations
Climate Change 2014

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

295
Citations
Actionable knowledge and the art of engagement

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

280
Citations
Climate-Resilient Pathways: Adaptation, Mitigation, and Sustainable Development

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

271
Citations
Organismal climatology: analyzing environmental variability at scales relevant to physiological stress.

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

265
Citations
Coastal Systems and Low-Lying Areas

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

136
Citations
Human Health: Impacts, Adaptation, and Co-Benefits

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

107
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher B. Field Stanford University

Michael D. Mastrandrea Stanford University

Mark W. Denny Stanford University

Sally M. Benson Stanford University

Gary W. Yohe Wesleyan University

Jan Minx University of Leeds

Thomas F. Stocker University of Bern

Kristie L. Ebi University of Washington

James D. Ford University of Leeds

Gian-Kasper Plattner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research

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