2026 Mark A. Cochrane: Ecology and Evolution Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Ecology and Evolution	58	2498	2390	879	829	164	25008

Overview

Mark A. Cochrane is affiliated with the University of Maryland Center For Environmental Sciences in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with a concentration in Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Atmospheric Science.

Their work covers multiple topics within the environmental sciences, including:

Fire effects on ecosystems
Remote sensing in agriculture
Atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics
Remote sensing and LiDAR applications
Forest ecology and management
Peatlands and wetlands ecology
Oil palm production and sustainability

Mark A. Cochrane has contributed publications to several academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

Environmental Research Letters
GIScience & Remote Sensing
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Global Change Biology
Remote Sensing

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Mark A. Cochrane are:

Manage fire regimes, not fires, 2021, Nature Geoscience
Factors affecting relative height and ground elevation estimations of GEDI among forest types across the conterminous USA, 2022, GIScience & Remote Sensing
Beyond slash-and-burn: The roles of human activities, altered hydrology and fuels in peat fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 2020, Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Evaluating accuracy of four MODIS-derived burned area products for tropical peatland and non-peatland fires, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
Using machine learning algorithms to predict groundwater levels in Indonesian tropical peatlands, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent coauthors include:

Izaya Numata
Bambang Hero Saharjo
Laura L. B. Graham
Andrew J. Elmore
Grahame Applegate

Best Publications

Fire in the Earth System

David M. J. S. Bowman;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Jennifer K. Balch;Paulo Artaxo;William J. Bond

3628
Citations
Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013

W. Matt Jolly;Mark A. Cochrane;Patrick H. Freeborn;Zachary A. Holden

2152
Citations
Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire

Daniel C. Nepstad;Adalberto Verssimo;Ane Alencar;Carlos Nobre

1833
Citations
Fire science for rainforests

Mark A. Cochrane

1502
Citations
The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

David M. J. S. Bowman;Jennifer Balch;Paulo Artaxo;William J. Bond

1326
Citations
The Future of the Brazilian Amazon

William F. Laurance;Mark A. Cochrane;Scott Bergen;Philip M. Fearnside

1294
Citations
Positive feedbacks in the fire dynamic of closed canopy tropical forests

Mark A. Cochrane;Ane Alencar;Mark D. Schulze;Carlos M. Souza

1220
Citations
Roads, deforestation, and the mitigating effect of protected areas in the Amazon

Christopher P. Barber;Mark A. Cochrane;Carlos M. Souza;William F. Laurance

726
Citations
Fire as a recurrent event in tropical forests of the eastern Amazon: effects on forest structure, biomass, and species composition.

Mark A. Cochrane;Mark D. Schulze

685
Citations
Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events.

David M. J. S. Bowman;Grant J. Williamson;John T. Abatzoglou;Crystal A. Kolden

653
Citations
Fire as a large-scale edge effect in Amazonian forests.

Mark A. Cochrane;William F. Laurance

646
Citations
Using vegetation reflectance variability for species level classification of hyperspectral data

M. A. Cochrane

524
Citations
Combining spectral and spatial information to map canopy damage from selective logging and forest fires

Carlos M. Souza;Dar A. Roberts;Mark A. Cochrane

465
Citations
Synergistic Interactions between Habitat Fragmentation and Fire in Evergreen Tropical Forests

Mark A. Cochrane

350
Citations
Ten-Year Landsat Classification of Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the Brazilian Amazon

Carlos M. Souza;João V. Siqueira;Marcio H. Sales;Antônio V. Fonseca

334
Citations
Climate change, human land use and future fires in the Amazon

Mark A. Cochrane;Christopher P. Barber

315
Citations
Land change science : observing, monitoring and understanding trajectories of change on the Earth's surface

Garik Gutman;Anthony C. Janetos;Christopher O. Justice;Emilio F. Moran

295
Citations
Synergisms among Fire, Land Use, and Climate Change in the Amazon

Mark A. Cochrane;William F. Laurance

293
Citations
Fire regimes of Australia: A pyrogeographic model system

Brett P. Murphy;Brett P. Murphy;Ross A. Bradstock;Matthias M. Boer;John Carter

278
Citations
Field measurements of trace gases and aerosols emitted by peat fires in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, during the 2015 El Niño

Chelsea E. Stockwell;Chelsea E. Stockwell;Thilina Jayarathne;Mark A. Cochrane;Kevin C. Ryan

251
Citations
Investigating positive feedbacks in the fire dynamic of closed canopy tropical forests.

M. A. Cochrane;A. Alencar;M. D. Schulze;C. M. Souza

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jos Barlow Lancaster University

Carlos M. Souza Amazon Institute of People and the Environment

David M. J. S. Bowman University of Tasmania

William F. Laurance James Cook University

Brett P. Murphy Charles Darwin University

Julio Louzada Federal University of Lavras

Grant J. Williamson University of Tasmania

Robert J. Yokelson University of Montana

Jennifer K. Balch University of Colorado Boulder

Meg A. Krawchuk Oregon State University

External Links

Personal website of Mark A. Cochrane

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