2026 Mark T. Brown: 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	50	3782	3646	1322	1260	145	12061

Research.com Recognitions

1975 - Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA)

Overview

Mark T. Brown is a researcher affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their academic focus lies primarily within the field of Environmental Science, with 24 publications contributing to this discipline. This work spans several subfields including Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Rheumatology, Global and Planetary Change, and Water Science and Technology.

The research topics addressed by Brown cover a variety of areas related to sustainability and environmental impact. These main topics include:

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
Energy and Environment Impacts
Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms
Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects

Brown frequently collaborates with several coauthors, notably:

Jillian P. Fry
Roni Neff
David C. Love
Frank Asche
Silvio Viglia

Their publications often appear in selected academic venues, with multiple contributions to the following journals:

Journal of Cleaner Production
Ecological Modelling
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Nature Food

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Brown include:

"Subcutaneous tanezumab for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee: efficacy and safety results from a 24-week randomised phase III study with a 24-week follow-up period" (2020), Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
"Fifteen essential science advances needed for effective restoration of the world's forest landscapes" (2022), Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
"Renewable energy in fisheries and aquaculture: Case studies from the United States" (2022), Journal of Cleaner Production
"Aquatic food loss and waste rate in the United States is half of earlier estimates" (2023), Nature Food
"Quantifying the environmental support to wild catch Alaskan sockeye salmon and farmed Norwegian Atlantic Salmon: An emergy approach" (2022), Journal of Cleaner Production

In 1975, Brown received recognition as a Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA), reflecting an established connection to statistical and analytical disciplines within their broader environmental work.

Best Publications

Emergy-based indices and ratios to evaluate sustainability: monitoring economies and technology toward environmentally sound innovation

M.T Brown;S Ulgiati

980
Citations
Emergy Analysis and Environmental Accounting

Mark T. Brown;Sergio Ulgiati

625
Citations
Monitoring patterns of sustainability in natural and man-made ecosystems

Sergio Ulgiati;Mark T. Brown

621
Citations
Emergy evaluations and environmental loading of electricity production systems

M.T. Brown;S. Ulgiati

601
Citations
Landscape development intensity index

Mark T. Brown;M. Benjamin Vivas

514
Citations
Quantifying the environmental support for dilution and abatement of process emissions The case of electricity production

Sergio Ulgiati;Mark T Brown

341
Citations
The geobiosphere emergy baseline: A synthesis

Mark T. Brown;Daniel E. Campbell;Christopher De Vilbiss;Sergio Ulgiati

326
Citations
EMergy analysis perspectives of Thailand and Mekong River dam proposals

M.T. Brown;T.R. McClanahan

316
Citations
The comparative biodiversity of seven globally important wetlands: A synthesis

Wolfgang J. Junk;Mark Brown;Ian C. Campbell;Max Finlayson

293
Citations
Emergy Evaluation of the Biosphere and Natural Capital

Mark T. Brown;Sergio Ulgiati

291
Citations
Updated evaluation of exergy and emergy driving the geobiosphere: A review and refinement of the emergy baseline

Mark T. Brown;Sergio Ulgiati

290
Citations
Emergy-based indices and ratios to evaluate the sustainable use of resources

S. Ulgiati;M.T. Brown;S. Bastianoni;N. Marchettini

287
Citations
Estimating the environmental costs of soil erosion at multiple scales in Kenya using emergy synthesis

Matthew J. Cohen;Mark T. Brown;Keith D. Shepherd

263
Citations
Emergy assessment of global renewable sources

Mark T. Brown;Sergio Ulgiati

241
Citations
Emergy Measures of Carrying Capacity to Evaluate Economic Investments

Mark T. Brown;Sergio Ulgiati

224
Citations
Assessing the global environmental sources driving the geobiosphere: A revised emergy baseline

Mark T. Brown;Sergio Ulgiati

221
Citations
Assessing geobiosphere work of generating global reserves of coal, crude oil, and natural gas

Mark T. Brown;Gaetano Protano;Sergio Ulgiati

207
Citations
On boundaries and ‘investments’ in Emergy Synthesis and LCA: A case study on thermal vs. photovoltaic electricity

Mark T. Brown;Marco Raugei;Sergio Ulgiati

202
Citations
Land use disturbance indicators and water quality variability in the Biscayne Bay Watershed, Florida

Richard O. Carey;Kati W. Migliaccio;Yuncong Li;Bruce Schaffer

163
Citations
Recent progress on emergy research: A bibliometric analysis

Wei Chen;Wenjing Liu;Yong Geng;Yong Geng;Mark T. Brown

163
Citations
Emergy and ecosystem complexity

Sergio Ulgiati;Mark T. Brown

144
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Howard T. Odum University of Florida

Sergio Ulgiati Parthenope University of Naples

Charles R. Lane Environmental Protection Agency

Gengyuan Liu Beijing Normal University

Matthew J. Cohen University of Florida

Treavor H. Boyer Arizona State University

Robert Costanza University College London

Yan Zhang Beijing Normal University

Yong Geng Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Marco Raugei Oxford Brookes University

External Links

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