2026 Martin E. Alexander: 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	42	7339	7053	326	306	122	7860

Martin E. Alexander 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 Martin E. Alexander sits on this spectrum.

41 publications 687+

This scientist: 122 publications — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Martin E. Alexander 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 Martin E. Alexander sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 25th percentile

25% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Martin E. Alexander is affiliated with Wild Rose Fire Behaviour in Canada and specializes in environmental science with a focus on fire dynamics and wildfire behavior. Their research spans several subfields including global and planetary change, management, monitoring, policy and law, ecology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, and nature and landscape conservation.

Their published work addresses topics related to fire effects on ecosystems, landslides and related hazards, rangeland and wildlife management, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, forest ecology and management, fire dynamics and safety research, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Martin E. Alexander include Miguel G. Cruz, Paulo M. Fernandes, Musa Kilinc, Daniel D. B. Perrakis, and Scott M. Frost. Their research has appeared primarily in these publication venues:

Fire
International Journal of Wildland Fire
Environmental Modelling & Software
Ecological Informatics
The Forestry Chronicle

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Martin E. Alexander include:

Evaluating the 10% wind speed rule of thumb for estimating a wildfire's forward rate of spread against an extensive independent set of observations, 2020, Environmental Modelling & Software
Evidence for lack of a fuel effect on forest and shrubland fire rates of spread under elevated fire danger conditions: implications for modelling and management, 2022, International Journal of Wildland Fire
Wildfire Rates of Spread in Grasslands under Critical Burning Conditions, 2022, Fire
Improved logistic models of crown fire probability in Canadian conifer forests, 2023, International Journal of Wildland Fire
The Application of Fire Behavior Modeling to Fuel Treatment Assessments at Army Garrison Camp Williams, Utah, 2022, Fire

Best Publications

Calculating and interpreting forest fire intensities

Martin E. Alexander

638
Citations
Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System: An Overview

B. J. Stocks;T. J. Lynham;B. D. Lawson;M. E. Alexander

563
Citations
Fire on Earth: An Introduction

Andrew C. Scott;David M. J. S. Bowman;William J. Bond;Stephen J. Pyne

376
Citations
Science, technology, and human factors in fire danger rating: the Canadian experience

Stephen W. Taylor;Martin E. Alexander

316
Citations
Assessing canopy fuel stratum characteristics in crown fire prone fuel types of western North America

Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander;Ronald H. Wakimoto

285
Citations
Assessing crown fire potential in coniferous forests of western North America: a critique of current approaches and recent simulation studies.

Miguel G. Cruz;Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander;Martin E. Alexander

282
Citations
Information systems in support of wildland fire management decision making in Canada

B.S Lee;M.E Alexander;B.C Hawkes;T.J Lynham

271
Citations
Fire, climate change, carbon and fuel management in the Canadian boreal forest

B.D. Amiro;B.J. Stocks;M.E. Alexander;Flannigan

257
Citations
Development and testing of models for predicting crown fire rate of spread in conifer forest stands

Miguel G Cruz;Martin E Alexander;Ronald H Wakimoto

249
Citations
Crown fire behaviour in a northern jack pine-black spruce forest

B J Stocks;M E Alexander;B M Wotton;C N Stefner

249
Citations
Interdependencies between flame length and fireline intensity in predicting crown fire initiation and crown scorch height

Martin E. Alexander;Miguel G. Cruz

233
Citations
Uncertainty associated with model predictions of surface and crown fire rates of spread

Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander

217
Citations
Modeling the Likelihood of Crown Fire Occurrence in Conifer Forest Stands

Miguel G. Cruz;Martin E. Alexander;Ronald H. Wakimoto

202
Citations
Fuels and fire behavior dynamics in bark beetle-attacked forests in Western North America and implications for fire management

Michael J. Jenkins;Wesley G. Page;Elizabeth G. Hebertson;Martin E. Alexander;Martin E. Alexander

159
Citations
Help with making crown fire hazard assessments

M.E. Alexander

154
Citations
Overview of the International Crown Fire Modelling Experiment (ICFME)

B J Stocks;M E Alexander;R A Lanoville

149
Citations
Variation in wind and crown fire behaviour in a northern jack pine - black spruce forest 1

S. W. Taylor;B. M. Wotton;M. E. Alexander;G. N. Dalrymple

146
Citations
Evaluating a model for predicting active crown fire rate of spread using wildfire observations

Martin E Alexander;Miguel G Cruz

144
Citations
Crown fire thresholds in exotic pine plantations of Australasia

Martin Edward Alexander

138
Citations
Short communication: Are the applications of wildland fire behaviour models getting ahead of their evaluation again?

Martin E. Alexander;Miguel G. Cruz

131
Citations
Current methods to assess fire danger potential

J. San-Miguel-Ayanz;J. D. Carlson;Martin Alexander;Kevin Tolhurst

121
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Miguel G. Cruz Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Brian J. Stocks Canadian Forest Service

B. M. Wotton University of Toronto

Edward W. Bork University of Alberta

Paulo M. Fernandes University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro

David A. MacLean University of New Brunswick

Bryan A. Baum University of Wisconsin–Madison

Eric S. Kasischke University of Maryland, College Park

Mark A. Finney US Forest Service

Ross W. Wein University of Alberta

External Links

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