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Michael B. Mascia

Michael B. Mascia

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
9588
World Ranking
5458
National Ranking
1863

Michael B. Mascia publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael B. Mascia sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 83 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Michael B. Mascia D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael B. Mascia sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael B. Mascia is primarily affiliated with Duke University in the United States. Their scholarly output focuses extensively on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change, ecology, economic and environmental valuation, and policy-related management and conservation.

The scientist's research spans several subfields, including:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Ecology
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Their work covers a variety of topics within environmental science, such as:

  • Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Marine and fisheries research

Mascia's recent papers include the following:

  • We need biosphere stewardship that protects carbon sinks and builds resilience, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A theory-based framework for understanding the establishment, persistence, and diffusion of community-based conservation, 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
  • Dams and protected areas: Quantifying the spatial and temporal extent of global dam construction within protected areas, 2020, Conservation Letters
  • Participation, not penalties: Community involvement and equitable governance contribute to more effective multiuse protected areas, 2022, Science Advances
  • What Drives the Erasure of Protected Areas? Evidence from across the Brazilian Amazon, 2020, Ecological Economics

They frequently publish in several venues specializing in environmental and conservation research, including:

  • Conservation Science and Practice
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Conservation Letters
  • Environmental Evidence
  • One Earth

Michael B. Mascia collaborates frequently with a range of coauthors, among whom the most published partners are:

  • Morena Mills
  • Arundhati Jagadish
  • Alexander Pfaff
  • Siyu Qin
  • Yifan He

Best Publications

  • Conservation and the Social Sciences

    Michael B. Mascia;J. Peter Brosius;Tracy A. Dobson;Bruce C. Forbes

  • Capacity shortfalls hinder the performance of marine protected areas globally

    David A. Gill;Michael B. Mascia;Gabby N. Ahmadia;Louise Glew

  • One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity

    W.J. Sutherland;W.M. Adams;R.B. Aronson;R. Aveling

  • Achieving Conservation Science that Bridges the Knowledge–Action Boundary

    Carly N. Cook;Carly N. Cook;Michael B. Mascia;Mark W. Schwartz;Hugh P. Possingham

  • Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) and its conservation implications

    Michael B. Mascia;Sharon Pailler

  • Methods for collaboratively identifying research priorities and emerging issues in science and policy

    William J. Sutherland;Erica Fleishman;Michael B. Mascia;Jules Pretty

  • Impacts of Marine Protected Areas on Fishing Communities

    Michael B. Mascia;C. Anne Claus;Robin Naidoo

  • Engage key social concepts for sustainability

    Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Christina C. Hicks;Arielle Levine;Arun Agrawal;Xavier Basurto

  • Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean, 1900-2010

    Michael B. Mascia;Sharon Pailler;Roopa Krithivasan;Volha Roshchanka;Volha Roshchanka

  • The Human Dimension of Coral Reef Marine Protected Areas: Recent Social Science Research and Its Policy Implications

    Michael B. Mascia

  • Reexamining the science of marine protected areas: linking knowledge to action

    Helen E. Fox;Michael B. Mascia;Xavier Basurto;Alice Costa

  • Conceptualizing and operationalizing human wellbeing for ecosystem assessment and management

    Sara Jo Breslow;Brit Sojka;Raz Barnea;Xavier Basurto

  • The uncertain future of protected lands and waters.

    Rachel E. Golden Kroner;Rachel E. Golden Kroner;Siyu Qin;Siyu Qin;Carly N. Cook;Roopa Krithivasan

  • A global analysis of management capacity and ecological outcomes in terrestrial protected areas

    Jonas Geldmann;Jonas Geldmann;Lauren Coad;Lauren Coad;Lauren Coad;Megan D. Barnes;Megan D. Barnes;Ian D. Craigie

  • A Property Rights Approach to Understanding Human Displacement from Protected Areas: the Case of Marine Protected Areas

    Michael B. Mascia;C. Anne Claus

  • Top 40 Priorities for Science to Inform US Conservation and Management Policy

    Erica Fleishman;David E. Blockstein;John A. Hall;Michael B. Mascia

  • Protected area downgrading, downsizing, and degazettement (PADDD) in the Amazon

    Shalynn M. Pack;Mariana Napolitano Ferreira;Roopa Krithivasan;Jennifer Murrow

  • Commonalities and complementarities among approaches to conservation monitoring and evaluation

    Michael B. Mascia;Sharon Pailler;Michele L. Thieme;Andy Rowe

  • Discrepancies in Reported Levels of International Wildlife Trade

    Arthur G. Blundell;Michael B. Mascia

  • Why do we lose protected areas? Factors influencing protected area downgrading, downsizing and degazettement in the tropics and subtropics.

    William S. Symes;Madhu Rao;Madhu Rao;Michael B. Mascia;L. Roman Carrasco

  • Generation of Priority Research Questions to Inform Conservation Policy and Management at a National Level

    Murray A. Rudd;Karen F. Beazley;Steven J. Cooke;Erica Fleishman

Frequent Co-Authors

Morena Mills
Morena Mills Imperial College London
Christina C. Hicks
Christina C. Hicks Lancaster University
Xavier Basurto
Xavier Basurto Duke University
Emily S. Darling
Emily S. Darling Wildlife Conservation Society
Jonas Geldmann
Jonas Geldmann University of Cambridge
Terre Satterfield
Terre Satterfield University of British Columbia
Phillip S. Levin
Phillip S. Levin University of Washington
Hugh P. Possingham
Hugh P. Possingham University of Queensland
Sarah E. Lester
Sarah E. Lester Florida State University
William J. Sutherland
William J. Sutherland University of Cambridge

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