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Mike D. Flannigan

Mike D. Flannigan

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
93
Citations
38847
World Ranking
389
National Ranking
27

Mike D. Flannigan 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 Mike D. Flannigan sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 260 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Mike D. Flannigan 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 Mike D. Flannigan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

Mike D. Flannigan is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and focuses on Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on global and planetary change. Their research spans several related subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Atmospheric Science, and Ecology.

Their body of work addresses various aspects of fire dynamics and ecological impacts, with main topics centered on fire effects on ecosystems, landslides and related hazards, fire dynamics and safety research, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, rangeland and wildlife management, climate variability and models, and meteorological phenomena and simulations.

Frequently published in journals such as the International Journal of Wildland Fire, Zenodo, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Environmental Research Letters, and Global Change Biology, their contributions reflect sustained engagement with fire ecology and environmental change.

Prominent publications include:

  • Vegetation fires in the Anthropocene, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Observed increases in extreme fire weather driven by atmospheric humidity and temperature, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Global increase in wildfire risk due to climate-driven declines in fuel moisture, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Wildfires in the Siberian taiga, 2021, AMBIO
  • Drivers and Impacts of the Record-Breaking 2023 Wildfire Season in Canada, 2024, Nature Communications

Mike D. Flannigan's frequent co-authors include:

  • Piyush Jain
  • Xianli Wang
  • Marc-André Parisien
  • Sean C. P. Coogan
  • Dante Castellanos-Acuña

Best Publications

  • Climate Change and Forest Disturbances

    Virginia H. Dale;Linda A. Joyce;Steve Mcnulty;Ronald P. Neilson

  • Implications of changing climate for global wildland fire

    Mike D. Flannigan;Meg A. Krawchuk;William J. de Groot;B. Mike Wotton

  • Climate change and forest fires

    M.D Flannigan;B.J Stocks;B.M Wotton

  • Large forest fires in Canada, 1959–1997

    B. J. Stocks;J. A. Mason;J. B. Todd;E. M. Bosch

  • Future Area Burned in Canada

    M. D. Flannigan;K. A. Logan;B. D. Amiro;W. R. Skinner

  • Climate-induced boreal forest change: Predictions versus current observations

    Amber J. Soja;Nadezda M. Tchebakova;Nancy H.F. French;Michael D. Flannigan

  • Vegetation fires in the Anthropocene

    David M. J. S. Bowman;Crystal A. Kolden;John T. Abatzoglou;Fay H. Johnston

  • Detecting the effect of climate change on Canadian forest fires

    N. P. Gillett;A. J. Weaver;F. W. Zwiers;M. D. Flannigan

  • Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest

    Mike Flannigan;Brian Stocks;Merritt Turetsky;Mike Wotton

  • Global wildland fire season severity in the 21st century

    Mike Flannigan;Alan S. Cantin;William J. de Groot;Mike Wotton

  • Anticipating the consequences of climate change for Canada’s boreal forest ecosystems1

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  • A review of machine learning applications in wildfire science and management

    Piyush Jain;Piyush Jain;Sean C.P. Coogan;Sriram Ganapathi Subramanian;Mark Crowley

  • Climate change and wildfire in Canada

    M. D. Flannigan;C. E. Van Wagner

  • Forest fire occurrence and climate change in Canada

    B. M. Wotton;C. A. Nock;M. D. Flannigan

  • Impacts of climate change from 2000 to 2050 on wildfire activity and carbonaceous aerosol concentrations in the western United States

    D. V. Spracklen;D. V. Spracklen;L. J. Mickley;J. A. Logan;R. C. Hudman;R. C. Hudman

  • FIRE REGIMES AT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN MIXEDWOOD AND CONIFEROUS BOREAL FOREST IN NORTHWESTERN QUEBEC

    Yves Bergeron;Sylvie Gauthier;Sylvie Gauthier;Mike Flannigan;Mike Flannigan;Victor Kafka;Victor Kafka

  • A Study of the Relation of Meteorological Variables to Monthly Provincial Area Burned by Wildfire in Canada (1953–80)

    M. D. Flannigan;J. B. Harrington

  • Direct carbon emissions from Canadian forest fires, 1959-1999

    B D Amiro;J B Todd;B M Wotton;K A Logan

  • Assessing the response of area burned to changing climate in western boreal North America using a Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) approach

    Michael S. Balshi;Michael S. Balshi;A. David McGUIRE;Paul Duffy;Mike Flannigan

  • Fire-regime changes in Canada over the last half century

    Chelene C. Hanes;Xianli Wang;Piyush Jain;Marc-André Parisien

  • Canadian boreal forest ecosystem structure and function in a changing climate: impact on fire regimes

    M G Weber;M D Flannigan

  • Can forest management based on natural disturbances maintain ecological resilience

    C. Ronnie Drever;Garry Peterson;Christian Messier;Yves Bergeron

Frequent Co-Authors

Yves Bergeron
Yves Bergeron Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Marc-André Parisien
Marc-André Parisien Natural Resources Canada
B. M. Wotton
B. M. Wotton University of Toronto
Brian J. Stocks
Brian J. Stocks Canadian Forest Service
Dan K. Thompson
Dan K. Thompson Natural Resources Canada
Brian D. Amiro
Brian D. Amiro University of Manitoba
Sylvie Gauthier
Sylvie Gauthier Natural Resources Canada
Martin P. Girardin
Martin P. Girardin Natural Resources Canada
Geoffrey J. Cary
Geoffrey J. Cary Australian National University
Jacques C. Tardif
Jacques C. Tardif University of Winnipeg

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