Mark A. Cochrane

21.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
136 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Mark A. Cochrane is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark A. Cochrane has authored 136 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 60 papers in Ecology and 36 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Mark A. Cochrane's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (75 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers). Mark A. Cochrane is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (75 papers), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (30 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (25 papers). Mark A. Cochrane collaborates with scholars based in United States, Brazil and United Kingdom. Mark A. Cochrane's co-authors include William F. Laurance, Carlos Souza, David M. J. S. Bowman, Mark Schulze, Grant J. Williamson, Christopher Barber, Patrick H. Freeborn, W. Matt Jolly, Zachary A. Holden and Timothy J. Brown and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Mark A. Cochrane

132 papers receiving 12.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

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

2015 1.4k citations W. Matt Jolly, Mark A. Cochrane et al. profile →
Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire

1999 973 citations Daniel C. Nepstad, Ane Alencar et al. Nature profile →
The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth

2011 894 citations David M. J. S. Bowman, Jennifer K. Balch et al. Journal of Biogeography profile →
Fire science for rainforests

2003 841 citations Mark A. Cochrane Nature profile →
Positive Feedbacks in the Fire Dynamic of Closed Canopy Tropical Forests

1999 698 citations Mark A. Cochrane, Ane Alencar et al. profile →
The Future of the Brazilian Amazon

2001 636 citations William F. Laurance, Mark A. Cochrane et al. profile →
Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events

2017 459 citations David M. J. S. Bowman, Grant J. Williamson et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Roads, deforestation, and the mitigating effect of protected areas in the Amazon

2014 414 citations Mark A. Cochrane, William F. Laurance et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mark A. Cochrane United States	50	10.1k	5.0k	3.3k	1.5k	1.3k	136	12.9k
Scott L. Stephens United States	66	14.8k 1.5×	7.6k 1.5×	6.0k 1.8×	1.6k 1.1×	1.9k 1.5×	244	16.9k
Max A. Moritz United States	50	9.6k 1.0×	4.0k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.6×	125	11.3k
Peter Z. Fulé United States	56	10.3k 1.0×	5.5k 1.1×	5.8k 1.8×	2.3k 1.5×	1.3k 1.0×	239	12.1k
Jennifer K. Balch United States	38	7.1k 0.7×	3.1k 0.6×	2.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	1.0k 0.8×	92	8.8k
Ross A. Bradstock Australia	63	12.5k 1.2×	5.9k 1.2×	5.7k 1.8×	1.2k 0.8×	2.0k 1.6×	200	14.8k
Penelope Morgan United States	44	7.7k 0.8×	4.6k 0.9×	2.9k 0.9×	966 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	112	8.9k
Sean A. Parks United States	45	6.1k 0.6×	3.7k 0.7×	1.9k 0.6×	972 0.6×	1.3k 1.0×	104	7.9k
Sally Archibald South Africa	43	5.6k 0.6×	3.4k 0.7×	3.8k 1.2×	1.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.8×	108	8.2k
B. J. Stocks Canada	54	11.6k 1.2×	3.9k 0.8×	2.3k 0.7×	5.3k 3.5×	1.4k 1.1×	100	14.0k
Douglas C. Morton United States	62	12.7k 1.3×	5.4k 1.1×	2.2k 0.7×	4.9k 3.2×	1.0k 0.8×	129	17.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark A. Cochrane

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark A. Cochrane. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark A. Cochrane based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mark A. Cochrane. Mark A. Cochrane is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Numata, Izaya, Mark A. Cochrane, Karis Tenneson, et al.. (2025). Aboveground biomass modeling using simulated Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) waveform LiDAR and forest inventories in Amazonian rainforests. Forest Ecology and Management. 578. 122491–122491. 4 indexed citations

Vetrita, Yenni, et al.. (2025). Evaluating the capabilities of high-resolution PlanetScope and Sentinel-2 images for mapping burned area and vegetation regrowth in Indonesia’s savannas. International Journal of Remote Sensing. 46(18). 6803–6825.

Kennedy, Robert E., Shawn Serbin, Michael C. Dietze, et al.. (2024). Characterizing and communicating uncertainty: lessons from NASA’s Carbon Monitoring System. Environmental Research Letters. 19(12). 123003–123003. 2 indexed citations

Elmore, Andrew J., et al.. (2023). Replanting and yield increase strategies for alleviating the potential decline in palm oil production in Indonesia. Agricultural Systems. 210. 103714–103714. 15 indexed citations

Hakkenberg, Christopher R., et al.. (2023). Accuracy evaluation and effect factor analysis of GEDI aboveground biomass product for temperate forests in the conterminous United States. GIScience & Remote Sensing. 61(1). 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoyang, et al.. (2021). Detection of Fire Smoke Plumes Based on Aerosol Scattering Using VIIRS Data over Global Fire-Prone Regions. Remote Sensing. 13(2). 196–196. 20 indexed citations

Nurhayati, Ati Dwi, et al.. (2021). Forest and Peatland Fire Dynamics in South Sumatra Province. Forest and Society. 591–603. 14 indexed citations

Freeborn, Patrick H., W. Matt Jolly, Mark A. Cochrane, & G. Roberts. (2021). Large wildfire driven increases in nighttime fire activity observed across CONUS from 2003–2020. Remote Sensing of Environment. 268. 112777–112777. 22 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaoyang, Fangjun Li, Lun Gao, et al.. (2021). Drainage canal impacts on smoke aerosol emissions for Indonesian peatland and non-peatland fires. Environmental Research Letters. 16(9). 95008–95008. 11 indexed citations

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Cochrane, Mark A. & David M. J. S. Bowman. (2021). Manage fire regimes, not fires. Nature Geoscience. 14(7). 455–457. 56 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaoyang, et al.. (2019). Investigating Smoke Aerosol Emission Coefficients Using MODIS Active Fire and Aerosol Products: A Case Study in the CONUS and Indonesia. Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences. 124(6). 1413–1429. 15 indexed citations

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Murphy, Brett P., Lynda D. Prior, Mark A. Cochrane, Grant J. Williamson, & David M. J. S. Bowman. (2018). Biomass consumption by surface fires across Earth's most fire prone continent. Global Change Biology. 25(1). 254–268. 49 indexed citations

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Lu, Xiaohan, et al.. (2018). Investigating Smoke Emission Coefficients using MODIS Fire Radiative Energy and Smoke Aerosols. AGUFM. 2018. 1 indexed citations

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Bowman, David M. J. S., Grant J. Williamson, John T. Abatzoglou, et al.. (2017). Human exposure and sensitivity to globally extreme wildfire events. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 1(3). 58–58. 459 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barlow, Jos, Juliana M. Silveira, Luiz Augusto Macedo Mestre, et al.. (2012). Wildfires in Bamboo-Dominated Amazonian Forest: Impacts on Above-Ground Biomass and Biodiversity. PLoS ONE. 7(3). e33373–e33373. 42 indexed citations

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Bowman, David M. J. S., Jennifer K. Balch, Paulo Artaxo, et al.. (2011). The human dimension of fire regimes on Earth. Journal of Biogeography. 38(12). 2223–2236. 894 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vogelmann, James E., Carl H. Key, David T. Price, et al.. (2008). Effects of Climate Change and Disturbances on Carbon Sequestration of California Ecosystems. AGUFM. 2008. 2 indexed citations

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Cochrane, Mark A. & William F. Laurance. (2008). Synergisms among Fire, Land Use, and Climate Change in the Amazon. AMBIO. 37(7). 522–527. 195 indexed citations

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Cochrane, Mark A., et al.. (2005). Vincent Booth Whitehead (2 September 1921 - 11 April 2005) : obituary. African Entomology. 13(2). 386–389. 1 indexed citations

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Nepstad, Daniel C., Ane Alencar, Carlos A. Nobre, et al.. (1999). Large-scale impoverishment of Amazonian forests by logging and fire. Nature. 398(6727). 505–508. 973 indexed citations breakdown →

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