Mark Howden

23.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
138 papers, 12.9k citations indexed

About

Mark Howden is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Global and Planetary Change and Forestry. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Howden has authored 138 papers receiving a total of 12.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 51 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 30 papers in Forestry. Recurrent topics in Mark Howden's work include Climate change impacts on agriculture (63 papers), Pasture and Agricultural Systems (25 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (24 papers). Mark Howden is often cited by papers focused on Climate change impacts on agriculture (63 papers), Pasture and Agricultural Systems (25 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (24 papers). Mark Howden collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. Mark Howden's co-authors include Netra Chhetri, Francesco N. Tubiello, Jean‐François Soussana, Holger Meinke, Michael Dunlop, Andrew J. Challinor, Daniel R. Smith, James Watson, David B. Lobell and Lauren Rickards and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Mark Howden

134 papers receiving 12.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture

2007 1.8k citations Pete Smith, Daniel Martino et al. profile →
A meta-analysis of crop yield under climate change and adaptation

2014 1.5k citations Andrew J. Challinor, Mark Howden et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
Adapting agriculture to climate change

2007 1.5k citations Mark Howden, Michael Dunlop et al. profile →
Crop and pasture response to climate change

2007 572 citations Mark Howden et al. profile →
Informing adaptation responses to climate change through theories of transformation

2011 402 citations Mark Howden, Aysha Fleming et al. profile →
Transformational adaptation: agriculture and climate change

2012 303 citations Lauren Rickards, Mark Howden profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Mark Howden	4.9k	3.8k	3.5k	2.7k	2.6k	138	12.9k
Francesco N. Tubiello	4.1k 0.9×	3.4k 0.9×	3.9k 1.1×	3.9k 1.4×	2.3k 0.9×	102	13.5k
Martin L. Parry	4.8k 1.0×	5.9k 1.5×	2.5k 0.7×	2.3k 0.8×	1.9k 0.7×	91	15.6k
Cynthia Rosenzweig	8.4k 1.7×	8.7k 2.3×	5.7k 1.6×	4.1k 1.5×	3.0k 1.1×	221	23.4k
Christoph Müller	4.6k 0.9×	5.4k 1.4×	3.8k 1.1×	2.8k 1.0×	2.7k 1.0×	240	14.9k
Andrew J. Challinor	5.4k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	3.9k 1.1×	1.5k 0.5×	2.0k 0.8×	131	10.7k
Meine van Noordwijk	1.8k 0.4×	7.0k 1.8×	2.7k 0.8×	3.4k 1.2×	3.3k 1.3×	409	15.5k
Wolfram Schlenker	5.6k 1.2×	3.6k 0.9×	4.3k 1.2×	1.2k 0.4×	3.6k 1.4×	71	13.4k
Camilla Toulmin	2.1k 0.4×	1.9k 0.5×	4.2k 1.2×	2.5k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	88	13.2k
David Pimentel	3.2k 0.7×	3.0k 0.8×	5.5k 1.6×	7.3k 2.7×	2.8k 1.1×	233	22.8k
Joseph Fargione	2.0k 0.4×	4.3k 1.1×	1.9k 0.6×	4.3k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	89	14.0k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Howden, Mark, et al.. (2025). Indicators of Climate Change. Elsevier eBooks. 58–62.

Milne, Sarah, et al.. (2024). Carbon farming co-benefits: a review of concepts, policy and potential in Australian landscapes. The Rangeland Journal. 46(3). 3 indexed citations

Nalau, Johanna, Elisabeth Gilmore, & Mark Howden. (2024). Improving adaptation assessment in the IPCC. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 6 indexed citations

Armstrong, Fiona, Arthur Wyns, Rory Anderson, et al.. (2023). Healthy, regenerative and just: Guiding the development of a national strategy on climate, health and well-being for Australia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 10. 100205–100205. 3 indexed citations

Reisinger, Andy, H. Clark, Annette Cowie, et al.. (2021). How necessary and feasible are reductions of methane emissions from livestock to support stringent temperature goals?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 379(2210). 20200452–20200452. 88 indexed citations

Debnath, Nitai, et al.. (2021). Planetary boundaries and Veterinary Services. Revue Scientifique et Technique de l OIE. 40(2). 439–453. 4 indexed citations

Zommers, Zinta, Philippe Marbaix, Andreas Fischlin, et al.. (2020). Burning embers: towards more transparent and robust climate-change risk assessments. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 1(10). 516–529. 44 indexed citations

Colvin, Rebecca, Luke Kemp, Christian Downie, et al.. (2019). Learning from the Climate Change Debate to Avoid Polarisation on Negative Emissions. Environmental Communication. 14(1). 23–35. 46 indexed citations

George, David, D. C. Lloyd, Poh‐Ling Tan, et al.. (2018). Research priorities and best practices for managing climate risk and climate change adaptation in Australian agriculture. Australasian Journal of Environmental Management. 26(1). 6–24. 17 indexed citations

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Crimp, Steven, Neville Nicholls, Philip Kokic, et al.. (2017). Synoptic to large‐scale drivers of minimum temperature variability in Australia – long‐term changes. International Journal of Climatology. 38(S1). 7 indexed citations

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Ramírez-Villegas, Julián, Andy Jarvis, Sonja Vermeulen, et al.. (2016). Timescales of transformational climate change adaptation in sub-Saharan African agriculture. Nature Climate Change. 6(6). 605–609. 182 indexed citations

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Fleming, Aysha & Mark Howden. (2016). Ambiguity: A new way of thinking about responses to climate change. The Science of The Total Environment. 571. 1271–1274. 17 indexed citations

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Nelson, Rohan, Mark Howden, & Peter Hayman. (2013). Placing the power of real options analysis into the hands of natural resource managers – Taking the next step. Journal of Environmental Management. 124. 128–136. 9 indexed citations

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Nidumolu, Uday, Steven Crimp, David Gobbett, et al.. (2013). Spatio-temporal modelling of heat stress and climate change implications for the Murray dairy region, Australia. International Journal of Biometeorology. 58(6). 1095–1108. 23 indexed citations

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Smith, Pete, M. Wattenbach, Daniel Martino, et al.. (2008). GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION IN AGRICULTURE. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 363(1492). 789–813. 2 indexed citations

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Howden, Mark, et al.. (2007). Evaluating the impact of and capacity for adaptation to climate change on sectors in the sugar industry value chain in Australia.. 312–326. 3 indexed citations

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Meinke, Holger, Mark Howden, & Rohan Nelson. (2006). Integrated assessments of climate variability and change for Australian agriculture – connecting the islands of knowledge. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 6 indexed citations

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Howden, Mark, et al.. (2001). Global change impacts on wheat production along an environmental gradient in south Australia. Environment International. 27(2-3). 195–200. 40 indexed citations

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Howden, Mark, et al.. (2001). Impacts of climate change and climate variability on the competitiveness of wheat and beef cattle production in Emerald, north-east Australia. Environment International. 27(2-3). 155–160. 18 indexed citations

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White, David & Mark Howden. (1994). Climate change : significance for agriculture and forestry : systems approaches arising from an IPCC meeting. Kluwer Academic Publishers eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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