Mike Wotton

2.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
17 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Mike Wotton is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Mike Wotton has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 4 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and 4 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Mike Wotton's work include Fire effects on ecosystems (16 papers), Landslides and related hazards (4 papers) and Fire Detection and Safety Systems (3 papers). Mike Wotton is often cited by papers focused on Fire effects on ecosystems (16 papers), Landslides and related hazards (4 papers) and Fire Detection and Safety Systems (3 papers). Mike Wotton collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Mike Wotton's co-authors include Mike Flannigan, B. J. Stocks, Merritt R. Turetsky, William J. de Groot, Alan S. Cantin, Lynn M. Gowman, Yves Bergeron, Christopher Carcaillet, Ian Campbell and Hugh H. T. Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, Global Change Biology and Sensors.

In The Last Decade

Mike Wotton

16 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Global wildland fire season severity in the 21st century 2008 2026 2014 2020 2013 2008 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Global wildland fire season severity in the 21st century
    2013 581 citations Mike Flannigan, Alan S. Cantin et al. Forest Ecology and Management profile →
  2. Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest
    2008 551 citations Mike Flannigan, B. J. Stocks et al. Global Change Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mike Wotton Canada 9 1.3k 450 439 229 198 17 1.5k
Alan S. Cantin Canada 10 1.5k 1.2× 508 1.1× 473 1.1× 318 1.4× 228 1.2× 16 1.7k
Chantelle Burton United Kingdom 14 1.2k 1.0× 347 0.8× 350 0.8× 148 0.6× 184 0.9× 29 1.5k
Joaquín Bedia Spain 25 1.6k 1.3× 544 1.2× 378 0.9× 335 1.5× 238 1.2× 47 2.0k
Thomas Curt France 21 1.2k 0.9× 248 0.6× 329 0.7× 300 1.3× 236 1.2× 38 1.4k
Adam L. Mahood United States 13 1.2k 0.9× 203 0.5× 474 1.1× 252 1.1× 220 1.1× 29 1.3k
Daniel A. Bishop United States 16 1.1k 0.9× 581 1.3× 210 0.5× 131 0.6× 280 1.4× 26 1.4k
Kelvin Hirsch Canada 12 1.5k 1.2× 427 0.9× 489 1.1× 210 0.9× 308 1.6× 16 1.6k
T. J. Lynham Canada 17 1.7k 1.4× 452 1.0× 609 1.4× 280 1.2× 306 1.5× 18 1.9k
Julien Ruffault France 23 1.6k 1.3× 457 1.0× 289 0.7× 292 1.3× 233 1.2× 43 1.8k
Futao Guo China 19 984 0.8× 185 0.4× 347 0.8× 314 1.4× 156 0.8× 81 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Mike Wotton

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mike Wotton

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mike Wotton

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mike Wotton. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mike Wotton 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 Mike Wotton. Mike Wotton is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Beverly, Jennifer L., et al.. (2024). A comparative analysis of wildfire initial attack containment objectives and modelling strategies in Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 33(12).
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Hanes, Chelene C., Mike Wotton, Laura Bourgeau‐Chavez, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of new methods for drought estimation in the Canadian Forest Fire Danger Rating System. International Journal of Wildland Fire. 32(6). 836–853. 7 indexed citations
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Hanes, Chelene C., Mike Wotton, Douglas G. Woolford, David L. Martell, & Mike Flannigan. (2022). Mapping organic layer thickness and fuel load of the boreal forest in Alberta, Canada. Geoderma. 417. 115827–115827. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Zhongjie, et al.. (2021). Autonomous wildfire hotspot detection using a fixed wing UAV. 1(1). 68–68. 1 indexed citations
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Dufour, Denis, et al.. (2021). A Bi-Spectral Microbolometer Sensor for Wildfire Measurement. Sensors. 21(11). 3690–3690. 11 indexed citations
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Hanes, Chelene C., Mike Wotton, Douglas G. Woolford, David L. Martell, & Mike Flannigan. (2020). Preceding Fall Drought Conditions and Overwinter Precipitation Effects on Spring Wildland Fire Activity in Canada. Fire. 3(2). 24–24. 9 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Natasha, et al.. (2019). Global fire challenges in a warming world:. Biodiversidade Brasileira. 9(1). 100–100. 25 indexed citations
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Ribeiro, Natasha, et al.. (2019). Global fire challenges in a warming world: Summary Note of a Global Expert Workshop on Fire and Climate Change. Americanae (AECID Library). 100. 8 indexed citations
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Lin, Zhongjie, Hugh H. T. Liu, & Mike Wotton. (2018). Kalman Filter-Based Large-Scale Wildfire Monitoring With a System of UAVs. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 66(1). 606–615. 88 indexed citations
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Flannigan, Mike, et al.. (2013). Global wildland fire season severity in the 21st century. Forest Ecology and Management. 294. 54–61. 581 indexed citations breakdown →
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Flannigan, Mike, B. J. Stocks, Merritt R. Turetsky, & Mike Wotton. (2008). Impacts of climate change on fire activity and fire management in the circumboreal forest. Global Change Biology. 15(3). 549–560. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Flannigan, Mike, Ian Campbell, Mike Wotton, et al.. (2001). Future fire in Canada's boreal forest: paleoecology results and general circulation model - regional climate model simulations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(5). 854–864. 20 indexed citations
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Flannigan, Mike, Ian Campbell, Mike Wotton, et al.. (2001). Future fire in Canada's boreal forest: paleoecology results and general circulation model - regional climate model simulations. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 31(5). 854–864. 179 indexed citations

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