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Researcher · United Nations · United States

Klaus Töpfer

Klaus Töpfer publishes mostly in Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, on topics such as Economic and Social Issues, Environmental Science and Technology and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies.

OpenAlex
World rank
#3,907,006
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#1,070,773
of 1,627,098
Works
126
Citations
278
Citations per work
2.2
h-index
8
i10-index 6Top 32% in Sociology and Political Science
Klaus Töpfer

What does Klaus Töpfer research?

Klaus Töpfer's work is mostly in Social Sciences (20%), Environmental Science (17%), Energy (8%).

Everything else: 62 works · 49.3% of their workPhysical Sciences: 32 works · 25.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 22 works · 17.2% of their workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 works · 10.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 works · 7.2% of their workEnergy: 10 works · 8.0% of their workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 works · 8.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 25 works · 19.5% of their workSocial Sciences: 25 works · 19.5% of their workSociology and Political Science: 17 works · 13.5% of their workPolitical Science and International Relations: 8 works · 6.0% of their workLife Sciences: 8 works · 6.0% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 works · 6.0% of their workBiochemistry: 8 works · 6.0% of their workTHEIR WORKKlaus Töpfer126works
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences25%Social Sciences20%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else6249.3%
    1. Environmental Science2217.2%
    2. Energy108.0%
    1. Social Sciences2519.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology86.0%
  1. 1Sociology and Political Science14% of their works
  2. 2Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law10% of their works
  3. 3Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment8% of their works
  4. 4Global and Planetary Change7% of their works
  5. 5Political Science and International Relations6% of their works
  6. 6Biochemistry6% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Klaus Töpfer's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Global Capitalism, Imperialism, Climate Change, Human Microbiome, Microbial Metabolites, Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Rebound Effect.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Global Capitalism171 topic
  2. Imperialism171 topic
  3. Climate Change153 topics
  4. Human Microbiome151 topic
  5. Microbial Metabolites151 topic
  6. Sustainability153 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency121 topic
  8. Rebound Effect121 topic
  9. Renewable Energy102 topics
  10. Governance61 topic
  11. Leadership61 topic
  12. EROI51 topic
  13. Ecosystem-Based Management51 topic
  14. Energy Security51 topic
  15. Fossil Fuels51 topic
  16. Geopolitics51 topic
  17. Marine Spatial Planning51 topic
  18. Reservoir Operation51 topic
  19. Water Resources51 topic

Where does Klaus Töpfer work?

Klaus Töpfer's main affiliation in the publication record is United Nations, United States.

How many publications and citations does Klaus Töpfer have?

OpenAlex counts 126 works and 278 citations for Klaus Töpfer, an h-index of 8, ranking #3,907,006 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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