Most cited papers in Global Energy and Sustainability Research
What are the most cited papers in Global Energy and Sustainability Research?
The most cited paper in Global Energy and Sustainability Research is "A safe operating space for humanity" (Johan Rockström et al., 2009), with 13,302 citations. Next come "Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet" (12,569) and "Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study" (7,168).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 979 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A safe operating space for humanity Johan Rockström et al. · Nature | 23 Sep 2009 | 13,302 |
| 2 | Planetary boundaries: Guiding human development on a changing planet Will Steffen, Katherine Anne Koren Richardson, Johan Rockström et al. · Science | 15 Jan 2015 | 12,569 |
| 3 | Technological transitions as evolutionary reconfiguration processes: a multi-level perspective and a case-study Frank W. Geels · Research Policy | Dec 2002 | 7,168 |
| 4 | Further Evidence on the Great Crash, the Oil-Price Shock, and the Unit-Root Hypothesis Eric W. Zivot, Donald W. K. Andrews · Journal of Business and Economic Statistics | 2002 | 5,801 |
| 5 | The role of renewable energy in the global energy transformation Dolf J. Gielen, Francisco Boshell, Değer Saygin et al. · Energy Strategy Reviews | 31 Jan 2019 | 4,968 |
| 6 | Nuclear Ground-State Masses and Deformations Peter Möller, J. Rayford Nix, W. David Myers et al. · Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables | Mar 1995 | 3,959 |
| 7 | The trajectory of the Anthropocene: The Great Acceleration Will Steffen, Wendy J. Broadgate, Lisa Deutsch et al. · The Anthropocene Review | 16 Jan 2015 | 3,936 |
| 8 | Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt Joseph Fargione, Jason Hill, David Tilman et al. · Science | 7 Feb 2008 | 3,906 |
| 9 | The Anthropocene: Are Humans Now Overwhelming the Great Forces of Nature Will Steffen, Paul J. Crutzen, John Robert McNeill · AMBIO | Dec 2007 | 3,465 |
| 10 | Defining the Anthropocene Simon L. Lewis, Mark Maslin · Nature | Mar 2015 | 3,402 |
| 11 | Understanding carbon lock-in Gregory C. Unruh · Energy Policy | Oct 2000 | 3,246 |
| 12 | Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries Katherine Anne Koren Richardson et al. · Science Advances | 13 Sep 2023 | 3,158 |
| 13 | Trajectories of the Earth System in the Anthropocene Will Steffen, Johan Rockström, Katherine Anne Koren Richardson et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 6 Aug 2018 | 3,157 |
| 14 | Safeguarding human health in the Anthropocene epoch: report of The Rockefeller Foundation–Lancet Commission on planetary health Sarah Whitmee et al. · The Lancet | 16 Jul 2015 | 2,978 |
| 15 | A review of renewable energy sources, sustainability issues and climate change mitigation Phebe Asantewaa Owusu, Samuel Asumadu Sarkodie · Cogent Engineering | 4 Apr 2016 | 2,844 |
| 16 | Ethanol Can Contribute to Energy and Environmental Goals Alexander E. Farrell, Richard J. Plevin, Brian T. Turner et al. · Science | 26 Jan 2006 | 2,834 |
| 17 | Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 °C Malte Alexander Meinshausen, Nicolai Meinshausen, Bill Hare et al. · Nature | Apr 2009 | 2,829 |
| 18 | Sustainable development goals for people and planet David Griggs, Mark Stafford‐Smith, Owen Gaffney et al. · Nature | 19 Mar 2013 | 2,828 |
| 19 | Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change Dominic Woolf, James E. Amonette, F. Alayne Street‐Perrott et al. · Nature Communications | 10 Aug 2010 | 2,664 |
| 20 | A handful of carbon Johannes C. Lehmann · Nature | May 2007 | 2,447 |
| 21 | The circular economy Walter R. Stahel · Nature | 18 Mar 2016 | 2,440 |
| 22 | STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts Richard York, Eugene A. Rosa, Thomas M. Dietz · Ecological Economics | Oct 2003 | 2,416 |
| 23 | Beyond Oil and Gas: The Methanol Economy George Andrew Olah · Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 31 Mar 2005 | 2,398 |
| 24 | The Anthropocene: conceptual and historical perspectives Will Steffen, Jacques Grinevald, Paul J. Crutzen et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences | 31 Jan 2011 | 2,397 |
| 25 | Net-zero emissions energy systems Steven J. Davis et al. · Science | 28 Jun 2018 | 2,396 |
| 26 | A negative feedback mechanism for the long‐term stabilization of Earth's surface temperature James C. G. Walker, P. B. Hays, James F. Kasting · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres | 20 Oct 1981 | 2,338 |
| 27 | Six Transformations to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals Jeffrey David Sachs, Guido Schmidt‐Traub, Mariana Mazzucato et al. · Nature Sustainability | 26 Aug 2019 | 2,331 |
| 28 | Pollution and the planetary albedo Sean A. Twomey · Atmospheric Environment (1967) | Dec 1974 | 2,325 |
| 29 | Long-term Climate Change: Projections, Commitments and Irreversibility Matthew David Collins, Reto Knutti, Julie M. Arblaster et al. · Iowa State University Digital Repository (Iowa State University) | 2013 | 2,308 |
| 30 | When will fossil fuel reserves be diminished? Shahriar Shafiee, Erkan Topal · Energy Policy | 28 Sep 2008 | 2,064 |
| 31 | Is Green Growth Possible? Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis · New Political Economy | 17 Apr 2019 | 1,975 |
| 32 | The Future of Energy Supply: Challenges and Opportunities Nicola Armaroli, Vincenzo Balzani · Angewandte Chemie International Edition | 17 Nov 2006 | 1,929 |
| 33 | THE IMPACT OF OIL PRICE SHOCKS ON THE U.S. STOCK MARKET* Lutz Kilian, Cheolbeom Park · International Economic Review | 26 Oct 2009 | 1,863 |
| 34 | On Modeling and Interpreting the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change Martin L. Weitzman · The Review of Economics and Statistics | 28 Jan 2009 | 1,833 |
| 35 | The geographical distribution of fossil fuels unused when limiting global warming to 2 °C Christophe McGlade, Paul Ekins · Nature | 2015 | 1,815 |
| 36 | The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change Наоми Орескес · Science | 2 Dec 2004 | 1,804 |
| 37 | Depletion of fossil fuels and anthropogenic climate change—A review Mikael Höök, Xu Tang · Energy Policy | 8 Nov 2012 | 1,803 |
| 38 | Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO 2 emissions Michael Raupach, Gregg Marland, Philippe Ciais et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 23 May 2007 | 1,792 |
| 39 | A Review of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change William D. Nordhaus · Journal of Economic Literature | Jul 2007 | 1,770 |
| 40 | Warming caused by cumulative carbon emissions towards the trillionth tonne Myles R. Allen, David John Frame, Chris Huntingford et al. · Nature | Apr 2009 | 1,747 |
| 41 | A good life for all within planetary boundaries Daniel W. O’Neill, Andrew L. Fanning, William F. Lamb et al. · Nature Sustainability | 5 Feb 2018 | 1,720 |
| 42 | The Anthropocene: From Global Change to Planetary Stewardship Will Steffen, Åsa Persson, Lisa Deutsch et al. · AMBIO | 11 Oct 2011 | 1,718 |
| 43 | This is what happened to the oil price-macroeconomy relationship James Douglas Hamilton · Journal of Monetary Economics | Oct 1996 | 1,716 |
| 44 | The Earth’s Energy Budget, Climate Feedbacks and Climate Sensitivity Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) · Cambridge University Press eBooks | 28 Jun 2023 | 1,710 |
| 45 | The renewable energy role in the global energy Transformations Qusay Hassan, Patrik Viktor, Tariq Jwad Al-Musawi et al. · Renewable energy focus | 26 Jan 2024 | 1,661 |
| 46 | Natural Capital and Sustainable Development Robert Costanza, Herman Edward Daly · Conservation Biology | Mar 1992 | 1,645 |
| 47 | Quantifying and mapping the human appropriation of net primary production in earth's terrestrial ecosystems Helmut Haberl, Karl‐Heinz Erb, Fridolin Krausmann et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 6 Jul 2007 | 1,637 |
| 48 | A Realizable Renewable Energy Future John A. A. Turner · Science | 30 Jul 1999 | 1,637 |
| 49 | Regime Resistance against Low-Carbon Transitions: Introducing Politics and Power into the Multi-Level Perspective Frank W. Geels · Theory Culture & Society | 27 Jun 2014 | 1,609 |
| 50 | The material footprint of nations Thomas Wiedmann, Heinz Schandl, Manfred Lenzen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 3 Sep 2013 | 1,606 |
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