The 100 most active researchers in DAC since 2021, worldwide, the 50 most active based in Europe, and the same two lists by citations, from the CDR Researcher Census release 2026-11.4 (data as of 2026-11-05). 6,029 researchers have at least one CDR paper in this pathway since 2021; 39 of the most active 100 are based in Europe.
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Activity sums the researcher’s CDR-relevant papers and preprints 2021–2026 in this pathway, each weighted by age with a half-life of 3 years: a paper from the as-of year counts 1.0, one from three years earlier 0.5, one from six years earlier 0.25. Citations count citations to those papers. Every row carries its rank in the other ordering. A preprint and its journal version count once where OpenAlex links them. Institution comes from the researcher’s own papers 2024–2026, else from the ORCID record, else from the OpenAlex author profile (marked †, the least reliable source). Corrections and removal: info@carbon-drawdown.de, done within five working days (privacy notice).
Most active, worldwide top 100
| World # | Cit. rank | Name | Institution | Country | Activity | Papers 2021–26 | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 809 | Jann Michael Weinand | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 12.0 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | 665 | Detlef Stolten | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 11.6 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | 765 | Thomas Schöb | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 11.0 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | 659 | Henrik Wenzel | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 10.0 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 | 3 | André Bardow | ETH Zurich | CH | 9.1 | 12 | 947 |
| 6 | 2560 | Jochen Linßen | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 8.8 | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | 531 | Freia Harzendorf | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 8.6 | 10 | 56 |
| 8 | 202 | Niklas von der Aßen | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 8.5 | 11 | 123 |
| 9 | 25 | Marco Mazzotti | ETH Zurich | CH | 8.3 | 11 | 587 |
| 10 | 14 | Benjamin K. Sovacool | Boston University | US | 8.1 | 12 | 702 |
| 11 | 36 | Abdulkarem I. Amhamed | Hamad bin Khalifa University | QA | 7.6 | 10 | 459 |
| 12 | 203 | Daniel Rezo | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 7.1 | 10 | 123 |
| 13 | 271 | Patrik Postweiler | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 7.0 | 9 | 105 |
| 14 | 102 | Matthew J. Realff | Georgia Institute of Technology | US | 6.9 | 12 | 227 |
| 15 | 99 | Mijndert van der Spek | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 6.8 | 10 | 232 |
| 16 | 61 | Jay Fuhrman | Joint Global Change Research Institute | US | 6.8 | 12 | 314 |
| 17 | 2561 | Ronny Pini | Imperial College London | GB | 6.6 | 7 | 2 |
| 18 | 140 | Christopher W. Jones | Georgia Institute of Technology | US | 6.5 | 9 | 165 |
| 19 | 219 | Paul Feron | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | AU | 6.3 | 9 | 118 |
| 20 | 101 | Chad M. Baum | Aarhus University | DK | 6.2 | 9 | 231 |
| 21 | 2127 | Sally Homsy | National Energy Technology Laboratory | US | 6.1 | 9 | 4 |
| 22 | 2890 | Mak Đukan | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 6.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 23 | 398 | Haris Ishaq | University of Victoria | CA | 5.8 | 9 | 73 |
| 24 | 599 | Nicoletta Brazzola | University of Oxford | GB | 5.8 | 7 | 52 |
| 25 | 810 | Graeme Puxty | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | AU | 5.8 | 7 | 33 |
| 26 | 1136 | Nilay Shah | Imperial College London | GB | 5.8 | 7 | 19 |
| 27 | 26 | Matteo Gazzani | Utrecht University | NL | 5.8 | 9 | 570 |
| 28 | 37 | Yasser M. Abdullatif | Hamad bin Khalifa University | QA | 5.8 | 8 | 454 |
| 29 | 179 | Yusuf Biçer | Hamad bin Khalifa University | QA | 5.7 | 7 | 138 |
| 30 | 610 | Thomas Helmer Pedersen | Aalborg University | DK | 5.6 | 7 | 51 |
| 31 | 229 | Shuai Deng | Tianjin University | CN | 5.6 | 7 | 113 |
| 32 | 1097 | Kenneth Okosun | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 5.6 | 6 | 20 |
| 33 | 828 | Chaewoon Oh | National Institute of Green Technology | KR | 5.5 | 8 | 32 |
| 34 | 1 | Noah McQueen | Heirloom Carbon Technologies | US | 5.4 | 10 | 1,095 |
| 35 | 165 | Ryan P. Lively | Georgia Institute of Technology | US | 5.4 | 8 | 144 |
| 36 | 185 | Yihe Miao | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | CN | 5.4 | 7 | 133 |
| 37 | 3449 | Brian P. Setzler | University of Delaware | US | 5.3 | 6 | 0 |
| 38 | 3450 | Yushan Yan | University of Delaware | US | 5.3 | 6 | 0 |
| 39 | 218 | Niall Mac Dowell | Imperial College London | GB | 5.2 | 8 | 119 |
| 40 | 180 | Abdelghafour Zaabout | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique | MA | 5.2 | 6 | 136 |
| 41 | 914 | Xuancan Zhu | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | CN | 5.1 | 6 | 29 |
| 42 | 1556 | Sina Hoseinpoori | Chalmers University of Technology | SE | 5.1 | 6 | 10 |
| 43 | 158 | Grazia Leonzio | University of Cagliari | IT | 5.0 | 8 | 150 |
| 44 | 1862 | Nicole Ferru | ETH Zurich | CH | 5.0 | 5 | 6 |
| 45 | 314 | David S. Sholl | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | US | 4.9 | 7 | 93 |
| 46 | 1863 | Seongmin Son | Kyungpook National University | KR | 4.6 | 5 | 6 |
| 47 | 1098 | Simon H. Pang | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | US | 4.6 | 5 | 20 |
| 48 | 1864 | Roland Dittmeyer | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | DE | 4.6 | 5 | 6 |
| 49 | 193 | Jia Li | Lingnan University | HK | 4.6 | 8 | 130 |
| 50 | 159 | Dia Milani | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | AU | 4.5 | 6 | 147 |
| 51 | 333 | Ali Kiani | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | AU | 4.5 | 6 | 84 |
| 52 | 195 | Keju An | National Laboratory of the Rockies | US | 4.5 | 6 | 129 |
| 53 | 2128 | Craig Bettenhausen | – | 4.4 | 9 | 4 | |
| 54 | 367 | Mengxiang Fang | Zhejiang University | CN | 4.4 | 6 | 78 |
| 55 | 1213 | Hari Mantripragada | University of Pittsburgh | US | 4.3 | 6 | 17 |
| 56 | 2290 | Iza Lantgios | Idaho National Laboratory † | US | 4.3 | 6 | 3 |
| 57 | 230 | Klaus S. Lackner | Arizona State University | US | 4.3 | 6 | 112 |
| 58 | 2891 | Chinmoy Baroi | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | US | 4.3 | 7 | 1 |
| 59 | 2129 | Matthew Green | Arizona State University | US | 4.3 | 6 | 4 |
| 60 | 62 | Phil Renforth | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 4.2 | 7 | 303 |
| 61 | 1348 | Nouman Rafique Mirza | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | AU | 4.2 | 5 | 13 |
| 62 | 125 | Katrin Sievert | ETH Zurich | CH | 4.0 | 5 | 184 |
| 63 | 1349 | Alexander Ryota Keeley | Kyushu University | JP | 4.0 | 5 | 13 |
| 64 | 1350 | Shunsuke Managi | Kyushu University | JP | 4.0 | 5 | 13 |
| 65 | 60 | Christian Breyer | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology | FI | 4.0 | 6 | 315 |
| 66 | 169 | Youssef Belmabkhout | Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique | MA | 4.0 | 5 | 142 |
| 67 | 103 | Susana García | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 4.0 | 7 | 226 |
| 68 | 2130 | Dong‐Yeun Koh | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | KR | 4.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 69 | 2131 | Gang Kevin Li | The University of Melbourne | AU | 4.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 70 | 2291 | Joohyung Jung | Kyungpook National University | KR | 4.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 71 | 2292 | Mohammad Moosazadeh | Kyung Hee University | KR | 4.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 72 | 2293 | Taejun Song | Kyungpook National University | KR | 4.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 73 | 2892 | Benjapon Chalermsinsuwan | Chulalongkorn University | TH | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 74 | 2893 | Kanchana Phianchana | Chulalongkorn University | TH | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 75 | 2894 | Pacharapol Nokpho | Chulalongkorn University | TH | 4.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 76 | 3451 | Hardik P. Malaviya | Gujarat University † | IN | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | 3452 | Nainesh Modi | Gujarat University | IN | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| 78 | 194 | Sean McCoy | University of Calgary | CA | 3.9 | 6 | 130 |
| 79 | 95 | Peter Psarras | University of Pennsylvania | US | 3.9 | 7 | 244 |
| 80 | 1457 | Zhuozhen Gan | Shanghai Jiao Tong University | CN | 3.8 | 4 | 12 |
| 81 | 3453 | Alexander Boedijn | Wageningen University & Research | NL | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 82 | 3454 | H.R. Nasriani | University of Lancashire † | GB | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 83 | 3455 | L. Khajehnoori | University of Lancashire | GB | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 84 | 3456 | M. Nasiri Ghiri | University of Lancashire † | GB | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 85 | 105 | Radu Custelcean | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | US | 3.8 | 7 | 222 |
| 86 | 64 | Haewon McJeon | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | KR | 3.7 | 8 | 299 |
| 87 | 82 | Tareq Al‐Ansari | Hamad bin Khalifa University | QA | 3.7 | 6 | 263 |
| 88 | 964 | Andrew Chapman | Kyushu University | JP | 3.7 | 5 | 25 |
| 89 | 3457 | Teng Wang | Wuhan University of Technology † | CN | 3.6 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | 236 | Shuangjun Li | Korea University | KR | 3.6 | 5 | 111 |
| 91 | 277 | Junyao Wang | Anhui Jianzhu University † | CN | 3.6 | 5 | 102 |
| 92 | 1076 | Farzin Hosseinifard | K. N. Toosi University of Technology | IR | 3.6 | 4 | 21 |
| 93 | 1077 | Majid Amidpour | K. N. Toosi University of Technology | IR | 3.6 | 4 | 21 |
| 94 | 2132 | Vittoria Bolongaro | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.6 | 4 | 4 |
| 95 | 2562 | Luis E. Hernández Gutiérrez | Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias | ES | 3.6 | 4 | 2 |
| 96 | 674 | Christian Sattler | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) | DE | 3.6 | 6 | 43 |
| 97 | 675 | Nathalie Monnerie | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) | DE | 3.6 | 6 | 43 |
| 98 | 285 | Mirko Engelpracht | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 3.5 | 5 | 100 |
| 99 | 8 | Maxwell Pisciotta | University of Pennsylvania | US | 3.5 | 5 | 723 |
| 100 | 479 | Quirin Grossmann | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.5 | 4 | 61 |
Most active, Europe top 50
The same ranking restricted to researchers based in Europe (EU27 plus the UK, Switzerland, Norway and the other non-EU countries); everyone here also appears above when they are in the world top 100, with their world rank in the second column.
| Europe # | World # | Cit. rank | Name | Institution | Country | Activity | Papers 2021–26 | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 329 | Jann Michael Weinand | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 12.0 | 13 | 33 |
| 2 | 2 | 271 | Detlef Stolten | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 11.6 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | 3 | 301 | Thomas Schöb | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 11.0 | 12 | 35 |
| 4 | 4 | 267 | Henrik Wenzel | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 10.0 | 11 | 45 |
| 5 | 5 | 2 | André Bardow | ETH Zurich | CH | 9.1 | 12 | 947 |
| 6 | 6 | 787 | Jochen Linßen | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 8.8 | 9 | 2 |
| 7 | 7 | 224 | Freia Harzendorf | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 8.6 | 10 | 56 |
| 8 | 8 | 98 | Niklas von der Aßen | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 8.5 | 11 | 123 |
| 9 | 9 | 18 | Marco Mazzotti | ETH Zurich | CH | 8.3 | 11 | 587 |
| 10 | 12 | 99 | Daniel Rezo | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 7.1 | 10 | 123 |
| 11 | 13 | 134 | Patrik Postweiler | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 7.0 | 9 | 105 |
| 12 | 15 | 47 | Mijndert van der Spek | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 6.8 | 10 | 232 |
| 13 | 17 | 788 | Ronny Pini | Imperial College London | GB | 6.6 | 7 | 2 |
| 14 | 20 | 48 | Chad M. Baum | Aarhus University | DK | 6.2 | 9 | 231 |
| 15 | 22 | 869 | Mak Đukan | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 6.0 | 6 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | 248 | Nicoletta Brazzola | University of Oxford | GB | 5.8 | 7 | 52 |
| 17 | 26 | 421 | Nilay Shah | Imperial College London | GB | 5.8 | 7 | 19 |
| 18 | 27 | 19 | Matteo Gazzani | Utrecht University | NL | 5.8 | 9 | 570 |
| 19 | 30 | 252 | Thomas Helmer Pedersen | Aalborg University | DK | 5.6 | 7 | 51 |
| 20 | 32 | 408 | Kenneth Okosun | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 5.6 | 6 | 20 |
| 21 | 39 | 112 | Niall Mac Dowell | Imperial College London | GB | 5.2 | 8 | 119 |
| 22 | 42 | 530 | Sina Hoseinpoori | Chalmers University of Technology | SE | 5.1 | 6 | 10 |
| 23 | 43 | 81 | Grazia Leonzio | University of Cagliari | IT | 5.0 | 8 | 150 |
| 24 | 44 | 597 | Nicole Ferru | ETH Zurich | CH | 5.0 | 5 | 6 |
| 25 | 48 | 598 | Roland Dittmeyer | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology | DE | 4.6 | 5 | 6 |
| 26 | 60 | 31 | Phil Renforth | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 4.2 | 7 | 303 |
| 27 | 62 | 63 | Katrin Sievert | ETH Zurich | CH | 4.0 | 5 | 184 |
| 28 | 65 | 30 | Christian Breyer | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology | FI | 4.0 | 6 | 315 |
| 29 | 67 | 49 | Susana García | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 4.0 | 7 | 226 |
| 30 | 81 | 986 | Alexander Boedijn | Wageningen University & Research | NL | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | 82 | 987 | H.R. Nasriani | University of Lancashire † | GB | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | 83 | 988 | L. Khajehnoori | University of Lancashire | GB | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | 84 | 989 | M. Nasiri Ghiri | University of Lancashire † | GB | 3.8 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | 94 | 692 | Vittoria Bolongaro | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.6 | 4 | 4 |
| 35 | 95 | 789 | Luis E. Hernández Gutiérrez | Instituto Volcanológico de Canarias | ES | 3.6 | 4 | 2 |
| 36 | 96 | 274 | Christian Sattler | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) | DE | 3.6 | 6 | 43 |
| 37 | 97 | 275 | Nathalie Monnerie | Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) | DE | 3.6 | 6 | 43 |
| 38 | 98 | 142 | Mirko Engelpracht | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 3.5 | 5 | 100 |
| 39 | 100 | 203 | Quirin Grossmann | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.5 | 4 | 61 |
| 40 | – | 65 | Bjarne Steffen | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.4 | 4 | 172 |
| 41 | – | 281 | Matthew Gidden | Climate Analytics | DE | 3.4 | 5 | 41 |
| 42 | – | 599 | Ansgar Kretzschmar | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 3.4 | 4 | 6 |
| 43 | – | 600 | Hermann Tempel | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 3.4 | 4 | 6 |
| 44 | – | 601 | Rüdiger‐A. Eichel | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 3.4 | 4 | 6 |
| 45 | – | 602 | Victor Selmert | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 3.4 | 4 | 6 |
| 46 | – | 32 | Spyros Foteinis | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 3.2 | 6 | 303 |
| 47 | – | 118 | Anthony Patt | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.2 | 5 | 107 |
| 48 | – | 119 | Christian Moretti | Paul Scherrer Institute | CH | 3.2 | 5 | 107 |
| 49 | – | 261 | Lara Meuleneers | RWTH Aachen University | DE | 3.2 | 5 | 48 |
| 50 | – | 658 | Paul de Joannis | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique † | FR | 3.2 | 4 | 5 |
Most cited, worldwide top 100
The same researchers ranked by citations to their CDR papers since 2021. Citations lag by years, so this list favours established names and papers from 2021 and 2022; the activity rank beside each name says where the person stands on the other list.
| World # | Act. rank | Name | Institution | Country | Activity | Papers 2021–26 | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | Noah McQueen | Heirloom Carbon Technologies | US | 5.4 | 10 | 1,095 |
| 2 | 668 | Tom Terlouw | PSI | CH | 1.7 | 4 | 961 |
| 3 | 5 | André Bardow | ETH Zurich | CH | 9.1 | 12 | 947 |
| 4 | 1073 | Christian Bauer | Paul Scherrer Institut | CH | 1.1 | 3 | 892 |
| 5 | 191 | Jennifer Wilcox | University of Pennsylvania | US | 2.9 | 6 | 889 |
| 6 | 331 | Vassilis Daioglou | Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency | NL | 2.2 | 4 | 754 |
| 7 | 2998 | Dawid P. Hanak | Teesside University | GB | 0.9 | 2 | 746 |
| 8 | 99 | Maxwell Pisciotta | University of Pennsylvania | US | 3.5 | 5 | 723 |
| 9 | 836 | David Reiner | University of Cambridge | GB | 1.4 | 3 | 717 |
| 10 | 837 | Zeynep Clulow | University of Cambridge † | GB | 1.4 | 3 | 717 |
| 11 | 5813 | Colin McCormick | Georgetown University | US | 0.3 | 1 | 709 |
| 12 | 5814 | Katherine Blumanthal | – | 0.3 | 1 | 709 | |
| 13 | 5815 | Katherine Vaz Gomes | University of Pennsylvania † | US | 0.3 | 1 | 709 |
| 14 | 10 | Benjamin K. Sovacool | Boston University | US | 8.1 | 12 | 702 |
| 15 | 5481 | Eloy S. Sanz-Pérez | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | ES | 0.4 | 1 | 690 |
| 16 | 5482 | Greg A. Mutch | Newcastle University † | GB | 0.4 | 1 | 690 |
| 17 | 5483 | María Erans | University of Valencia | ES | 0.4 | 1 | 690 |
| 18 | 340 | Sarah Deutz | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 2.0 | 4 | 620 |
| 19 | 3029 | Alois Dirnaichner | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 20 | 3030 | B. Cox | INFRAS AG | CH | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 21 | 3031 | Christopher Mutel | ecoinvent association | CH | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 22 | 3032 | Gunnar Luderer | Technische Universität Berlin | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 23 | 3033 | Kais Siala | Technical University of Munich † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 24 | 3034 | Romain Sacchi | Paul Scherrer Institut | CH | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 25 | 9 | Marco Mazzotti | ETH Zurich | CH | 8.3 | 11 | 587 |
| 26 | 27 | Matteo Gazzani | Utrecht University | NL | 5.8 | 9 | 570 |
| 27 | 127 | Mihrimah Ozkan | University of California, Riverside | US | 3.2 | 6 | 553 |
| 28 | 201 | Stavros Michailos | University of Hull | GB | 2.8 | 5 | 546 |
| 29 | 283 | Mohamed Pourkashanian | University of Sheffield | GB | 2.4 | 4 | 541 |
| 30 | 925 | Francesco Sabatino | Eindhoven University of Technology † | NL | 1.3 | 3 | 509 |
| 31 | 926 | M. van Sint Annaland | Eindhoven University of Technology | NL | 1.3 | 3 | 509 |
| 32 | 1105 | Maria Fernanda Rojas Michaga | University of Sheffield † | GB | 1.0 | 2 | 503 |
| 33 | 4108 | Fausto Gallucci | ZEFIRA BV | NL | 0.7 | 2 | 502 |
| 34 | 203 | Carolina Font-Palma | University of Hull | GB | 2.8 | 4 | 483 |
| 35 | 669 | Alexa Grimm | Utrecht University † | NL | 1.7 | 4 | 465 |
| 36 | 11 | Abdulkarem I. Amhamed | Hamad bin Khalifa University | QA | 7.6 | 10 | 459 |
| 37 | 28 | Yasser M. Abdullatif | Hamad bin Khalifa University | QA | 5.8 | 8 | 454 |
| 38 | 4982 | Anna A. Littlefield | Colorado School of Mines † | US | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 39 | 4983 | Austin Kinzer | Colorado School of Mines † | US | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 40 | 4984 | Hope McLaughlin | Colorado School of Mines † | US | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 41 | 4985 | Jinsoo Kim | Hanyang University | KR | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 42 | 4986 | Maia Menefee | Colorado School of Mines † | US | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 43 | 4987 | Morgan Bazilian | Colorado School of Mines † | US | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 44 | 4988 | Steve Griffiths | American University of Sharjah | AE | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 45 | 4989 | Tobias C. Hull | National Laboratory of the Rockies † | US | 0.5 | 1 | 453 |
| 46 | 2991 | Gert Jan Kramer | Utrecht University † | NL | 0.9 | 2 | 450 |
| 47 | 5484 | Wan Yun Hong | Universiti Brunei Darussalam † | BN | 0.4 | 1 | 445 |
| 48 | 146 | L. Jiang | Zhejiang University | CN | 3.0 | 5 | 432 |
| 49 | 303 | Ahmed Sodiq | Summit University † | US | 2.4 | 4 | 432 |
| 50 | 821 | X.J. Zhang | Shandong University † | CN | 1.5 | 3 | 397 |
| 51 | 672 | Muftah H. El‐Naas | Qatar University | QA | 1.7 | 3 | 396 |
| 52 | 5485 | Anthony D. Ruiz | University of California, Riverside † | US | 0.4 | 1 | 351 |
| 53 | 5486 | Saswat Priyadarshi Nayak | University of California, Riverside † | US | 0.4 | 1 | 351 |
| 54 | 5487 | Wenmei Jiang | Sun Yat-sen University † | CN | 0.4 | 1 | 351 |
| 55 | 822 | R.Q. Wang | Northwestern Polytechnical University | CN | 1.5 | 2 | 323 |
| 56 | 4990 | Abigail González-Díaz | Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas | MX | 0.5 | 1 | 323 |
| 57 | 4991 | R.Q. Wang | Durham University † | GB | 0.5 | 1 | 323 |
| 58 | 4992 | Weiting Liu | Zhejiang University | CN | 0.5 | 1 | 323 |
| 59 | 2999 | Nashaat N. Nassar | University of Calgary | CA | 0.9 | 2 | 320 |
| 60 | 65 | Christian Breyer | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology | FI | 4.0 | 6 | 315 |
| 61 | 16 | Jay Fuhrman | Joint Global Change Research Institute | US | 6.8 | 12 | 314 |
| 62 | 60 | Phil Renforth | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 4.2 | 7 | 303 |
| 63 | 125 | Spyros Foteinis | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 3.2 | 6 | 303 |
| 64 | 86 | Haewon McJeon | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology | KR | 3.7 | 8 | 299 |
| 65 | 322 | John Bistline | Electric Power Research Institute | US | 2.2 | 4 | 298 |
| 66 | 5816 | Karin Treyer | Paul Scherrer Institute | CH | 0.3 | 1 | 296 |
| 67 | 234 | Olivia Hawrot | Nano Carbon (Poland) † | PL | 2.7 | 5 | 287 |
| 68 | 5488 | Manu Lahtinen | University of Jyväskylä | FI | 0.4 | 1 | 284 |
| 69 | 5489 | Shreya Mahajan | Symbiosis International University † | IN | 0.4 | 1 | 284 |
| 70 | 5490 | Arash Ostovar | Malek Ashtar University of Technology † | IR | 0.4 | 1 | 280 |
| 71 | 5491 | Brahim Aïssa | Hamad bin Khalifa University † | QA | 0.4 | 1 | 280 |
| 72 | 753 | Geoffrey J. Blanford | Electric Power Research Institute † | US | 1.6 | 3 | 278 |
| 73 | 104 | Omar M. Yaghi | University of California Berkeley | US | 3.4 | 4 | 274 |
| 74 | 4128 | Ali H. Alawadhi | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology † | SA | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 75 | 4129 | Cheng-Hsin Liu | Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (Taiwan) † | TW | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 76 | 4130 | Emilio Borrego-Marin | Universidad de Granada † | ES | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 77 | 4131 | Haozhe Li | Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory † | CN | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 78 | 4132 | Jorge A. R. Navarro | Universidad de Granada | ES | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 79 | 4133 | Kaiyu Wang | University of California System † | US | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 80 | 4134 | Oscar Iu‐Fan Chen | Princeton University † | US | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 81 | 591 | Ahmed Abdulla | Carleton University | CA | 1.9 | 4 | 270 |
| 82 | 87 | Tareq Al‐Ansari | Hamad bin Khalifa University | QA | 3.7 | 6 | 263 |
| 83 | 609 | Dmitrii Bogdanov | LUT University | FI | 1.8 | 3 | 252 |
| 84 | 610 | Siavash Khalili | LUT University | FI | 1.8 | 3 | 252 |
| 85 | 3035 | Manish Ram | Lappeenranta University of Technology | FI | 0.8 | 2 | 249 |
| 86 | 3036 | Theophilus Nii Odai Mensah | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology † | FI | 0.8 | 2 | 249 |
| 87 | 3017 | Felix Creutzig | University of Sussex † | GB | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 88 | 3018 | Kavya Madhu | University of Freiburg † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 89 | 3019 | Stefan Pauliuk | University of Freiburg | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 90 | 3020 | Sumukha Dhathri | University of Freiburg † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 91 | 4120 | David G. Victor | University of California, San Diego | US | 0.6 | 2 | 246 |
| 92 | 4121 | Ryan Hanna | University of California, San Diego | US | 0.6 | 2 | 246 |
| 93 | 4122 | Yangyang Xu | Texas A&M University | US | 0.6 | 2 | 246 |
| 94 | 102 | Hélène Pilorgé | University of Pennsylvania | US | 3.5 | 6 | 245 |
| 95 | 79 | Peter Psarras | University of Pennsylvania | US | 3.9 | 7 | 244 |
| 96 | 132 | Viola Becattini | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.2 | 5 | 244 |
| 97 | 5492 | Donglong Fu | California Institute of Technology | US | 0.4 | 1 | 235 |
| 98 | 5493 | Mark E. Davis | California Institute of Technology | US | 0.4 | 1 | 235 |
| 99 | 15 | Mijndert van der Spek | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 6.8 | 10 | 232 |
| 100 | 835 | Jae Edmonds | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | US | 1.4 | 3 | 232 |
Most cited, Europe top 50
| Europe # | World # | Act. rank | Name | Institution | Country | Activity | Papers 2021–26 | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 220 | Tom Terlouw | PSI | CH | 1.7 | 4 | 961 |
| 2 | 3 | 5 | André Bardow | ETH Zurich | CH | 9.1 | 12 | 947 |
| 3 | 4 | 328 | Christian Bauer | Paul Scherrer Institut | CH | 1.1 | 3 | 892 |
| 4 | 6 | 123 | Vassilis Daioglou | Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency | NL | 2.2 | 4 | 754 |
| 5 | 7 | 732 | Dawid P. Hanak | Teesside University | GB | 0.9 | 2 | 746 |
| 6 | 9 | 268 | David Reiner | University of Cambridge | GB | 1.4 | 3 | 717 |
| 7 | 10 | 269 | Zeynep Clulow | University of Cambridge † | GB | 1.4 | 3 | 717 |
| 8 | 15 | 1403 | Eloy S. Sanz-Pérez | Universidad Rey Juan Carlos | ES | 0.4 | 1 | 690 |
| 9 | 16 | 1404 | Greg A. Mutch | Newcastle University † | GB | 0.4 | 1 | 690 |
| 10 | 17 | 1405 | María Erans | University of Valencia | ES | 0.4 | 1 | 690 |
| 11 | 18 | 126 | Sarah Deutz | Forschungszentrum Jülich | DE | 2.0 | 4 | 620 |
| 12 | 19 | 746 | Alois Dirnaichner | Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 13 | 20 | 747 | B. Cox | INFRAS AG | CH | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 14 | 21 | 748 | Christopher Mutel | ecoinvent association | CH | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 15 | 22 | 749 | Gunnar Luderer | Technische Universität Berlin | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 16 | 23 | 750 | Kais Siala | Technical University of Munich † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 17 | 24 | 751 | Romain Sacchi | Paul Scherrer Institut | CH | 0.8 | 2 | 596 |
| 18 | 25 | 9 | Marco Mazzotti | ETH Zurich | CH | 8.3 | 11 | 587 |
| 19 | 26 | 18 | Matteo Gazzani | Utrecht University | NL | 5.8 | 9 | 570 |
| 20 | 28 | 74 | Stavros Michailos | University of Hull | GB | 2.8 | 5 | 546 |
| 21 | 29 | 105 | Mohamed Pourkashanian | University of Sheffield | GB | 2.4 | 4 | 541 |
| 22 | 30 | 297 | Francesco Sabatino | Eindhoven University of Technology † | NL | 1.3 | 3 | 509 |
| 23 | 31 | 298 | M. van Sint Annaland | Eindhoven University of Technology | NL | 1.3 | 3 | 509 |
| 24 | 32 | 340 | Maria Fernanda Rojas Michaga | University of Sheffield † | GB | 1.0 | 2 | 503 |
| 25 | 33 | 1069 | Fausto Gallucci | ZEFIRA BV | NL | 0.7 | 2 | 502 |
| 26 | 34 | 76 | Carolina Font-Palma | University of Hull | GB | 2.8 | 4 | 483 |
| 27 | 35 | 221 | Alexa Grimm | Utrecht University † | NL | 1.7 | 4 | 465 |
| 28 | 46 | 731 | Gert Jan Kramer | Utrecht University † | NL | 0.9 | 2 | 450 |
| 29 | 57 | 1277 | R.Q. Wang | Durham University † | GB | 0.5 | 1 | 323 |
| 30 | 60 | 28 | Christian Breyer | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology | FI | 4.0 | 6 | 315 |
| 31 | 62 | 26 | Phil Renforth | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 4.2 | 7 | 303 |
| 32 | 63 | 46 | Spyros Foteinis | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 3.2 | 6 | 303 |
| 33 | 66 | 1509 | Karin Treyer | Paul Scherrer Institute | CH | 0.3 | 1 | 296 |
| 34 | 67 | 92 | Olivia Hawrot | Nano Carbon (Poland) † | PL | 2.7 | 5 | 287 |
| 35 | 68 | 1406 | Manu Lahtinen | University of Jyväskylä | FI | 0.4 | 1 | 284 |
| 36 | 76 | 1078 | Emilio Borrego-Marin | Universidad de Granada † | ES | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 37 | 78 | 1079 | Jorge A. R. Navarro | Universidad de Granada | ES | 0.6 | 1 | 273 |
| 38 | 83 | 194 | Dmitrii Bogdanov | LUT University | FI | 1.8 | 3 | 252 |
| 39 | 84 | 195 | Siavash Khalili | LUT University | FI | 1.8 | 3 | 252 |
| 40 | 85 | 752 | Manish Ram | Lappeenranta University of Technology | FI | 0.8 | 2 | 249 |
| 41 | 86 | 753 | Theophilus Nii Odai Mensah | Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology † | FI | 0.8 | 2 | 249 |
| 42 | 87 | 739 | Felix Creutzig | University of Sussex † | GB | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 43 | 88 | 740 | Kavya Madhu | University of Freiburg † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 44 | 89 | 741 | Stefan Pauliuk | University of Freiburg | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 45 | 90 | 742 | Sumukha Dhathri | University of Freiburg † | DE | 0.8 | 2 | 246 |
| 46 | 96 | 51 | Viola Becattini | ETH Zurich | CH | 3.2 | 5 | 244 |
| 47 | 99 | 12 | Mijndert van der Spek | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 6.8 | 10 | 232 |
| 48 | – | 14 | Chad M. Baum | Aarhus University | DK | 6.2 | 9 | 231 |
| 49 | – | 29 | Susana García | Heriot-Watt University | GB | 4.0 | 7 | 226 |
| 50 | – | 54 | John F. Young | Global Thermostat (United States) | GB | 3.0 | 6 | 224 |
† Institution from the OpenAlex author profile, not confirmed by the researcher’s recent papers.