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. rankNameInstitutionCountryActivityPapers 2021–26Citations
1809Jann Michael WeinandForschungszentrum JülichDE12.01333
2665Detlef StoltenRWTH Aachen UniversityDE11.61344
3765Thomas SchöbForschungszentrum JülichDE11.01235
4659Henrik WenzelRWTH Aachen UniversityDE10.01145
53André BardowETH ZurichCH9.112947
62560Jochen LinßenForschungszentrum JülichDE8.892
7531Freia HarzendorfForschungszentrum JülichDE8.61056
8202Niklas von der AßenRWTH Aachen UniversityDE8.511123
925Marco MazzottiETH ZurichCH8.311587
1014Benjamin K. SovacoolBoston UniversityUS8.112702
1136Abdulkarem I. AmhamedHamad bin Khalifa UniversityQA7.610459
12203Daniel RezoRWTH Aachen UniversityDE7.110123
13271Patrik PostweilerRWTH Aachen UniversityDE7.09105
14102Matthew J. RealffGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUS6.912227
1599Mijndert van der SpekHeriot-Watt UniversityGB6.810232
1661Jay FuhrmanJoint Global Change Research InstituteUS6.812314
172561Ronny PiniImperial College LondonGB6.672
18140Christopher W. JonesGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUS6.59165
19219Paul FeronCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAU6.39118
20101Chad M. BaumAarhus UniversityDK6.29231
212127Sally HomsyNational Energy Technology LaboratoryUS6.194
222890Mak ĐukanForschungszentrum JülichDE6.061
23398Haris IshaqUniversity of VictoriaCA5.8973
24599Nicoletta BrazzolaUniversity of OxfordGB5.8752
25810Graeme PuxtyCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAU5.8733
261136Nilay ShahImperial College LondonGB5.8719
2726Matteo GazzaniUtrecht UniversityNL5.89570
2837Yasser M. AbdullatifHamad bin Khalifa UniversityQA5.88454
29179Yusuf BiçerHamad bin Khalifa UniversityQA5.77138
30610Thomas Helmer PedersenAalborg UniversityDK5.6751
31229Shuai DengTianjin UniversityCN5.67113
321097Kenneth OkosunForschungszentrum JülichDE5.6620
33828Chaewoon OhNational Institute of Green TechnologyKR5.5832
341Noah McQueenHeirloom Carbon TechnologiesUS5.4101,095
35165Ryan P. LivelyGeorgia Institute of TechnologyUS5.48144
36185Yihe MiaoShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityCN5.47133
373449Brian P. SetzlerUniversity of DelawareUS5.360
383450Yushan YanUniversity of DelawareUS5.360
39218Niall Mac DowellImperial College LondonGB5.28119
40180Abdelghafour ZaaboutUniversité Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMA5.26136
41914Xuancan ZhuShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityCN5.1629
421556Sina HoseinpooriChalmers University of TechnologySE5.1610
43158Grazia LeonzioUniversity of CagliariIT5.08150
441862Nicole FerruETH ZurichCH5.056
45314David S. ShollOak Ridge National LaboratoryUS4.9793
461863Seongmin SonKyungpook National UniversityKR4.656
471098Simon H. PangLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryUS4.6520
481864Roland DittmeyerKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyDE4.656
49193Jia LiLingnan UniversityHK4.68130
50159Dia MilaniCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAU4.56147
51333Ali KianiCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAU4.5684
52195Keju AnNational Laboratory of the RockiesUS4.56129
532128Craig Bettenhausen–4.494
54367Mengxiang FangZhejiang UniversityCN4.4678
551213Hari MantripragadaUniversity of PittsburghUS4.3617
562290Iza LantgiosIdaho National Laboratory †US4.363
57230Klaus S. LacknerArizona State UniversityUS4.36112
582891Chinmoy BaroiUniversity of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUS4.371
592129Matthew GreenArizona State UniversityUS4.364
6062Phil RenforthHeriot-Watt UniversityGB4.27303
611348Nouman Rafique MirzaCommonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research OrganisationAU4.2513
62125Katrin SievertETH ZurichCH4.05184
631349Alexander Ryota KeeleyKyushu UniversityJP4.0513
641350Shunsuke ManagiKyushu UniversityJP4.0513
6560Christian BreyerLappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFI4.06315
66169Youssef BelmabkhoutUniversité Mohammed VI PolytechniqueMA4.05142
67103Susana GarcíaHeriot-Watt UniversityGB4.07226
682130Dong‐Yeun KohKorea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyKR4.044
692131Gang Kevin LiThe University of MelbourneAU4.044
702291Joohyung JungKyungpook National UniversityKR4.043
712292Mohammad MoosazadehKyung Hee UniversityKR4.043
722293Taejun SongKyungpook National UniversityKR4.043
732892Benjapon ChalermsinsuwanChulalongkorn UniversityTH4.041
742893Kanchana PhianchanaChulalongkorn UniversityTH4.041
752894Pacharapol NokphoChulalongkorn UniversityTH4.041
763451Hardik P. MalaviyaGujarat University †IN4.040
773452Nainesh ModiGujarat UniversityIN4.040
78194Sean McCoyUniversity of CalgaryCA3.96130
7995Peter PsarrasUniversity of PennsylvaniaUS3.97244
801457Zhuozhen GanShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityCN3.8412
813453Alexander BoedijnWageningen University & ResearchNL3.840
823454H.R. NasrianiUniversity of Lancashire †GB3.840
833455L. KhajehnooriUniversity of LancashireGB3.840
843456M. Nasiri GhiriUniversity of Lancashire †GB3.840
85105Radu CustelceanOak Ridge National LaboratoryUS3.87222
8664Haewon McJeonKorea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyKR3.78299
8782Tareq Al‐AnsariHamad bin Khalifa UniversityQA3.76263
88964Andrew ChapmanKyushu UniversityJP3.7525
893457Teng WangWuhan University of Technology †CN3.640
90236Shuangjun LiKorea UniversityKR3.65111
91277Junyao WangAnhui Jianzhu University †CN3.65102
921076Farzin HosseinifardK. N. Toosi University of TechnologyIR3.6421
931077Majid AmidpourK. N. Toosi University of TechnologyIR3.6421
942132Vittoria BolongaroETH ZurichCH3.644
952562Luis E. Hernández GutiérrezInstituto Volcanológico de CanariasES3.642
96674Christian SattlerDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)DE3.6643
97675Nathalie MonnerieDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)DE3.6643
98285Mirko EngelprachtRWTH Aachen UniversityDE3.55100
998Maxwell PisciottaUniversity of PennsylvaniaUS3.55723
100479Quirin GrossmannETH ZurichCH3.5461

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. rankNameInstitutionCountryActivityPapers 2021–26Citations
11329Jann Michael WeinandForschungszentrum JülichDE12.01333
22271Detlef StoltenRWTH Aachen UniversityDE11.61344
33301Thomas SchöbForschungszentrum JülichDE11.01235
44267Henrik WenzelRWTH Aachen UniversityDE10.01145
552André BardowETH ZurichCH9.112947
66787Jochen LinßenForschungszentrum JülichDE8.892
77224Freia HarzendorfForschungszentrum JülichDE8.61056
8898Niklas von der AßenRWTH Aachen UniversityDE8.511123
9918Marco MazzottiETH ZurichCH8.311587
101299Daniel RezoRWTH Aachen UniversityDE7.110123
1113134Patrik PostweilerRWTH Aachen UniversityDE7.09105
121547Mijndert van der SpekHeriot-Watt UniversityGB6.810232
1317788Ronny PiniImperial College LondonGB6.672
142048Chad M. BaumAarhus UniversityDK6.29231
1522869Mak ĐukanForschungszentrum JülichDE6.061
1624248Nicoletta BrazzolaUniversity of OxfordGB5.8752
1726421Nilay ShahImperial College LondonGB5.8719
182719Matteo GazzaniUtrecht UniversityNL5.89570
1930252Thomas Helmer PedersenAalborg UniversityDK5.6751
2032408Kenneth OkosunForschungszentrum JülichDE5.6620
2139112Niall Mac DowellImperial College LondonGB5.28119
2242530Sina HoseinpooriChalmers University of TechnologySE5.1610
234381Grazia LeonzioUniversity of CagliariIT5.08150
2444597Nicole FerruETH ZurichCH5.056
2548598Roland DittmeyerKarlsruhe Institute of TechnologyDE4.656
266031Phil RenforthHeriot-Watt UniversityGB4.27303
276263Katrin SievertETH ZurichCH4.05184
286530Christian BreyerLappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFI4.06315
296749Susana GarcíaHeriot-Watt UniversityGB4.07226
3081986Alexander BoedijnWageningen University & ResearchNL3.840
3182987H.R. NasrianiUniversity of Lancashire †GB3.840
3283988L. KhajehnooriUniversity of LancashireGB3.840
3384989M. Nasiri GhiriUniversity of Lancashire †GB3.840
3494692Vittoria BolongaroETH ZurichCH3.644
3595789Luis E. Hernández GutiérrezInstituto Volcanológico de CanariasES3.642
3696274Christian SattlerDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)DE3.6643
3797275Nathalie MonnerieDeutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)DE3.6643
3898142Mirko EngelprachtRWTH Aachen UniversityDE3.55100
39100203Quirin GrossmannETH ZurichCH3.5461
40–65Bjarne SteffenETH ZurichCH3.44172
41–281Matthew GiddenClimate AnalyticsDE3.4541
42–599Ansgar KretzschmarForschungszentrum JülichDE3.446
43–600Hermann TempelForschungszentrum JülichDE3.446
44–601Rüdiger‐A. EichelForschungszentrum JülichDE3.446
45–602Victor SelmertForschungszentrum JülichDE3.446
46–32Spyros FoteinisHeriot-Watt UniversityGB3.26303
47–118Anthony PattETH ZurichCH3.25107
48–119Christian MorettiPaul Scherrer InstituteCH3.25107
49–261Lara MeuleneersRWTH Aachen UniversityDE3.2548
50–658Paul de JoannisCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique †FR3.245

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. rankNameInstitutionCountryActivityPapers 2021–26Citations
134Noah McQueenHeirloom Carbon TechnologiesUS5.4101,095
2668Tom TerlouwPSICH1.74961
35André BardowETH ZurichCH9.112947
41073Christian BauerPaul Scherrer InstitutCH1.13892
5191Jennifer WilcoxUniversity of PennsylvaniaUS2.96889
6331Vassilis DaioglouNetherlands Environmental Assessment AgencyNL2.24754
72998Dawid P. HanakTeesside UniversityGB0.92746
899Maxwell PisciottaUniversity of PennsylvaniaUS3.55723
9836David ReinerUniversity of CambridgeGB1.43717
10837Zeynep ClulowUniversity of Cambridge †GB1.43717
115813Colin McCormickGeorgetown UniversityUS0.31709
125814Katherine Blumanthal–0.31709
135815Katherine Vaz GomesUniversity of Pennsylvania †US0.31709
1410Benjamin K. SovacoolBoston UniversityUS8.112702
155481Eloy S. Sanz-PérezUniversidad Rey Juan CarlosES0.41690
165482Greg A. MutchNewcastle University †GB0.41690
175483María EransUniversity of ValenciaES0.41690
18340Sarah DeutzForschungszentrum JülichDE2.04620
193029Alois DirnaichnerPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research †DE0.82596
203030B. CoxINFRAS AGCH0.82596
213031Christopher Mutelecoinvent associationCH0.82596
223032Gunnar LudererTechnische Universität BerlinDE0.82596
233033Kais SialaTechnical University of Munich †DE0.82596
243034Romain SacchiPaul Scherrer InstitutCH0.82596
259Marco MazzottiETH ZurichCH8.311587
2627Matteo GazzaniUtrecht UniversityNL5.89570
27127Mihrimah OzkanUniversity of California, RiversideUS3.26553
28201Stavros MichailosUniversity of HullGB2.85546
29283Mohamed PourkashanianUniversity of SheffieldGB2.44541
30925Francesco SabatinoEindhoven University of Technology †NL1.33509
31926M. van Sint AnnalandEindhoven University of TechnologyNL1.33509
321105Maria Fernanda Rojas MichagaUniversity of Sheffield †GB1.02503
334108Fausto GallucciZEFIRA BVNL0.72502
34203Carolina Font-PalmaUniversity of HullGB2.84483
35669Alexa GrimmUtrecht University †NL1.74465
3611Abdulkarem I. AmhamedHamad bin Khalifa UniversityQA7.610459
3728Yasser M. AbdullatifHamad bin Khalifa UniversityQA5.88454
384982Anna A. LittlefieldColorado School of Mines †US0.51453
394983Austin KinzerColorado School of Mines †US0.51453
404984Hope McLaughlinColorado School of Mines †US0.51453
414985Jinsoo KimHanyang UniversityKR0.51453
424986Maia MenefeeColorado School of Mines †US0.51453
434987Morgan BazilianColorado School of Mines †US0.51453
444988Steve GriffithsAmerican University of SharjahAE0.51453
454989Tobias C. HullNational Laboratory of the Rockies †US0.51453
462991Gert Jan KramerUtrecht University †NL0.92450
475484Wan Yun HongUniversiti Brunei Darussalam †BN0.41445
48146L. JiangZhejiang UniversityCN3.05432
49303Ahmed SodiqSummit University †US2.44432
50821X.J. ZhangShandong University †CN1.53397
51672Muftah H. El‐NaasQatar UniversityQA1.73396
525485Anthony D. RuizUniversity of California, Riverside †US0.41351
535486Saswat Priyadarshi NayakUniversity of California, Riverside †US0.41351
545487Wenmei JiangSun Yat-sen University †CN0.41351
55822R.Q. WangNorthwestern Polytechnical UniversityCN1.52323
564990Abigail González-DíazInstituto de Investigaciones EléctricasMX0.51323
574991R.Q. WangDurham University †GB0.51323
584992Weiting LiuZhejiang UniversityCN0.51323
592999Nashaat N. NassarUniversity of CalgaryCA0.92320
6065Christian BreyerLappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFI4.06315
6116Jay FuhrmanJoint Global Change Research InstituteUS6.812314
6260Phil RenforthHeriot-Watt UniversityGB4.27303
63125Spyros FoteinisHeriot-Watt UniversityGB3.26303
6486Haewon McJeonKorea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyKR3.78299
65322John BistlineElectric Power Research InstituteUS2.24298
665816Karin TreyerPaul Scherrer InstituteCH0.31296
67234Olivia HawrotNano Carbon (Poland) †PL2.75287
685488Manu LahtinenUniversity of JyväskyläFI0.41284
695489Shreya MahajanSymbiosis International University †IN0.41284
705490Arash OstovarMalek Ashtar University of Technology †IR0.41280
715491Brahim AïssaHamad bin Khalifa University †QA0.41280
72753Geoffrey J. BlanfordElectric Power Research Institute †US1.63278
73104Omar M. YaghiUniversity of California BerkeleyUS3.44274
744128Ali H. AlawadhiKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology †SA0.61273
754129Cheng-Hsin LiuAdvanced Semiconductor Engineering (Taiwan) †TW0.61273
764130Emilio Borrego-MarinUniversidad de Granada †ES0.61273
774131Haozhe LiSongshan Lake Materials Laboratory †CN0.61273
784132Jorge A. R. NavarroUniversidad de GranadaES0.61273
794133Kaiyu WangUniversity of California System †US0.61273
804134Oscar Iu‐Fan ChenPrinceton University †US0.61273
81591Ahmed AbdullaCarleton UniversityCA1.94270
8287Tareq Al‐AnsariHamad bin Khalifa UniversityQA3.76263
83609Dmitrii BogdanovLUT UniversityFI1.83252
84610Siavash KhaliliLUT UniversityFI1.83252
853035Manish RamLappeenranta University of TechnologyFI0.82249
863036Theophilus Nii Odai MensahLappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology †FI0.82249
873017Felix CreutzigUniversity of Sussex †GB0.82246
883018Kavya MadhuUniversity of Freiburg †DE0.82246
893019Stefan PauliukUniversity of FreiburgDE0.82246
903020Sumukha DhathriUniversity of Freiburg †DE0.82246
914120David G. VictorUniversity of California, San DiegoUS0.62246
924121Ryan HannaUniversity of California, San DiegoUS0.62246
934122Yangyang XuTexas A&M UniversityUS0.62246
94102Hélène PilorgéUniversity of PennsylvaniaUS3.56245
9579Peter PsarrasUniversity of PennsylvaniaUS3.97244
96132Viola BecattiniETH ZurichCH3.25244
975492Donglong FuCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUS0.41235
985493Mark E. DavisCalifornia Institute of TechnologyUS0.41235
9915Mijndert van der SpekHeriot-Watt UniversityGB6.810232
100835Jae EdmondsPacific Northwest National LaboratoryUS1.43232

Most cited, Europe top 50

Europe #World #Act. rankNameInstitutionCountryActivityPapers 2021–26Citations
12220Tom TerlouwPSICH1.74961
235André BardowETH ZurichCH9.112947
34328Christian BauerPaul Scherrer InstitutCH1.13892
46123Vassilis DaioglouNetherlands Environmental Assessment AgencyNL2.24754
57732Dawid P. HanakTeesside UniversityGB0.92746
69268David ReinerUniversity of CambridgeGB1.43717
710269Zeynep ClulowUniversity of Cambridge †GB1.43717
8151403Eloy S. Sanz-PérezUniversidad Rey Juan CarlosES0.41690
9161404Greg A. MutchNewcastle University †GB0.41690
10171405María EransUniversity of ValenciaES0.41690
1118126Sarah DeutzForschungszentrum JülichDE2.04620
1219746Alois DirnaichnerPotsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research †DE0.82596
1320747B. CoxINFRAS AGCH0.82596
1421748Christopher Mutelecoinvent associationCH0.82596
1522749Gunnar LudererTechnische Universität BerlinDE0.82596
1623750Kais SialaTechnical University of Munich †DE0.82596
1724751Romain SacchiPaul Scherrer InstitutCH0.82596
18259Marco MazzottiETH ZurichCH8.311587
192618Matteo GazzaniUtrecht UniversityNL5.89570
202874Stavros MichailosUniversity of HullGB2.85546
2129105Mohamed PourkashanianUniversity of SheffieldGB2.44541
2230297Francesco SabatinoEindhoven University of Technology †NL1.33509
2331298M. van Sint AnnalandEindhoven University of TechnologyNL1.33509
2432340Maria Fernanda Rojas MichagaUniversity of Sheffield †GB1.02503
25331069Fausto GallucciZEFIRA BVNL0.72502
263476Carolina Font-PalmaUniversity of HullGB2.84483
2735221Alexa GrimmUtrecht University †NL1.74465
2846731Gert Jan KramerUtrecht University †NL0.92450
29571277R.Q. WangDurham University †GB0.51323
306028Christian BreyerLappeenranta-Lahti University of TechnologyFI4.06315
316226Phil RenforthHeriot-Watt UniversityGB4.27303
326346Spyros FoteinisHeriot-Watt UniversityGB3.26303
33661509Karin TreyerPaul Scherrer InstituteCH0.31296
346792Olivia HawrotNano Carbon (Poland) †PL2.75287
35681406Manu LahtinenUniversity of JyväskyläFI0.41284
36761078Emilio Borrego-MarinUniversidad de Granada †ES0.61273
37781079Jorge A. R. NavarroUniversidad de GranadaES0.61273
3883194Dmitrii BogdanovLUT UniversityFI1.83252
3984195Siavash KhaliliLUT UniversityFI1.83252
4085752Manish RamLappeenranta University of TechnologyFI0.82249
4186753Theophilus Nii Odai MensahLappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology †FI0.82249
4287739Felix CreutzigUniversity of Sussex †GB0.82246
4388740Kavya MadhuUniversity of Freiburg †DE0.82246
4489741Stefan PauliukUniversity of FreiburgDE0.82246
4590742Sumukha DhathriUniversity of Freiburg †DE0.82246
469651Viola BecattiniETH ZurichCH3.25244
479912Mijndert van der SpekHeriot-Watt UniversityGB6.810232
48–14Chad M. BaumAarhus UniversityDK6.29231
49–29Susana GarcíaHeriot-Watt UniversityGB4.07226
50–54John F. YoungGlobal Thermostat (United States)GB3.06224

† Institution from the OpenAlex author profile, not confirmed by the researcher’s recent papers.