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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
54
Citations
15912
World Ranking
3068
National Ranking
1085

David L. McCollum publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. McCollum sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 117 publications — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

David L. McCollum D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David L. McCollum sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

David L. McCollum is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersecting fields of energy, environmental science, and engineering, with an emphasis on renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment. Additional areas of expertise include electrical and electronic engineering, economics and econometrics, global and planetary change, and automotive engineering.

Their work extensively covers topics related to energy, environment, and transportation policies, global energy and sustainability research, climate change policy and economics, electric vehicles and infrastructure, integrated energy systems optimization, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, and vehicle emissions and performance.

Notable recent publications by David L. McCollum include:

  • Energy modellers should explore extremes more systematically in scenarios, 2020, Nature Energy
  • COVID-19 recovery funds dwarf clean energy investment needs, 2020, Science
  • Pandemic, War, and Global Energy Transitions, 2022, Energies
  • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Transparency and integrated assessment modeling, 2021, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Why have multiple climate policies for light-duty vehicles? Policy mix rationales, interactions and research gaps, 2020, Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Volker Krey
  • Matthew Gidden
  • Keywan Riahi
  • Alaa Al Khourdajie
  • John Bistline

David L. McCollum has contributed multiple articles to prominent publication venues such as:

  • Joule
  • Energy and Climate Change
  • Science
  • Nature Energy
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)

Their comprehensive research addresses critical aspects of global energy transitions, policy implications for climate change, and the technological and economic considerations necessary to optimize integrated energy systems. This body of work provides insights into how energy modeling can better represent extremes and scrutinizes the allocation of investment funds in post-pandemic recovery efforts related to clean energy.

Best Publications

  • Biophysical and economic limits to negative CO2 emissions

    Pete Smith;Steven J. Davis;Felix Creutzig;Sabine Fuss

  • A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °c target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies

    Arnulf Grubler;Charlie Wilson;Charlie Wilson;Nuno Bento;Nuno Bento;Benigna Boza-Kiss

  • The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century

    Oliver Fricko;Petr Havlik;Joeri Rogelj;Zbigniew Klimont

  • Assessing Transformation Pathways

    L Clarke;K Jiang;K Akimoto;M Babiker

  • Mapping interactions between the sustainable development goals: lessons learned and ways forward

    Måns Nilsson;Elinor Chisholm;David Griggs;Philippa Howden-Chapman

  • Energy investment needs for fulfilling the Paris Agreement and achieving the sustainable development goals

    David L. McCollum;David L. McCollum;Wenji Zhou;Christoph Bertram;Harmen Sytze de Boer

  • Transport: A roadblock to climate change mitigation?

    Felix Creutzig;Patrick Jochem;Oreane Y. Edelenbosch;Linus Mattauch

  • Connecting the Sustainable Development Goals by their energy inter-linkages

    David L McCollum;David L McCollum;Luis Gomez Echeverri;Sebastian Busch;Shonali Pachauri

  • Locked into Copenhagen pledges — Implications of short-term emission targets for the cost and feasibility of long-term climate goals

    Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi;Elmar Kriegler;Nils Johnson;Christoph Bertram

  • The nitrogen legacy: emerging evidence of nitrogen accumulation in anthropogenic landscapes

    K J Van Meter;N B Basu;J J Veenstra;C L Burras

  • Probabilistic cost estimates for climate change mitigation

    Joeri Rogelj;David L. McCollum;Andy Reisinger;Malte Meinshausen;Malte Meinshausen

  • Techno-Economic Models for Carbon Dioxide Compression, Transport, and Storage & Correlations for Estimating Carbon Dioxide Density and Viscosity

    David L McCollum;Joan M Ogden

  • Energy Pathways for Sustainable Development

    K. Riahi;F. Dentener;D. Gielen;A. Grubler

  • Implications of various effort-sharing approaches for national carbon budgets and emission pathways

    Nicole J. van den Berg;Nicole J. van den Berg;Heleen L. van Soest;Heleen L. van Soest;Andries F. Hof;Andries F. Hof;Michel G. J. den Elzen

  • Meeting an 80% Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation by 2050: A Case Study in California

    Christopher Yang;David L McCollum;Ryan McCarthy;Wayne Leighty

  • 2020 emissions levels required to limit warming to below 2 °C

    Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;David L. McCollum;Brian C. O’Neill;Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi

  • Improving the behavioral realism of global integrated assessment models: An application to consumers’ vehicle choices

    David L. McCollum;David L. McCollum;Charlie Wilson;Hazel Pettifor;Kalai Ramea

  • Stranded on a low-carbon planet: : Implications of climate policy for the phase-out of coal-based power plants

    Nils Johnson;Volker Krey;David L. McCollum;Shilpa Rao

  • Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models

    Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni;Elmar Kriegler;Keywan Riahi;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren

  • 2°C and SDGs: united they stand, divided they fall?

    Christoph von Stechow;Christoph von Stechow;Jan C Minx;Jan C Minx;Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi;Jessica Jewell

  • Limited emission reductions from fuel subsidy removal except in energy-exporting regions

    Jessica Jewell;Jessica Jewell;David McCollum;David McCollum;Johannes Emmerling;Christoph Bertram

  • Interaction of consumer preferences and climate policies in the global transition to low-carbon vehicles

    David L. McCollum;David L. McCollum;Charlie Wilson;Charlie Wilson;Michela Bevione;Samuel Carrara

  • Achieving deep reductions in US transport greenhouse gas emissions: Scenario analysis and policy implications

    David McCollum;Christopher Yang

  • Climate policies can help resolve energy security and air pollution challenges

    David L. McCollum;David L. McCollum;Volker Krey;Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi;Peter Kolp

  • Transport electrification: A key element for energy system transformation and climate stabilization

    David McCollum;Volker Krey;Peter Kolp;Yu Nagai

  • A short note on integrated assessment modeling approaches: Rejoinder to the review of “Making or breaking climate targets — The AMPERE study on staged accession scenarios for climate policy”

    Elmar Kriegler;Keywan Riahi;Nico Bauer;Valeria Jana Schwanitz;Valeria Jana Schwanitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Joeri Rogelj
Joeri Rogelj Imperial College London
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Charles B. Wilson
Charles B. Wilson University of California, San Francisco
Bob van der Zwaan
Bob van der Zwaan University of Amsterdam
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Shonali Pachauri
Shonali Pachauri International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Valentina Bosetti
Valentina Bosetti Bocconi University

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