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D-Index
85
Citations
20583
World Ranking
770
National Ranking
328

David W. Keith publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Keith sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 217 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

David W. Keith D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David W. Keith sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 85 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

David W. Keith is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily spans environmental science, with a particular focus on climate change and geoengineering, which constitutes the majority of their published work.

The scientist's recent papers include the following:

  • "Can Industrial-Scale Solar Hydrogen Supplied from Commodity Technologies Be Cost Competitive by 2030?" (2020) published in Cell Reports Physical Science
  • "Halving warming with stratospheric aerosol geoengineering moderates policy-relevant climate hazards" (2020) published in Environmental Research Letters
  • "Social science research to inform solar geoengineering" (2021) published in Science
  • "Solar geoengineering can alleviate climate change pressures on crop yields" (2021) published in Nature Food
  • "OPTIMAL CLIMATE POLICY IN 3D: MITIGATION, CARBON REMOVAL, AND SOLAR GEOENGINEERING" (2021) published in Climate Change Economics

Frequent co-authors working with David W. Keith include:

  • Benjamin C. Schafer
  • Sebastian D. Eastham
  • Jong-hyoung Kim
  • Joost J. Vlassak
  • Joshua Horton

The scientist commonly publishes in venues that include:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Science
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems
  • Global Policy

David W. Keith's main fields and subfields of study highlight a multidisciplinary approach in environmental science. The main field of study is Environmental Science, with subfields such as:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science

The core topics within the body of their work cover several aspects of climate and atmospheric research including:

  • Climate Change and Geoengineering
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Space exploration and regulation
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts

Best Publications

  • A Process for Capturing CO2 from the Atmosphere

    David W. Keith;Geoffrey Holmes;David St. Angelo;Kenton Heidel

  • Why Capture CO2 from the Atmosphere

    David W. Keith

  • Geoengineering the climate : History and prospect

    David W. Keith

  • Climate Strategy with Co2 Capture from the Air

    David W. Keith;Minh Ha-Duong;Joshuah K. Stolaroff

  • Carbon Dioxide Capture from Atmospheric Air Using Sodium Hydroxide Spray

    Joshuah K Stolaroff;David W Keith;Gregory V Lowry

  • Subjective judgments by climate experts.

    M.G. Morgan;D.W. Keith

  • A Case for Climate Engineering

    David Keith

  • The influence of large-scale wind power on global climate

    David W. Keith;Joseph F. DeCarolis;David C. Denkenberger;Donald H. Lenschow

  • The economics of large-scale wind power in a carbon constrained world

    Joseph F. DeCarolis;David W. Keith

  • Using CaO- and MgO-rich industrial waste streams for carbon sequestration

    Joshuah K. Stolaroff;Gregory V. Lowry;David W. Keith

  • Low-energy sodium hydroxide recovery for CO2 capture from atmospheric air—Thermodynamic analysis

    Maryam Mahmoudkhani;David W. Keith

  • The effect of climate change on ozone depletion through changes in stratospheric water vapour

    Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff;Eric J. Hintsa;James G. Anderson;David W. Keith

  • Research on global sun block needed now.

    David W. Keith;Edward Parson;M. Granger Morgan

  • Scaling behavior of convective mixing, with application to geological storage of CO2

    Hassan Hassanzadeh;Mehran Pooladi-Darvish;David W. Keith

  • Engineering economic analysis of biomass IGCC with carbon capture and storage

    James S. Rhodes;David W. Keith

  • Initial Public Perceptions of Deep Geological and Oceanic Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

    Claire R. Palmgren;M. Granger Morgan;Wändi Bruine De Bruin;David W. Keith

  • Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards

    Peter Irvine;Kerry Emanuel;Jie He;Jie He;Jie He;Larry W. Horowitz

  • Fossil Fuels Without CO2 Emissions

    E. A. Parson;D. W. Keith

  • Regulating the ultimate sink: managing the risks of geologic CO2 storage.

    Elizabeth J. Wilson;Timothy L. Johnson;Timothy L. Johnson;David W. Keith

  • A STRATEGY FOR INTRODUCING HYDROGEN INTO TRANSPORTATION

    Alexander E Farrell;Alexander E Farrell;David W Keith;James J Corbett

  • Underground geological storage

    J Anderson;S Bachu;HB Nimir;B Basu

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Granger Morgan
M. Granger Morgan Carnegie Mellon University
Debra K. Weisenstein
Debra K. Weisenstein Harvard University
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science
Hassan Hassanzadeh
Hassan Hassanzadeh University of Calgary
Frank N. Keutsch
Frank N. Keutsch Harvard University
Elizabeth J. Wilson
Elizabeth J. Wilson Dartmouth College
Ben Kravitz
Ben Kravitz Indiana University
James G. Anderson
James G. Anderson Harvard University

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