2026 David W. Keith: Environmental Sciences Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Environmental Sciences	85	767	730	328	304	217	20583

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Current World Ranking

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Environmental Sciences

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20583

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

1706
Citations
Why Capture CO2 from the Atmosphere

David W. Keith

878
Citations
Geoengineering the climate : History and prospect

David W. Keith

816
Citations
Climate Strategy with Co2 Capture from the Air

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

623
Citations
Carbon Dioxide Capture from Atmospheric Air Using Sodium Hydroxide Spray

Joshuah K Stolaroff;David W Keith;Gregory V Lowry

529
Citations
Subjective judgments by climate experts.

M.G. Morgan;D.W. Keith

495
Citations
A Case for Climate Engineering

David Keith

486
Citations
The influence of large-scale wind power on global climate

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

418
Citations
The economics of large-scale wind power in a carbon constrained world

Joseph F. DeCarolis;David W. Keith

331
Citations
Using CaO- and MgO-rich industrial waste streams for carbon sequestration

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

307
Citations
Low-energy sodium hydroxide recovery for CO2 capture from atmospheric air—Thermodynamic analysis

Maryam Mahmoudkhani;David W. Keith

299
Citations
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

294
Citations
Research on global sun block needed now.

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

281
Citations
Scaling behavior of convective mixing, with application to geological storage of CO2

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

274
Citations
Engineering economic analysis of biomass IGCC with carbon capture and storage

James S. Rhodes;David W. Keith

259
Citations
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

251
Citations
Halving warming with idealized solar geoengineering moderates key climate hazards

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

244
Citations
Fossil Fuels Without CO2 Emissions

E. A. Parson;D. W. Keith

242
Citations
Regulating the ultimate sink: managing the risks of geologic CO2 storage.

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

240
Citations
A STRATEGY FOR INTRODUCING HYDROGEN INTO TRANSPORTATION

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

240
Citations
Underground geological storage

J Anderson;S Bachu;HB Nimir;B Basu

178
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

M. Granger Morgan Carnegie Mellon University

Debra K. Weisenstein Harvard University

Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science

Hassan Hassanzadeh University of Calgary

David E. Pritchard MIT

Frank N. Keutsch Harvard University

Elizabeth J. Wilson Dartmouth College

Ben Kravitz Indiana University

James G. Anderson Harvard University

Steven R.H. Barrett MIT

External Links

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