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Hans van Meijl publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans van Meijl sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 149 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Hans van Meijl D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hans van Meijl sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 47 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hans van Meijl is affiliated with Wageningen University & Research in the Netherlands. Their research predominantly focuses on Environmental Science, with particular concentrations in Ecology, Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Engineering, and General Health Professions.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics including Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability.

Van Meijl has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • Modelling alternative futures of global food security: Insights from FOODSECURE, 2020, Global Food Security
  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy, 2020, Nature
  • Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators, 2021, Sustainability
  • Modelling the bioeconomy: Emerging approaches to address policy needs, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Land-based climate change mitigation measures can affect agricultural markets and food security, 2022, Nature Food

The scientist frequently collaborates with colleagues such as Andrzej Tabeau, Peter Havlík, Elke Stehfest, Willem-Jan van Zeist, and Hugo Valin.

Publication venues where van Meijl's work appears often include:

  • Nature Food
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Global Economic Analysis

Hans van Meijl is also credited with contributions to book publications, including a work titled Diversification and Cooperation in a Decarbonizing World, published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm

    Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Elke Stehfest;David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Jonathan C. Doelman

  • Climate change effects on agriculture: Economic responses to biophysical shocks

    Gerald C. Nelson;Hugo Valin;Ronald D. Sands;Petr Havlík

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

    David Leclère;Michael Obersteiner;Michael Obersteiner;Mike Barrett;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • The future of food demand: understanding differences in global economic models

    Hugo Valin;Ronald D. Sands;Dominique van der Mensbrugghe;Gerald C. Nelson;Gerald C. Nelson

  • Risk of increased food insecurity under stringent global climate change mitigation policy

    Tomoko Hasegawa;Tomoko Hasegawa;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin

  • The impact of different policy environments on agricultural land use in Europe

    H. van Meijl;T. van Rheenen;A.A. Tabeau;B. Eickhout

  • A multi-scale, multi-model approach for analyzing the future dynamics of European land use

    Peter H. Verburg;Bas Eickhout;Hans van Meijl

  • Land-use change trajectories up to 2050: insights from a global agro-economic model comparison

    Christoph Schmitz;Hans van Meijl;G. Page Kyle;Gerald C. Nelson;Gerald C. Nelson

  • Exploring SSP land-use dynamics using the IMAGE model: Regional and gridded scenarios of land-use change and land-based climate change mitigation

    Jonathan C. Doelman;Elke Stehfest;Andrzej Tabeau;Hans van Meijl

  • Will EU biofuel policies affect global agricultural markets

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  • Agriculture and climate change in global scenarios: why don't the models agree

    Gerald C. Nelson;Gerald C. Nelson;Dominique van der Mensbrugghe;Helal Ahammad;Elodie Blanc

  • Afforestation for climate change mitigation: Potentials, risks and trade-offs

    Jonathan C. Doelman;Jonathan C. Doelman;Elke Stehfest;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Andrzej Tabeau

  • Innovation adoption in agriculture: innovators, early adopters and laggards

    Paul Diederen;Hans Van Meijl;Arjan Wolters;Katarzyna Bijak

  • Why do global long-term scenarios for agriculture differ? An overview of the AgMIP Global Economic Model Intercomparison

    M von Lampe;D Willenbockel;H Ahammad;E Blanc

  • Global models applied to agricultural and trade policies: a review and assessment

    Frank van Tongeren;Hans van Meijl;Yves Surry

  • Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators

    Maximilian Kardung;Kutay Cingiz;Ortwin Costenoble;Roel Delahaye

  • Hotspots of uncertainty in land-use and land-cover change projections: a global-scale model comparison

    Reinhard Prestele;Peter Alexander;Mark D. A. Rounsevell;Almut Arneth

  • Agricultural non-CO2 emission reduction potential in the context of the 1.5 °C target

    Stefan Frank;Petr Havlík;Elke Stehfest;Hans van Meijl

  • The vulnerabilities of agricultural land and food production to future water scarcity

    N. Fitton;P. Alexander;N. Arnell;B. Bajzelj

  • A multi-model assessment of food security implications of climate change mitigation

    Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Tomoko Hasegawa;Tomoko Hasegawa;Tomoko Hasegawa;Volker Krey;Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi

  • Key determinants of global land-use projections

    Elke Stehfest;Willem Jan van Zeist;Hugo Valin;Petr Havlik

  • Biotechnology boosts to crop productivity in China: trade and welfare implications

    Jikun Huang;Ruifa Hu;Hans van Meijl;Frank van Tongeren

  • Impact of EU biofuel policies on world agricultural production and land use

    Martin Banse;Hans van Meijl;Andrzej Tabeau;Geert Woltjer

Frequent Co-Authors

Elke Stehfest
Elke Stehfest Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Petr Havlik
Petr Havlik International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Tomoko Hasegawa
Tomoko Hasegawa Ritsumeikan University
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Hugo Valin
Hugo Valin International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Hermann Lotze-Campen
Hermann Lotze-Campen Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Page Kyle
Page Kyle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Alexander Popp
Alexander Popp Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Vassilis Daioglou
Vassilis Daioglou Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

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