2026 Hans van Meijl: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	47	3317	3052	137	130	149	12581

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

936
Citations
Climate change effects on agriculture: Economic responses to biophysical shocks

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

907
Citations
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

866
Citations
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

652
Citations
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

569
Citations
The impact of different policy environments on agricultural land use in Europe

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

535
Citations
A multi-scale, multi-model approach for analyzing the future dynamics of European land use

Peter H. Verburg;Bas Eickhout;Hans van Meijl

515
Citations
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

376
Citations
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

358
Citations
Will EU biofuel policies affect global agricultural markets

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344
Citations
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

343
Citations
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

343
Citations
Innovation adoption in agriculture: innovators, early adopters and laggards

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

328
Citations
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

309
Citations
Global models applied to agricultural and trade policies: a review and assessment

Frank van Tongeren;Hans van Meijl;Yves Surry

291
Citations
Development of the Circular Bioeconomy: Drivers and Indicators

Maximilian Kardung;Kutay Cingiz;Ortwin Costenoble;Roel Delahaye

286
Citations
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

266
Citations
Agricultural non-CO2 emission reduction potential in the context of the 1.5 °C target

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

259
Citations
The vulnerabilities of agricultural land and food production to future water scarcity

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

255
Citations
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

253
Citations
Key determinants of global land-use projections

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

238
Citations
Biotechnology boosts to crop productivity in China: trade and welfare implications

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

220
Citations
Impact of EU biofuel policies on world agricultural production and land use

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

167
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Tomoko Hasegawa Ritsumeikan University

Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University

Hugo Valin International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University

Page Kyle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Alexander Popp Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

Vassilis Daioglou Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Florian Humpenöder Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

David E.H.J. Gernaat Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

Gerald C. Nelson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

External Links

Personal website of Hans van Meijl

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