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Heather L. MacLean

Heather L. MacLean

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
56
Citations
11270
World Ranking
3647
National Ranking
149

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
55
Citations
10928
World Ranking
3006
National Ranking
128

Heather L. MacLean publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heather L. MacLean sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 160 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Heather L. MacLean D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heather L. MacLean sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 70th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heather L. MacLean is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, with a focus on sustainability and technological innovations related to energy and transportation.

The main fields of study in Heather L. MacLean's work include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

They contribute extensively to subfields such as:

  • Automotive Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Building and Construction
  • Mechanical Engineering

The scientist explores a range of topics, including:

  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies

Heather L. MacLean's recent papers cover diverse aspects of environmental impacts and energy systems:

  • "Electrification of light-duty vehicle fleet alone will not meet mitigation targets" (2020) in Nature Climate Change
  • "Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials: cut-off vs. substitution" (2020) in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Downstream of the CO2 Electrolyzer: Assessing the Energy Intensity of Product Separation" (2021) in ACS Energy Letters
  • "Estimating the environmental impacts of global lithium-ion battery supply chain: A temporal, geographical, and technological perspective" (2023) in PNAS Nexus
  • "Life cycle GHG assessment of a building restoration: Case study of a heritage industrial building in Toronto, Canada" (2020) in Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent co-authors involved in collaborative research with Heather L. MacLean include:

  • I. Daniel Posen
  • Alexandre Milovanoff
  • Joule Bergerson
  • Amir F.N. Abdul-Manan
  • Jon McKechnie

Their publications are often found in established scientific venues such as:

  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling

Best Publications

  • Comparing High and Low Residential Density: Life-Cycle Analysis of Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Jonathan Norman;Heather L. MacLean;Christopher A. Kennedy

  • Evaluating automobile fuel/propulsion system technologies

    Heather L. MacLean;Lester B. Lave

  • Forest bioenergy or forest carbon? Assessing trade-offs in greenhouse gas mitigation with wood-based fuels.

    Jon McKechnie;Steve Colombo;Jiaxin Chen;Warren Mabee

  • Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of hydrogen production from natural gas using current and emerging technologies

    Yaser Khojasteh Salkuyeh;Bradley A. Saville;Heather L. MacLean

  • Life Cycle Assessment of Switchgrass- and Corn Stover-Derived Ethanol-Fueled Automobiles

    Sabrina Spatari;Yimin Zhang;Heather L. Maclean

  • The Four Pillars of Sustainable Urban Transportation

    Christopher Kennedy;Eric Miller;Amer Shalaby;Heather Maclean

  • Assessment of moisture content measurement methods of dried food products in small-scale operations in developing countries: A review

    Marina Vera Zambrano;Baishali Dutta;Donald G. Mercer;Heather L. MacLean

  • Life cycle evaluation of emerging lignocellulosic ethanol conversion technologies.

    Sabrina Spatari;David M. Bagley;Heather L. MacLean

  • Techno-economic analysis and life cycle assessment of hydrogen production from different biomass gasification processes

    Yaser Khojasteh Salkuyeh;Bradley A. Saville;Heather L. MacLean

  • Understanding the Canadian oil sands industry's greenhouse gas emissions

    Alex D Charpentier;Joule A Bergerson;Heather L MacLean

  • Life cycle emissions and cost of producing electricity from coal, natural gas, and wood pellets in Ontario, Canada.

    Yimin Zhang;Jon McKechnie;Denis Cormier;Robert Lyng

  • An environmental-economic evaluation of hybrid electric vehicles: Toyota's Prius vs. its conventional internal combustion engine Corolla

    Lester B Lave;Heather L MacLean

  • Electrification of light-duty vehicle fleet alone will not meet mitigation targets

    Alexandre Milovanoff;I. Daniel Posen;Heather L. MacLean

  • Life Cycle Assessment of Automobile/Fuel Options

    Heather L. Maclean;Lester B. Lave

  • Life-cycle energy analysis of a water distribution system

    Yves R. Filion;Heather L. MacLean;Bryan W. Karney

  • Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: Evaluation techniques at different stages of market and technical maturity

    Joule A. Bergerson;Adam Brandt;Joe Cresko;Michael Carbajales-Dale

  • Peer Reviewed: A Life-Cycle Model of an Automobile

    Heather L. MacLean;Lester B. Lave

  • A Rational Procedure for Estimation of Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Hugh D Monteith;Halla R Sahely;Heather L MacLean;David M Bagley

  • The contribution of enzymes and process chemicals to the life cycle of ethanol

    Heather L MacLean;Sabrina Spatari;Sabrina Spatari

  • Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials: cut-off vs. substitution

    Alessandro Arrigoni;Daman K. Panesar;Mel Duhamel;Tamar Opher

  • Environmental implications of municipal solid waste-derived ethanol.

    Youssouf Kalogo;Shiva Habibi;Heather L MacLean;Satish V Joshi

Frequent Co-Authors

Lester B. Lave
Lester B. Lave Carnegie Mellon University
David M. Bagley
David M. Bagley University of Wyoming
Sabrina Spatari
Sabrina Spatari Drexel University
Matthew J. Roorda
Matthew J. Roorda University of Toronto
W. Michael Griffin
W. Michael Griffin Carnegie Mellon University
Gregory P. Downey
Gregory P. Downey National Jewish Health
Timothy J. Wallington
Timothy J. Wallington Ford Motor Company (United States)
Hyung Chul Kim
Hyung Chul Kim Ford Motor Company (United States)
Jeffrey A. Siegel
Jeffrey A. Siegel University of Toronto
Christopher Kennedy
Christopher Kennedy University of Victoria

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