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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
103
Citations
53481
World Ranking
229
National Ranking
96

Ken Caldeira publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken Caldeira sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 422 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

Ken Caldeira D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ken Caldeira sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 95 scientists 31 D-Index: 123 scientists 32 D-Index: 191 scientists 33 D-Index: 245 scientists 34 D-Index: 252 scientists 35 D-Index: 244 scientists 36 D-Index: 249 scientists 37 D-Index: 244 scientists 38 D-Index: 254 scientists 39 D-Index: 254 scientists 40 D-Index: 280 scientists 41 D-Index: 274 scientists 42 D-Index: 266 scientists 43 D-Index: 233 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 208 scientists 46 D-Index: 201 scientists 47 D-Index: 213 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 172 scientists 50 D-Index: 209 scientists 51 D-Index: 199 scientists 52 D-Index: 152 scientists 53 D-Index: 169 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 148 scientists 56 D-Index: 120 scientists 57 D-Index: 146 scientists 58 D-Index: 137 scientists 59 D-Index: 140 scientists 60 D-Index: 104 scientists 61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62 D-Index: 118 scientists 63 D-Index: 99 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 100 scientists 66 D-Index: 86 scientists 67 D-Index: 83 scientists 68 D-Index: 75 scientists 69 D-Index: 94 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 68 scientists 72 D-Index: 59 scientists 73 D-Index: 63 scientists 74 D-Index: 66 scientists 75 D-Index: 60 scientists 76 D-Index: 42 scientists 77 D-Index: 49 scientists 78 D-Index: 39 scientists 79 D-Index: 37 scientists 80 D-Index: 43 scientists 81 D-Index: 41 scientists 82 D-Index: 45 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 40 scientists 85 D-Index: 35 scientists 86 D-Index: 55 scientists 87 D-Index: 24 scientists 88 D-Index: 24 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 25 scientists 92 D-Index: 28 scientists 93 D-Index: 27 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 23 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 14 scientists 98 D-Index: 19 scientists 99 D-Index: 16 scientists 100 D-Index: 14 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 21 scientists 103 D-Index: 16 scientists 104 D-Index: 10 scientists 105 D-Index: 8 scientists 106 D-Index: 7 scientists 107 D-Index: 7 scientists 108 D-Index: 6 scientists 109 D-Index: 9 scientists 110 D-Index: 11 scientists 111 D-Index: 12 scientists 112 D-Index: 9 scientists 113 D-Index: 7 scientists 114 D-Index: 3 scientists 115 D-Index: 8 scientists 116 D-Index: 5 scientists 117 D-Index: 11 scientists 118 D-Index: 4 scientists 119 D-Index: 2 scientists 120 D-Index: 5 scientists 121 D-Index: 3 scientists 122+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 103 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in United States Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award

Overview

Ken Caldeira is affiliated with the Carnegie Institution for Science in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with significant contributions to subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, global and planetary change, atmospheric science, energy engineering and power technology, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The scientist's work spans a range of topics including integrated energy systems optimization, hybrid renewable energy systems, climate change policy and economics, energy and environment impacts, climate variability and models, energy, environment, and transportation policies, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Ken Caldeira has published extensively in several scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • iScience
  • Advances in Applied Energy
  • Communications Earth & Environment

Among the notable papers authored or coauthored by Caldeira are:

  • "Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage in Variable Renewable Electricity Systems," 2020, Joule
  • "Geophysical constraints on the reliability of solar and wind power worldwide," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Global land and water limits to electrolytic hydrogen production using wind and solar resources," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "The role of concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage in least-cost highly reliable electricity systems fully powered by variable renewable energy," 2022, Advances in Applied Energy
  • "Stylized least-cost analysis of flexible nuclear power in deeply decarbonized electricity systems considering wind and solar resources worldwide," 2022, Nature Energy

Frequent collaborators with Ken Caldeira include Lei Duan, Steven J. Davis, Tyler Ruggles, Govindasamy Bala, and Nathan S. Lewis. The collaboration counts indicate repeated coauthorship, reflecting ongoing partnerships in research.

Best Publications

  • Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

    O. Hoegh-Guldberg;P. J. Mumby;A. J. Hooten;Robert S. Steneck

  • Oceanography: anthropogenic carbon and ocean pH.

    Ken Caldeira;Michael E. Wickett

  • Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

    Steven J Davis;Nathan S. Lewis;Matthew Shaner;Sonia Aggarwal

  • Consumption-based accounting of CO2 emissions

    Steven J. Davis;Ken Caldeira

  • Advanced Technology Paths to Global Climate Stability: Energy for a Greenhouse Planet

    Martin I. Hoffert;Ken Caldeira;Gregory Benford;David R. Criswell

  • The carbon cycle and atmospheric CO2

    IC Prentice;GD Farquhar;Mjr Fasham;ML Goulden

  • Future CO2 Emissions and Climate Change from Existing Energy Infrastructure

    Steven J. Davis;Ken Caldeira;H. Damon Matthews

  • Ocean acidification due to increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide

    J Raven;K Caldeira;H Elderfield;O Hoegh-Guldberg

  • Ocean model predictions of chemistry changes from carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere and ocean

    Ken Caldeira;Michael E. Wickett

  • Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation.

    G. Bala;K. Caldeira;M. Wickett;T. J. Phillips

  • Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide

    David Archer;Michael Eby;Victor Brovkin;Andy Ridgwell

  • Energy implications of future stabilization of atmospheric CO2 content

    Martin I. Hoffert;Ken Caldeira;Atul K. Jain;Erik F. Haites

  • Country-level social cost of carbon

    Katharine Ricke;Laurent Drouet;Ken Caldeira;Massimo Tavoni;Massimo Tavoni

  • Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 °C climate target

    Dan Tong;Dan Tong;Qiang Zhang;Yixuan Zheng;Yixuan Zheng;Ken Caldeira

  • Stabilizing climate requires near-zero emissions

    H. Damon Matthews;Ken Caldeira

  • The supply chain of CO2 emissions.

    Steven J. Davis;Glen P. Peters;Ken Caldeira

  • Historical trends in the jet streams

    Cristina L. Archer;Ken Caldeira

  • Seasonal rhythms of net primary production and particulate organic carbon flux to depth describe the efficiency of biological pump in the global ocean

    Michael J. Lutz;Ken Caldeira;Robert B. Dunbar;Michael J. Behrenfeld

  • Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage in Variable Renewable Electricity Systems

    Jacqueline A. Dowling;Katherine Z. Rinaldi;Tyler H. Ruggles;Steven J. Davis

  • Protecting climate with forests

    Robert B. Jackson;James T. Randerson;Josep G. Canadell;Ray G. Anderson

  • Coral reefs may start dissolving when atmospheric CO2 doubles

    Jacob Silverman;Jacob Silverman;Boaz Lazar;Long Cao;Ken Caldeira

  • Transient climate–carbon simulations of planetary geoengineering

    H. Damon Matthews;Ken Caldeira

  • Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty and the Need for Energy Without CO2 Emission

    Ken Caldeira;Atul K. Jain;Martin I. Hoffert

  • Anthropogenic carbon and ocean pH

    K. Caldeira;M. E. Wickett;P. B. Duffy;J. P. Barry

  • Committed Emissions from Existing Energy Infrastructure Jeopardize 1.5 °C Climate Target

    S. J. Davis;D. Tong;Z. Qiang;Y. Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Govindasamy Bala
Govindasamy Bala Indian Institute of Science
Roderick A. Hyde
Roderick A. Hyde Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Stanford University
Jordin T. Kare
Jordin T. Kare Microsoft (United States)
Clarence T. Tegreene
Clarence T. Tegreene Microsoft (United States)
Charles Whitmer
Charles Whitmer Microsoft (United States)
Michael R. Rampino
Michael R. Rampino New York University
John Latham
John Latham University of Manchester
James C. Orr
James C. Orr French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Victoria Y. H. Wood
Victoria Y. H. Wood Microsoft (United States)

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