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Leif Gustavsson

Leif Gustavsson

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
64
Citations
12502
World Ranking
1694
National Ranking
15

Leif Gustavsson 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 Leif Gustavsson sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 308 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Leif Gustavsson 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 Leif Gustavsson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Leif Gustavsson is affiliated with Linnaeus University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to research within environmental science, engineering, and energy fields. Their work spans a notable range of topics related to environmental impact, sustainability, and building energy optimization.

Their main fields of study include Environmental Science, Engineering, and Energy, with significant focus in several subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Gustavsson's research topics encompass:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Extraction and Separation Processes

They have published in various scientific venues, most frequently contributing to the journal Energy, with multiple publications also appearing in GCB Bioenergy and Energy and Buildings, alongside works in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Energies.

Frequent collaborators in Gustavsson's research include Roger Sathre, Chiara Piccardo, Ambrose Dodoo, Nguyen Le Truong, and Uniben Yao Ayikoe Tettey.

Recent papers by Leif Gustavsson feature a blend of topics related to climate effects, energy savings, and sustainable construction, such as:

  • Applying a science-based systems perspective to dispel misconceptions about climate effects of forest bioenergy (2021, GCB Bioenergy)
  • Climate effects of forestry and substitution of concrete buildings and fossil energy (2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews)
  • Energy savings and overheating risk of deep energy renovation of a multi-storey residential building in a cold climate under climate change (2020, Energy)
  • Retrofitting a building to passive house level: A life cycle carbon balance (2020, Energy and Buildings)
  • Implications of different modelling choices in primary energy and carbon emission analysis of buildings (2021, Energy and Buildings)

Best Publications

  • Life cycle primary energy analysis of residential buildings

    Leif Gustavsson;Anna Joelsson

  • Variability in energy and carbon dioxide balances of wood and concrete building materials

    Leif Gustavsson;Roger Sathre

  • Life cycle primary energy use and carbon emission of an eight-storey wood-framed apartment building

    Leif Gustavsson;Anna Joelsson;Roger Sathre

  • Carbon Dioxide Balance of Wood Substitution: Comparing Concrete- and Wood-Framed Buildings

    Leif Gustavsson;Kim Pingoud;Roger Sathre

  • Factors influencing energy efficiency investments in existing Swedish residential buildings

    Gireesh Nair;Leif Gustavsson;Krushna Mahapatra

  • Greenhouse gas balances in building construction : wood versus concrete from life-cycle and forest land-use perspectives

    Pål Börjesson;Leif Gustavsson

  • Life cycle impacts of forest management and wood utilization on carbon mitigation: knowns and unknowns

    Bruce Lippke;Elaine Oneil;Rob Harrison;Kenneth Skog

  • Reducing CO2 emissions by substituting biomass for fossil fuels

    Leif Gustavsson;Pål Börjesson;Bengt Johansson;Per Svenningsson

  • Integrated carbon analysis of forest management practices and wood substitution

    Erik ErikssonE. Eriksson;Andrew R. GillespieA.R. Gillespie;Leif GustavssonL. Gustavsson;Ola LangvallO. Langvall

  • Towards a Standard Methodology for Greenhouse Gas Balances of Bioenergy Systems in Comparison with Fossil Energy Systems

    B Schlamadinger;M Apps;F Bohlin;Leif Gustavsson

  • An adopter-centric approach to analyze the diffusion patterns of innovative residential heating systems in Sweden

    Krushna Mahapatra;Leif Gustavsson

  • Climate change effects of forestry and substitution of carbon-intensive materials and fossil fuels

    Leif Gustavsson;Sylvia Haus;Mattias Lundblad;Anders Lundström

  • Carbon implications of end-of-life management of building materials.

    Ambrose Dodoo;Leif Gustavsson;Roger Sathre

  • Primary energy implications of ventilation heat recovery in residential buildings

    Ambrose Dodoo;Leif Gustavsson;Leif Gustavsson;Roger Sathre

  • Using wood products to mitigate climate change: External costs and structural change

    Roger Sathre;Leif Gustavsson

  • Lifecycle carbon implications of conventional and low-energy multi-storey timber building systems

    Ambrose Dodoo;Leif Gustavsson;Roger Sathre

  • The Role of Wood Material for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation

    Leif Gustavsson;R. Madlener;H.F. Hoen;G. Jungmeier

  • Regional Production and Utilization of Biomass in Sweden

    Pål Börjesson;Leif Gustavsson

  • Effect of thermal mass on life cycle primary energy balances of a concrete- and a wood-frame building

    Ambrose Dodoo;Ambrose Dodoo;Leif Gustavsson;Roger Sathre

  • Energy and carbon balances of wood cascade chains

    Roger Sathre;Leif Gustavsson

  • Building energy-efficiency standards in a life cycle primary energy perspective

    Ambrose Dodoo;Leif Gustavsson;Leif Gustavsson;Roger Sathre

Frequent Co-Authors

Roger Sathre
Roger Sathre Linnaeus University
Svend Svendsen
Svend Svendsen Technical University of Denmark
Pål Börjesson
Pål Börjesson Lund University
Johan Bergh
Johan Bergh Linnaeus University
Reinhard Madlener
Reinhard Madlener RWTH Aachen University
Birger Solberg
Birger Solberg Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Bengt Johansson
Bengt Johansson Technical University of Denmark
Gregg Marland
Gregg Marland Appalachian State University
Timo Karjalainen
Timo Karjalainen Finnish Forest Research Institute
Göran Berndes
Göran Berndes Chalmers University of Technology

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