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D-Index
76
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19992
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1206
National Ranking
523

Leon Clarke publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leon Clarke sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 218 publications — 70th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Leon Clarke D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Leon Clarke sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 76 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Overview

Leon Clarke is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, reflecting interdisciplinary expertise in environmental and economic dimensions of climate and energy systems.

Their work covers several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Pollution. This diverse subfield engagement suggests a broad approach to understanding and addressing environmental and economic challenges.

Leon Clarke's main topics of research focus on Climate Change Policy and Economics, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Energy and Environment Impacts, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization. These topics illustrate their involvement in analyzing both the policy frameworks and technical systems related to climate change and energy sustainability.

The scientist has published in several prominent venues, including:

  • Energy and Climate Change
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental Research Letters
  • Energy Strategy Reviews

Frequent collaborators include Haewon McJeon, Jae Edmonds, Ryna Cui, Nathan Hultman, and Thomas Wild, indicating a network of coauthors that spans a range of expertise and likely supports comprehensive studies across climate and energy domains.

Among recent papers by Leon Clarke are:

  • "Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015-2060 in the context of carbon neutrality" (2021, National Science Review)
  • "A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Energy systems in scenarios at net-zero CO2 emissions" (2021, Nature Communications)
  • "Net-zero deep decarbonization pathways in Latin America: Challenges and opportunities" (2020, Energy Strategy Reviews)
  • "Fusing subnational with national climate action is central to decarbonization: the case of the United States" (2020, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • RCP4.5: a pathway for stabilization of radiative forcing by 2100

    Allison M. Thomson;Katherine V. Calvin;Steven J. Smith;G. Page Kyle

  • Implications of limiting CO2 concentrations for land use and energy.

    Marshall A. Wise;Katherine V. Calvin;Allison M. Thomson;Leon E. Clarke

  • Assessing Transformation Pathways

    L Clarke;K Jiang;K Akimoto;M Babiker

  • Scenarios of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Atmospheric Concentrations

    Leon E. Clarke;James A. Edmonds;Henry D. Jacoby;John M. Reilly

  • International climate policy architectures: Overview of the EMF 22 International Scenarios

    Leon Clarke;Jae Edmonds;Volker Krey;Richard Richels

  • The role of technology for achieving climate policy objectives: overview of the EMF 27 study on global technology and climate policy strategies.

    Elmar Kriegler;John Weyant;Geoffrey J. Blanford;Volker Krey

  • A new scenario logic for the Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal

    Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;Daniel Huppmann;Volker Krey;Volker Krey;Keywan Riahi;Keywan Riahi

  • GCAM v5.1: representing the linkages between energy, water, land, climate, and economic systems

    Katherine Calvin;Pralit Patel;Leon Clarke;Ghassem Asrar

  • The SSP4: A world of deepening inequality

    Katherine Calvin;Ben Bond-Lamberty;Leon Clarke;James Edmonds

  • Can Paris pledges avert severe climate change

    Allen A. Fawcett;Gokul C. Iyer;Leon E. Clarke;James A. Edmonds

  • Pathways of China's PM2.5 air quality 2015–2060 in the context of carbon neutrality

    Jing Cheng;Dan Tong;Dan Tong;Qiang Zhang;Yang Liu

  • Limited impact on decadal-scale climate change from increased use of natural gas

    Haewon McJeon;Jae Edmonds;Nico Bauer;Leon Clarke

  • China's transportation energy consumption and CO2 emissions from a global perspective

    Xiang Yin;Wenying Chen;Jiyong Eom;Jiyong Eom;Leon E. Clarke

  • Long-term global water projections using six socioeconomic scenarios in an integrated assessment modeling framework

    Mohamad I. Hejazi;James A. Edmonds;Leon E. Clarke;G. Page Kyle

  • Energy systems in scenarios at net-zero CO2 emissions.

    Julianne DeAngelo;Inês Azevedo;John Bistline;Leon Clarke

  • Renewable Energy in the Context of Sustainable Development

    Jayant Sathaye;Oswaldo Lucon;Atiq Rahman;John Christensen

  • Getting from here to there – energy technology transformation pathways in the EMF27 scenarios

    Volker Krey;Gunnar Luderer;Leon E. Clarke;Elmar Kriegler

  • Dynamic projection of anthropogenic emissions in China: methodology and 2015–2050 emission pathways under a range of socio-economic, climate policy, and pollution control scenarios

    Dan Tong;Jing Cheng;Yang Liu;Sha Yu

  • IPCC Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report-Climate Change 2014 Synthesis Report

    Myles R. Allen;Vicente R. Barros;John Broome;Wolfgang Cramer

  • A plant-by-plant strategy for high-ambition coal power phaseout in China

    Ryna Yiyun Cui;Nathan Hultman;Diyang Cui;Haewon McJeon;Haewon McJeon

  • Modeling the effect of climate change on U.S. state-level buildings energy demands in an integrated assessment framework

    Yuyu Zhou;Leon Clarke;Jiyong Eom;Page Kyle

  • Diffusion of low-carbon technologies and the feasibility of long-term climate targets

    Gokul Iyer;Gokul Iyer;Nathan Hultman;Nathan Hultman;Jiyong Eom;Haewon McJeon

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Edmonds
James A. Edmonds Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Marshall Wise
Marshall Wise Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Katherine Calvin
Katherine Calvin Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Page Kyle
Page Kyle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mohamad Hejazi
Mohamad Hejazi Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Steven J. Smith
Steven J. Smith Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm
Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm University of Maryland, College Park
Yuyu Zhou
Yuyu Zhou Iowa State University
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Allison M. Thomson
Allison M. Thomson University of Maryland, College Park

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