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Michael A. Toman

Michael A. Toman

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
41
Citations
8090
World Ranking
4998
National Ranking
2360

Michael A. Toman publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Toman sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 198 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Michael A. Toman D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Michael A. Toman sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 41 D-Index — 38th percentile

38% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

Michael A. Toman is affiliated with the World Bank in the United States and has produced extensive research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Energy. Their work intersects multiple subfields including Pollution, Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, and Energy Engineering and Power Technology.

Their research topics cover diverse areas such as Energy and Environment Impacts, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Climate Change Policy and Economics, and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development.

Michael A. Toman's recent papers include the following:

  • Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Impacts of improved biomass cookstoves on child and adult health: Experimental evidence from rural Ethiopia, 2021, World Development
  • Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions? Evidence from a field experiment in rural Ethiopia, 2022, Ecological Economics
  • A review of impacts of electricity tariff reform in Africa, 2022, Energy Policy
  • How can a carbon tax benefit developing economies with informality? A CGE analysis for Côte d'Ivoire, 2023, Climate Policy

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Alemu Mekonnen
  • Abebe D. Beyene
  • Randall Bluffstone
  • Sied Hassen
  • Zenebe Gebreegziabher

Michael A. Toman has published multiple works in several venues, with recurring publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainability
  • Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • World Development
  • Ecological Economics

The scientist has also contributed to book publications with the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks, including:

  • Toward Successful Development Policies: Insights from Research in Development Economics, 2020
  • Improved Biomass Cookstove use in the Longer Run: Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia, 2020
  • The Effect of Information and Subsidy Measures on Adoption of Solar Lanterns: An Application of the BDM Bidding Mechanism in Rural Ethiopia, 2021

Best Publications

  • Exploring Carbon Pricing in Developing Countries: A Macroeconomic Analysis in Ethiopia

    Andualem Telaye;Pablo Benitez;Seneshaw Tamru;Haileselassie Amaha Medhin

  • Climate Change Policy

    Michael Toman;Jason Shogren

  • The economics of energy security

    Douglas R. Bohi;Michael A. Toman;Margaret A Walls

  • Energy and Economic Development: An Assessment of the State of Knowledge

    Michael Toman;Barbora Jemelkova

  • Ancillary benefits of reduced air pollution in the US from moderate greenhouse gas mitigation policies in the electricity sector

    Dallas Burtraw;Alan J. Krupnick;Karen L. Palmer;Anthony Paul

  • Economics and "Sustainability": Balancing Trade-offs and Imperatives

    Michael A. Toman

  • The Difficulty in Defining Sustainability

    Michael A. Toman

  • Sustainability: Ecological and Economic Perspectives

    Bryan G. Norton;Michael A. Toman

  • SPECIAL SECTION: FORUM ON VALUATION OF ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - Why not to calculate the value of the world s ecosystem services and natural capital

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  • The Economics of Sustainability: A Review of Journal Articles

    John C. V. Pezzey;Michael A. Toman

  • International Equity and Climate Change Policy

    Marina Cazorla;Michael Toman

  • Spatially explicit valuation of the Brazilian Amazon Forest’s Ecosystem Services

    Jon Strand;Britaldo Soares-Filho;Marcos Heil Costa;Ubirajara Oliveira

  • Growth theory and ‘green growth’

    Sjak Smulders;Michael Toman;Cees Withagen

  • Progress and Problems in the Economics of Sustainability

    John C V Pezzey;Michael A Toman

  • Rural electrification through mini-grids: Challenges ahead

    Jörg Peters;Jörg Peters;Maximiliane Sievert;Michael A. Toman

  • Energy security: externalities and policies

    Douglas R. Bohi;Michael A. Toman

  • Sustainable forest ecosystems and management : A review article

    M. A. Toman;P. M. S. Ashton

  • The Economics of Climate Policy

    Charles D. Kolstad;Michael Toman

  • Infrastructure and Sustainable Development

    Marianne Fay;Michael Toman

  • Is energy the golden thread? A systematic review of the impacts of modern and traditional energy use in low- and middle-income countries

    Marc Jeuland;Marc Jeuland;T. Robert Fetter;Yating Li;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

  • Scarcity and growth revisited: Natural resources and the environment in the new millennium

    Ralph David Simpson;Michael A. Toman;Robert U. Ayres

  • Climate Change Policy

    Jason F. Shogren;Michael A. Toman

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Martinsson
Peter Martinsson University of Gothenburg
Alan Krupnick
Alan Krupnick Resources For The Future
Rabindra Nepal
Rabindra Nepal University of Wollongong
Tooraj Jamasb
Tooraj Jamasb Copenhagen Business School
Dallas Burtraw
Dallas Burtraw Resources For The Future
Scott Barrett
Scott Barrett Columbia University
Richard J. Zeckhauser
Richard J. Zeckhauser Harvard University
Dean Jolliffe
Dean Jolliffe World Bank
Karen L. Palmer
Karen L. Palmer Resources For The Future

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