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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Environmental Sciences 56 3741 3574 1424 1313 121 8595

Murat Kucukvar publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Murat Kucukvar between 2011 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Murat Kucukvar published across 16 years, from 2011 to 2026, averaging 9.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2021. 12 of the 153 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2011 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2021. 2011: 6 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 10 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 1 publication
2011 2026

153 publications in total across all disciplines

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Murat Kucukvar: publications per year, 2011 to 2026
Year Publications
2011 6
2012 7
2013 4
2014 9
2015 8
2016 15
2017 9
2018 3
2019 9
2020 9
2021 24
2022 10
2023 16
2024 12
2025 11
2026 1
Total 153
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Murat Kucukvar 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 Murat Kucukvar sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 66 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 41–50 to 690+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 617. Most scientists, 617, have 121–130 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 121–130 publications, is where this scientist sits. 41–50 publications: 21 scientists 51–60 publications: 62 scientists 61–70 publications: 133 scientists 71–80 publications: 257 scientists 81–90 publications: 361 scientists 91–100 publications: 440 scientists 101–110 publications: 492 scientists 111–120 publications: 541 scientists 121–130 publications: 617 scientists 131–140 publications: 544 scientists 141–150 publications: 541 scientists 151–160 publications: 539 scientists 161–170 publications: 444 scientists 171–180 publications: 444 scientists 181–190 publications: 400 scientists 191–200 publications: 377 scientists 201–210 publications: 318 scientists 211–220 publications: 282 scientists 221–230 publications: 263 scientists 231–240 publications: 220 scientists 241–250 publications: 217 scientists 251–260 publications: 180 scientists 261–270 publications: 181 scientists 271–280 publications: 155 scientists 281–290 publications: 130 scientists 291–300 publications: 127 scientists 301–310 publications: 130 scientists 311–320 publications: 85 scientists 321–330 publications: 106 scientists 331–340 publications: 80 scientists 341–350 publications: 83 scientists 351–360 publications: 75 scientists 361–370 publications: 69 scientists 371–380 publications: 52 scientists 381–390 publications: 54 scientists 391–400 publications: 56 scientists 401–410 publications: 44 scientists 411–420 publications: 40 scientists 421–430 publications: 36 scientists 431–440 publications: 25 scientists 441–450 publications: 25 scientists 451–460 publications: 32 scientists 461–470 publications: 29 scientists 471–480 publications: 21 scientists 481–490 publications: 26 scientists 491–500 publications: 26 scientists 501–510 publications: 17 scientists 511–520 publications: 19 scientists 521–530 publications: 15 scientists 531–540 publications: 22 scientists 541–550 publications: 12 scientists 551–560 publications: 15 scientists 561–570 publications: 11 scientists 571–580 publications: 19 scientists 581–590 publications: 9 scientists 591–600 publications: 9 scientists 601–610 publications: 7 scientists 611–620 publications: 11 scientists 621–630 publications: 5 scientists 631–640 publications: 5 scientists 641–650 publications: 6 scientists 651–660 publications: 3 scientists 661–670 publications: 3 scientists 671–680 publications: 4 scientists 681–689 publications: 4 scientists 690+ publications: 100 scientists
41–50 publications 690+

This scientist: 121 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
41–50 21
51–60 62
61–70 133
71–80 257
81–90 361
91–100 440
101–110 492
111–120 541
121–130 617 121
131–140 544
141–150 541
151–160 539
161–170 444
171–180 444
181–190 400
191–200 377
201–210 318
211–220 282
221–230 263
231–240 220
241–250 217
251–260 180
261–270 181
271–280 155
281–290 130
291–300 127
301–310 130
311–320 85
321–330 106
331–340 80
341–350 83
351–360 75
361–370 69
371–380 52
381–390 54
391–400 56
401–410 44
411–420 40
421–430 36
431–440 25
441–450 25
451–460 32
461–470 29
471–480 21
481–490 26
491–500 26
501–510 17
511–520 19
521–530 15
531–540 22
541–550 12
551–560 15
561–570 11
571–580 19
581–590 9
591–600 9
601–610 7
611–620 11
621–630 5
631–640 5
641–650 6
651–660 3
661–670 3
671–680 4
681–689 4
690+ 100
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Murat Kucukvar 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 Murat Kucukvar sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 97 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 126+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 348. Most scientists, 348, have 45 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 56 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 12 scientists 31 D-Index: 26 scientists 32 D-Index: 51 scientists 33 D-Index: 88 scientists 34 D-Index: 123 scientists 35 D-Index: 163 scientists 36 D-Index: 206 scientists 37 D-Index: 267 scientists 38 D-Index: 265 scientists 39 D-Index: 275 scientists 40 D-Index: 321 scientists 41 D-Index: 343 scientists 42 D-Index: 305 scientists 43 D-Index: 336 scientists 44 D-Index: 330 scientists 45 D-Index: 348 scientists 46 D-Index: 291 scientists 47 D-Index: 275 scientists 48 D-Index: 272 scientists 49 D-Index: 273 scientists 50 D-Index: 263 scientists 51 D-Index: 232 scientists 52 D-Index: 266 scientists 53 D-Index: 217 scientists 54 D-Index: 198 scientists 55 D-Index: 177 scientists 56 D-Index: 202 scientists 57 D-Index: 204 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 177 scientists 60 D-Index: 166 scientists 61 D-Index: 152 scientists 62 D-Index: 143 scientists 63 D-Index: 150 scientists 64 D-Index: 124 scientists 65 D-Index: 119 scientists 66 D-Index: 120 scientists 67 D-Index: 118 scientists 68 D-Index: 82 scientists 69 D-Index: 98 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 105 scientists 72 D-Index: 74 scientists 73 D-Index: 84 scientists 74 D-Index: 70 scientists 75 D-Index: 67 scientists 76 D-Index: 78 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 59 scientists 79 D-Index: 52 scientists 80 D-Index: 47 scientists 81 D-Index: 38 scientists 82 D-Index: 48 scientists 83 D-Index: 42 scientists 84 D-Index: 42 scientists 85 D-Index: 43 scientists 86 D-Index: 29 scientists 87 D-Index: 37 scientists 88 D-Index: 29 scientists 89 D-Index: 30 scientists 90 D-Index: 34 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 22 scientists 93 D-Index: 17 scientists 94 D-Index: 19 scientists 95 D-Index: 24 scientists 96 D-Index: 21 scientists 97 D-Index: 20 scientists 98 D-Index: 24 scientists 99 D-Index: 17 scientists 100 D-Index: 17 scientists 101 D-Index: 21 scientists 102 D-Index: 25 scientists 103 D-Index: 18 scientists 104 D-Index: 26 scientists 105 D-Index: 20 scientists 106 D-Index: 15 scientists 107 D-Index: 10 scientists 108 D-Index: 13 scientists 109 D-Index: 15 scientists 110 D-Index: 12 scientists 111 D-Index: 8 scientists 112 D-Index: 7 scientists 113 D-Index: 9 scientists 114 D-Index: 6 scientists 115 D-Index: 12 scientists 116 D-Index: 7 scientists 117 D-Index: 8 scientists 118 D-Index: 3 scientists 119 D-Index: 5 scientists 120 D-Index: 7 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 4 scientists 123 D-Index: 8 scientists 124 D-Index: 7 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126+ D-Index: 92 scientists
30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 63rd percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

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Number of Environmental Sciences scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,676 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 12
31 26
32 51
33 88
34 123
35 163
36 206
37 267
38 265
39 275
40 321
41 343
42 305
43 336
44 330
45 348
46 291
47 275
48 272
49 273
50 263
51 232
52 266
53 217
54 198
55 177
56 202 56
57 204
58 166
59 177
60 166
61 152
62 143
63 150
64 124
65 119
66 120
67 118
68 82
69 98
70 94
71 105
72 74
73 84
74 70
75 67
76 78
77 60
78 59
79 52
80 47
81 38
82 48
83 42
84 42
85 43
86 29
87 37
88 29
89 30
90 34
91 20
92 22
93 17
94 19
95 24
96 21
97 20
98 24
99 17
100 17
101 21
102 25
103 18
104 26
105 20
106 15
107 10
108 13
109 15
110 12
111 8
112 7
113 9
114 6
115 12
116 7
117 8
118 3
119 5
120 7
121 2
122 4
123 8
124 7
125 9
126+ 92
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Overview

Murat Kucukvar is affiliated with the University of Denver in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with notable contributions in subfields such as Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Strategy and Management, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

The main topics addressed in their work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Sustainable Building Design and Assessment, Urban Transport and Accessibility, and Vehicle Emissions and Performance.

Frequent publication venues for Murat Kucukvar include Sustainable Development, Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, Sustainability, and Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment.

Notable recent papers by Murat Kucukvar include:

  • Carbon footprint of construction industry: A global review and supply chain analysis, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • A system thinking approach for harmonizing smart and sustainable city initiatives with United Nations sustainable development goals, 2020, Sustainable Development
  • Autonomous electric vehicles can reduce carbon emissions and air pollution in cities, 2022, Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment
  • 5G Networks Towards Smart and Sustainable Cities: A Review of Recent Developments, Applications and Future Perspectives, 2021, IEEE Access
  • Urban resilience and livability performance of European smart cities: A novel machine learning approach, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production

Murat Kucukvar collaborates frequently with several co-authors including Nuri C. Onat, Adeeb A. Kutty, Galal M. Abdella, Tadesse G. Wakjira, and Muhammet Enis Bulak.

Best Publications

  • Conventional, hybrid, plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles? State-based comparative carbon and energy footprint analysis in the United States

    Nuri Cihat Onat Onat;Murat Kucukvar Kucukvar;Omer Tatari Tatari

  • Systems Thinking for Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: A Review of Recent Developments, Applications, and Future Perspectives

    Nuri Cihat Onat;Nuri Cihat Onat;Murat Kucukvar;Anthony Halog;Scott Cloutier

  • Scope-based carbon footprint analysis of U.S. residential and commercial buildings: An input–output hybrid life cycle assessment approach

    Nuri Cihat Onat;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Carbon footprint of construction industry: A global review and supply chain analysis

    Nuri Cihat Onat;Murat Kucukvar

  • Sustainability assessment of U.S. manufacturing sectors: an economic input output-based frontier approach

    Gokhan Egilmez;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Integrating triple bottom line input–output analysis into life cycle sustainability assessment framework: the case for US buildings

    Nuri Cihat Onat;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Supply chain sustainability assessment of the U.S. food manufacturing sectors: A life cycle-based frontier approach

    Gokhan Egilmez;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari;M. Khurrum S. Bhutta

  • Integration of System Dynamics Approach Toward Deepening and Broadening the Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment Framework: A Case for Electric Vehicles

    Nuri C. Onat;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari;Gokhan Egilmez

  • Application of the TOPSIS and intuitionistic fuzzy set approaches for ranking the life cycle sustainability performance of alternative vehicle technologies

    Nuri Cihat Onat;Serkan Gumus;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Towards a triple bottom-line sustainability assessment of the U.S. construction industry

    Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Cost premium prediction of certified green buildings: A neural network approach

    Omer Tatari;Murat Kucukvar

  • Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Alternative Passenger Vehicles

    Nuri Cihat Onat;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Combined application of multi-criteria optimization and life-cycle sustainability assessment for optimal distribution of alternative passenger cars in U.S.

    Nuri Cihat Onat;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari;Qipeng Phil Zheng

  • A fuzzy data envelopment analysis framework for dealing with uncertainty impacts of input–output life cycle assessment models on eco-efficiency assessment

    Gokhan Egilmez;Serkan Gumus;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Carbon and energy footprints of electric delivery trucks: A hybrid multi-regional input-output life cycle assessment

    Yang Zhao;Nuri Cihat Onat;Murat Kucukvar;Omer Tatari

  • Energy-climate-manufacturing nexus: New insights from the regional and global supply chains of manufacturing industries

    Murat Kucukvar;Bunyamin Cansev;Gokhan Egilmez;Nuri C. Onat

  • Sustainability assessment of U.S. final consumption and investments: triple-bottom-line input–output analysis

    Murat Kucukvar;Gokhan Egilmez;Omer Tatari

  • Sustainability assessment and modeling based on supervised machine learning techniques: The case for food consumption

    Galal M. Abdella;Murat Kucukvar;Nuri Cihat Onat;Hussein M. Al-Yafay

  • Stochastic decision modeling for sustainable pavement designs

    Murat Kucukvar;Mehdi Noori;Gokhan Egilmez;Omer Tatari

  • Ranking the sustainability performance of pavements: An intuitionistic fuzzy decision making method

    Murat Kucukvar;Serkan Gumus;Gokhan Egilmez;Omer Tatari

  • Eco-Efficiency of Construction Materials: Data Envelopment Analysis

    Omer Tatari;Murat Kucukvar

Frequent Co-Authors

Omer Tatari
Omer Tatari University of Central Florida
Ahmed Elgamal
Ahmed Elgamal University of California, San Diego
Ashkan Vaziri
Ashkan Vaziri Northeastern University
Faris Tarlochan
Faris Tarlochan Qatar University
Mikhail Chester
Mikhail Chester Arizona State University
Liang Gao
Liang Gao Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Abdel Magid Hamouda
Abdel Magid Hamouda Qatar University

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