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2024

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
72
Citations
27627
World Ranking
413
National Ranking
45

Paul Ekins publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Ekins sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 332 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Paul Ekins D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Paul Ekins sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 72 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Paul Ekins is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in Environmental Science and Energy. Their work spans multiple subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's research covers a variety of main topics, notably:

  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Climate Change and Health Impacts
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Paul Ekins has published in several reputable venues, with frequent publications in:

  • The Lancet
  • Sustainability Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature
  • Nature Sustainability

Among their recent papers are:

  • The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises (2020, The Lancet)
  • The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels (2022, The Lancet)
  • The 2021 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: code red for a healthy future (2021, The Lancet)
  • The 2023 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: the imperative for a health-centred response in a world facing irreversible harms (2023, The Lancet)
  • Unextractable fossil fuels in a 1.5 °C world (2021, Nature)

Collaborations are an important part of their scholarly activity. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Stella M. Hartinger
  • Carole Dalin
  • Niheer Dasandi
  • Ian Hamilton
  • Gregor Kiesewetter

Paul Ekins has contributed to book publications through notable institutions, with titles including:

  • A net-zero emissions economic recovery from COVID-19 (Imperial College London, 2020)
  • Measuring progress: Environment and the SDGs (United Nations, 2021)

Best Publications

  • The geographical distribution of fossil fuels unused when limiting global warming to 2 °C

    Christophe McGlade;Paul Ekins

  • The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises.

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • A framework for the practical application of the concepts of critical natural capital and strong sustainability

    Paul Ekins;Sandrine Simon;Lisa Deutsch;Carl Folke;Carl Folke

  • The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: from 25 years of inaction to a global transformation for public health

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson;Kristine Belesova

  • The 2018 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: shaping the health of nations for centuries to come

    Nick Watts;Markus Amann;Nigel Arnell;Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson

  • Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for heating: A review

    Paul E. Dodds;Iain Staffell;Adam D. Hawkes;Francis Li

  • The Kuznets Curve for the Environment and Economic Growth: Examining the Evidence

    P Ekins

  • Unextractable fossil fuels in a 1.5 °C world

    Dan Welsby;James Price;Steve Pye;Paul Ekins

  • A New World Order : Grassroots Movements for Global Change

    Paul Ekins

  • Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability: The Prospects for Green Growth

    Paul Ekins

  • Real Life Economics

    Paul Ekins;Manfred Max-Neef

  • Identifying critical natural capital - Conclusions about critical natural capital

    Paul Ekins

  • The Living Economy

    Paul Ekins

  • European environmental taxes and charges: recent experience, issues and trends

    Paul Ekins

  • Real-life economics : understanding wealth creation

    Paul Ekins;Manfred A. Max-Neef

  • The macro-economic rebound effect and the UK economy

    Terry Barker;Paul Ekins;Tim Foxon

  • Marginal abatement cost curves: a call for caution

    Fabian Kesicki;Paul Ekins

  • Global Resources Outlook 2019: Natural Resources for the Future We Want

    B. Oberle;S. Bringezu;S. Hatfield-Dodds;S. Hellweg

  • The costs and benefits of environmental sustainability.

    Paul Ekins;Dimitri Zenghelis

  • Marginal Abatement Cost Curves: a call for caution

    P Ekins;F Kesicki;A Smith

  • Pathways to a Low-Carbon Economy

    G Anandarajah;N Strachan;P Ekins

Frequent Co-Authors

Paolo Agnolucci
Paolo Agnolucci University College London
Simon Shackley
Simon Shackley University of Edinburgh
Ian Hamilton
Ian Hamilton University College London
Anthony Costello
Anthony Costello University College London
Mark A. Maslin
Mark A. Maslin University College London
Hugh Montgomery
Hugh Montgomery University College London
Tadj Oreszczyn
Tadj Oreszczyn University College London
Hilary Graham
Hilary Graham University of York
Peng Gong
Peng Gong University of Hong Kong
Georgina M. Mace
Georgina M. Mace University College London

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