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D-Index
54
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28311
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3935
National Ranking
72

Richard J.T. Klein 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 Richard J.T. Klein sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 150 publications — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Richard J.T. Klein 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 Richard J.T. Klein sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Richard J.T. Klein is affiliated with the Stockholm Environment Institute in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions to subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Development.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including Climate Change Policy and Economics, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Geoengineering, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Climate Change Adaptation and Migration, and COVID-19 impact on air quality.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Richard J.T. Klein include:

  • "Lessons from COVID-19 for managing transboundary climate risks and building resilience" (2022, Climate Risk Management)
  • "Post-2025 climate finance target: how much more and how much better?" (2022, Climate Policy)
  • "Beyond ambition: increasing the transparency, coherence and implementability of Nationally Determined Contributions" (2020, Climate Policy)
  • "Assessing adaptation progress for the global stocktake" (2023, Nature Climate Change)
  • "From regime-building to implementation: Harnessing the UN climate conferences to drive climate action" (2022, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change)

Richard J.T. Klein has co-authored frequently with several researchers, including Carlo Aall, Tiago Capela Lourenço, Frida Lager, Richard Taylor, and Ruth Butterfield.

The scientist has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • Climate Policy
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Climatic Change
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Climate Risk Management

In addition to journal articles, Richard J.T. Klein has contributed to book publications with TemaNord and Nordic Council of Ministers eBooks. Notable titles include:

  • "Nordic Perspectives on Transboundary Climate Risk: Current knowledge and pathways for action" (2022)
  • "POLICY BRIEF: Nordic Perspectives on Transboundary Climate Risk" (2022)
  • "Comparison and analysis of national climate change adaptation policies in the Nordic region" (2023)
  • "Towards enhanced climate change adaptation in the Nordic Region" (2023)
  • "Policy Brief: Who is responsible for addressing transboundary climate risks to Nordic trade and food security?" (2025)

Best Publications

  • Climate change 2007 : impacts, adaptation and vulnerability : Working Group II contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

    Tarekegn Abeku;Pamela Abuodha;Francis Adesina;Neil Adger

  • Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: An Evolution of Conceptual Thinking

    Hans-Martin Füssel;Hans-Martin Füssel;Richard J. T. Klein

  • Adaptation to climate change in the context of sustainable development and equity

    B Smit;O Pilifosova;I Burton;B Challenger

  • An Anatomy of Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability

    Barry Smit;Ian Burton;Richard J.T. Klein;J. Wandel

  • Ecosystem Service Supply and Vulnerability to Global Change in Europe

    Dagmar Schröter;Wolfgang Cramer;Rik Leemans;I. Colin Prentice

  • Resilience to natural hazards: How useful is this concept?

    Richard J.T. Klein;Robert J. Nicholls;Frank Thomalla

  • THE SCIENCE OF ADAPTATION: A FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT

    Barry Smit;Ian Burton;Richard J.T. Klein;R. Street

  • Integrating mitigation and adaptation into climate and development policy: three research questions

    Richard J.T. Klein;Richard J.T. Klein;E. Lisa F. Schipper;E. Lisa F. Schipper;Suraje Dessai

  • Explaining and overcoming barriers to climate change adaptation

    Klaus Eisenack;Susanne C. Moser;Esther Hoffmann;Richard J. T. Klein;Richard J. T. Klein

  • Inter-relationships between adaptation and mitigation

    Richard J.T. Klein;S. Huq;F. Denton;T.E. Downing

  • Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limits

    Richard J.T. Klein;Guy F. Midgley;Benjamin L. Preston;Mozaharul Alam

  • Limits to adaptation

    Kirstin Dow;Frans Berkhout;Benjamin L. Preston;Richard J. T. Klein;Richard J. T. Klein

  • Potential applications of subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) predictions

    Christopher J. White;Christopher J. White;Henrik Carlsen;Andrew W. Robertson;Richard J.T. Klein

  • Adaptation Opportunities, Constraints, and Limits

    R J T Klein;G F Midgley;B Preston;Mozaharu Alam

  • Portfolio screening to support the mainstreaming of adaptation to climate change into development assistance

    Richard J. T. Klein;Siri E. H. Eriksen;Lars Otto Næss;Anne Hammill

  • A New Global Coastal Database for Impact and Vulnerability Analysis to Sea-Level Rise

    Athanasios T. Vafeidis;Robert J. Nicholls;Loraine McFadden;Richard S. J. Tol

  • Technological options for adaptation to climate change in coastal zones

    Richard J. T. Klein;Robert J. Nicholls;Sachooda Ragoonaden;Michele Capobianco

  • Towards a Formal Framework of Vulnerability to Climate Change

    Cezar Ionescu;Richard J. T. Klein;Jochen Hinkel;K. S. Kavi Kumar

  • Integrating knowledge to assess coastal vulnerability to sea-level rise : the development of the DIVA tool

    Jochen Hinkel;Richard J.T. Klein

  • Climate change, adaptive capacity and development

    Joel B Smith;Richard J T Klein;Saleemul Huq

  • Adaptation to Climate Change

    Richard J.T. Klein

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert J. Nicholls
Robert J. Nicholls University of East Anglia
Jochen Hinkel
Jochen Hinkel Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Anthony Patt
Anthony Patt ETH Zurich
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Sirkku Juhola
Sirkku Juhola University of Helsinki
Guy F. Midgley
Guy F. Midgley Stellenbosch University
Benjamin L. Preston
Benjamin L. Preston RAND Corporation
Thomas E. Downing
Thomas E. Downing Stockholm Environment Institute
Saleemul Huq
Saleemul Huq Independent University
Athanasios T. Vafeidis
Athanasios T. Vafeidis Kiel University

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