World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Award Badge
Economics and Finance
Norway
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
64
Citations
15515
World Ranking
653
National Ranking
2

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
66
Citations
15878
World Ranking
2092
National Ranking
23

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Norway Leader Award

Overview

Richard Wood is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, focusing extensively on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, as well as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering.

Their work encompasses a range of topics related to environmental impact and sustainability, including:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Sustainable Supply Chain Management
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
  • Sustainable Industrial Ecology
  • Phytochemical Studies and Bioactivities

Richard Wood has contributed to several research papers, with recent publications including:

  • The unequal distribution of household carbon footprints in Europe and its link to sustainability, 2020, Global Sustainability
  • Life-cycle assessment to guide solutions for the triple planetary crisis, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Ageing society in developed countries challenges carbon mitigation, 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • Improving Climate Change Mitigation Analysis: A Framework for Examining Feasibility, 2020, One Earth
  • The capital load of global material footprints, 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Richard Wood include:

  • Carl-Johan Södersten (8 collaborations)
  • Thomas Kästner (8 collaborations)
  • Edgar G. Hertwich (6 collaborations)
  • Konstantin Stadler (6 collaborations)
  • Arkaitz Usubiaga-Liaño (6 collaborations)

Their research is regularly published in a range of venues, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Industrial Ecology (9 publications)
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (8 publications)
  • Global Sustainability (2 publications)
  • Nature Climate Change (2 publications)
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling (2 publications)

Best Publications

  • EXIOBASE 3: Developing a Time Series of Detailed Environmentally Extended Multi-Regional Input-Output Tables

    Konstantin Stadler;Richard Wood;Tatyana Bulavskaya;Carl-Johan Sodersten

  • Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption

    Diana Ivanova;Konstantin Stadler;Kjartan Steen-Olsen;Richard Wood

  • INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

    J. C. Minx;T. Wiedmann;R. Wood;G. P. Peters

  • Agricultural and forestry trade drives large share of tropical deforestation emissions

    Florence Pendrill;U. Martin Persson;Javier Godar;Thomas Kastner

  • Global Sustainability Accounting—Developing EXIOBASE for Multi-Regional Footprint Analysis

    Richard Wood;Konstantin Stadler;Tatyana Bulavskaya;Stephan Lutter

  • Increasing impacts of land use on biodiversity and carbon sequestration driven by population and economic growth

    Alexandra Marques;Alexandra Marques;Inês S Martins;Thomas Kastner;Christoph Plutzar;Christoph Plutzar

  • EXIOPOL – DEVELOPMENT AND ILLUSTRATIVE ANALYSES OF A DETAILED GLOBAL MR EE SUT/IOT

    Arnold Tukker;Arnold Tukker;Arjan de Koning;Richard Wood;Troy Hawkins

  • Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities

    Daniel Moran;Keiichiro Kanemoto;Magnus Jiborn;Richard Wood

  • Solid Waste and the Circular Economy: A Global Analysis of Waste Treatment and Waste Footprints

    Alexandre Tisserant;Stefan Pauliuk;Stefano Merciai;Jannick Schmidt

  • A CARBON FOOTPRINT TIME SERIES OF THE UK – RESULTS FROM A MULTI-REGION INPUT–OUTPUT MODEL

    Thomas Wiedmann;Richard Wood;Jan C. Minx;Manfred Lenzen

  • UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS FOR MULTI-REGION INPUT–OUTPUT MODELS – A CASE STUDY OF THE UK'S CARBON FOOTPRINT

    Manfred Lenzen;Richard Wood;Thomas O. Wiedmann

  • Mapping the carbon footprint of EU regions

    Diana Ivanova;Gibran Vita;Kjartan Steen-Olsen;Konstantin Stadler

  • A comparative study of some environmental impacts of conventional and organic farming in Australia

    Richard Wood;Manfred Lenzen;Christopher Dey;Sven Lundie

  • CONVERGENCE BETWEEN THE EORA, WIOD, EXIOBASE, AND OPENEU'S CONSUMPTION-BASED CARBON ACCOUNTS

    Daniel Moran;Richard Wood

  • The growing importance of scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from industry

    Edgar G. Hertwich;Richard Wood

  • Environmental and resource footprints in a global context: Europe’s structural deficit in resource endowments

    Arnold Tukker;Arnold Tukker;Tanya Bulavskaya;Stefan Giljum;Arjan de Koning

  • The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe : Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences

    Gibran Vita;Gibran Vita;Johan R. Lundström;Edgar G. Hertwich;Jaco Quist

  • Structural decomposition of energy use in Brazil from 1970 to 1996

    Ulrike Wachsmann;Ulrike Wachsmann;Ulrike Wachsmann;Richard Wood;Manfred Lenzen;Manfred Lenzen;Roberto Schaeffer

  • Growth in Environmental Footprints and Environmental Impacts Embodied in Trade: Resource Efficiency Indicators from EXIOBASE3

    Richard Wood;Konstantin Stadler;Moana Silva Simas;Tatyana Bulavskaya

  • The unequal distribution of household carbon footprints in Europe and its link to sustainability

    Diana Ivanova;Richard Wood

  • Structural decomposition analysis of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions

    Richard Wood;Richard Wood

Frequent Co-Authors

Arnold Tukker
Arnold Tukker Leiden University
Edgar G. Hertwich
Edgar G. Hertwich Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Daniel Moran
Daniel Moran Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Manfred Lenzen
Manfred Lenzen University of Sydney
Stefan Giljum
Stefan Giljum Vienna University of Economics and Business
Thomas Wiedmann
Thomas Wiedmann University of New South Wales
Stefan Pauliuk
Stefan Pauliuk University of Freiburg
Anders Hammer Strømman
Anders Hammer Strømman Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Jan Minx
Jan Minx University of Leeds

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Related Online Degrees & Career Pathways

Exploring online degrees in Economics and Finance opens up diverse career opportunities. For those seeking leadership roles or advanced business knowledge, accelerated mba programs usa offer a fast-track to earning your degree and entering the workforce sooner.

If launching your own business is your goal, consider the cheapest online mba entrepreneurship programs, which provide essential entrepreneurial skills while keeping tuition costs manageable.

Those with an interest in finance can enroll in a finance degree online, gaining crucial expertise for roles in banking, investment, and corporate finance—all from the flexibility of home.

Project management is another lucrative path; a specialized degree can prepare you for leadership in a variety of industries. Discover more about careers with project management degree and how this qualification can boost your professional prospects.

Best Scientists Citing Richard Wood

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles