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Robert H. Socolow 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 Robert H. Socolow sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 131 publications — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Robert H. Socolow 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 Robert H. Socolow sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 44 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1990 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1983 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For actively developing technical knowledge of energy usage, and making this knowledge available to a broad public
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Robert H. Socolow is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research spans several interconnected fields and subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Mechanical Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, Catalysis, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientist's work particularly addresses multiple topics related to environmental and energy systems. These include Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, Climate Change and Geoengineering, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, and Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols.

Recent scientific papers by Robert H. Socolow highlight a range of research interests: Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts (2021, Zenodo [CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research]); Natural Gas vs. Electricity for Solvent-Based Direct Air Capture (2021, Frontiers in Climate); Minimizing the impacts of the ammonia economy on the nitrogen cycle and climate (2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences); Accelerating progress in climate science (2021, Physics Today); and Bridging capital discipline and energy scenarios (2022, Energy & Environmental Science).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert H. Socolow include:

  • Chris Greig
  • Jennifer Wilcox
  • Matteo B. Bertagni
  • Emily A. Carter
  • Amilcare Porporato

The primary venues for publication where this scientist has contributed multiple works are:

  • Inference International Review of Science
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Frontiers in Climate
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Physics Today

Robert H. Socolow has been recognized with several professional honors including being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2014, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1990, a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1983 with citation for advancing technical knowledge of energy usage and making it accessible to a broader audience, and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

  • Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies

    Stephen Wilson Pacala;Robert Socolow

  • Beneficial Biofuels—The Food, Energy, and Environment Trilemma

    David Tilman;Robert Socolow;Jonathan A. Foley;Jason Hill

  • Inorganic membranes for hydrogen production and purification: A critical review and perspective

    G. Q Lu;J. C Diniz da Costa;Mikel Duke;S Giessler

  • Sharing global CO2 emission reductions among one billion high emitters.

    Shoibal Chakravarty;Ananth Chikkatur;Heleen de Coninck;Stephen Pacala

  • NITROGEN MANAGEMENT AND THE FUTURE OF FOOD : LESSONS FROM THE MANAGEMENT OF ENERGY AND CARBON

    Robert H. Socolow

  • Baseload wind energy: modeling the competition between gas turbines and compressed air energy storage for supplemental generation

    Jeffery B. Greenblatt;Samir Succar;David C. Denkenberger;Robert H. Williams

  • Direct Air Capture of CO2 with Chemicals: A Technology Assessment for the APS Panel on Public Affairs

    Robert Socolow;Michael Desmond;Roger Aines;Jason Blackstock

  • Reactive nitrogen: too much of a good thing?

    James N. Galloway;Ellis B. Cowling;Sybil P. Seitzinger;Robert H. Socolow

  • Inequality, climate impacts on the future poor, and carbon prices

    Francis Dennig;Mark B. Budolfson;Marc Fleurbaey;Asher Siebert

  • Effects of Reducing Lead in Gasoline: An Analysis of the International Experience

    Valerie M. Thomas;Robert H. Socolow;James J. Fanelli;Thomas G. Spiro

  • A plan to keep carbon in check

    Robert H. Socolow;Stephen Wilson Pacala

  • Commitment accounting of CO 2 emissions

    Steven J Davis;Robert H Socolow

  • Carbon sequestration research and development

    Dave Reichle;John Houghton;Bob Kane;Jim Ekmann

  • Optimizing nitrogen management in food and energy production and environmental protection: summary statement from the Second International Nitrogen Conference.

    Ellis Cowling;James Galloway;Cari Furiness;Mary Barber

  • The mutual dependence of negative emission technologies and energy systems

    Felix Creutzig;Christian Breyer;Jérôme Hilaire;Jan Minx

  • The twin rivers program on energy conservation in housing: Highlights and conclusions

    Robert H. Socolow

  • Understanding Long-Term Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the USA

    Richard S. J. Tol;Stephen W. Pacala;Robert Socolow

  • Modeling meets science and technology: an introduction to a special issue on negative emissions

    Massimo Tavoni;Robert Socolow

  • The impact of human health co-benefits on evaluations of global climate policy

    Noah Scovronick;Noah Scovronick;Mark Budolfson;Mark Budolfson;Francis Dennig;Francis Dennig;Frank Errickson

  • Understanding Long-Term Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Usa

    Richard S.J. Tol;Stephen W. Pacala;Robert H. Socolow

  • Human impacts on the nitrogen cycle

    Ann P. Kinzig;Robert H. Socolow

  • Can we bury global warming

    Robert H. Socolow

  • Annual review of energy and the environment

    Jack M. Hollander;Robert H. Socolow;David Sternlight;Melvin K. Simmons

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen W. Pacala
Stephen W. Pacala Princeton University
Massimo Tavoni
Massimo Tavoni Polytechnic University of Milan
Marc Fleurbaey
Marc Fleurbaey Paris School of Economics
Fabian Wagner
Fabian Wagner International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
David S. Battisti
David S. Battisti University of Washington
David W. Keith
David W. Keith University of Chicago
Ken Caldeira
Ken Caldeira Carnegie Institution for Science
Daniel P. Schrag
Daniel P. Schrag Harvard University
Richard S. J. Tol
Richard S. J. Tol University of Sussex
Sybil P. Seitzinger
Sybil P. Seitzinger University of Victoria

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