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65
Citations
19010
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2172
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8

Roberto Schaeffer 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 Roberto Schaeffer sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 220 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Roberto Schaeffer 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 Roberto Schaeffer sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 78th percentile

78% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Brazil Leader Award

Overview

Roberto Schaeffer is affiliated with the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a notable concentration on environmental engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and economics related to climate and environmental impact.

The fields of study in which Roberto Schaeffer has extensively published include:

  • Environmental Science

Within these broad fields, the subfields of study include:

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Pollution

Their research topics cover various aspects of environmental and climate issues, including:

  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Schaeffer has been involved in numerous recent publications in well-recognized journals. Important papers include:

  • Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris Agreement, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions, 2023, Nature Communications
  • The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report WGIII climate assessment of mitigation pathways: from emissions to global temperatures, 2022, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Energy system transitions and low-carbon pathways in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, EU-28, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States, 2020, Energy

The scholar frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy
  • Nature Communications
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Roberto Schaeffer's frequent collaborators include:

  • Pedro Rochedo
  • Alexandre Szklo
  • Detlef P. van Vuuren
  • Keywan Riahi
  • Shinichiro Fujimori

Best Publications

  • Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C

    Joeri Rogelj;Joeri Rogelj;Michel den Elzen;Niklas Höhne;Taryn Fransen

  • Energy and carbon embodied in the international trade of Brazil: an input–output approach

    Giovani Machado;Roberto Schaeffer;Ernst Worrell

  • Energy sector vulnerability to climate change: A review

    Roberto Schaeffer;Alexandre Salem Szklo;André Frossard Pereira de Lucena;Bruno Soares Moreira Cesar Borba

  • A comparative multivariate analysis of household energy requirements in Australia, Brazil, Denmark, India and Japan

    Manfred Lenzen;Manfred Lenzen;Mette Wier;Claude Cohen;Claude Cohen;Hitoshi Hayami;Hitoshi Hayami

  • Land use competition for production of food and liquid biofuels: An analysis of the arguments in the current debate

    Régis Rathmann;Alexandre Szklo;Roberto Schaeffer

  • Impacts of climate change on energy systems in global and regional scenarios

    Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Seleshi G. Yalew;Michelle T. H. van Vliet;Michelle T. H. van Vliet;David E. H. J. Gernaat;David E. H. J. Gernaat;Fulco Ludwig

  • Taking stock of national climate policies to evaluate implementation of the Paris Agreement

    Mark Roelfsema;Heleen L. van Soest;Heleen L. van Soest;Mathijs Harmsen;Mathijs Harmsen;Detlef P. van Vuuren;Detlef P. van Vuuren

  • The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report WGIII climate assessment of mitigation pathways: from emissions to global temperatures

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  • Annex III - Technology-specific cost and performance parameters

    Thomas Bruckner;Lew Fulton;Edgar Hertwich;Alan McKinnon

  • Energy intensity in the iron and steel industry: a comparison of physical and economic indicators

    Ernst Worrell;Ernst Worrell;Ernst Worrell;Lynn Price;Lynn Price;Lynn Price;Nathan Martin;Nathan Martin;Nathan Martin;Jacco Farla;Jacco Farla;Jacco Farla

  • The threat of political bargaining to climate mitigation in Brazil

    Pedro R. R. Rochedo;Britaldo Soares-Filho;Roberto Schaeffer;Eduardo Viola

  • Implications of various effort-sharing approaches for national carbon budgets and emission pathways

    Nicole J. van den Berg;Nicole J. van den Berg;Heleen L. van Soest;Heleen L. van Soest;Andries F. Hof;Andries F. Hof;Michel G. J. den Elzen

  • Energy requirements of households in Brazil

    Claude Cohen;Manfred Lenzen;Roberto Schaeffer

  • Reducing emissions from deforestation - the "combined incentives" mechanism and empirical simulations.

    Bernardo Strassburg;R. Kerry Turner;Brendan Fisher;Roberto Schaeffer

  • The vulnerability of renewable energy to climate change in Brazil

    André Frossard Pereira de Lucena;Alexandre Salem Szklo;Roberto Schaeffer;Raquel Rodrigues de Souza

  • Fuel specification, energy consumption and CO2 emission in oil refineries

    Alexandre Szklo;Roberto Schaeffer

  • Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles as a way to maximize the integration of variable renewable energy in power systems: The case of wind generation in northeastern Brazil

    Bruno Soares M.C. Borba;Alexandre Szklo;Roberto Schaeffer

  • Cost and attainability of meeting stringent climate targets without overshoot

    Keywan Riahi;Christoph Bertram;Daniel Huppmann;Joeri Rogelj

  • Energy system transitions and low-carbon pathways in Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, EU-28, India, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Russia and the United States

    Panagiotis Fragkos;Heleen Laura van Soest;Roberto Schaeffer;Luke Reedman

  • Policies for advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy use in Brazil

    Howard Geller;Roberto Schaeffer;Alexandre Szklo;Mauricio Tolmasquim

  • 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

  • Emissions: world has four times the work or one-third of the time

    Niklas Höhne;Michel den Elzen;Joeri Rogelj;Bert Metz

  • Sustainable Development and Mitigation

    J. Sathaye;A. Najam;C. Cocklin;T. Heller

  • Global warming potentials: The case of emissions from dams

    Luiz Pinguelli Rosa;Roberto Schaeffer

  • The embodiment of carbon associated with Brazilian imports and exports

    Roberto Schaeffer;AndréLeal de Sá

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandre Szklo
Alexandre Szklo Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Detlef P. van Vuuren
Detlef P. van Vuuren Utrecht University
Keywan Riahi
Keywan Riahi International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Volker Krey
Volker Krey International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Elmar Kriegler
Elmar Kriegler Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Laurent Drouet
Laurent Drouet European Institute
Manfred Lenzen
Manfred Lenzen University of Sydney
Joeri Rogelj
Joeri Rogelj Imperial College London
Gunnar Luderer
Gunnar Luderer Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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