2026 Thomas Wiedmann: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	76	333	299	5	5	170	29850
Ecology and Evolution	76	983	936	81	79	183	31049

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Australia Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Thomas Wiedmann is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a substantial number of publications addressing various interrelated fields and topics within this discipline.

The main field of study for Wiedmann is Environmental Science, with specific subfields including Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work covers key topics such as Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Wiedmann has authored or coauthored several papers published in notable academic journals. Selected recent papers include:

A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018 (2021, Environmental Research Letters)
Scientists' warning on affluence (2020, Nature Communications)
Global socio-economic losses and environmental gains from the Coronavirus pandemic (2020, PLoS ONE)
Implementing the material footprint to measure progress towards Sustainable Development Goals 8 and 12 (2021, Nature Sustainability)
Three-scope carbon emission inventories of global cities (2020, Journal of Industrial Ecology)

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include Cameron Allen, Manfred Lenzen, Mengyu Li, Graciela Metternicht, and Gail Broadbent.

Their studies are regularly published in journals such as the Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Research Letters, Nature Communications, Journal of Industrial Ecology, and PLoS ONE. Wiedmann has contributed numerous articles to these venues, reflecting ongoing engagement with topical issues in environmental and sustainability sciences.

Best Publications

A definition of “carbon footprint”

Tommy Wiedmann;Jan Minx

2368
Citations
The material footprint of nations.

Thomas O. Wiedmann;Thomas O. Wiedmann;Thomas O. Wiedmann;Heinz Schandl;Manfred Lenzen;Daniel Moran

1806
Citations
A review of recent multi-region input–output models used for consumption-based emission and resource accounting

Thomas Wiedmann;Thomas Wiedmann

1407
Citations
Humanity’s unsustainable environmental footprint

Arjen Ysbert Hoekstra;Thomas O. Wiedmann

1186
Citations
Integrating ecological, carbon and water footprint into a "footprint family" of indicators: Definition and role in tracking human pressure on the planet

Alessandro Galli;Thomas Wiedmann;Ertug Ercin;Doris Knoblauch

1105
Citations
A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018

William F. Lamb;Thomas Wiedmann;Julia Pongratz;Robbie Andrew

1052
Citations
Scientists’ warning on affluence

Thomas Wiedmann;Manfred Lenzen;Lorenz T. Keyßer;Julia K. Steinberger

1007
Citations
Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 2: Review of input–output models for the assessment of environmental impacts embodied in trade

Thomas Wiedmann;Manfred Lenzen;Karen Turner;John Barrett

930
Citations
Environmental and social footprints of international trade

Thomas Wiedmann;Thomas Wiedmann;Manfred Lenzen

912
Citations
Shared producer and consumer responsibility — Theory and practice

Manfred Lenzen;Joy Murray;Fabian Sack;Thomas Wiedmann

907
Citations
Allocating ecological footprints to final consumption categories with input–output analysis

Thomas Wiedmann;Jan Minx;John Barrett;Mathis Wackernagel

657
Citations
Decoupling global environmental pressure and economic growth: scenarios for energy use, materials use and carbon emissions

Heinz Schandl;Heinz Schandl;Steve Hatfield-Dodds;Thomas Wiedmann;Thomas Wiedmann;Arne Geschke

646
Citations
INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

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

628
Citations
Initial progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a review of evidence from countries

Cameron Allen;Graciela Metternicht;Thomas Wiedmann

610
Citations
Prioritising SDG targets: assessing baselines, gaps and interlinkages

Cameron Allen;Graciela Metternicht;Thomas Wiedmann

513
Citations
Environmental implications of urbanization and lifestyle change in China: Ecological and Water Footprints

Klaus Hubacek;Dabo Guan;John Barrett;Thomas Wiedmann

495
Citations
Integrating ecological and water footprint accounting in a multi-regional input–output framework

Brad R. Ewing;Troy R. Hawkins;Troy R. Hawkins;Thomas O. Wiedmann;Thomas O. Wiedmann;Alessandro Galli

492
Citations
Quo Vadis MRIO? Methodological, data and institutional requirements for multi-region input–output analysis

Thomas Wiedmann;Thomas Wiedmann;Harry C. Wilting;Manfred Lenzen;Stephan Lutter

481
Citations
Consumption-based GHG emission accounting: a UK case study

John Barrett;Glen Philip Peters;Thomas Wiedmann;Kate Scott

443
Citations
Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 1: A technical note on combining input–output and ecological footprint analysis

Karen Turner;Manfred Lenzen;Thomas Wiedmann;John Barrett

417
Citations
Carbon footprints of cities and other human settlements in the UK

Jan Minx;Giovanni Baiocchi;Giovanni Baiocchi;Thomas Wiedmann;Thomas Wiedmann;John Barrett

388
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Manfred Lenzen University of Sydney

John Barrett University of Leeds

Jan Minx University of Leeds

Heinz Schandl Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Robert H. Crawford University of Melbourne

Daniel Moran Norwegian Institute for Air Research

Dabo Guan Tsinghua University

Richard Wood Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Karlheinz Ballschmiter University of Ulm

Stefan Giljum Vienna University of Economics and Business

External Links

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