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D-Index
35
Citations
5683
World Ranking
2946
National Ranking
346

Will McDowall publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Will McDowall sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 65 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Will McDowall D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Will McDowall sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 35 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Will McDowall is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Engineering, totaling 44 publications across these main fields. Subfields of study include Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's work engages with topics such as Climate Change Policy and Economics, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Integrated Energy Systems Optimization, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Environmental Sustainability in Business, and Innovation Policy and R&D.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Will McDowall include Panagiotis Fragkos, Evelina Trutnevyte, Michał Miedziński, Michael Grubb, and Paul Drummond.

Frequent publication venues for their research comprise SSRN Electronic Journal, Environmental Research Letters, Resources Conservation and Recycling, Energy, and Cleaner Environmental Systems.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Will McDowall are:

  • Exploring the possibility space: taking stock of the diverse capabilities and gaps in integrated assessment models (2021), Environmental Research Letters
  • The circular economy in China: Achievements, challenges and potential implications for decarbonisation (2022), Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Induced innovation in energy technologies and systems: a review of evidence and potential implications for CO2 mitigation (2021), Environmental Research Letters
  • Narrative-driven alternative roads to achieve mid-century CO2 net neutrality in Europe (2021), Energy
  • How circular are plastics in the EU?: MFA of plastics in the EU and pathways to circularity (2020), Cleaner Environmental Systems

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen and fuel cell technologies for heating: A review

    Paul E. Dodds;Iain Staffell;Adam D. Hawkes;Francis Li

  • Circular Economy Policies in China and Europe

    Will McDowall;Yong-Jian Geng;Beijia Huang;Eva Bartekova;Eva Bartekova

  • Forecasts, scenarios, visions, backcasts and roadmaps to the hydrogen economy: A review of the hydrogen futures literature

    William McDowall;Malcolm Eames

  • Exploring the possibility space: taking stock of the diverse capabilities and gaps in integrated assessment models

    I. Keppo;I. Keppo;I. Butnar;N. Bauer;M. Caspani

  • Negotiating contested visions and place-specific expectations of the hydrogen economy

    Malcolm Eames;William Mcdowall;Mike Hodson;Simon Marvin

  • Towards a sustainable hydrogen economy: A multi-criteria sustainability appraisal of competing hydrogen futures

    William McDowall;Malcolm Eames

  • Decarbonising road transport with hydrogen and electricity: Long term global technology learning scenarios

    Gabrial Anandarajah;Will McDowall;Paul Ekins

  • Technology roadmaps for transition management: The case of hydrogen energy

    Will McDowall

  • Circular economy scientific knowledge in the European Union and China: A bibliometric, network and survey analysis (2006-2016)

    Serdar Türkeli;René Kemp;Beijia Huang;Raimund Bleischwitz

  • The future of the UK gas network

    Paul E. Dodds;Will McDowall

  • Induced innovation in energy technologies and systems: a review of evidence and potential implications for CO2 mitigation

    Michael Grubb;Paul Drummond;Alexandra Poncia;Will McDowall

  • The foundations of the environmental rebound effect and its contribution towards a general framework

    D. Font Vivanco;W. McDowall;J. Freire-González;R. Kemp

  • Energy model, boundary object and societal lens: 35 years of the MARKAL model in the UK

    Peter G. Taylor;Paul Upham;Will McDowall;David Christopherson

  • Is the optimal decarbonization pathway influenced by indirect emissions? Incorporating indirect life-cycle carbon dioxide emissions into a European TIMES model

    Will McDowall;Baltazar Solano Rodriguez;Arkaitz Usubiaga;José Acosta Fernández

  • The importance of economies of scale, transport costs and demand patterns in optimising hydrogen fuelling infrastructure: An exploration with SHIPMod (Spatial hydrogen infrastructure planning model)

    Paolo Agnolucci;Ozlem Akgul;William McDowall;Lazaros G. Papageorgiou

  • Narrative-driven alternative roads to achieve mid-century CO2 net neutrality in Europe

    Renato Dias Bleasby Rodrigues;Robert C. Pietzcker;Panagiotis Fragkos;James Price

  • Review of the development of China's Eco-industrial Park standard system

    Beijia Huang;Geng Yong;Juan Zhao;Teresa Domenech

  • How circular are plastics in the EU?: MFA of plastics in the EU and pathways to circularity

    Wan-Ting Hsu;Teresa Domenech;Will McDowall

  • The development of wind power in China, Europe and the USA: how have policies and innovation system activities co-evolved?

    William McDowall;Paul Ekins;Slavo Radosevic;Le-yin Zhang

  • Accuracy, comprehensibility, and use of material safety data sheets: a review.

    Anne-Marie Nicol;A. Christie Hurrell;Desy Wahyuni;William McDowall

  • Technological change in niches: Auxiliary Power Units and the hydrogen economy

    Paolo Agnolucci;William McDowall

Frequent Co-Authors

Raimund Bleischwitz
Raimund Bleischwitz University College London
Paolo Agnolucci
Paolo Agnolucci University College London
Paul Ekins
Paul Ekins University College London
René Kemp
René Kemp Maastricht University
Michael Grubb
Michael Grubb University College London
Lazaros G. Papageorgiou
Lazaros G. Papageorgiou University College London
Adam Hawkes
Adam Hawkes Imperial College London
Edward S. Rubin
Edward S. Rubin Carnegie Mellon University
Iain Staffell
Iain Staffell Imperial College London
Yong Geng
Yong Geng Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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