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D-Index
42
Citations
13908
World Ranking
5425
National Ranking
349

William E. Rees publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William E. Rees sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 533+

This scientist: 111 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 533 publications or more.

William E. Rees D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where William E. Rees sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 122+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 122 D-Index or more.

Overview

William E. Rees is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Environmental Science, Energy, and Social Sciences, with a notable focus on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Sociology and Political Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Global Energy and Sustainability Research, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems, Climate Change Communication and Perception, Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy, Energy and Environment Impacts, and Climate Change and Geoengineering.

Among recent publications attributed to them is "The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major 'Population Correction' Is Inevitable" published in 2023 in the journal World. Other notable recent papers in which they are involved, either as author or co-authored work in their research community, include:

  • "Through the Eye of a Needle: An Eco-Heterodox Perspective on the Renewable Energy Transition" (2021, Energies)
  • "World scientists' warning: The behavioural crisis driving ecological overshoot" (2023, Science Progress)
  • "Scientists' warning on population" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "World scientists' warnings into action, local to global" (2021, Science Progress)

William E. Rees frequently collaborates with a group of researchers marking multiple co-authored publications. Key collaborators include Megan K. Seibert, Phoebe Barnard, Christopher J. Rhodes, William J. Ripple, and Marie Vigier.

Their work has appeared repeatedly in journals such as:

  • Energies
  • Science Progress
  • The Journal of Population and Sustainability
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: what urban economics leaves out:

    William E. Rees

  • Our ecological footprint

    Mathis Wackernagel;William Rees

  • Perceptual and structural barriers to investing in natural capital: Economics from an ecological footprint perspective

    Mathis Wackernagel;William E. Rees

  • Urban ecological footprints: Why cities cannot be sustainable—And why they are a key to sustainability

    William Rees;Mathis Wackernagel

  • Revisiting Carrying Capacity: Area-Based Indicators of Sustainability

    William E. Rees

  • A research agenda for improving national Ecological Footprint accounts

    Justin Kitzes;Alessandro Galli;Marco Bagliani;John Barrett

  • Achieving Sustainability: Reform or Transformation?

    William E. Rees

  • Bird communities and the structure of urban habitats

    Richard K. Lancaster;William E. Rees

  • The ecology of sustainable development.

    W. E. Rees

  • The built environment and the ecosphere: a global perspective

    William E. Rees

  • Urban ecosystems: the human dimension

    William E. Rees

  • What’s blocking sustainability? Human nature, cognition, and denial

    William Rees

  • Is 'sustainable city' an oxymoron?

    William E. Rees

  • Globalization and Sustainability: Conflict or Convergence?

    William E. Rees

  • An urban metabolism and ecological footprint assessment of Metro Vancouver.

    Jennie Moore;Meidad Kissinger;Meidad Kissinger;William E. Rees

  • Economic development and environmental protection: an ecological economics perspective.

    William E. Rees

  • SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: PLANNING FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

    W E Rees;M Roseland

  • Ecological Footprints and Biocapacity: Essential Elements in Sustainability Assessment

    William E. Rees

  • The ecological crisis and self-delusion: implications for the building sector

    William E. Rees

  • A role for environmental assessment in achieving sustainable development

    William E. Rees

Frequent Co-Authors

Mathis Wackernagel
Mathis Wackernagel Technical University of Munich
Herman E. Daly
Herman E. Daly University of Maryland, College Park
Alessandro Galli
Alessandro Galli University of Siena
Megan K. Levings
Megan K. Levings University of British Columbia
Thomas Wiedmann
Thomas Wiedmann University of New South Wales
John Barrett
John Barrett University of Leeds
Manfred Lenzen
Manfred Lenzen University of Sydney
Daniel Moran
Daniel Moran Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Stefan Giljum
Stefan Giljum Vienna University of Economics and Business
Helmut Haberl
Helmut Haberl BOKU University

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