Αλέξανδρος Νίκας

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Αλέξανδρος Νίκας is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Αλέξανδρος Νίκας has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 26 papers in Environmental Engineering and 20 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Αλέξανδρος Νίκας's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (25 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (22 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers). Αλέξανδρος Νίκας is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (25 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (22 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers). Αλέξανδρος Νίκας collaborates with scholars based in Greece, United Kingdom and Spain. Αλέξανδρος Νίκας's co-authors include Haris Doukas, Konstantinos Koasidis, Ajay Gambhir, Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, Aikaterini Forouli, Jenny Lieu, Jan Witajewski-Baltvilks, Georgios Xexakis, Alexandros Flamos and Mikel González‐Eguino and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Αλέξανδρος Νίκας

67 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Energy and socioeconomic system transformation through a decade of IPCC-assessed scenarios

2025 16 citations Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, Shivika Mittal et al. Nature Climate Change profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Αλέξανδρος Νίκας Greece	25	624	462	442	360	313	73	1.9k
Heracles Polatidis Greece	17	399 0.6×	336 0.7×	476 1.1×	259 0.7×	121 0.4×	46	1.5k
Dias Haralambopoulos Greece	20	406 0.7×	440 1.0×	478 1.1×	281 0.8×	129 0.4×	48	1.8k
Yasin Sunak Germany	10	453 0.7×	301 0.7×	279 0.6×	234 0.7×	173 0.6×	11	1.3k
Magdalena Tutak Poland	32	587 0.9×	357 0.8×	260 0.6×	225 0.6×	115 0.4×	107	2.5k
Jarosław Brodny Poland	34	582 0.9×	358 0.8×	266 0.6×	223 0.6×	113 0.4×	143	2.8k
Lena Neij Sweden	24	713 1.1×	655 1.4×	346 0.8×	422 1.2×	415 1.3×	74	2.3k
Yihan Wang China	26	863 1.4×	533 1.2×	633 1.4×	185 0.5×	136 0.4×	129	2.5k
Kathleen B. Aviso Philippines	36	353 0.6×	431 0.9×	850 1.9×	467 1.3×	131 0.4×	235	4.1k
Ali Kharrazi Austria	26	377 0.6×	226 0.5×	622 1.4×	262 0.7×	351 1.1×	71	1.9k
Émile Chappin Netherlands	27	501 0.8×	474 1.0×	229 0.5×	654 1.8×	393 1.3×	98	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Αλέξανδρος Νίκας

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Αλέξανδρος Νίκας

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ven, Dirk-Jan Van de, Shivika Mittal, Αλέξανδρος Νίκας, et al.. (2025). Energy and socioeconomic system transformation through a decade of IPCC-assessed scenarios. Nature Climate Change. 15(2). 218–226. 16 indexed citations breakdown →

Sampedro, Jon, Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, Russell Horowitz, et al.. (2024). Energy system analysis of cutting off Russian gas supply to the European Union. Energy Strategy Reviews. 54. 101450–101450. 6 indexed citations

Campagnolo, Lorenza, Baptiste Boitier, Αλέξανδρος Νίκας, et al.. (2024). The impacts of decarbonization pathways on Sustainable Development Goals in the European Union. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 19 indexed citations

Süsser, Diana, Georgios Xexakis, Evelina Trutnevyte, et al.. (2024). Advancing participatory energy systems modelling. Energy Strategy Reviews. 52. 101319–101319. 18 indexed citations

Νίκας, Αλέξανδρος. (2024). Projecting progress in sustainable development goals vis-à-vis climate action in climate-economy models. PLOS Climate. 3(7). e0000449–e0000449. 1 indexed citations

Koasidis, Konstantinos, et al.. (2023). Equipment- and Time-Constrained Data Acquisition Protocol for Non-Intrusive Appliance Load Monitoring. Energies. 16(21). 7315–7315. 2 indexed citations

Ven, Dirk-Jan Van de, Shivika Mittal, Ajay Gambhir, et al.. (2023). A multimodel analysis of post-Glasgow climate targets and feasibility challenges. Nature Climate Change. 13(6). 570–578. 53 indexed citations

Широв, А. А., A. Yu. Kolpakov, Ajay Gambhir, et al.. (2023). Stakeholder-driven scenario analysis of ambitious decarbonisation of the Russian economy. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100055–100055. 9 indexed citations

Wachsmuth, Jakob, Philine Warnke, Ajay Gambhir, et al.. (2023). Co-creating socio-technical scenarios for net-zero emission pathways: Comparison of five national case studies. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4. 100064–100064. 12 indexed citations

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Koasidis, Konstantinos, et al.. (2023). A stakeholder-informed modelling study of Greece's energy transition amidst an energy crisis: The role of natural gas and climate ambition. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 100049–100049. 25 indexed citations

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Gambhir, Ajay & Αλέξανδρος Νίκας. (2023). Seven key principles for assessing emerging low-carbon technological opportunities for climate change mitigation action. PLOS Climate. 2(7). e0000235–e0000235. 2 indexed citations

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Pappis, Ioannis, et al.. (2023). A multicriteria modeling approach for evaluating power generation scenarios under uncertainty: The case of green hydrogen in Greece. Energy Strategy Reviews. 50. 101233–101233. 13 indexed citations

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Xexakis, Georgios, et al.. (2023). In-Cognitive: A web-based Python application for fuzzy cognitive map design, simulation, and uncertainty analysis based on the Monte Carlo method. SoftwareX. 23. 101513–101513. 3 indexed citations

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Ven, Dirk-Jan Van de, Αλέξανδρος Νίκας, Konstantinos Koasidis, et al.. (2022). COVID-19 recovery packages can benefit climate targets and clean energy jobs, but scale of impacts and optimal investment portfolios differ among major economies. One Earth. 5(9). 1042–1054. 20 indexed citations

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Sognnæs, Ida, Ajay Gambhir, Dirk-Jan Van de Ven, et al.. (2021). A multi-model analysis of long-term emissions and warming implications of current mitigation efforts. Nature Climate Change. 11(12). 1055–1062. 92 indexed citations

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Νίκας, Αλέξανδρος, Jenny Lieu, Alevgül H. Şorman, et al.. (2020). The desirability of transitions in demand: Incorporating behavioural and societal transformations into energy modelling. Energy Research & Social Science. 70. 101780–101780. 50 indexed citations

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Νίκας, Αλέξανδρος, et al.. (2020). A predictive model and country risk assessment for COVID-19: An application of the Limited Failure Population concept. Chaos Solitons & Fractals. 140. 110240–110240. 4 indexed citations

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Ven, Dirk-Jan Van de, Jon Sampedro, Francis X. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Integrated policy assessment and optimisation over multiple sustainable development goals in Eastern Africa. Environmental Research Letters. 14(9). 94001–94001. 26 indexed citations

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Forouli, Aikaterini, Haris Doukas, Αλέξανδρος Νίκας, Jon Sampedro, & Dirk-Jan Van de Ven. (2019). Identifying optimal technological portfolios for European power generation towards climate change mitigation: A robust portfolio analysis approach. Utilities Policy. 57. 33–42. 21 indexed citations

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Νίκας, Αλέξανδρος, et al.. (2018). A group decision making tool for assessing climate policy risks against multiple criteria. Institutional Repository University of Extremadura (University of Extremadura). 110 indexed citations

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