Cameron Allen

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Cameron Allen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Cameron Allen has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 8 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Cameron Allen's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (12 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (9 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 papers). Cameron Allen is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (12 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (9 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (7 papers). Cameron Allen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and Sweden. Cameron Allen's co-authors include Thomas Wiedmann, Graciela Metternicht, Shirin Malekpour, Matteo Pedercini, John Thwaites, Michael Reid, Gail Broadbent, Tahl Kestin, Åsa Persson and Thérèse Bennich and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Cameron Allen

29 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

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

2018 425 citations Cameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al. Sustainability Science profile →
Prioritising SDG targets: assessing baselines, gaps and interlinkages

2018 276 citations Cameron Allen, Graciela Metternicht et al. Sustainability Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cameron Allen Australia	19	492	487	462	328	240	32	1.9k
Erling Holden Norway	20	388 0.8×	404 0.8×	377 0.8×	282 0.9×	377 1.6×	39	2.2k
Hans Bressers Netherlands	29	529 1.1×	318 0.7×	535 1.2×	305 0.9×	190 0.8×	112	2.4k
Svatava Janoušková Czechia	13	336 0.7×	730 1.5×	410 0.9×	255 0.8×	369 1.5×	29	2.3k
Kristin Linnerud Norway	20	261 0.5×	326 0.7×	429 0.9×	147 0.4×	160 0.7×	36	1.8k
Tomáš Hák Czechia	18	365 0.7×	791 1.6×	505 1.1×	504 1.5×	413 1.7×	33	2.6k
Ben Milligan United Kingdom	15	494 1.0×	388 0.8×	394 0.9×	314 1.0×	114 0.5×	39	1.9k
Longyu Shi China	23	558 1.1×	241 0.5×	504 1.1×	577 1.8×	240 1.0×	80	1.9k
Andrew L. Fanning United Kingdom	7	371 0.8×	410 0.8×	420 0.9×	413 1.3×	84 0.3×	10	1.7k
Guizhen He China	28	276 0.6×	256 0.5×	511 1.1×	233 0.7×	154 0.6×	68	2.2k
Mélanie Pichler Austria	16	384 0.8×	213 0.4×	411 0.9×	338 1.0×	81 0.3×	41	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Cameron Allen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cameron Allen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cameron Allen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cameron Allen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cameron Allen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Cameron Allen. Cameron Allen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Allen, Cameron, Shirin Malekpour, Åsa Persson, & Thérèse Bennich. (2025). Accelerating progress on the SDGs: Policy guidance from the global modeling literature. One Earth. 8(6). 101286–101286. 1 indexed citations

Malekpour, Shirin, Rob Raven, Cameron Allen, et al.. (2024). Transformative localization to accelerate the 2030 Agenda. Nature Sustainability. 7(5). 516–518. 3 indexed citations

Allen, Cameron, et al.. (2024). Modelling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers, and interlinkages. Nature Communications. 15(1). 594–594. 11 indexed citations

Allen, Cameron & Shirin Malekpour. (2023). Unlocking and accelerating transformations to the SDGs: a review of existing knowledge. Sustainability Science. 18(4). 1939–1960. 24 indexed citations

Malekpour, Shirin, Cameron Allen, Ambuj Sagar, et al.. (2023). What scientists need to do to accelerate progress on the SDGs. Nature. 621(7978). 250–254. 49 indexed citations

Allen, Cameron, Shirin Malekpour, & Michael Mintrom. (2023). Cross‐scale, cross‐level and multi‐actor governance of transformations toward the Sustainable Development Goals: A review of common challenges and solutions. Sustainable Development. 31(3). 1250–1267. 32 indexed citations

Bennich, Thérèse, et al.. (2023). Recurring patterns of SDG interlinkages and how they can advance the 2030 Agenda. One Earth. 6(11). 1465–1476. 49 indexed citations

Allen, Cameron, et al.. (2022). Optimistic Initialization for Exploration in Continuous Control. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. 36(7). 7612–7619. 2 indexed citations

Broadbent, Gail, Cameron Allen, Thomas Wiedmann, & Graciela Metternicht. (2022). The role of electric vehicles in decarbonising Australia’s road transport sector: modelling ambitious scenarios. Energy Policy. 168. 113144–113144. 37 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, Graciela Metternicht, & Thomas Wiedmann. (2021). Priorities for science to support national implementation of the sustainable development goals: A review of progress and gaps. Sustainable Development. 29(4). 635–652. 90 indexed citations

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Wiedmann, Thomas & Cameron Allen. (2021). City footprints and SDGs provide untapped potential for assessing city sustainability. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3758–3758. 113 indexed citations

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Broadbent, Gail, Cameron Allen, Thomas Wiedmann, & Graciela Metternicht. (2021). Accelerating Electric Vehicle Uptake: Modelling Public Policy Options on Prices and Infrastructure. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, Graciela Metternicht, Thomas Wiedmann, & Matteo Pedercini. (2021). Modelling national transformations to achieve the SDGs within planetary boundaries in small island developing states. Global Sustainability. 4. 18 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, et al.. (2020). Delivering an enabling environment and multiple benefits for land degradation neutrality: Stakeholder perceptions and progress. Environmental Science & Policy. 114. 109–118. 19 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, Graciela Metternicht, Thomas Wiedmann, & Matteo Pedercini. (2019). Greater gains for Australia by tackling all SDGs but the last steps will be the most challenging. Nature Sustainability. 2(11). 1041–1050. 89 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, et al.. (2019). Assessing national progress and priorities for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): experience from Australia. Sustainability Science. 15(2). 521–538. 106 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, Graciela Metternicht, & Thomas Wiedmann. (2018). Initial progress in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): a review of evidence from countries. Sustainability Science. 13(5). 1453–1467. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Allen, Cameron, Graciela Metternicht, & Thomas Wiedmann. (2017). An Iterative Framework for National Scenario Modelling for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Sustainable Development. 25(5). 372–385. 52 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, et al.. (2017). Indicator-based assessments of progress towards the sustainable development goals (SDGs): a case study from the Arab region. Sustainability Science. 12(6). 975–989. 124 indexed citations

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Allen, Cameron, Graciela Metternicht, & Thomas Wiedmann. (2016). National pathways to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): A comparative review of scenario modelling tools. Environmental Science & Policy. 66. 199–207. 236 indexed citations

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