Chauncey Starr

4.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Chauncey Starr is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Sociology and Political Science and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. According to data from OpenAlex, Chauncey Starr has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 5 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality. Recurrent topics in Chauncey Starr's work include Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers), Risk Perception and Management (5 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (4 papers). Chauncey Starr is often cited by papers focused on Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers), Risk Perception and Management (5 papers) and Nuclear and radioactivity studies (4 papers). Chauncey Starr collaborates with scholars based in United States and Japan. Chauncey Starr's co-authors include Chris Whipple, Thomas J. Overbye, P. M. Grant, Robert Dickinson, S. Fred Singer, Roger Revelle, Bertram D. Wolfe, N.E. Todreas, E.L. Zebroski and John J. Taylor and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Management Science.

In The Last Decade

Chauncey Starr

32 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chauncey Starr United States	13	887	326	186	165	130	35	1.6k
H.J. Otway Italy	18	932 1.1×	284 0.9×	154 0.8×	83 0.5×	129 1.0×	50	1.4k
Stephen Read United States	3	1.4k 1.6×	248 0.8×	223 1.2×	139 0.8×	178 1.4×	7	1.9k
Ragnar E. Löfstedt United Kingdom	29	1.6k 1.8×	168 0.5×	302 1.6×	357 2.2×	380 2.9×	139	2.9k
Andreas Klinke Canada	19	785 0.9×	167 0.5×	403 2.2×	126 0.8×	231 1.8×	38	1.6k
Martin Peterson United States	18	562 0.6×	104 0.3×	150 0.8×	163 1.0×	88 0.7×	97	1.5k
Gene I. Rochlin United States	19	376 0.4×	307 0.9×	131 0.7×	62 0.4×	72 0.6×	50	1.7k
Jeryl L. Mumpower United States	18	476 0.5×	109 0.3×	72 0.4×	189 1.1×	81 0.6×	61	1.3k
Dominic Golding United States	8	811 0.9×	98 0.3×	280 1.5×	86 0.5×	206 1.6×	12	1.3k
Åsa Boholm Sweden	18	835 0.9×	90 0.3×	188 1.0×	55 0.3×	135 1.0×	39	1.5k
Per Sandin Sweden	14	479 0.5×	80 0.2×	158 0.8×	79 0.5×	123 0.9×	47	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Chauncey Starr

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chauncey Starr

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chauncey Starr

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Grant, P. M., Chauncey Starr, & Thomas J. Overbye. (2006). A Power Grid for the Hydrogen Economy. Scientific American. 295(1). 76–83. 14 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (2003). The Precautionary Principle Versus Risk Analysis. Risk Analysis. 23(1). 1–3. 42 indexed citations

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Koch, L.J., John Simpson, Chauncey Starr, et al.. (2002). Nuclear Power Plants and Their Fuel as Terrorist Targets. Science. 297(5589). 1997–1999. 14 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (2001). Hypothetical Fears and Quantitative Risk Analysis. Risk Analysis. 21(5). 803–803. 6 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (2000). The Ultimate Uncertainty — Intergenerational Planning. Risk Analysis. 20(6). 793–800. 1 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (2000). Powerful reactions. Nature. 406(6797). 679–679. 1 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1995). A Personal History: Technology to Energy Strategy. Annual Review of Energy and the Environment. 20(1). 31–44. 1 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1993). Atmospheric CO2 residence time and the carbon cycle. Energy. 18(12). 1297–1310. 14 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1993). Global energy and electricity futures. Energy. 18(3). 225–237. 8 indexed citations

10.

Singer, S. Fred, Roger Revelle, & Chauncey Starr. (1992). What To Do about Greenhouse Warming: Look Before You Leap. 7 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1985). Risk Management, Assessment, and Acceptability¹². Risk Analysis. 5(2). 97–102. 48 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1984). Uranium Power and Horizontal Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Science. 224(4652). 952–957. 3 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1983). The Electric Power Research Institute. Science. 219(4589). 1190–1194. 40 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1982). Electricity and Social Change. IEEE Power Engineering Review. PER-2(4). 10–11.

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Starr, Chauncey. (1981). Risk Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants: A Pragmatic Proposal¹. Risk Analysis. 1(2). 113–120. 12 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey, et al.. (1979). Economic growth, employment and energy. Energy Policy. 7(1). 2–22. 6 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey, et al.. (1977). Is Sweden More Energy-Efficient?. Science. 196(4286). 121–122. 2 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey, et al.. (1976). Philosophical Basis for Risk Analysis. Annual Review of Energy. 1(1). 629–662. 102 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey. (1972). Waste Storage. Science. 177(4051). 744–745. 1 indexed citations

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Starr, Chauncey & Robert Dickinson. (1958). Sodium graphite reactors. CERN Document Server (European Organization for Nuclear Research). 5 indexed citations

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