David I. Stern

18.5k total citations · 6 hit papers
158 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

David I. Stern is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David I. Stern has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 59 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 31 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in David I. Stern's work include Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (56 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (44 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (28 papers). David I. Stern is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (56 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (44 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (28 papers). David I. Stern collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and United Kingdom. David I. Stern's co-authors include Michael Common, Edward B. Barbier, Robert K. Kaufmann, Zsuzsanna Csereklyei, Astrid Kander, Cutler J. Cleveland, Robert W. Snow, Simon I Hay, G. Dennis Shanks and Stephan B. Bruns and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

David I. Stern

146 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

The Rise and Fall of the Environmental Kuznets Curve

2004 2.6k citations David I. Stern World Development profile →
Economic growth and environmental degradation: The environmental Kuznets curve and sustainable development

1996 1.2k citations David I. Stern, Michael Common et al. World Development profile →
A multivariate cointegration analysis of the role of energy in the US macroeconomy

2000 637 citations David I. Stern profile →
Energy and economic growth in the USA

1993 606 citations David I. Stern profile →
Is There an Environmental Kuznets Curve for Sulfur?

2001 567 citations David I. Stern, Michael Common profile →
The environmental Kuznets curve after 25 years

2017 298 citations David I. Stern profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David I. Stern Australia	45	8.2k	4.6k	3.1k	1.4k	1.3k	158	11.7k
Richard Wood Norway	59	3.9k 0.5×	2.5k 0.5×	6.2k 2.0×	791 0.6×	978 0.8×	200	10.8k
J. Steinberger United Kingdom	50	2.4k 0.3×	2.3k 0.5×	3.0k 1.0×	910 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	97	10.7k
Ottmar Edenhofer Germany	64	7.4k 0.9×	4.9k 1.1×	4.0k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	3.0k 2.4×	271	15.6k
Michel den Elzen Netherlands	47	5.3k 0.6×	3.1k 0.7×	3.5k 1.1×	557 0.4×	3.4k 2.7×	163	11.3k
Munir Ahmad China	61	7.3k 0.9×	3.7k 0.8×	2.5k 0.8×	2.2k 1.6×	579 0.5×	166	10.6k
Daniel Moran Norway	46	4.0k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	5.8k 1.9×	595 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	105	9.8k
Eugene A. Rosa United States	39	4.9k 0.6×	2.3k 0.5×	2.6k 0.8×	829 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	78	10.3k
Jan C. Minx Germany	53	4.7k 0.6×	3.6k 0.8×	5.5k 1.8×	872 0.6×	2.6k 2.0×	126	13.8k
Anil Markandya Spain	44	3.2k 0.4×	1.4k 0.3×	924 0.3×	698 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	269	7.6k
Cameron Hepburn United Kingdom	43	4.1k 0.5×	2.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.5×	506 0.4×	1.4k 1.1×	119	9.1k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Simmons, George M., et al.. (2025). Psymple: A Python package for complex systems modelling. The Journal of Open Source Software. 10(109). 7364–7364.

Timilsina, Govinda R., David I. Stern, & Debasish Kumar Das. (2023). Physical infrastructure and economic growth. Applied Economics. 56(18). 2142–2157. 16 indexed citations

Lizin, Sebastien, et al.. (2020). Are biodiversity losses valued differently when they are caused by human activities? A meta-analysis of the non-use valuation literature. Environmental Research Letters. 15(7). 73003–73003. 16 indexed citations

Stern, David I., et al.. (2020). Designing electricity markets for high penetrations of zero or low marginal cost intermittent energy sources. The Electricity Journal. 33(9). 106847–106847. 29 indexed citations

Sánchez, Luis Enrique & David I. Stern. (2015). Drivers of Industrial and Non-Industrial Greenhouse Gas Emissions. SSRN Electronic Journal. 4 indexed citations

Stern, David I., Zsuzsanna Csereklyei, & Mar Rubio-Varas. (2014). Energy and Economic Growth: The Stylized Facts. 5 indexed citations

Ranz, Jules M., Michael Weinberg, Melissa R. Arbuckle, et al.. (2012). A Four Factor Model of Systems-Based Practices in Psychiatry. Academic Psychiatry. 36(6). 473–473. 11 indexed citations

Stern, David I.. (2011). The role of energy in economic growth. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1219(1). 26–51. 352 indexed citations

Stern, David I., Peter W. Gething, Caroline Kabaria, et al.. (2011). Temperature and Malaria Trends in Highland East Africa. PLoS ONE. 6(9). e24524–e24524. 85 indexed citations

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Liu, Shuang & David I. Stern. (2008). A Meta-Analysis of Contingent Valuation Studies in Coastal and Near-Shore Marine Ecosystems. Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich). 25 indexed citations

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Stern, David I.. (2005). Beyond the Environmental Kuznets Curve: Diffusion of Sulfur-Emissions-Abating Technology. The Journal of Environment & Development. 14(1). 101–124. 51 indexed citations

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Perman, Roger & David I. Stern. (2003). Evidence from panel unit root and cointegration tests that the Environmental Kuznets Curve does not exist. Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. 47(3). 325–347. 49 indexed citations

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Hay, Simon I, David J. Rogers, Sarah Randolph, et al.. (2002). Hot topic or hot air? Climate change and malaria resurgence in East African highlands. Trends in Parasitology. 18(12). 530–534. 124 indexed citations

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Hay, Simon I, Jonathan Cox, David J. Rogers, et al.. (2002). Climate change and the resurgence of malaria in the East African highlands. Nature. 415(6874). 905–909. 372 indexed citations

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Stern, David I.. (2001). The environmental Kuznets curve: a review. Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks. 12 indexed citations

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Stern, David I.. (1998). Progress on the environmental Kuznets curve?. Environment and Development Economics. 3(2). 173–196. 370 indexed citations

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Stern, David I., Michael Common, & Edward B. Barbier. (1996). Economic growth and environmental degradation: The environmental Kuznets curve and sustainable development. World Development. 24(7). 1151–1160. 1175 indexed citations breakdown →

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Stern, David I.. (1995). The contribution of the mining sector to sustainability in developing countries. Ecological Economics. 13(1). 53–63. 27 indexed citations

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Stern, David I., et al.. (1994). Economic Growth and Environmental Degradation: A Critique of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. AgEcon Search (University of Minnesota, USA). 65 indexed citations

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Stern, David I.. (1990). David Pears , The False Prison: A Study of the Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy, Volume II . Reviewed by. 10(2). 75–78. 1 indexed citations

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