H. Damon Matthews

17.3k citations

142 papers · 9.3k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 47

Global and Planetary Change top 0.2%
Economics and Econometrics top 0.2%
Atmospheric Science top 1%
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 1%
Environmental Engineering top 0.5%

Co-authors: Ken Caldeira Kirsten Zickfeld Steven J. Davis Nathan P. Gillett Andrew J. Weaver Hashem Akbari Peter A. Stott Michael Eby
Topics: Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (72 papers)Climate Change Policy and Economics (48 papers)Climate variability and models (36 papers)
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Atmospheric Science Environmental Engineering
Journals: Nature Science Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Partner nations: Canada United States United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

H. Damon Matthews

136 papers receiving 9.0k 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.

Future CO ₂ Emissions and Climate Change from Existing Energy Infrastructure

2010 1.1k citations H. Damon Matthews et al. Science profile →
The proportionality of global warming to cumulative carbon emissions

2009 812 citations H. Damon Matthews, Nathan P. Gillett et al. profile →
The UVic earth system climate model: Model description, climatology, and applications to past, present and future climates

2001 579 citations Michael Eby, H. Damon Matthews et al. profile →
Emission budgets and pathways consistent with limiting warming to 1.5 °C

2017 385 citations Joeri Rogelj, H. Damon Matthews et al. profile →
Current global efforts are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°C

2022 302 citations H. Damon Matthews, Seth Wynes Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of H. Damon Matthews

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Environmental impact and net-zero pathways for sustainable artificial intelligence servers in the USA 2025 ·Nature Sustainability ·(unknown),Francesco Fuso Nerini,H. Damon Matthews,Massimo Tavoni,Fengqi You	1
2	Does the purchase of voluntary renewable energy certificates lead to emission reductions? A review of studies quantifying the impact 2024 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·(unknown),Matthew Brander,Shannon M. Lloyd,Dogan Keles,H. Damon Matthews,Anders Bjørn	9
3	Digitizing nature Gaia’s Web Karen Bakker MIT Press, 2024. 288 pp. 2024 ·Science ·Jennifer Garard,H. Damon Matthews	1
4	Differentiation of greenhouse gases in corporate science-based targets improves alignment with Paris temperature goal 2023 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Anders Bjørn,Shannon M. Lloyd,Urs Schenker,Manuele Margni,Annie Levasseur,(unknown),H. Damon Matthews	6
5	Mothers of disabled infants had higher cortisol levels in a free‐ranging group of Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) 2023 ·American Journal of Primatology ·Sarah E. Turner,Linda M. Fedigan,(unknown),H. Damon Matthews,(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),(unknown),Keiko Shimizu	2
6	Accounting for the climate benefit of temporary carbon storage in nature 2023 ·Nature Communications ·H. Damon Matthews,Kirsten Zickfeld,Alexander Koch,Amy Luers	36
7	Using cumulative carbon budgets and corporate carbon disclosure to inform ambitious corporate emissions targets and long‐term mitigation pathways 2022 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·(unknown),Shannon M. Lloyd,Anders Bjørn,Raymond L. Paquin,Nadine Mengis,H. Damon Matthews	10
8	Renewable energy certificates allow companies to overstate their emission reductions 2022 ·Nature Climate Change ·Anders Bjørn,Shannon M. Lloyd,Matthew Brander,H. Damon Matthews	14
9	Reply to Comment on ‘From the Paris Agreement to corporate climate commitments: evaluation of seven methods for setting “science-based” emission targets’ 2022 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Anders Bjørn,Shannon M. Lloyd,H. Damon Matthews	6
10	Current global efforts are insufficient to limit warming to 1.5°Cbreakdown → 2022 ·Science ·H. Damon Matthews,Seth Wynes	302
11	Estimating the Likelihood of GHG Concentration Scenarios From Probabilistic Integrated Assessment Model Simulations 2022 ·Earth s Future ·David Huard,Jeremy Fyke,Iñigo Capellán‐Pérez,H. Damon Matthews,Antti‐Ilari Partanen	21
12	An integrated approach to quantifying uncertainties in the remaining carbon budget 2021 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·H. Damon Matthews,Katarzyna Tokarska,Joeri Rogelj,Chris Smith,Andrew H. MacDougall,Karsten Haustein,Nadine Mengis,Sebastian Sippel,Piers Forster,Reto Knutti	73
13	Asymmetry in the climate-carbon cycle response to positive and negative CO2 emissions 2020 ·Kirsten Zickfeld,(unknown),H. Damon Matthews	2
14	Is there warming in the pipeline? A multi-model analysis of the zero emission commitment from CO2 2020 ·Andrew H. MacDougall,Thomas L. Frölicher,Chris Jones,Joeri Rogelj,H. Damon Matthews,Kirsten Zickfeld,(unknown)	2
15	The Zero Emissions Commitment Model Intercomparison Project (ZECMIP) contribution to C4MIP: quantifying committed climate changes following zero carbon emissions 2019 ·Geoscientific model development ·Chris Jones,Thomas L. Frölicher,Charles D. Koven,Andrew H. MacDougall,H. Damon Matthews,Kirsten Zickfeld,Joeri Rogelj,Katarzyna Tokarska,Nathan P. Gillett,Tatiana Ilyina,Malte Meinshausen,Nadine Mengis,Roland Séférian,Michael Eby,Friedrich A. Burger	69
16	Focus on cumulative emissions, global carbon budgets and the implications for climate mitigation targets 2017 ·Environmental Research Letters ·H. Damon Matthews,Kirsten Zickfeld,Reto Knutti,Myles Allen	94
17	Non-deforestation fire vs. fossil fuel combustion: the source of CO ₂ emissions affects the global carbon cycle and climate responses 2016 ·Biogeosciences ·Jean‐Sébastien Landry,H. Damon Matthews	46
18	Assessing the impact of late Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions on global vegetation and climate 2013 ·(unknown),Lawrence A. Mysak,H. Damon Matthews,(unknown)	2
19	Cumulative carbon as a policy framework for achieving climate stabilization 2012 ·Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences ·H. Damon Matthews,Susan Solomon,Raymond T. Pierrehumbert	94
20	Transient simulations of historical climate change including interactive carbon emissions from land-use change. 2009 ·EGUGA ·Alex Matveev,H. Damon Matthews	1

About H. Damon Matthews

H. Damon Matthews is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Developmental Biology, having authored 142 papers that have together received 9.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (72 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (48 papers) and Climate variability and models (36 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (4.6k citations), Atmospheric Science (2.3k citations) and Environmental Engineering (1.6k citations). H. Damon Matthews has collaborated with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Ken Caldeira, Kirsten Zickfeld, Steven J. Davis, Nathan P. Gillett, Andrew J. Weaver, Hashem Akbari, Peter A. Stott, Michael Eby, Katrin J. Meißner and Myles Allen. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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