Hannes Böttcher

4.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
55 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Hannes Böttcher is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hannes Böttcher has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Environmental Engineering, 23 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 11 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Hannes Böttcher's work include Forest Management and Policy (20 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (17 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (10 papers). Hannes Böttcher is often cited by papers focused on Forest Management and Policy (20 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (17 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (10 papers). Hannes Böttcher collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Netherlands. Hannes Böttcher's co-authors include Peter Havlík, Michael Obersteiner, Georg Kindermann, Steffen Fritz, Erwin Schmid, Aline Mosnier, Florian Kraxner, Uwe A. Schneider, Stefan Frank and Rastislav Skalský and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Global Change Biology and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Hannes Böttcher

51 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Global land-use implications of first and second generation biofuel targets

2010 547 citations Peter Havlík, Erwin Schmid et al. profile →
Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions

2014 405 citations Peter Havlík, Hugo Valin et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hannes Böttcher Austria	24	987	741	535	506	445	55	2.7k
Tim Beringer Germany	21	1.3k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	894 1.7×	606 1.2×	559 1.3×	32	3.9k
Timothy D. Searchinger United States	26	1.4k 1.4×	956 1.3×	477 0.9×	1.0k 2.0×	512 1.2×	41	5.5k
Omar Masera Mexico	40	1.3k 1.3×	613 0.8×	507 0.9×	478 0.9×	278 0.6×	89	5.7k
Peter Hawthorne United States	17	1.3k 1.3×	776 1.0×	526 1.0×	740 1.5×	1.4k 3.1×	28	4.0k
Aline Mosnier Austria	25	1.1k 1.1×	725 1.0×	737 1.4×	1.3k 2.5×	426 1.0×	63	3.4k
Christian Lauk Austria	24	1.1k 1.1×	1.1k 1.5×	398 0.7×	848 1.7×	206 0.5×	44	3.7k
Nicklas Forsell Austria	25	853 0.9×	690 0.9×	706 1.3×	161 0.3×	250 0.6×	82	2.1k
Puneet Dwivedi United States	26	884 0.9×	375 0.5×	308 0.6×	164 0.3×	464 1.0×	139	2.3k
Miguel Brandão Sweden	34	653 0.7×	1.9k 2.5×	508 0.9×	781 1.5×	580 1.3×	77	3.8k
Birka Wicke Netherlands	25	511 0.5×	768 1.0×	256 0.5×	723 1.4×	1.0k 2.3×	54	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Hannes Böttcher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hannes Böttcher

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chiti, Tommaso, Jens Abildtrup, Hannes Böttcher, et al.. (2025). A review of forest management practices potentially suitable for carbon farming in European forests. Journal of Environmental Management. 398. 128391–128391.

Soimakallio, Sampo, et al.. (2022). Closing an open balance: The impact of increased tree harvest on forest carbon. GCB Bioenergy. 14(8). 989–1000. 31 indexed citations

Fehrenbach, Horst, et al.. (2022). The Missing Limb: Including Impacts of Biomass Extraction on Forest Carbon Stocks in Greenhouse Gas Balances of Wood Use. Forests. 13(3). 365–365. 12 indexed citations

Schneider, Lambert, et al.. (2022). Visibility of carbon market approaches in greenhouse gas inventories. Carbon Management. 13(1). 279–293. 2 indexed citations

Bringezu, Stefan, Martin Distelkamp, Christian Lutz, et al.. (2021). Environmental and socioeconomic footprints of the German bioeconomy. Nature Sustainability. 4(9). 775–783. 40 indexed citations

Romijn, Erika, Veronique De Sy, Martin Herold, et al.. (2018). Independent data for transparent monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions from the land use sector – What do stakeholders think and need?. Environmental Science & Policy. 85. 101–112. 23 indexed citations

Forsell, Nicklas, Anu Korosuo, Pekka Lauri, et al.. (2016). Follow-up study on impacts on resource efficiency of future EU demand for bioenergy (ReceBio follow-up). IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis).

Forsell, Nicklas, Anu Korosuo, Peter Havlík, et al.. (2016). Study on impacts on resource efficiency of future EU demand for bioenergy (ReceBio). Final report. 3 indexed citations

Repo, Anna, Hannes Böttcher, Georg Kindermann, & Jari Liski. (2014). Sustainability of forest bioenergy in Europe: land‐use‐related carbon dioxide emissions of forest harvest residues. GCB Bioenergy. 7(4). 877–887. 27 indexed citations

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Capros, Pantélis, Alessia De Vita, Nikolaos Tasios, et al.. (2013). EU Energy, Transport and GHG Emissions Trends to 2050 - Reference Scenario 2013. PubMed Central. 217 indexed citations

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Panoutsou, Calliope, Ausilio Bauen, Hannes Böttcher, et al.. (2013). Biomass Futures: an integrated approach for estimating the future contribution of biomass value chains to the European energy system and inform future policy formation. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 7(2). 106–114. 8 indexed citations

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Beltrán, Angelica Mendoza, et al.. (2013). Analysing the options and impacts of including REDD credits in carbon markets. 1 indexed citations

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Uslu, Ayla, Joost N. P. van Stralen, B.S. Elbersen, et al.. (2013). Bioenergy scenarios that contribute to a sustainable energy future in the EU27. Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining. 7(2). 164–172. 7 indexed citations

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Böttcher, Hannes, Mykola Gusti, Peter Havlík, Aline Mosnier, & Michael Obersteiner. (2012). Global forestry emission projections and abatement costs. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 7062. 1 indexed citations

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Böttcher, Hannes, Pieter Johannes Verkerk, Mykola Gusti, Peter Havlík, & Giacomo Grassi. (2012). Projection of the future EU forest CO₂ sink as affected by recent bioenergy policies using two advanced forest management models. GCB Bioenergy. 4(6). 773–783. 72 indexed citations

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Frank, Stefan, Hannes Böttcher, Peter Havlík, et al.. (2012). How effective are the sustainability criteria accompanying the European Union 2020 biofuel targets?. GCB Bioenergy. 5(3). 306–314. 31 indexed citations

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Elbersen, B.S., et al.. (2012). Atlas of EU biomass potentials: spatially detailed and quantified overview of EU biomass potential taking into account the main criteria determining biomass availability from different sources. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 43 indexed citations

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Böttcher, Hannes, Steffen Fritz, Georg Kindermann, et al.. (2009). An assessment of monitoring requirements and costs of 'Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation'. Carbon Balance and Management. 4(1). 7–7. 71 indexed citations

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Obersteiner, Michael, Florian Kraxner, Ian McCallum, et al.. (2009). On fair, effective and efficient REDD mechanism design. Carbon Balance and Management. 4(1). 11–11. 44 indexed citations

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Böttcher, Hannes. (2008). Forest Management for Climate Change Mitigation. Modeling of Forestry Options, their Impact on the Regional Carbon Balance and Implications for a Future Climate Protocol. FreiDok plus (Universitätsbibliothek Freiburg). 6 indexed citations

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