Ken Caldeira

28.4k total citations · 10 hit papers
182 papers, 16.8k citations indexed

About

Ken Caldeira is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ken Caldeira has authored 182 papers receiving a total of 16.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 70 papers in Atmospheric Science and 39 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Ken Caldeira's work include Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (48 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (37 papers) and Climate variability and models (33 papers). Ken Caldeira is often cited by papers focused on Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (48 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (37 papers) and Climate variability and models (33 papers). Ken Caldeira collaborates with scholars based in United States, India and China. Ken Caldeira's co-authors include Steven J. Davis, H. Damon Matthews, M. Wickett, Long Cao, Govindasamy Bala, Katharine Ricke, Nathan S. Lewis, Thomas J. Phillips, Laurent Drouet and Massimo Tavoni and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Ken Caldeira

180 papers receiving 16.2k 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.

Consumption-based accounting of CO ₂ emissions

2010 1.3k citations Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Future CO ₂ Emissions and Climate Change from Existing Energy Infrastructure

2010 1.1k citations Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira et al. profile →
Ocean model predictions of chemistry changes from carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere and ocean

2005 827 citations Ken Caldeira, M. Wickett profile →
Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation

2007 723 citations Govindasamy Bala, Ken Caldeira et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Committed emissions from existing energy infrastructure jeopardize 1.5 °C climate target

2019 550 citations Dan Tong, Qiang Zhang et al. Nature profile →
Country-level social cost of carbon

2018 545 citations Ken Caldeira et al. profile →
Energy implications of future stabilization of atmospheric CO2 content

1998 517 citations Ken Caldeira et al. Nature profile →
Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide

2009 514 citations Andy Ridgwell, Long Cao et al. profile →
Role of Long-Duration Energy Storage in Variable Renewable Electricity Systems

2020 381 citations Jacqueline A. Dowling, Katherine Z. Rinaldi et al. profile →
Global land and water limits to electrolytic hydrogen production using wind and solar resources

2023 162 citations Ken Caldeira et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ken Caldeira

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ken Caldeira. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ken Caldeira 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 Ken Caldeira. Ken Caldeira is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Strategies for climate-resilient global wind and solar power systems 2025 ·Nature ·Dongsheng Zheng, (unknown), Dan Tong, Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira, Yuanyuan Lin, (unknown), Jingyun Li, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jing Cheng, Deliang Chen, Kebin He, Qiang Zhang	7
2	Oahu as a case study for island electricity systems relying on wind and solar generation instead of imported petroleum fuels 2024 ·Applied Energy ·(unknown), Edgar Virgüez, Ken Caldeira, Nathan S. Lewis	1
3	Dependence of Climate and Carbon Cycle Response in Net Zero Emission Pathways on the Magnitude and Duration of Positive and Negative Emission Pulses 2024 ·Earth s Future ·(unknown), Govindasamy Bala, Ken Caldeira	3
4	Identification of reliable locations for wind power generation through a global analysis of wind droughts 2024 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Enrico G. A. Antonini, Edgar Virgüez, (unknown), Lei Duan, Tyler Ruggles, Ken Caldeira	20
5	Opportunities and constraints of hydrogen energy storage systems 2024 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jacqueline A. Dowling, Tyler Ruggles, Edgar Virgüez, (unknown), Zachary P. Ifkovits, Steven J. Davis, (unknown), (unknown), Katherine Z. Rinaldi, Lei Duan, Ken Caldeira, Nathan S. Lewis	5
6	Move up or move over: mapping opportunities for climate adaptation in Pakistan’s Indus plains 2023 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Rafael Schmitt, Edgar Virgüez, (unknown), Ken Caldeira	3
7	Food without agriculture 2023 ·Nature Sustainability ·Steven J. Davis, (unknown), Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Chaopeng Hong, Matthew R. Shaner, Ken Caldeira, Ian McKay	16
8	Climate effects of China’s efforts to improve its air quality 2020 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Yixuan Zheng, Qiang Zhang, Dan Tong, Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira	26
9	Effects of Deep Reductions in Energy Storage Costs on Highly Reliable Wind and Solar Electricity Systems 2020 ·iScience ·Fan Tong, Mengyao Yuan, Nathan S. Lewis, Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira	48
10	A 32-million year cycle detected in sea-level fluctuations over the last 545 Myr 2020 ·Geoscience Frontiers ·Michael R. Rampino, Ken Caldeira	13
11	A Model‐Based Investigation of Terrestrial Plant Carbon Uptake Response to Four Radiation Modification Approaches 2020 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres ·Lei Duan, Long Cao, Govindasamy Bala, Ken Caldeira	14
12	Break-even year: a concept for understanding intergenerational trade-offs in climate change mitigation policy 2020 ·Environmental Research Communications ·Patrick T. Brown, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Ken Caldeira	5
13	Climatic Effects of Hygroscopic Growth of Sulfate Aerosols in the Stratosphere 2020 ·(unknown), Govindasamy Bala, Long Cao, Lei Duan, Ken Caldeira	1
14	Climate Response to Pulse Versus Sustained Stratospheric Aerosol Forcing 2019 ·Geophysical Research Letters ·Lei Duan, Long Cao, Govindasamy Bala, Ken Caldeira	12
15	The impact of climate change on fertility* 2019 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Gregory Casey, Soheil Shayegh, Juan Moreno‐Cruz, Martin Bunzl, Oded Galor, Ken Caldeira	40
16	Combustion of available fossil fuel resources sufficient to eliminate the Antarctic Ice Sheet 2015 ·Science Advances ·Ricarda Winkelmann, Anders Levermann, Andy Ridgwell, Ken Caldeira	83
17	Nitrogen deposition: how important is it for global terrestrial carbon uptake? 2013 ·Biogeosciences ·Govindasamy Bala, N. Devaraju, Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi, Ken Caldeira, Ramakrishna Nemani	36
18	Climate response due to carbonaceous aerosols and aerosol-induced SST effects in NCAR community atmospheric model CAM3.5 2013 ·Atmospheric chemistry and physics ·(unknown), William D. Collins, (unknown), John C. H. Chiang, Chung‐Lin Shie, Ken Caldeira, Long Cao	18
19	Protecting climate with forests 2008 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Robert B. Jackson, James T. Randerson, Josep G. Canadell, Ray G. Anderson, Roni Avissar, Dennis Baldocchi, Gordon B. Bonan, Ken Caldeira, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Christopher B. Field, Bruce A. Hungate, Estéban G. Jobbágy, Lara M. Kueppers, Marcelo D. Nosetto, Diane E. Pataki	321
20	Combined climate and carbon-cycle effects of large-scale deforestation breakdown → 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Govindasamy Bala, Ken Caldeira, M. Wickett, Thomas J. Phillips, David B. Lobell, Christine Delire, A.A. Mirin	723

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