Klaus Hubacek

44.4k total citations · 22 hit papers
319 papers, 30.9k citations indexed

About

Klaus Hubacek is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Klaus Hubacek has authored 319 papers receiving a total of 30.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Environmental Engineering, 123 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 77 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Klaus Hubacek's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (148 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (62 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (59 papers). Klaus Hubacek is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (148 papers), Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (62 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (59 papers). Klaus Hubacek collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Klaus Hubacek's co-authors include Kuishuang Feng, Dabo Guan, Mark S. Reed, Christina Prell, Laixiang Sun, Yuli Shan, Glen P. Peters, Christopher L. Weber, Zhu Liu and Giovanni Baiocchi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Klaus Hubacek

311 papers receiving 29.8k citations

Hit Papers

Who's in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis meth... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2009 2020 2017 2009 2009 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Who's in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management
    2009 1.8k citations Klaus Hubacek et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
  2. China CO2 emission accounts 2016–2017
    2020 790 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. profile →
  3. Chinese CO2 emission flows have reversed since the global financial crisis
    2017 757 citations Zhifu Mi, Jing Meng et al. profile →
  4. Stakeholder Analysis and Social Network Analysis in Natural Resource Management
    2009 717 citations Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  5. Annual Report 2008
    2009 647 citations Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  6. Outsourcing CO 2 within China
    2013 548 citations Kuishuang Feng, Laixiang Sun et al. profile →
  7. Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures
    2020 546 citations Dabo Guan, Jingwen Huo et al. profile →
  8. The drivers of Chinese CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2030
    2008 538 citations Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  9. The contribution of Chinese exports to climate change
    2008 500 citations Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  10. The gigatonne gap in China’s carbon dioxide inventories
    2012 481 citations Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  11. Unpacking “Participation” in the Adaptive Management of Social–ecological Systems: a Critical Review
    2006 461 citations Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  12. Physical and virtual water transfers for regional water stress alleviation in China
    2015 452 citations Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  13. Assessment to China's Recent Emission Pattern Shifts
    2021 447 citations Yuli Shan, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  14. Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China
    2020 348 citations Zhifu Mi, Jing Meng et al. profile →
  15. City-level climate change mitigation in China
    2018 347 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. Science Advances profile →
  16. Drivers of the US CO2 emissions 1997–2013
    2015 342 citations Kuishuang Feng, Laixiang Sun et al. profile →
  17. The characteristics and drivers of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) distribution in China
    2016 316 citations Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  18. Global urban expansion offsets climate-driven increases in terrestrial net primary productivity
    2019 293 citations Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek et al. profile →
  19. City-level emission peak and drivers in China
    2022 291 citations Yuli Shan, Heran Zheng et al. Science Bulletin profile →
  20. Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century
    2020 273 citations Klaus Hubacek et al. Ecological Economics profile →
  21. Burden of the global energy price crisis on households
    2023 270 citations Yuli Shan, Yu Liu et al. profile →
  22. Impacts of poverty alleviation on national and global carbon emissions
    2022 220 citations Klaus Hubacek, Yuli Shan et al. profile →

Peers

Klaus Hubacek
Comparison fields: 5 of 221
  • Environmental Engineering 14.1k
  • Economics and Econometrics 11.4k
  • Global and Planetary Change 6.4k
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4.8k
  • Water Science and Technology 3.8k
Replace Manfred Lenzen with:
Manfred Lenzen Australia
Keywan Riahi Austria
Dabo Guan United Kingdom
Glen P. Peters Norway
Detlef P. van Vuuren Netherlands
Steven J. Davis United States
Richard S.J. Tol Netherlands
Thomas Wiedmann Australia
Jae Edmonds United States
Kuishuang Feng United States
Manfred Lenzen Australia View profile →
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
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Impacts of water conservation, wastewater treatment, and reuse on water quantity and quality stress mitigation in China
2025 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·(unknown), Zhuo Chen, Reetik Kumar Sahu, Taher Kahil, Ting Tang, Yuli Shan, Wei Zhang, Weili Ye, Guangxue Wu, Huimei Li, Klaus Hubacek
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Changes in global trade patterns increase global inequality towards Sustainable Development Goals
2024 ·Ecological Economics ·(unknown), Ke Wang, Klaus Hubacek, Kuishuang Feng, Yuli Shan, Yi-Ming Wei
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Livestock sector can threaten planetary boundaries without regionally differentiated strategies
2024 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Chaohui Li, Prajal Pradhan, Xudong Wu, Zhi Li, Jingyu Liu, Klaus Hubacek, G.Q. Chen
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4
Opportunities beyond net-zero CO2 for cost-effective greenhouse gas mitigation in China
2024 ·Science Bulletin ·(unknown), Peipei Tian, Kuishuang Feng, Jiashuo Li, Klaus Hubacek
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Mitigating trade-driven water scarcity via water-saving irrigation in China: Different role of surface water and groundwater
2024 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·Beiming Cai, Kuishuang Feng, Wei Zhang, Yu Liu, (unknown), Klaus Hubacek
8
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Potential impacts of Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge on nutrient supply and greenhouse gas emissions of food systems
2023 ·Resources Conservation and Recycling ·(unknown), Bin Chen, Klaus Hubacek, Jing Meng, Mingxing Sun, Jiafu Mao, Mingzhou Jin, C.M.V.B. Almeida, Anthony S.F. Chiu, Lan Yang, Linxiu Zhang, (unknown), (unknown)
12
7
Global employment and skill level requirements for ‘Post-Carbon Europe’
2023 ·Ecological Economics ·(unknown), Martin Brückner, Jan Weinzettel, Kirsten S. Wiebe, Christian Kimmich, Christian Kerschner, Klaus Hubacek
11
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Full‐scale, near real‐time multi‐regional input–output table for the global emerging economies (EMERGING)
2022 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Jingwen Huo, Peipei Chen, Klaus Hubacek, Heran Zheng, Jing Meng, Dabo Guan
39
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A cost–benefit analysis of the environmental taxation policy in China: A frontier analysis‐based environmentally extended input–output optimization method
2019 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Ke Wang, (unknown), Klaus Hubacek, Zhifu Mi, Yi‐Ming Wei
30
10
Clean air for some: Unintended spillover effects of regional air pollution policies
2019 ·Science Advances ·Delin Fang, Bin Chen, Klaus Hubacek, Ruijing Ni, Lulu Chen, Kuishuang Feng, Jintai Lin
150
11
Linking Local Consumption to Global Impacts
2016 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Klaus Hubacek, Kuishuang Feng, Bin Chen, Shigemi Kagawa
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Ecological Network Analysis of Embodied Energy Exchanges Among the Seven Regions of China
2016 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·(unknown), Hongmei Zheng, Bin Chen, Xiangyi Yu, Klaus Hubacek, (unknown), (unknown)
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13
Global Implications of China's Future Food Consumption
2016 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Yang Yu, Kuishuang Feng, Klaus Hubacek, Laixiang Sun
58
14
Teleconnecting Consumption to Environmental Impacts at Multiple Spatial Scales
2014 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Klaus Hubacek, Kuishuang Feng, Jan C. Minx, Stephan Pfister, Naijun Zhou
80
15
Analyzing Drivers of Regional Carbon Dioxide Emissions for China
2012 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Kuishuang Feng, Yim Ling Siu, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek
211
16
The Impact of Social Factors and Consumer Behavior on Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the United Kingdom
2010 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Giovanni Baiocchi, Jan C. Minx, Klaus Hubacek
278
17
The Impacts of Household Consumption and Options for Change
2010 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Arnold Tukker, Maurie J. Cohen, Klaus Hubacek, Oksana Mont
191
18
Sustainable Consumption and Production
2010 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Arnold Tukker, Maurie J. Cohen, Klaus Hubacek, Oksana Mont
85
19
Economic and Societal Changes in China and their Effects onWater Use A Scenario Analysis
2005 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Klaus Hubacek, Laixiang Sun
78
20
Dance with the increasing scarcity of land: A scenario analysis for China in 2025
2000 ·IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·Klaus Hubacek, Lili Sun
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