M. Kainuma

7.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

M. Kainuma is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, M. Kainuma has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 5 papers in Environmental Engineering and 5 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in M. Kainuma's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (6 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (5 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers). M. Kainuma is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (6 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (5 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (4 papers). M. Kainuma collaborates with scholars based in Japan, Austria and United Kingdom. M. Kainuma's co-authors include Detlef P. van Vuuren, Keywan Riahi, Malte Meinshausen, Steven J. Smith, Katherine Calvin, Allison M. Thomson, J. S. Daniel, Ken’ichi Matsumoto, S. C. B. Raper and Jean‐François Lamarque and has published in prestigious journals such as European Journal of Operational Research, Nature Geoscience and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

M. Kainuma

13 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Hit Papers

The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extension... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300
    2011 2.8k citations Malte Meinshausen, Steven J. Smith et al. Climatic Change profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
M. Kainuma Japan 7 2.1k 1.3k 563 466 404 16 3.3k
V. Chirkov Austria 5 1.4k 0.7× 811 0.6× 338 0.6× 235 0.5× 317 0.8× 6 2.5k
K. Maskell United Kingdom 5 2.3k 1.1× 1.7k 1.3× 219 0.4× 486 1.0× 507 1.3× 7 3.9k
L. G. Meira Filho Germany 4 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 1.0× 218 0.4× 307 0.7× 574 1.4× 4 3.7k
Thomas J. Phillips United States 27 3.4k 1.6× 2.3k 1.8× 465 0.8× 427 0.9× 319 0.8× 46 4.2k
Willem A. Landman South Africa 33 2.4k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 525 0.9× 468 1.0× 226 0.6× 105 3.5k
Wim Thiery Belgium 37 3.1k 1.5× 1.5k 1.2× 1.2k 2.0× 449 1.0× 518 1.3× 131 5.0k
C. M. Goodess United Kingdom 32 4.1k 2.0× 2.9k 2.2× 911 1.6× 246 0.5× 275 0.7× 63 5.6k
B. J. McAvaney Australia 24 4.6k 2.2× 3.7k 2.9× 615 1.1× 805 1.7× 491 1.2× 41 6.2k
Simon J. Brown United Kingdom 23 3.0k 1.4× 1.8k 1.4× 547 1.0× 235 0.5× 193 0.5× 40 3.7k
Toru Nozawa Japan 29 4.8k 2.3× 3.8k 2.9× 1.1k 2.0× 611 1.3× 478 1.2× 56 6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by M. Kainuma

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Fields of papers citing papers by M. Kainuma

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by M. Kainuma. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by M. Kainuma. The network helps show where M. Kainuma may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of M. Kainuma

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Hanasaki, Naota, Shinichiro Fujimori, Takahiro Yamamoto, et al.. (2013). A global water scarcity assessment under Shared Socio-economic Pathways – Part 1: Water use. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(7). 2375–2391. 168 indexed citations
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Hanasaki, Naota, Shinichiro Fujimori, Takahiro Yamamoto, et al.. (2013). A global water scarcity assessment under Shared Socio-economic Pathways – Part 2: Water availability and scarcity. Hydrology and earth system sciences. 17(7). 2393–2413. 235 indexed citations
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Vuuren, Detlef P. van, Jae Edmonds, M. Kainuma, Keywan Riahi, & John P. Weyant. (2011). Special Issue, "The Representative Concentration Pathways in Climatic Change". IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 2 indexed citations
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Meinshausen, Malte, Steven J. Smith, Katherine Calvin, et al.. (2011). The RCP greenhouse gas concentrations and their extensions from 1765 to 2300. Climatic Change. 109(1-2). 213–241. 2787 indexed citations breakdown →
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Manning, Martin, Jae Edmonds, Seita Emori, et al.. (2010). Misrepresentation of the IPCC CO2 emission scenarios. Nature Geoscience. 3(6). 376–377. 69 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., et al.. (2010). Analysis of Post-Kyoto Scenarios : The AIM Model. 4 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., et al.. (2003). Development of AIM (Asian-Pacific Integrated Model) for coping with global warming. 6. 569–574. 1 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., et al.. (2000). Estimation of embodied CO2 emissions by general equilibrium model. European Journal of Operational Research. 122(2). 392–404. 25 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., et al.. (1999). Development of an end-use model for analyzing policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part C (Applications and Reviews). 29(3). 317–324. 25 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., et al.. (1998). Development of Aim for Analysing Policy Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 31(20). 575–580. 1 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., et al.. (1995). End-use Energy Model for Analyzing the Policy Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 1 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., et al.. (1995). Asian-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) for the Analysis of Global Climate Change. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 28(10). 781–786.
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Morita, Tsuneyuki, et al.. (1995). Carbon dioxide emission scenarios and nuclear energy. Progress in Nuclear Energy. 29. 143–150.
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Nakamori, Yoshiteru, Y. Sawaragi, M. Kainuma, & Tsuneyuki Morita. (1992). Decision Support System for Environmental Planning. IFAC Proceedings Volumes. 25(18). 17–22. 1 indexed citations
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Kainuma, M., Yoshiteru Nakamori, & Tsuneyuki Morita. (1990). Integrated decision support system for environmental planning. IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics. 20(4). 777–790. 18 indexed citations

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