Michael Lawrence

1.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Michael Lawrence is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Lawrence has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 3 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 2 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Michael Lawrence's work include Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (3 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 papers). Michael Lawrence is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (3 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 papers). Michael Lawrence collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Sweden. Michael Lawrence's co-authors include Jonathan F. Donges, Thomas Homer‐Dixon, Scott Janzwood, Ortwin Renn, Carmen Difiglio, Dan Wei, Adam Rose, Scott Williamson, Don Pickrell and Vinícius Picanço Rodrigues and has published in prestigious journals such as SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series, International Journal of Forecasting and Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board.

In The Last Decade

Michael Lawrence

10 papers receiving 961 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.

The rise and fall of strategic planning

1994 895 citations Michael Lawrence International Journal of Forecasting profile →
Global polycrisis: the causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement

2024 165 citations Michael Lawrence, Thomas Homer‐Dixon et al. Global Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Lawrence United States	5	372	263	166	150	148	13	1.1k
Kevan Scholes United Kingdom	10	468 1.3×	231 0.9×	92 0.6×	188 1.3×	145 1.0×	12	1.1k
P. Devereaux Jennings Canada	9	269 0.7×	243 0.9×	240 1.4×	97 0.6×	79 0.5×	26	994
A Thornhill	6	246 0.7×	193 0.7×	146 0.9×	141 0.9×	129 0.9×	13	859
Thomas J. Scanlan United States	8	579 1.6×	272 1.0×	211 1.3×	130 0.9×	152 1.0×	15	1.2k
Ingi Rúnar Eðvarðsson Iceland	19	584 1.6×	228 0.9×	194 1.2×	170 1.1×	48 0.3×	67	1.4k
Carla Millar Netherlands	17	479 1.3×	217 0.8×	190 1.1×	86 0.6×	79 0.5×	59	1.2k
Peter McKiernan United Kingdom	17	385 1.0×	256 1.0×	122 0.7×	142 0.9×	153 1.0×	53	998
David Faulkner United Kingdom	15	899 2.4×	281 1.1×	228 1.4×	178 1.2×	83 0.6×	38	1.4k
Richard J. Butler United Kingdom	19	619 1.7×	421 1.6×	303 1.8×	220 1.5×	231 1.6×	31	1.4k
Carlton J. Whitehead United States	9	493 1.3×	238 0.9×	177 1.1×	91 0.6×	137 0.9×	17	962

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Lawrence

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Lawrence

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Lawrence

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

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13 of 13 papers shown

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Rodrigues, Vinícius Picanço, Michael Lawrence, & Scott Janzwood. (2025). The polycrisis is here, and system dynamics can help: a call to action. System Dynamics Review. 41(1).

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Lawrence, Michael, et al.. (2024). Global polycrisis: the causal mechanisms of crisis entanglement. Global Sustainability. 7. 165 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Lawrence, Michael. (2024). Polycrisis in the Anthropocene: an invitation to contributions and debates. Global Sustainability. 7. 7 indexed citations

4.

Lawrence, Michael & John Verzani. (2018). Programming Graphical User Interfaces in R.

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Lawrence, Michael, et al.. (2016). Macroeconomic impacts of proposed climate change mitigation strategies for transportation in Southern California. Research in Transportation Economics. 61. 56–69. 3 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Michael, et al.. (2015). Transportation Systems Management and Operations Benefit-Cost Analysis Compendium. 5 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Michael. (2014). UNITED NATIONS PEACE BUILDING IN SIERRA LEONE — TOWARD VERTICAL INTEGRATION?. 4 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Michael, et al.. (1998). Transportation subsidies, economic efficiency, equity, and public policy. Natural Resources Research. 7(2). 137–142. 8 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Michael, et al.. (1996). Impacts on Home Heating Costs of Incentives for Alternative Fuel Vehicles. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 1520. 131–139. 1 indexed citations

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Pickrell, Don, et al.. (1994). CAPACITY-INDUCED INCREASES IN THE QUANTITY OF TRAVEL WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO IVHS. 3 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Michael, et al.. (1994). POTENTIAL EMISSION AND AIR QUALITY IMPACTS OF INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY SYSTEMS. Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board. 23(1444). 79–89. 2 indexed citations

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Lawrence, Michael. (1994). The rise and fall of strategic planning. International Journal of Forecasting. 10(4). 645–646. 895 indexed citations breakdown →

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Difiglio, Carmen & Michael Lawrence. (1987). Economic and Security issues of Methanol Supply. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 4 indexed citations

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