Michel den Elzen

17.1k total citations · 9 hit papers
163 papers, 11.3k citations indexed

About

Michel den Elzen is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Michel den Elzen has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 11.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 133 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 72 papers in Environmental Engineering and 60 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Michel den Elzen's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (133 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (71 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (49 papers). Michel den Elzen is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (133 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (71 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (49 papers). Michel den Elzen collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Austria and Germany. Michel den Elzen's co-authors include Detlef P. van Vuuren, Niklas Höhne, Malte Meinshausen, Hanna Fekete, Joeri Rogelj, Keywan Riahi, Harald Winkler, Taryn Fransen, Andries F. Hof and Roberto Schaeffer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Michel den Elzen

162 papers receiving 10.7k citations

Hit Papers

Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boos... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2016 2011 2009 2007 2017 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C
    2016 2.5k citations Joeri Rogelj, Michel den Elzen et al. Nature profile →
  2. RCP2.6: exploring the possibility to keep global mean temperature increase below 2°C
    2011 739 citations Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elke Stehfest et al. profile →
  3. Climate benefits of changing diet
    2009 590 citations Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren et al. profile →
  4. Stabilizing greenhouse gas concentrations at low levels: an assessment of reduction strategies and costs
    2007 567 citations Detlef P. van Vuuren, Michel den Elzen et al. profile →
  5. The key role of forests in meeting climate targets requires science for credible mitigation
    2017 387 citations Giacomo Grassi, Sandro Federici et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  6. Net-zero emission targets for major emitting countries consistent with the Paris Agreement
    2021 371 citations Michel den Elzen, Detlef P. van Vuuren et al. profile →
  7. Wave of net zero emission targets opens window to meeting the Paris Agreement
    2021 178 citations Niklas Höhne, Matthew Gidden et al. Nature Climate Change profile →
  8. Credibility gap in net-zero climate targets leaves world at high risk
    2023 88 citations Joeri Rogelj, Taryn Fransen et al. profile →
  9. Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments
    2024 64 citations Anne Olhoff, Michel den Elzen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michel den Elzen Netherlands 47 5.3k 3.5k 3.4k 3.1k 993 163 11.3k
Robbie M. Andrew Norway 42 3.2k 0.6× 3.2k 0.9× 2.9k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 75 11.0k
Ottmar Edenhofer Germany 64 7.4k 1.4× 4.0k 1.1× 3.0k 0.9× 4.9k 1.6× 1.1k 1.1× 271 15.6k
Bas van Ruijven Austria 37 2.4k 0.4× 1.9k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 2.1k 0.7× 599 0.6× 103 8.5k
Shinichiro Fujimori Japan 50 3.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 1.9k 0.6× 491 0.5× 200 8.4k
Katherine Calvin United States 53 3.1k 0.6× 2.4k 0.7× 5.6k 1.6× 1.9k 0.6× 630 0.6× 158 12.3k
Leon Clarke United States 55 3.6k 0.7× 2.9k 0.8× 2.0k 0.6× 2.6k 0.8× 835 0.8× 139 9.0k
Felix Creutzig Germany 56 3.7k 0.7× 3.7k 1.1× 4.3k 1.2× 3.0k 0.9× 1.5k 1.5× 170 15.3k
Jan C. Minx Germany 53 4.7k 0.9× 5.5k 1.6× 2.6k 0.7× 3.6k 1.1× 1.8k 1.8× 126 13.8k
Volker Krey Austria 47 3.8k 0.7× 2.7k 0.8× 6.4k 1.8× 3.2k 1.0× 744 0.7× 117 15.2k
Toshihiko Masui Japan 50 4.3k 0.8× 3.4k 1.0× 5.0k 1.4× 2.4k 0.8× 325 0.3× 166 13.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michel den Elzen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michel den Elzen

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elzen, Michel den, et al.. (2025). Analysis of cost-effective reduction pathways for major emitting countries to achieve the Paris Agreement climate goal. VU Research Portal. 4. 100014–100014. 1 indexed citations
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Román-Cuesta, Rosa María, Michel den Elzen, Nicklas Forsell, et al.. (2025). Land remains a blind spot in tracking progress under the Paris Agreement due to lack of data comparability. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 2 indexed citations
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Elzen, Michel den, Ioannis Dafnomilis, Leonardo Nascimento, et al.. (2025). Uncertainties around net‐zero climate targets have major impact on greenhouse gas emissions projections. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1544(1). 209–222. 2 indexed citations
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Dekker, Mark, Andries F. Hof, Yann Robiou du Pont, et al.. (2025). Navigating the black box of fair national emissions targets. Nature Climate Change. 15(7). 752–759. 3 indexed citations
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Roelfsema, Mark, Takeshi Kuramochi, & Michel den Elzen. (2024). Comparing the ambition of EU companies with science-based targets to EU regulation-imposed reductions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 1 indexed citations
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Edelenbosch, Oreane Y., Andries F. Hof, Maarten van den Berg, et al.. (2024). Reducing sectoral hard-to-abate emissions to limit reliance on carbon dioxide removal. Nature Climate Change. 14(7). 715–722. 35 indexed citations
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Nascimento, Leonardo, et al.. (2024). Climate policy in 2023. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 5(4). 255–257. 4 indexed citations
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Dafnomilis, Ioannis, Michel den Elzen, & Detlef P. van Vuuren. (2024). Paris targets within reach by aligning, broadening and strengthening net-zero pledges. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 17 indexed citations
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Dafnomilis, Ioannis, Michel den Elzen, & Detlef P. van Vuuren. (2023). Achieving net‐zero emissions targets: An analysis of long‐term scenarios using an integrated assessment model. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1522(1). 98–108. 37 indexed citations
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Olhoff, Anne, Frederic Hans, Takeshi Kuramochi, et al.. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 and recovery packages on emission pathways to 2030: Inputs to the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2021 Final project report. TemaNord. 2 indexed citations
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Höhne, Niklas, Matthew Gidden, Michel den Elzen, et al.. (2021). Wave of net zero emission targets opens window to meeting the Paris Agreement. Nature Climate Change. 11(10). 820–822. 178 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kuramochi, Takeshi, Michel den Elzen, Glen P. Peters, et al.. (2020). Global Emissions Trends and G20 Status and Outlook - Emissions Gap Report 2020 Chapter 2. 1 indexed citations
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Forsell, Nicklas, Olga Turkovska, Mykola Gusti, et al.. (2016). MOESM1 of Assessing the INDCsâ land use, land use change, and forest emission projections. Figshare. 1 indexed citations
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Rogelj, Joeri, Michel den Elzen, Niklas Höhne, et al.. (2016). Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C. Nature. 534(7609). 631–639. 2477 indexed citations breakdown →
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Elzen, Michel den, et al.. (2010). Dealing with surplus emissions in the climate negotiations after Copenhagen: What are the options for compromise?. Energy Policy. 38(11). 6615–6628. 8 indexed citations
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Dellink, Rob, Michel den Elzen, H. Aiking, et al.. (2009). Common-But-Differentiated-Responsibilities for adaptation financing: An assessment of the contributions of countries. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 1 indexed citations
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Boeters, Stefan, et al.. (2007). Post-2012 climate policy scenarios. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 8 indexed citations
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Elzen, Michel den, et al.. (2002). Analyzing the Kyoto Protocol under the Marrakesh Accords: economic efficiency and environmental effectiveness. Ecological Economics. 43(2-3). 141–158. 43 indexed citations
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Elzen, Michel den. (2002). Evaluating the Bonn–Marrakesh agreement. Climate Policy. 2(1). 111–117. 32 indexed citations
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Elzen, Michel den, et al.. (2001). The Bonn Agreement and Marrakesh Accords: an updated analysis. 14 indexed citations

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