Minal Pathak

10.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 907 citations indexed

About

Minal Pathak is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Sociology and Political Science and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Minal Pathak has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 907 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 9 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Minal Pathak's work include Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (10 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers). Minal Pathak is often cited by papers focused on Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (10 papers), Climate Change and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers). Minal Pathak collaborates with scholars based in India, Denmark and United States. Minal Pathak's co-authors include P.R. Shukla, Subash Dhar, Ayyoob Sharifi, Bao‐Jie He, Shreya Some, Nandini Das, Renée van Diemen, Joyashree Roy, Jim Skea and Qianlong Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Minal Pathak

33 papers receiving 874 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.

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, Chris Bataille et al. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Minal Pathak India	14	228	218	210	182	160	37	907
Kei Gomi Japan	14	303 1.3×	107 0.5×	188 0.9×	130 0.7×	288 1.8×	39	853
Jihoon Min Austria	14	302 1.3×	109 0.5×	379 1.8×	120 0.7×	253 1.6×	29	1.0k
Yosuke Shigetomi Japan	23	523 2.3×	133 0.6×	361 1.7×	78 0.4×	374 2.3×	47	1.3k
Peter Kolp Austria	9	184 0.8×	155 0.7×	226 1.1×	158 0.9×	260 1.6×	13	728
Aumnad Phdungsilp Thailand	9	632 2.8×	229 1.1×	152 0.7×	275 1.5×	293 1.8×	23	1.1k
Tim Chatterton United Kingdom	23	363 1.6×	427 2.0×	158 0.8×	130 0.7×	126 0.8×	88	1.5k
Vincent Viguié France	15	473 2.1×	340 1.6×	93 0.4×	402 2.2×	201 1.3×	37	1.2k
Tony G. Reames United States	17	206 0.9×	275 1.3×	417 2.0×	231 1.3×	208 1.3×	33	1.5k
Destenie Nock United States	17	93 0.4×	104 0.5×	265 1.3×	89 0.5×	107 0.7×	61	936
Nikhil Kaza United States	20	260 1.1×	252 1.2×	117 0.6×	483 2.7×	264 1.6×	51	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Minal Pathak

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Minal Pathak

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Boze, Jinda Qi, Minal Pathak, et al.. (2025). Climate-driven transformations: A framework for the sustainable urban landscape system to enhance heat resilience. Sustainable Cities and Society. 131. 106684–106684. 2 indexed citations

Ramos, Gian Carlo Delgado, Joan Fitzgerald, Kevin Lanza, et al.. (2025). Learning from COVID-19 for Climate-Ready Urban Transformation. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

Fan, Guangtao, et al.. (2025). Editorial: One climate, one urban, one health. Sustainable Cities and Society. 130. 106619–106619. 1 indexed citations

Rosenzweig, Cynthia, et al.. (2025). Clearing roadblocks that stymie city climate action. Nature Cities. 2(3). 185–186. 1 indexed citations

Mahadevia, Darshini, et al.. (2025). Sustainable and inclusive low-carbon transport scenarios for Surat city, India. 4(2). 1 indexed citations

Jain, Saurabh, Ashish Agarwal, Minal Pathak, & Rajesh Doriya. (2025). Enhanced block chain and IPFS based secure storage and sharing of electronic healthcare records. Cluster Computing. 28(14).

Pathak, Minal, et al.. (2024). Economic and environmental implications of India's industry transition to net zero. Applied Energy. 379. 124922–124922. 3 indexed citations

Eriksen, Siri, Nicholas P. Simpson, Bruce Glavovic, et al.. (2024). Pathways for urgent action towards climate resilient development. Nature Climate Change. 14(12). 1212–1215. 13 indexed citations

Pathak, Minal, et al.. (2024). Climate change mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals: Evidence and research gaps. PLOS Climate. 3(3). e0000366–e0000366. 10 indexed citations

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Olhoff, Anne, Chris Bataille, John M. Christensen, et al.. (2024). Emissions Gap Report 2024: No more hot air … please! With a massive gap between rhetoric and reality, countries draft new climate commitments. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 64 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pathak, Minal, et al.. (2024). End of Life Solar Panels: Assessment for Gujarat, India. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Halsnæs, Kirsten, Shreya Some, & Minal Pathak. (2023). Beyond synergies: understanding SDG trade-offs, equity and implementation challenges of sectoral climate change mitigation options. Sustainability Science. 19(1). 35–49. 23 indexed citations

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Pathak, Minal, et al.. (2023). Just transition away from coal: Vulnerability analysis of coal districts in India. Energy Research & Social Science. 108. 103355–103355. 12 indexed citations

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Schipper, E. Lisa F., Jonathan Ensor, Aditi Mukherji, et al.. (2021). Equity in climate scholarship: a manifesto for action. Climate and Development. 13(10). 853–856. 20 indexed citations

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Pathak, Minal, Joyashree Roy, Shreya Some, et al.. (2021). Communicating climate change findings from IPCC reports: insights from outreach events in India. Climatic Change. 168(3-4). 23–23. 5 indexed citations

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Dhar, Subash, Minal Pathak, & P.R. Shukla. (2018). Role of Energy Efficiency for Low Carbon Transformation of India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Mittal, Shivika, Minal Pathak, P.R. Shukla, & Erik O. Ahlgren. (2017). GHG mitigation & sustainability co-benefits of urban solid waste management strategies: A case study of Ahmedabad, India. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7 indexed citations

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Dhar, Subash, P.R. Shukla, & Minal Pathak. (2017). India’s INDC for Transport and 2 °C Stabilization Target. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 8 indexed citations

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Dhar, Subash, Minal Pathak, & P.R. Shukla. (2016). Electric vehicles and India's low carbon passenger transport: a long-term co-benefits assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 146. 139–148. 145 indexed citations

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Pathak, Minal & P.R. Shukla. (2015). Co-benefits of low carbon passenger transport actions in Indian cities: Case study of Ahmedabad. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 44. 303–316. 55 indexed citations

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