Paul Lucas

7.4k citations

67 papers · 5.0k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 33

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.5%
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Environmental Engineering top 0.5%
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Papers in

Environmental Engineering 21
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability 20
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 21
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies 17
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research 6

Co-authors: Detlef P. van Vuuren Michel den Elzen Bas van Ruijven B. Eickhout Andries F. Hof Marcel Kok Elke Stehfest David Gernaat
Journals: Global Environmental Change (7 papers)Energy Policy (6 papers)Climatic Change (4 papers)Environmental Science & Policy (3 papers)Technological Forecasting and Social Change (2 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Paul Lucas

67 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Afforestation for climate change mitigation: Potentials, risks and trade‐offs 2019 · 237 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2019 Global Change Biology
2016 Global Environmental Change
2015 Nature Climate Change
2007 Climatic Change

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Lucas

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authors

The 25 scholars most cited alongside Paul Lucas, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

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1	Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries Nature ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jonathan Doelman, Isabela Schmidt Tagomori, Arthur Beusen, Sarah Cornell, Johan Rockström, Aafke M. Schipper, Elke Stehfest, Geanderson Ambrósio, Maarten van den Berg, Lex Bouwman, Vassilis Daioglou, Mathijs Harmsen, Paul Lucas, Kaj-Ivar van der Wijst, Willem-Jan van Zeist	2025	9
2	The use of environmental scenarios to project future health effects: a scoping review The Lancet Planetary Health ·Eartha Weber, George S. Downward, Kristie L. Ebi, Paul Lucas, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2023	13
3	From COVID-19 to Green Recovery with natural capital accounting AMBIO ·Michael Vardon, Paul Lucas, Steve Bass, Matthew Agarwala, Andrea M. Bassi, Diane Coyle, Anthony Dvarskas, Catherine Farrell, Oliver Greenfield, Steven King, M.C. Lok, Carl Obst, Brian O’Callaghan, Rosimeiry Portela, Juha Siikamäki	2022	13
4	Clinical Validation of Companion Diagnostics for the Selection of Patients with Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer Tumors Harboring Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Exon 20 Insertion Mutations for Treatment with Amivantamab Journal of Molecular Diagnostics ·T. Jatkoe, Songbai Wang, Justin I. Odegaard, Anne Marie Velasco Roth, Drew Osgood, Gabriela Martínez, Paul Lucas, Joshua C. Curtin, Jayaprakash D. Karkera	2022	8
5	Effectively empowering: A different look at bolstering the effectiveness of global environmental assessments Environmental Science & Policy ·Timo Y. Maas, Jasper Montana, Sandra van der Hel, Martin Kowarsch, W. Tuinstra, Machteld Schoolenberg, Martin Mahony, Paul Lucas, Marcel Kok, Jan Bakkes, Esther Turnhout	2021	19
6	Afforestation for climate change mitigation: Potentials, risks and trade‐offs Global Change Biology ·Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Andrzej Tabeau, Andries F. Hof, Maarten C. Braakhekke, David Gernaat, Maarten van den Berg, Willem‐Jan van Zeist, Vassilis Daioglou, Hans van Meijl, Paul Lucas Hit paper breakdown →	2019	237
7	Data for long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Mathijs Harmsen, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Dali Nayak, Andries F. Hof, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, Paul Lucas, Jens Nielsen, Pete Smith, Elke Stehfest	2019	15
8	Long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases Environmental Science & Policy ·Jorrit Harmsen, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Dali Nayak, Andries F. Hof, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, Paul Lucas, Jens Nielsen, Pete Smith, Elke Stehfest	2019	58
9	Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm Global Environmental Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elke Stehfest, David Gernaat, Jonathan Doelman, Maarten van den Berg, Mathijs Harmsen, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Lex Bouwman, Vassilis Daioglou, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Bastien Girod, Tom Kram, Luis Lassaletta, Paul Lucas, Hans van Meijl, Christoph Müller, Bas van Ruijven, Sietske van der Sluis, Andrzej Tabeau Hit paper breakdown →	2016	613
10	Horses for courses: analytical tools to explore planetary boundaries Earth System Dynamics ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Paul Lucas, Tiina Häyhä, Sarah Cornell, Mark Stafford‐Smith	2016	33
11	Sustainable development goals: why do we need them? Social Evolution & History ·Olga Mironenko, Paul Lucas, Tarasova Natalia, Zlinszky Janos	2015	7
12	Future energy system challenges for Africa: Insights from Integrated Assessment Models Energy Policy ·Paul Lucas, Jens Nielsen, Katherine Calvin, David McCollum, Giacomo Marangoni, Jessica Strefler, Bob van der Zwaan, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2015	30
13	The impact of changes in climate and socio-economic conditions on river flood losses at the global scale EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Hessel Winsemius, Philip J. Ward, Arno Bouwman, Brenden Jongman, Rens van Beek, Jaap Kwadijk, Marc F. P. Bierkens, Willem Ligtvoet, Paul Lucas, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2014	1
14	Multi-model comparison of the economic and energy implications for China and India in an international climate regime Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change ·Daniel Johansson, Paul Lucas, Matthias Weitzel, Erik O. Ahlgren, Amir Bazaz, Wenying Chen, Michel den Elzen, Joydeep Ghosh, Maria Grahn, Qiao‐Mei Liang, Sonja Peterson, Basanta K. Pradhan, Bas van Ruijven, P.R. Shukla, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Yi‐Ming Wei	2014	43
15	A MULTI-MODEL ANALYSIS OF POST-2020 MITIGATION EFFORTS OF FIVE MAJOR ECONOMIES Climate Change Economics ·Mariësse A.E. van Sluisveld, David Gernaat, Shuichi Ashina, Katherine Calvin, Amit Garg, Morna Isaac, Paul Lucas, Ioanna Mouratiadou, Sander Otto, Shilpa Rao, P.R. Shukla, Jasper van Vliet, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2013	17
16	The impact of technology availability on the timing and costs of emission reductions for achieving long-term climate targets Climatic Change ·Jasper van Vliet, Andries F. Hof, Angelica Mendoza Beltrán, Maarten van den Berg, Sebastiaan Deetman, Michel den Elzen, Paul Lucas, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2013	24
17	Model projections for household energy use in India Energy Policy ·Bas van Ruijven, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Bert J. M. de Vries, Morna Isaac, J.P. van der Sluijs, Paul Lucas, P. Balachandra	2011	125
18	Towards a global Integrated sustainability model : GISMO1.0 status report Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·Henk Hilderink, Paul Lucas, A. ten Hove, Marcel Kok, Martine de Vos, Pieter C. Janssen, Johan R. Meijer, A.J. Faber, Adriana Ignaciuk, Arthur C. Petersen, Bert de Vries	2008	4
19	Maladie du sommeil: cent ans d'évolution des stratégies de lutte. Bulletin de la Société de pathologie exotique ·Florian Louis, Pere P. Simarro, Paul Lucas	2002	10
20	GROWTH-RATE ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN THE ENERGY-REQUIREMENTS OF TERN CHICKS Ardea ·Marcel Klaassen, Bas J. Zwaan, Peter Heslenfeld, Paul Lucas, Bart Luijckx	1992	40

About Paul Lucas

Paul Lucas is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Economics and Econometrics, General Energy and Pollution, having authored 67 papers that have together received 5.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (29 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (20 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (17 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (11 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (5 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (2.3k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.3k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (998 citations), Economics and Econometrics (1.7k citations) and Energy Engineering and Power Technology (159 citations). Paul Lucas has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Detlef P. van Vuuren, Michel den Elzen, Bas van Ruijven, B. Eickhout, Andries F. Hof, Marcel Kok, Elke Stehfest, David Gernaat, Arno Bouwman and Marc F. P. Bierkens. Their work appears in journals such as Global Environmental Change, Energy Policy, Climatic Change, Environmental Science & Policy and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

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