Penny Mealy

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Penny Mealy is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Business and International Management and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Penny Mealy has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 3 papers in Business and International Management and 3 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Penny Mealy's work include Economic and Technological Innovation (7 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (4 papers). Penny Mealy is often cited by papers focused on Economic and Technological Innovation (7 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (5 papers) and Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (4 papers). Penny Mealy collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Penny Mealy's co-authors include Alexander Teytelboym, J. Doyne Farmer, Matthew C. Ives, Rupert Way, Cameron Hepburn, Sugandha Srivastav, Thom Wetzer, Ryan Rafaty, Thomas Hale and Diane Coyle and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Research Policy.

In The Last Decade

Penny Mealy

16 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Economic complexity and the green economy 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2022 100 200 300
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. Economic complexity and the green economy
    2020 331 citations Penny Mealy, Alexander Teytelboym Research Policy profile →
  2. Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition
    2022 286 citations Rupert Way, Matthew C. Ives et al. Joule profile →

Peers

Penny Mealy
Rainer Walz Germany
Tim Foxon United Kingdom
Yann Ménière France
Kristin Reichardt Netherlands
Gabriel Chan United States
Annela Anger-Kraavi United Kingdom
Ping Huang China
Tiansen Liu China
Mansi Jain India
Alex Bowen United Kingdom
Rainer Walz Germany
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Citations per year, relative to Penny Mealy Penny Mealy (= 1×) peers Rainer Walz

Countries citing papers authored by Penny Mealy

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Fields of papers citing papers by Penny Mealy

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Penny Mealy

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Hepburn, Cameron, Matthew C. Ives, Penny Mealy, et al.. (2025). Economic models and frameworks to guide climate policy. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 41(2). 616–652.
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Mealy, Penny, et al.. (2024). Sensitive Intervention Points for Australia's Transition to Net‐Zero Emissions. Australian Economic Review. 57(4). 387–400.
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Mealy, Penny, Pete Barbrook-Johnson, Matthew C. Ives, Sugandha Srivastav, & Cameron Hepburn. (2023). Sensitive intervention points: a strategic approach to climate action. Oxford Review of Economic Policy. 39(4). 694–710. 10 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny, et al.. (2023). Stranded nations? Transition risks and opportunities towards a clean economy. Environmental Research Letters. 18(4). 45004–45004. 5 indexed citations
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Way, Rupert, Matthew C. Ives, Penny Mealy, & J. Doyne Farmer. (2022). Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition. Joule. 6(9). 2057–2082. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Morasae, Esmaeil Khedmati, et al.. (2022). Place-Based Pathologies: Economic Complexity Drives COVID-19 Outcomes in UK Local Authorities. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny, et al.. (2021). Occupational mobility and automation: a data-driven network model. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 18(174). 20200898–20200898. 33 indexed citations
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Vellinga, Akke, Penny Mealy, Anthony Staines, et al.. (2021). Corona citizens’ science project-repeated surveys of the Irish response to COVID-19 and subsequent lockdown and restrictive measures. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 191(2). 577–588. 1 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny & Diane Coyle. (2021). To them that hath: economic complexity and local industrial strategy in the UK. International Tax and Public Finance. 29(2). 358–377. 19 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny & Alexander Teytelboym. (2020). Economic complexity and the green economy. Research Policy. 51(8). 103948–103948. 331 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mealy, Penny, et al.. (2020). Jobs for a strong and sustainable recovery from Covid-19. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 7 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny, J. Doyne Farmer, & Alexander Teytelboym. (2019). Interpreting economic complexity. Science Advances. 5(1). eaau1705–eaau1705. 105 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny & Diane Coyle. (2019). To Them That Hath: Economic Complexity and Local Industrial Strategy in the UK. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations
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Farmer, J. Doyne, Cameron Hepburn, Matthew C. Ives, et al.. (2019). Sensitive intervention points in the post-carbon transition. Science. 364(6436). 132–134. 148 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny, et al.. (2018). What You Do at Work Matters: New Lenses on Labour. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Mealy, Penny, J. Doyne Farmer, & Ricardo Hausmann. (2018). Determining the Differences that Matter: Development and Divergence in US States Over 1850-2010. SSRN Electronic Journal.
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Mealy, Penny & Alexander Teytelboym. (2017). Economic Complexity and the Green Economy. SSRN Electronic Journal. 8 indexed citations
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Lumbreras, Sara, et al.. (2016). Quantifying convergence in the sciences. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Farmer, J. Doyne, Cameron Hepburn, Penny Mealy, & Alexander Teytelboym. (2015). A Third Wave in the Economics of Climate Change. Environmental and Resource Economics. 62(2). 329–357. 176 indexed citations

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