Peter Erickson

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Peter Erickson is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Erickson has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 26 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 18 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Peter Erickson's work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (23 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (16 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (15 papers). Peter Erickson is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change Policy and Economics (23 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (16 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (15 papers). Peter Erickson collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Peter Erickson's co-authors include Michael Lazarus, Georgia Piggot, Sivan Kartha, Ploy Achakulwisut, Roberto Schaeffer, Elina Brutschin, Steve Pye, Céline Guivarch, Harro van Asselt and Chelsea Chandler and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Energy Policy.

In The Last Decade

Peter Erickson

61 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions

2023 210 citations Ploy Achakulwisut, Peter Erickson et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Erickson United States	16	533	468	295	293	122	61	1.2k
Nicolas Koch Germany	21	1.0k 1.9×	566 1.2×	265 0.9×	254 0.9×	123 1.0×	61	1.8k
Liang Yuan China	27	406 0.8×	389 0.8×	296 1.0×	262 0.9×	260 2.1×	66	2.0k
Mark Roelfsema Netherlands	21	892 1.7×	507 1.1×	555 1.9×	366 1.2×	131 1.1×	35	1.5k
Fergus Green United Kingdom	14	694 1.3×	399 0.9×	400 1.4×	330 1.1×	59 0.5×	29	1.3k
Soren Anderson United States	16	1.0k 1.9×	921 2.0×	300 1.0×	217 0.7×	128 1.0×	27	1.9k
Heleen van Soest Netherlands	16	796 1.5×	470 1.0×	632 2.1×	338 1.2×	188 1.5×	23	1.6k
Niven Winchester United States	20	692 1.3×	410 0.9×	364 1.2×	200 0.7×	60 0.5×	70	1.3k
Antonio Sánchez‐Braza Spain	23	706 1.3×	486 1.0×	479 1.6×	95 0.3×	170 1.4×	42	1.3k
Stéphane de la Rue du Can United States	17	291 0.5×	397 0.8×	388 1.3×	294 1.0×	233 1.9×	32	1.3k
Mariësse A.E. van Sluisveld Netherlands	18	644 1.2×	479 1.0×	530 1.8×	368 1.3×	222 1.8×	26	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Erickson

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Erickson

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Erickson, Peter, et al.. (2023). Environmental review of fossil fuels projects—Principles for applying a “climate test” in the United States. Energy Research & Social Science. 103. 103226–103226. 5 indexed citations

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Achakulwisut, Ploy, Peter Erickson, Céline Guivarch, et al.. (2023). Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5425–5425. 210 indexed citations breakdown →

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Erickson, Peter, et al.. (2019). Estimating consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions at the city scale. 4 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter, Michael Lazarus, & Georgia Piggot. (2018). Limiting fossil fuel production as the next big step in climate policy. Nature Climate Change. 8(12). 1037–1043. 162 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter & Michael Lazarus. (2018). Would constraining US fossil fuel production affect global CO2 emissions? A case study of US leasing policy. Climatic Change. 150(1-2). 29–42. 24 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter & Michael Lazarus. (2018). How limiting oil production could help California meet its climate goals. 1 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter, et al.. (2015). Assessing carbon lock-in. Environmental Research Letters. 10(8). 84023–84023. 162 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter, Michael Lazarus, & Randall Spalding-Fecher. (2014). Net climate change mitigation of the Clean Development Mechanism. Energy Policy. 72. 146–154. 39 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter, et al.. (2014). Advancing climate ambition: How city-scale actions can contribute to global climate goals. Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia. 73(3). 254–8. 21 indexed citations

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Heaps, Charles, et al.. (2014). Strategies for development of green energy systems in Mongolia. 1 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter, et al.. (2014). What impact can local economic development in cities have on global GHG emissions? Assessing the evidence. 2 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter & Michael Lazarus. (2014). Impact of the Keystone XL pipeline on global oil markets and greenhouse gas emissions. Nature Climate Change. 4(9). 778–781. 32 indexed citations

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Lazarus, Michael, Eric Kemp‐Benedict, Peter Erickson, & Harro van Asselt. (2013). International Trade and Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Could Shifting the Location of Production Bring GHG benefits?. 4 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter, Michael Lazarus, Chelsea Chandler, & Seth Schultz. (2013). Technologies, policies and measures for GHG abatement at the urban scale. 3(1-02). 37–54. 18 indexed citations

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Lazarus, Michael, Chelsea Chandler, & Peter Erickson. (2013). A core framework and scenario for deep GHG reductions at the city scale. Energy Policy. 57. 563–574. 25 indexed citations

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Lazarus, Michael & Peter Erickson. (2013). Accounting for Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with the Supply of Fossil Fuels. 8 indexed citations

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Nykvist, Björn, Chelsea Chandler, Peter Erickson, et al.. (2012). Driving technological innovation for a low-carbon society : case studies for solar photovoltaics and carbon capture and storage. 3 indexed citations

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Lazarus, Michael, Peter Erickson, & Chelsea Chandler. (2012). Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with Consumption: A Methodology for Scenario Analysis. 11 indexed citations

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Spalding-Fecher, Randall, et al.. (2012). Assessing the Impact of the Clean Development Mechanism. 19 indexed citations

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Erickson, Peter, et al.. (2011). Importance of programme design for potential US domestic GHG offset supply and quality. Climate Policy. 11(6). 1315–1336. 3 indexed citations

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