Sean Low

1.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
46 papers, 982 citations indexed

About

Sean Low is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Low has authored 46 papers receiving a total of 982 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 29 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Sean Low's work include Climate Change and Geoengineering (29 papers), Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (22 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (13 papers). Sean Low is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Geoengineering (29 papers), Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (22 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (13 papers). Sean Low collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United Kingdom and United States. Sean Low's co-authors include Chad M. Baum, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Stefan Schäfer, Livia Fritz, Miranda Boettcher, Holly Jean Buck, Matthias Honegger, Cameron Roberts, Duncan McLaren and Nadine Mengis and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Sean Low

45 papers receiving 935 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.

Public perceptions and support of climate intervention technologies across the Global North and Global South

2024 49 citations Chad M. Baum, Livia Fritz et al. Nature Communications profile →
Public engagement for inclusive and sustainable governance of climate interventions

2024 36 citations Livia Fritz, Chad M. Baum et al. Nature Communications profile →
Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries

2024 34 citations Sean Low, Livia Fritz et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean Low Denmark	20	568	460	270	126	120	46	982
Rob Bellamy United Kingdom	21	822 1.4×	782 1.7×	275 1.0×	179 1.4×	192 1.6×	37	1.4k
Stefan Schäfer Germany	12	361 0.6×	156 0.3×	123 0.5×	66 0.5×	34 0.3×	39	612
Juan Moreno‐Cruz United States	21	676 1.2×	246 0.5×	546 2.0×	27 0.2×	37 0.3×	66	1.2k
Emily Cox United Kingdom	15	265 0.5×	346 0.8×	148 0.5×	116 0.9×	79 0.7×	32	707
Molly K. Macauley United States	15	156 0.3×	85 0.2×	286 1.1×	37 0.3×	29 0.2×	79	717
Martin Kowarsch Germany	14	302 0.5×	201 0.4×	175 0.6×	29 0.2×	106 0.9×	17	581
Atsushi Ishii Japan	12	191 0.3×	216 0.5×	48 0.2×	39 0.3×	60 0.5×	26	388
Eli Mitchell-Larson United Kingdom	5	200 0.4×	60 0.1×	236 0.9×	105 0.8×	40 0.3×	6	733
Sven Willner Germany	14	462 0.8×	174 0.4×	178 0.7×	15 0.1×	43 0.4×	30	874
Hermann E. Ott Germany	10	341 0.6×	170 0.4×	455 1.7×	24 0.2×	94 0.8×	54	963

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Low

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Low

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sean Low. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Sean Low. The network helps show where Sean Low may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Low

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

All Works

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Fritz, Livia, et al.. (2025). Between inflated expectations and inherent distrust: How publics see the role of experts in governing climate intervention technologies. Environmental Science & Policy. 164. 104005–104005. 1 indexed citations

Lamb, William F., et al.. (2025). How are oil and gas firms integrating carbon dioxide removal into their climate strategies?. Energy Research & Social Science. 127. 104237–104237.

Cox, Emily, Sean Low, Chad M. Baum, et al.. (2025). Carbon removal beyond the trees. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 253–253. 3 indexed citations

Low, Sean, Elina Brutschin, Chad M. Baum, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2025). Expert perspectives on incorporating justice considerations into integrated assessment modelling. npj Climate Action. 4(1). 1 indexed citations

Low, Sean, Livia Fritz, Chad M. Baum, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2024). Public perceptions on solar geoengineering from focus groups in 22 countries. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 8 indexed citations

Baum, Chad M., Livia Fritz, Sean Low, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2024). Public perceptions and support of climate intervention technologies across the Global North and Global South. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2060–2060. 49 indexed citations breakdown →

Fritz, Livia, Chad M. Baum, Sean Low, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2024). Public engagement for inclusive and sustainable governance of climate interventions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 4168–4168. 36 indexed citations breakdown →

Low, Sean, Livia Fritz, Chad M. Baum, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2024). Public perceptions on carbon removal from focus groups in 22 countries. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3453–3453. 34 indexed citations breakdown →

Sovacool, Benjamin K., Darrick Evensen, Chad M. Baum, Livia Fritz, & Sean Low. (2024). Demographics shape public preferences for carbon dioxide removal and solar geoengineering interventions across 30 countries. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 642–642. 3 indexed citations

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Fritz, Livia, Chad M. Baum, Elina Brutschin, Sean Low, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2024). Climate beliefs, climate technologies and transformation pathways: Contextualizing public perceptions in 22 countries. Global Environmental Change. 87. 102880–102880. 11 indexed citations

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Low, Sean, Miranda Boettcher, Shinichiro Asayama, et al.. (2024). An earth system governance research agenda for carbon removal. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 19. 100204–100204. 6 indexed citations

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Sovacool, Benjamin K., Chad M. Baum, Sean Low, & Livia Fritz. (2023). Coral reefs, cloud forests and radical climate interventions in Australia’s Wet Tropics and Great Barrier Reef. PLOS Climate. 2(10). e0000221–e0000221. 12 indexed citations

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Müller-Hansen, Finn, Chad M. Baum, Elina Brutschin, et al.. (2023). Attention, sentiments and emotions towards emerging climate technologies on Twitter. Global Environmental Change. 83. 102765–102765. 21 indexed citations

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Sovacool, Benjamin K., Chad M. Baum, & Sean Low. (2022). Determining our climate policy future: expert opinions about negative emissions and solar radiation management pathways. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 27(8). 58–58. 9 indexed citations

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Enevoldsen, Peter, Chad M. Baum, Sean Low, & Benjamin K. Sovacool. (2022). Examining the synergies and tradeoffs of net-zero climate protection with the Sustainable Development Goals. Science Progress. 105(4). 322108939–322108939. 8 indexed citations

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Sovacool, Benjamin K., Chad M. Baum, & Sean Low. (2022). Climate protection or privilege? A whole systems justice milieu of twenty negative emissions and solar geoengineering technologies. Political Geography. 97. 102702–102702. 27 indexed citations

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Morrow, David R., Michael S. Thompson, Holly Jean Buck, et al.. (2020). Principles for Thinking about Carbon Dioxide Removal in Just Climate Policy. One Earth. 3(2). 150–153. 70 indexed citations

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Low, Sean & Holly Jean Buck. (2020). The practice of responsible research and innovation in “climate engineering”. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change. 11(3). 30 indexed citations

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Low, Sean. (2016). Engineering imaginaries: Anticipatory foresight for solar radiation management governance. The Science of The Total Environment. 580. 90–104. 12 indexed citations

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Low, Sean. (2016). The futures of climate engineering. Earth s Future. 5(1). 67–71. 22 indexed citations

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