Tom Kram

34.7k citations

55 papers · 15.5k indexed · 7 hit papers · h-index 28

Global and Planetary Change top 0.05%
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 7
- Climate variability and models 5
Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
Atmospheric Science top 0.5%
Water Science and Technology top 0.2%
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies 5
Environmental Engineering top 0.2%
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability 9
Economics and Econometrics
- Climate Change Policy and Economics 29
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies 9
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research 6
Management Science and Operations Research
- demographic modeling and climate adaptation 7

Co-authors: Detlef P. van Vuuren Keywan Riahi Jae Edmonds Nebojša Nakićenović Steven K. Rose Allison M. Thomson Steven J. Smith Kathy Hibbard
Cited by: Global and Planetary Change Ecological Modeling Atmospheric Science
Journals: Global Environmental Change (6 papers)Climatic Change (5 papers)Energy Policy (3 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Tom Kram

55 papers receiving 14.9k 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.

2016 Global Environmental Change
2014 Climatic Change
2013 Climatic Change
2012 Global Environmental Change
2011 Climatic Change
2011 Climatic Change
2010 Nature

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1	Quantifying synergies and trade-offs in the global water-land-food-climate nexus using a multi-model scenario approach Environmental Research Letters ·Jonathan Doelman,Felicitas Beier,Elke Stehfest,Benjamin Leon Bodirsky,Arthur Beusen,Florian Humpenöder,Abhijeet Mishra,Alexander Popp,Detlef P. van Vuuren,登忠雄黒田,Isabelle Weindl,Willem‐Jan van Zeist,Tom Kram	2022	37
2	Better soils for healthier lives? An econometric assessment of the link between soil nutrients and malnutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa PLoS ONE ·Ezra Berkhout,Ririh Yudhastuti,Tom Kram	2019	16
3	Pathways for agriculture and forestry to contribute to terrestrial biodiversity conservation: A global scenario-study Biological Conservation ·Marcel Kok,Rob Alkemade,Michel Bakkenes,E. Fischer,Jan H. Janse,M. Mandryk,Tom Kram,Tanya Lazarova,Johan R. Meijer,Mark van Oorschot,Henk Westhoek,V.A. Tikhonov,S Langer,Stefan van der Esch,Elizabeth Furlong Shipton Harris,Detlef P. van Vuuren	2018	70
4	Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigmbreakdown → 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	2016	613
5	Exploring resource efficiency for energy, land and phosphorus use: Implications for resource scarcity and the global environment Global Environmental Change ·M. van den Berg,Kathleen Neumann,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Lex Bouwman,Tom Kram,Jan Bakkes	2015	20
6	Long-term water demand for electricity, industry and households Environmental Science & Policy ·David L. Bijl,P.W. Bogaart,Tom Kram,Bert J. M. de Vries,Detlef P. van Vuuren	2015	68
7	A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared climate policy assumptionsbreakdown → Climatic Change ·Elmar Kriegler,Jae Edmonds,Stéphane Hallegatte,Kristie L. Ebi,Tom Kram,Keywan Riahi,Harald Winkler,Detlef P. van Vuuren	2014	379
8	A New Toolkit for Developing Scenarios for Climate Change Research and Policy Analysis Environment Science and Policy for Sustainable Development ·Kristie L. Ebi,Tom Kram,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Brian C. O’Neill,Elmar Kriegler	2014	30
9	A new scenario framework for Climate Change Research: scenario matrix architecturebreakdown → Climatic Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren,Elmar Kriegler,Brian C. O’Neill,Kristie L. Ebi,Keywan Riahi,Timothy R. Carter,Jae Edmonds,Stéphane Hallegatte,Tom Kram,Ritu Mathur,Harald Winkler	2013	510
10	A new scenario framework for climate change research: background, process, and future directions Climatic Change ·Kristie L. Ebi,Stéphane Hallegatte,Tom Kram,Nigel W. Arnell,Timothy R. Carter,Jae Edmonds,Elmar Kriegler,Ritu Mathur,Brian C. O’Neill,Keywan Riahi,Harald Winkler,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Timm Zwickel	2013	197
11	Roads from Rio+20 : Pathways to achieve global sustainability goals by 2050 Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Detlef P. van Vuuren,Marcel Kok,Stefan van der Esch,Michel Jeuken,Bruce Vargas,Anne Gerdien Prins,Rob Alkemade,Maarten van den Berg,Frank Biermann,N.M. van der Grijp,Henk Hilderink,Tom Kram,H.K. Thomson,Philipp Pattberg,Alister Scott	2012	32
12	Global integrated assessment to support EU future environment policies (GLIMP) Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Tom Kram,Simone Alpe,Maayken van den Berg,Jan Bakkes,Hans van Meijl,Andrzej Tabeau	2012	4
13	The representative concentration pathways: an overviewbreakdown → Climatic Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren,Jae Edmonds,Mikiko Kainuma,Keywan Riahi,Allison M. Thomson,Kathy Hibbard,G. C. Hurtt,Tom Kram,Volker Krey,Jean‐François Lamarque,Toshihiko Masui,Malte Meinshausen,Nebojša Nakićenović,Steven J. Smith,Steven K. Rose	2011	5878
14	A proposal for a new scenario framework to support research and assessment in different climate research communities Global Environmental Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren,Keywan Riahi,Richard H. Moss,Jae Edmonds,Allison M. Thomson,Nebojša Nakićenović,Tom Kram,Frans Berkhout,Rob Swart,Anthony C. Janetos,Steven K. Rose,Nigel W. Arnell	2011	231
15	The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessmentbreakdown → Nature ·Richard H. Moss,Jae Edmonds,Kathy Hibbard,Martin Manning,Steven K. Rose,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Timothy R. Carter,Seita Emori,Mikiko Kainuma,Tom Kram,Gerald A. Meehl,J. F. B. Mitchell,Nebojša Nakićenović,Keywan Riahi,Steven J. Smith,Ronald J. Stouffer,Allison M. Thomson,John P. Weyant,Thomas J. Wilbanks	2010	4991
16	The potential impact of hydrogen energy use on the atmosphere EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts ·Bas van Ruijven,Jean‐François Lamarque,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Tom Kram,H. Eerens	2009	1
17	Near-linear cost increase to reduce climate-change risk Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Michiel Schaeffer,Tom Kram,Malte Meinshausen,Detlef P. van Vuuren,Bill Hare	2008	10
18	The MATTER project. Integrated energy and materials systems engineering for GHG emission mitigation VU Research Portal ·Tom Kram,Dolf Gielen,康平永井,Biswaranjan Swain,弋枢楊,Serrano Ortega,Henri C. Moll,K. Chezyian,Deng Lanxin,Ernst Worrell,Marko P. Hekkert,Ankit Bisain,Peter Groenewegen,Tessa Goverse	2001	13
19	Scenarios for Western Europe on long term abatement of CO2 emissions Yunhan Zheng,Ay -Churek Sagynbaeva,Zuo Menghua,Caitlin May O'Shea,Dolf Gielen,Tom Kram	1999	5
20	Boundaries of future carbon dioxide emission reduction in nine industrial countries Tom Kram	1994	3

About Tom Kram

Tom Kram is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, having authored 55 papers that have together received 15.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (29 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (9 papers), demographic modeling and climate adaptation (7 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (8.6k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.0k citations) and Atmospheric Science (4.1k citations). Tom Kram has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Detlef P. van Vuuren, Keywan Riahi, Jae Edmonds, Nebojša Nakićenović, Steven K. Rose, Allison M. Thomson, Steven J. Smith, Kathy Hibbard, Mikiko Kainuma and Toshihiko Masui. Their work appears in journals such as Global Environmental Change, Climatic Change, Energy Policy, Energy Economics and Environmental Research Letters.

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