Volker Krey

37.2k citations

117 papers · 15.2k indexed · 5 hit papers · h-index 47

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Climate variability and models
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment top 0.5%
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research

Papers in

General Energy 13
- Global Energy Security and Policy 13
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 44
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research 28
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies 18

Co-authors: Keywan Riahi Nebojša Nakićenović Detlef P. van Vuuren Jae Edmonds Steven K. Rose Malte Meinshausen Mikiko Kainuma Jean‐François Lamarque
Journals: Climatic Change (13 papers)Environmental Research Letters (9 papers)Nature Climate Change (8 papers)Energy Economics (7 papers)Nature Energy (5 papers)
Partner nations: Austria United States Germany

In The Last Decade

Volker Krey

112 papers receiving 14.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories log scale

Author Correction: Implications of intercontinental renewable electricity trade for energy systems and emissions 2023 · 301 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.

2023 Nature Energy
2019 Nature
2015 Nature Climate Change
2011 Climatic Change
2011 Climatic Change

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Volker Krey, 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	Quantifying material stocks in long-lived products: Challenges and improvements for informing sustainable resource use strategies Resources Conservation and Recycling ·Jan Streeck, André Baumgart, Helmut Haberl, Fridolin Krausmann, Bowen Cai, Tomer Fishman, Maud Lanau, Peter Berrill, Zhi Cao, Sebastiaan Deetman, David Frantz, Volker Krey, Alessio Mastrucci, Alessio Miatto, Stefan Pauliuk, Srikonda Pradeep, Shoshanna Saxe, Danielle Densley Tingley, Gamze Ünlü, Dominik Wiedenhofer	2025	3
2	Deutsches Strafrecht Allgemeiner Teil Volker Krey	2022	1
3	ECOPT ² : An adaptable life cycle assessment model for the environmentally constrained optimization of prospective technology transitions Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Christine Roxanne Hung, Paul Kishimoto, Volker Krey, Anders Hammer Strømman, Guillaume Majeau‐Bettez	2022	10
4	Accelerating emission reduction in Israel: Carbon pricing vs. policy standards Energy Strategy Reviews ·Ruslana Rachel Palatnik, เสาวภา พทยวัฒน์, Volker Krey, Nathan Sussman, Keywan Riahi, Matthew Gidden	2022	7
5	Emissions of electric vehicle charging in future scenarios: The effects of time of charging Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Anders Arvesen, M.B. Guérard, Christine Roxanne Hung, Volker Krey, Magnus Korpås, Anders Hammer Strømman	2021	31
6	A framework for national scenarios with varying emission reductions Nature Climate Change ·Shinichiro Fujimori, Volker Krey, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Ken Oshiro, Masahiro Sugiyama, Utsa v Lamichhane, Bundit Limmeechokchai, Shivika Mittal, Yixue Jia, Chan Park, F Illston, Diego Silva Herran, Dan Boylan, I Gusti Wayan Murjana Yasa, Yuki Ochi, W. D. Heintz, Toshihiko Masui, مجید حاجی بابا, Salwa Al Aidarous, Keywan Riahi	2021	35
7	Evaluating process-based integrated assessment models of climate change mitigation Climatic Change ·Charlie Wilson, Céline Guivarch, Elmar Kriegler, Bas van Ruijven, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Volker Krey, Valeria Jana Schwanitz, Erica Thompson	2021	75
8	Air quality and health implications of 1.5 °C–2 °C climate pathways under considerations of ageing population: a multi-model scenario analysis Environmental Research Letters ·Peter Rafaj, Gregor Kiesewetter, Volker Krey, W. Schoepp, Christoph Bertram, Laurent Drouet, Oliver Fricko, Shinichiro Fujimori, Mathijs Harmsen, Jérôme Hilaire, Daniel Huppmann, Zbigniew Klimont, Peter Kolp, Lara Aleluia Reis, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2021	32
9	Climate change scenario services: From science to facilitating action One Earth ·Gusein Sh, Elmar Kriegler, Henrik Carlsen, Kasper Kok, Simona Pedde, Volker Krey, Zhen-rong Rui	2021	15
10	The NExus Solutions Tool (NEST) v1.0: an open platform for optimizing multi-scale energy–water–land system transformations Geoscientific model development ·Adriano Vinca, Simon Parkinson, Edward Byers, Peter Burek, Zarrar Khan, Volker Krey, Frances C. Wilson, Yaoping Wang, 何伟君, Alexandre C. Köberle, Iain Staffell, Stefan Pfenninger, Abubakr Muhammad, Andrew Rowe, Roberto Schaeffer, Narasimha D. Rao, Yoshihide Wada, Ned Djilali, Keywan Riahi	2020	45
11	A new scenario logic for the Paris Agreement long-term temperature goal Joeri Rogelj, Daniel Huppmann, Volker Krey, Keywan Riahi, Leon Clarke, Matthew Gidden, Zebedee Nicholls, Malte Meinshausen	2020	4
12	Air Quality Improvement Co-benefits of Low-Carbon Pathways toward Well Below the 2 °C Climate Target in China Environmental Science & Technology ·Nan Li, Wenying Chen, Peter Rafaj, Gregor Kiesewetter, Wolfgang Schöpp, Huan Wang, Hongjun Zhang, Volker Krey, Keywan Riahi	2019	103
13	Enhancing global climate policy ambition towards a 1.5 °C stabilization: a short-term multi-model assessment Environmental Research Letters ·Zoi Vrontisi, Gunnar Luderer, Bert Saveyn, Kimon Keramidas, Lara Aleluia Reis, Lavinia Baumstark, Christoph Bertram, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Laurent Drouet, Kostas Fragkiadakis, Oliver Fricko, Shinichiro Fujimori, Céline Guivarch, Alban Kitous, Volker Krey, Elmar Kriegler, Eoin Ó Broin, Leonidas Paroussos, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2018	53
14	The MESSAGE Integrated Assessment Model and the ix modeling platform (ixmp): An open framework for integrated and cross-cutting analysis of energy, climate, the environment, and sustainable development Environmental Modelling & Software ·Daniel Huppmann, Matthew Gidden, Oliver Fricko, Peter Kolp, Hyun-Chun Kim, Susanne Geburtig, Ahmad Fuad Abu Bakar, Adriano Vinca, Alessio Mastrucci, Keywan Riahi, Volker Krey	2018	149
15	Interaction of consumer preferences and climate policies in the global transition to low-carbon vehicles Nature Energy ·David McCollum, Charlie Wilson, 叶茂东, Samuel Carrara, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Johannes Emmerling, Céline Guivarch, Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, Ilkka Keppo, Volker Krey, Zhenhong Lin, Eoin Ó Broin, Leonidas Paroussos, Hazel Pettifor, Kalai Ramea, Keywan Riahi, Fuminori Sano, Baltazar Solano Rodríguez, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2018	147
16	Sensitivity of projected long-term CO2 emissions across the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways Nature Climate Change ·Giacomo Marangoni, Massimo Tavoni, Valentina Bosetti, Emanuele Borgonovo, Pantélis Capros, Oliver Fricko, David Gernaat, Céline Guivarch, Peter Havlík, Daniel Huppmann, Nils Johnson, Panagiotis Karkatsoulis, Ilkka Keppo, Volker Krey, Eoin Ó Broin, James Price, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2017	70
17	Comparison and interactions between the long-term pursuit of energy independence and climate policies Nature Energy ·Jessica Jewell, Vadim Vinichenko, David McCollum, Nico Bauer, Keywan Riahi, Tino Aboumahboub, Oliver Fricko, Mathijs Harmsen, Tom Kober, Volker Krey, Giacomo Marangoni, Massimo Tavoni, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Bob van der Zwaan, Aleh Cherp	2016	59
18	Special issue: The EMF27 Study on Global Technology and Climate Policy Strategies IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·John P. Weyant, Elmar Kriegler, Geoffrey J. Blanford, Volker Krey, Jae Edmonds, Keywan Riahi, Richard Richels, Massimo Tavoni	2014	2
19	Dealing with uncertainty in greenhouse gas inventories in an emissions constrained world IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis) ·M. Jonas, Volker Krey, Fabian Wagner, Gregg Marland, Zbigniew Nahorski	2010	2
20	Hauptverhandlung, Beweisrecht, gerichtliche Entscheidungen, Tatbegriff, Rechtskraft, Rechtsmittel und Rechtsbehelfe W. Kohlhammer eBooks ·Volker Krey, Luca Vannucci Vannucci	2007	1

About Volker Krey

Volker Krey is a scholar working on General Energy, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Global and Planetary Change, having authored 117 papers that have together received 15.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (56 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (35 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (28 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (20 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (18 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (15 papers), Global Energy Security and Policy (13 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (12 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (6.4k citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (3.2k citations), Environmental Engineering (2.7k citations), General Energy (187 citations) and Ecological Modeling (740 citations). Volker Krey has collaborated with scholars based in Austria, United States and Germany. Frequent co-authors include Keywan Riahi, Nebojša Nakićenović, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Steven K. Rose, Malte Meinshausen, Mikiko Kainuma, Jean‐François Lamarque, Toshihiko Masui and G. C. Hurtt. Their work appears in journals such as Climatic Change, Environmental Research Letters, Nature Climate Change, Energy Economics and Nature Energy.

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