Will Steffen

103 papers and 26.3k indexed citations
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About

Will Steffen is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Will Steffen has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 26.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 27 papers in Atmospheric Science and 27 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Will Steffen’s work include Global Energy and Sustainability Research (27 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (21 papers) and Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution (15 papers). Will Steffen is often cited by papers focused on Global Energy and Sustainability Research (27 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (21 papers) and Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution (15 papers). Will Steffen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Sweden and United States. Will Steffen's co-authors include Paul J. Crutzen, Johan Rockström, John McNeill, Katherine Richardson, Owen Gaffney, Carl Folke, Sarah Cornell, Ingo Fetzer, Reinette Biggs and Stephen R. Carpenter and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Will Steffen

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

Will Steffen

102 papers receiving 24.1k citations

Fields of papers citing papers by Will Steffen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Countries citing papers authored by Will Steffen

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Top Papers & Citation Paths

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