William E. Rees

9.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
84 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

William E. Rees is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, William E. Rees has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Environmental Engineering, 26 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 18 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in William E. Rees's work include Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (22 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (18 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (18 papers). William E. Rees is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (22 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (18 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (18 papers). William E. Rees collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Israel and United States. William E. Rees's co-authors include Mathis Wackernagel, Meidad Kissinger, Louise Manning, Eileen Crist, William J. Ripple, Laura Westra, Christopher Wolf, Paul R. Ehrlich, Herman E. Daly and Stephen C. Trombulak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

William E. Rees

78 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

Ecological footprints and appropriated carrying capacity: what urban economics leaves out

1992 1.6k citations William E. Rees profile →
Urban ecological footprints: Why cities cannot be sustainable—And why they are a key to sustainability

1996 617 citations William E. Rees et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
William E. Rees	1.9k	1.3k	1.2k	1.1k	672	84	5.3k
Marina Fischer‐Kowalski	2.9k 1.5×	1.0k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	823 1.2×	75	6.5k
Stefan Giljum	4.2k 2.2×	883 0.7×	2.2k 1.8×	652 0.6×	739 1.1×	96	7.0k
Mario Giampietro	1.9k 1.0×	812 0.6×	641 0.5×	818 0.7×	722 1.1×	189	5.8k
Arne Geschke	4.0k 2.0×	671 0.5×	2.9k 2.4×	707 0.6×	680 1.0×	60	7.4k
William Solecki	1.3k 0.7×	471 0.4×	882 0.7×	3.1k 2.7×	462 0.7×	114	6.4k
Mathis Wackernagel	4.5k 2.3×	2.5k 1.8×	2.7k 2.3×	1.8k 1.5×	1.4k 2.1×	79	9.7k
Xiangzheng Deng	2.0k 1.0×	653 0.5×	2.9k 2.4×	3.2k 2.8×	938 1.4×	196	7.6k
Heinz Schandl	4.0k 2.1×	851 0.6×	1.9k 1.5×	789 0.7×	303 0.5×	117	7.2k
Keiichiro Kanemoto	4.6k 2.4×	609 0.5×	3.1k 2.5×	990 0.9×	857 1.3×	58	7.5k
Joachim H. Spangenberg	572 0.3×	1.6k 1.2×	1.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.8×	459 0.7×	110	6.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William E. Rees

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ouellet‐Plamondon, Claudiane, et al.. (2023). To what extent is sustainability addressed at urban scale and how aligned is it with Earth's productive capacity?. Sustainable Cities and Society. 96. 104655–104655. 10 indexed citations

Rees, William E.. (2023). The Human Ecology of Overshoot: Why a Major ‘Population Correction’ Is Inevitable. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 509–527. 14 indexed citations

Rees, William E.. (2022). The human eco-predicament: Overshoot and the population conundrum. Vienna Yearbook of Population Research. 21. 21–39. 15 indexed citations

Crist, Eileen, William J. Ripple, Paul R. Ehrlich, William E. Rees, & Christopher Wolf. (2022). Scientists' warning on population. The Science of The Total Environment. 845. 157166–157166. 26 indexed citations

Joss, Simon, Robert Cowley, Bernhard Müller, et al.. (2015). Tomorrow’s City Today: Prospects for Standardising Sustainable Urban Development. ENLIGHTEN (Jurnal Bimbingan dan Konseling Islam). 22 indexed citations

Kissinger, Meidad, et al.. (2013). An urban metabolism and ecological footprint assessment of Metro Vancouver. Journal of Environmental Management. 124. 51–61. 136 indexed citations

Kissinger, Meidad & William E. Rees. (2009). Assessing Sustainability in a Globalizing World. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 13(3). 357–360. 9 indexed citations

Rees, William E.. (2009). The ecological crisis and self-delusion: implications for the building sector. Building Research & Information. 37(3). 300–311. 65 indexed citations

Rees, William E., et al.. (2007). Globalización y sostenibilidad: ¿conflicto o convergencia?. 35–61. 1 indexed citations

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Daly, Herman E., Brian Czech, David L. Trauger, et al.. (2007). Are We Consuming Too Much—for What?. Conservation Biology. 21(5). 1359–1362. 31 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (2003). Impeding Sustainability? The Ecological Footprint of Higher Education.. Planning for higher education. 31(3). 88–98. 27 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (2003). Economic Development And Environmental Protection: An Ecological Economics Perspective. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 86(1-2). 29–45. 89 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (2003). Ecological footprints: A blot on the land. Nature. 421(6926). 898–898. 23 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (1996). Indicadores territoriales de sustentabilidad. Dialnet (Universidad de la Rioja). 27–41. 9 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (1990). The ecology of sustainable development.. 20(1). 18–23. 114 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (1988). Sustainable Development: Economic Myths and Ecological Realities. The Trumpeter. 5(4). 4 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (1988). Sustainable Development and The Deep Long-Range Ecology Movement. 5(4). 1 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (1978). A history of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in Wales and on the Welsh border. AMS Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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Rees, William E., et al.. (1978). Coastal Ecosystem Planning and Impact Evaluation. 601–620. 2 indexed citations

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Rees, William E.. (1975). Calendar of ancient petitions relating to Wales : thirteenth to sixteenth century. University of Wales Press eBooks. 1 indexed citations

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