William W. Behrens

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

William W. Behrens is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Sociology and Political Science and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, William W. Behrens has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 1 paper in Sociology and Political Science and 1 paper in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in William W. Behrens's work include Global Energy and Sustainability Research (3 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (1 paper) and Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies (1 paper). William W. Behrens is often cited by papers focused on Global Energy and Sustainability Research (3 papers), Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (1 paper) and Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies (1 paper). William W. Behrens collaborates with scholars based in United States and Norway. William W. Behrens's co-authors include Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers and Roger F. Naill and has published in prestigious journals such as Futures, SIMULATION and Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland).

In The Last Decade

William W. Behrens

5 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

The Limits to Growth: A report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind

1972 2.0k citations Donella H. Meadows, Dennis L. Meadows et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
William W. Behrens United States	4	485	464	441	338	305	6	2.3k
Robert McGinnis United States	13	371 0.8×	704 1.5×	585 1.3×	256 0.8×	222 0.7×	24	3.0k
Paul Raskin United States	21	429 0.9×	427 0.9×	370 0.8×	834 2.5×	222 0.7×	43	2.3k
Peter Senker United Kingdom	12	294 0.6×	354 0.8×	362 0.8×	175 0.5×	210 0.7×	54	1.6k
Martin O’Connor France	23	606 1.2×	399 0.9×	524 1.2×	594 1.8×	165 0.5×	75	2.0k
John L. R. Proops United Kingdom	21	609 1.3×	346 0.7×	1.0k 2.3×	419 1.2×	517 1.7×	43	2.4k
L. Hunter Lovins United States	16	395 0.8×	380 0.8×	337 0.8×	213 0.6×	276 0.9×	36	2.1k
Robert Goodland United States	16	743 1.5×	416 0.9×	477 1.1×	381 1.1×	162 0.5×	42	2.3k
Bruce Tonn United States	24	247 0.5×	387 0.8×	330 0.7×	328 1.0×	320 1.0×	160	1.8k
Gisbert Glaser Australia	6	437 0.9×	266 0.6×	342 0.8×	549 1.6×	152 0.5×	14	2.2k
Bedřich Moldan Czechia	16	739 1.5×	325 0.7×	430 1.0×	443 1.3×	103 0.3×	49	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by William W. Behrens

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Fields of papers citing papers by William W. Behrens

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of William W. Behrens

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

All Works

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6 of 6 papers shown

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Meadows, Donella H., et al.. (2014). “Perspectives, Problems, and Models” from The Limits to Growth (1972). 68–72. 1 indexed citations

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Meadows, Dennis L., et al.. (1974). Dynamics of Growth in a Finite World. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 295 indexed citations

3.

Meadows, Donella H., Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, & William W. Behrens. (1973). A response to Sussex. Futures. 5(1). 135–152. 19 indexed citations

4.

Meadows, Donella H., et al.. (1973). Halte à la croissance? Enquête sur le Club de Rome. Population. 28(3). 696–696. 3 indexed citations

5.

Meadows, Donella H., Dennis L. Meadows, Jørgen Randers, & William W. Behrens. (1972). The Limits to Growth: A report for the Club of Rome's Project on the Predicament of Mankind. 2022 indexed citations breakdown →

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Behrens, William W.. (1972). The dynamics of natural resource utilization. SIMULATION. 19(3). 91–99. 6 indexed citations

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