David Gernaat

15.3k citations

41 papers · 4.0k · 4 hit papers · h-index 26

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology top 1%
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
Environmental Engineering top 1%
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Papers in

Economics and Econometrics 17
- Climate Change Policy and Economics 16
Environmental Engineering 14
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability 12

Co-authors: Detlef P. van Vuuren (34 shared papers)Vassilis Daioglou (9 shared papers)Harmen Sytze de Boer (9 shared papers)Jonathan Doelman (8 shared papers)Elke Stehfest (6 shared papers)Mathijs Harmsen (6 shared papers)Maarten van den Berg (6 shared papers)Christoph Müller (3 shared papers)
Journals: Energy (7 papers)Climatic Change (5 papers)Nature Climate Change (4 papers)Environmental Research Letters (3 papers)Global Environmental Change (3 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany Austria

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David Gernaat

41 papers receiving 4.0k citations

David Gernaat's Hit Papers

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Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply 2021 · 416 citations

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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.

2021 Nature Climate Change
2019 Global Change Biology
2018 Nature Climate Change
2016 Global Environmental Change

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1	Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm 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 Hit paper breakdown →	2016	625
2	Alternative pathways to the 1.5 °C target reduce the need for negative emission technologies Nature Climate Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elke Stehfest, David Gernaat, Maarten van den Berg, David L. Bijl, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Vassilis Daioglou, Jonathan Doelman, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Mathijs Harmsen, Andries F. Hof, Mariësse A.E. van Sluisveld Hit paper breakdown →	2018	528
3	Climate change impacts on renewable energy supply Nature Climate Change ·David Gernaat, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Vassilis Daioglou, Seleshi Yalew, Christoph Müller, Detlef P. van Vuuren Hit paper breakdown →	2021	416
4	Exploring SSP land-use dynamics using the IMAGE model: Regional and gridded scenarios of land-use change and land-based climate change mitigation Global Environmental Change ·Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Andrzej Tabeau, Hans van Meijl, Luis Lassaletta, David Gernaat, Kathleen Hermans, Mathijs Harmsen, Vassilis Daioglou, Hester Biemans, Sietske van der Sluis, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2017	252
5	Afforestation for climate change mitigation: Potentials, risks and trade‐offs Global Change Biology ·Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Andrzej Tabeau, Andries F. Hof, Maarten C. Braakhekke, David Gernaat, Maarten van den Berg, Willem‐Jan van Zeist, Vassilis Daioglou, Hans van Meijl, Paul Lucas Hit paper breakdown →	2019	249
6	High-resolution assessment of global technical and economic hydropower potential Nature Energy ·David Gernaat, P.W. Bogaart, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Hester Biemans, R.J.M. Niessink	2017	220
7	Global resource potential of seasonal pumped hydropower storage for energy and water storage Nature Communications ·Julian David Hunt, Edward Byers, Yoshihide Wada, Simon Parkinson, David Gernaat, Simon Langan, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Keywan Riahi	2020	169
8	Limited emission reductions from fuel subsidy removal except in energy-exporting regions Nature ·Jessica Jewell, David McCollum, Johannes Emmerling, Christoph Bertram, David Gernaat, Volker Krey, Leonidas Paroussos, Loïc Berger, Kostas Fragkiadakis, Ilkka Keppo, Nawfal Saadi, Massimo Tavoni, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Vadim Vinichenko, Keywan Riahi	2018	154
9	Integrated scenarios to support analysis of the food–energy–water nexus Nature Sustainability ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, David L. Bijl, P.W. Bogaart, Elke Stehfest, Hester Biemans, Stefan C. Dekker, Jonathan Doelman, David Gernaat, Mathijs Harmsen	2019	113
10	Assessing current and future techno-economic potential of concentrated solar power and photovoltaic electricity generation Energy ·Alexandre C. Köberle, David Gernaat, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2015	104
11	Global and regional abatement costs of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and of enhanced action to levels well below 2 °C and 1.5 °C Environmental Science & Policy ·Andries F. Hof, Michel den Elzen, Annemiek Admiraal, Mark Roelfsema, David Gernaat, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2017	103
12	Decarbonising the critical sectors of aviation, shipping, road freight and industry to limit warming to 1.5–2°C Climate Policy ·Maria Sharmina, Oreane Y. Edelenbosch, Charlie Wilson, Rachel Freeman, David Gernaat, Pamela K. Gilbert, (unknown), Emma Littleton, Michael Traut, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Naomi E. Vaughan, Frances Wood, Corinne Le Quéré	2020	101
13	The role of residential rooftop photovoltaic in long-term energy and climate scenarios Applied Energy ·David Gernaat, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Louise Christine Dammeier, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2020	94
14	The role of decentralized systems in providing universal electricity access in Sub-Saharan Africa – A model-based approach Energy ·Anteneh G. Dagnachew, Paul Lucas, Andries F. Hof, David Gernaat, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2017	86
15	Evaluating the use of biomass energy with carbon capture and storage in low emission scenarios Environmental Research Letters ·Naomi E. Vaughan, Clair Gough, Sarah Mander, Emma Littleton, Andrew Welfle, David Gernaat, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2018	85
16	Hydropower dependency and climate change in sub-Saharan Africa: A nexus framework and evidence-based review Journal of Cleaner Production ·Giacomo Falchetta, David Gernaat, Julian David Hunt, Sebastian Sterl	2019	78
17	Understanding the contribution of non-carbon dioxide gases in deep mitigation scenarios Global Environmental Change ·David Gernaat, Katherine Calvin, Paul Lucas, Gunnar Luderer, Sander Otto, Shilpa Rao, Jessica Strefler, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2015	71
18	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
19	The role of methane in future climate strategies: mitigation potentials and climate impacts Climatic Change ·Mathijs Harmsen, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Jean Château, Olivier Durand-Lasserve, Laurent Drouet, Oliver Fricko, Shinichiro Fujimori, David Gernaat, Tatsuya Hanaoka, Jérôme Hilaire, Kimon Keramidas, Gunnar Luderer, Maria Cecilia P. Moura, Fuminori Sano, Steven J. Smith, Kenichi Wada	2019	68
20	Interactions between climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of hydropower in Brazil Energy ·André F.P. Lucena, Mohamad Hejazi, Eveline Vasquez-Arroyo, Sean Turner, Alexandre C. Köberle, Kathryn Daenzer, Pedro Rochedo, Tom Kober, Yongxia Cai, Robert Beach, David Gernaat, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Bob van der Zwaan	2018	61

About David Gernaat

David Gernaat is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Environmental Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Water Science and Technology and Pollution, having authored 41 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (16 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (12 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (10 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (9 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (7 papers), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (7 papers), Water resources management and optimization (6 papers) and Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Energy Engineering and Power Technology (353 citations), Environmental Engineering (884 citations), Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (906 citations), General Energy (49 citations) and Pollution (553 citations). David Gernaat has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and Austria. Frequent co-authors include Detlef P. van Vuuren, Vassilis Daioglou, Harmen Sytze de Boer, Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Mathijs Harmsen, Maarten van den Berg, Christoph Müller, Andries F. Hof and Oreane Y. Edelenbosch. Their work appears in journals such as Energy, Climatic Change, Nature Climate Change, Environmental Research Letters and Global Environmental Change.

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