Tom Kram

35.2k citations

55 papers · 15.7k · 7 hit papers · h-index 28

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Global and Planetary Change top 0.05%
- Climate variability and models
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change

Papers in

Economics and Econometrics 30
- Climate Change Policy and Economics 29
Global and Planetary Change 21
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 7
- Climate variability and models 5

Co-authors: Detlef P. van Vuuren (30 shared papers)Keywan Riahi (11 shared papers)Jae Edmonds (7 shared papers)Nebojša Nakićenović (6 shared papers)Steven K. Rose (4 shared papers)Allison M. Thomson (4 shared papers)Kathy Hibbard (3 shared papers)Steven J. Smith (4 shared papers)
Journals: Global Environmental Change (6 papers)Climatic Change (5 papers)Energy Policy (3 papers)Energy Economics (2 papers)Environmental Research Letters (2 papers)
Partner nations: Netherlands Germany United States

In The Last Decade

Tom Kram

55 papers receiving 15.1k citations

Tom Kram's Hit Papers

7 papers align trajectories log scale

Energy, land-use and greenhouse gas emissions trajectories under a green growth paradigm 2016 · 625 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.

2016 Global Environmental Change
2014 Climatic Change
2013 Climatic Change
2012 Global Environmental Change
2011 Climatic Change
2011 Climatic Change
2010 Nature

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1	The representative concentration pathways: an overview Climatic Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Mikiko Kainuma, Keywan Riahi, Allison M. Thomson, Kathy Hibbard, G. C. Hurtt, Tom Kram, Volker Krey, Jean‐François Lamarque, Toshihiko Masui, Malte Meinshausen, Nebojša Nakićenović, Steven J. Smith, Steven K. Rose Hit paper breakdown →	2011	5955
2	The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment Nature ·Richard H. Moss, Jae Edmonds, Kathy Hibbard, Martin Manning, Steven K. Rose, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Timothy R. Carter, Seita Emori, Mikiko Kainuma, Tom Kram, Gerald A. Meehl, J. F. B. Mitchell, Nebojša Nakićenović, Keywan Riahi, Steven J. Smith, Ronald J. Stouffer, Allison M. Thomson, John P. Weyant, Thomas J. Wilbanks Hit paper breakdown →	2010	5019
3	RCP2.6: exploring the possibility to keep global mean temperature increase below 2°C Climatic Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elke Stehfest, Michel den Elzen, Tom Kram, Jasper van Vliet, Sebastiaan Deetman, Morna Isaac, Kees Klein Goldewijk, Andries F. Hof, Angelica Mendoza Beltrán, Rineke Oostenrijk, Bas van Ruijven Hit paper breakdown →	2011	747
4	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
5	A new scenario framework for Climate Change Research: scenario matrix architecture Climatic Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Elmar Kriegler, Brian C. O’Neill, Kristie L. Ebi, Keywan Riahi, Timothy R. Carter, Jae Edmonds, Stéphane Hallegatte, Tom Kram, Ritu Mathur, Harald Winkler Hit paper breakdown →	2013	518
6	A new scenario framework for climate change research: the concept of shared climate policy assumptions Climatic Change ·Elmar Kriegler, Jae Edmonds, Stéphane Hallegatte, Kristie L. Ebi, Tom Kram, Keywan Riahi, Harald Winkler, Detlef P. van Vuuren Hit paper breakdown →	2014	396
7	The need for and use of socio-economic scenarios for climate change analysis: A new approach based on shared socio-economic pathways Global Environmental Change ·Elmar Kriegler, Brian C. O’Neill, Stéphane Hallegatte, Tom Kram, Robert J. Lempert, Richard H. Moss, Thomas J. Wilbanks Hit paper breakdown →	2012	369
8	Integrated Assessment of Global Environmental Change with IMAGE 3.0 : Model description and policy applications Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) ·Elke Stehfest, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Lex Bouwman, Tom Kram	2014	285
9	A proposal for a new scenario framework to support research and assessment in different climate research communities Global Environmental Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Keywan Riahi, Richard H. Moss, Jae Edmonds, Allison M. Thomson, Nebojša Nakićenović, Tom Kram, Frans Berkhout, Rob Swart, Anthony C. Janetos, Steven K. Rose, Nigel W. Arnell	2011	236
10	A new scenario framework for climate change research: background, process, and future directions Climatic Change ·Kristie L. Ebi, Stéphane Hallegatte, Tom Kram, Nigel W. Arnell, Timothy R. Carter, Jae Edmonds, Elmar Kriegler, Ritu Mathur, Brian C. O’Neill, Keywan Riahi, Harald Winkler, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Timm Zwickel	2013	199
11	Comparison of top-down and bottom-up estimates of sectoral and regional greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials Energy Policy ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Monique Hoogwijk, Terry Barker, Keywan Riahi, Stefan Boeters, Jean Château, Şerban Scrieciu, Jasper van Vliet, Toshihiko Masui, Kornelis Blok, Eliane Blomen, Tom Kram	2009	149
12	Pathways to achieve a set of ambitious global sustainability objectives by 2050: Explorations using the IMAGE integrated assessment model Technological Forecasting and Social Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Marcel Kok, Paul Lucas, Anne Gerdien Prins, Rob Alkemade, M. van den Berg, Lex Bouwman, Stefan van der Esch, Michel Jeuken, Tom Kram, Elke Stehfest	2015	138
13	The use of scenarios as the basis for combined assessment of climate change mitigation and adaptation Global Environmental Change ·Detlef P. van Vuuren, Morna Isaac, Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz, Nigel W. Arnell, Terry Barker, Patrick Criqui, Frans Berkhout, Henk Hilderink, Jochen Hinkel, Andries F. Hof, Alban Kitous, Tom Kram, Reinhard Mechler, Şerban Scrieciu	2010	93
14	Pathways for agriculture and forestry to contribute to terrestrial biodiversity conservation: A global scenario-study Biological Conservation ·Marcel Kok, Rob Alkemade, Michel Bakkenes, Martha van Eerdt, Jan H. Janse, M. Mandryk, Tom Kram, Tanya Lazarova, Johan R. Meijer, Mark van Oorschot, Henk Westhoek, Roderick Zagt, Maurits van der Berg, Stefan van der Esch, Anne-Gerdien Prins, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2018	72
15	Misrepresentation of the IPCC CO2 emission scenarios Nature Geoscience ·Martin Manning, Jae Edmonds, Seita Emori, Arnulf Grübler, Kathy Hibbard, Fortunat Joos, M. Kainuma, Ralph F. Keeling, Tom Kram, Andrew C. Manning, Malte Meinshausen, Richard H. Moss, Nebojša Nakićenović, Keywan Riahi, Steven K. Rose, Steven J. Smith, Rob Swart, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2010	69
16	Long-term water demand for electricity, industry and households Environmental Science & Policy ·David L. Bijl, P.W. Bogaart, Tom Kram, Bert J. M. de Vries, Detlef P. van Vuuren	2015	69
17	Emission scenarios for a global hydrogen economy and the consequences for global air pollution Global Environmental Change ·Bas van Ruijven, Jean‐François Lamarque, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Tom Kram, H. Eerens	2011	59
18	Endogenous learning and technology clustering: analysis with MARKAL model of the Western European energy system International Journal of Global Energy Issues ·A.J. Seebregts, Tom Kram, G.J. Schaeffer, Alexandra Bos	2000	53
19	IPCC Sres Revisited: A Response Energy & Environment ·Nebojša Nakićenović, Arnulf Grübler, S. Gaffin, Tae Tong Jung, Tom Kram, Tsuneyuki Morita, Hugh Pitcher, Keywan Riahi, Michael E. Schlesinger, P.R. Shukla, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Ged Davis, Laurie Michaelis, Rob Swart, Nadja Victor	2003	50
20	Quantifying synergies and trade-offs in the global water-land-food-climate nexus using a multi-model scenario approach Environmental Research Letters ·Jonathan Doelman, Felicitas Beier, Elke Stehfest, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Arthur Beusen, Florian Humpenöder, Abhijeet Mishra, Alexander Popp, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Lotte de Vos, Isabelle Weindl, Willem‐Jan van Zeist, Tom Kram	2022	43

About Tom Kram

Tom Kram is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Management Science and Operations Research and Environmental Engineering, having authored 55 papers that have together received 15.7k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Climate Change Policy and Economics (29 papers), Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (9 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers), Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (7 papers), demographic modeling and climate adaptation (7 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (6 papers), Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies (5 papers) and Climate variability and models (5 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (8.6k citations), Ecological Modeling (1.0k citations), Atmospheric Science (4.1k citations), Water Science and Technology (2.3k citations) and Environmental Engineering (2.0k citations). Tom Kram has collaborated with scholars based in Netherlands, Germany and United States. Frequent co-authors include Detlef P. van Vuuren, Keywan Riahi, Jae Edmonds, Nebojša Nakićenović, Steven K. Rose, Allison M. Thomson, Kathy Hibbard, Steven J. Smith, Mikiko Kainuma and Jean‐François Lamarque. Their work appears in journals such as Global Environmental Change, Climatic Change, Energy Policy, Energy Economics and Environmental Research Letters.

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