Vaclav Smil

197 papers and 7.6k indexed citations i.

About

Vaclav Smil is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Sociology and Political Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Vaclav Smil has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 15 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Vaclav Smil’s work include Global Energy and Sustainability Research (23 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (6 papers) and Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution (5 papers). Vaclav Smil is often cited by papers focused on Global Energy and Sustainability Research (23 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (6 papers) and Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution (5 papers). Vaclav Smil collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Vaclav Smil's co-authors include Richard N. Cooper, R. E. Munn, William C. Clark, D. Gale Johnson, Philip L. Wagner, John Waterbury, James N. Galloway, Harold A. Mooney, Rosamond L. Naylor and H. Steinfeld and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Ecology.

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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