Vaclav Smil

195 papers and 7.5k 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 195 papers receiving a total of 7.5k 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, H. Steinfeld, Harold A. Mooney, James N. Galloway and Walter P. Falcon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Journal of Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers citing papers by Vaclav Smil

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EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

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Countries citing papers authored by Vaclav Smil

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2025