Academic Publications

Most of my work focuses on the communication and synthesis of existing data and research – most of this is published at Our World in Data.

But from time-to-time I continue to publish original, standard academic research. You find a list of selected publications below. You find my Google Scholar profile here.


Godfray, H. C. J., Poore, J., & Ritchie, H. (2024). Opportunities to produce food from substantially less land. BMC Biology.

Herre, B., Rodés-Guirao, L., Mathieu, E., Ritchie, H., Giattino, C., Hasell, J., … & Roser, M. (2024). Best practices for government agencies to publish data: lessons from COVID-19. The Lancet Public Health.

Ritchie, H. (2021). COVID’s lessons for climate, sustainability and more from Our World in Data. Nature. 598, 9. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02691-4

Mathieu, E., Ritchie, H., Ortiz-Ospina, E. et al. A global database of COVID-19 vaccinations. Nature Human Behaviour (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01122-8.

Hasell, J., Mathieu, E., Beltekian, D., Macdonald, B., Giattino, C., Ortiz-Ospina, E., … & Ritchie, H. (2020). A cross-country database of COVID-19 testing. Nature Scientific Data7(1), 1-7. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00688-8.

Ritchie, H., Reay, D., Higgins, P (2018). The impact of global dietary guidelines on climate change. Global Environmental Change. 49, 46-55 (2018). doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.02.005

Ritchie, H., Reay, D. S., & Higgins, P. (2018). Beyond calories: a holistic assessment of the global food system. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems2, 57.

Ritchie, H., Reay, D., & Higgins, P. (2018). Sustainable food security in India—Domestic production and macronutrient availability. PLoS One, 13(3), e0193766. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193766

Ritchie, H., Reay, D. S., & Higgins, P. (2018). Quantifying, Projecting and Addressing India’s Hidden Hunger. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2, 11. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2018.00011

Ritchie, H., Reay, D. S., & Higgins, P. (2018). Potential of meat substitutes for climate change mitigation and improved human health in high-income markets. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2, 16. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2018.00016

Ritchie, H., Laird, J. & Ritchie, D. 3f bio: Halving the Cost of Mycoprotein Through Integrated Fermentation Processes. Industrial Biotechnology. 13, 29–31 (2017).

Ritchie, H. & Reay, D.S. (2016): Delivering the two degree global climate change target using a flexible ratchet framework, Climate Policy, doi: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1222260