Highlights
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Wachs and Engel (2021) report outcomes describing energy-land relationships.
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The methodological approaches in Wachs and Engel (2021) are absent.
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Results presented in Wachs and Engel (2021) should be considered with caution.
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Literature reviews and analyses on land-energy relationships should be rigorous.
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Fair and open standardization of metrics for land-energy relationships are needed.
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166, 112526, 2022 DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2022.112526
