Most cited papers in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
What are the most cited papers in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments?
The most cited paper in Environmental and Social Impact Assessments is "An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control.a sedimentological approach" (Lars Håkanson, 1980), with 9,700 citations. Next come "Human Development Report" (9,192) and "Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change" (5,636).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 452 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An ecological risk index for aquatic pollution control.a sedimentological approach Lars Håkanson · Water Research | 1980 | 9,700 |
| 2 | Human Development Report James A. Church · Journal of Government Information | May 2001 | 9,192 |
| 3 | Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Anson W. Mackay · Journal of Environmental Quality | 23 Oct 2008 | 5,636 |
| 4 | ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Zoran J. N. Steinmann, Pieter M. F. Elshout et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | 12 Dec 2016 | 4,403 |
| 5 | Stakeholder participation for environmental management: A literature review Mark S. Reed · Biological Conservation | 7 Sep 2008 | 4,254 |
| 6 | Three pillars of sustainability: in search of conceptual origins Ben Purvis, Yong Jian Mao, Darren Robinson · Sustainability Science | 3 Sep 2018 | 3,248 |
| 7 | Geographical Detectors‐Based Health Risk Assessment and its Application in the Neural Tube Defects Study of the Heshun Region, China Jinfeng Wang, Xin‐Hu Li, George Christakos et al. · International Journal of Geographical Information Systems | 2010 | 2,766 |
| 8 | Sustainable development: A critical review Sharachchandra Madhukar Lele · World Development | Jun 1991 | 2,212 |
| 9 | An overview of sustainability assessment methodologies Rajesh Kumar Singh, H.R. Murty, Saurabh Kumar Gupta et al. · Ecological Indicators | 28 Jul 2008 | 2,075 |
| 10 | Evaluation: A Systematic Approach Danny P. Wallace · Library & Information Science Research | 29 Jan 2005 | 1,940 |
| 11 | A review of soil heavy metal pollution from industrial and agricultural regions in China: Pollution and risk assessment Qianqi Yang, Zhiyuan Li, Xiaoqiong Lu et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 14 Jun 2018 | 1,784 |
| 12 | Sustainable Development Goals: A need for relevant indicators Tomáš Hák, Svatava Janoušková, Bedřich Moldan · Ecological Indicators | 21 Aug 2015 | 1,673 |
| 13 | Categorising tools for sustainability assessment Barry Ness, Evelin Urbel-Piirsalu, Stefan Anderberg et al. · Ecological Economics | 19 Sep 2006 | 1,403 |
| 14 | Citizen Participation and Environmental Risk: A Survey of Institutional Mechanisms Daniel J. Fiorino · Science Technology & Human Values | Apr 1990 | 1,327 |
| 15 | Budget Impact Analysis—Principles of Good Practice: Report of the ISPOR 2012 Budget Impact Analysis Good Practice II Task Force Sean D. Sullivan, Josephine Mauskopf, Federico Augustovski et al. · Value in Health | 13 Dec 2013 | 1,214 |
| 16 | Sustainable construction—The role of environmental assessment tools Grace K. C. Ding · Journal of Environmental Management | 8 Feb 2007 | 1,159 |
| 17 | Ecological Risk Assessment Richard T. Di Giulio, David E. Hinton | 25 Feb 2008 | 1,117 |
| 18 | Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management Christopher Mark Raymond, Ioan Fazey, Mark S. Reed et al. · Journal of Environmental Management | 23 Apr 2010 | 1,115 |
| 19 | Conceptualising sustainability assessment Jenny Pope, David Annandale, Angus Morrison‐Saunders · Environmental Impact Assessment Review | 11 May 2004 | 1,088 |
| 20 | Integrating multi-criteria evaluation with geographical information systems Stephen Carver · International Journal of Geographical Information Systems | 1991 | 1,082 |
| 21 | Developing a framework for sustainable development indicators for the mining and minerals industry Adisa Azapagic · Journal of Cleaner Production | 22 Jul 2003 | 1,080 |
| 22 | Health risks of heavy metals to the general public in Tianjin, China via consumption of vegetables and fish Xilong Wang, Tomoki Sato, Baoshan Xing et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 29 Jan 2005 | 1,068 |
| 23 | Assessing the sustainability performances of industries Carin Labuschagne, Alan C. Brent, R.P.G. Van Erck · Journal of Cleaner Production | 12 Dec 2003 | 1,051 |
| 24 | Environmental and social footprints of international trade Thomas Wiedmann, Manfred Lenzen · Nature Geoscience | 23 Apr 2018 | 1,007 |
| 25 | Qualitative Research: Application of the Delphi Method to CEM Research Matthew Ryan Hallowell, John Gambatese · Journal of Construction Engineering and Management | 25 Aug 2009 | 909 |
| 26 | Measuring the immeasurable — A survey of sustainability indices Christoph Böhringer, Patrick E.P. Jochem · Ecological Economics | 7 May 2007 | 908 |
| 27 | Health risk assessment of heavy metal exposure to street dust in the zinc smelting district, Northeast of China Na Zheng, Jingshuang Liu, Qichao Wang et al. · The Science of The Total Environment | 19 Nov 2009 | 905 |
| 28 | Environmental impact assessment: the state of the art Richard Morgan · Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal | Mar 2012 | 890 |
| 29 | Application of Ecological Indicators Gerald J. Niemi, Michael E. McDonald · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics | 2 Nov 2004 | 888 |
| 30 | Analysis of the potentials of multi criteria decision analysis methods to conduct sustainability assessment Marco Cinelli, Stuart R. Coles, Kerry Kirwan · Ecological Indicators | 5 Jul 2014 | 868 |
| 31 | Health impact assessment of active transportation: A systematic review Natalie J. Mueller, David Rojas‐Rueda, Tom Cole‐Hunter et al. · Preventive Medicine | 18 Apr 2015 | 849 |
| 32 | The Concept of Sustainable Development: From its Beginning to the Contemporary Issues Tomislav Klarin · Zagreb international review of economics and business/Zagreb international review of economics & business | May 2018 | 835 |
| 33 | International Principles For Social Impact Assessment Frank M. Vanclay · Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal | Mar 2003 | 828 |
| 34 | A scientometric review of global research on sustainability and sustainable development Timothy Oluwatosin Olawumi, Daniel W.M. Chan · Journal of Cleaner Production | 15 Feb 2018 | 819 |
| 35 | Environmental policy integration: a state of the art review Andrew Jordan, Andrea Lenschow · Environmental Policy and Governance | May 2010 | 812 |
| 36 | A conceptual framework for selecting environmental indicator sets D. Niemeijer, R.S. de Groot · Ecological Indicators | 22 Mar 2007 | 804 |
| 37 | An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities Mark S. Reed, Evan Fraser, Andrew J. Dougill · Ecological Economics | 20 Jan 2006 | 792 |
| 38 | A systemic framework for sustainability assessment Serenella Sala, Biagio Ciuffo, Peter J. Nijkamp · Ecological Economics | 22 Oct 2015 | 741 |
| 39 | Systematic review and meta-analysis of the adverse health effects of ambient PM2.5 and PM10 pollution in the Chinese population Feng Lu, Dongqun Xu, Yibin Cheng et al. · Environmental Research | 25 Nov 2014 | 741 |
| 40 | The application of urban sustainability indicators – A comparison between various practices Liyin Shen, Jose Jorge Ochoa, Mona N. Shah et al. · Habitat International | 12 Apr 2010 | 739 |
| 41 | Exploring the Dimensionality of Trust in Risk Regulation Wouter Poortinga, Nick Pidgeon · Risk Analysis | 12 Sep 2003 | 729 |
| 42 | Environmental policy integration: towards an analytical framework William M. Lafferty, Eivind Hovden · Environmental Politics | Sep 2003 | 720 |
| 43 | United Nations Environment Program. David Briggs · Applied Geography | Jul 1990 | 704 |
| 44 | Social impact assessment: the state of the art Ana Maria Esteves, Daniel M. Franks, Frank M. Vanclay · Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal | Mar 2012 | 697 |
| 45 | Spatial, sources and risk assessment of heavy metal contamination of urban soils in typical regions of Shenyang, China Yuebing Sun, Qixing Zhou, Xiaokui Xie et al. · Journal of Hazardous Materials | 21 Sep 2009 | 688 |
| 46 | A New Approach to Risk Evaluation and Management: Risk‐Based, Precaution‐Based, and Discourse‐Based Strategies1 Andreas Klinke, Ortwin Renn · Risk Analysis | Dec 2002 | 669 |
| 47 | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) Dieter Martinetz · Umweltwissenschaften und Schadstoff-Forschung | May 1989 | 669 |
| 48 | Sustainable development: Our Common Future revisited Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, David Banister · Global Environmental Change | May 2014 | 651 |
| 49 | Indoor Air Pollution: A Public Health Perspective John D. Spengler, Ken Sexton · Science | Jul 1983 | 644 |
| 50 | Public participation and environmental impact assessment: Purposes, implications, and lessons for public policy making Ciaran O’Faircheallaigh · Environmental Impact Assessment Review | 27 May 2009 | 641 |
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