Most cited papers in Environmental Impact and Sustainability
What are the most cited papers in Environmental Impact and Sustainability?
The most cited paper in Environmental Impact and Sustainability is "Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship" (Michael E. Porter, Claas van der Linde, 1995), with 13,204 citations. Next come "General Diagnostic Tests for Cross Section Dependence in Panels" (8,497) and "Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture" (7,718).
Showing 50 of 100 papers. Every paper with more than 1,148 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toward a New Conception of the Environment-Competitiveness Relationship Michael E. Porter, Claas van der Linde · The Journal of Economic Perspectives | Nov 1995 | 13,204 |
| 2 | General Diagnostic Tests for Cross Section Dependence in Panels M. Hashem Pesaran · SSRN Electronic Journal | 2004 | 8,497 |
| 3 | Global food demand and the sustainable intensification of agriculture David Tilman, Christian Balzer, Jason Hill et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 21 Nov 2011 | 7,718 |
| 4 | Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers Joseph Poore, Thomas Nemecek · Science | Jun 2018 | 6,084 |
| 5 | The ecoinvent database version 3 (part I): overview and methodology Gregor Wernet, Christian Bauer, Bernhard R.P. Steubing et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | 21 Apr 2016 | 5,553 |
| 6 | Input-output analysis foundations and extensions Ronald Earle Miller, Peter D. Blair | 2009 | 5,111 |
| 7 | The Revision of ISO Standards 14040-3 - ISO 14040: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Principles and framework - ISO 14044: Environmental management Life cycle assessment Requirements and guidelines Hans-Jürgen Klüppel · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | May 2005 | 4,646 |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Soil carbon stocks and land use change: a meta analysis L.B Guo, Roger M. Gifford · Global Change Biology | Apr 2002 | 4,004 |
| 10 | Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C Joeri Rogelj, Michel G.J. den Elzen, Niklas Höhne et al. · Nature | 29 Jun 2016 | 3,464 |
| 11 | Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment Göran Finnveden, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Tomas Ekvall et al. · Journal of Environmental Management | 30 Aug 2009 | 3,402 |
| 12 | Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions Monica Crippa, Efisio Solazzo, Diego Guizzardi et al. · Nature Food | 8 Mar 2021 | 3,161 |
| 13 | RCP 8.5—A scenario of comparatively high greenhouse gas emissions Keywan Riahi, Shilpa Rao, Volker Krey et al. · Climatic Change | 12 Aug 2011 | 2,923 |
| 14 | Ethanol Can Contribute to Energy and Environmental Goals Alexander E. Farrell, Richard J. Plevin, Brian T. Turner et al. · Science | 26 Jan 2006 | 2,834 |
| 15 | Handbook on life cycle assessment operational guide to the ISO standards Jeroen B. Guinée · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | Sep 2002 | 2,773 |
| 16 | Life cycle assessment Gerald Rebitzer, Tomas Ekvall, Rolf Frischknecht et al. · Environment International | 24 Apr 2004 | 2,685 |
| 17 | Sustainable biochar to mitigate global climate change Dominic Woolf, James E. Amonette, F. Alayne Street‐Perrott et al. · Nature Communications | 10 Aug 2010 | 2,664 |
| 18 | Greenhouse gas mitigation in agriculture Pete Smith, Daniel L. Martino, Zucong C. Cai et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 6 Sep 2007 | 2,554 |
| 19 | An Illustrated User Guide to the World Input–Output Database: the Case of Global Automotive Production Marcel P. Timmer, Erik Dietzenbacher, Bart Los et al. · Review of International Economics | 10 Apr 2015 | 2,475 |
| 20 | STIRPAT, IPAT and ImPACT: analytic tools for unpacking the driving forces of environmental impacts Richard York, Eugene A. Rosa, Thomas M. Dietz · Ecological Economics | Oct 2003 | 2,416 |
| 21 | The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products Mesfin Mergia Mekonnen, Arjen Y. Hoekstra · Hydrology and earth system sciences | 25 May 2011 | 2,411 |
| 22 | The water footprint of humanity Arjen Y. Hoekstra, Mesfin Mergia Mekonnen · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 13 Feb 2012 | 2,289 |
| 23 | When will fossil fuel reserves be diminished? Shahriar Shafiee, Erkan Topal · Energy Policy | 28 Sep 2008 | 2,064 |
| 24 | An effective screening design for sensitivity analysis of large models Francesca Campolongo, Jessica Cariboni, Andrea Saltelli · Environmental Modelling & Software | 19 Jan 2007 | 2,051 |
| 25 | Is Green Growth Possible? Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis · New Political Economy | 17 Apr 2019 | 1,975 |
| 26 | IMPACT 2002+: A new life cycle impact assessment methodology Olivier Jolliet, Manuele D. Margni, Raphaël Charles et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | Nov 2003 | 1,975 |
| 27 | A global review of energy consumption, CO 2 emissions and policy in the residential sector (with an overview of the top ten CO 2 emitting countries) Payam Nejat, Fatemeh Jomehzadeh, Mohammad Mahdi Taheri et al. · Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews | 6 Dec 2014 | 1,967 |
| 28 | The environmental price of fast fashion Kirsi Niinimäki, Gregory M Peters, Helena Dahlbo et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 7 Apr 2020 | 1,965 |
| 29 | North-South Trade and the Environment Brian R. Copeland, Michael Scott Taylor · The Quarterly Journal of Economics | Aug 1994 | 1,959 |
| 30 | Decomposition analysis for policymaking in energy: B.W. Ang · Energy Policy | 30 Apr 2003 | 1,920 |
| 31 | Global and regional drivers of accelerating CO 2 emissions Michael Raupach, Gregg Marland, Philippe Ciais et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 23 May 2007 | 1,792 |
| 32 | Consumption-based accounting of CO 2 emissions Steven J. Davis, Ken Caldeira · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 8 Mar 2010 | 1,780 |
| 33 | A Systematic Study of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Interactions Prajal Pradhan, Luís Costa, Diego Rybski et al. · Earth s Future | Nov 2017 | 1,760 |
| 34 | Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China Zhu Liu, Zhu Deng, Gang He et al. · Nature Reviews Earth & Environment | 21 Dec 2021 | 1,735 |
| 35 | Economic growth and environmental degradation: The environmental Kuznets curve and sustainable development David I. Stern, Michael Common, Edward B. Barbier · World Development | Jul 1996 | 1,731 |
| 36 | Carbon Footprint of Nations: A Global, Trade-Linked Analysis Edgar G. Hertwich, Glen P. Peters · Environmental Science & Technology | 15 Jun 2009 | 1,725 |
| 37 | A good life for all within planetary boundaries Daniel W. O’Neill, Andrew L. Fanning, William F. Lamb et al. · Nature Sustainability | 5 Feb 2018 | 1,720 |
| 38 | The carbon footprint of global tourism Manfred Lenzen, Ya‐Yen Sun, Futu Faturay et al. · Nature Climate Change | 3 May 2018 | 1,700 |
| 39 | Towards a theory of decoupling: degrees of decoupling in the EU and the case of road traffic in Finland between 1970 and 2001 Petri Tapio · Transport Policy | Mar 2005 | 1,695 |
| 40 | Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China Zhu Liu et al. · Nature | Aug 2015 | 1,689 |
| 41 | Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A review M.K. van Ittersum, Kenneth G. Cassman, Patricio Grassini et al. · Field Crops Research | 21 Dec 2012 | 1,669 |
| 42 | The economic resilience of regions: towards an evolutionary approach James Martin Simmie, Richard W. Martin · Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society | 6 Jan 2010 | 1,665 |
| 43 | Growth in emission transfers via international trade from 1990 to 2008 Glen P. Peters, Jan Christoph Minx, Christopher L. Weber et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 25 Apr 2011 | 1,636 |
| 44 | The LMDI approach to decomposition analysis: a practical guide B.W. Ang · Energy Policy | 4 Dec 2003 | 1,610 |
| 45 | The material footprint of nations Thomas Wiedmann, Heinz Schandl, Manfred Lenzen et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 3 Sep 2013 | 1,606 |
| 46 | \nUSEtox - The UNEP-SETAC toxicity model: recommended characterisation factors for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity in life cycle impact assessment Ralph K. Rosenbaum, Till M. Bachmann, Lois Swirsky Gold et al. · Radboud Repository (Radboud University) | 2008 | 1,542 |
| 47 | Global CO 2 emissions from cement production Robbie M. Andrew · Earth system science data | 26 Jan 2018 | 1,536 |
| 48 | Challenges toward carbon neutrality in China: Strategies and countermeasures Xin Zhao, Xiaowei Ma, Boyang Chen et al. · Resources Conservation and Recycling | 7 Oct 2021 | 1,534 |
| 49 | Energy consumption, carbon emissions, and economic growth in China Xingping Zhang, Xiaomei Cheng · Ecological Economics | 13 Jun 2009 | 1,521 |
| 50 | Total-factor energy efficiency of regions in China Jin‐Li Hu, Shih-Chuan Wang · Energy Policy | 3 Aug 2005 | 1,497 |
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