Adolf Acquaye

6.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
75 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Adolf Acquaye is a scholar working on Strategy and Management, Environmental Engineering and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Adolf Acquaye has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Strategy and Management, 26 papers in Environmental Engineering and 13 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Adolf Acquaye's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (25 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (24 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (12 papers). Adolf Acquaye is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (25 papers), Sustainable Supply Chain Management (24 papers) and Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (12 papers). Adolf Acquaye collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States. Adolf Acquaye's co-authors include S.C. Lenny Koh, Andrea Genovese, Taofeeq Ibn‐Mohammed, Alejandro Figueroa, Aidan Duffy, Richard Greenough, Simon Taylor, Fred A. Yamoah, K.B. Mustapha and Leticia Ozawa-Meida and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Energy & Environmental Science and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Adolf Acquaye

67 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Sustainable supply chain management and the transition towards a circular economy: Evidence and some applications

2015 1.0k citations Adolf Acquaye et al. profile →
A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies

2020 576 citations Taofeeq Ibn‐Mohammed, Adolf Acquaye et al. profile →
Operational vs. embodied emissions in buildings—A review of current trends

2013 431 citations Taofeeq Ibn‐Mohammed, Adolf Acquaye et al. profile →
Comparing linear and circular supply chains: A case study from the construction industry

2016 371 citations Adolf Acquaye, Fred A. Yamoah et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Adolf Acquaye United Kingdom	27	2.1k	1.3k	955	828	684	75	4.9k
Idiano D’Adamo Italy	53	2.1k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	825 0.9×	909 1.1×	2.1k 3.1×	182	7.5k
Alan C. Brent South Africa	37	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	996 1.0×	570 0.7×	451 0.7×	280	6.2k
Raimund Bleischwitz United Kingdom	37	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	723 0.9×	1.1k 1.6×	148	5.4k
Massimo Gastaldi Italy	38	1.2k 0.6×	549 0.4×	552 0.6×	498 0.6×	722 1.1×	152	4.2k
Matthias Finkbeiner Germany	53	2.0k 0.9×	4.3k 3.4×	1.6k 1.7×	543 0.7×	1.6k 2.4×	277	9.3k
Federica Cucchiella Italy	36	1.1k 0.5×	758 0.6×	610 0.6×	353 0.4×	1.3k 2.0×	87	4.0k
Biagio F. Giannetti Brazil	37	893 0.4×	1.3k 1.0×	348 0.4×	527 0.6×	323 0.5×	189	4.3k
Zongguo Wen China	44	1.1k 0.5×	1.6k 1.3×	976 1.0×	496 0.6×	2.0k 2.9×	154	6.5k
S.C. Lenny Koh United Kingdom	52	5.0k 2.4×	683 0.5×	653 0.7×	1.6k 1.9×	1.6k 2.3×	174	10.4k
Paolo Rosa Italy	33	2.4k 1.1×	557 0.4×	300 0.3×	998 1.2×	1.8k 2.6×	73	4.4k

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Ibn‐Mohammed, Taofeeq, André Cabrera Serrenho, Hidemichi Fujii, Adolf Acquaye, & Angus Morrison‐Saunders. (2025). Decarbonising the UK pulp, paper and printing sector: Balancing sustainability and global competitiveness through insights from LMDI and MRIO analysis. Energy Economics. 150. 108872–108872.

Jayaraman, Raja, et al.. (2025). Blockchain-based solution to enhance carbon footprint traceability, accounting, and offsetting in the passenger aviation industry. International Journal of Production Research. 63(22). 8235–8268. 5 indexed citations

Yamoah, Fred A., et al.. (2025). Decoupling economic growth from climate change: Unravelling the multi-dimensional dynamics of consumption-based emissions. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 77(1). 240–256. 1 indexed citations

Acquaye, Adolf. (2025). Operational research for sustainability: a synthesis of methods, applications and challenges. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 77(1). 8–42. 1 indexed citations

Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2025). Machine learning applications for carbon emission estimation. Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances. 27. 200263–200263. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Wenbin, et al.. (2024). A data envelopment analysis based evaluation of sustainable energy generation portfolio scenarios. Applied Energy. 363. 123017–123017. 4 indexed citations

Ndiaye, Malick, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Resilience in Logistics-Based Business Models amid Disruptions. International Journal of Service Science Management Engineering and Technology. 15(1). 1–23.

Παπαδόπουλος, Θάνος, et al.. (2024). Examining the factors influencing sustainability performance in the UK food industry. Supply Chain Forum an International Journal. 27(1). 1–22. 2 indexed citations

Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2024). Blockchain-based peer-to-peer renewable energy trading and traceability of transmission and distribution losses. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 77(1). 85–107. 2 indexed citations

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Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2024). Applying AHP to Identify and Prioritize Barriers Impacting Industry 4.0 Technologies on the Nexus of Circular Economy and Sustainable Performance. 1–6.

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Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Sustainable Performance Through Circular Economy and Industry 4.0: A Conceptual Framework for Leveraging Drivers and Mitigating Barriers. 755–759. 1 indexed citations

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Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2024). A framework for carbon accounting for sustainable supply chains using Blockchain, Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence. 143–148. 1 indexed citations

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Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2024). Decoding sustainable consumption behavior: A systematic review of theories and models and provision of a guidance framework. Resources Conservation & Recycling Advances. 23. 200232–200232. 23 indexed citations

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Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2023). FDI interconnectedness and sustainable economic development: A linear and non-linear Granger causality assessment. Journal of Business Research. 164. 113981–113981. 7 indexed citations

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Ali, Mustafa, et al.. (2023). Sustainability assessment of peri-urban organic horticulture — A case study in the United Kingdom. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 29(3). 456–468. 1 indexed citations

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Acquaye, Adolf, et al.. (2023). Equitable Global Value Chain and Production Network as a Driver for Enhanced Sustainability in Developing Economies. Sustainability. 15(19). 14550–14550. 4 indexed citations

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Yamoah, Fred A., et al.. (2021). Towards sustainable agroforestry management: Harnessing the nutritional soil value through cocoa mix waste. Waste Management. 124. 264–272. 18 indexed citations

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Yamoah, Fred A., et al.. (2019). Regional differences in portion size consumption behaviour: Insights for the global food industry. AIMS Agriculture and Food. 4(3). 731–755. 4 indexed citations

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Glew, David, Lindsay C. Stringer, Adolf Acquaye, & Simon J. McQueen‐Mason. (2016). Evaluating the Potential for Harmonized Prediction and Comparison of Disposal‐Stage Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Biomaterial Products. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(1). 101–115. 2 indexed citations

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Acquaye, Adolf. (2013). Feedstocks: Production Practices, Technologies and Environmental Impacts. Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent). 3 indexed citations

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