Alejandro Parodi

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 613 citations indexed

About

Alejandro Parodi is a scholar working on Insect Science, Ecology and Food Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alejandro Parodi has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 613 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Insect Science, 7 papers in Ecology and 5 papers in Food Science. Recurrent topics in Alejandro Parodi's work include Insect Utilization and Effects (8 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (7 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (3 papers). Alejandro Parodi is often cited by papers focused on Insect Utilization and Effects (8 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (7 papers) and Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability (3 papers). Alejandro Parodi collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and Sweden. Alejandro Parodi's co-authors include H.H.E. van Zanten, Joop J. A. van Loon, I.J.M. de Boer, W.J.J. Gerrits, Adrian Leip, C.E. van Middelaar, Mario Herrero, Friederike Ziegler, Hanna L. Tuomisto and P.M. Slegers and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Waste Management.

In The Last Decade

Alejandro Parodi

17 papers receiving 604 citations

Hit Papers

The potential of future foods for sustainable and healthy... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 50 100 150 200
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The potential of future foods for sustainable and healthy diets
    2018 243 citations Alejandro Parodi, Adrian Leip et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alejandro Parodi Netherlands 9 274 194 140 120 80 17 613
Giovanni Mondello Italy 12 345 1.3× 128 0.7× 134 1.0× 188 1.6× 70 0.9× 19 795
Aurélie Wilfart France 20 121 0.4× 460 2.4× 149 1.1× 39 0.3× 52 0.7× 46 1.2k
Roberto Furesi Italy 11 182 0.7× 72 0.4× 46 0.3× 106 0.9× 32 0.4× 28 522
Sandra G.F. Bukkens Spain 16 312 1.1× 76 0.4× 33 0.2× 187 1.6× 98 1.2× 36 913
Anu Lahteenmäki‐Uutela Finland 11 385 1.4× 77 0.4× 116 0.8× 271 2.3× 98 1.2× 23 744
Samuel Le Féon France 7 142 0.5× 92 0.5× 33 0.2× 71 0.6× 24 0.3× 18 359
Nathan Meijer Netherlands 12 717 2.6× 79 0.4× 117 0.8× 366 3.0× 205 2.6× 35 935
Adeline Mertenat Switzerland 5 256 0.9× 25 0.1× 73 0.5× 125 1.0× 53 0.7× 7 516
Jonathan Munguti Kenya 21 117 0.4× 327 1.7× 46 0.3× 43 0.4× 26 0.3× 85 1.2k
Jani Sillman Finland 12 120 0.4× 79 0.4× 40 0.3× 54 0.5× 44 0.6× 16 476

Countries citing papers authored by Alejandro Parodi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alejandro Parodi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Alejandro Parodi. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Alejandro Parodi. The network helps show where Alejandro Parodi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alejandro Parodi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alejandro Parodi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alejandro Parodi based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alejandro Parodi. Alejandro Parodi is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Oonincx, D.G.A.B., Moritz Gold, G. Bosch, et al.. (2025). BugBook: nutritional requirements for edible insect rearing. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 11(18). 269–288. 2 indexed citations
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Vidal, Alix, Daniel Grimm, Gerold Rahmann, et al.. (2023). Positioning earthworms in the future foods debate: a systematic review of earthworm nutritional composition in comparison to edible insects. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 10(5). 733–756. 1 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, W.J.J. Gerrits, Maryia Mishyna, et al.. (2022). Upgrading ammonia-nitrogen from manure into body proteins in black soldier fly larvae. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 182. 106343–106343. 19 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, Ollie van Hal, Thomas Heckelei, et al.. (2022). Competing for food waste – Policies’ market feedbacks imply sustainability tradeoffs. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 186. 106545–106545. 12 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, Sara S. Valencia-Salazar, Ana María Loboguerrero, et al.. (2022). The sustainable transformation of the Colombian cattle sector: Assessing its circularity. PLOS Climate. 1(10). e0000074–e0000074. 8 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, et al.. (2022). Principles for the responsible use of farmed insects as livestock feed. Nature Food. 3(12). 972–974. 10 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, et al.. (2022). Embedding circularity into the transition towards sustainable agroforestry systems in Peru. The Science of The Total Environment. 838. 156376–156376. 6 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, W.J.J. Gerrits, Joop J. A. van Loon, et al.. (2021). Black soldier fly reared on pig manure: Bioconversion efficiencies, nutrients in the residual material, greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions. Waste Management. 126. 674–683. 85 indexed citations
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Karlsson, Johan O., Alejandro Parodi, H.H.E. van Zanten, Per‐Anders Hansson, & Elin Röös. (2020). Halting European Union soybean feed imports favours ruminants over pigs and poultry. Nature Food. 2(1). 38–46. 58 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, et al.. (2020). Black soldier fly larvae show a stronger preference for manure than for a mass‐rearing diet. Journal of Applied Entomology. 144(7). 560–565. 25 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, I.J.M. de Boer, W.J.J. Gerrits, et al.. (2020). Bioconversion efficiencies, greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions during black soldier fly rearing – A mass balance approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 271. 122488–122488. 102 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, Adrian Leip, I.J.M. de Boer, et al.. (2019). Author Correction: The potential of future foods for sustainable and healthy diets. Nature Sustainability. 2(4). 342–347. 6 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, Adrian Leip, I.J.M. de Boer, et al.. (2019). The potential of future foods for sustainable and healthy diets. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 1 indexed citations
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Parodi, Alejandro, Adrian Leip, I.J.M. de Boer, et al.. (2018). The potential of future foods for sustainable and healthy diets. Nature Sustainability. 1(12). 782–789. 243 indexed citations breakdown →
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Parodi, Alejandro, et al.. (2017). Profitability of the production of soyabeans (Glicine max L.) in broadcast sowing and direct sowing systems in the District of Santa Fe, Alto Paraná, Paraguay.. 13(4). 172–189. 1 indexed citations
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Martin, Harry, et al.. (2010). Integrating the spare parts supply chain: an inter‐disciplinary account. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management. 21(2). 226–245. 32 indexed citations
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Pintelon, Liliane, et al.. (2008). Integrating the spare parts supply chain. 2 indexed citations

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