Alexander Mathys

10.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
151 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Alexander Mathys is a scholar working on Biotechnology, Food Science and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Mathys has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Biotechnology, 43 papers in Food Science and 34 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Alexander Mathys's work include Microbial Inactivation Methods (48 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (34 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (31 papers). Alexander Mathys is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Inactivation Methods (48 papers), Algal biology and biofuel production (34 papers) and Insect Utilization and Effects (31 papers). Alexander Mathys collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Alexander Mathys's co-authors include Sergiy Smetana, Abhishek Chaudhary, Volker Heinz, Dietrich Knorr, Martín P. Caporgno, Kai Reineke, Moritz Gold, Christian Zurbrügg, Canxi Chen and V. Heinz and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and Bioresource Technology.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Mathys

146 papers receiving 6.8k citations

Hit Papers

Trends in Microalgae Incorporation Into Innovative Food P... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2018 2015 2018 2018 2016 100 200 300 400
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. Trends in Microalgae Incorporation Into Innovative Food Products With Potential Health Benefits
    2018 413 citations Alexander Mathys et al. profile →
  2. Meat alternatives: life cycle assessment of most known meat substitutes
    2015 377 citations Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys et al. profile →
  3. Decomposition of biowaste macronutrients, microbes, and chemicals in black soldier fly larval treatment: A review
    2018 365 citations Moritz Gold, Jeffery K. Tomberlin et al. Waste Management profile →
  4. Multi-indicator sustainability assessment of global food systems
    2018 365 citations Abhishek Chaudhary, Alexander Mathys et al. profile →
  5. Sustainability of insect use for feed and food: Life Cycle Assessment perspective
    2016 315 citations Sergiy Smetana, Alexander Mathys et al. profile →
  6. Sustainable use of Hermetia illucens insect biomass for feed and food: Attributional and consequential life cycle assessment
    2019 298 citations Sergiy Smetana, Éric Schmitt et al. Resources Conservation and Recycling profile →
  7. Biowaste treatment with black soldier fly larvae: Increasing performance through the formulation of biowastes based on protein and carbohydrates
    2019 214 citations Moritz Gold, Christian Zurbrügg et al. Waste Management profile →
  8. Nutritional and environmental losses embedded in global food waste
    2020 211 citations Canxi Chen, Abhishek Chaudhary et al. Resources Conservation and Recycling profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alexander Mathys Switzerland 42 1.9k 1.8k 1.5k 1.3k 1.1k 151 7.0k
Volker Heinz Germany 44 2.9k 1.5× 1.3k 0.7× 2.3k 1.5× 1.0k 0.8× 275 0.2× 173 6.9k
H.J. van der Fels‐Klerx Netherlands 49 2.3k 1.2× 1.6k 0.9× 640 0.4× 487 0.4× 100 0.1× 229 7.6k
Sergiy Smetana Germany 32 1.1k 0.5× 1.6k 0.9× 148 0.1× 1.1k 0.8× 380 0.3× 102 3.6k
Bart Lievens Belgium 55 1.5k 0.8× 2.3k 1.3× 402 0.3× 766 0.6× 115 0.1× 210 9.9k
M.A.J.S. van Boekel Netherlands 62 6.9k 3.6× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 550 0.4× 121 0.1× 244 14.1k
María Hayes Ireland 44 1.6k 0.9× 1.2k 0.7× 241 0.2× 384 0.3× 998 0.9× 112 6.4k
Oliver Schlüter Germany 45 1.5k 0.8× 3.0k 1.7× 1.6k 1.1× 338 0.3× 46 0.0× 158 7.8k
Ziniu Yu China 63 499 0.3× 5.4k 3.0× 569 0.4× 1.6k 1.2× 190 0.2× 411 14.1k
Alaa El‐Din A. Bekhit New Zealand 62 4.0k 2.1× 1.4k 0.8× 1.9k 1.3× 418 0.3× 126 0.1× 299 13.2k
Joseph P. Kerry Ireland 63 4.8k 2.5× 1.1k 0.6× 1.2k 0.8× 547 0.4× 254 0.2× 305 14.2k

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All Works

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Arcari, Mario, Christoph Denkel, Joseph Dumpler, et al.. (2025). Influence of processing on protein quality and environmental impact assessment of soy-based meat analogues. Food Research International. 222(Pt 1). 117636–117636. 1 indexed citations
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Frehner, Anita, et al.. (2025). Empirical evidence supports neither land sparing nor land sharing as the main strategy to manage agriculture–biodiversity tradeoffs. PNAS Nexus. 4(9). pgaf251–pgaf251. 1 indexed citations
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Gao, Fengzheng, et al.. (2025). Iron bioaccessibility assessment and bioaccumulation enrichment in microalgae under different production conditions. Bioresource Technology. 441. 133567–133567.
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Dumpler, Joseph, et al.. (2024). Application of a shear cell for the simulation of extrusion to test the structurability of raw materials. Food Hydrocolloids. 160. 110736–110736. 7 indexed citations
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Gold, Moritz, Lois Stanford, T. Veldkamp, et al.. (2023). Conversion of mycotoxin-contaminated maize by black soldier fly larvae into feed and fertilizer. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 10(5). 757–770. 5 indexed citations
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Gold, Moritz, et al.. (2023). Low energy electron beam to support safe whole dried insect products. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 10(3). 473–489. 4 indexed citations
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Green, Ashley, et al.. (2023). Optimization models for sustainable insect production chains. Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 10(5). 865–883. 4 indexed citations
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Boulos, Samy, et al.. (2023). A novel approach for the protein determination in food-relevant microalgae. Bioresource Technology. 390. 129849–129849. 24 indexed citations
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Fesenfeld, Lukas, Nicolas Schmid, Robert Finger, Alexander Mathys, & Tobias S. Schmidt. (2022). The politics of enabling tipping points for sustainable development. One Earth. 5(10). 1100–1108. 34 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yifan, et al.. (2021). Bacillus spore germination at moderate high pressure: A review on underlying mechanisms, influencing factors, and its comparison with nutrient germination. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety. 20(4). 4159–4181. 36 indexed citations
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Barrett, Christopher B., Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, et al.. (2021). COVID-19 pandemic lessons for agri-food systems innovation. Environmental Research Letters. 16(10). 101001–101001. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Canxi, Abhishek Chaudhary, & Alexander Mathys. (2020). Nutritional and environmental losses embedded in global food waste. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 160. 104912–104912. 211 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smetana, Sergiy, Éric Schmitt, & Alexander Mathys. (2019). Sustainable use of Hermetia illucens insect biomass for feed and food: Attributional and consequential life cycle assessment. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 144. 285–296. 298 indexed citations breakdown →
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Buchmann, Leandro, et al.. (2019). Pulsed electric field based cyclic protein extraction of microalgae towards closed-loop biorefinery concepts. Bioresource Technology. 291. 121870–121870. 95 indexed citations
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Buchmann, Leandro, et al.. (2018). Effect of nanosecond pulsed electric field treatment on cell proliferation of microalgae. Bioresource Technology. 271. 402–408. 44 indexed citations
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Böcker, Lukas, et al.. (2018). Biphasic short time heat degradation of the blue microalgae protein phycocyanin from Arthrospira platensis. Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies. 52. 116–121. 39 indexed citations
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Chaudhary, Abhishek, et al.. (2018). Nutritional Combined Greenhouse Gas Life Cycle Analysis for Incorporating Canadian Yellow Pea into Cereal-Based Food Products. Nutrients. 10(4). 490–490. 54 indexed citations
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Gold, Moritz, Jeffery K. Tomberlin, Stefan Diener, Christian Zurbrügg, & Alexander Mathys. (2018). Decomposition of biowaste macronutrients, microbes, and chemicals in black soldier fly larval treatment: A review. Waste Management. 82. 302–318. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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