Allison M. Leach

7.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
50 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Allison M. Leach is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Allison M. Leach has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 24 papers in Environmental Engineering and 12 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in Allison M. Leach's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (24 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (21 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (10 papers). Allison M. Leach is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (24 papers), Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (21 papers) and Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics (10 papers). Allison M. Leach collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and Italy. Allison M. Leach's co-authors include James N. Galloway, Jan Willem Erisman, Albert Bleeker, Bruna Grizzetti, Nancy B. Dise, W. de Vries, Ana Maria Roxana Petrescu, Sybil P. Seitzinger, Jessica A. Gephart and Kyle A. Emery and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Allison M. Leach

49 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The global nitrogen cycle in the twenty-first century

2013 1.5k citations James N. Galloway, Allison M. Leach et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →
Consequences of human modification of the global nitrogen cycle

2013 698 citations Jan Willem Erisman, James N. Galloway et al. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Allison M. Leach United States	25	1.9k	1.1k	1.1k	961	818	50	4.9k
Albert Bleeker Netherlands	33	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	636 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	1.2k 1.5×	74	5.1k
Jie Chang China	36	1.4k 0.8×	762 0.7×	779 0.7×	650 0.7×	621 0.8×	123	4.8k
Luis Lassaletta Spain	42	2.0k 1.1×	2.0k 1.8×	848 0.8×	2.0k 2.1×	1.3k 1.5×	78	7.0k
Zhaohai Bai China	42	1.4k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	816 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	1.4k 1.8×	118	6.0k
Wenqi Ma China	32	969 0.5×	957 0.9×	553 0.5×	969 1.0×	697 0.9×	91	3.6k
Sirintornthep Towprayoon Thailand	26	1.1k 0.6×	505 0.5×	579 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	712 0.9×	96	4.8k
L. M. Cardenas United Kingdom	44	1.7k 0.9×	2.0k 1.9×	555 0.5×	2.9k 3.0×	754 0.9×	167	5.4k
Jana E. Compton United States	36	1.8k 1.0×	1.8k 1.7×	424 0.4×	1.9k 2.0×	711 0.9×	98	5.2k
Oswald Van Cleemput Belgium	43	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.0×	2.8k 3.0×	1.2k 1.4×	181	6.8k
Deti Xie China	34	812 0.4×	624 0.6×	698 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	545 0.7×	220	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Allison M. Leach

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Allison M. Leach

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leach, Allison M., et al.. (2025). The Danish nitrogen footprint: balancing regulation with individual environmental responsibility. Environmental Research Letters. 20(5). 54026–54026. 1 indexed citations

Galloway, James N., Jana E. Compton, & Allison M. Leach. (2025). Focus on environmental footprint tools for sustainability: an overview of contributions. Environmental Research Letters. 20(7). 70202–70202.

Medinets, Sergiy, et al.. (2024). The nitrogen footprint of Ukraine: why personal consumption matters. Environmental Research Letters. 19(2). 24023–24023. 6 indexed citations

Galloway, James N., et al.. (2023). Footprints in Action: How UVA Is Managing Its Sustainability Stewardship. PubMed. 16(1). 48–63. 4 indexed citations

Castner, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2021). Introducing the Nitrogen Footprint in SIMAP: A Review of Improvements in Nitrogen Footprint Methodology for Institutions. 14(6). 415–423. 1 indexed citations

Metson, Geneviève S., Graham K. MacDonald, Allison M. Leach, et al.. (2020). The U.S. consumer phosphorus footprint: where do nitrogen and phosphorus diverge?. Environmental Research Letters. 15(10). 105022–105022. 23 indexed citations

Galloway, James N., Allison M. Leach, Jan Willem Erisman, & Albert Bleeker. (2018). Nitrogen: Cascading Through Time. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2018. 1 indexed citations

Erisman, Jan Willem, et al.. (2018). An Integrated Approach to a Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) Indicator for the Food Production–Consumption Chain. Sustainability. 10(4). 925–925. 80 indexed citations

Compton, Jana E., Allison M. Leach, Elizabeth A. Castner, & James N. Galloway. (2017). Assessing the Social and Environmental Costs of Institution Nitrogen Footprints. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 114–122. 12 indexed citations

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Castner, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2017). Defining System Boundaries of an Institution Nitrogen Footprint. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 123–130. 2 indexed citations

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Castner, Elizabeth A., et al.. (2017). Comparing Institution Nitrogen Footprints: Metrics for Assessing and Tracking Environmental Impact. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 105–113. 6 indexed citations

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Castner, Elizabeth A., Allison M. Leach, Neil Leary, et al.. (2017). The Nitrogen Footprint Tool Network: A Multi-Institution Program To Reduce Nitrogen Pollution. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 79–88. 22 indexed citations

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Leach, Allison M., et al.. (2017). An Integrated Tool for Calculating and Reducing Institution Carbon and Nitrogen Footprints. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 10(2). 140–148. 19 indexed citations

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Leach, Allison M., Kyle A. Emery, Jessica A. Gephart, et al.. (2016). Environmental impact food labels combining carbon, nitrogen, and water footprints. Food Policy. 61. 213–223. 150 indexed citations

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Gephart, Jessica A., Kyle Frankel Davis, Kyle A. Emery, et al.. (2016). The environmental cost of subsistence: Optimizing diets to minimize footprints. The Science of The Total Environment. 553. 120–127. 135 indexed citations

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Shibata, Hideaki, James N. Galloway, Allison M. Leach, et al.. (2016). Nitrogen footprints: Regional realities and options to reduce nitrogen loss to the environment. AMBIO. 46(2). 129–142. 106 indexed citations

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Xia, Liang, Allison M. Leach, James N. Galloway, et al.. (2016). Beef and coal are key drivers of Australia’s high nitrogen footprint. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 39644–39644. 53 indexed citations

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Leach, Allison M., et al.. (2013). Toward Institutional Sustainability: A Nitrogen Footprint Model for a University. Sustainability The Journal of Record. 6(4). 211–219. 43 indexed citations

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Galloway, James N., Allison M. Leach, Albert Bleeker, & Jan Willem Erisman. (2013). A chronology of human understanding of the nitrogen cycle . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 368(1621). 20130120–20130120. 205 indexed citations

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Houlton, Benjamin Z., Elizabeth W. Boyer, Adrien C. Finzi, et al.. (2012). Intentional versus unintentional nitrogen use in the United States: trends, efficiency and implications. Biogeochemistry. 114(1-3). 11–23. 65 indexed citations

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