Anna Schwarz

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
14 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Anna Schwarz is a scholar working on Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Strategy and Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Anna Schwarz has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Pollution, 11 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and 5 papers in Strategy and Management. Recurrent topics in Anna Schwarz's work include Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (12 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Anna Schwarz is often cited by papers focused on Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (12 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Sustainable Supply Chain Management (5 papers). Anna Schwarz collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United Kingdom and Germany. Anna Schwarz's co-authors include Tim van Emmerik, Toon van Harmelen, Tom Ligthart, Boyan Slat, Laurent Lebreton, Francesco F. Ferrari, Júlia Reisser, Serena Cunsolo, Jennifer Aitken and Sara Hajbane 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

Anna Schwarz

14 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

2018 1.2k citations Laurent Lebreton, Boyan Slat et al. Scientific Reports profile →
Sources, transport, and accumulation of different types of plastic litter in aquatic environments: A review study

2019 455 citations Anna Schwarz, Tom Ligthart et al. Marine Pollution Bulletin profile →
Plastic recycling in a circular economy; determining environmental performance through an LCA matrix model approach

2021 283 citations Anna Schwarz, Tom Ligthart et al. Waste Management profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anna Schwarz Netherlands	11	2.3k	1.6k	488	197	190	14	2.8k
Nicholas J. Mallos United States	11	2.5k 1.1×	1.7k 1.0×	675 1.4×	172 0.9×	238 1.3×	16	3.2k
George H. Leonard United States	10	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	643 1.3×	141 0.7×	246 1.3×	16	2.8k
Stephanie B. Borrelle New Zealand	14	2.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	563 1.2×	150 0.8×	253 1.3×	28	2.8k
Alexis McGivern United Kingdom	7	1.6k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	532 1.1×	105 0.5×	159 0.8×	7	2.2k
Hannah De Frond Canada	15	2.9k 1.3×	2.1k 1.3×	748 1.5×	203 1.0×	323 1.7×	18	3.5k
Miranda Bernard United States	5	1.5k 0.7×	1.0k 0.6×	529 1.1×	104 0.5×	155 0.8×	10	2.1k
Thomas Maes United Kingdom	29	3.1k 1.4×	2.3k 1.4×	551 1.1×	379 1.9×	373 2.0×	56	3.5k
Ansje Löhr Netherlands	19	1.5k 0.6×	1.0k 0.6×	303 0.6×	116 0.6×	257 1.4×	44	2.2k
Lincoln Fok Hong Kong	28	3.5k 1.5×	2.8k 1.7×	889 1.8×	278 1.4×	352 1.9×	55	4.4k
Imogen E. Napper United Kingdom	18	3.8k 1.6×	2.9k 1.8×	909 1.9×	201 1.0×	284 1.5×	24	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Anna Schwarz

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Fields of papers citing papers by Anna Schwarz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Anna Schwarz. 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 Anna Schwarz. The network helps show where Anna Schwarz may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anna Schwarz

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Anna Schwarz. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Anna Schwarz 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 Anna Schwarz. Anna Schwarz is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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14 of 14 papers shown

Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2024). Microplastic aquatic impacts included in Life Cycle Assessment. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 209. 107787–107787. 14 indexed citations

Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2024). The Circular Industrial Transformation System (CITS) model - Assessing the life cycle impacts of climate and circularity strategies. Journal of Cleaner Production. 481. 144158–144158. 2 indexed citations

Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2023). Plastics in the global environment assessed through material flow analysis, degradation and environmental transportation. The Science of The Total Environment. 875. 162644–162644. 72 indexed citations

Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2023). Life cycle assessment of advanced grade PLA product with novel end-of-life treatment through depolymerization. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167020–167020. 15 indexed citations

Hulst, Mitchell K. van der, Toon van Harmelen, Anna Schwarz, et al.. (2022). Greenhouse gas benefits from direct chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 186. 106582–106582. 43 indexed citations

Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2022). Plastics in the Global Environment Assessed Through Material Flow Analysis, Degradation and Environmental Transportation. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2022). Quality model for recycled plastics (QMRP): An indicator for holistic and consistent quality assessment of recycled plastics using product functionality and material properties. Journal of Cleaner Production. 362. 132311–132311. 26 indexed citations

Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2021). Plastic recycling in a circular economy; determining environmental performance through an LCA matrix model approach. Waste Management. 121. 331–342. 283 indexed citations breakdown →

Emmerik, Tim van & Anna Schwarz. (2019). Plastic debris in rivers. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2019. 1 indexed citations

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Schwarz, Anna, et al.. (2019). Sources, transport, and accumulation of different types of plastic litter in aquatic environments: A review study. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 143. 92–100. 455 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emmerik, Tim van & Anna Schwarz. (2019). Plastic debris in rivers. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water. 7(1). 327 indexed citations

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Lebreton, Laurent, Boyan Slat, Francesco F. Ferrari, et al.. (2018). Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4666–4666. 1182 indexed citations breakdown →

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Emmerik, Tim van, Thuy-Chung Kieu-Le, Emilie Strady, et al.. (2018). A Methodology to Characterize Riverine Macroplastic Emission Into the Ocean. Frontiers in Marine Science. 5. 182 indexed citations

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Chen, Qiqing, Júlia Reisser, Serena Cunsolo, et al.. (2017). Pollutants in Plastics within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(2). 446–456. 152 indexed citations

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