Benjamin Goldstein

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
45 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Goldstein is a scholar working on Plant Science, Ecology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Goldstein has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Plant Science, 14 papers in Ecology and 14 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Goldstein's work include Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (15 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (12 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (11 papers). Benjamin Goldstein is often cited by papers focused on Urban Agriculture and Sustainability (15 papers), Urban Green Space and Health (12 papers) and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (11 papers). Benjamin Goldstein collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Denmark. Benjamin Goldstein's co-authors include Joshua Newell, Morten Birkved, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, John Fernández, Dimitrios Gounaridis, Alec Foster, Maj‐Britt Quitzau, Erica Dorr, Norman Sammons and Tony G. Reames and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Goldstein

41 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture

2024 49 citations Jason K. Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein et al. Nature Cities profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Goldstein United States	21	558	517	346	311	302	45	1.7k
Pere Muñoz Spain	32	1.2k 2.2×	836 1.6×	236 0.7×	369 1.2×	731 2.4×	71	2.8k
Esther Sanyé‐Mengual Italy	29	1.1k 2.0×	659 1.3×	707 2.0×	403 1.3×	221 0.7×	59	2.5k
Anna Petit‐Boix Spain	25	254 0.5×	614 1.2×	176 0.5×	270 0.9×	130 0.4×	41	1.9k
Jordi Oliver‐Solà Spain	24	572 1.0×	569 1.1×	395 1.1×	234 0.8×	128 0.4×	44	1.9k
Xiaojie Liu China	23	368 0.7×	290 0.6×	140 0.4×	287 0.9×	333 1.1×	96	2.3k
Angelica Mendoza Beltrán Netherlands	21	244 0.4×	794 1.5×	190 0.5×	616 2.0×	205 0.7×	35	2.3k
Yong Hou China	26	361 0.6×	350 0.7×	77 0.2×	141 0.5×	763 2.5×	72	2.3k
Cecilia Sundberg Sweden	33	307 0.6×	629 1.2×	92 0.3×	160 0.5×	591 2.0×	85	3.3k
John Fernández United States	19	285 0.5×	418 0.8×	189 0.5×	201 0.6×	98 0.3×	41	1.5k
Benedetto Rugani Luxembourg	30	222 0.4×	1.4k 2.8×	393 1.1×	999 3.2×	621 2.1×	87	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Goldstein

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Goldstein, Benjamin, Rylie E. O. Pelton, Dimitrios Gounaridis, et al.. (2025). The carbon hoofprint of cities is shaped by geography and production in the livestock supply chain. Nature Climate Change. 15(11). 1190–1197.

Dade, Marie C., Aletta Bonn, Felix Eigenbrod, et al.. (2025). Landscapes—a lens for assessing sustainability. Landscape Ecology. 40(2). 28–28. 3 indexed citations

Hawes, Jason K., Benjamin Goldstein, Joshua Newell, et al.. (2024). Author Correction: Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture. Nature Cities. 1(5). 390–390. 1 indexed citations

Hawes, Jason K., Benjamin Goldstein, Joshua Newell, et al.. (2024). Comparing the carbon footprints of urban and conventional agriculture. Nature Cities. 1(2). 164–173. 49 indexed citations breakdown →

Fargue‐Lelièvre, Agnès, Jason K. Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein, Lidia Poniży, & Erica Dorr. (2024). What do we really know about urban agriculture’s impact on people, places, and the planet?. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 80(3). 174–177.

Goldstein, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Estimating the global warming potential of animal waste-based organic liquid fertilizer for urban hydroponic farms. Journal of Cleaner Production. 472. 143434–143434. 6 indexed citations

Elliot, Thomas, Benjamin Goldstein, & Sylvain Charlebois. (2024). Over 6 billion liters of Canadian milk wasted since 2012. Ecological Economics. 227. 108413–108413. 1 indexed citations

Goldstein, Benjamin, Dimitrios Gounaridis, Joshua Newell, Rylie E. O. Pelton, & Jennifer Schmitt. (2024). Do we accurately measure what we consume?. Environmental Research Letters. 19(8). 84006–84006. 1 indexed citations

Dorr, Erica, Jason K. Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein, et al.. (2023). Food production and resource use of urban farms and gardens: a five-country study. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 43(1). 18–18. 21 indexed citations

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Dorr, Erica, Benjamin Goldstein, Christine Aubry, Benoît Gabrielle, & Arpad Horvath. (2023). Life cycle assessment of eight urban farms and community gardens in France and California. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 192. 106921–106921. 10 indexed citations

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Ilieva, Rositsa T., Nevin Cohen, Kathrin Specht, et al.. (2022). The Socio-Cultural Benefits of Urban Agriculture: A Review of the Literature. Land. 11(5). 622–622. 75 indexed citations

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Elliot, Thomas, Benjamin Goldstein, Erik Gómez‐Baggethun, Vânia Proença, & Benedetto Rugani. (2022). Ecosystem service deficits of European cities. The Science of The Total Environment. 837. 155875–155875. 29 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Benjamin, et al.. (2020). Where does your guacamole come from? Detecting deforestation associated with the export of avocados from Mexico to the United States. Journal of Environmental Management. 278(Pt 1). 111482–111482. 45 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Benjamin & Joshua Newell. (2019). Why academics should study the supply chains of individual corporations. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(6). 1316–1327. 23 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Benjamin & Joshua Newell. (2019). How to track corporations across space and time. Ecological Economics. 169. 106492–106492. 24 indexed citations

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Mohareb, Eugene, Martin Heller, Paige J. Novak, et al.. (2017). Considerations for reducing food system energy demand while scaling up urban agriculture. Environmental Research Letters. 12(12). 125004–125004. 77 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Benjamin, et al.. (2017). Potential to curb the environmental burdens of American beef consumption using a novel plant-based beef substitute. PLoS ONE. 12(12). e0189029–e0189029. 84 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Benjamin, Morten Birkved, John Fernández, & Michael Zwicky Hauschild. (2016). Surveying the Environmental Footprint of Urban Food Consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(1). 151–165. 80 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Benjamin, Steffen Foss Hansen, Mickey Gjerris, Alexis Laurent, & Morten Birkved. (2016). Ethical aspects of life cycle assessments of diets. Food Policy. 59. 139–151. 62 indexed citations

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Goldstein, Benjamin & Ross Davis. (1977). Neighborhoods in the urban economy : the dynamics of decline and revitalization. Lexington Books. 3 indexed citations

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