Benjamin Sprecher

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Benjamin Sprecher is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Benjamin Sprecher has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 16 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Benjamin Sprecher's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (25 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (25 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers). Benjamin Sprecher is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (25 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (25 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (14 papers). Benjamin Sprecher collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and China. Benjamin Sprecher's co-authors include Arnold Tukker, René Kleijn, Gert Jan Kramer, Nabeel A Mancheri, Gwendolyn Bailey, Mingming Hu, Xining Yang, Chunbo Zhang, Francesco Di Maio and Susan van den Brink and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Benjamin Sprecher

51 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

An overview of the waste hierarchy framework for analyzing the circularity in construction and demolition waste management in Europe

2021 310 citations Chunbo Zhang, Mingming Hu et al. The Science of The Total Environment profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Benjamin Sprecher Netherlands	26	1.2k	864	560	533	456	54	2.8k
Philip Nuss United States	23	1.3k 1.1×	878 1.0×	310 0.6×	641 1.2×	384 0.8×	36	2.5k
Luca Ciacci Italy	27	1.2k 1.0×	1.0k 1.2×	343 0.6×	718 1.3×	300 0.7×	56	2.5k
Nedal T. Nassar United States	24	2.4k 1.9×	1.3k 1.5×	493 0.9×	823 1.5×	267 0.6×	45	3.8k
René Kleijn Netherlands	31	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 1.3×	429 0.8×	1.6k 3.0×	431 0.9×	81	4.5k
Shinsuke Murakami Japan	23	875 0.7×	943 1.1×	258 0.5×	549 1.0×	349 0.8×	103	2.2k
E. M. Harper United States	14	1.3k 1.1×	807 0.9×	212 0.4×	510 1.0×	180 0.4×	15	2.0k
Ichiro Daigo Japan	28	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.4×	258 0.5×	955 1.8×	348 0.8×	125	2.6k
Randolph Kirchain United States	37	1.9k 1.6×	1.0k 1.2×	737 1.3×	1.0k 1.9×	498 1.1×	161	5.2k
Jonathan M. Cullen United Kingdom	36	937 0.8×	766 0.9×	795 1.4×	1.4k 2.7×	922 2.0×	100	4.9k
Kenichi Nakajima Japan	36	2.1k 1.7×	1.8k 2.0×	366 0.7×	1.3k 2.4×	524 1.1×	160	4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Benjamin Sprecher

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Benjamin Sprecher

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Dahlmann, Katrin, et al.. (2025). Quantifying climate impacts of flight operations: A discrete-event life cycle assessment approach. Transportation Research Part D Transport and Environment. 141. 104646–104646. 4 indexed citations

Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). Bottlenecks in establishing the environmental impact of bio-based plastics: A case study of bio-based polyethylene and bio-based polyethylene terephthalate. Journal of Cleaner Production. 496. 145126–145126. 2 indexed citations

Auping, Willem L., et al.. (2025). System dynamics modeling of the global nickel supply system at a mine‐level resolution: Toward prospective dynamic criticality and resilience data. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 29(5). 1666–1683.

Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2025). The impact of circular strategies on titanium supply and demand in the aviation industry. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 222. 108476–108476.

Remme, Roy P., et al.. (2024). Optimizing green and gray infrastructure planning for sustainable urban development. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 25 indexed citations

Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Integrating material flow analysis and supply chain resilience analysis to study silicon carbide. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 28(6). 1830–1841. 1 indexed citations

Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). The convenience economy: Product flows and GHG emissions of returned apparel in the EU. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 210. 107811–107811. 1 indexed citations

Auping, Willem L., et al.. (2024). Reassessing tin circularity and criticality. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 28(2). 232–246. 12 indexed citations

Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2024). Self-sufficiency of the European Union in critical raw materials for E-mobility. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 108009–108009. 6 indexed citations

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Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Toward a low‐carbon and circular building sector: Building strategies and urbanization pathways for the Netherlands. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 27(2). 535–547. 27 indexed citations

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Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2023). Towards neodymium recycling: Analysis of the availability and recyclability of European waste flows. Journal of Cleaner Production. 394. 136252–136252. 21 indexed citations

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Kleijn, René, et al.. (2023). Data implementation matters: Effect of software choice and LCI database evolution on a comparative LCA study of permanent magnets. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 27(5). 1252–1265. 15 indexed citations

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Daigo, Ichiro, Hideo Hayashi, Eiji Yamasue, et al.. (2022). International comparison of impurities mixing and accumulation in steel scrap. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 26(3). 1040–1050. 29 indexed citations

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Sprecher, Benjamin, et al.. (2021). Material intensity database for the Dutch building stock: Towards Big Data in material stock analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 26(1). 272–280. 59 indexed citations

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Sprecher, Benjamin & René Kleijn. (2021). Tackling material constraints on the exponential growth of the energy transition. One Earth. 4(3). 335–338. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chunbo, Mingming Hu, Francesco Di Maio, et al.. (2021). An overview of the waste hierarchy framework for analyzing the circularity in construction and demolition waste management in Europe. The Science of The Total Environment. 803. 149892–149892. 310 indexed citations breakdown →

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Voet, Ester van der, et al.. (2020). Alternatives for natural‐gas‐based heating systems: A quantitative GIS‐based analysis of climate impacts and financial feasibility. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 25(1). 219–232. 12 indexed citations

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Bailey, Gwendolyn, Dieuwertje Schrijvers, Rita Schulze, et al.. (2020). Review and new life cycle assessment for rare earth production from bastnäsite, ion adsorption clays and lateritic monazite. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 155. 104675–104675. 66 indexed citations

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Habib, Komal, Benjamin Sprecher, & Steven B. Young. (2020). COVID-19 impacts on metal supply: How does 2020 differ from previous supply chain disruptions?. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 165. 105229–105229. 19 indexed citations

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Çetinay, Hale, et al.. (2020). Efficient computation of environmentally extended input–output scenario and circular economy modeling. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 24(5). 976–985. 4 indexed citations

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