David Pennington

11.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
67 papers, 8.1k citations indexed

About

David Pennington is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, David Pennington has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 8.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Environmental Engineering, 16 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 13 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Recurrent topics in David Pennington's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (40 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (11 papers). David Pennington is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (40 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (11 papers). David Pennington collaborates with scholars based in Italy, Switzerland and United States. David Pennington's co-authors include Tomas Ekvall, Sangwon Suh, Göran Finnveden, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Gerald Rebitzer, Reinout Heijungs, Tomas Rydberg, Jeroen B. Guinée, Annette Koehler and Stefanie Hellweg and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production and Environmental Pollution.

In The Last Decade

David Pennington

66 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment

2009 2.3k citations Göran Finnveden, Michael Zwicky Hauschild et al. Journal of Environmental Management profile →
Life cycle assessment

2004 1.9k citations Gerald Rebitzer, Tomas Ekvall et al. Environment International profile →
Life cycle assessment Part 2: Current impact assessment practice

2004 524 citations David Pennington, J. Potting et al. Environment International profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Pennington Italy	31	4.4k	1.9k	1.4k	1.2k	920	67	8.1k
Gerald Rebitzer Switzerland	21	3.6k 0.8×	1.6k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	770 0.8×	43	6.7k
Gjalt Huppes Netherlands	46	5.2k 1.2×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.2×	1.5k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	111	9.8k
Matthias Finkbeiner Germany	53	4.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	2.0k 1.6×	943 1.0×	277	9.3k
Gregory Norris United States	24	3.2k 0.7×	990 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	546 0.6×	49	5.8k
Manuele Margni Canada	51	6.3k 1.4×	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.1×	1.8k 1.9×	161	12.8k
Göran Finnveden Sweden	51	5.1k 1.1×	3.6k 1.9×	2.3k 1.6×	1.7k 1.3×	786 0.9×	168	11.7k
Ralph K. Rosenbaum Denmark	29	2.9k 0.7×	1.4k 0.7×	852 0.6×	564 0.5×	702 0.8×	60	6.0k
Serenella Sala Italy	61	4.1k 0.9×	2.1k 1.1×	1.8k 1.3×	2.1k 1.7×	2.3k 2.5×	213	12.9k
Tomas Ekvall Sweden	35	5.6k 1.3×	2.9k 1.5×	1.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.4×	1.1k 1.2×	86	10.8k
Annette Koehler Switzerland	19	3.7k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	729 0.5×	650 0.5×	946 1.0×	24	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by David Pennington

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Blengini, Gian Andrea, Philip Nuss, Jo Dewulf, et al.. (2017). EU methodology for critical raw materials assessment: Policy needs and proposed solutions for incremental improvements. Resources Policy. 53. 12–19. 141 indexed citations

Dewulf, Jo, Lucia Mancini, Gian Andrea Blengini, et al.. (2015). Toward an Overall Analytical Framework for the Integrated Sustainability Assessment of the Production and Supply of Raw Materials and Primary Energy Carriers. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 19(6). 963–977. 42 indexed citations

Dewulf, Jo, Lorenzo Benini, Lucia Mancini, et al.. (2015). Rethinking the Area of Protection “Natural Resources” in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 49(9). 5310–5317. 114 indexed citations

Sala, Serenella, Rana Pant, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, & David Pennington. (2012). Research Needs and Challenges from Science to Decision Support. Lesson Learnt from the Development of the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Recommendations for Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Sustainability. 4(7). 1412–1425. 28 indexed citations

Brandão, Miguel, Annie Levasseur, Miko U. F. Kirschbaum, et al.. (2012). Key issues and options in accounting for carbon sequestration and temporary storage in life cycle assessment and carbon footprinting. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 18(1). 230–240. 277 indexed citations

Pennington, David, Kirana Chomkhamsri, Rana Pant, et al.. (2010). ILCD Handbook Public Consultation Workshop. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 15(3). 231–237. 19 indexed citations

Finnveden, Göran, Michael Zwicky Hauschild, Tomas Ekvall, et al.. (2009). Recent developments in Life Cycle Assessment. Journal of Environmental Management. 91(1). 1–21. 2344 indexed citations breakdown →

Pennington, David, et al.. (2007). Overcoming barriers to the broader implementation of life cycle thinking in business and public administration. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 12(7). 458–460. 3 indexed citations

Pennington, David, Manuele Margni, Jérôme Payet, & Olivier Jolliet. (2006). Risk and Regulatory Hazard-Based Toxicological Effect Indicators in Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA). Human and Ecological Risk Assessment An International Journal. 12(3). 450–475. 52 indexed citations

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Pennington, David, et al.. (2005). Multimedia Fate and Human Intake Modeling: Spatial versus Nonspatial Insights for Chemical Emissions in Western Europe. Environmental Science & Technology. 39(4). 1119–1128. 151 indexed citations

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Rebitzer, Gerald, Tomas Ekvall, Rolf Frischknecht, et al.. (2004). Life cycle assessment. Environment International. 30(5). 701–720. 1932 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pennington, David, J. Potting, Göran Finnveden, et al.. (2004). Life cycle assessment Part 2: Current impact assessment practice. Environment International. 30(5). 721–739. 524 indexed citations breakdown →

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Pennington, David. (2003). Extrapolating ecotoxicological measures from small data sets. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 56(2). 238–250. 47 indexed citations

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Margni, Manuele, et al.. (2003). Evaluating multimedia/multipathway model intake fraction estimates using POP emission and monitoring data. Environmental Pollution. 128(1-2). 263–277. 26 indexed citations

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Pennington, David, et al.. (2003). Evaluating Pollution Prevention Progress (P2P). Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy. 5(2). 70–86. 4 indexed citations

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Crettaz, Pierre, David Pennington, Lorenz R. Rhomberg, Kevin Brand, & Olivier Jolliet. (2002). Assessing Human Health Response in Life Cycle Assessment Using ED₁₀s and DALYs: Part 1—Cancer Effects. Risk Analysis. 22(5). 931–946. 82 indexed citations

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Pennington, David, et al.. (2002). Assessing Human Health Response in Life Cycle Assessment Using ED₁₀s and DALYs: Part 2—Noncancer Effects. Risk Analysis. 22(5). 947–963. 46 indexed citations

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Pennington, David. (2001). An evaluation of chemical persistence screening approaches. Chemosphere. 44(7). 1589–1601. 22 indexed citations

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Pennington, David & Jane Bare. (2001). Comparison of Chemical Screening and Ranking Approaches: The Waste Minimization Prioritization Tool versus Toxic Equivalency Potentials. Risk Analysis. 21(5). 897–897. 25 indexed citations

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Pennington, David. (2001). Relationship of approaches and a tiered methodology for screening chemicals in the context of long-range transport. Chemosphere. 44(7). 1617–1631. 3 indexed citations

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