David Styles

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
130 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

David Styles is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, David Styles has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Ecology, 44 papers in Environmental Engineering and 23 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in David Styles's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (58 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (41 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (17 papers). David Styles is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (58 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (41 papers) and Bioenergy crop production and management (17 papers). David Styles collaborates with scholars based in Ireland, United Kingdom and Germany. David Styles's co-authors include Harald Schoenberger, José‐Luis Gálvez‐Martos, George D. Bishop, Piet N.L. Lens, Barbara Zeschmar-Lahl, A. Prysor Williams, Michael B. Jones, James Gibbons, John Finnan and David R. Chadwick and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

David Styles

127 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.

Construction and demolition waste best management practice in Europe

2018 558 citations David Styles et al. Resources Conservation and Recycling profile →
Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions

2021 256 citations George D. Bishop, David Styles et al. Resources Conservation and Recycling profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Styles Ireland	41	965	909	877	829	622	130	5.0k
Jacopo Bacenetti Italy	47	1.8k 1.8×	820 0.9×	528 0.6×	1.5k 1.8×	257 0.4×	145	5.1k
Sara González‐García Spain	50	1.7k 1.8×	811 0.9×	635 0.7×	2.1k 2.5×	631 1.0×	184	6.5k
Nicolae Scarlat Italy	24	365 0.4×	807 0.9×	603 0.7×	844 1.0×	312 0.5×	56	4.7k
L. Reijnders Netherlands	42	829 0.9×	680 0.7×	659 0.8×	1.3k 1.6×	714 1.1×	131	6.1k
Tomas Rydberg Sweden	22	556 0.6×	777 0.9×	1.1k 1.2×	2.4k 2.9×	820 1.3×	79	5.2k
Pål Börjesson Sweden	41	1.3k 1.3×	1.1k 1.2×	518 0.6×	1.4k 1.7×	231 0.4×	127	6.2k
Jean-François Dallemand Italy	20	309 0.3×	763 0.8×	574 0.7×	631 0.8×	294 0.5×	25	3.9k
Joan Rieradevall Spain	55	946 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	1.8k 2.0×	3.1k 3.8×	876 1.4×	187	8.4k
Alissa Kendall United States	43	555 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	1.7k 2.1×	1.3k 2.1×	131	6.9k
Amy E. Landis United States	38	493 0.5×	750 0.8×	627 0.7×	1.1k 1.3×	405 0.7×	136	4.6k

Countries citing papers authored by David Styles

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Styles

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Styles

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Horan, William P., et al.. (2025). Improving biogenic carbon and land use accounting for construction wood. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 222. 108434–108434.

Duffy, Colm, J. Humphreys, James Gibbons, et al.. (2025). Exploring the frontier of bovine protein production within territorial net zero emission targets. The Science of The Total Environment. 972. 179115–179115. 1 indexed citations

Bishop, George D., James Gaffey, Maeve Henchion, et al.. (2025). A life cycle thinking-based environmental risk framework for screening sustainable feedstocks in early-stage bioeconomy projects. Resources Environment and Sustainability. 20. 100201–100201. 3 indexed citations

Odey, Emmanuel Alepu, Helena McMahon, Jesko Zimmermann, et al.. (2025). An integrated technoeconomic and environmental assessment of biomethane production via anaerobic digestion of food waste in Ireland: Updated insights under market volatility. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 82. 104563–104563.

Bishop, George D., Colm Duffy, Annette Cowie, et al.. (2024). Defining national net zero goals is critical for food and land use policy. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 9 indexed citations

Duffy, Colm, et al.. (2024). GOBLIN Lite: A National Land Balance Model forAssessment of Climate Mitigation Pathways for Ireland.. The Journal of Open Source Software. 9(100). 6732–6732. 2 indexed citations

Casey, I. A., Patrick J. Forrestal, David Styles, et al.. (2024). Lowering the greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions from grassland-based dairy production. Agricultural Systems. 222. 104151–104151. 1 indexed citations

Duffy, Colm, et al.. (2024). Cattle production strategies to deliver protein with less land and lower environmental impact. Journal of Environmental Management. 356. 120569–120569. 6 indexed citations

Duffy, Colm, et al.. (2023). Optimising sustainability: Circular pathways for Scotch Whisky distillery co-products. Journal of Cleaner Production. 395. 136436–136436. 5 indexed citations

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Bishop, George D., et al.. (2023). A tasty solution to packaging waste? Life cycle assessment of edible coffee cups. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 201. 107320–107320. 5 indexed citations

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Healey, John R., et al.. (2023). Circular wood use can accelerate global decarbonisation but requires cross-sectoral coordination. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6766–6766. 17 indexed citations

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Costa, Marcela Porto, Sophie Saget, Beate Zimmermann, et al.. (2023). Environmental and land use consequences of replacing milk and beef with plant-based alternatives. Journal of Cleaner Production. 424. 138826–138826. 22 indexed citations

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Brook, R.M., David Styles, André Mancebo Mazzetto, et al.. (2022). Silvopastoral systems for offsetting livestock emissions in the tropics: a case study of a dairy farm in Costa Rica. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 42(5). 101–101. 19 indexed citations

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Evans, Chris, Ross Morrison, Susan Page, et al.. (2022). Responsible agriculture must adapt to the wetland character of mid‐latitude peatlands. Global Change Biology. 28(12). 3795–3811. 42 indexed citations

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Vera, Ivan, Birka Wicke, Patrick Lamers, et al.. (2022). Land use for bioenergy: Synergies and trade-offs between sustainable development goals. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 161. 112409–112409. 72 indexed citations

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Bishop, George D., David Styles, & Piet N.L. Lens. (2021). Environmental performance of bioplastic packaging on fresh food produce: A consequential life cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production. 317. 128377–128377. 65 indexed citations

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Duffy, Colm, David Styles, James Gibbons, et al.. (2021). Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for Latin American dairy production: A Costa Rica case study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 311. 127556–127556. 9 indexed citations

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Bishop, George D., David Styles, & Piet N.L. Lens. (2021). Environmental performance comparison of bioplastics and petrochemical plastics: A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological decisions. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 168. 105451–105451. 256 indexed citations breakdown →

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Mazzetto, André Mancebo, George D. Bishop, David Styles, et al.. (2020). Comparing the environmental efficiency of milk and beef production through life cycle assessment of interconnected cattle systems. Journal of Cleaner Production. 277. 124108–124108. 52 indexed citations

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Gallagher, John, Biswajit Basu, Maria C. Browne, et al.. (2017). Adapting Stand‐Alone Renewable Energy Technologies for the Circular Economy through Eco‐Design and Recycling. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 23(1). 133–140. 63 indexed citations

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