Francesca Verones

10.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
105 papers, 7.1k citations indexed

About

Francesca Verones is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Francesca Verones has authored 105 papers receiving a total of 7.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 32 papers in Environmental Engineering and 29 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Francesca Verones's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (30 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (21 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers). Francesca Verones is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (30 papers), Economic and Environmental Valuation (21 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (15 papers). Francesca Verones collaborates with scholars based in Norway, Netherlands and Switzerland. Francesca Verones's co-authors include Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Rosalie van Zelm, Marisa Vieira, Pieter M. F. Elshout, Gea Stam, Zoran J. N. Steinmann, Anne Hollander, Michiel C. Zijp, Stefanie Hellweg and Stephan Pfister and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Francesca Verones

99 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment met... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2016 2023 2022 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level
    2016 2.9k citations Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Francesca Verones et al. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment profile →
  2. ReCiPe 2016 : A harmonized life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level Report I: Characterization
    2016 333 citations Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Francesca Verones et al. profile →
  3. Life-cycle assessment to guide solutions for the triple planetary crisis
    2023 122 citations Stefanie Hellweg, Enrico Benetto et al. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment profile →
  4. More than half of data deficient species predicted to be threatened by extinction
    2022 110 citations Martin Dorber, Francesca Verones et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Francesca Verones Norway 37 2.7k 1.5k 1.3k 977 946 105 7.1k
Rosalie van Zelm Netherlands 35 2.5k 0.9× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.9× 426 0.4× 927 1.0× 89 6.5k
Francesco Cherubini Norway 53 3.0k 1.1× 1.0k 0.7× 947 0.7× 2.3k 2.3× 771 0.8× 142 10.1k
Annette Cowie Australia 57 2.2k 0.8× 2.0k 1.4× 1.3k 1.0× 2.3k 2.4× 1.6k 1.7× 177 14.5k
Shabbir H. Gheewala Thailand 57 3.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 475 0.5× 1.9k 2.0× 344 10.7k
Annette Koehler Switzerland 19 3.7k 1.4× 946 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 338 0.3× 619 0.7× 24 6.2k
Joan Rieradevall Spain 55 3.1k 1.2× 946 0.6× 1.8k 1.3× 1.0k 1.0× 597 0.6× 187 8.4k
Ralph K. Rosenbaum Denmark 29 2.9k 1.1× 702 0.5× 1.4k 1.0× 307 0.3× 907 1.0× 60 6.0k
Christian Bauer Switzerland 47 4.3k 1.6× 876 0.6× 1.4k 1.0× 689 0.7× 1.5k 1.5× 120 12.2k
Matthias Finkbeiner Germany 53 4.3k 1.6× 943 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 471 0.5× 730 0.8× 277 9.3k
Xavier Gabarrell Spain 50 2.9k 1.1× 636 0.4× 1.9k 1.5× 855 0.9× 857 0.9× 214 8.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Francesca Verones

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Francesca Verones

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Barbarossa, Valerio, et al.. (2025). Characterizing dam fragmentation impacts on freshwater fish within life cycle impact assessment. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 114. 107929–107929. 1 indexed citations
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Verones, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Scaling effects on material demand in hydropower: Implications for life cycle inventory modeling. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 226. 108680–108680.
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Anderson, Simon, Konstantin Stadler, & Francesca Verones. (2025). From Global Emissions to Local Impacts: Spatially Explicit Modeling of Ocean Acidification in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(42). 22508–22517. 1 indexed citations
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Verones, Francesca, et al.. (2025). Ghost fishing catch estimates based on annual retrieval operations in Norwegian waters. Fisheries Research. 292. 107599–107599.
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Ran, Ylva, Christel Cederberg, Malin Jonell, et al.. (2024). Environmental assessment of diets: overview and guidance on indicator choice. The Lancet Planetary Health. 8(3). e172–e187. 20 indexed citations
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Douziech, Mélanie, et al.. (2024). Development of a collision impact indicator to integrate in the life cycle assessment of offshore wind farms. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 30(3). 543–561. 2 indexed citations
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Dorber, Martin, Laura Scherer, & Francesca Verones. (2024). Midpoint characterization factors to assess impacts of turbine water use from hydropower production. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 29(11). 2151–2164. 2 indexed citations
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Stadler, Konstantin, et al.. (2024). Disentangling marine plastic impacts in Life Cycle Assessment: Spatially explicit Characterization Factors for ecosystem quality. The Science of The Total Environment. 949. 175019–175019. 4 indexed citations
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Dorber, Martin, et al.. (2024). What Is the Impact of Accidentally Transporting Terrestrial Alien Species? A New Life Cycle Impact Assessment Model. Environmental Science & Technology. 7 indexed citations
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Müller, Daniel B., et al.. (2024). Mapping Plastic and Plastic Additive Cycles in Coastal Countries: A Norwegian Case Study. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(19). 8336–8348. 5 indexed citations
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May, Roel, et al.. (2024). Biodiversity on the line: life cycle impact assessment of power lines on birds and mammals in Norway. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(3). 35003–35003.
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Hellweg, Stefanie, Enrico Benetto, Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Francesca Verones, & Richard Wood. (2023). Life-cycle assessment to guide solutions for the triple planetary crisis. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. 4(7). 471–486. 122 indexed citations breakdown →
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Iordan, Cristina-Maria, Koen Kuipers, Bo Huang, et al.. (2023). Spatially and taxonomically explicit characterisation factors for greenhouse gas emission impacts on biodiversity. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 198. 107159–107159. 6 indexed citations
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Verones, Francesca, et al.. (2023). Ecotoxicity effect factors for plastic additives on the aquatic environment: a new approach for life cycle impact assessment. Environmental Pollution. 341. 122935–122935. 20 indexed citations
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Verones, Francesca, et al.. (2021). The MarINvaders Toolkit. The Journal of Open Source Software. 6(64). 3575–3575. 4 indexed citations
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Laurent, Alexis, Bo P. Weidema, Jane Bare, et al.. (2020). Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 24(5). 986–1003. 116 indexed citations
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Moran, Daniel, et al.. (2020). Quantifying Europe's biodiversity footprints and the role of urbanization and income. Global Sustainability. 3. 28 indexed citations
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Núñez, Montserrat, Ralph K. Rosenbaum, Shooka Karimpour, et al.. (2018). A Multimedia Hydrological Fate Modeling Framework To Assess Water Consumption Impacts in Life Cycle Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(8). 4658–4667. 21 indexed citations
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Verones, Francesca, et al.. (2018). Biodiversity Recovery and Transformation Impacts for Wetland Biodiversity. Environmental Science & Technology. 52(15). 8479–8487. 8 indexed citations

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