Frank Sperling

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Frank Sperling is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Sperling has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 5 papers in Environmental Engineering and 4 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Frank Sperling's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (4 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers). Frank Sperling is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 papers), Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies (4 papers) and Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 papers). Frank Sperling collaborates with scholars based in Austria, Germany and Australia. Frank Sperling's co-authors include R.J. Harper, Mercedes Bustamante, Pete Smith, Helmut Haberl, Cheikh Mbow, Robert J. Whittaker, Richard Washington, Elnour A. Elsiddig, Carmenza Robledo Abad and Charles W. Rice and has published in prestigious journals such as Global Change Biology, Limnology and Oceanography and Climatic Change.

In The Last Decade

Frank Sperling

22 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

2014 452 citations Pete Smith, Mercedes Bustamante et al. Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University) profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Sperling Austria	13	358	307	204	197	150	24	1.1k
Vera Heck Germany	10	354 1.0×	223 0.7×	208 1.0×	223 1.1×	76 0.5×	14	1.1k
Rüdiger Schaldach Germany	19	525 1.5×	252 0.8×	126 0.6×	183 0.9×	139 0.9×	42	1.2k
Amanda Palazzo Austria	18	343 1.0×	249 0.8×	224 1.1×	175 0.9×	128 0.9×	37	1.3k
Suren Kulshreshtha Canada	23	388 1.1×	229 0.7×	269 1.3×	213 1.1×	285 1.9×	143	1.5k
Mark van Oorschot Netherlands	15	405 1.1×	383 1.2×	177 0.9×	178 0.9×	116 0.8×	33	1.1k
Torbjörn Jansson Sweden	16	302 0.8×	232 0.8×	242 1.2×	119 0.6×	167 1.1×	41	966
Alexander Gocht Germany	17	460 1.3×	311 1.0×	151 0.7×	175 0.9×	233 1.6×	45	1.3k
Helal Ahammad Australia	11	312 0.9×	411 1.3×	288 1.4×	223 1.1×	182 1.2×	26	1.3k
Vincent Gitz France	19	450 1.3×	274 0.9×	198 1.0×	109 0.6×	117 0.8×	53	1.2k
Avery Cohn United States	19	519 1.4×	275 0.9×	165 0.8×	111 0.6×	184 1.2×	27	1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Sperling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Sperling

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Sperling

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cock, James H., et al.. (2026). Rural prosperity: the key to sustainable farm and food systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 9.

Valin, Hugo, Miroslav Batka, Frank Sperling, et al.. (2023). Reducing global land-use pressures with seaweed farming. Nature Sustainability. 6(4). 380–390. 49 indexed citations

Valin, Hugo, Miroslav Batka, Frank Sperling, et al.. (2022). Reducing Global Land-Use Pressures with Seaweed Farming. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations

Elzen, Michel den, Ioannis Dafnomilis, Nicklas Forsell, et al.. (2022). Updated nationally determined contributions collectively raise ambition levels but need strengthening further to keep Paris goals within reach. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 27(5). 33–33. 72 indexed citations

Vuuren, Detlef P. van, Caroline Zimm, Sebastian Busch, et al.. (2022). Defining a sustainable development target space for 2030 and 2050. One Earth. 5(2). 142–156. 92 indexed citations

Sperling, Frank, Peter Havlík, Michel Denis, et al.. (2021). Toward resilient food systems after COVID-19. Current Research in Environmental Sustainability. 4. 100110–100110. 9 indexed citations

Sperling, Frank, Peter Havlík, Michel Denis, et al.. (2020). Transformations within reach: Pathways to a sustainable and resilient world - Resilient Food Systems. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis).

Sperling, Frank, Peter Havlík, Michel Denis, et al.. (2020). Report on Second Consultative Science Platform. Bouncing Forward Sustainably: Pathways to a post-COVID World. Resilient Food Systems. IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis). 1 indexed citations

Zimm, Caroline, Frank Sperling, & Sebastian Busch. (2018). Identifying Sustainability and Knowledge Gaps in Socio-Economic Pathways Vis-à-Vis the Sustainable Development Goals. Economies. 6(2). 20–20. 36 indexed citations

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Fiess, Norbert, et al.. (2017). Exposure exchange agreements among multilateral development banks for sovereign exposures: An innovative risk management tool. Journal of risk management in financial institutions. 10(1). 78–78. 3 indexed citations

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Smith, Pete, Mercedes Bustamante, Helal Ahammad, et al.. (2014). Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU). Murdoch Research Repository (Murdoch University). 811–922. 452 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bustamante, Mercedes, Carmenza Robledo‐Abad, R.J. Harper, et al.. (2014). Co‐benefits, trade‐offs, barriers and policies for greenhouse gas mitigation in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector. Global Change Biology. 20(10). 3270–3290. 143 indexed citations

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Mulkens, Jan, et al.. (2009). Extending single-exposure patterning towards 38-nm half-pitch using 1.35 NA immersion. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7274. 72741K–72741K. 5 indexed citations

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Sperling, Frank, et al.. (2008). Transitioning to Climate Resilient Development : Perspectives from Communities in Peru. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 23 indexed citations

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Few, Roger, Henny Osbahr, Laurens M. Bouwer, David Viner, & Frank Sperling. (2006). Linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk management for sustainable poverty reduction: synthesis report. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 24 indexed citations

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Sperling, Frank, Richard Washington, & Robert J. Whittaker. (2004). Future Climate Change of the Subtropical North Atlantic: Implications for the Cloud Forests of Tenerife. Climatic Change. 65(1-2). 103–123. 95 indexed citations

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Sperling, Frank, et al.. (2003). River basin management, described for the example of the Emschergenossenschaft. Water Science & Technology. 47(7-8). 141–147. 1 indexed citations

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Skoog, Annelie, Kenia Whitehead, Frank Sperling, & Karen Junge. (2002). Microbial glucose uptake and growth along a horizontal nutrient gradient in the North Pacific. Limnology and Oceanography. 47(6). 1676–1683. 24 indexed citations

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Borchardt, Dietrich & Frank Sperling. (1997). Urban stormwater discharges: ecological effects on receiving waters and consequences for technical measures. Water Science & Technology. 36(8-9). 173–178. 19 indexed citations

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Statzner, Bernhard & Frank Sperling. (1993). Potential contribution of system‐specific knowledge (SSK) to stream‐management decisions: ecological and economic aspects. Freshwater Biology. 29(2). 313–342. 38 indexed citations

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