Harald Desing

679 total citations
19 papers, 427 citations indexed

About

Harald Desing is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Environmental Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Harald Desing has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 427 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 10 papers in Environmental Engineering and 4 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Harald Desing's work include Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (4 papers). Harald Desing is often cited by papers focused on Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers) and Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy (4 papers). Harald Desing collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Harald Desing's co-authors include Roland Hischier, Karolin Frankenberger, Stéphane Nahrath, Fabian Takacs, Rolf Widmer, Patrick Wäger, Didier Beloin‐Saint‐Pierre, Karl W. Steininger, Thomas Jusselme and Ronald Rovers and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Harald Desing

17 papers receiving 403 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Harald Desing Switzerland 10 169 150 102 80 74 19 427
An Vercalsteren Belgium 9 171 1.0× 140 0.9× 57 0.6× 49 0.6× 97 1.3× 17 371
Glenn A. Aguilar‐Hernández Netherlands 8 260 1.5× 262 1.7× 181 1.8× 65 0.8× 75 1.0× 12 626
Frieder Rubik Germany 11 190 1.1× 113 0.8× 108 1.1× 30 0.4× 157 2.1× 32 549
Philipp Schepelmann Germany 6 98 0.6× 173 1.2× 80 0.8× 33 0.4× 41 0.6× 19 410
Bertrand Guillaume France 10 143 0.8× 133 0.9× 49 0.5× 38 0.5× 57 0.8× 20 520
Silvana Kühtz Italy 10 149 0.9× 139 0.9× 81 0.8× 26 0.3× 30 0.4× 16 380
Harald Throne‐Holst Norway 11 100 0.6× 103 0.7× 59 0.6× 76 0.9× 103 1.4× 21 469
Kaisa Manninen Finland 11 354 2.1× 111 0.7× 102 1.0× 89 1.1× 251 3.4× 16 715
Leila Mendes da Luz Brazil 11 236 1.4× 103 0.7× 52 0.5× 23 0.3× 126 1.7× 16 453
Marco Bianchi Spain 10 247 1.5× 75 0.5× 64 0.6× 28 0.3× 106 1.4× 13 438

Countries citing papers authored by Harald Desing

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Fields of papers citing papers by Harald Desing

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harald Desing

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

All Works

19 of 19 papers shown
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2026). Recycling fossil infrastructure for cleaner energy transitions. Nature Communications.
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2025). Solar basic service—an idea for just acceleration of the energy transition. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 7(2). 23002–23002.
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Lura, Pietro, et al.. (2024). Mining the atmosphere: A concrete solution to global warming. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 212. 107968–107968. 3 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2024). Measuring the Doughnut: A good life for all is possible within planetary boundaries. Journal of Cleaner Production. 448. 141447–141447. 25 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald & Nicola U. Blum. (2023). On Circularity, Complexity and (Elements of) Hope. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 2 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, Rolf Widmer, Ugo Bardi, et al.. (2023). Mobilizing materials to enable a fast energy transition: A conceptual framework. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 200. 107314–107314. 10 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald. (2022). Below zero. Environmental Science Advances. 1(5). 612–619. 6 indexed citations
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Righi, Serena, et al.. (2022). Resource Pressure of Carpets: Guiding Their Circular Design. Sustainability. 14(5). 2530–2530. 1 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald & Rolf Widmer. (2022). How Much Energy Storage can We Afford? On the Need for a Sunflower Society, Aligning Demand with Renewable Supply. PubMed. 7(2). 3–3. 7 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, Andreas Gerber, Roland Hischier, Patrick Wäger, & Rolf Widmer. (2022). The 3‐Machines Energy Transition Model: Exploring the Energy Frontiers for Restoring a Habitable Climate. Earth s Future. 10(10). 9 indexed citations
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Stucki, Matthias, et al.. (2021). How life cycle–based science and practice support the transition towards a sustainable economy. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 26(5). 1062–1069. 18 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2021). When to replace products with which (circular) strategy? An optimization approach and lifespan indicator. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 174. 105704–105704. 16 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald & Rolf Widmer. (2021). Reducing climate risks with fast and complete energy transitions: applying the precautionary principle to the Paris agreement. Environmental Research Letters. 16(12). 121002–121002. 15 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2020). Ecological resource potential. MethodsX. 7. 101151–101151. 3 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2020). Ecological resource availability: a method to estimate resource budgets for a sustainable economy. Global Sustainability. 3. 14 indexed citations
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Habert, Guillaume, Martin Röck, Karl W. Steininger, et al.. (2020). Carbon budgets for buildings: harmonising temporal, spatial and sectoral dimensions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 429–452. 69 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2020). Resource pressure – A circular design method. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 164. 105179–105179. 39 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, et al.. (2020). A circular economy within the planetary boundaries: Towards a resource-based, systemic approach. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 155. 104673–104673. 159 indexed citations
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Desing, Harald, Rolf Widmer, Didier Beloin‐Saint‐Pierre, Roland Hischier, & Patrick Wäger. (2019). Powering a Sustainable and Circular Economy—An Engineering Approach to Estimating Renewable Energy Potentials within Earth System Boundaries. Energies. 12(24). 4723–4723. 31 indexed citations

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