Harro von Blottnitz

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
70 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Harro von Blottnitz is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Harro von Blottnitz has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 17 papers in Pollution and 16 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Harro von Blottnitz's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (13 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (9 papers). Harro von Blottnitz is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (13 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (11 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (9 papers). Harro von Blottnitz collaborates with scholars based in South Africa, United Kingdom and United States. Harro von Blottnitz's co-authors include Mary Ann Curran, Bamikole Amigun, John S. Dennis, Susan T.L. Harrison, Kevin G. Harding, Valentina Russo, Jochen Petersen, Kriveshini Pillay, D.G. Randall and Elena Friedrich and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Harro von Blottnitz

69 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

A review of assessments conducted on bio-ethanol as a transportation fuel from a net energy, greenhouse gas, and environmental life cycle perspective

2006 542 citations Harro von Blottnitz et al. Journal of Cleaner Production profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Harro von Blottnitz South Africa	25	918	625	483	348	318	70	2.6k
Marcelle McManus United Kingdom	36	876 1.0×	780 1.2×	884 1.8×	532 1.5×	519 1.6×	86	3.8k
Josef Maroušek Czechia	51	1.4k 1.5×	608 1.0×	415 0.9×	682 2.0×	577 1.8×	76	4.7k
Lidija Čuček Slovenia	30	772 0.8×	413 0.7×	833 1.7×	369 1.1×	440 1.4×	102	3.4k
Lorie Hamelin France	25	526 0.6×	322 0.5×	521 1.1×	487 1.4×	204 0.6×	64	2.4k
John A. Posada Netherlands	28	1.2k 1.3×	352 0.6×	307 0.6×	281 0.8×	307 1.0×	82	2.5k
Lan Song China	36	452 0.5×	749 1.2×	406 0.8×	171 0.5×	361 1.1×	76	3.1k
Jean-François Dallemand Italy	20	1.2k 1.3×	678 1.1×	631 1.3×	574 1.6×	408 1.3×	25	3.9k
Yuan Yao United States	29	840 0.9×	404 0.6×	584 1.2×	233 0.7×	223 0.7×	73	3.0k
Corinne D. Scown United States	35	1.4k 1.6×	462 0.7×	420 0.9×	652 1.9×	466 1.5×	114	4.0k
Rita Puig Spain	30	468 0.5×	424 0.7×	388 0.8×	404 1.2×	119 0.4×	88	2.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Harro von Blottnitz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Harro von Blottnitz

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Haas, Willi, Doris Virág, Dominik Wiedenhofer, & Harro von Blottnitz. (2023). How Circular is an Extractive Economy? South Africa's Export Orientation Results in Low Circularity and Insufficient Societal Stocks for Service-Provisioning. SSRN Electronic Journal.

Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2022). An estimate of construction and demolition waste quantities and composition expected in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 15 indexed citations

Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2018). Accumulation and characteristics of plastic debris along five beaches in Cape Town. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 138. 451–457. 61 indexed citations

Russo, Valentina, et al.. (2018). Carbon intensive but decarbonising quickly? Retrospective and prospective Life Cycle Assessments of South African pome fruit. Journal of Cleaner Production. 212. 139–150. 12 indexed citations

Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2017). The role of decision support frameworks in industrial policy development: A South African iron and steel scrap case study. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 13. 113–125. 12 indexed citations

Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2017). A life-cycle-based review of sulfur dioxide abatement installations in the South African platinum group metal sector. Sustainability Science. 12(5). 769–784. 4 indexed citations

Scharfy, Deborah, et al.. (2016). South African maize production : mitigating environmental impacts through solar powered irrigation. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 2 indexed citations

Scharfy, Deborah, et al.. (2016). Mitigating environmental impacts from agriculture in emerging economies : a case study of solar powered irrigation in the South African maize production. Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften digital collection (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). 1 indexed citations

Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2016). Cape Town’s Metabolism: Insights from a Material Flow Analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 21(5). 1237–1249. 40 indexed citations

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Gasparatos, Alexandros, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, Thomas Elmqvist, et al.. (2016). Sustainability science for meeting Africa’s challenges. Sustainability Science. 11(3). 371–372. 4 indexed citations

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Dalvie, Mohamed Aqiel, et al.. (2013). Occurrence of CCA-treated timber in caterers. South African Journal of Science. 1 indexed citations

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Fernández‐Torres, María J., et al.. (2012). A comparative life cycle assessment of eutectic freeze crystallisation and evaporative crystallisation for the treatment of saline wastewater. Desalination. 306. 17–23. 56 indexed citations

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Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2010). An economic model for energisation and its integration into the urban energy planning process. Energy Policy. 38(5). 2370–2378. 14 indexed citations

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Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2010). 2nd Generation biofuels a sure bet? A life cycle assessment of how things could go wrong. Journal of Cleaner Production. 19(2-3). 138–144. 60 indexed citations

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Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2010). Renewable energy for sustainable urban development: Redefining the concept of energisation. Energy Policy. 38(5). 2179–2187. 20 indexed citations

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Blottnitz, Harro von, et al.. (2007). A cleaner production assessment of the ultra-fine coal waste generated in South Africa. Open University of Cape Town (University of Cape Town). 107(12). 811–816. 13 indexed citations

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Harding, Kevin G., John S. Dennis, Harro von Blottnitz, & Susan T.L. Harrison. (2007). Environmental analysis of plastic production processes: Comparing petroleum-based polypropylene and polyethylene with biologically-based poly-β-hydroxybutyric acid using life cycle analysis. Journal of Biotechnology. 130(1). 57–66. 321 indexed citations

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Ramjeawon, Toolseeram, Harro von Blottnitz, Evans Kituyi, & Desta Mebratu. (2005). LCA Knowledge Network in Africa (ALCANET). The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 10(6). 449–449. 5 indexed citations

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Lynd, Lee R., Harro von Blottnitz, Jan de Boer, et al.. (2003). Converting plant biomass to fuels and commodity chemicals in South Africa: a third chapter?. South African Journal of Science. 99. 499–507. 17 indexed citations

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Cohen, Brett, et al.. (1999). The TCLP and its applicability for the characterization of worst case leaching of wastes from Mining and Metallurgical operations. Advances in Environmental Research. 4 indexed citations

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