Helga Weisz

6.8k total citations · 4 hit papers
48 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Helga Weisz is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Helga Weisz has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Environmental Engineering, 10 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and 10 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Helga Weisz's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (22 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (7 papers). Helga Weisz is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (22 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (8 papers) and Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis (7 papers). Helga Weisz collaborates with scholars based in Germany, Austria and United States. Helga Weisz's co-authors include Peter‐Paul Pichler, Fridolin Krausmann, Marina Fischer‐Kowalski, Ulli Weisz, Klaus Hubacek, J. Steinberger, Helmut Haberl, Faye Duchin, Heinz Schandl and Helmut Schütz and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Helga Weisz

46 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment

2020 512 citations Helga Weisz, Peter‐Paul Pichler et al. profile →
International comparison of health care carbon footprints

2019 425 citations Peter‐Paul Pichler, Helga Weisz et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →
Methodology and Indicators of Economy‐wide Material Flow Accounting

2011 366 citations Marina Fischer‐Kowalski, Fridolin Krausmann et al. Journal of Industrial Ecology profile →
City-level climate change mitigation in China

2018 347 citations Yuli Shan, Dabo Guan et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Helga Weisz Germany	24	1.8k	1.0k	933	558	549	48	4.0k
Arunima Malik Australia	39	2.1k 1.2×	1.6k 1.6×	1.8k 1.9×	773 1.4×	562 1.0×	109	6.2k
Anne Owen United Kingdom	32	2.0k 1.1×	622 0.6×	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 2.3×	265 0.5×	90	4.4k
Wenjia Cai China	40	2.0k 1.1×	791 0.8×	1.8k 1.9×	994 1.8×	618 1.1×	137	4.9k
Keisuke Nansai Japan	38	1.8k 1.0×	468 0.5×	890 1.0×	694 1.2×	210 0.4×	120	4.3k
Huijuan Dong China	45	2.4k 1.3×	698 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	506 0.9×	319 0.6×	101	5.2k
Wang Jinnan China	37	2.3k 1.3×	2.0k 2.0×	2.1k 2.2×	620 1.1×	950 1.7×	151	5.8k
Miaomiao Liu China	29	1.0k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	763 0.8×	229 0.4×	349 0.6×	138	3.1k
Hancheng Dai China	44	2.5k 1.4×	1.3k 1.3×	3.0k 3.2×	1.7k 3.1×	549 1.0×	103	6.0k
Yalin Lei China	38	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	2.3k 2.5×	881 1.6×	614 1.1×	166	4.9k
Fabian Wagner Austria	38	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	1.3k 1.4×	960 1.7×	849 1.5×	131	4.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Helga Weisz

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Helga Weisz

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fishman, Tomer, et al.. (2025). live (a) little: GHG emissions from residential building materials for all 400 counties and cities of Germany until 2050. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 215. 108117–108117. 7 indexed citations

Carr, R. H., et al.. (2024). Climate change to exacerbate the burden of water collection on women’s welfare globally. Nature Climate Change. 14(7). 700–706. 18 indexed citations

Többen, Johannes, Peter‐Paul Pichler, Kurt Kratena, et al.. (2023). Unequal carbon tax impacts on 38 million German households: assessing spatial and socio-economic hotspots. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(4). 45006–45006. 4 indexed citations

Upadhyay, Himani, Kira Vinke, & Helga Weisz. (2023). “We are still here” climate change, gender and immobility in highly mobile Himalayan communities. Climate and Development. 16(5). 443–457. 10 indexed citations

Moran, Daniel, Peter‐Paul Pichler, Heran Zheng, et al.. (2022). Estimating CO ₂ emissions for 108 000 European cities. Earth system science data. 14(2). 845–864. 20 indexed citations

Pichler, Peter‐Paul, et al.. (2021). The energy and carbon inequality corridor for a 1.5 °C compatible and just Europe. Environmental Research Letters. 16(6). 64082–64082. 26 indexed citations

Moran, Daniel, Peter‐Paul Pichler, Heran Zheng, et al.. (2021). Estimating CO ₂ Emissions for 108,000 European Cities. UCL Discovery (University College London). 2 indexed citations

Redlingshöfer, Barbara, Sabine Barles, & Helga Weisz. (2020). Are waste hierarchies effective in reducing environmental impacts from food waste? A systematic review for OECD countries. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 156. 104723–104723. 82 indexed citations

Chen, Shaoqing, Bin Chen, Kuishuang Feng, et al.. (2020). Physical and virtual carbon metabolism of global cities. Nature Communications. 11(1). 182–182. 108 indexed citations

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Shan, Yuli, Dabo Guan, Klaus Hubacek, et al.. (2018). City-level climate change mitigation in China. Science Advances. 4(6). eaaq0390–eaaq0390. 347 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lenton, Timothy M., Peter‐Paul Pichler, & Helga Weisz. (2016). Revolutions in energy input and material cycling in Earth history and human history. Earth System Dynamics. 7(2). 353–370. 36 indexed citations

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Schaffartzik, Anke, Nina Eisenmenger, Fridolin Krausmann, & Helga Weisz. (2014). Consumption-based Material Flow Accounting Austrian Trade and Consumption in Raw Material Equivalents 1995–2007. SSRN Electronic Journal. 3 indexed citations

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Schaffartzik, Anke, Nina Eisenmenger, Fridolin Krausmann, & Helga Weisz. (2013). Consumption‐based Material Flow Accounting. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 18(1). 102–112. 49 indexed citations

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Bai, Xuemei, Shobhakar Dhakal, J. Steinberger, & Helga Weisz. (2013). Drivers of urban energy use and main policy leverages. Publication Database PIK (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)). 3 indexed citations

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Fischer‐Kowalski, Marina, Fridolin Krausmann, Stefan Giljum, et al.. (2011). Methodology and Indicators of Economy‐wide Material Flow Accounting. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 15(6). 855–876. 366 indexed citations breakdown →

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Weisz, Helga & J. Steinberger. (2010). Reducing energy and material flows in cities. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 2(3). 185–192. 165 indexed citations

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Weisz, Helga & Arnold Tukker. (2009). Handbook of Input‐Output Economics in Industrial Ecology edited by Sangwon Suh. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 13(5). 830–832. 3 indexed citations

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Weisz, Helga & Heinz Schandl. (2008). Materials Use Across World Regions. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 12(5-6). 629–636. 15 indexed citations

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Haberl, Helmut, Helga Weisz, Christof Amann, et al.. (2006). The Energetic Metabolism of the European Union and the United States: Decadal Energy Input Time-Series with an Emphasis on Biomass. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 10(4). 151–171. 41 indexed citations

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Haberl, Helmut, Marina Fischer‐Kowalski, Fridolin Krausmann, Helga Weisz, & Verena Winiwarter. (2004). Progress towards sustainability? What the conceptual framework of material and energy flow accounting (MEFA) can offer. Land Use Policy. 21(3). 199–213. 204 indexed citations

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