Henk Westhoek

5.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
45 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Henk Westhoek is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Henk Westhoek has authored 45 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Ecology, 10 papers in Environmental Engineering and 9 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Henk Westhoek's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (18 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (6 papers). Henk Westhoek is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (18 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (6 papers). Henk Westhoek collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Italy and United Kingdom. Henk Westhoek's co-authors include Trudy Rood, Durk Nijdam, J.P. Lesschen, Adrian Leip, O. Oenema, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Mark A. Sutton, M. van den Berg, Lex Bouwman and Luis Lassaletta and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production and Trends in Food Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Henk Westhoek

44 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe's meat and dairy intake

2014 569 citations Henk Westhoek, J.P. Lesschen et al. Global Environmental Change profile →
The price of protein: Review of land use and carbon footprints from life cycle assessments of animal food products and their substitutes

2012 518 citations Durk Nijdam, Trudy Rood et al. profile →
Impacts of European livestock production: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and greenhouse gas emissions, land-use, water eutrophication and biodiversity

2015 395 citations Adrian Leip, Luis Lassaletta et al. Environmental Research Letters profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Henk Westhoek

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Linking a biodiversity abundance metric to life cycle assessment for quantifying the biodiversity footprint of Dutch diets 2025 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·(unknown), Mark van Oorschot, Alexandra Marques, Laura Batlle-Bayer, Henk Westhoek, (unknown), Hans Blonk	0
2	Impact of lifestyle, human diet and nutrient use efficiency in food production on eutrophication of global aquifers and surface waters 2024 ·Global Environmental Change ·Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Henk Westhoek	7
3	More efficient phosphorus use can avoid cropland expansion 2021 ·Nature Food ·José M. Mogollón, Lex Bouwman, Arthur Beusen, Luis Lassaletta, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Henk Westhoek	66
4	Research and innovation as a catalyst for food system transformation 2020 ·Trends in Food Science & Technology ·(unknown), Kristiaan P.W. Kok, M. Gill, João Breda, John D. Cahill, C. Callenius, Patrick Caron, (unknown), Mirjana Gurinović, Liisa Lähteenmäki, T. Lang, Roberta Sonnino, G. Verburg, Henk Westhoek, Tomris Cesuroğlu, B.J. Regeer, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse	46
5	A framework for nitrogen futures in the shared socioeconomic pathways 2020 ·Global Environmental Change ·David Kanter, Wilfried Winiwarter, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Lex Bouwman, Elizabeth W. Boyer, Simon Buckle, Jana E. Compton, Tommy Dalgaard, W. de Vries, David Leclère, Adrian Leip, Christoph Müller, Alexander Popp, Nandula Raghuram, Shilpa Rao, Mark A. Sutton, Hanqin Tian, Henk Westhoek, Xin Zhang, Monika Zurek	49
6	Future global pig production systems according to the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways 2019 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Luis Lassaletta, Fernándo Estellés, Arthur Beusen, Lex Bouwman, S. Calvet, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Jonathan Doelman, Elke Stehfest, Aimable Uwizeye, Henk Westhoek	63
7	Pathways for agriculture and forestry to contribute to terrestrial biodiversity conservation: A global scenario-study 2018 ·Biological Conservation ·Marcel Kok, Rob Alkemade, Michel Bakkenes, (unknown), Jan H. Janse, M. Mandryk, Tom Kram, Tanya Lazarova, Johan R. Meijer, Mark van Oorschot, Henk Westhoek, (unknown), (unknown), Stefan van der Esch, (unknown), Detlef P. van Vuuren	70
8	A Recipe for change: An agenda for a climate-smart and sustainable food system for a healthy Europe 2018 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·K.J. Poppe, Roberta Sonnino, Lı́lia Ahrné, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Klaus Menrad, Katerina A. Moutou, Otto Schmid, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Henk Westhoek	10
9	Policy Brief: A Systems Approach to Research and Innovation for Food System Transformation 2018 ·Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) ·M. Gill, (unknown), Kristiaan P.W. Kok, João Breda, (unknown), C. Callenius, Patrick Caron, (unknown), Mirjana Gurinović, Liisa Lähteenmäki, T. Lang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Roberta Sonnino, G. Verburg, Henk Westhoek, (unknown), Jacqueline E. W. Broerse	4
10	Why Danish pig farms have far more land and pigs than Dutch farms? Implications for feed supply, manure recycling and production costs 2016 ·Agricultural Systems ·J. Willems, Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Brian H. Jacobsen, Tenna Jensen, Tommy Dalgaard, Henk Westhoek, Ib Sillebak Kristensen	39
11	Potential of extensification of European agriculture for a more sustainable food system, focusing on nitrogen 2015 ·Environmental Research Letters ·Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Jan Willem Erisman, W. de Vries, Henk Westhoek	70
12	Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe's meat and dairy intake breakdown → 2014 ·Global Environmental Change ·Henk Westhoek, J.P. Lesschen, Trudy Rood, Susanne Wagner, Alessandra De Marco, Donal Murphy‐Bokern, Adrian Leip, Hans van Grinsven, Mark A. Sutton, O. Oenema	569
13	A food system approach for the identification of opportunities to increase resource use efficiency. 2014 ·Henk Westhoek, John Ingram, S. van Berkum, (unknown), (unknown), Jeffrey E. Herrick, Maarten A. Hajer, R. Schenck, D. Huizen	3
14	The nitrogen footprint of food products in the European Union 2013 ·The Journal of Agricultural Science ·Adrian Leip, (unknown), J.P. Lesschen, Henk Westhoek	128
15	The provision of public goods by agriculture: Critical questions for effective and efficient policy making 2012 ·Environmental Science & Policy ·Henk Westhoek, Koen P. Overmars, H. van Zeijts	63
16	The protein puzzle: the consumption and production of meat, dairy and fish in the European Union. 2011 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Henk Westhoek, (unknown), M. van den Berg, J. Janse, Durk Nijdam, (unknown), Elke Stehfest	152
17	Greenhouse gas emission profiles of European livestock sectors 2011 ·Animal Feed Science and Technology ·J.P. Lesschen, Maarten van den Berg, Henk Westhoek, Peter Witzke, O. Oenema	291
18	Local and global consequences of the EU renewable directive for biofuels: testing the sustainability criteria 2008 ·B. Eickhout, G.J. van den Born, Jos Notenboom, Mark van Oorschot, J. P. Ros, Detlef P. van Vuuren, Henk Westhoek	41
19	The EURURALIS study : technical document 2005 ·Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·J.A. Klijn, (unknown), R.J.A. van Lammeren, Hans van Meijl, T. van Rheenen, A. Veldkamp, Peter H. Verburg, Henk Westhoek, B. Eickhout, Andrzej Tabeau	40
20	Regulatory systems to control mineral losses from agriculture. 2002 ·Henk Westhoek, (unknown), (unknown), J. Willems	2

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