James W. Levis

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

James W. Levis is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Building and Construction and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, James W. Levis has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 10 papers in Building and Construction and 5 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in James W. Levis's work include Municipal Solid Waste Management (27 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (13 papers) and Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (7 papers). James W. Levis is often cited by papers focused on Municipal Solid Waste Management (27 papers), Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (13 papers) and Landfill Environmental Impact Studies (7 papers). James W. Levis collaborates with scholars based in United States, Denmark and Spain. James W. Levis's co-authors include Morton A. Barlaz, Joseph F. DeCarolis, Jennifer A. Field, Johnsie R. Lang, Anders Damgaard, S. Ranji Ranjithan, Nickolas J. Themelis, Yixuan Wang, Megan K. Jaunich and Thomas Fruergaard Astrup and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Waste Management and Resources Conservation and Recycling.

In The Last Decade

James W. Levis

36 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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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.

National Estimate of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Release to U.S. Municipal Landfill Leachate

2017 332 citations James W. Levis, Morton A. Barlaz et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
James W. Levis United States	21	919	340	315	274	231	36	1.7k
May A. Massoud Lebanon	20	729 0.8×	140 0.4×	89 0.3×	176 0.6×	285 1.2×	59	2.0k
Yong-Chul Jang South Korea	25	1.2k 1.4×	346 1.0×	94 0.3×	230 0.8×	392 1.7×	67	2.1k
Arun Kansal India	23	528 0.6×	342 1.0×	193 0.6×	157 0.6×	361 1.6×	46	2.1k
Till M. Bachmann Germany	17	416 0.5×	219 0.6×	177 0.6×	391 1.4×	359 1.6×	29	2.1k
Chuanbin Zhou China	21	834 0.9×	281 0.8×	49 0.2×	258 0.9×	390 1.7×	49	2.0k
Andrew D. Henderson United States	18	323 0.4×	112 0.3×	289 0.9×	347 1.3×	257 1.1×	29	2.1k
Alberto Pivato Italy	26	662 0.7×	564 1.7×	64 0.2×	184 0.7×	438 1.9×	79	1.9k
Henrik Fred Larsen Denmark	15	990 1.1×	177 0.5×	186 0.6×	342 1.2×	422 1.8×	28	2.3k
Hani Abu Qdais Jordan	26	884 1.0×	350 1.0×	31 0.1×	167 0.6×	251 1.1×	60	2.3k
Mikołaj Owsianiak Denmark	32	354 0.4×	256 0.8×	191 0.6×	272 1.0×	753 3.3×	75	2.6k

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Salem, Khandoker Samaher, R. Prabhakar Rao, Sachin Agate, et al.. (2023). A critical review of existing and emerging technologies and systems to optimize solid waste management for feedstocks and energy conversion. Matter. 6(10). 3348–3377. 32 indexed citations

Levis, James W., et al.. (2022). Solid waste optimization life‐cycle framework in Python (SwolfPy). Journal of Industrial Ecology. 26(3). 748–762. 13 indexed citations

Wang, Yixuan, James W. Levis, & Morton A. Barlaz. (2021). Development of Streamlined Life-Cycle Assessment for the Solid Waste Management System. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(8). 5475–5484. 15 indexed citations

Mahinthakumar, G., et al.. (2021). Water Leakage Detection Using Neural Networks. 1388. 1033–1040. 2 indexed citations

Berglund, Emily Zechman, Mojtaba Noghabaei, Jorge E. Pesantez, et al.. (2020). Smart Infrastructure: A Vision for the Role of the Civil Engineering Profession in Smart Cities. Journal of Infrastructure Systems. 26(2). 123 indexed citations

Levis, James W., et al.. (2020). What Is the Best End Use for Compost Derived from the Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste?. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(1). 73–81. 30 indexed citations

Christensen, Thomas H., Anders Damgaard, James W. Levis, et al.. (2020). Application of LCA modelling in integrated waste management. Waste Management. 118. 313–322. 121 indexed citations

Levis, James W., et al.. (2019). Approaches to fill data gaps and evaluate process completeness in LCA—perspectives from solid waste management systems. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 24(9). 1587–1601. 13 indexed citations

Jaunich, Megan K., James W. Levis, Joseph F. DeCarolis, Morton A. Barlaz, & S. Ranji Ranjithan. (2019). Solid Waste Management Policy Implications on Waste Process Choices and Systemwide Cost and Greenhouse Gas Performance. Environmental Science & Technology. 53(4). 1766–1775. 51 indexed citations

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Grieger, Khara, Nathan Bossa, James W. Levis, et al.. (2018). Application and testing of risk screening tools for nanomaterial risk analysis. Environmental Science Nano. 5(8). 1844–1858. 4 indexed citations

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Stanisavljević, Nemanja, James W. Levis, & Morton A. Barlaz. (2017). Application of a Life Cycle Model for European Union Policy‐Driven Waste Management Decision Making in Emerging Economies. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 22(2). 341–355. 23 indexed citations

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Reyes, Francis L. de los, Heike Sederoff, Amy M. Grunden, et al.. (2017). Construction and Setup of a Bench-scale Algal Photosynthetic Bioreactor with Temperature, Light, and pH Monitoring for Kinetic Growth Tests. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

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Levis, James W., Annie Weisbrod, Gert Van Hoof, & Morton A. Barlaz. (2017). A review of the airborne and waterborne emissions from uncontrolled solid waste disposal sites. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 47(12). 1003–1041. 20 indexed citations

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Jaunich, Megan K., James W. Levis, Morton A. Barlaz, & Joseph F. DeCarolis. (2016). Lifecycle Process Model for Municipal Solid Waste Collection. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 142(8). 23 indexed citations

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Jaunich, Megan K., James W. Levis, Joseph F. DeCarolis, et al.. (2016). Characterization of municipal solid waste collection operations. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 114. 92–102. 49 indexed citations

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Levis, James W., et al.. (2014). Analysis of material recovery facilities for use in life-cycle assessment. Waste Management. 35. 307–317. 117 indexed citations

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Levis, James W. & Morton A. Barlaz. (2011). Is Biodegradability a Desirable Attribute for Discarded Solid Waste? Perspectives from a National Landfill Greenhouse Gas Inventory Model. Environmental Science & Technology. 45(13). 5470–5476. 75 indexed citations

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Levis, James W., et al.. (2010). Assessment of the state of food waste treatment in the United States and Canada. Waste Management. 30(8-9). 1486–1494. 153 indexed citations

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Levis, James W.. (2008). A Life-Cycle Analysis of Alternatives for the Management ofWaste Hot-Mix Asphalt, Commercial Food Waste, and Construction and Demolition Waste.. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Bozhi, James W. Levis, & Qiao Lin. (2004). A PDMS-based constant-flowrate microfluidic control device. 379–382. 13 indexed citations

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