Karen Allacker

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
132 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Karen Allacker is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Accounting. According to data from OpenAlex, Karen Allacker has authored 132 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 93 papers in Building and Construction, 72 papers in Environmental Engineering and 15 papers in Accounting. Recurrent topics in Karen Allacker's work include Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (64 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (61 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (53 papers). Karen Allacker is often cited by papers focused on Sustainable Building Design and Assessment (64 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (61 papers) and Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (53 papers). Karen Allacker collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, Italy and Austria. Karen Allacker's co-authors include Frank De Troyer, Damien Trigaux, Alexander Passer, Rana Pant, Nathan Pelletier, Simone Manfredi, Serenella Sala, Martin Röck, Fabrice Mathieux and Nadia Mirabella 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

Karen Allacker

119 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Guide 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 40 80 120
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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.

  1. Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Guide
    2012 132 citations Karen Allacker et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karen Allacker Belgium 27 1.5k 1.4k 367 289 166 132 2.4k
Ben Amor Canada 30 1.4k 0.9× 1.2k 0.9× 578 1.6× 395 1.4× 196 1.2× 74 2.9k
André Stephan Australia 27 1.8k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 216 0.6× 200 0.7× 172 1.0× 87 2.8k
Harpa Birgisdóttir Denmark 29 2.5k 1.7× 1.8k 1.3× 617 1.7× 519 1.8× 141 0.8× 120 3.5k
Wahidul K. Biswas Australia 32 953 0.6× 759 0.6× 329 0.9× 313 1.1× 197 1.2× 133 3.1k
Freja Nygaard Rasmussen Denmark 19 1.4k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 395 1.1× 137 0.5× 107 0.6× 60 2.0k
Alexander Passer Austria 26 2.5k 1.7× 1.8k 1.3× 258 0.7× 130 0.4× 169 1.0× 121 3.3k
Alice Moncaster United Kingdom 21 2.0k 1.4× 1.3k 0.9× 599 1.6× 153 0.5× 91 0.5× 68 2.7k
Usha Iyer‐Raniga Australia 20 884 0.6× 581 0.4× 263 0.7× 168 0.6× 93 0.6× 86 1.6k
Graham Treloar Australia 26 1.7k 1.2× 2.3k 1.6× 351 1.0× 255 0.9× 404 2.4× 50 3.3k
Ignacio Zabalza Spain 22 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.8× 145 0.4× 162 0.6× 542 3.3× 57 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Karen Allacker

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karen Allacker

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karen Allacker

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

All Works

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Trigaux, Damien, et al.. (2025). Dynamic life cycle assessment of building stocks: a systematic review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 218. 115682–115682. 2 indexed citations
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Dolado, Jorge S., G Goracci, Miguel Beruete, et al.. (2025). A Modern Roman‐Inspired Concrete with Daytime Radiative Cooling Capacity. Advanced Science. 12(47). e11691–e11691. 1 indexed citations
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Dolado, Jorge S., G Goracci, Miguel Beruete, et al.. (2025). A Modern Roman‐Inspired Concrete with Daytime Radiative Cooling Capacity (Adv. Sci. 47/2025). Advanced Science. 12(47).
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Trigaux, Damien, et al.. (2024). Life cycle environmental benchmarks for Flemish dwellings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 15005–15005. 4 indexed citations
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Trigaux, Damien, et al.. (2024). Carrying capacity-based benchmarks for Belgian residential buildings. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122914–122914. 1 indexed citations
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Mastrucci, Alessio, et al.. (2024). Whole-life greenhouse gas emission reduction and removal strategies for buildings: Impacts and diffusion potentials across EU Member States. Journal of Environmental Management. 370. 122915–122915. 12 indexed citations
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Trigaux, Damien, et al.. (2023). Preliminary study on the use of Big Data for environmental benchmarks of residential buildings in Flanders. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1196(1). 12114–12114. 2 indexed citations
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Allacker, Karen, et al.. (2023). Archetype selection process for the development of a building stock model. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1196(1). 12013–12013. 6 indexed citations
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Crawford, Robert H., et al.. (2023). Approaches for assessing embodied environmental effects during the building design process. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1196(1). 12053–12053. 4 indexed citations
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Allacker, Karen, et al.. (2023). Optimizing building solutions in a changing climate: parameter-based analysis of embodied and operational environmental impacts. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(4). 45010–45010.
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Miyamoto, Ayaho, Karen Allacker, & Frank De Troyer. (2022). Visual tool for sustainable buildings: A design approach with various data visualisation techniques. Journal of Building Engineering. 56. 104741–104741. 7 indexed citations
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Allacker, Karen, et al.. (2020). End-of-life modelling of buildings to support more informed decisions towards achieving circular economy targets. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25(11). 2122–2139. 39 indexed citations
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Geyer, Philipp, Karen Allacker, Mattias Schevenels, Frank De Troyer, & Pieter Pauwels. (2019). Proceedings of the 26th International Workshop on Intelligent Computing in Engineering (EG-ICE). Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 2394. 8 indexed citations
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Allacker, Karen, et al.. (2015). Methodological issues in evaluating integral sustainable renovations. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1. 197–202. 3 indexed citations
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Allacker, Karen, et al.. (2015). A review on requirements and existing qualitative tools for designing sustainable large-scale healthcare facilities: a case studiy in the context of Flanders. Infoscience (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). 1. 511–516. 1 indexed citations
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Allacker, Karen & Leo De Nocker. (2012). An Approach for Calculating the Environmental External Costs of the Belgian Building Sector. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 16(5). 710–721. 11 indexed citations
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Spirinckx, Carolin, et al.. (2010). An integrated approach for financial and environmental cost optimisation of heating services. 16(1). 114–28. 1 indexed citations

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