Karin Treyer

2.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Karin Treyer is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Pollution and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Treyer has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Environmental Engineering, 9 papers in Pollution and 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Karin Treyer's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (3 papers). Karin Treyer is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (9 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (7 papers) and Integrated Energy Systems Optimization (3 papers). Karin Treyer collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and Canada. Karin Treyer's co-authors include Christian Bauer, Marco Mazzotti, Beate I. Escher, Rebekka Baumgartner, Mirjam Koller, Judit Lienert, Christa S. McArdell, Cristina Antonini, Mijndert van der Spek and Tom Terlouw and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Water Research.

In The Last Decade

Karin Treyer

15 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

On the climate impacts of blue hydrogen production 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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.

  1. On the climate impacts of blue hydrogen production
    2021 233 citations Christian Bauer, Karin Treyer et al. Sustainable Energy & Fuels profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Karin Treyer Switzerland 13 502 391 369 327 302 17 1.6k
Yuriy Litti Russia 21 380 0.8× 291 0.7× 134 0.4× 220 0.7× 116 0.4× 111 1.5k
Pobitra Halder Australia 26 392 0.8× 111 0.3× 286 0.8× 298 0.9× 472 1.6× 66 2.4k
Eva Thorin Sweden 30 460 0.9× 347 0.9× 743 2.0× 283 0.9× 460 1.5× 142 3.3k
Obulisamy Parthiba Karthikeyan India 22 427 0.9× 127 0.3× 140 0.4× 262 0.8× 162 0.5× 37 2.0k
Dan Zhong China 25 331 0.7× 195 0.5× 446 1.2× 109 0.3× 370 1.2× 90 2.2k
Anish Ghimire Nepal 21 504 1.0× 490 1.3× 124 0.3× 305 0.9× 95 0.3× 50 2.5k
Luigi Frunzo Italy 31 825 1.6× 493 1.3× 157 0.4× 338 1.0× 83 0.3× 94 3.6k
Saija Rasi Finland 17 203 0.4× 165 0.4× 614 1.7× 107 0.3× 117 0.4× 37 1.8k
Jalal Shayegan Iran 25 251 0.5× 142 0.4× 257 0.7× 75 0.2× 140 0.5× 72 1.4k
Grzegorz Piechota Poland 24 300 0.6× 117 0.3× 182 0.5× 112 0.3× 129 0.4× 51 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Karin Treyer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Karin Treyer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Treyer

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

All Works

17 of 17 papers shown
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Weinand, Jann Michael, Bernard Sanjuan, Evelina Trutnevyte, et al.. (2025). The role of geothermal plants in the global energy and materials transition. DORA PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute). 2(4). 100099–100099.
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Treyer, Karin, et al.. (2024). The Challenge of Modeling Tracked Electricity Consumption in EPDs: An Example for Building Materials. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1363(1). 12026–12026.
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Antonini, Cristina, Karin Treyer, Emanuele Moioli, et al.. (2021). Hydrogen from wood gasification with CCS – a techno-environmental analysis of production and use as transport fuel. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 5(10). 2602–2621. 54 indexed citations
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Bauer, Christian, Karin Treyer, Cristina Antonini, et al.. (2021). On the climate impacts of blue hydrogen production. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 6(1). 66–75. 233 indexed citations breakdown →
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Terlouw, Tom, Karin Treyer, Christian Bauer, & Marco Mazzotti. (2021). Life Cycle Assessment of Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage with Low-Carbon Energy Sources. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(16). 11397–11411. 191 indexed citations
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Antonini, Cristina, Karin Treyer, Anne Streb, et al.. (2020). Hydrogen production from natural gas and biomethane with carbon capture and storage – A techno-environmental analysis. Sustainable Energy & Fuels. 4(6). 2967–2986. 241 indexed citations
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Treyer, Karin, et al.. (2018). The integration of long-term marginal electricity supply mixes in the ecoinvent consequential database version 3.4 and examination of modeling choices. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 24(8). 1409–1428. 63 indexed citations
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Treyer, Karin, et al.. (2018). Life cycle inventory of power producing technologies and power grids at regional grid level in India. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 24(5). 824–837. 9 indexed citations
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Frischknecht, Rolf, Christian Bauer, Linda Ager‐Wick Ellingsen, et al.. (2018). LCA of key technologies for future electricity supply—68th LCA forum, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 16 April, 2018. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 23(8). 1716–1721. 2 indexed citations
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Treyer, Karin, et al.. (2016). Life cycle inventories of electricity supply through the lens of data quality: exploring challenges and opportunities. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 22(3). 374–386. 29 indexed citations
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Hirschberg, Stefan, Christian Bauer, Peter Burgherr, et al.. (2015). Health effects of technologies for power generation: Contributions from normal operation, severe accidents and terrorist threat. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 145. 373–387. 21 indexed citations
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Treyer, Karin & Christian Bauer. (2015). The environmental footprint of UAE׳s electricity sector: Combining life cycle assessment and scenario modeling. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 55. 1234–1247. 51 indexed citations
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Cox, B. & Karin Treyer. (2014). Environmental and economic assessment of a cracked ammonia fuelled alkaline fuel cell for off-grid power applications. Journal of Power Sources. 275. 322–335. 28 indexed citations
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Treyer, Karin, Christian Bauer, & Andrew Simons. (2014). Human health impacts in the life cycle of future European electricity generation. Energy Policy. 74. S31–S44. 48 indexed citations
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Treyer, Karin & Christian Bauer. (2014). Life cycle inventories of electricity generation and power supply in version 3 of the ecoinvent database—part II: electricity markets. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 21(9). 1255–1268. 78 indexed citations
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Treyer, Karin & Christian Bauer. (2013). Life cycle inventories of electricity generation and power supply in version 3 of the ecoinvent database—part I: electricity generation. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 21(9). 1236–1254. 115 indexed citations
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Escher, Beate I., Rebekka Baumgartner, Mirjam Koller, et al.. (2010). Environmental toxicology and risk assessment of pharmaceuticals from hospital wastewater. Water Research. 45(1). 75–92. 413 indexed citations

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