Manfred Lenzen

40.8k total citations · 18 hit papers
308 papers, 29.3k citations indexed

About

Manfred Lenzen is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Manfred Lenzen has authored 308 papers receiving a total of 29.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 203 papers in Environmental Engineering, 100 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 63 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Manfred Lenzen's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (198 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (60 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (39 papers). Manfred Lenzen is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (198 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (60 papers) and Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (39 papers). Manfred Lenzen collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Japan and United Kingdom. Manfred Lenzen's co-authors include Thomas Wiedmann, Arne Geschke, Keiichiro Kanemoto, Daniel Moran, Arunima Malik, Richard Wood, Jesper Munksgaard, John Barrett, Christopher Dey and Barney Foran and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Manfred Lenzen

298 papers receiving 27.9k citations

Hit Papers

The material footprint of nations 2000 2026 2008 2017 2013 2013 2018 2012 2003 250 500 750 1000
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. The material footprint of nations
    2013 1.1k citations Thomas Wiedmann, Heinz Schandl et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. BUILDING EORA: A GLOBAL MULTI-REGION INPUT–OUTPUT DATABASE AT HIGH COUNTRY AND SECTOR RESOLUTION
    2013 1.0k citations Manfred Lenzen, Daniel Moran et al. profile →
  3. The carbon footprint of global tourism
    2018 1.0k citations Manfred Lenzen, Ya‐Yen Sun et al. profile →
  4. International trade drives biodiversity threats in developing nations
    2012 871 citations Manfred Lenzen, Daniel Moran et al. profile →
  5. System Boundary Selection in Life-Cycle Inventories Using Hybrid Approaches
    2003 816 citations Sangwon Suh, Manfred Lenzen et al. profile →
  6. Risk of pesticide pollution at the global scale
    2021 775 citations Manfred Lenzen et al. profile →
  7. Mapping the Structure of the World Economy
    2012 768 citations Manfred Lenzen, Keiichiro Kanemoto et al. profile →
  8. Environmental and social footprints of international trade
    2018 694 citations Thomas Wiedmann, Manfred Lenzen profile →
  9. Scientists’ warning on affluence
    2020 662 citations Thomas Wiedmann, Manfred Lenzen et al. profile →
  10. Errors in Conventional and Input‐Output—based Life—Cycle Inventories
    2000 601 citations Manfred Lenzen Journal of Industrial Ecology profile →
  11. Examining the global environmental impact of regional consumption activities — Part 2: Review of input–output models for the assessment of environmental impacts embodied in trade
    2007 564 citations Thomas Wiedmann, Manfred Lenzen et al. profile →
  12. The environmental footprint of health care: a global assessment
    2020 512 citations Manfred Lenzen, Arunima Malik et al. profile →
  13. Shared producer and consumer responsibility — Theory and practice
    2006 510 citations Manfred Lenzen, Joy Murray et al. profile →
  14. Decoupling global environmental pressure and economic growth: scenarios for energy use, materials use and carbon emissions
    2015 424 citations Heinz Schandl, Thomas Wiedmann et al. profile →
  15. International trade of scarce water
    2013 357 citations Manfred Lenzen, Daniel Moran et al. profile →
  16. The carbon footprint of Australian health care
    2018 350 citations Arunima Malik, Manfred Lenzen et al. profile →
  17. 1.5 °C degrowth scenarios suggest the need for new mitigation pathways
    2021 230 citations Manfred Lenzen et al. profile →
  18. Global food-miles account for nearly 20% of total food-systems emissions
    2022 170 citations Mengyu Li, Manfred Lenzen et al. profile →

Peers

Manfred Lenzen
Comparison fields: 5 of 214
  • Environmental Engineering 17.4k
  • Economics and Econometrics 10.5k
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5.9k
  • Strategy and Management 3.0k
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2.5k
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Klaus Hubacek United States
Edgar G. Hertwich Norway
Thomas Wiedmann Australia
Glen P. Peters Norway
Dabo Guan United Kingdom
Yong Geng China
Sangwon Suh United States
Boqiang Lin China
Yi‐Ming Wei China
Mark A. J. Huijbregts Netherlands
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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Outsourcing carbon emissions of the expanding affluent groups in China
2024 ·Environmental Impact Assessment Review ·Liyuan Wei, (unknown), Hua Yan, Manfred Lenzen, Mengyu Li, Arunima Malik, (unknown), Zhen Wang, Song Hong
3
2
Creating multi‐scale nested MRIO tables for linking localized impacts to global consumption drivers
2021 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Jacob Fry, Arne Geschke, (unknown), Manfred Lenzen, Mengyu Li, Arunima Malik, Ya‐Yen Sun, Thomas Wiedmann
15
3
The PIOLab: Building global physical input–output tables in a virtual laboratory
2021 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Hanspeter Wieland, Manfred Lenzen, Arne Geschke, Jacob Fry, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Nina Eisenmenger, Johannes Schenk, Stefan Giljum
13
4
Three‐scope carbon emission inventories of global cities
2020 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Thomas Wiedmann, Guangwu Chen, Anne Owen, Manfred Lenzen, (unknown), John Barrett, Kristian Steele
110
5
Advancements in Input‐Output Models and Indicators for Consumption‐Based Accounting
2018 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Arunima Malik, Darian McBain, Thomas Wiedmann, Manfred Lenzen, Joy Murray
89
6
Global Material Flows and Resource Productivity: Forty Years of Evidence
2017 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Heinz Schandl, Marina Fischer‐Kowalski, James West, Stefan Giljum, Monika Dittrich, Nina Eisenmenger, Arne Geschke, Mirko Lieber, Hanspeter Wieland, Anke Schaffartzik, Fridolin Krausmann, Sylvia Gierlinger, Karin Hosking, Manfred Lenzen, Hiroki Tanikawa, Alessio Miatto, Tomer Fishman
274
7
The Corruption Footprints of Nations
2017 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·(unknown), Manfred Lenzen, (unknown), Gregory Norris, Joy Murray, Arunima Malik
30
8
Consuming Childhoods: An Assessment of Child Labor's Role in Indian Production and Global Consumption
2016 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Jorge Gómez‐Paredes, Ali Alsamawi, Eiji Yamasue, Hideyuki Okumura, Keiichi N. Ishihara, Arne Geschke, Manfred Lenzen
24
9
Better Global Assessment of Worker Inequality: Comment on “The Employment Footprints of Nations”
2016 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Rachel C. Reyes, Manfred Lenzen, Joy Murray
3
10
A Supply‐Use Approach to Waste Input‐Output Analysis
2014 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Manfred Lenzen, Christian Reynolds
47
11
The material footprint of nations breakdown →
2013 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Thomas Wiedmann, Heinz Schandl, Manfred Lenzen, Daniel Moran, Sangwon Suh, James West, Keiichiro Kanemoto
1095
12
Structural Change and the Environment
2012 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Jun Lan, Manfred Lenzen, Erik Dietzenbacher, Daniel Moran, Keiichiro Kanemoto, Joy Murray, Arne Geschke
16
13
Lifestyles and Well-Being Versus the Environment
2011 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Manfred Lenzen, Robert A. Cummins
14
14
Aggregate Measures of Complex Economic Structure and Evolution
2009 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Richard Wood, Manfred Lenzen
21
15
How City Dwellers Affect Their Resource Hinterland
2009 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Manfred Lenzen, Gregory Peters
142
16
Companies on the Scale
2009 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Thomas Wiedmann, Manfred Lenzen, John Barrett
141
17
A Material History of Australia
2009 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Richard Wood, Manfred Lenzen, Barney Foran
58
18
Double‐Counting in Life Cycle Calculations
2008 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Manfred Lenzen
57
19
Using Input‐Output Analysis to Measure the Environmental Pressure of Consumption at Different Spatial Levels
2005 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Jesper Munksgaard, Mette Wier, Manfred Lenzen, Christopher Dey
151
20
Errors in Conventional and Input‐Output—based Life—Cycle Inventories breakdown →
2000 ·Journal of Industrial Ecology ·Manfred Lenzen
601

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