Marco Springmann

35.0k total citations · 9 hit papers
57 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Marco Springmann is a scholar working on Ecology, Economics and Econometrics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Marco Springmann has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Ecology, 15 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 13 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Marco Springmann's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (33 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (13 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (12 papers). Marco Springmann is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (33 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (13 papers) and Climate Change and Health Impacts (12 papers). Marco Springmann collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Germany. Marco Springmann's co-authors include Peter Scarborough, Mike Rayner, Hubert Charles, Michael Clark, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Tara Garnett, Keith Wiebe, Timothy J. Key, Jason Hill and David Tilman and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

Marco Springmann

54 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

Meat consumption, health, and the environment 2016 2026 2019 2022 2018 2016 2018 2019 2020 400 800 1.2k
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. Meat consumption, health, and the environment
    2018 1.4k citations Timothy J. Key, Peter Scarborough et al. profile →
  2. Analysis and valuation of the health and climate change cobenefits of dietary change
    2016 781 citations Marco Springmann, Hubert Charles et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  3. Health and nutritional aspects of sustainable diet strategies and their association with environmental impacts: a global modelling analysis with country-level detail
    2018 612 citations Marco Springmann, Keith Wiebe et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →
  4. Multiple health and environmental impacts of foods
    2019 545 citations Michael Clark, Marco Springmann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. The healthiness and sustainability of national and global food based dietary guidelines: modelling study
    2020 330 citations Marco Springmann, Luke Spajic et al. BMJ profile →
  6. Global and regional health effects of future food production under climate change: a modelling study
    2016 298 citations Marco Springmann, Daniel Mason-D’Croz et al. profile →
  7. Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products
    2022 189 citations Michael Clark, Marco Springmann et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  8. Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts
    2023 166 citations Peter Scarborough, Michael Clark et al. Nature Food profile →
  9. The global and regional costs of healthy and sustainable dietary patterns: a modelling study
    2021 157 citations Marco Springmann, Michael Clark et al. The Lancet Planetary Health profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Marco Springmann United Kingdom 26 3.6k 1.7k 1.6k 681 664 57 5.9k
Michael Clark United Kingdom 23 4.3k 1.2× 1.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 527 0.8× 572 0.9× 46 7.6k
Tara Garnett United Kingdom 34 4.6k 1.3× 2.2k 1.3× 855 0.5× 469 0.7× 695 1.0× 50 8.7k
Jessica Fanzo United States 51 2.4k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 352 0.5× 385 0.6× 186 7.7k
Adrian Leip Italy 41 4.1k 1.1× 1.4k 0.8× 586 0.4× 459 0.7× 807 1.2× 106 8.9k
Joseph Poore United Kingdom 5 2.5k 0.7× 1.4k 0.8× 711 0.5× 202 0.3× 294 0.4× 12 3.9k
Daniel Mason-D’Croz United States 30 1.9k 0.5× 687 0.4× 538 0.3× 371 0.5× 672 1.0× 75 5.0k
H. Aiking Netherlands 32 2.0k 0.5× 1.5k 0.9× 554 0.4× 331 0.5× 272 0.4× 83 4.1k
Pierre Gerber Italy 32 5.0k 1.4× 1.3k 0.8× 413 0.3× 247 0.4× 784 1.2× 69 10.0k
H. Steinfeld Italy 31 4.7k 1.3× 1.3k 0.8× 470 0.3× 230 0.3× 801 1.2× 59 9.3k
Rosemary Green United Kingdom 29 1.5k 0.4× 703 0.4× 912 0.6× 354 0.5× 239 0.4× 122 3.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Marco Springmann

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Marco Springmann

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Springmann, Marco, et al.. (2025). A review of the quality of evidence of nutrient reference values. The Lancet Planetary Health. 9(10). 101308–101308.
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Springmann, Marco, et al.. (2025). A reform of value-added taxes on foods can have health, environmental and economic benefits in Europe. Nature Food. 6(2). 161–169. 8 indexed citations
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Springmann, Marco. (2024). A multicriteria analysis of meat and milk alternatives from nutritional, health, environmental, and cost perspectives. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(50). e2319010121–e2319010121. 24 indexed citations
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Gu, Xiao, Linh Bui, Fenglei Wang, et al.. (2024). Global adherence to a healthy and sustainable diet and potential reduction in premature death. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(50). e2319008121–e2319008121. 6 indexed citations
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Scarborough, Peter, Michael Clark, Linda Cobiac, et al.. (2023). Vegans, vegetarians, fish-eaters and meat-eaters in the UK show discrepant environmental impacts. Nature Food. 4(7). 565–574. 166 indexed citations breakdown →
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Springmann, Marco, et al.. (2023). The global and regional air quality impacts of dietary change. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6227–6227. 26 indexed citations
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Clark, Michael, Marco Springmann, Mike Rayner, et al.. (2022). Estimating the environmental impacts of 57,000 food products. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(33). e2120584119–e2120584119. 189 indexed citations breakdown →
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Smith, Matthew R., Nathaniel D. Mueller, Marco Springmann, et al.. (2022). Pollinator Deficits, Food Consumption, and Consequences for Human Health: A Modeling Study. Environmental Health Perspectives. 130(12). 127003–127003. 41 indexed citations
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Komarek, Adam M., Shahnila Dunston, Dolapo Enahoro, et al.. (2021). Income, consumer preferences, and the future of livestock-derived food demand. Global Environmental Change. 70. 102343–102343. 112 indexed citations
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Hamilton, Ian, Harry Kennard, Alice McGushin, et al.. (2021). The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health. 5(2). e74–e83. 102 indexed citations
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Freund, Florian & Marco Springmann. (2021). Policy analysis indicates health-sensitive trade and subsidy reforms are needed in the UK to avoid adverse dietary health impacts post-Brexit. Nature Food. 2(7). 502–508. 9 indexed citations
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Sanz-Cobeña, Alberto, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Marco Springmann, et al.. (2020). Research meetings must be more sustainable. Nature Food. 1(4). 187–189. 7 indexed citations
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Springmann, Marco, Luke Spajic, Michael Clark, et al.. (2020). The healthiness and sustainability of national and global food based dietary guidelines: modelling study. BMJ. 370. m2322–m2322. 330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Clark, Michael, Marco Springmann, Jason Hill, & David Tilman. (2019). Multiple health and environmental impacts of foods. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(46). 23357–23362. 545 indexed citations breakdown →
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Prescott, Susan L., Trevor Hancock, Matilda van den Bosch, et al.. (2019). Eighth Annual Conference of inVIVO Planetary Health: From Challenges to Opportunities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 16(21). 4302–4302. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Dong D., Yanping Li, Ashkan Afshin, et al.. (2019). Global Improvement in Dietary Quality Could Lead to Substantial Reduction in Premature Death. Journal of Nutrition. 149(6). 1065–1074. 107 indexed citations
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Zhang, Da, Marco Springmann, & Valerie J. Karplus. (2015). Equity and emissions trading in China. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Da, Marco Springmann, & Valerie J. Karplus. (2015). Equity and emissions trading in China. Climatic Change. 134(1-2). 131–146. 35 indexed citations
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Springmann, Marco. (2012). The costs of climate-change adaptation in Europe: A review. Econstor (Econstor). 1 indexed citations

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