Nathaniel Springer

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 556 citations indexed

About

Nathaniel Springer is a scholar working on Ecology, Environmental Engineering and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Nathaniel Springer has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 556 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Ecology, 6 papers in Environmental Engineering and 4 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Nathaniel Springer's work include Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (6 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (5 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 papers). Nathaniel Springer is often cited by papers focused on Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (6 papers), Environmental Impact and Sustainability (5 papers) and Economic and Environmental Valuation (2 papers). Nathaniel Springer collaborates with scholars based in United States, Sweden and Australia. Nathaniel Springer's co-authors include Jason Hill, Julian Marshall, David Paolella, Stephen Polasky, Christopher W. Tessum, Sumil K Thakrar, Joshua S. Apte, Nicholas Z. Muller, Andrew L. Goodkind and Kimberley A. Mullins and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Nathaniel Springer

15 papers receiving 540 citations

Hit Papers

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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. Inequity in consumption of goods and services adds to racial–ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure
    2019 382 citations Christopher W. Tessum, Joshua S. Apte et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Nathaniel Springer United States 9 235 115 80 79 73 16 556
Kimberley A. Mullins United States 8 264 1.1× 117 1.0× 76 0.9× 154 1.9× 99 1.4× 10 767
Catherine Bouland Belgium 14 344 1.5× 47 0.4× 56 0.7× 106 1.3× 135 1.8× 64 775
Jesse Burkhardt United States 13 153 0.7× 85 0.7× 108 1.4× 42 0.5× 50 0.7× 31 523
Shaoqing Dai China 16 187 0.8× 48 0.4× 66 0.8× 180 2.3× 87 1.2× 39 750
Jie‐Sheng Tan‐Soo Singapore 13 131 0.6× 51 0.4× 170 2.1× 34 0.4× 125 1.7× 35 517
Susan L. Greco United States 10 304 1.3× 69 0.6× 28 0.3× 94 1.2× 71 1.0× 12 453
Andrew L. Goodkind United States 11 461 2.0× 171 1.5× 207 2.6× 135 1.7× 151 2.1× 19 1.0k
Sylvia Brandt United States 13 160 0.7× 58 0.5× 183 2.3× 41 0.5× 19 0.3× 30 625
Junming Li China 20 209 0.9× 33 0.3× 110 1.4× 159 2.0× 64 0.9× 66 1.7k
Yumiao Zhang China 13 143 0.6× 40 0.3× 179 2.2× 71 0.9× 68 0.9× 28 711

Countries citing papers authored by Nathaniel Springer

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Fields of papers citing papers by Nathaniel Springer

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Nathaniel Springer. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Nathaniel Springer. The network helps show where Nathaniel Springer may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nathaniel Springer

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

All Works

16 of 16 papers shown
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Goldstein, Benjamin, Rylie E. O. Pelton, Dimitrios Gounaridis, et al.. (2025). The carbon hoofprint of cities is shaped by geography and production in the livestock supply chain. Nature Climate Change. 15(11). 1190–1197.
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Pelton, Rylie E. O., Clare E. Kazanski, Sasha Gennet, et al.. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions in US beef production can be reduced by up to 30% with the adoption of selected mitigation measures. Nature Food. 5(9). 787–797. 11 indexed citations
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Springer, Nathaniel, et al.. (2022). Quantifying the impact of green bonds: using life-cycle assessment to measure comprehensive financial and environmental return on investment. Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment. 1–18. 3 indexed citations
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Springer, Nathaniel, et al.. (2022). A malleable workflow for identifying the issues and indicators that define and measure sustainability in food systems. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. 6. 4 indexed citations
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Springer, Nathaniel, et al.. (2021). Using economics in conservation practice: Insights from a global environmental organization. Conservation Science and Practice. 3(5). 3 indexed citations
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Pelton, Rylie E. O., S. Spawn, Tyler J. Lark, et al.. (2021). Land use leverage points to reduce GHG emissions in U.S. agricultural supply chains. Environmental Research Letters. 16(11). 115002–115002. 14 indexed citations
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Tessum, Christopher W., Joshua S. Apte, Andrew L. Goodkind, et al.. (2019). Inequity in consumption of goods and services adds to racial–ethnic disparities in air pollution exposure. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(13). 6001–6006. 382 indexed citations breakdown →
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Springer, Nathaniel & Jennifer Schmitt. (2018). The price of byproducts: Distinguishing co-products from waste using the rectangular choice-of-technologies model. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 138. 231–237. 12 indexed citations
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Tallis, Heather, Stephen Polasky, Jessica J. Hellmann, et al.. (2018). Five financial incentives to revive the Gulf of Mexico dead zone and Mississippi basin soils. Journal of Environmental Management. 233. 30–38. 6 indexed citations
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Tessum, Christopher W., Joshua S. Apte, Andrew L. Goodkind, et al.. (2018). Air Pollution-Related Health and Health Equity Effects of the United States Economy: 1997-2015. ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2018(1). 1 indexed citations
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Springer, Nathaniel, et al.. (2017). Seeing the forest for the trees: How much woody biomass can the Midwest United States sustainably produce?. Biomass and Bioenergy. 105. 266–277. 13 indexed citations
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Metson, Geneviève S., Stephen M. Powers, Rebecca L. Hale, et al.. (2017). Socio-environmental consideration of phosphorus flows in the urban sanitation chain of contrasting cities. Regional Environmental Change. 18(5). 1387–1401. 21 indexed citations
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Springer, Nathaniel. (2016). Physical, technical, and economic accessibility of resources and reserves need to be distinguished by grade: Application to the case of phosphorus. The Science of The Total Environment. 577. 319–328. 17 indexed citations
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Lange, Matthew, Allan D. Hollander, Patrick R. Huber, et al.. (2016). Towards designing an ontology encompassing the environment-agriculture-food-diet-health knowledge spectrum for food system sustainability and resilience. 1747. 2 indexed citations
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Huber, Patrick R., Nathaniel Springer, Allan D. Hollander, et al.. (2015). Indicators of global sustainable sourcing as a set covering problem: an integrated approach to sustainability. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability. 1(2). 1–8. 10 indexed citations
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Springer, Nathaniel & Faye Duchin. (2014). Feeding Nine Billion People Sustainably: Conserving Land and Water through Shifting Diets and Changes in Technologies. Environmental Science & Technology. 48(8). 4444–4451. 57 indexed citations

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