Patrick Wäger

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Patrick Wäger is a scholar working on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Patrick Wäger has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, 29 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Patrick Wäger's work include Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (32 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (28 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers). Patrick Wäger is often cited by papers focused on Recycling and Waste Management Techniques (32 papers), Extraction and Separation Processes (28 papers) and Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers). Patrick Wäger collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Germany and United Kingdom. Patrick Wäger's co-authors include Roland Hischier, Anna Stamp, Rolf Widmer, Marcel Gauch, Hans‐Jörg Althaus, Rainer Zah, Dominic A. Notter, Lorenz M. Hilty, Amund N. Løvik and Heinz Rothweiler and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Patrick Wäger

66 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Contribution of Li-Ion Batteries to the Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles

2010 648 citations Dominic A. Notter, Marcel Gauch et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Patrick Wäger Switzerland	27	1.2k	1.2k	1.1k	697	415	71	3.0k
Rolf Widmer Switzerland	20	2.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.4×	1.0k 1.0×	678 1.0×	425 1.0×	43	3.4k
Callie W. Babbitt United States	32	1.6k 1.4×	1.6k 1.4×	1.7k 1.5×	749 1.1×	422 1.0×	74	3.7k
Gabrielle Gaustad United States	30	1.8k 1.6×	2.7k 2.4×	2.1k 1.9×	1.1k 1.6×	499 1.2×	66	4.8k
Xin Sun China	29	739 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	274 0.7×	71	2.8k
Randolph Kirchain United States	37	1.0k 0.9×	1.9k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	564 0.8×	1.0k 2.5×	161	5.2k
Tieyong Zuo China	27	1.2k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	514 0.5×	229 0.3×	449 1.1×	71	2.6k
Фу Гу China	30	791 0.7×	506 0.4×	501 0.5×	465 0.7×	156 0.4×	72	2.8k
Björn A. Sandén Sweden	34	507 0.4×	568 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	535 0.8×	893 2.2×	81	4.4k
Liselotte Schebek Germany	28	612 0.5×	947 0.8×	471 0.4×	291 0.4×	664 1.6×	118	2.9k
Hans‐Jörg Althaus Switzerland	22	550 0.5×	561 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	911 1.3×	1.3k 3.2×	33	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Patrick Wäger

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Patrick Wäger

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Nölting, Benjamin, Anne Zimmermann, Matthias Barth, et al.. (2025). Wissenschaftsorganisationen als Impulsgeber einer Nachhaltigkeitstransformation. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 34(2). 83–87. 1 indexed citations

Hischier, Roland, et al.. (2024). Assessment of short-term supply disruption impacts for the Swiss mobility, energy and ICT sectors – Application of the SPOTTER approach. Journal of Cleaner Production. 476. 143810–143810.

Hischier, Roland, et al.. (2023). Assessing Short-Term Supply Disruption Impacts within Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment─A Case Study of Electric Vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(48). 19678–19689. 6 indexed citations

Bornemann, Basil, Michael Stauffacher, Anne Zimmermann, et al.. (2023). Auf dem Weg zu einer neuen Strategie: Wie die saguf noch transformativer wird. GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society. 32(2). 264–266. 2 indexed citations

Crenna, Eleonora, Marcel Gauch, Rolf Widmer, Patrick Wäger, & Roland Hischier. (2021). Towards more flexibility and transparency in life cycle inventories for Lithium-ion batteries. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 170. 105619–105619. 67 indexed citations

Schmutz, Mélanie, Roland Hischier, Peter Wick, et al.. (2020). Cotton and Surgical Masks—What Ecological Factors Are Relevant for Their Sustainability?. Sustainability. 12(24). 10245–10245. 37 indexed citations

Bornemann, Basil, et al.. (2020). Sustainability-oriented transformative learning and teaching in higher education: eight propositions on challenges and approaches. Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich). 6 indexed citations

Løvik, Amund N., Renato Figi, Claudia Schreiner, et al.. (2019). Variability and Bias in Measurements of Metals Mass Fractions in Automobile Shredder Residue. Recycling. 4(3). 34–34. 2 indexed citations

Løvik, Amund N., Renato Figi, Claudia Schreiner, et al.. (2019). Characterizing the Urban Mine—Challenges of Simplified Chemical Analysis of Anthropogenic Mineral Residues. Resources. 8(3). 132–132. 4 indexed citations

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Løvik, Amund N., Renato Figi, Claudia Schreiner, et al.. (2019). Multi-element chemical analysis of printed circuit boards – challenges and pitfalls. Waste Management. 92. 124–136. 46 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick, et al.. (2017). A framework for evaluating the accessibility of raw materials from end-of-life products and the Earth’s crust. Waste Management. 68. 534–546. 17 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick, et al.. (2015). A geological reconnaissance of electrical and electronic waste as a source for rare earth metals. Waste Management. 45. 226–234. 42 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick & Roland Hischier. (2015). Life cycle assessment of post-consumer plastics production from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) treatment residues in a Central European plastics recycling plant. The Science of The Total Environment. 529. 158–167. 108 indexed citations

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Stamp, Anna, Patrick Wäger, & Stefanie Hellweg. (2014). Linking energy scenarios with metal demand modeling–The case of indium in CIGS solar cells. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 93. 156–167. 58 indexed citations

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Prior, Tim, Patrick Wäger, Anna Stamp, Rolf Widmer, & Damien Giurco. (2013). Sustainable governance of scarce metals: The case of lithium. The Science of The Total Environment. 461-462. 785–791. 62 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick, Daniel J. Lang, Dominic Wittmer, Raimund Bleischwitz, & Christian Hagelüken. (2012). Towards a More Sustainable Use of Scarce Metals. 21(4). 1 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick. (2011). Scarce metals - applications, supply risks and need for action. DORA Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa)). 13 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick, et al.. (2011). Environmental impacts of the Swiss collection and recovery systems for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE): A follow-up. The Science of The Total Environment. 409(10). 1746–1756. 154 indexed citations

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Notter, Dominic A., Marcel Gauch, Rolf Widmer, et al.. (2010). Contribution of Li-Ion Batteries to the Environmental Impact of Electric Vehicles. Environmental Science & Technology. 44(19). 7744–7744. 62 indexed citations

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Wäger, Patrick, Lorenz M. Hilty, Peter Arnfalk, Lorenz Erdmann, & James Goodman. (2006). Experience with a System Dynamics model in a prospective study on the future impact of ICT on environmental sustainability. ScholarsArchive (Brigham Young University). 2 indexed citations

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