Paul Behrens

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Paul Behrens is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Pollution and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Behrens has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Environmental Engineering, 19 papers in Pollution and 19 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Paul Behrens's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (32 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (14 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (13 papers). Paul Behrens is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (32 papers), Energy and Environment Impacts (14 papers) and Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (13 papers). Paul Behrens collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, China and United Kingdom. Paul Behrens's co-authors include Thijs Bosker, Arnold Tukker, Martina G. Vijver, João F. D. Rodrigues, Laura Scherer, Nadja R. Brun, Rong Yuan, Alice A. Horton, Zhongxiao Sun and Arjan de Koning and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Paul Behrens

85 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

Microplastics accumulate on pores in seed capsule and delay germination and root growth of the terrestrial vascular plant Lepidium sativum

2019 660 citations Thijs Bosker, Paul Behrens et al. profile →
Global greenhouse gas emissions from residential and commercial building materials and mitigation strategies to 2060

2021 269 citations Xiaoyang Zhong, Mingming Hu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Electric vehicle batteries alone could satisfy short-term grid storage demand by as early as 2030

2023 134 citations Paul Behrens, Mingming Hu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Behrens Netherlands	34	1.7k	1.1k	1.1k	656	496	92	4.5k
Alexis Laurent Denmark	38	830 0.5×	2.0k 1.9×	1.7k 1.6×	395 0.6×	174 0.4×	103	5.8k
Yi Yang China	37	564 0.3×	1.4k 1.3×	576 0.5×	411 0.6×	249 0.5×	142	4.8k
Pere Fullana–i–Palmer Spain	41	586 0.3×	1.3k 1.2×	1.0k 0.9×	284 0.4×	368 0.7×	150	4.5k
Amy E. Landis United States	38	690 0.4×	1.1k 1.0×	627 0.6×	219 0.3×	659 1.3×	136	4.6k
Francesco Cherubini Norway	53	771 0.5×	3.0k 2.8×	947 0.9×	729 1.1×	350 0.7×	142	10.1k
Martin Junginger Netherlands	58	1.3k 0.8×	2.3k 2.1×	472 0.4×	895 1.4×	292 0.6×	201	10.1k
Rosalie van Zelm Netherlands	35	927 0.5×	2.5k 2.3×	1.2k 1.1×	508 0.8×	145 0.3×	89	6.5k
Gregory Peters Sweden	41	715 0.4×	1.8k 1.7×	1.5k 1.4×	309 0.5×	226 0.5×	128	6.5k
Francesca Verones Norway	37	946 0.6×	2.7k 2.5×	1.3k 1.3×	704 1.1×	181 0.4×	105	7.1k
Jinglan Hong China	44	860 0.5×	2.1k 1.9×	1.8k 1.7×	325 0.5×	136 0.3×	149	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Paul Behrens

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paul Behrens

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Paul Behrens. 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 Paul Behrens. The network helps show where Paul Behrens may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paul Behrens

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mogollón, José M., et al.. (2025). Think sink, not source: how vertical farming’s potential is limited by crop breeding. Frontiers in Plant Science. 16. 1621684–1621684.

Jiang, Meng, Paul Behrens, Dingjiang Chen, et al.. (2025). Declining demand and circular transition possibilities of sand, gravel and crushed stone in China. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9294–9294.

Blanco, Carlos Felipe, et al.. (2024). A framework for guiding safe and sustainable‐by‐design innovation. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 29(1). 47–65. 7 indexed citations

Sun, Zhongxiao, et al.. (2024). The Global Environmental Benefits of Halving Avoidable Consumer Food Waste. Environmental Science & Technology. 58(31). 13707–13716. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Ranran, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive Beyond-GDP database to accelerate wellbeing, inclusion, and sustainability research. Scientific Data. 11(1). 1166–1166. 5 indexed citations

Mogollón, José M., et al.. (2024). Over 80% of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy supports emissions-intensive animal products. Nature Food. 5(4). 288–292. 24 indexed citations

Jiang, Meng, Paul Behrens, Zhipeng Tang, et al.. (2023). Additional north-south differences in China revealed by the Planetary Pressure-Adjusted Human Development Index. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 198. 107191–107191. 12 indexed citations

Zhao, Ziwen, et al.. (2023). The importance of flexible hydropower in providing electricity stability during China’s coal phase-out. Applied Energy. 336. 120684–120684. 32 indexed citations

Tukker, Arnold, Paul Behrens, Sebastiaan Deetman, et al.. (2023). Circular construction: Six key recommendations. One Earth. 6(11). 1425–1429. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Ranran, Edgar G. Hertwich, Tomer Fishman, et al.. (2023). The legacy environmental footprints of manufactured capital. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(24). e2218828120–e2218828120. 10 indexed citations

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Jiang, Meng, Paul Behrens, Zhipeng Tang, et al.. (2022). Different Material Footprint Trends between China and the World in 2007-2012 Explained by Construction- and Manufacturing-associated Investment. One Earth. 5(1). 109–119. 37 indexed citations

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Yuan, Rong, João F. D. Rodrigues, Arnold Tukker, & Paul Behrens. (2022). The statistical projection of global GHG emissions from a consumption perspective. Sustainable Production and Consumption. 34. 318–329. 13 indexed citations

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Zhong, Xiaoyang, Mingming Hu, Sebastiaan Deetman, et al.. (2021). Global greenhouse gas emissions from residential and commercial building materials and mitigation strategies to 2060. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6126–6126. 269 indexed citations breakdown →

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Usubiaga‐Liaño, Arkaitz, Paul Behrens, & Vassilis Daioglou. (2020). Energy use in the global food system. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 24(4). 830–840. 25 indexed citations

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Ottelin, Juudit, Hale Çetinay, & Paul Behrens. (2020). Rebound effects may jeopardize the resource savings of circular consumption: evidence from household material footprints. Environmental Research Letters. 15(10). 104044–104044. 50 indexed citations

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Vliet, Michelle T. H. van, Wietse Franssen, Erick C. Jones, et al.. (2018). Water quality-driven water scarcity for energy and food production under climate variability and change. AGUFM. 2018.

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Bosker, Thijs, Lucia Guaita, & Paul Behrens. (2018). Microplastic pollution on Caribbean beaches in the Lesser Antilles. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 133. 442–447. 96 indexed citations

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Behrens, Paul, et al.. (2017). Climate change and the vulnerability of electricity generation to water stress in the European Union. Nature Energy. 2(8). 89 indexed citations

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Vijver, Martina G., et al.. (2016). A standardized method for sampling and extraction methods for quantifying microplastics in beach sand. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 114(1). 77–83. 283 indexed citations

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Behrens, Paul, et al.. (2002). Fault current limiters for distribution networks : state of the art and development projects. 29–32.

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