Peter Burgherr

3.8k total citations
83 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Peter Burgherr is a scholar working on Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Burgherr has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 16 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter Burgherr's work include Risk and Safety Analysis (28 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (11 papers). Peter Burgherr is often cited by papers focused on Risk and Safety Analysis (28 papers), Global Energy and Sustainability Research (11 papers) and Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology (11 papers). Peter Burgherr collaborates with scholars based in Switzerland, Poland and Singapore. Peter Burgherr's co-authors include Stefan Hirschberg, Matteo Spada, J. V. Ward, Elisabeth I. Meyer, P. Eckle, Marco Cinelli, Rainer Zah, Urs Uehlinger, Christopher T. Robinson and Thomas F. Heck and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Peter Burgherr

78 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Peter Burgherr Switzerland 29 660 404 380 360 342 83 2.5k
Sakari Kuikka Finland 32 560 0.8× 732 1.8× 222 0.6× 333 0.9× 242 0.7× 98 3.3k
Chunhui Li China 32 416 0.6× 135 0.3× 46 0.1× 250 0.7× 593 1.7× 220 3.1k
Laura Uusitalo Finland 23 788 1.2× 403 1.0× 158 0.4× 153 0.4× 252 0.7× 54 2.9k
Serena H. Hamilton Australia 14 319 0.5× 156 0.4× 42 0.1× 88 0.2× 615 1.8× 22 2.9k
Casey Brown United States 43 302 0.5× 168 0.4× 44 0.1× 159 0.4× 653 1.9× 130 5.9k
Richard S. Middleton United States 36 260 0.4× 138 0.3× 64 0.2× 168 0.5× 2.4k 6.9× 112 5.7k
Suzanne A. Pierce United States 15 239 0.4× 106 0.3× 29 0.1× 260 0.7× 718 2.1× 29 3.1k
Poul Harremoës Denmark 27 193 0.3× 55 0.1× 125 0.3× 1.1k 3.0× 780 2.3× 128 3.9k
Yuefei Huang China 41 912 1.4× 161 0.4× 35 0.1× 249 0.7× 957 2.8× 147 5.1k
Siao Sun China 29 374 0.6× 89 0.2× 35 0.1× 174 0.5× 1.0k 2.9× 85 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Peter Burgherr

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Fields of papers citing papers by Peter Burgherr

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peter Burgherr

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Peter Burgherr. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Peter Burgherr 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 Peter Burgherr. Peter Burgherr 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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Weinand, Jann Michael, Bernard Sanjuan, Evelina Trutnevyte, et al.. (2025). The role of geothermal plants in the global energy and materials transition. DORA PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute). 2(4). 100099–100099.
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Siskos, Eleftherios, et al.. (2025). Integrated assessment of a robust Choquet integral preference model for efficient multicriteria decision support. European Journal of Operational Research. 324(3). 871–892.
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Sacchi, Romain, Christian Bauer, Christian Moretti, et al.. (2025). The global environmental footprint of Switzerland’s net-zero energy system uncovers impacts abroad. Communications Earth & Environment. 6(1). 1 indexed citations
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Sacchi, Romain, et al.. (2025). The material-energy nexus in net-zero transition scenarios: exploring environmental trade-offs and uncertainties. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 218. 108251–108251. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xiaojin, Alina Walch, Martin Rüdisüli, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the levelized costs and life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of electricity generation from rooftop solar photovoltaics: a Swiss case study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(4). 45002–45002.
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Burgherr, Peter, et al.. (2024). A collaborative group decision-support system: the survey based multi-actor multi-criteria analysis (MAMCA) software. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 76(5). 844–865. 6 indexed citations
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Spada, Matteo & Peter Burgherr. (2023). Comparative Accident Risk Assessment of Energy System Technologies for the Energy Transition in OECD Countries. DORA PSI (Paul Scherrer Institute). 445–452.
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Mignan, Arnaud, Matteo Spada, Peter Burgherr, Ziqi Wang, & Didier Sornette. (2022). Dynamics of severe accidents in the oil & gas energy sector derived from the authoritative ENergy-related severe accident database. PLoS ONE. 17(2). e0263962–e0263962. 9 indexed citations
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Cinelli, Marco, et al.. (2020). MCDA Index Tool: an interactive software to develop indices and rankings. Environment Systems & Decisions. 41(1). 82–109. 58 indexed citations
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Spada, Matteo & Peter Burgherr. (2020). Comparative Risk Assessment for Fossil Energy Chains Using Bayesian Model Averaging. Energies. 13(2). 295–295. 5 indexed citations
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Gasser, Patrick, Marco Cinelli, Matteo Spada, Peter Burgherr, & Božidar Stojadinović. (2019). Indices under the Spotlight: An Approach to Unveil and Manage the Implicit Trade-offs between Indicators. Proceedings of the 29th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL). 3445–3452. 4 indexed citations
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Spada, Matteo, et al.. (2018). Toward the validation of a National Risk Assessment against historical observations using a Bayesian approach: application to the Swiss case. Journal of Risk Research. 22(11). 1323–1342. 8 indexed citations
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Sutra, Emilie, Matteo Spada, & Peter Burgherr. (2017). Chemicals usage in stimulation processes for shale gas and deep geothermal systems: A comprehensive review and comparison. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 77. 1–11. 33 indexed citations
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Spada, Matteo & Peter Burgherr. (2015). An aftermath analysis of the 2014 coal mine accident in Soma, Turkey: Use of risk performance indicators based on historical experience. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 87. 134–140. 34 indexed citations
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Burgherr, Peter, et al.. (2013). Research Note on the Energy Infrastructure Attack Database (EIAD). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations
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Eckle, P. & Peter Burgherr. (2012). Bayesian Data Analysis of Severe Fatal Accident Risk in the Oil Chain. Risk Analysis. 33(1). 146–160. 40 indexed citations
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Eckle, P., et al.. (2012). Risk of Large Oil Spills: A Statistical Analysis in the Aftermath of Deepwater Horizon. Environmental Science & Technology. 46(23). 13002–13008. 62 indexed citations
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Burgherr, Peter. (2006). In-depth analysis of accidental oil spills from tankers in the context of global spill trends from all sources. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 140(1-2). 245–256. 138 indexed citations
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Bickel, Peter J., Rainer Friedrich, Bernd Franke, et al.. (2005). ExternE : externalities of energy : methodology 2005 update. OPUS Publication Server of the University of Stuttgart (University of Stuttgart). 299 indexed citations
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Ward, J. V., Peter Burgherr, Mark O. Gessner, et al.. (1998). The Val Roseg project: habitat heterogeneity and connectivity gradients in a glacial flood-plain system. DORA Eawag (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag)). 425–432. 4 indexed citations

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